The Monroe journal., 1922-12-01
DR.. BURREL SPEAKS ON
MASONRY IN CHARLOTTE
Monroe Man Talked on Washington.
the Mason. ard Related Visits
10 Foreign Lodges

The members Of Excelsior lodge
had the pleasure Of listening 20 one
Il the NEST instructive and enlight-
e1ing addresses ever delivered il the
e'iy recently, one that filed the de-
s'rcS OF reseaTchful and enquiring
minds. and holding the attention of
his audience until the close. says the
address Of brother Burrell, of Mon
roe, who began his interesting talk
with a kindly reference to the ex-
ceed ngly line work he had Just wit
messed: after which he spoke al fol-
lows:
Washington the man and the Ma
son. In estimating the factors that
20 10 make a man great, we must.
first, consider his ancestry; second,
his environment. and third, his train
'ng. In regard TO the first, Wash
ingtOn was of the purest Angles Saxon
stock. An Englishman of English
men. BY nature he was an aristocrat
and intensely proud Of the fact. His
forebears had been men of substance
and of affairs for generations. His
environment had been that of a Nir-
z MIA gentleman, and he had been
brought up in the straightest sect
of the "Pharisees." His training fol-
lowed the same general trend. Early
in life he was raised to the sublime
degree of Master Mason at Fred
ericksburg, Va, in Fredericksburg
lodge No. 1. Later he transferred
his membership TO Alexandria lodge,
now Washington Alexandria lodge
No. -. Alexandria, Va. OF this lodge
he became the honored master, and
served with distinction for several
years. Many attempts have been
made to minimize his connection with
Masonry. But no event is attested BY
more palpable proofs, than that of
his connection with and his devotion
to Masonry. 1t is not too muck to
say, that much of his greatness and
splendor of character. grew out 0.
his intimate knowledge and anfeigned
of the tenets of our great
order, and Masonry honora itself in
honoring him, as one who most per-
fcctly exempliiicd Its teachings and
faith. The completion Of the great
memorial AT Alexandra !
for TIE reception and care Of mis- Ma.
sorlc effects, will lot Only serve tc
re-. nd the world II general { las
connection WITH gs, bu. will serve rs
a constant stimulus TO the brethren
to strive after the same perfection
Masonically. 20 which re attained"
The speaker then related in NEST !
mS,de bis contact and
experiences with Masonry, in Europe
and the Orient, drawing attention |
to the fact that Masonry offers the
best practical means to the solution !
Of the vexing problems confronting
and this, because il is
world wide in its scope, knowing no
barriers but love and charity, the
of man and the Father
hood of God.
In most acceptable manner he
to his attendance upon
odges in England, Italy, Egypt, In
liza, Mesopotamia, Persia. and Strait
Settlements, in which were gathered
he elite of all nations, and where
he work and teachings were prac-
.ically the same. He also drew at
.ention to the fact that he was in
iebted for many courteses and pro-
ect.on of life and property to the
,ause of Masonry. He found the an
lent landmarks to be everywhere the
same, and accepted as the heart of
Masonry, although in Egypt and
Arabia, the Koran is the sacred book.
Yet the purpose and interest of Ma
ionry is every where alike, in its
,thics of brotherhood and fellowship.
His description of his visit to China
odges was indeed very interesting,
md held the attention of the au-
hence closely, and then changing to
lis visit 20 India, he told of lodge
lie visited, which was recorded to be
0.000 years old; but warned his
hearers that the Oriental mind is
lot concerned with exact values as
S the practical western mind il
ustrating by the indefinite periods
md whole numbers so often referred
o in the Bible. Il
He showed that all values and re-
igioEs in the world are based upon
ife and the ability to create it. In
his man approximates to God, and
10 the "Phallic Symbol" that often
,eems to US indelicate, is the most
acred to all eastern progress. To
he Hebrews. as well as to the So
allied heather. He closed his address
~ stating that all Masonry was
onward looking as well as historic.
md seeks to fulfill the prophecy of
rennyson in his Locksley Hall where
he, in his wonderful descriptive pro-
'hecy, read the pages of the future.