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wu'te i ±d there, an RappEy
oid frdedls.
11 italtvhsi tie i.ono tthe
anivierary of theit`.e . :John,
the l b-day-dd of De
Shr-. -tro ld
p - d whose
n: A ian,~t woe a ftea mdts,
blspeled by theowi ry "toa
Y' .Star frw
revt. bb1Ok?+t.; ?and as
lee,.s , ominesso. -i . . e, .a.
tneCt_ _tf its*: purpoeee there;. m a
open w h d whose
It boias lvper lo ov.at tJadite.ot
men: A man, whose. dinM-o .t anl ichd
the aon sautr sb a *ownig asoglory tbut
lee, a propriety tof eloiin -ad 4erub a
Lanbe ~v. -he most yncs. ithe janao6 on"
of the fJewtis, that teQb . ·e aewaI et,"
ay notaontapa 4osructh remonstra
ston as to donfind tim mind of the skep.
ecei and bas a manaxu both i olltvital ai.
It e s proper truei un ftie o tradition
isthly only tir negrAmea that we hdmit the
pre tacent hbeoatioahe St. John with
the flooIstl' itEne o 'Free Masonry, but
t~e eosamne renaik may "b;e applied with
equal propriety tf: Solomnon and Zerub
babel. The;, most copoiucin i-ifoif of,
the fact s is, that theyJve aewa.yeen
so rep)orted, " whether thi maay or
may not amount to.such demnAstra.,
tton as to ouvhatn the mind of the atsep
rceived ast Jeruaei. tboth Ipoltios ansh
religion,from t heat nce to t'e a ene opievr
erist, many errbbabe .lereutheae, isto
held to be true, until the eonvefa154s es
taishe reignby force of ctsTitus e I, to opr
cisel Bapon this gand from that we admit theonward
preso Jen hitorie of the £ eatiO~sP id o
us, the whl ate-delve he wa Bishop owell asphe
of then atein in his ntervening betwee
theof Granood Master, ic oiler to revo the-;
period ofdie,r. Imust as, t 4eeor au
lets the facts iwe yearly s eeas a B
oi absurd.' Our-mnosut ..msientý a
tell this that from the bidi ourf thde
Temple at Jerusaleiul to*e Bolbylasish.
captivity, our Lodgeh wele 4e4lee to
8olomn; from the bett to that we may keept of
Cterist, to Zerrubbabel; from thenee to
the reig of prints eof pai, twho Joh
the Baptistu and from that teme owaries
to Jodeparted;n the Bvagelitt. Of evetray tio
runot, who t whils, he was Bishor of'Ehe.
sus then being in his ninetieth ryar; he
was ind ofd to accherhoo.he appoiu.ment
of rand Master, n ordeiter to norvi the
many Lodges then oscatterd over the
land and swhich had allen ,into aluodL
hopeless diserder. It is, t!bue~ re, oh
this dy, that we yearly ofeet as a Band
of instructions, to codirmemorate teo:-irte
of this illd ustrioe fall oember of or tuder,
the bettor that we may keep i in
view the foot-prints of Him, "who has
traveled this way 'before us" . It is -,a
sacred duty of our Order tp.erememboe
the virtue and cbleires,te memoris of
the departed; for the life of every trne
mason Is unto us, a prioeles.pesrl hbi
dathe loss oa a brother. it matters
noe t who he Is, nor when no 'where he
e of - day, for neither Ame nor f
bindse or heiarts to ether.
It is pasing and prodtbl toudr
upon tbp ýweU-pOat lives of the Tret
ant o thke 'v oafr thet aftordap aklC,
iastruction to direct and conoaoti9u to
u Therso he bTew a thefortune p.
or one bat $ae recorded experience ot
all the reat- WesreAle~aa e no60*
meetio i ......h th Nofi deat
e.r ewsa whal.
