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will find that the great truths which Ma
sonry seeks to instil into the hearts ant
minds of men, have been the levers, tn,
main springs of his enlightenment and ad
yancement.
Though nations have come and gone
have risen to the zenith of power an,
fame and fallen into ruin and decay
though even empires have crumbled un
der the ravaging hand of time yet masonr,
still remains, and is silently and secretl,
performing its high and noble mission
among the sons of men, inculcating in then
love and admiration for the good, tn,
bedWtM,and the true; melting them to tn,
practice of every virtue-Temperance
Fortitude, Prudence and Justice.
Not only that temperance which teache
us to restrain our affections and passion
that we may avoid the great evil of intem
perance, which has blighted so many.home
and has brought crime and poverty to $,
many tiresides, where peace and plent,
would otherwise have dwelt but that high
er temperance of the mind, which will en-
able us to reflect soberly and intelligent,
upon all the affairs of this life, which will
ever encourage in us a fixed and stead,
purpose of mind, and enable us to wall
uprightly before God and man
Not only that fortitude, which will ell
able us to undergo pain, peril and danger
but that higher fOrttude of the soul whicl
shall inspire us with a moral courage, suf
ticient under any of the emergencies o
life, to enable us to dare to do right, t.
dare to be true
Not only that prudence which teaches
us to regulate our lives agreeably to til,
dictates of reason, but that higher qualit,
of the mind which will enable us to right
ly reason that we may avoid the snare:
and pitfalls however artfully they may b'
disguised, with which mans pathway i:
beSet
Not only that Justice, which teaches IL:
to render to every man his just due, bu
that deep sense of our mutual dependence
upon each other, which will ever prompt
us to the observance of the Golden Rule
ito do unto others as we would have then
do unto us"
Masonry ever holds up to us, and en-
courages the study of the Arts and Sciences
Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic,
Geometry, Music and Astronomy, that we
may thereby be brought to knowledge OF
the great first cause Who that has ever
dwelt in contemplation and study in any
of these fruitful fields of learning or ha:
even glanced upon the fair and varied land
scape they ever present to the intellectual
eye of man, but has been drawn nearer
and nearer, step by step up to the great
source of all knowledge, of all truth.
By the study of the Divine science of
Astronomy, we are carried far, far, away
beyond the confines of this earth, into the
distant realms of space.
If we take the wings of the morning
and travel with the velocity of its light
faster and faster until we have continued
our flight beyond the four score years OF
human life, still on and on, until the year:
have grown to centuries, we still remair
within the circle of our own grand solar
system, each of its bright and shining
orbs moving in silence and majesty in ;
never ending journey around the central
Sun. Could we thence go on and on
with ever increasing speed until bewilder
ed with the rush of passing worlds an(
suns and systems, until centuries have
grown to ages, and ages lost in eternity
our own glorious consultations paled into
a heavy cloud upon the deep ethereal blue
or lost in the immensity of space, ye
round and about us should we still behold
the countless systems which dwell in tina
intinity of space, each proclaiming the
omniscience, the omnipresence, the Glory
of the Great Creator at whose behest they
were called into being and under whose
unerring laws they run their ceaseles:
course.
In contemplation of this wonderful
mystery-lost in the profundity of the
thoughts which it inspires, may We no
well ask, What is man that thou art mind
full of him etc Yet hast thou made hin
etc"
So masonry, recognizing the Fatherh ood
of God insists that before his name all
from the humblest entered apprentice
,l.,.l L.,
Lambskin-to the most distinguished ed
craftsman who presides over the mystic
rites, shall with reverence, humbly bow;
recognizing the brotherhood of man, il
seeks to bind its sons together by the silk
en- cords of fraternal love, and to imbut
them with the true principles and prac-
ticeS of an ideal manhood
If then brethen we will but listen to and
faithfully follow the teachings of Masonry
we shall be better fitted for the living
present, and the full discharge of all those
duties which we owe to God, our Neighbnr
and ourselves. If we would safely tread
life's May paths, avoid its snares and
ancient landmarks and endcaver to apply
the true principles of masonry in our dai
ly walk. Womd we be true to God? let
us pay him that homage and reverence
which is due to the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe, not only while we are within
the lodge, but when we are abroad in the
world
Would we he true to our neighbor9 let
us bear in mind the great command, to
love, thy neighbor as thyself' let us ever
meet brother upon the great level of our
common humanity, remembering that ''to
err Is human to forgive, divine
Is he naked-clothe him; is he hungry
feed him; is he sick minister unto him, for