The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-14
The SPEECH WAS A GEM
HON. FRANCIS D. WlNSTGN'S 2CECH PRE-
SHINING PAST MASTERS JEWEL.
The Duties Ct Gand Mas'er Lead him TO a
Perfection Of Morals and Life only TX
ceIled by those in the Chris
tan Ministry.

tan Ministry.
At the last session of the Grand Lodge
a Past Grand Masters Jewel was pre-
scented to the popular and able retiring
Grand Master. Mr. Walter f. Moore,
who has been one of the most efficient
Grand Masters in the history of the
order.
Il wish you could have heard the
speech of Francis ID. Winston in present
ing the jewell said Mr.. S. NJ. Gattis,
of Orange. ut was gem. When he is
at his best, nobody can equal Frank
Winston" Mr.. Gattis is good judge
of good speech, and after hearing his
warm commentator, we obtained the
speech for publication. Mr.. Winston
said:
Brethren, you have imposed on me a
labor of love. To be the agent to bear
to one, worthy of wearing it, the jewel
of n Past Grand Master of our order,
with its attendant words of admiration
and brotheriy love- is a distinction greater
than the honor of State.
1.-THE man who sits in solemn dignity
wrapped in the ermine of the judge, may
be in his heart cruel and unjust. The
man who rules as the Governor of great
peoples may be tyrannical and vicious.
Men standing at the head of every
avenue of civil life may be unfit to adorn
those exalted stations.
'Not so with man who has walked
the well-known steps of our order. They
lead him to a perfection of morals and
life only excelled by those who tread
with precision the steps of Him of
Galilee.
''The tenets of our order are the finest
base upon which to build pure and
noble life. The putting of those tenets
into practice. purify the heart and make
it fit indwelling for all manly virtues.
'tOur most excellent Past Grand Mas
ter has built upon the basic principles of
our order the life which we admire and
love. He has put those principles into
practice.
Under his wise leadership the order
has broadened and it is to-day doing
more of that which it was formed to do,
than ever before. 1t is serving the State
in many departments. Judges wear the
apron. and our jewels sparkle on the
breast of brave soldiers. The presidents
of schools and colleges seek our altar.
We are wisely making men and women
for the State. The humble and lowly
are made to feel that they have place
in life.
Our worthy brother stands before us
a fit representative of all that is best in
the teachings and practices of Masonry.
A lawyer-he has firmly stood by the
constitution and ancient landmarks of the
order No innovations have crept in.
As father he has led his children in
kindness and he has given to the help
less at Oxford his paternal care and
custody.
As mamie has stood four squares
to all the winds that blew-meeting every
difficulty with a firm stand. and solving
great problems with a due regard for all
concerned.
His courtly bearing has made him
admired of all men; and lis genial dispo
sition has softenad us until to-day he
sets in our hearts, as the familiar and
love fora of a brother and kinsman. No
single breath has snapped the cord tina:
has bound him to us and in his parting
the cords tighten and we love him more
dearly. God bless and keep you, most
excellent Past Grand Master.
'.On momentous OCCASION amidst the
assembled great and naughty, woman
decked in silks and whose bediamond
tiara outshine the stars, turned to
Cornelia, the mother Of the Gracehi
who was habited as became Roman
matron, with the simplicity becoming her
own pure life. and asked of her, Where
are your jewels?
1.-THE pure Cornelia. holding by each
hands two sons who afterwards immor-
talized Rome, and gave to manhood a
new lustre, proudly looked upon the
gathered coterie, and placing a hand on
the head of her sons, with a voice that
bespoke the conscious virtue of the ac-
ton. modestly said, These are my
jewels
'And so, my brother, when in the COM
ing years, the grand and great. forget
ting true manhood and worth, turn
TO you and demand to know the jewel by
which you have risen to eminence and
station in life, place your hand
mon the prize | now hand you and say,
'Ry this tombstone have / come, and by
If I hone when life is ended. with the
aid of Him whose own spotless life is
the end of all, hope to rest in the peace
eternal
''In behalf of my brethren [ present
this magnificent jewel to be worn by you
with their love and esteem
Mr.. William Boylan and Mrs. George
Snow left yesterday for baltimore.
There they will join Misses Addie Snow
and Elsie Haywood on their way to this