Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-23

DELIVERED At THE DEDICATION or rHs Nsw
Masonic NALL, MINERAL rolNr, WIS.,,
JAN. S, '7S, ny Hon. NJ. NJ. CoTHRRN.

BRErHREN The ceremonies that We are
about to perform are not unmeaning rites, nor
the amusing pagcants of an idle hour they
have a serious and instructive import. This
Hall, designed and built, as we trust by wis.
dom, supported ac we believe, by strength, and
adorned (as 1t now is) by beauty, we dedicate
to the cardinal principles of Faith, Hope and
Charity.
We believe In one Supreme Being. We have
faith In Him rs our Supreme Grand Master.
Our inner work teaches us to look to Him q
the Supreme Architect, whose Divine Provi
dehce is in all, over all, and with VII.
Charity is the life of our faith. Professions
Of mutual love-which (mutual love- Ia charity
are lifcless, unless carried into the practices
of life. To the doing Of good to others in &C
cordance with the teachings Of ouf ritual and
our faith, we dedicate this Hall. Within III
sacred precincts never let the voicc.of dissen.
sion be heard. Never let the love Of self rise
above the sense of duty TO Others Never let
the love Of the world lead to injustice, or Ia
contempt of the humble or poor.
Hope leads to Faith Faith leads to Charity
Charity is the life of Faith and of Hope And
as We live by Faith and Hope, and from Faith
do the works Of Charity, We receive from the
One Grand Master the inner consciousness thu,
We are in that preparation which .hsll end In
the blesscdness of eternal rest in the mansions
Of which lie has prepared many.
We also dedicate this Hall to Virtue. The
guardianship Of the woman'y psrity Of the
wife, the mother, the sister the daughter
finds its sacredncss here. No man IL a worthy
inmate of this pace who would willingly cas-,
a shadow over the path ofthc wife the mother
tbs sister or the daughter.
We also dedicate II to Huma6ity. In the
crumbling of empires In tho falling of polit
ical edifccs; In the death.graplc on the
battle field amid the smoke and carnage and
general devastation of relentless war, the hand
of Masonry has been stretched forth to warn
to protect, to guide and to save.
We dedicate it to human Equally. In thi.
Hall, the King upon his throne the presicen,
in his chair; the Commander-in-C Chief Of tn,
armies Of mighty nation, is entitled to nc
higher consideration than the most humble
artisan OF the craft And while we IN no wse
interfere with political entities or religion,
creeds, we cherish the belief that before III,
Grand Master there is no distinction, "xccpt
such distinction as is bestowed by him Tor be,
dscharging the high and holy duties OF life.
Brethren,-We have right to congratulate
ourselves upon the success which has attended
our efforts. We seek not the applause of man
but in our own consciousness of desiring to de-
the most good that We can do in this our in
itiatory step to the attainment Of seat in th,
Grand Lodge above, We may ssreDey smile al
the criticism of the sensorious and the narrow
mndedncss of the fault iindl ng.
THE Arena Star tells of q dread
full accident which happened to 9
little son, (about seven years old,) o1
Thomas Davis. of Mill Creek, on the
18th inst, thus: The boy was hold
ing horse for his father, standing
just inside the door of their house
with the halter strap wrapped two
or three times around his hands il
order to hold the animal. While
thus engaged the horse began to
pull back on the halter, the boys
body striking the door aud closing
it on his hands with the strap still
around them. The horse still con.
tinued to pull backward, tearing the
flesh and muscles Of the right band
entirely out, leaving the bones bare