The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-22
SCOTTISH RITE OF FKEEMAsoNARY.

The Masonic fraternity of the A. and A
Scottish Rite of our city will hold another
reunion on Tuesday, "Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, TO confer the de-
grees OF the rite. up to, and including the
32ud degree. Sublime Prince of the Royal
Secret. There are present forty applicants
for the degree. All affiliated master
| Masons are eligible as applicants The
food Of light in Missionary impaired to
those who pass through the ceremonies
embraces so much information Of the past
ages, that has lain buried in darkness, not
! only since the completion and dedication
! of King Solomon's temple; but from thu
! earliest formation of society in India,
/ Egypt, Greece and Rome, that it is of
great value TO the intelligent student of
| Masonic history, in order to be able to
! fully comprehend and understand the
objects and tenets of Masonry; that he
pass through and understand the ritual
| morals and dogma of the Scottish Rite
degrees
Masonry has for its great light the Holy
Bible. and recognizes the two greatest
events in the worlds history: The crea-
ton and the resurrection. Its
beauty; its theological ladder: faith, hope
and charity. The Christian and the
Israelts meet together on the same level
and acknowledge the same God as the
creator aud pr-seryer of all things. The
fraternity is cosmopolitan in character;
Masons are to be found in every land and
cline who recognize the universal Ian
guage of FreemaSoDry.
The order has ever been the friend and
living fountain of munifcence, devoted to
the elevation of mankind in morals and
the liberties of the state; in religious and
political freedom, based upon the funda-
mental principles laid down in the deca-
logue and the golden rule. 1t isno men
ace to the perDetuity OF free institutions
for the general diffusion of knowledge in
the arts and sciences. The public schools,
universities, vast libraries and avenues to
enlighten and educate the masses, are
some of the the principles cherished and
promoted by the order
Intelligent research has proved the hand
maid of revelation which divulges secrets
far beyond her gaze Many of the myth
cal teachings of the ancien.s are restored
to light, aan much that was TO them an
iICOIl ljl SutHSlOLe mystery, IS III the il3OG
of scientific Research of this Nineteenth
century, restored to order out OF their
chaos. The rough gems that have lain |
buried III the decayjng ruins OF empires, |
long since passed into silence, have be- |
come the beauty and glory of our order
has no sympathy with fanatical |
intolerance, and does not claim |
the prerogative of debating to church or |
state, what the individual shall or shall |
not believe. 1t does not claim to be a re- |
ligious institution, neither is it an irrelig- |
ious institution; but it does claim to teach |
the very highest code of morality, as it is |
aud iuculcated in the great light of ma
sonry, the Holy Bible.
federation is one of the fundamental
principles of the Masonic teaching. Under
the teachings and forms of pagan and
false religious, woman has been oppressed
and enslaved, while under the form aud
teachings of our free institutions, which
AIasons tester and uphold, she is honored,
and educated. Love to God and
love to our neigbbor is the Fundamental
and practical ethics. Ia the
light Of our civil and religious freedom,
medieval bigotry and intolerance have no
resting place