The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
Another Point Of Vielu

i the liberal educator.
In our great government Of, for and
by the people we find citizenship
than which there is none greater. A
4 people ever eager to encourage prog
4 ress and reform.
Il Our institutions of learning are so
4 liberal as to attract from the points of
the compass those who fain would for
sake all to follow in the teachings of
ia modern Plato or to walk the fields
iof wisdom with the discipleship Of
Aristotle.
4 Our great national resources are be-
| ing examined. weighed and utilized as
i never before.
1t is indeed pleasure tonight to
note that the majority of this aud
fence is made up of men either direct
lily from, or interested in the farms of
this country. These men represent a
class who find it theirs to solve the
greatest problem of the industrial
world, how to make production meet
the supply and demand of consump-
| ton.
i A few years ago we had the pleas
ure of listening to table conversation
! by DIR. Macarthur of New York City,
who with score of assistants is pas
tor of the largest Baptist church in
| the world. DR.. Macarthur is consid-
cred by leading educators as the
authority on the Russian question, hay
ing studied it from an economic as
well as social standpoint. DR.. Mac
Arthur said, One of my greatest am
/ billions is to some time own ten acres
of land, somewhere near New York
City. Think of the resources DR..
Macarthur added. of ten acres of
4 land
! Our multiple resources compel the
attention of vast army of laborers.
Men differ widely in opinion as to
what laws shall best govern the la
boring classes. Treatise after treatise
has been written but we maintain the
greatest good will be accomplished,
not alone by those who theorize but by
those who actually go into the mines,
the factories and the shops, work if
need be as Philosopher McNutt and
then go forth with the intelligence
gained thereby to make their reason
able demands for reform.
Our great government with It's mex
haustible resources can well look after
the material wants of its people.
] There are institutions OF liberal ed
! ucation which have to do with the
i social life of human kind and none of
the old established are more revered,
none have more truly run the gaunt-
let of time and of the centuries than
the Masonic Fraternity, the organiza-
ton with which we are privileged to
Il meet tonight. Others are of newer
Il birth and as such we greet the Order
,icf Eastern Star.
With becoming reverence we can
but marvel at the strength, the cour-
kage, the wisdom, the diplomacy nee
essary to preclude the passing out OF
J. either.
4 Washburton says, Antiquity con-
sidered initiation as delivery from
, a living death of vice, brutality and
, misery; and the beginning OF a new
life of virtue, reason and happiness
Being without the inner circle we
take another point of view from taose
who fain would know their methods.
We are content to judge the tra, b.
, its fruits. So long as upright, honest,
i honorable men shall compose the Ma
, sonic Fraternity, SO long shall we ex-
? pect honest. upright, honorable deal
J ings.
If the high ideals which we have
:! been led to believe constitute Masonic
: teachings then we do not expect the
: fraternity to recognize in its mem
: bership those unworthy. If an ex-
! eepticn is found let US be charitable
| as the lodge is no more exempt from
the imposter than the churches.
Il Let Us commend, encourage, emulate
, THE organizations which stand for
| human betterment. We have nothing
: for such but words of praise, no pray
) er in their behalf other than that OF
/ Thanksgiving to the Supreme Ruler
OF the Universe, who has directed the
5 minds of men into these channels OF
) usefulness
i To the local lodge we offer at this
] time our sincere congratulations on
{ the successful elimination of their eff
; forts to meet situation perplexing
r and distressing Out of darkness has
+ come light, however. and out of light
: JOY and happiness in the possession OF
i a home harmonious in its arrange
| ment, artistic in its furnishings and
requisite to its needs.
i To the members of the Masonic
I Fraternity and to the faithful women
) OF the o. E. s. we bid God speed
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