» °lrf: thtat to know ourselves
46ArtEeuIiate:oar t'nae relations: `to
es twthA Hdreastewm is the. sur
tiii.ffeOf ala~t destyl .There, is not a
etyt thin - itltw sa i h isot:a wa rn
Ill hea'ed 1'b6 ailthr bot: of the heart
Iiit tahtr'' ·lifot r!
l di ' .g -e-esr et,+' eell.existent
it~"L_l? d ihdurlI discover,
' d -ea - tismtely :interwoven
-'tti t eiýo " tektdieo:e 'oura- r ..oBeings,
StIMbh'dtitt4Y itaWshlebte antd- nebang
tha tiitsL headiiS elemenits
6e gotlrf bNe 'LDo.as we
lh eer' ab `u'as betbre as,
ie m 6tathh 'tt above as, and
't I' ed them, and feel
;i.0 i-,h batfrom nwhich,
oeut tu .pway as if to tide our
ii~ i" idti liBi ightth6at is within
S e tohlba nos t our ers that
ot&~nbtW U, libatirink 'our
a s a{ `in fitbt7 bee: but neaor
upe fr t V knid no safety
the 1is1e tVat e. -TAbre#.are
es and othetse.of 'life.
''e try ~l "Does' not our every
Se j1 c rsto us thft these are
illenles, which must
rres c~atd ad aidever violated?
ea, full m=if' a dlosing daylias sadly
eve aled to us tlesu mighty seerets of
j fr 1se t` Adwirfib iifieuOe, that faith
I'd le' f ' .thoughts and
ttejý 1~ty l olY'the, Angel of
S &k t0 'ouli'titil fflienhad placed
.be h'ttie l aItfaiylinig That had
lleIi"sot ol' jiot" dihe' of Justice.
1.a.'Et, p ith t pan "who.is at peace
thh ! nselt 'jid hh stands ever rhady
toq a p'h de with God.anud his
fllo,. ,An oritut rdenemy may be
or overcotme 'but he who
gods iolenc to; hlt'ni soul, has within
'hims an enelmy, ttitd.neither forgets nor
fqrgives, Tbese .rinciples proclhiam to
us that the f-ufs of" sin, will crumble in
our grasp;, that ;wrong is but another
name for'destruc1iod; that virtue is her
oPvlP rpward, and that happiness is but
the saur, resilt of 'gooduess. They de
clare to eljf that there is but one road to
ti goal 9f .l or, hopes aiind that
ia ',t ~ath of duly; but otte true incen
Tir to romupt. ,pqr aations, and that is
Trutht; t iuo 'jtf auchor to stay and
iteEdy, . the vavering" soul amid the toss
iptq, j.ud fro of tliis World, and that is
irt~w. .O, tiesp ahiniing qualities, the
lie of St, Jolz .is+a,'beaiiutiful illustra
tionA ntI a lhappy. coatnientary. Sincer
ity of 'ntntion, Jo4iizess of aim, and'
'rti" t e'o£purp s, :.gharacterized him
it, the fullmeat of his great mnissions.
MFlsearger iudicatits, that as a Wise man
.he;osane4 oll, the objects of humuan
ewistenoe .,ud. fixe., liise eyes on the
priselof .Virpte iis the only true goal of
Eapthlyy ambition, marking well, the
coarse -lie had to run. land counting the
ootsa.of, hlis.udertaking, he moved for
~ard\ with a spirit tklat brooked neither
dangdr nor delay to the accoumpllishment.
of. hiaima:aud to the achievement of his
destiny. His soul was in his work and
these was no temphtis that could allure
him, .no danger that could deter hium,
and no power the. could prevent him,
from asserting.the truth and vindicatillg
the ight. : Freedoum, Fervency and
Zeal, .*ere the tlements of. his soul;
Faith, Ropeand Charity, the glories of
'his life, He loved ,Virtue for its owln
sake, and asked np other reward but tihe
conseiousnoss of duty performed. Withl
hh;,'te See was to. belive, and to be
leve tabi toaet. . IThus mzrmod and ani
mated, alike amid -friends or enemies,
he' eaalted the name of the IBabe of
Bethlehem as the Son of the living Godl,
and proclaimed the everlasting Gospel
as a new.. covenant unto man. Thius
armed and animated at an hour when
our Honorable and---Anicietit Order wais
ltttle more than a mrlhtl'l'ul relic of tht
past; when thie lights of Masonry wore
but dimly tliekeritg. in the world,Ywitlh
a Lion's grip; he raised again, the tot
tering Pilltrs bf ,the' temnple and breath
e4'a nr'* lithuAnd energy into our waill
*i4 orgaumznition.
