Arizona republican., 1921-02-21


 God said, Now, Abram, walk before me, and be thou perfect. You are splendid man, you are noble man. your head has been up in the sky, your feet have been upon the earth' you have been a tall, straight, clean, noble man. but now," He says, walk before Me and be thou perfect, and will change your name and you shall now be called Abraham, which means Father of Breadth, and the whole world shall be blessed by you. Your descendants shall be as the sands Of the sea and the stars of the heavens You have been a tall, clean, splendid man, you have communed with Heaven, you have understood the silences; great ideals have flowed into your soul Now you must be not only father of height, but father of breadth, and you must carry these ideals, these blessings, these glories that have come into your hfe-you must carry them out to the farthermost parts of the world, and bless your fellow men,
 There is an old tradition concerning Solomon's temple, that I think would be of interest to you. Solomon chose the priest who seemed to be of the most rare goodness to have the serv- ice of ministry to the poor at the temple gate, and this priest, on one occasion, was back in the temple wor- shipping before the time for the minis, try tC the poor and while he wor- shiped a most beautific vision came before him, and he was entranced, and watched and worshipped there, and then suddenly he heard the bells ring ing which called him to distribute food and clothing to the poor; but he lin- gered moment and he wondered how he could go that day; but the bells rang again, and after a bit a rattling came at the gate of the temple, and he arose suddenly and went and got his basket and provisions and started out to feed and help these poor. and then he came hurrying back when he had finished his mission, to see if the vision had disappeared, and it was still there, and the voice came out of the silence, saying, If thou hadst re- mained here, the vision would be gone"
 And I believe that any Mason after learning, as he has, it's mysteries and it's wonders, who refuses to go out and make relevant what he has learned in the elevation of his fellow men that all the charm and wonder of his early limitations will disappear from his life, and the glory of Masonry will be gone from his heart.
 Isiah went up into the temple. and he saw the King elevated upon a great throne and his train filled the temple, and isiah knelt down in penitence. He heard the King say, Whom shall I send ?" and he knew that he was un- worthy to go. Then an angel brought some fire from the altar, touched his lips, and cleansed them, and then the King said. Whom shall send, and who will go for us?" and Isaih rose in the temple and he said, Here am l. send me-
 I like that word of Mrs. Browning, spoken of the distinguished Italian statesman Cavour. She said That noble soul who meditated and made Italy.' Yes, my brethren, who meAi- tated in the stiffness and who made Italy in the majesty and might of his ministry
 What is a mystic for if it is not to bring what he has learned as he travelled the pathway of a pioneer in front of his brethren? What is a mystic or a pioneer for but to bring back to the crowd that is in the rear of him the splendid thoughts God has vouchsafed to him in the heroism of his journeys on to the front. I read in this book that two good men went up one day to the temple at the hour of prayer, or gate of silence, to pray and when they came up to the temple i they approached what was known as l the beautiful gate, and when they came up to this gate, an impotent man was
 waiting there. He stretched up his pale, poor hands and said to these | men, Give me alms.' And Saint John and all Masons love him-and Peter l looked down upon the man and they said, Silver and gold have we none; such as we have, give we unto thee And then they knelt down and go | him by the hand and lifted him up They said, Tn the name of Jesuf
 Christ of Nazareth, stand up ant
 walk. Such as we have. give we untt | thee"
 This needy, restless world is rattlini
 at our gates; they are stretching ou their poor hands for help; they ar I begging aims. What is it that thi ] great order gives in response to tn
 cry of the needy world? Some me
 would arise and eloquently tell us to
 night about the benevolence of Masonr
 and how splendid they are, the worl
 wide benevolences of this order tha
 loves the widow and the orphan, an
 takes care of the poor. But this is tn
 least that Masonry gives to the world I passed one day through some ob
 scure streets of an eastern city, an
 bore in my hand little bouquet t
 take to an invalid who had been shu
 in for years, and as I came out of
 thoroughfare and crossed over by a
 alley, 1 came upon a group of urchin
 shooting marbles in the dust, and as
 hurried by, one of these dusty face , boys rose up and came running to m and he said. Mister, give me flower
 And somehow that little lad reveale the fact not only that there was a
 angel back in his soul and that he wa i an artist, but, my brethren, he eX l pressed the heart cry of every huma soul longing for something that is bet
 ter than bread, the cry, the hungt of that immortal part that is bac 7 within a man, the hunger of the SOL } after beauty and truth and encourage ) ment, and spiritual uplifting.
 And when the representatives - Free Masonry turn to the world as , cries out in it's want, I believe tn 3 order hears that call of the urchin fc a flower and understands that th very best that Masonry can give { , men is not loaf of bread, it is nc ! silver and gold, but it is that whic feeds the spirit, that which encourage , the heart, which strengthens the inne : man. It is that, my brethren, whic . will lay hold upon a man, whetht 1 he be rich or poor, whether he hs 2 plenty of this worlds goods or nothin
 that in you which will lay hold upo
 this man who is discouraged, who's ! life is broken, who is down and ou
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