Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-10-23

lion oi costly temples tu unknown dslt. l.S and in the building or rich and gor- g.nuS palace, is universally admitted That thcN were the cunning workmru ssnt hs Hiram. King pf Tyre. to aii Temple on Noun, MorIah. iS s",rcniv less certain. Their presence In that city ai the time uf the building of Inc Temple k the evidence of history. ana Hiram. the widows son. to whom srin' mon entrusted the supcrlntendcnrc of ino wufkm"p. was m inhabitant of Tyro. and ns e skilled architect and a curious and cunning workman. was doubtless one uf their number
 Hence. we can scarcely claim toa practical builders. when we Know ina, ~, The Dionysigns were sent bv Hiram
 King of Tyre. to assist King Solomon
 about tv dedicate to Jehovah The bionysiaHs communicated to their Jew ish fellow laborers a knowledge of the nIvantngca Of their fraternity and in- terics and privileges Al this time the Jews were neither architects nor build. wI. not skilled enough in the art of building to cut and prepare the timber ln the Forests oi Lebanon. ana hence he W. w"a a '1hmP',,.h ,h,, '2 employ The sidonians ! And we are told on the authority Of Josophus that the Temple at Jerusalem style, and by the same architects as the | I.mple of Hercules and others In Tyre. They wcr" undoubtedly all built by one Ipf the companies of Dionyrian Archi- tects who were ., thai time num.ro,,a | throughout Asia Minor.
 Dionysius arrived in Greece from and there instituted The Dionysian Mys. tories. The Ionic migration occurred abou, three hundred years ,afterward. fore Christ. and the immigrants carried with them from Greece to Asia Minor the mysteries of Diopysius In short time Mother country in prosperity and sci- once And sculpture In marble. the Doric and Ionic orders. were the result | of their ingenuity.
 ! These Dionysians w.r. a mystical fra tcrnity and nonopolized the building of temples. stadiums, thcaters. cathedrais ! They allowed no strangers to interfere in their employment. and recognized .ach other by signs and tokens. and hn,i | little to do with other men not admit . i'si to their mysteries. It was this great i fraternity. whether called Greeks, Ty- rinns or Phoenicinns. who built that work. under God. was m. result of their genius and scientific skill. This being true, From them ore we as a fraternity. | lin"aliy descended. or all our antiquity is a myth and our traditions a fable. Long before the advent of Christian | ny, the mountains of Judea and m. and the valleys of the Nile. wcr. cheer~i | by th. pre~,nro. md enllvensd by | ihs songs ot the members of this in- stitution. More than thousand years before ihe coming of the Son of Man. e l little company of cunning workmen" from the n.ighboring city of Tyre' were assembled on the pleasant Mount of | Moriah. and. nt the call and command "f the wis" King of Israel, erected out of, their great skill mighty "dince ii"n and who's. grandeur and sublimity have been the admiration and th.m" of nlI succeeding ages our Brethren .Nasts lat. arch that this cranwork was of . fraternity to whose g.nius and dlScov- cries and Co whose matchless skill and | have bowed with respect
 our Brethren also might hnv. an- .wered that these ancient Free MaSons having finished thut great work and having nll.d all Judea with temples. palaces and wall cities. with the result | nf their genius. In after times passing through th" Ess"nian associations. and finally Issuing out of the mystic halls of the grand old buildings of Rome. burst upon inc Dark Ages like . bright then produced those splendid monu- mcutS of genius which -"I at donanc. inc higher attachments of modern nri. | And if in addition to all tbls. our | Iirethren had said to this ancient King thut In the year \. D a5. one uf hls prcdeccsspr. on the ihron" of England had invited the builders and Mh-onz ' from all parts of the continent to meet | him in u general assembly at his royal city of York. m" answer to his pu"r- | lion. Who did bring it West"rlyY' would hnV" been complete. From that ! tim" forWard. for eight centuries. Mas onry con inucd real op"rstlve frnicrn- l Ny Of buildsfH producing both In Eng- land and on thr continent. those grand and unapproachnble specimens of Hrt which are the pride of ihc poopl" of | Eurnp" and th" nimirntion "f nli tray. 1 "i.rs.
 Bui Masonry today. l~ no longer an oI"ratlV" nsEociation. We. of thls day, [ | aN. "Xtranrdinary rkill a. builders gr nr- l chitccts Very few pf you. my Br'th- rcn. proficient and accomplished Marons to erect another Temple on Mount Mor- lnh. ! feel certain that our Honorable. Most Worshipfui Grand Mast.r. zplcn- hesitate long time before consenting to assume the duties of the erection of another st Paul's cathedral
 Al the reorganization of the craft and the establishment of m" Grand Lodge of England. in i7i7. we laid aside our operative character and ~nh h all as,nn nrcbi,ee,uraI " .c,snes tvy wey ,hen @ b.. m came a purely moral and benevolent ns- socintlon. whose great aim was th" de. velopment and cultivation of moral sentiment. the social principle, the benevolent affections. and higher reverence fer God and 2 warmer love changed condition of the institution were then made, and England became ihe great central point of Masonry Tor th. whole world From this Eourvc hay. lodges. grand and subordinats, q, l various times, been established, unta today it extends to every part of the entire world. in all places wherever tho genius of civilization has obtained a Standpoint, or Christianity has erected th. banner of the cross.
 On the condition of the institution in our own country. l need not dwell Judge Wells has told you ,he history of our order In the United States and in our own beloved Arizona. Masonry here. as s-i~swhere. has established kscli whh It's broad human sympathies and its charitable institutions.
 While there may he some men, mem
 l-rs of this fraternity. who ar, not | credit to Masonry, yet their lives mus have been helped and benenuesl by he, ing a member of such an order. and whichever way you turn and wbatevei
 way you look. you must recogn'z" tha'
 Mssons. in the great majority, hav' lived to the fuil r.-luirems uis of thsii obligations. and have always faithful, performed their duty aE citizens and ioyai subjects. Here aa we'll as through out the whole world, MnSonr nr. rcr' ognis~d as Of the test citizens. History does not furnish parallel of any xncf