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THOM ASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1871.
yVIISCELLANEOUS.
Masonic Address
Delivered by Rev. W. J. Morcoek, befofe
Morning Star Lodge, No. 27, at the Metbo
dist Church, Thomaston, on the 24ih ult.
History if free masonry.
There is no suf ject that ha., ever occupied
the attention of man upon which there are
umre conflicting opinions than that of
Free Masonry. These opinions vary from
the sentiments of those who exalt the insti
tution to heaven, and wn to those who would
feign pretend that it is an agreement with
hell and a covenant with the devil. Whilst
there are these e xtremesof sentiment among
those who are not connected Wl th the ins i
tution, you will find some diversirv even
among ourselves as to the date of its origin.
I here are those who would maintain that
they can discover traces of it in the Garden
of Eden, ands une are so chimerical as to
think it may have existed before the crea
tion of man ; others again wou and try to
confine its history most strictly to modern
firm’s and would dpny anything as positively
authentic until after 1717. Now, we shall
endeavor to follow the prudent advice in
pursuing this theittP, that Apollo gave to
Pl£C ton when he allowed him to irive the
chariot of the Sun for a single day, not to
rise too high n..r to descend too low, hut to
follow a golden medium, thereby ensuring
his own safety and that nf till who were de-
pendent on the benign influenced of the
jrloriuU* Orb of Day. You are all aware
how difficult it is to follow up an urdroken
chain of names and dares f >r the establish
roent of any theory, that carries us beyond the
dark ages that enveloped the Christian world
from the seventh to the fourteenth century.
Yet several Christian denominations claim
that they have unbroken series of succes
sors to the Ap -stlrs, and that in their
church is to he found the true essence of
Christianity in its primitive Orthodoxy.
Now, we do not tnain'ain for our Order,
that we have the names and dates of in
dividuals, Lodges or Grand Lodges, fro.a
the time of their fir t establishment down
to the present day. But we do claim., that
the essential principles of the Craft have
never be«'n lost from their promulgation bv
the first jireat, Architect and Master Mason,
Solomon. This pacific King of Israel, was
endued by God with wisdom that rendered
him nnt»n Itgrlit rtfimnoinni f.,l* »Ln P .L
menfc of tne giMnd purpose ot rearing a
Temple to his own glory, and of uniting
heathen nations with his own people in that
pure worship which alone can b“ accepta
ble to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
For this purpose Solomon summ wed to his
assistance, Iliram. King of Tyre, who cheer
fully united with t!»e sovereign of Israel,
and furnish'd him with all that his domin
ions contained sot carrying out his magnifi
cent design. The Cedars of Lebanon xvere
cheerfully accorded, and were cut and
rafted down the Medirerrean Sea to toe
port of Joppa, the m"st convenient landing
to the City of Jerusalem. But for such
immense masses of material as were requi
site f r the Temple and the other magnifi
cent improvements that Solomon designed
for the Capitol of his vast dominions, a host
of workmen would fie needed. It would
require no ordinary talent to superintend,
provide for and direct these thousands of
workmen so as to accomplish the work in
the most skillful manner, and \et in the
hrifest period. Now there resided within
Hiram’s dominions, a subject and relative
of the same name with himseY, kn<>wn in
Masonic Annals as Hiram Al-iff He was
the son of a Syrian father and of a woman
of the tribe of Naphthati. So that so far
as nationality was concerned, he was just
the man to unite the two nations and induce
il.am to iviirjt luirmuniously. Besides he
possessed the intellectual amr pn>- , W<J noal
ifientions, which would inspire with eonfi.
dence all who approached him. lie wns
most skilled in working in all kinds of
stone, whilst he understood the moulding
and engraving of nil metals.
In order that everything connected with
the Temple might he carried out with the
utmost exactitude, Solomon admitted both
Him ms into the full design of every par
ticular and initiated them so fu!ly into his
plans, that they were looked up to by all
the workmen as Muster Masons. The ihree
thousand throe hundred overseers were
initiated as Fellow Craft, who could like
the Master Masons, instruct their'apprent
ices in the use of the tools and the accom
plishment of their great work. By this
pet feet system, selecting for the filling of
each office and perfecting of each part of
the work only the most competent, they
secured the best talent and the most efficient
aid. And when we real*** the perfect
order and system that prevailed among this
yast lost, one hundred and fifty thousand
men, we are not to wonder that the work
was accomplished with such precision in
the w<>ods arid quarries, that when the
building was reared, the sound of mallet
and hammer was not heard.
Was an institution <d such practical ben
efit to cease with the ejection of this one
building? We apprehend not. But how
was it to be perpetoated ? It contained
; besides the practical knowledge of Archi
tecture some of the cardinal principles of
revealed religion, in fact, the two essential
as defined bv Const, love to G"d or & beliet
in one supreme Ruler of the Universe and
a love for a brother Mason equal to that
which We should feel f>r ourselves. These
two paincinles, if not asserted before initia
tion were so thoroughly instilled into all
the membership, that it was like leaven
that would extend and diffuse itself to
others.
