Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-14
BRILLIANT SPEECH.
The Aasons of Nandalia Enjoyed II
Splendid Address From Judge
Edwards.

~ NAE'
In Nandalia last Saturday evening
to attend q public installation of
the officers of the Masonic order of
that city. After the installation Of
officers an address was to have
been delivered by Judge S. M. Ed
wards, of this city. On account OF
illness thu Judge vas not able 10
attend but appointed Mr.. Trimole
to read his address.
The speech written by Judge
Edwards, and read by Mr.. Trim
bic, was as follows:
Friends and Brothers:
1t was the purpose of King David
to build an house wherein the
Lord God of Israel might be wor-
shipped, and to that end he had
collected a large amount of mater
ial, consisting of gold and silver,
precious stones and jewels and
white, tine twined linen: - but,
inasmuch as he was 8 man of war,
he was forbidden by the prophet
Nathan to build the house, the
work being reserved tor his son,
the wise king who should come
after him. This wonderful house
was begun in the year 1892 and
finished in the year 1900. 1t vas
built on Mount Moriah-on a sa-
cred spot-the place where Abra-
ham was about to offer up his o
Isaac, and where David met and
appeased the destroying angel.
who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord, and who shall stand
in His holy place? He that hath
clean hands and a pure heart; who
hath not lifted up his soul unto
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."
When the house was completed
we are told, ''thas it's several parts
fitted with such exact nicely, that
it resembled the work of the Great
Architect of the Universe rather
than that of human hands,
lis completion and dedication was
attended with scenes of splendor
and m~agnlficence that astonished
and b%ewildered even the people OF
God. Fire came down from
Heaven and consumed the offering
and the sacrifice. The presencs
of Jehovah himself was proclaimed
from between the cherubim, and
the glory of the Lord filled the
Lords house.
Bright was the hour when lsra
els princes, in their pride anC
power, knelt in the Temple
eourt-the living flames, the &C
cepted sacrifice to all proclaim
, Then lowered Vas every brow. n,
human sight could brave the splen
dor Of that Hood OF light which
yelled II $ presence and His awfu
form-whose path the whirlwinC
=, is, whose breath the storm. VIII
! such wonderful glory and demon
STATIONS, did God mark his appro
val of the Mason's work.
! My brother, whence come you
You come from this house of tn,
Lord-from this sublime Lodge
e from this wonderful Temple a
Jerusalem!-for every Masoni
/ Lodge on the broad earth to-day is
in a symbolic sense, a representa-
, ton OF King Solomon's Temple
, 1t is no trititng thing to be a Ma
> son. Hoary with time and ripe il
/ honor, it has come down through
the centuries, with not a light ex
tinguished; not an ornament dis
. placed; not a jewel tarnished-un
. affected by age ,prejudice Or calum
ny, profound in philosophy
good in its charities and wise il
t its aims. Since its dawn upol
=. earth-since that blazing star frs
threw its beautiful light upon tn
ground floor of the Temple, king
5 doms have withered and gone
1 thrones have crumbled and fallen
principalities and powers hav'
. been overthrow; revolution
have changed Empires, Republics
peoples, and tongues, and yet Ere
: Masonry, the twin of the ages, i
obedient now, as then, to the sam
strange and mysterious sound o
= that gavel in the East. My broth
$ er, what code is this that needs n
= amendment? What theory is thi
5 that has not become obsolete
What tongue is this, with its Ian
guage of signs. old as the stars am
plain as the day? 1t is Free Ma
sonry! Founded upon everlasting
5 Truth; sustained by a brotherhood
: of love, and beautifed by a morali
1 ty, traced by the finger of CO.
! upon the tables of stone to be
. rule and a guide for the conduct O
| men throughout all time. Ar
}, you a Mason? How many in til
e ritual of the worlds vernacular
! will lightly answer: "Yer bet ye
, boots"
My brother, Free Masonry i
. more than a sight is more than
= word; it is nor than q grip. Tn
true answer stamps the characte
with the dignity of manhood-witl
the purity of love and the sanctit,
I of truth. The Mason who light,
regards the solemnity of his pro
: fession should remove the hood