MgitsonrS may well cherish his memory
t.'s patton alrd ecamylar, for there
pever. lived a Nan, whose life was more
eveutful, :more virtuous or consistent.
Of fits imitn b origin, and a fisherman
by oe0i'imtiow,: he wias called from the
shores of Tiberias to become "the fisher
Snrea," c~diig tj.iis, as "the voice of
Sone seit tiom od" tld knowilng lieno
'ther La.w h~lt te. ill of his Divine
,*ter , .enlitated irder the Banner of
he Cro . ai·d. straighitway prohnimed
4otheJ9W aasd the Gentile. 'TIsi is
~ ia mb ia taltetHI awiy the sias of
the world"! 1"''the discharge of the
duties.of thitmaesion, so powerful were
hi u .i.4his eloquence that he wan
l mpaw ai "'he ~ 9o of Thunder," and
no dobt, but that in his
' li t O e'iegse energies of mind
a'n. , "wer brtaight to bear, in the
d'. azdo. racient Order. At
on ~ esaP, on the highest
,:as tte aloest vales of lovely
Ste~atm~ hs deelated the trutlh unto
the Rabti and the beggar, that in tile
Sgrand ordez. sature they" were but
wn asltllhUs8 we maSy well sup
L ''fi iin.t1h.~Adyrecesses of the
iaSy 1 0f" hoe' or on old Mount
SralnlPs rugdhbig ht ire often called
a 4 d.b the deroed few who .sl1
Sto :i.nittion of their fathers,
.ru aui he1r ed only by the *b.ne
s~rq of e e H~iavens," did he "briin
Sliiz! by a -w that they knew not
gth p f ,paths they had. no
mw e \Tlme laI.fail us n passing
r joyw tirn1evsr.ting scenes of hiz
tj evinai M tII apaiz of which his forti
P t dI as f to the uevert t
iru arehaince on 4dtbo
Sa eouqunemroad finanlly died "tha deadt
of the. righteous" in his hlnndredtha yeir. It
Thus ended tih |rife of him,. ho, whbth- II
er amid friendl-aud relations in Gallilee, S
or .as an exile -mpo}-, the sea.-beaten; isle e
otf Pattooe; whether at home .or abroad, g
on the laud or op the. sea; evi r.demon- -g
-strated by bis life a. t;;lisi actions, the q
sublimity of virtue: an the beautyy of
holiness. As he di cd .0 d4id he die, an o
upright ma. and steadfast at-eeoi.n. in d
viaew of suoh w,!life,.we e bit adil,hist I
if thoeunsea world b. realit, there ;ti
is troth: iun the d4trines .-of t Here- 1
after, if there:ig ebove iur .and beyond E1
the, pale. of AuQtEktl vision, '4aiJtouse
notr made with-- hands, ertaer in, th o
Heveea s," 'whither -we may ' allt -ach, ,
by the aid of "Jacob's tlielogical w
Ladder,'? that - death .wua to -kbi but t(
thbeg.btginning of life--tihat the on- S
eigning' of his body to .the .arth, T
but. the laying aside: of the garments sa
ofbflabh, :in order that -the inner own '"
might receive admission into tthat y
T3emple ' where the Master of-'1~aturo d
presides:. i.
