The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-01
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REV. HUNTING
What Pastor Had to Say Before
Masons Last Sunday, Upon
Dedication Of New Church.

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At the Masonic services held at ther
new ST. Bartholomew church on
Sunday last Rev. G. l.. Hunting spoke
as follows:
King Solomon sent and fetched
Hiram out OF Tyre, he was a widows
son of the tribe of Nephali, and he
was filled with wisdom and under
standing. | Kings 7:13-4.
The organization known as Free
and Accepted Masons certainly has
long and varied histors temple. ak
men on King dition were banded to-
eording to tr2 brotherhood. OF this
gather into Hiram, the widows son.
number wae beginning of the Chris
About livery Jew was expected to
tian et a member of one of the three
Deeat Jewish organizations of the
1ffmes, the Pharisees, Scribes or Els
senes. Tradition says that Christ
John the Baptist and John the Evan
gelist were members of the Essences
and that John the Evangelist was
asked at the age of 80 to become head
of the brotherhood.
Before the tenth century there was
certainly a body of men known as
Johns brothers. To this organiza-
ton the Crusaders added in the elev-
enth century the Knights Templar.
In 1440 at Valencienes Johns Broth
ers were first called Freed and Ac-
cepted Masons.
All American lodges are dedicated
to the two Saints John. John the
Baptist is a patron of the order be-
of hic ha ei N
of his time and because of his austere
and righteous life. John the Evan
gelist because of the vision of bet
ter days that he saw and recorded in
the apocalypse. You stand today as
a body of men protesting against err
ror in living and with a vision of the
better days to come.
1t matters not whether Masonry be
ancient or not. Hiram, the two
Johns, James DeMolay and many
others who shine brightly in the past
were men filled with wisdom and un
derstandin,.. OF the myriads of men
who have lived and gone only few
stand out and these few stand out for 1
the accomplishments of their lives.
Living rightly is morality. The
teachings of Masonry contain a NOR
ality that contains no peer in the
| literature of the world. 1t is the pick
of the ages past. 1t contains teach
| ings hoary with age and teachings of
| yesterday.
The majority of individuals do not
make professions. Such persons can
not possibly be hypocrites But we
have made professions. We have as
sumed voluntarily certain obligations
The world guesses at what it does
not know, and indeed we tell the
world that our teachings are grand
and. great Our secrets are hidden
in the repository of faithful breasts,
but the world knows that we make
professions of having more of the
light and truth than others. | ask
you the question today. Do we live
In our lives what we profess with our
lips? This is a serious question.
Mere personal righteousness is not
enough One might fee into the des-
ert and live away from the world and
its temptations and be as perfect as
it is possible for a human being to |
be, but he would fall far short of liv-
ing a right life. The one great end
of Masonry in every degree Is to aid |
the world. All else between one Ma !
son and another of fellowship and
brotherly love and what not is merely
and entirely secondary. If the whole |
world is not better because thousands
of men are banded together with one /
aim then is our organization a fail
ure. You have seen the light of
truth whereby men work and live |
Then use your utmost effort to spread
the light throughout the world AS
nearly as we can we must live up to
our professions and not let it be pos
sible for the world to brand us as
hypocrites