Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-03

to form the sweeping rivers. TIL
commerce of nations is borne OF
united waterdrops. Mountain peaks
with granite bases deep-seated as the
foundations of the earth, with pm
nacle and spires of various forms ano
wondrous architecture piercing even
tho heavens are composed OF mole
eules bound together by invisible ties
The starry heaven above us with It's
fxed stars and consultations, its
MIA nets and satellites. its comets ana
meteors and all its illimitable 0 $ Is
but the aggregation of systems mace
up of myriads of atomic particles
SPOKEN into existence and made 10
obey the laws of their creator.
us 1t then to be wondered at, tina
in vieW of this universal tendency IN
view of the fact that this is an age
of organization time when you
scarcely meet on the street 2 sldn
who does not wear on the Ia el Oh ms
coat. on his vest, stuck into his tie, or
suspended from the chain oil ms
watch the emblem of one or more
fraternities-that we taxi pride IN be-
ing accounted worthy to be enrolleu
in a fraternity of such antiquity ana
of such unsullied history? Our PRIDE
does not rest in the antiquity or TINS
institution, but more in that for
which 1t has stood and still stands
We glory in the fact, that Masonry
has been satisfied in all ages of the
world to be loyal to all governments
under which it might be no matter
"a rA.. Thnt ~ has AZ
forded each member the fullest lib
ertv as citizen or subject to carry out
and live up to his own ideas. IL is
only within the walls of his "
temple that, regardless of autocracy,
monarchy, or republicanism without,
the Mason stands upon the square ana
plane of a pure democracy. our or
der could and did live n thrive
under Judaism, and upon the compile
ton of Solomon's temple carried It's
principles and faith into every part
of the civilized world. 1t could ana
did thrive under the Roman empire
without exciting the hostility n Jeal-
ousv of the Caesars. During the ma
die ages violence and bigotry had d.
vided the world into masters ana
YES. NOi-tiCoe
before any tribunal n
grooming under untold wrongs, mus
tice and outrage, could only mutely
appeal to heaven. The prayer to Goa
succor. for life and for liberty
must needs be made through temples
in his name. The serf, the
vassel, or the slave could neither de-
sign nor erect them. But the breth-
zen of the Mystic Tie, by the strength
their association, had preserved
heir manhood and independence.
rhey We're Free Masons. They de-
;igned. erected, carved and beautified
hose superb cathedrals which were
he religion of other centuries and
which are the wonder and admiration
If ours.
such an ancestry of virtue n
good works is a liberal education in
The power of accumulated wis
and sterling worth of the past is
/ resistless, impelling force upon the
present. Ungrateful should we be,
indeed, If in this happy moment we
be forgetful of the labors and
achievements of the past. Ungrateful,
indeed, If we did not remember the eff
'orts, self-sacrifice and obstacles
by the charter members of
lodge In days more recent
which have made possible this
occasion. All the fruit of their labors
s now ours, not by right of purchase,
lot as a gift exactly. but as a legacy
" right of inheritance; ours to have
md to hold, to enjoy, to add to, to
and preserve and to hand
Town to those who shall succeed us.
albuquerque may we'll rejoice at the
aging of this, the head stone of the
orner of a building soon to be dedi-
ated to Masonry. Virtue and Uni
,ersal Benevolence. Well may she de-
ire that every fraternity represented
n this city might erect a similar edi-
ice, not alone for the beautifying of
.er streets, but for the en%gendering
f brotherly love. relief and truth.
UGH buildings augur well for any
ommunity and give promise of a day
hen strife and chickering's and con-
,ntions shall cease, and when the only
.ontention which shall arise shall be
noble contention. or rather emu
,tion, as to who best can work and
agree.
'tAnd now, the development of but
more thought and l am through
that has the future in store for this
ur belived fraternity? | know of no
more fitting or more suSges-
We with which to answer the ques-
than to appropriate and para
hrase the words used by Webster in
is famous university address:
Unborn ages and visions of glory
upon my soul, the realization
all which is, however. in the hands
Almighty God; under the divine
Iessing it will be dependent on the
laracter and the virtue of ourselves {
nd our posterity. If classical his |
Try a been found to be, is now, and |
all continue to be, the concomitant
free institutions and popular elo- .
what a field is opening to us /
IT another Herodatus, another
hucycided, and another Livy. And :
I me say, that if we n our poster /,
shall be true to the great moral
uths and to the social virtues taught
our ritual. if we and they shall live :
in the fear of God and respect
s commandments, il we and they \
lall maintain just moral sentiments +,
I'd such convictions of duty as shall /
Introl the heart and life, we may en- f.
rtain the brightest hopes for the =;
ture of our institution. If We do I
csc things and uphold those most