With these observations upon thBelife w
and- character of-our illustrious patron, I
we will now direct .our attention to, the *tl
history and, teachings, of . that Order,, b
which.he has consecrated Jy his sanc- tl
tion and illustrated by his" conduct. The tl
principles of Masonry constitutea mys- n
tical, moral science, illustratiig by a tl
system of rites, ceremonies, types and .T
emblems, the sublimest truths and max- as
ims-of Nature and morality. Its Phi- m
losophy in point of beauty and of wis- I1
domt is perhaps unexcelled by the inven- ti
tions of man. The;Iistory of the Order t3
has ever been an object of interest to ei
the world,. having, as it does, a high as
claim to antiquity, universality and sta- It
bility, than any other organization h,
known upon the Earth. There is planea- a
ry evidence 'afforded alike by histor3 la
and tradition, that traces it back in the as
most unerring manner to the building g,
of "King Solomon's Temple" where it cc
tirst received an organized form. It -is pl
an universally conceded fact, that this T
wise King was one of the founders of the in
Institution acnd that that "magnitfcenzt ts
structure" which was the wonder and bi
admiration of the world, was reared by tl
the hands of Masons. Vo may hero em
pause to consider the .object of this m
mighty building with whioh Masonry is al
so fully identified. In so doing, with the ai
Bible before us, whiCh -we c6a. "the ines- w
tunable gift of God to snan and the role p
and the guide of our conduct," we can p
not but mc.rk, with feelings of reverence. Ic
that it was "mn- House" erected by Di- k
vine command, "unto the glory 'of the q
Lord," an House which when finished, an
presented more the appearance "of the F
handiwork of God, than the work of o
men." There is conclusive evidence b
that at this period of Time, the mythol- w
ogies and idolatries of the Egyptians h
were Fast absorbing the religious wor- w
ships of the world. Even the "chosen, it
people of Israel," who had been led ti
forth fronm the "land of Egypt and the h
house of bondage. by a miraculous cloud a
by day and a pillar of fire by night;" n
who had seein the hosts of Pharaoh b
swallowed in the Sea and heard the a
thunders from old Monunt Sinai; who ti
had eaten of the manna that had de- a
scecnded from Heaven and drank of the t
waters that gushed from the smitten a
rock, were fast becoming corrupted and a
contaminated, by the universal spread e
of the Egyptian mysteries. They were t
wandering a w'ay from the object of their 1
"tir-st love" and losing sight of the wor- a
shiip of AJrah'Im, Isaac acnd Jacob. In t
this period there were but two great n
types of the religious orders,- the Jew a
and the Pagan, and this system had be- a
conm so contfused and cornmuingled, that e
tltre was acarcely any vit tlity in either. a
'T'ihe day had come, in the fulic-as of t
Time, when a system should be devised a
that should abolish the distinctions of e
races and of kindred, and should dis- a
close nnto man, his true relations unto a
God and his fellows. c
The fihat eem'cmed to have gone forth e
that henceforth and forever there should I
lie no nmore moral distinctions of race, v
between the soas and the daughters of I
Adam; that there should be a common c
altar erected, where the people of all na- s
tions might meet on one grand level and e
where "every kine should bcnd, and
every tongue confess" that the God of
Israel was the only true and the living
God. The reign of David,'the man of
war and of blood, had passed away, and
Solomon, the Prinee of P'eace, had been
duly anointed as the King of Israel. No
sooner was he established upon hice
throne than he invoked the God of his 1
fathers, to imbue his heart with wis
dom and understanding, tant he might
know how to govern "seo greata people."
