Arizona republican., 1897-11-12
MASONS OF ARIZONA
The Browning Day of the
 Grand Lodge at BiSbee
COY. McCORD'S ADDRESS
An Eloquent Portrayal of the
 Beauties of Masonry
The Duties of Masons to the Order, the World and TnenSelves-ihe Business of the Grand Lodge May Reach an End Today.

RoaCn an EnQ OOay.
 Bisbee, Ariz., Nov. 11.-uSpecial.)- This was the crowning day of the most important and successful ses- sion of the Masonic grand lodge ever held in ArizonaI The business of the lodge will probably be disposed of to- morrow.
 The chief event of today was Ihe eloquent address of Governor Myron H. McCord. The address abounded in a description of the significance Of Masonic emblems and of the duties of Masons to Masons, ito the 'wcrld and to themselves
 Tha governor said:
 Brethren: We have assembled in annual session for the purpose of ex- changing friendly greetings amd mingling in a fra.ernal way that wa may have pleasure and the order of which we are all proud, profit there by. When I was a school boy 1 was compelled to write compositions from a subject given me. UmfOrtunal ely,
 
 to write or speak without a subject. I have therefore chosen for my sub ject this evening a verse from the scripturss. It is the twenty fiji, h verse of the ninth chapter of First Ccr.n.h- ians: And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things
 r'In using this language, St. Paul seemed to have reference to the ath- 1etic contests of the Olympian games to illustrate and enforce the condi- tions of successful life not cnly of the Christian, but the Iayman. But the brother of lt(he lodge when he hears St. Paul talk of becoming masters, the language of the lodge, suggests master Masons and he understands St. Paul masters in Masonry Notice the per- feet agreement of the ancient charge with the apostls's doctrine.
 "First stands tIhe foundation prin- ciple that without merit there is no true honor; that amongst Masons there is perfect equity of rights, and all preferments are based upon real wonJh of character and personal merit ouly In Masonry as out of it, "sWor1th makes the man, the wa1t of it the fellow;
 The rest is all but leather and prunello. Honor and shame from no conditions
 rise.
 Act we'll your part-there all the
 honor lies
 "St. Paul said in this Masonic and la comic text: Every man that striveth for tha mastery is temperate in all things He did not use the word hemperate, in a narrow sense, but in a broad one, meaning that the whole of man and the whole of life are brought into subjection to the law of wisdom and right being and right do- ing.
 ''This ancient change, agreeable to the apoStle's text, defines Masonry to be the science of right and living. What is Masonry? Answers may diff fer, but I give you an answer to be cons:d.red and, I hope, never forgot hsn: Free Masonry is not a lodge nor a promise, nor card, nor a grip nor a secret; Free Masonry is the science of human life. Life is th5 most sacred thing intrusted to the care and keeping of man, and to the thoughtful man all life, vegetable Hfe and animal life in the higher degres, is sacred. HCw to perfect thaS lift and make tIhe most out of it is tn. obIect, the study of Free Masons.
 My brethren, instead of entertain iny you on this occasion with inter estirg traditions Of St. John, woul' evince my love for you and the orde by discussing how we may show our selves worthy of the ancient and hon orable name we bear. and the orde we represent What are the essen ial qualifications of Masonry? answer: First an essential quaiifica tion and requirement. of a Mason intelligence. Said Thomas Jefferson If you are not a thinking man, | what purpose are you man at all The foundation of the misery, dis content and crime of the world is ig norance In the science of .he hu man life is curse, ard the chief stud of mankind is man, not how to mak money, but how to make. men, Mason may have begun in building tempt for Solomon, but it's work is now i building Solomons for the tempt, What is a Masonic lodge? What its dimensions? It may be a cay' a chamber or hall, of small or larg dimensions: symbohcally a lodge rel resenIts the universe, and conveys lh idea of immeasurable space and { the universality of Free Masonry.
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