The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-20
ADDRESS BY
DR.H.S.YERGER
GRAND ORATOR
FLORIDA GRAND LODGE or MA.
SONS lIsTENs 70 ELOQUENT
GRAFTON ON "sELF CONTROL
~ FORMER PENsAcoLIAN.


~ FORMER pENsAcoLIAN.
Special 10 The Journal.
Jacksonville. Jan. 1.-THE following
address was delivered before the grand
lodges Of Masons. ~ Dr.. H. .. Ysrger,
grand orator for Florida, In this city
today:
Self Control.
This subject grown out OF the ques.
tion and the answer which we have
heard many . time, what can you
hereto do?" ITO learn to subdue my
passiofs." The necessary inference
ID that In mans nature there ere pas.
sions to be subdued, to be mastered Il
one attains the position he ought to
occupy.
The mainsprings Of passion eentef
around wine, wefaan and gold. In
their original intent all are legitimate.
Passion means the entire inner ma.
ture of man. Passions. az we must
understand the term, are not necessary
blatant, eoneiatnant, noisy. There are
some quiet, silent anebstrasive. In
the sAlin4 tribes the lien rears, the
tiger srowls. the csntar walls. In The
aetipitfsl the eagle screams. the harl,
cries: But the filthy. mean, cruel
hysna 10 silent. So OF men, the noisy
are not always the NEST pAssionate
the most TO be feared The induisitof
ana his fanailiars. toftufinE their vie.
Tins in the silence ana darkness Of the
dungeon. were far worse then the red
man enjoying the agenies Of tho vie.
tim ct the stake.
pAssisns Net Wrong.
Again, all passions are not neees.
sari1y wrong. we must feel ana ex-
press Indignation against crime and
vice, or else be under the sway Of I
weak. base nature.
Self Mastery or self. control, II Out
study. selhshnsss is the bans OF like,
70 know ones self ana to control one'A
self are the most important LESSONS
to be learned for both usefulness and
happiness.
Harmony 10 the strength of all in
-stitutions. The Spartans, you reFnenn'
btr. required their citizens 70 eat to.
gether At public tables. where sons
f1ftAen. more Or less. sat. Each mem.
Der OF that small company took into
his hand little ball OF bread and
without a word dropped into the
vessels. called caddos, which the
walters carried on their heads. II
they approved Of one another there
was no change in the form of the ball;
If they did not approve, it was pressed
fiat. One such bali was sufficient te
cause rejection as they thought the
company should be entirely satisfied
with each other.
Self control is taught In the lodge
room by the absolute power Of the
master. The member learns the great
lesson submission ana obediance, with.
out question, without protest.
Man Compared With Brute.
4 One OF the distinguishing differen.
cos between man and the brute IL
that he IL the only animal capable
Of moral struggle and moral conquest
Every step in the worlds progrtss haa
been BY new control. Every mo.
ment man 10 king OF slave. A Id
surrsnders to, wrong appstites or II
ewayed BY wrong passions, or falls
victim to human weakness, he Is
slave, As he masters all these he il
a king ruling self with wisdom. Great
Caesar, consumed by an unholy am.
bltion fell by the assassin's dagger an
in falling pulled down his country WITH
him. The Macedonian conquered al
the world save Alexandria and per-
ished q slave to his passions. Tit
Corsican, at whose football Europe
trambled. fretted away his unmasteret
spirit an t. Helena's lonely Isle
Cromwell, the greatest of England''
rulers, ruling with an iron hand. vel
ruling justly, causing even a vicioui
pipe to stay his persecuting hand
was great by reason Of self-mastery
You Of the bar. know that the at
torney who flies into a passion IL a
n great disadvantage before Court ant
jury however good and just his cause
Self Control At Will.
Any man may attain unto self mas
terry IL he will. At every moment mar
begins to form or to break habits
Self control may be developed a. W,
tone UP q weak muscle, by little exer'
cises day by day. When a man fall
he usually takes JUNCTION to his sou