Ih answer to ilis prayer, God gave him
'wilsdom and undertstanding exceeding
much, and largeness of heart even as
sanmud upon the sea-shore," and Solomon
said unto Biram, King of ¶'yre, sayiig:
"thou knowest how that my father
could not build an House unto the natbe
of the Lord his God, for the wars which
were above him on every aide, until God
had put them nuder the soles of bis feet;
oat now the -Iord has given me rtest, on
, every side, so that thbere is neither ad
; ersary nor evil ocerrent, and behold,
I purpose to build an Rouse unto the
name of the Lord, my God, as the Lord
Apake wnto my father David, saying:
Thyme whom I shall set upon thy throne
i thy room, he shall batid an Honuse
unto my abase. Jow, thefolre, com
m and thon, that they heW me oedar
t oees out of 'Leb~as, amd my servants
, shall be with thy sioervmats amd unto
- thei will I give hire, for thy servacnts,
Secord`gn ton s that teram shalt ppoint;
- tfw tbou knwestt that there -oi not
sat tO4o that esam' skil to hor tite
/ ber;pl'ito tbelbStb iaumut." FWe fur
ther rq td that this liram, who wise a
fPigan, when he re'ived "the wordi oft
Solomon, rejoiced eatly and said bleu
aed be the lord, "tlis day, which hath
given uutb Davit t' a .eie &kn over this,
-great!people, and he sent-to King Solo
'tmo, 83a'ing: I will do all thy depire,
;eoncerning tiibe pf cedar and til'ber I
of fir;--nimy ser-ats shit brinug thhen
downi fromu Lebshtori unts the sea, nad
I Wrill:convey them by sek, in floata uun
to the :phliae, tlsat thou shall appoint me. [
T*bten didl 8ol.onu send atnd "fietl1
Tiratm out of Tyre." theis aster workman
of_;'te wtorld.' "He was a widow's son 1
of:tairh'tribe of Naptbali, and his ;father
was man oudf Tyre"--he w fs.filled with
wisdom od unnilerstanding, and cqluiing
to work all .works ini brass. Now did 1
Solomon "set tbout" thee- bnilditig of a
Temple whichshornld be a place of weort
ship for all people, and in the mounth
"Bui," theseventhl mouthin the sevepth I
year thereafter: he fiuished the work; I
duripg ill of which time, the very ele.
imnts 'reserved their peace,- for there
wit nie|ther storm nor tempest, but one I
unbroken stream of snbshine. Every
thing aouneected with this old Temaple, I
has a moral and a meaning. We .'ld I
that the three great builders, were, in
themselves, the Types of the different
nationalities: Solomon -was ,a Jew Of
the royalilineof David; #Xiram, Kiltgof
Tyre, was a Siduian, and the "widow's
sop," the beloved4 of &fasons, was of the
m'ixed blood of both Jew and Tyrian.
It' may be here remarked, that at this I
time, Polytheism, idolatry and infideli
ty, had. swept as. bosoms over the
earth. Even in the Land of Judea, the
sacrificial altars daily smoked, with the
Inacenise of Bial. The few Jews, who
had still remained true to th..ir allegi
ance, clinging with deathless seal to the
laws and tho.ordinancps of Moses, per
mitted not the foreigner. nor the stran
ger to draw near unto the "ark of the I
covenant." It seemed, therefore, to I
please God to call out from the City of
Tyre, a cuning artificer, who blended
in his own person the elements of the I
two nationalities in order that he might
build unto his nameue an House where all
the sons and daughters of Adam, whith-.
