The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
AN OLD ENTERPRISE
IT CONTAINS AN ARTICLE OF IN
TEREsT TO MAsONs.

onIr estiyal is Reprinted, by Request,
from the Enterprise Of January 10,
1868. when James Guthrie was Editor.
Wellington Lodge Of Masons was visited
by the wives and daughters who furnish
ed az elegant supper and surprised the
members by the gift Of beautiful bib
lie costing $25. Mrs. Ely presented the
bible with the following remarks;
"Sir, as a representative Of this Lodge
and Chapter you will permit me, In be-
half of the ladies Of Wellington to pre-
sent you this beautiful Bible. The pre- |
sentation Of gift such as this, conveys
to your mind more than words can ex-
press how highly they esteem you az
MasOns, and gentlemen.
By the teachings of this, your guide,
you should become all that the fODdest
wishes Of these ladies, (yOur mothers,
wives and daughters) would have you"
Rev. Z. H. Bush responded for the
brethren in the following words;
Ladies, 1t becomes my pleasant duty
to express in few words the gratitude OF
this Lodge and Chapter, for the beauti-
full and invaluable token Of regard you
this night present them-The Bible,
Gods blessed word, it shall be ever wei
come here.
'This hall l doubt not is to you full of
mystery. You are here surrounded by
strange objects and mysterious charac-
ters, yet you need no assurance that you
are in the midst Of friends and in
place OF safety.
mo good Mason can ever be engaged in
admitting one Of your sex to the sub
lime mysteries Of the order, and yet,
ladies, you and your children are the
principal benefciaries Of this noble in
stitutiOn. A true Mason will assist
brother in distress, but his charities and
benevolence are not confined to him
alone. More especially does he esteem
it his duty to protect and provide for the
widow and the orphan. How significant
the fact that with us these are always
provided for and protected; aud no man
who has any regard for the truth will
assume that our benefactiOns are con
= fined to them or ourselves.
"But said that many Of the charac
ters and signs decorating these wall
: = were incomprehensiblye mysterious t
. you: to the good and true Mason they ar
faithful voices, guides and teachers, as
:. sisting him in the government Of hi
+, life and leading him to paths ofupright
' ness. You see those dim words spanning
that "arch" in the east Of this lodge
- - room; that is the place Of the chief Off
80 Ger of the body. He sits in the east, an,
thereby represents the Sun that rises il
the east and throws his rays OF ligh
., and beauty over the World. Spanning
" that "arch" as circling the brow Of tn
. WOrshipful Master, are these words
- =, '1n God We Trust" sentiment 0
" truth, cherised in the breasts Of all wOT
!, thy MasOns, and never ignored or re
pudiated in any Of, the relations Of life
- = A Mason cannot be an atheist or and in
: fidel, and be true to his obligations or t
the convictions of his manhood.
y. " True, they are not all Christians, bu
. they will readily admit that they Ough
" to be; and the probability is they are i
% fairer way to become Christians tina
they could be il they were not MasOns.
I'll Ladies, the man who is not bette
an husband, and better father for being
k, Mason, is not worthy the relation or III
re name, and has forfeited all claim to hi
sacred felowships. A member Of tn
,er order who has proper appreciation {
re its merits can never be an unfaithfl
lei husband or an unkind father.
Sectarian bigOtry may exclude US frO
= the consultations and hopes Of religion
AS and falsely assume that no intelegel
J Mason can be Christian, but such
verdict can never be wrung from Il
Z hearts Of intelligent high minded, moo
j Christians.
s Your presence here this night wi
= this beautiful copy Of the Word Of Go
y is the best possible evidence that you
not partake Of that uneharitable al
y unchristian spirit, but tina you belle
the Mason does appreciate the Word
2 the Divine truth, and labOrs TO cOnfOr
y his life to its sacred precepts. We vi
= not stop In our career OF greatness,
: our mission Of mercy, to even glance
\ the dastardly spirit that would drive 4
6 intelligent, devoted Mason from t
y Church Of Christ, FROM the paths Of hui
BILE piety, and from the blessed hopes
y immortality. The future shall justi
the purity Of our motives, and the il
= tice Of our cause.
Once more, Ladies, | thank you
this rich and appropriate gift.
It shall be sacredly gaurded and KEEP
and shall be as the eye OF the Inhni
Judge in our midst.
And now permit the feeble prayer
ascend the Holy Hill Of Zion on beh'
OF these my Brethren: That their Il
may be guided by its Holy Light, II
their hearts may lay hold Of its glOriO
promises, that their dying moments m
be cheered by the presence Of its Diyi
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