Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-11-02
creator has strewn with lavish hand all
along his pathway.

Surrounded by such influences we find
little reason to wonder that the mysteries
Of free masonry were more than a thous-
and years old when the star of Rethle-
ham arose and angelic choristers SANG.
sPeace on earth: good will toward man ),
4 Love for the mysterious ID the Chris
tlan's vital breath, To study the mvs-
tery Of theology the scholar burns the
midnight oil. torsakes tho world and its
transient pleasures to dwell in ar atmos-
phere of purity and 1--we
! To study tie source and mystery Of an.
cient craft masonry. Robert Morris. Of
blessed memory. left home and native
land to dwell among strangers. The dan
GERS Of ocean travel. the heat and dust Of
arid plains and sandy deserts. tie angry
| glance Of Bedorins or the threatened va
| lence Of infidels awakened no alarm in
his faithful breast and sent not 4 tremor
| Of fear to a heart dedicated IL Odd and
devoted to the mystarv If masonry
If the mystery of our order had no
other plea for its existance than that fts
heroic and Christian Disciple. Robert
Morris, Joined the east and the vest to
each other by fraterna] bond Of affec-
ton which time cannot corrode. hut
which will abide until empires crnmble
into dust and are forgotten' Il would IL
Young thousand wears hence.
Every useful att and science. every
comfort and conyenience. every nrayer-
full thought or reverentio] emotion n ii
has made life worth living and advanced
man to nearer walk WITH iii creator Is
the direct result Of his restless desire to
drop a plumb-line into the denths If The
ocean Of mysterv which surrounds MIN
It is said That The return Of the seasons:
the beauty and variety Of mans natural
surroundings: the wondrous display Of
the planetary systems, each particular
planet held in its orbit by a mysterious
power utterly beyond his comprehension.
raye man his first idea If order and svm
Inetry. It did far more than this. II
fred His heart With j noble ambition to
s,ndy III mysteries of his snrro,,ndings
onlv % II cast. N ~ nhsarving saw, 20 ave ahont Hin Hin
- "a " that ~, ~ - A1,.w;se % es Hsnd ha5 sca,tar @
al hlass;u &c inn,'nerahia al i' alonn s.u II !
18th If h,s mortal M axistanca % ] an6 an % ieft lin i'm
pnlv H. taak so1na+;rnas as Sim III n,nra
oftan Communicated ~ d;uest;ng tham of
son,a nortinn II tha;r ~ ,nvetor;1,,,s nharon.
tlr ana - aJnnt;nr thom to IL nsa '' T.
tnok i FranlI;n S;+h . teiiL a. nord ,,,ora
notant than Hands If s+aal ~ lon,marod
,told IL drou 49, nnstar,, ~ a1aatr;o;+1,
Tron tha Glands and ada,t - to ~ tha i Ia ~
his failows Watts in ! slant ravare NJ
his m mothar,s ;n%olaaida % d;scovarad IL tho y,
N mvsterions nower If staom ma ;ts hana-
fits IL man ara havond Ne Communication
If n mothamaticions Nawton stnd;ad M.
tnra till il IN IN n,,ordad ,nnmant sha a.
loved him m to cateh q r]anca | 1T tha secra+
If grov;tation and tba5 dronnad tha cnr.
tai6 m tn her % myster;es ste, | foraver rp'0 - "
Tha mvsta,w of Snou,nation oharnod
colnmbns from the marts If trade tn The
conyts If kinps. mvstarv lant M oicol
,,barms ~ his s ronn ants mustorv iliad
h;s sails g stood Of - the % whaal j. md , y,,ided ]
lis lis I' frail craft raft nvar bar own INV mVsferous im
ana m unknown Sea, till continent arose
with @ mniestic @ sween across III hnW ~ y md nd
millions nf men Who eniov freedom III.
vested Of kinocraft and hieotrv. fraedom
from which tRe chaff of 6ersecution and
abridpment Of nersona]ities has heen
Winn1wed by the zenhyrs Of liberty will
sneak His name with grateful linsthrongh
oil The coming ares. IAnnlansel i
Had his love For tie mysterio,1s been
left ont If onr nature this land If free
dom had been unknown; tile inspiration
81 freedom had never been felt. the nat
riotism which renders this co1ntrv inVin.
chile in war and noble and inst In neacn
resnected abroad and revered at home