The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25

me as Jew. shames the name of both The order Is founded not on religion but on science and If it did not more than this. than to establish an enlightened brotherhood, to acquaint the rural dis tricts with the astounding fact that a Jewish rabbi is not some strange animal wearing horns 1t would be he sufficient.
 But more than this. Masonry Is
 universal brotherhood. Lodges. Grand and Subordinate, flourish in every part of the globe. England Is the mother of
 them all but her off-springs arc found in France and Spain and in all the Ger man States They exist in every coun-
 try of Asia in Bengal, Bombay and
 Madras. The lodge at Aleppo, in Syria,
 is a hundred years old. Our brethren
 labor in Africa, on the Gambia and on
 the Nile--in all the islands Of the Pacinc, Ceylon, sumatra, Mauritius and Madagas-
 car. In Greece there Is a Grand Lodge
 and also in Algeria and in the Empire
 of Morocco. In South America Masonry
 is prospecting as never before, in Peru, !
 Venezuela, Chile, Guiana. and Brazil. on
 our own continent from Alaska's silver
 horn to Florida's keys there is hardly
 hamlet where brethren are not found
 ready and willing ito feed the hungry,
 to clothe the naked and to bind up the
 wounds of the afflicted.
 Surely there IS SOHtthuiHS iHSPfhhS '''
 the thought that no man in all his weary
 wanderings can ever go out beyond the
 oyershadowing arch of the Speculative
 Temple. Let him stand on the surf-
 beaten coast of the Atlantic, or roam the
 western wilds; let him down amid the
 glaciers of the north. Or rove the sunny
 slopes of the South; let him but give the
 Masonic signal of distress and imme-
 diately from Batavia to New orleans.
 from Stockholm to the Cape of Good
 Hope, in Catholic Spain or in Greek Mus
 covy. thousand eager hands will be out
 stretched to succor and to save.
 More than that. The Masonic brother
 hood is based on equality. In the lodge
 there is one law for the Levite and the
 stranger The small and the great are
 there, and there the servant IS
 free from his master. The level
 is our chief working tool ana
 it demonstrates that we are descended
 from the same stock, partake of the same
 nature and share in the same hope. No
 eminence of station can make us forget
 that we are brethren, and that he who
 is placed on the lowest spoke of fortunes
 wheel is entitled to our regard as he that
 has scaled the highest. For time will
 come-and the wisest knows not how soon when all distinctions but that or good-
 ness will cease and death. the grand
 leveiler of human greatness, shall reduce
 us all to the same state.
 This week is forever memorable In
 Saxon annals for the coronation or King
 Edward who on Thursday will receive
 ct the hands of the Archbishop of Can terbury the golden crown or lhe Tudors. But there was time when Edward of England, until recently the Most Worshipful Master of the Grand Lodge of Great Britain, stood at the door of the lodge complying with all conditions required of the humblest Entered Appren- tice' who stands in the northeast corner of lodge room.
 To those who were present at this royal initiation 1t may have appeared somewnat humorous when the Master or the Louse
 presented England's future king with the iambskin and turning to the heir of the throne of earth's greatest empire. said: "I give you now the emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason, more ancient than the golden fleece or Roman eagle more honorable than the star or garter or any other order that can hereafter be
 conferred upon you by king or prince or potentate" But If we consider King 1 Edwards subsequent services to the cralt we have no reason to doubt that even he was touched to the heart by the l sublime teachings of our ancient order | and tried to realize them in his life. And so I affirm without any qualinca- | tion whatsoever, that there is no human institution which has so many legitimate | demands on our reverence and sympathy
 as Masonry. There Is no institution ex- | isting, save this, whose only aim IS 10 l promote social harmony. There IS none | like this to make us feel that we not | lone and solitary wanderers on hIe rough thoroughfare none to satisfy the deem and abiding need of the heart Tor | communion. sympathy and love.
 | And so as we consecrate our new or | 6cers to the high and lofty stations to
 which they have been honorably choseh.
 If ia for us their electors to be in turn | consecrated to the great task remain | ing before us, that from these honored | brothers we may take increased deVotioh l to that cause for which they VIII give l inc last full measure of their devotion. our local lodges are worthy of every sac
 riice. of our unwavering loyalty and de- | votion Their record is clean, thelr traul- | nons pure and high. their achievements | written on monument more enduring than hronze. Speaking for Montgom- cry Lodge No Ii I note with prlde on 1 its roster of members the names or An drew Dexter, the founder or the city ol | Montgomery Benjamin fttzpatrlch' t"lce | Governor of the State and memper oi tne United states oeIiatS' | waite Chief Justice of the supreme CouIt M | of Alabama. And l dare say Andrew Jackson Lodge can similarly point to an illustrious past. -,,..,.,, {. TO the new officers whose instaiatloh is now SO auspiciously commemorated' con pratulations and good luck! fou can moi he insensible of the obligations Whlch now devolve upon you. The honor the ranutation the usefulness Of your lodges will materially depend upon the sklli anu assiduitv with which you manage i's affairs. For d pattern of imitation oiI,e vo,l the names of Dexter. FltzPat- r,clr and Goldthwaite to which add the .a,,,o o1 Frank P. Chaffee than whom Tor s,ronIAness. gentleness and modesty I.,,I>s, of m master workman more skilled tn .,a, inc craft to work and give them nroner instructions for their laoor' with these names on my lips ssk you
 to consider the principle which was the'r p1,iding star as they reared thelr moral and Masonic edifice.
 "courage. brother. do not stumnle ,rbougn thy path be dark as nlght ,rherers a star to guide the huuhpte ,rrust in God and do the rlght'
 | "some will love thee. some VIII hdIe 'nee' some will fiatter, some VIII s'eht | cease from man and look aDoFe thee' Trust in God and do the fisht'
 On motion of MT, Riley the thanks oi the two lodges were returned to ulahu i'i Secretary Beauchamp and Grdhd Aidfsiidl McIver for their work in installing the aaFHar