Solomon’s workmen traveled into various
countries and impr°*se<J their capacity and
taste on surrounding nations especially
those of the far East.
After long years of prosperity and glory
in the promised land, I-rael degenerated
from the puriiy of those laws which God
1 ''stowed for their preservation nod perpet
uity, and, though warned of impending
destruction unless they retimed to the
simplicity of divine worship, they per.-isted
in their impeniteticv, and were carried
away capt ve into Babylon by Nebuchad
ney.R ir and his successors. We all know,
that these Eastern prine p s took great pride
in gathering at their Courts, foreigners,
who eou’d lend whit to their reign hv skill
in any branch of art or learning. With a
view to the ornament of his Capitol. N» b
uchadnezzar gave orders that a given num
her of Jexvish youths should be taken to
his Capitol, alike for motual improvment
to them and his people. For whilst the
Chaldeans were the most distinguished
Astrorormers of the day. they might receive
profit in the grand structures that were to
he erected from these youths who were
brought from the cradle of Masonry. And
teing employed in active Masonry in the
adorning of Babylon, they were kept in
practice and were prepared for the rebuild
ing of the Temple under the auspices of
Cvrtts. This Temple was re ired urtdpr the
herculean efforts of Zerubabel, witf* bis
workmen having implements of War in one
hand to protect them from Saul and his
co-ad jut ore. whilst they used their tools
with the-other.
So far as operative Maflonrv vras con
cerned/ from this time' until the erection of
Herod’s Temple, very little could be done
under the Maceabbees. These princes
were in such perpetual warfare, both offen
sive and defensive. Y r et the Jews retained
a knowledge of the Art from the necessity
of practicing it, in whfther some of
them had fled and others had been carried
ut .,7o"rf of the Romans, had* been' 'm.VLT
King, he detp’rmined' to gratify his ambition
tind at the same time conciliate the Jews,
by the enlargement and adornment of their
Temple. Now was an opportunity for the
employment of all" the talent. Masonic talent
of rhe period, which was used to such ad
vantage, that the Temple became again the
admiration of Judea and surrounding na
tions. And Herod was so much gratified
at their skill that he proceeded to ad rn
the land with structures that w. uld perpet
uate his own name and g tin him increased
favor with his patrons, the Romans.
After the birth of C!>rist, the. Order was
employed by the Roman Emperors in erect
ing buildings, arches and columns, to per
petuate their triumphs and achievements,
until a: length R one herself was over run
by the Northern hordes arid left in ruins.
Th©B6 hiirtmnuna linil bh gco r 4 »r \l:nnu« •
(heir’s was a mission of destruction, not of
sonstmetion. Hence, Masonry was com
pelled to hide her head in silent blushes for
the inhumanity of man. Her hist- ry ts
very meagre through this period of decay,
ami when the Goths proposed re-building
some of the s'ruc’urcs they had destroyed,
they could find neither the des gns nor the
Architects to reconstruct their demolition
Thus thev fall upon anew order of archi
tecture which indicated bv its massiveness
and its tawdriness the infant state of the
Art.
Churlemange and the Capets made an
eft'.. re-usctivtc th*» dying a r t and sue- j
c**o led as tin w ,s possible with the i
limited materials at their disposal. Nor
could much he done during the dark ages
which prevailed over the worm, in Alasorry
or anything else that was ennobling and
elevating, when the minds of men seemed
ts have lost the clew to true knowledge and
advancement and were feeling about in the
dark pursuing fimt one phantom or ignis
fatuus and another until G and pro
nounced again the fi it to the intellectual
and moral world as he had done at first to
the physical “Let there be light, and there
was light ” Correct theories for the in
vestigation of tru’h were proposed by men
like Bacon and Newton. Theories based
on tangible grounds were suggested by
Columbus for the rotundity of the earth
and another continent with teeming mil
lions was discovered. Theories of Philoso
phy were suggested that are being develop
ed still and thatareeonsummated in thelight
ning rod and the electric telegraph and
♦he multitudinous applications, of steam.
In these astounding developments, we
should not be surprised to bear that M»son»*
rv shared and received an onward impetus
that has not been slaved since. Tn the
south of Europe men, like the Medici wey e
found, who desired to adorn their kingdoms
and possessing the means feb that it was a
privilege to bestow them upon worthv cham
pions of our craft. Kings. Emperors and
Popes vied with each other in doing honor,
to sueh men as R ipha**l ami Michael An
g> 10, wh » were not on.y an honor to their
craft and their sovereign ; but were orna
ments to the age in which they lived.
