Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-02-06

vine plan, and illustrating Liberality
and Brotherly Love. There can be
no brotherly love without liberality,
and Masonry embodies these virtues
and christian graces in living exam
pies. aaaar EEraf r. aEa
But it is not sufficient that Wisdom and
Strength be united and blended: they
must also be combined and adorned. =
For this purpose there must be another
mana third person. And what manner
of man shall he be? Whence shall he
come? Solomon writes again to Hiram
to send him "a man cunning to work in
gold, and in silver, and i'm brass. and i'm
iron. and in purple, and crimson. and
blue, and that can skill to grave" Hiram
advertises and finds the man needed-
1.-The widows son." or Masonioally speak,
ing. Hiranl-Abiff. His mother vas a
father was Tyrean. In him, in his per-
son. we have the two different peoples
united and combined; and he was the ar
chitect and real builder OF the Temple.
and by him it was adorned and beautitied
Hence, HiraIn-Abiff represents Beauty,
and Illustrates Charity, which is Liberal
ity and Brotherly Love united and COM
bined. Was this merely accidental? Has
it no significance? Hiram-Ab:tf was not
only symbolical; he was also typical
typical of one who was to come and unite
in His person the Divine and the human
natures (; the essence OF whose nature is
Love, which embraces all the virtues of
morality and all the christain graces
combined; and they were most beautiful
ly illus, rated iI1 His most beautiful life
And to carry the type to its crowniny
height, the mysterious and ira gical death.
the peculiar burial of 1.-THE widows SON.
Enthusiastically shadowed forth the glo-
rIous doctrines OF the atonement and of
the resurrection. SAYS a distinguished
Masonic writer, Its Wisdom is Faith !;
its Strength is Hope; and its Beauty is
Charity" Truth is ifs center; and Truth
is :'the Lion of the triLe of Judal.." !" God
is love-" Charity is love in action. And
as charity is the brightest virtue of our
holy religion, so it is the chief beauty of
our sublime and benevolent order; and it
will be the crowning glory in that temple
not made with hands. All truth centers
in love; and love shines in charity.
The principal point in Masonry is
three fold. and comprises the exalted
virtues of Truth, Brorherly Love, and
Relief. Truth is a divine attribute and
the foundation of every virture. To be
good and true is the first lesson of Ma
sonry. By the exercise of Brotherly
Love we are taught to regard the whole
and low, rich and poor; who, as created
by one Almighty Parent, aud inhabitants
OF the same planet, are to aid, support
and protect each other. To relieve the
distressed is = duty incumbent on all
men, but particularly on Masons, who
profess TO be linked together by an in
dissoluble chain of sincere affection. 10
soothe the unhappy, to sYmpathize with
their misfortunes, to compassionate their
miseries, and to restore peace to their
troubled minds, is the grand aim we have
in view" The TRUTH was incarnatcd
to manifest the living God to man, and
to give relief to 4 fallen world. If truth
is not put into human lite it has no power
for good. Every virtue must be active
to be a virtue at all. A dead yirture is a
soliciSIn- A theory that is not practical
is an empty nothing. The glory of Ma
sons is to beautify their lives with the
principles which they teach. Hiraln-Abiif
was raised up by the God of all beauty
to adorn and beautify Solomon's Temple.
''He was filled with wisdom, and under
standing, and cunning to work in all
works of brass" All his patterns were
borrowed from the match,ess and ex-
| Quisite hand of nature, and the God of
nature furnished the wisdom and under
standing and skill to execute them. The
| finish of the house was so very perfect
that it looked more like the handiwork
Of Nature than of art and it had the ap-
pearance of one solid piece of workman
ship, adorned and beautified with the fig
ures OF flowers and lilies with all the
blushing freshness of May morning.
| But we work now in Speculative Ma
sonry, and not bl Operative; and instead
! of wood and stone, iron and brass, and
gold and purple materials, we operate
upon mind and spirit. and seek to adorn
! lie with the beauties of charity and
! brotherly kindness. There is nothing
really beautiful but what has upon il the
impress OF ''thc beauty of holincss."-
! Says an able German writer, "All true
beauty is the outward expression of
something good. That which is perfect
iy good can only appear in perfect beau
! ty. Hence the biblical doctrine as to the
glory of God, and i'm connection with the
future transformation of the world. The
holy anG living God stands in the mos
effective relationship to Ills world. He
is the glorious One, whose gloIy extend:
to the utmost limits of the universe.
If we more closely consider the intrinsic
substance and apparent form of this di
vine glory, we find that the secret o
Gods beauty is primarily involved il
His nature as light, which reflects thu
purity, holiness, grace, and gladness o.
| His inner being, and radiates arouat
Him this intrinsic beauty. Is there any
thing in nature more beautiful than light
and is there any thing in the moral worlt
more beautiful than holinessS Will
what beautiful harmony do the t,lnda
mental principles of Ills nature flow on
from the other-spiri., light, lite, love p
Every expression OF the divine glory i
an.expression of love. The law of Go,
is tire law OF love; and whoever is gov
erned by that law must love God, AN,
must love his brother also. And low
must find expression in works of beaut!
and goodness. in gracionsness and be
neficence. THE glory of God was re
vealed in the relief provided fer a filleI
and ruined world. and its brightest ray
shone in most beautiful splendor mil
scenes of distress and sorrow and death
And the most beautiful work of men /
found in deeds of charity. in the relic
; given the unfortunate and the helpless
The brightest monument OF the MasOni,
Fraternity in North Carolina. the mos
, Heavenly, is at Oxford-the Orphan
. Asylum. That is more in accordanc
with the genius aud spirit of Free Mason
1y than would have been the splendi
J Temple in Raleigh. That is true eS
) preston. of Charity, giving relief and ali
. where relief and al are most needed
Orphans! How touching the very name
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