Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-01-21

10 appease the curiosity OF the uninitiated
l. Belief IN the existence Of n Supreme
Being, in some revelation of His will in
the resurrection OF the body and in The
Immortality Of the soul.
2. The obligations aud modes OF recoe.
milton, and the legion Of the third degree
3. The inculcation Of the moral virtues,
Of benevolence and tho doctrines of natural
religion, by means OF symbols derived
from the Temple oil King Solomon and its
tradition, and from the usages and customs
observed, and from the implements and
materials used in its construction.
A. That Masons must obey tile moral law
and the government OF the country in which
they live.
8. That the Grand Muster is the head OF
the Craft.
6. That the Master is the head of the
Lodge. 4..s.
7. That the Grand Lodge ia the supreme
governing body within It's territorial juris.
diction.
s. That every lodge has an inherent
right to be represented in the Grand lodge
by its first three officers, or their proxies.
o. That every lodge has power to make
Masons, and to administer its own fairs.
10. That every candidate must be man,
OF lawful nge, born OF free parents, under
no restraint of liberty, and hale and sound,
as q man ought 10 be.
IL. That no candidate can be received
except by unanimous ballot, after due no.
tice Of his application and due inquiry as
to his qualifications.
IL. That the ballot is inviolably secret.
13. That al Masons, ms such, are peers.
IA. That NIL lodges are peers.
IL That all Gr,n 1o1,xa. ,.o ,>nar.
16 That The obligations, means of rec
ognilion, and The forms and ceremonies OBJ
served in comforting the degrees are secret.
II. That no innovation can be made up.
on the body of Masonry.
is. That the ancient landmarks are the
supreme law, and cannot be changed Or
abrogated.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
This Is what Masonry is; YOU may draw
your own conclusion us to what Mason
should be, having these landmarks to pro.
tect his rule and guide through life. Ma.
sonry is next t6 the true religion of the Je.
bovah OF Israel, and the Mason should be
next, in moral action, to the true and nc.
cepted Isrnelite, for he draws his tenels
from the same volume and drinks from
the same fountain OF life and being. These
landmarks are unchanging and unchange.
able; they have ruled the Craft since the
wise man sat in the en-t and Hiram pre-.
sided over the workmen OF art. They
should be our rule and guide for we, like
our ancient brethren, are operative rs we'll
az speculative Masons. Our ancient breth.
rem wrought in physical material; we work
in speculative material. They gathered
their material from the quarries of stone,
but we operate in the material of action,
decided and potent action. They built
temples which, on account of their grand.
eur and beauty, have ever been the objects
OF praise. We have an edfice to build
an edifice which shall stand through eter-
nifty TO our glory or shame, aud shall be
inspected not only by men and angels, but
by the great Architect of the Universe.
We don't use tools Of iron and wood, as did
our ancient brethren, but the symbolic
markable OF action, farming Perfect Ash
lers for the temple of our being, which is
circum>cribed by the embIematic Compass,
squared by the masonic Square, and levele,l
by the Level Of the fraternity. We are
building day after day and our work ia
undergoing constant inspection by the Mas
ter Builder of Eternity. Should we not
then be careful MS to our work and mark,
eet We PioNe iulpoSteTS anu tne cry De
echoed through the Jeweled Lodge Eternal
-.lmpostor-nn'l the angels e-echo--Inflict
the penalty. Then Mercy, the darling at
tribute of the Deity, cannot intercede with
the compassionate response him
Should we not exercise the masonic graces
of Wisdom, Strength and Beauty, tempered
with the "cement of brotLerly love and
affection" directed by the permanent ten.
cts OF Faith, Hope and Charity, that when
the grains of sand from the hour-glass have
passed away, we may be ready TO enter in.
to the Grand Lodge above. and there re.
ceive our wages OF eternal felicity and joy
Brethren, may we thus meet, act and
part; may the blessing of heaven rest upon
us and all regular Masons may brotherly
love prevail, and every moral and socia
virtue cement MS.
So mote ii be.