The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-01
MASONIC AIMS.
Rev. Bro. Hull Addresses
the Members of Bay
View Lodge F & A. M.
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.
Defines the Principles Which Gov
ern the Order-Defends tho
Secrecy of Its Ceremonies.

Secrecy of Its Ceremonies.
Ihe members of Bay View Lodge, 3. &
A M, of Greenyille. attended Linden
Avenue M. E. Church last night and
listened to a masonic sermon by the REV.
Brother w. F. Hull, pastor Of the church.
HIS text was Bear you one anothers
burdens and so fulfill the law of CHRISTI
Gal. 6; 2.
"Mazzini says hat fraternity is the re-
clprocal affection, the sentiment which
anclines man to do unto others as he
would Others do unto him. " said the pas
TOT. and this Is the spirit of the text; Of
unity, Of all true brotherhood of man and
fatherhood of God. Emerson also says
The highest compact we can make with
our fellows is, let there be truth between
US for evermoreA, 1t is sublime to feel
and say of another, 7 rely on him, as on
myself.
In everything" continued Pastor Full,
there Is n underlying principle which
as the groundwork of existence, marble,
conesion; water, chemical affinity of two
moved by different motives appealing to
lndlvsdualism; pleasure, power, wealth.
Wnere these have been the controlling
principle men have not succeeded. The
world is a graveyard because of these.
only one man has exalted the contrary
principle of human brotherhood. Individ-
ualism is
brotherhood is step towards unity.
1t is the law of Christ and the law OF the
heart. Cooperation is reactive, as for ex-
ample these familiar objects in an engine,
pelt, wheels, piston, cogs,. etc. For years
principle that controls human nature.
Some said it was harmony with our en-
vlronment. Later it was said to be the
law OF the survival of the 1ttest and now
IT is called the law of mutual help. BY It
the bees, ants, birds and beavers live In
communities.
What are some of the burdens imposed
on US in the text? Daily toll for bread,
sickness, bereavement, anxiety, sensitive
ness, quilt of shame, domestic worry,
business embarrassments. Admitting then
the universal necessity for sympathy, how
mas It been cultivated in practical lirles?
BY various orders of brotherhood, one of
winch is here before me tonight.
Pastor Hull then Owed into a little his
tory Of masonry. 1t was, he said, one of
the oldest # not the most ancient organ
1zation which seeks to exeqnplify in its
symbols, ritual and practice the principle
OF Father in God and Brotherhood in
Man. 1t seeks, he said dmpressively, to
allied ideas of God and admonishes them
never to mention his name but with rev
erential awe.
Its brotherhood ds world wide and
KNOWS no distinction of chime, of persons,
because princes, marshals and m~illionaires
belong to 1t, of race or condition. Certain
great moral duties are inculcated in the
lecture and work of each degree. But OBJ
lection Is made to the veil of secrecy
drawn over it's ceremonies. 1t, however,
must be remembered that secrecy is not
a cloak for evil. Secrecy pervades all. The
ancient evils temple by Divine command
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tum sanctorum to those parts set apart
for the priesthood. The family itself. the
best outcome of civilization is impossible
without secrecy. The moment secrecy Is
gone from It's circle family life falls to
pieces. Secrecy pervades the councils Of
the Church, the deliberations of the Cab
met. 1t pervades official meetings, pres
byteries, classes, temperance societies,
benevolent societies and even in certain
ray the doings of Congress itself.
'FremaSonry Is unique among the organ
izations of the social world. Other insti-
tutiors have grown through. changes and
without these they could not have existed;
but centuries have not altered Freemason-
ry. For a long time membership extended
only to masons, but in the year I'LL in
London was organized the first grand
tend the benefits of the order to other
countries and lodges were established in
France. India, Holland, Denmark, Rus
and s smerica Tbe Italy aryf s .pm1s,sI portugal eal
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America was issued to Brother Daniel
Cox of New Jersey in 1880. The first lodge
was organized in New Jersey at Newark,
May 10, 1851; the second at Elizabethtown,
in 1862; then at Princeton, 1853; Basking
Ridge, 1857. The grand lodge was organ
lied in New Brunswick dm 1887, and Chief
Justice David Beasley was the first grand
master.
$40 be a mason, said Pastor Hull, sig
nifies much, but it should mean mulch
more. It ought to be a guarantee to all
the world that he is a man Of honesty, in
tegrity, Morality and moral character. No
man should be encouraged to join the
order who would detract from it's honored
record and historic integrity.
Finally" said Brother Hull, in an elo-
quent peroration, remember that there
is no higher example of human brother
hood h a He whose name suggests
one of our most religious symbols. The
sick, the afflicted and bereaved came to
Him for sympathy and never came in
vain. He it was who set the example of
bearing burdens for others. He bore Dur
for US. Honor Him. Slowly we are
learning the great doctrine embodied In
our text. May it fill our hearts more and
more until burdens are lifted from some
shoulders and the law OF unity shall pre-
vail.
tsFast as the rolling seasons bring the
hour of fate to those we love;
Each pearl that leaves the broken string
is set in Friendships crown above;
As narrower grows the earthly chain, the
circle Widens in the sky;
are our treasures that remain. but