The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-03
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force. Masonry and Judaism, yield
ing to the benign influence of the
great Il Am" the God of Israel, and
the God of Masons, have continued
in their onward and upward march,
fulfilling their glorious joint mission
to bring the human race to the full
realization of the Jews dogma and
the Masons' practice, the Fatherhood
of God and the Brotherhood of Man.
The stone which the builders re-
jected became the maidstone. The
Jew selected by God when he com
manded Noah to build the Ark and
preserve the human race from de
struction. The Jew selected by Goo
when he commanded Moses to lead
them out Of the Egyptian bondage
| The Jew selected by God when he
inspired Cyrus to liberate them from
Babylonian captivity The Jew that
has escaped the destruction Of Jeru-
salem by Titus and the pollution Of
Roman depravity. The Jew that has
escaped the fanatical thirst for blood
of the over-zealous advocates Of the
new doctrine promulgated by the
Founder Of the great Christian
church, the meek and lowly Naza-
rinc, whose teachings Of love and
humility were perverted to hate and
crueities. The Jew that has escaped
the Spanish inquisition and the cruel
edict Of their Catholic majesties, Fer
! dinand and Isabella The Jew that
has escaped the popular supersti-
ton and hatred OF the middle ages,
when France, England. Germany,
Spain and the various Slavonic states
outrivaled each other in the vain
effort to. exterminate our race. The
that has escaped the barbarities and
religious frenzy that annihilated al
most entire populations of cities and
| towns, as was the case at Strasburg
Cologne, Wurms, Mayence and other
! places too numerous to mention
when hundreds, even thousands. o.
our race suffered the glorious mar
tyrdom at the stake in defense of the
Isanctuary of their faith The Jew
that since the judgment Of Pontiu:
Plate has lost his. national charac
ter and yet retained a distinctive spe
cial character, who has no particula
home and yet IS found in every cline
absorbing every language and Gus
: tom, amalgamated into the variou
groups of nations and still remain
distinctively apart The Jew that 70
centuries has been driven from piIla
, Fto post an outcast and despised in
truder in many climes, until at las
he found haven OF rest on thi
great American shore. wherein tn
shadow OF the Stars and Stripes. an
under the protection Of the grea
American Constitution, he enjoys til
e great and inestimible privilege {
=. worshiping his God under his ow
# vine and fig tree in accord with IL
.e dictates Of his conscience and II
h tenets Of his profession Like h
"a prototype, the Free Mason. he stanc
in as the chosen instrument OF Go,
in the custodians OF His word.
" When the nations of the ear
N were plunged in idolatry and 10
ar in the vain dreams OF an erring phi
or osophy. Freemasonry and Judas
or entered into compact with Il
of ever true and living God and learn
e His attributes, His designs, His Wi
re and received in the Ten Comman
er ments the immutable code whiC
IT forms the center stone upon viii
ill rests the civil and criminal laws
or the nations of the earth, that CO
mt which inculcates the duties of man
i'll man. the rights of life and proper
lef the love of our species, chasti
ge mercy for the unfortunate. hospit
MS ity. protection for the widow a
er. orphan-in fact. body of sanctii
ing precepts combining all the {
Is mands of affection which can
tn. suggested by the most tender
M mainly and highest morality
OF A panoramic retrospection demo
ZEN strates 20 the discerning eve the =