erspever dispersed, about the Globe,
mighlt freely come and bow' before his
altarb. "An holy Place" where no one
should find admission by reason of his
worldly wealth or honors; before whose I
portals the pride of ancestry and the I
pomp of caste, should h'bow low their c
lofty heads, apd bend their stubborn a
knees; where there was alike but one i
qualifoiation of entrance for the King
and the peasant, namely: Faith and
Fealty to the only true and the living
God. And thus it is, that the grand old I
building, which the Bible asasures us
was reared "without the sound of the I
hammer, the axe, or other tool of iron," I
was, in itself, a fitting Type and a strik- 1
ing emblem of that better Temple where
the clank of Mlammon's metal is never I
heard. and where the high and the low, I
and the rich and the poor, will finally 1
meet upon the Level. Masonry was I
born' with the birth of the Temple and
as within its sacred walls, Solomon and I
the Tyrian and the "widow's son" met
as brothers upon the Level, acted upon 1
the Plumb, and parted upon the Square,
so do Masons still ever meet, and act,
and part. No sooner was the Temple 1
completed than its fame spread out
through all the Earth,, and the light of
Masonic science burst' forth upon the
world. For we read that it was then
that the Kings and the wine men of all
nations came to learn wisdom.,of Solo
moll,- and that they went away "filled
with a wisdom that they could-not obtain
elsewhere." Masonry, in its incipiency,
Sand for twenty-eight hundred years af
f terwards, was known as operative, by
1 which it is to be uldderstood that the
Scraftsmen employed the practical rules
of the system in the works of art and
architecture; since which time it has re
ceived a name with which it was never
i cheistened by the Fathom s, namely: apee
I ulatire. We call attention to this fact
with no purpose to cavil about a word,
f for a name detracts nothing from a
cause, but for a child-like reason, that
we are unwilling to see one gray hair
I stripfed from the head of our vet:e.ahble
Inother. We have ever failed to appre
f ciate'or to understand any essential ilis
Stinction between Masonry stow and Ma
fsonry then. It is true, that in former
Itime, our anoient Brethren labored in
Sthe huilding of a material TcmDle; but
o no less do we labor in building the moral
edifce, the Spiritual Temple. It is nei
a ther hair nor proper to call that -pecuda
- tive which ever employs the most ptac
Stical means to aecomplish bthe greatest
objects of life. Our doctrines ~re not
n Imere idealities, nelther is our philosophy
gmere easuistry. Masonry, in the true
0 sense of the word, is ever operative and
n whenever it shall ease so to be, it will
: ceas.e to be Masonry.
r With these remarks uson the antiquity
te of the Order, we will non dirset our at
- ention to its Universality. We hate
i already seen that shortly after the oom
t; pletio~ of the Templb, tbhe wie meal of
si all nations, even the rep'1Pentative~ of
- the "far of Isles of the Sean" hearing
I, the report of its great elegance and
ae I beauty, and desiring to become endued
'd with the knowledge of its founders, Iper
g: formed the fImrst "pilgrimage *vg maded
e to the Holy ILud" "in search ought."
e "That as theis desires were laudable and
n- their faiths well rounded," they rcneted
ar at the tfbet of Salomon. a.ner e ass
a IHar wisdom whige oonld4a.b st~
to elsewhere in the world. A '
a, with wonder and admiration at c bl. -
;- pile nd abIn tnheadp. , they ksren. a
rotdoub, mate e wu,ilt a IId : the
a- Queh'oIt *thabeheeenal
ar-tac Been t.d. n bt e 1b4 lbreelsh
birth, ahd A'strd=
alt' q iole. world; 'Ioe 1*U.t' a
dibmIhnpis, this= Is n4lt
bitlt one Htonseuw st"ext eareeCder
thaSt "ls 'rl 4syI .- ,'t
iae , tetot us
globe wbefe'tle $ -off .sbv e
vet trod; and its signs
Iroi a aiedfidunei a o.· a
bond pff iftimnshfp beigeea*Wei%
Rild tongpis, aud :.trie . i .
mhe hooded Utlrhnen#o' ~
ice1iN1s of lsis oseq lad Vdam
Arnob; with kneesbriei bau*ntia'"
sands of the SBhairai
ihas the saite a Itvisble ad na-i 0s
Cades as 4setthe.Jeiw ad4 the hi'd
tiat. Andl r.~intutorod harts, stiff
3d to .tbeir iidneriioet eth .he4ih 1
36nteomplntiono fsn4t Imbih$,
moe' within them -to 'in~atftribm tbt
saverns of moral darkiibos ai dcomes.
light. To say the lepat, wherever t~ti
light of bilvilisation has reehd;- tia
ound of the Gavpl Is heard, an'd 'We
qgiare and the 'Compasses are repoit
d as mystic emblems. The lamtnw ,
the emblem Of Innocenee and tlhe latd
)f a Mason, has the same saghtretie
with the Turk as with theirsla' t
aid is worn' with equal pride' by ; t
Bing and the Peasant.
