The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-27
ST.. JoHN,s DAY.

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the hand of brotherly love, the Fraternity
is accustomed to celebrate the festivals of
st. John the Baptist and st. John the
Evangelist. While the cycles of time
move on apace, while Kingdoms and en-
pires have been cast down and forgot,
while Egypes once mighty cities lie en-
toned in eternal sand, Masonry, coeval
with and ante-dating written history,
perpetuates in eternal memory, and pre-
serves to the Craft the work of the true,
the beautiful, the good. The oath of June
is festive occasion, set apart by the craft
to worship the Grand Architect of the
Universe.
On LAST Monday large number of the
fraternity assembled at the Masonic
Hall, and there formed in procession,
with Hon. J. L. Orr as Marshal, assisted
by J. R. Williams, and unfurled their
standard of '.Faith and Hope" "Charity
and WISDOM" Strength and Beauty"
and marched in time to the stirring
strains of the Anderson Cornet Band to
the Carolina Collegiate Institute. 1t be-
ing busy time, there was not an unu"
sually large crowd in attendance, but a
sufficient number was present to make
the occasion both interesting and pleas
ant.
J-F. C. DuPre, of Abbeville, was the
first speaker, and gave an interesting
history of the. rise and progress of the
Order. He, claimed that its origin was
coeval with Adam, was known and prac-
ticed by Noah, and continued by his de-
sceildants in its purity until the building
of the tower of Babel. That after the
curse was pronounced upon them, those
who had not participated in the "crime"
continued the pure Freemasonry, and
the other established a spurious system.
That these two followed parallel cur
rents till the building of King Solomon's
Temple. That they were then united
and blended into one, and have so con-
tinued to this time. He next instanced
some historical facts which occurred from
the completion of the temple until the
change in 17I4. Then briefly and con-
cisely noticed some Of its leading doc
tries and principles-the belief in God,
the Immortality of the soul, the resur-
rection Of the body. lie next. explained
its principle tenets-brotherly love, re-
lief, truth-and insisted that its object
was to make man wiser, better and hap
pier He denied that Free Masonry is
church, or a religion, and denied and re-
piled to the objection that it is "secret
society,"" and then closed with an earnest
exhortation to the craft to prove their
faithby their works.
Maj. John B. Moore was the next
speaker introduced. He began by dis
cussing the etymology of Masonry
Showed how many different nations had
claimed its origin. He then claimed its
origin from the building of Kirg Solo
nous Temple. The subject of Masonry
was then discussed by the degrees from
the Entered Apprentice to the 9th, or
Royal Masters degree. That the Eu-
tered Apprentice represented Youth, the
Fellow Graft, Manhood, and the Master
Mason, Old Age. That the Master
Mason discovered that truth was lost,
and that the Royal Arch. Mason found it,
and the Cryptic Mason showed how it
was found. He then spoke of some of
the objections to Masonry That If the
uninitiated condemn us no Mason will
oppose you, but wifi pity you and pray
for you, because you know not what you
do. And he closed by paying a beautiful
tribute to woman, in which he claimed
that the virtuous, true and good woman
was mans beau-ideal of Masonic perfec-
ton. That shsneed not be initiated by
us, for she was already initiated by the
God of her creation.
DR.. r. F. Diver was the next speaker.
He spoke of the utility of Masonry.
That it was something to be practiced
outside of the tiled recesses of the Lodge
room. That it was system which
taught sublime truths, land painted
grandly the beautiful, the good, the
pure. BE then discussed what Masonry
was. That it had been beautifully rep:
resented to be a system Of morality.
yeiled in allegory and illustrated by
symbols. That the order was founded
on the great masonic doctrines of a God,
and the immortality of the soul. He
then proceeded to discuss the teachings
of Masonry. BE said that a good Mason
is good man and neighbor, and that it
was not every man who wore the badge of
a Mason on the lappei of his coat that is
true Mason, but that il was the sober, the
temperate, the good man that makes the
true Mason. He then dealt some heavy
blows at those who brought reproach
upon the order by drunkenness. In
concluding, he claimed that the -jorder
had been foremost in promoting plans
for the moral and intellectual elevation
Of our race ~
1t is impossible to do the speakers JUS
tice in such brief outlines.
The speaking being over, the crowd
repaired to the beautiful grove where the
baskets, whose swelling sides were al
most ready to burst with good things,
were brought out and their contents dis
cussed with enthusiasm by the whole
crowd.
The fraternity again formed in process
SIGN and returned to their hall, and closed
the festival of the day.
MAKE YOUR RETURNS.
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to republish the following appointments.
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