The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-01-31

gwen TOT any excitement which evis+a
curing or previous to an election IN N
: Orand Lodge, TO subside. Bnt now
no sooner Is one election over than com
Dlnatlons are formed for the next an,
thus the maternity is kent in nernatno
turmoil. | commend this subject 81 II
rs bearings and in all its possible conse
9uehces, to the serious consideration .
the Grand Lodge. '0A =
nave felt compelled to denounce III,
present system of Grand Lodge politics
but IN doing so disclaim all intentio,
Oh referring toindiyiduals. / also racoo,
ME that the necessity of referring f
TINS subject involves the necessity al
preventing my name from being present
ed to the Grand Lodge for reelection
lest should be charged with seeking e
ADVANCE my own personal interests.
And in connection with the foregoing
Bro Howry has this to say on
ROTATING THE OFFICE OF GRAND MAS.
TER.
we nave entered our protest against
Totatmg every Grand Master ont every
year and putting in a new oae-as il tn
practice in New York, Kentucky and
tennessee, and some other States !
There are occasions when one term is
sufficient, but they do not often occur.
when first-class man is made Grand
MASTER keep him in, two terms at least
When third or fourth rate man is put
IN, make change the first opportunity
-loroetded YOU have better man to take
his place-in our opinion.
USE OF HALLS FOR MEETINGS NOT MA
sonic.
On ruling Of the Grand Master of
New Mexico that he had refused dis
pensation to allow the use of its hall for
meetings of a society not Masonic, Bro.
Howry has this to say:
On the Sd ruling, we remark: That it
will, we apprehend, be difficult for a
Lodge or Chapter to get night out Of
the week to hold its Communications
II secret ritualistic insurance companies
continue to increase, and walk into
Lodge rooms unlimited and 60 to work.
We know such to be the case In some in
stances.
Some OF our confreres in the Corps
may ask us how this outrage can be per
petrated. We answer in advance by
brother Masons attaching themselves to
every new Order that comes along, and
feeling that they have right to go into
the Lodge and Chapter rooms. lust take
the new bastard order in, and the work
OF Dissertation begins. They take pos
session of Lodge furniture, desks, work
ing tools, of every description, books,
papers, etc, etc. If Mason objects,
the devotees and filibusters of the bogus
orders take their revenge by absenting
themselves from our Lodge meetings.
RAPID ADVANCEMENT IN MASONRY.
From the address of the Grand Mas
ter Of New Hampshire the following is
eulled:
There still exists among the officers Of
our Lodges too much inclination to
favor rapid advancement in Masonry.
believe that our motto should be "slow
but sure, and Masons should be made
from those who seek it for itself alone, |
rather than from those who apply for it, |
as they would an accidental insurance
policy, because they are about to travel
to be used only when misfortune over
takes them.
The zeal manifested in many of our
Lodges, in procuring for applicants for
The honors of Masonry dispensations
waving the usual probation, solely be-
cause they are about to depart for some
other field of labor, will, | am fearful, /
convey to the profane an erroneous i'm
preston Of the objects of our beloved
Institution.
MASONRY IN TIMES OF NEED.
From the address of Grand Master of
Michigan, describing the devastations by
ire in that State, in 1881:
+" At once the great-hearted, generous
people, all over the land poured out their
,harity, but after all, the relief was but
Provision must be made for
heller, and iii some degree for food, till |
.rops could grow. Teams and tools and
eed wheat must be had at once, or the
ime for sowing would be past. This re-
luired organized effort. In this emer-
,ency, ! called upon Masons at home
nd abroad to come to the relief of Ma
ons. The response was instant, grand, ..
dasonic
knowing Masonry, believing in it as /,
id, and cogniZant of its benefcent teach !.
ngs and works, after all was not half
ware till then how grandly, how nobly
Iasons lived their Masonry. From other
frand Jurisdictions by successive malls !
nd even by telegraph, came tens, hun !
reds and thousands of dollars. These
rethren we cannot thank enough. God !
rant their time of need may not come, :
ut if it does, the Masons of Michigan !
ill have enough to do to repay one-half :,
ne debt they owe them" !
THE GREAT ESSENTIAL IN MAsoNY. t
From address of the Grand Master Of
Iissouri:
The age in which we live is intensely Z
tactical The world measures us by our :
,tions rather than our professions. Let J
8, therefore, brethren, for the coming ?
ear as for all future time, endeavor to
nphasize more fully in our lives and :,
xamples than at any time heretofore, !
le great fact, the great truth, the great j