But the most beantiful featreo iilh:e
istory" of our Order is its Stabll .
eitioe it was foundedo. endtury after'
tury, l1ied with mighty chan es bae
wheeled away Into the silent eyes'
the Past, and natiobs, and govern~
ind d gasties have beed Iswept toa le
ig-rth by the mighty ppheavnrin r
rime. Iustitatiou atfer tnstltuti'o b
arisen and lived the life of a dad I1
gassed away without leaving' sarsydiea
restige of what they had been.. E
he land of the birth of 'Masonry
)een wrenched from the hands of' its
)wners, and' iS no longer a Hlome sad ia
&biding place for the children of lsl.
fhe Holy City, the Tabernacle aid te
Pemple, have crumbled into dust,' . d
she bearded Turk stalks boldly over thoi r
uins. Yet uninjured by the shod'f
lements'and the jar of revolutlons,j,
grand old Order has stood, unchaugng
nad unchanged, and has copme down
is over the troubled stream 'of TIe,
with her colors flying from her mat
head, and her pilots at the helm, a thg
)f beauty and of life.
Having thus glanced at the hlsloto of
ur Order, we will now consider .ae
riuciples it inculcates. Masonry
we have seen, is of a .Divine ap t
sent; but it is not a religion. t
egis is equally the shield of the ii;
the Mahomedan. agid the fo!lowler of
Christ. It is a wonderful and ipco w r
.ble system .whiph combines whiain
Itself the great.elements of all rell tpns,
but. which adopts no particnlar, c ed
nor formula. It is an institution, so, to
speak, which has been a common plpt
Lora, upon which all men might pmeet,
in all times and in all countries. It has
but one faith and one doctrine, belief in
God, and love to all mankind. This is.the
chole scope of its Philooophk. Thbso
being, therefore, tihe sole objects of,its
exiast~nce. it has neither communion por
ruonrpanionship-with any religious qect
or .political party, pursuing the even
tenor of its way, it yields neither to,tho
persuasions of the one nor to the ~lain
nrs of the other. Throughout its estire
histoiy its reign has been one of peaaco
and of love--aspiring neither to ]uiti
eal procedence nor to ecclesiasti car ow
cr to uphold or perpetuate its doctgpes.
It h si ever kept its hands free ;rqqpthe
blood of man; although she. bash teon
felt the knife of Tyranny, and·l a
chained martyr at the stake of bltry,
she can stand before the world t.y,
with her hands upon her heart, an .Pay.
I have never added one mite to the ta
ny miserles of mankind. Thougk II)avo
been persecuted and maligned; though
I have been hated and bhnted down;
though I hate been scourged fros opun
try to county, and from age topge;
though my children have been driven
from valley to hill, and from hill back
to valley, yet have I ever shed my tears
in secret and Lave not turmet.Pack
apon my pursuners. Yea! I stand aere
to-day as one of her hobildren, amd,ahal
lpage the bloody ages of the pd e to call
up from the roll, of the murdemst tead
of nations, the victims that bavlsallen
by Masonio swords. I ehalleil the
living to point to bse foi SpotO her
garments.
Does thi pove ntbtngi 3eamr
Is fidth eridainted by werkat..Is the
Tree known by its~ *Itt De1) e.gath
er grapes of thboirnsor Bo o"istlesi
Yea! as snre aa tbhe at ~a of Philos
ophy bexists, thnat like easar Ptlduce
like elects, is the moral trnth, -thas that
is truly good wileh never daes a wrong.
Is it strange, that Mauary, as apltnsti
tutAon, bhas ever bee hired away bgy .v
the gew.ggtiw of hami. atiti that
it has never itg6s tftsr siuUbor s
or uenIIdIsII*OItI If u p we ame but
to kbL to Ier sleaaihg ts ahe the
. As well*** tish S!'Mee, the
doet~mf bf Miabhii asm, corn
priad en in obe pee 1SAdilbye to
all lmkin' - lemon tOaght to
the Iuhutate sJ to hase4 He
his Imemal I
.hil rth
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