We would nj .ice to take you along with
us and contemplate the progress 4>f Masonry
through the various countries »>f the world,
but we think we have given you a sufficient
ly comprehensive, though br«ef sketch of
t ie instituti >n to enable you to appreciate
its claims to antiquity, or at least to re
spectability on account of Rge. Before
concluding this portion of the sol ject allow
me to call your attention to what Masonry
has done for England, llow London was
beautified, adorned and remodi il with some
of the finest structures in the W .rid by the
genius and skill in speculative and opera
tive masonry of Christopher Wren. In
our own land, speaking the same tongue
with Oid mother England, we need not
blush for the triumphs of Masonry
Though maligned, traduced and almost
destroyed tit times, she has maintained the
purity of her purpose, not to interfere with
politics or religion. And though our
country, owing to its republican character
is liable to the most stunning shocks on
both these subjects ; still Masonry has kept
on in the i-ven tenor of her way and is
fairer, more beautiful and stronger to-day
than ever.
OBJECTIONS TO THE ORDER.
Yet this beautiful system of morality and
of practical operation art has been decreed
because it is a secret organization. Now
weigh well my frienls, this objection. Do
you mean in charging upon it that it is
secret, to say that it must be necessarily
dark, mysterious and levelling; that it is
addicted tu forbidden orgies and immoral
practices. It you do our answer is an
emphatic denial of the charge. Its avowed
object is just the contrary t> all of this
The aim is to promote purity. It could not
retain within its membership men of such
character as you see ass; mhled here to-day,
if there was anything Contrary to the pur
est morality, or the sternest integrity in
private, or political life. Lo k at the gal
axy of illustrious names that has adorned
fier annals in the past. The father of his
country, George Washington, who could not
he induced to unite w ith the Cincinnati, (a
secret political, and I might say patrician)
organization firmed immediately afer the
A second objection that we sometimes
hear, is that it is an exclusive Society, that
it is designed for the Rich. The history of
the craft will prove that almost universally
wherever introduced, it has risen from the
mechanics and been adopted by the great,
and learned on account of the symmetry
they observed in the lives of its professors.
Again it is exclusive, say others. . Because
it will not admit the blind, the lame, the
halt and the aged.” What use have they
f w a society which professes to be progres
sive, that does not want arty drones in the
hive. Can any one of these profit by the
lessons they taught ? Can they use the
tools? Can the blind see to draw a design
on the trestle board ? Can the halt walk bv
the square ? Andean the aged take up a
new’ craft when his limbs are stiffened bv
step apd all his faculties are failing? This
objection is pertecu y * *• *•
ate of course othor objections to the Order
but these two I regard as the strongest, and
the most worthy of consideration, whilst
many of the others may he answered in the
concluding division of the subject.
THE OBJECTS AND BENEFITS OF MASONRY.
Ist neg The >bjec’sof Mason are diatient
lv asserted, in all works upon the subject, to
be neither political nor religious. Before
a candidate is admitted to the first degree,
or even he taken a single vow, he is emphat
ically nfortned, that there is nothing in the
Order to interfere w th his politics, or relig
ion. And in each degree, ns high as your
speaker has ascend'd, the asserthm is again
repeated. Were this not so. it could never
have attained the wide sr.r.oui influence that
it exerts among all nations.
li»t poB. But whilst it is not religious,
that is does not claim to be a distinct relig
ious sytem and thus interfere with any
other form of religion that accepts the exis
tence of one personal God, the Father, who
is creator and ruler of the universe, yet it
does claim to promote morality.
“Freemasonry is a system of ethics: is
cultivates and enforces the most sublime
truths in relation to man’s present and
eternal being and it incites and encourage*
its votaries to look toG »1 and ask his ble-s
ings and instructions, it points to the Bible
as tne great book ol God’s revelations. It
seeks not to renovate the s< ui and make
sacrifice for sin, by pointing to the Lamb of
G *d, who taketh awav the sins of the worh'4
It is a system of morals only. It is not re
ligious ; it is not in reality any part «.f re
ligion. The vows, that the entered appren
tice Mason take# on initiation, are calculated
to promote the purest morality that can be
conceived by man. These vows can not he
thrown iff at pleasure. They can not be
dispensed by any tribunal ; so that a man
can gratify his passions and then resume
his (.lace in the Order. If he violates his
vow. he does so at his own peril. There is
no authority that is high enough to shield
him from the penalties that will be visited
upon him by the brotberhotxJ. We do pot
brand him with a literally heated iron.
But the penalty inflicted is also moral in
its character. It is that which sinks deep
er into the soul, than iron could into the
fl 'sh. If there is any sensibility left i» the
culprit, he feels it more keenly, than if he
had stood before a criminal court and had
escaped its just penalty by some quibble
in legal technicalities. For by the code he
must be expelled and not allowed to officiate
with those who try to be pure.
