Arizona republican., 1897-11-12
MASONS OF ARIZONA
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 west is sunset, our south is all be- tween from f,he ce,Jtsr to the circum- ference and from the earth to the heavens. Brethren, here is work for the lodge. Ask a brother to come to the lodge meetings, he asks: Is there any work on hasnd?' If no, then he will not be there. But we use the work in a technical sense work on others. ThsTe is the work of skiIlful master to sed that there is always work on the trestle board. Shame on lodge of Free Masons that is ever out of work Brethren, we are builders of characJ-r. and it is our duty to instruct one and another. The Masonic lodge is in deed universality in which the whole science of human life is properly taught. It is a school for every na- ticm and people, under the sun. Here men may learn to subdue their pas sions, circumscribe their desires aud improve their mitnd. Here are en- forced the four cardinal virtues conduce to length of days, true hap pinl Es tn this life and Lational hope | of happiness hereafter.
 "In Masonic parlance wisdom is to be found in the east, bula it is not to 1 be kept there. As the sun spreads | light ever the earth, so the east is to l spread wisdom over thi.l lodge, dis | peirsing it to every member Another Masonic virtue, which every Mason owes to himself, is industry. Mans very constitution, all his physical and mental makeup shows him formed for life of activity. Industry is the normal state of a manly man. Ex- I p:Tfance and observations alike. show that idleness is a curse and industry | blessing. The edict of toil an- nounced to man in the Garden of Eden was a blessing, and was in tended to be such. In the eyes of a good man lhe infdel is not held in high rlst,sem; and yet the bible as sures us that a shiftless and lazy man is worse than an imfdel, because he that provided not for his own had da- nied the faith, and is worse than a infidel. The man who is a speculative infidel and practical believer is better than man who is speculative Christian and a practical infidel.
 1.-The difference in the attain ments, achievements and ci cJmstances of men is generally thIl nj asure of the I l miners, lawyers, P,-lsach-l2s, phys. clans, merc''aIi and suitoIs for the hands l and hearts of women fall by inio- \ lence where oth ITS suco.ed by indus II s:y It is no more genteel CT many | ltfian it is profitable uo be idle.
 i Industry is honorable and noble. It is cruelty to children to raise them to be do-nothings. Masonry is a school of industry. It's symbols are working tools, it's cer1monlis relate to industrial pursuits, its admonitons Telate to honest dealings for honest work, its ancient charge specifies that 'nore shall discover envy at the pros perity of a brother, nor supplant him or put him out of his life, if he be capable ito finish cha sama, for no man can finish another mans work, so much to the Lords profit unless he be thoroughly acquainted wihh the de sign and draughts of him that be- gan it.
 But self-mastery lis the Masonic word which represents the constella- tion of virtues that distinguish the true Mason as imam among msn. Intelligence relates to mind industry to economics. Self-mastery is moral. An idle mind is the devils workshop lazy man is the devil clothes horse, bu1 a deoeftful, slam1erous, hypOorite is the ,devil him slaf turned loose in society. The bull loose tn a China shop may be coarse figure, but may dully suggest the lib eutine loose in society where china ware is human and the mat ltial broken is human hearts, lives and hopes. Equal social purity flor man as for wo- man is the teaching of Masonry, and oma of its most worthy p-lecepts.
 q would suggest to the brethren the prcpriety of considering the a1- cient charge which says: You may enjoy yours lives with inn ocent mirth treating ome another according to abil- ity, but avoiding all excess or forcing brother to eat and drink beyond his inIclinatiCm, or hindering him from going where his occasions may call him, or doing anything offensive
 "This applies to a Mason as relates to himself. That is what a Mason should do and be if he wers alone in the world. But we are mot alone and therefore we should speak of those marks and via.ues of Masonry which relate to others outside of the lodge or society in gsneral. Within the lodge the three great Masonic ten- cts are brotherly lows. relief and truth. Masonic honors grow from these Without Ehe order, I would say that the duties of Mascm arc comprehanded in two things charity towards the needy, and public spirit