2nd. One of the indirect benefits of the
institution of'Free Masonry is to promote
intelligence. This is not claimed to he one
of its otjects. Yet it must necessarily pro
mote it in tiny community. Fur by its
standards a certain amount of knowledge is
necessary for admission, and all who desire
to become affiliated with a b dy that gener*
ally embraces the most respectable of a
community within its fold will use their
utmost effort to acquire the prerequisite ino
telligence fur admission.
Besides, when misfortune has overtaken
a brother, and his estate is left insolvent,
his orphan children are never allowed to
grow up in ignorance, where there is n pos
sibility to provide lor their education by
the brotherhood.
3d. When Masonry is faithfully carried
out its tendency is to promote a cultivation
of the maehanic and fine arts. It originat
ed in the necessity of superior intelligence
in workmen to rear that noble structure
Solomon’s Temple. And usually in its
spread in any nation or community, it has
been from the practical mechanic to the
learned professions* who appreciated its
b'auty and utility from the symmetrical
lives of its practical operative desciplos.
And if the question were asked to-day,
“What earthly boon is must needed in this
country?” The question would be unhesi
tatingly answered, especially by the women,
intelligent mechanics. Ourtown proclaimes
the need of them to the most casual observ-*
er. It is almost impossible to find accom
modations for the labor, that is necessary
to conduct any kind of business. The la
dies feel from sad experience how inade
quate is the supply of all those little con
veniences which tend to alleviate the drudg
ery of domestic life and of those building
ornaments which add so much to the beauty
of a borne however homely.
Is there no remedy fijr this distressing
nfjvfo mii,« m auutqn me'sug
gestion of one who thinks he can see how
relief can ho effected ; but vet hesitates to
propose it,, owing to the false prido that
still rankles in many a southern bosom.
The plan is mv voung friend, to lav aside
yonr broadcloth, pull off your kids, hid
adieu to the counter ! Leave these lighter
employments for the old men and women
whom necessity forces to them and enter
active y. into some trade which will yield
vou annually three times as much as tho
store does, wh : ch will improve your health,
which will beautify your town, which will
benefit your mothers, sisters and wives, and
which will confer on you the highest honor
that can be attained in this life, independ-
cure.
4th. The leading feature of the Order is
Benevolence. Charity is the centre of the
circle around which ail the graces cluster.
It is that which attracts to itself so may
votaries. Just as in the Christian the test
of true piety is based on love. So in the
Masonic Fraternity they claim before the
world, that they luve one another and prac-
L*‘*#.Anw.aulii. each other that kindness, ben
i» something operative as well as gperwmcroc
in their system. It claims to manifest its
faith by its works. It is no idle boast, nor
is it a vain assumption that Free Masonry
is a benevolent institution. Emm the day
of its organisation, when assistance to a
needy brother was a leading feature of its
formation, down to the present time, this
principle has remained as unchanged as
the laws ol the Medes and Persians.
Whilst it may be grand and imposing to
dwell on this branch of the subject in gen
eral terms : yet to make it more practical to<
the uninitiated, let them examine the work
of Masons in the way of charity in arty com
munity and they will see that there id no
failure in fulfilling the vows of equal love
to a brother that you for yourself.
Modesty and a sense of propriety forbids
any allusion to the unostentatious labors of
love that have been performed in this com
munity. But in a sister town, there aro
two worthy widows—members of the Bap
tist and Methodist churches respectively—,
who er.joy all the comforts of a home bv
the liberality and through the exertions and
influence of the Masonic fraternity.
sth. And thus in the dwelling on Benev
olence we are led to discuss another one of
the beneficial features of Masonry, its alle
viation of many of the horrors of war. In
actual conflict many a life may be spared
by a word or sign, that would otherwise be
sacrificed. And when the scene of carnage
has closed, like the sisters of mercy, they
may be seen extending a helping hand or
giving even n cop of cold water to the poor
wounded soldier.
6th. The Masonic vows so simple and
yet so comprehensive that they aro adopted
to promute Union, I might say, almost a
universal brotherhood. For whenever
there is a man nr a nation that accepts the
personality of an infinite G and, he can unite
upon all the other tenets of the Order, fur
they ar<> po consonant with the bent in
_ stinet* of human na ure, that he would re
p.ice to see them untverfally practised.
There is nothing to prevent ti e pr- ud and
haughty jew from co operating with a des
pised Naaurene in promoting the sublime
teaching* of Masonry in all the practical
benevolent operations of life. Nor on the
other hand need the Mohammedan decline
i to accept when in distress assistance offered
by a Christian dog. If prejudice can be
set aside, there is nothing to prevent the
R >man Catholic from uniting with Protes
tant in promoting “pence on earth aud good
v\ ill among men."
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