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Poetry.
Poetry .
THREE AVORDS OF STRENGTH . There are three lessons I would write—Three words , as with n burning pen , In tracings of eternal light , Upon the hearts of men .
Have Hope ! Though clouds environ round , And gladness hides her face in scorn , Put thou the shadow from thy brow—No night but hath its morn . Have Faith ! AVhere ' er thy bark is
driven—The calm ' s disport , tho tempest's mirth—Know this -. God rules the hosts of Heaven , The inhabitants of earth .
Have Love ! Not love alone for one ; But man , as man , thy brother call ; And scatter like the circling sun , Thy charities on all . Thus grave these lessons on thy
soul—Hope , Faith , and Love—and thou shalt find Strength when life ' s surges rudest roll , Light when thou else wort blind . —THE EranouEEK ' .
Notes On American Freemasonry.
NOTES ON AMERICAN FREEMASONRY .
NORTH CAROLINA . It was resolved "That acommittee of three be appointed to have the picture of the late Grand Secretary , William T . Bain , taken and suspended over the Grand Secretary's desk , and that the Grand Treasurer be authorized to pay
the p mount required for the same . " In relation to the Masonic Temple , the committee appointed to attend to the matter reported the following , which IVDS adopted : — " The Committee on that portion of the Grand Master's address relative to the building of a Masonic Temple , and re-printing the old proceedings of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina , beg leave to report : — " First . In regard to a Masonic Temple . Every member of this Grand Lodge must be fully convinced that pur present hall is not sufficiently large to accommodate the representatives that assemble in this Grand Body every year . Besides , it is considered unsafe . Another hall should , of necessity , be procured , or the one we at
present occupy be enlarged and improved . " We learn that a Company has been organised for the purpose of building a Masonic Temple in this city , wherein it is proposed that the communications of this Grand Body shall be held . " But , to accomplish this purpose , the sum of one hundred thousand dollars will be required . They propose to raise the money in a joint stock company of twenty-five dollars per share , payable in monthly instalments of one dollar on each share .
" This company reports to us that they now have the sum of some thirty thousand dollars subscribed , and believe that if the Grand Lodge would subscribe for one or two hundred shares , the balance of the stock could be easily raised by individual subscription , and that the Grand Lodge ivould thus be enabled to secure a permanent place of meeting , adapted to its wants .
" We , therefore , recommend that a committee of three be appointed to confer with the Masonic bodies in Raleigh to devise the best ways and means whereby we may ob tain a hall sufficient to accommodate this Grand Body and report at our next Annual Communication . " Number of lodges , 220 ; members , 10 , 204 .
NEAV YORK . The address of the Grand Master contains the following : — " The question was presented whether a Mason , a member of a lodge in good standing , dying of the disease commonly called delirium tremens , was entitled to Masenic bnrial . "The decision was in tho affirmative . The disease alluded to arises from long continued violation of God ' s laws and of the
inculcated in tlie teachings of Masonry . It is hardly possible that a Mason should die from that cause , without his brethren , and especially the Mas ter and Wardens , if they did their duty having occasion te admonish him , as required by our laws ; and if lie still continued tbo abuse , after the third admonition , the Junior AVarden . should promptly have preferred charges before the lodge , the offender have been tried and suspended till he reformed .
* ' In case these duties are neglected , and a brother is left by the lodge to gradually kill himself , the brethren aud the lodgo are participators in his great crime , and ought ' to bury their own dead . ' If there is disgrace in so doing , the lodge ought to bear it , and will , till it reforms and stops this evil , at least so far as its own brethren are concerned . " AVe are taught that , ' as the tree falleth , so it shall lie . "
How important it is , therefore , for us , as true brethren and Masons , to deal faithfully in such cases by an erring brother , and turn him from his evil courses before death shall cut him off from our fraternal efforts . " If he shall die from the result of his sin , which we winked at iu the time of its commission , we ought not to refuse to carry his remains to the grave , Masonically . He sinned , and so did ive . Perhaps had we , as his brethren , did our duty , his life , mayhap
a valuable one , might have been saved . He fills u , drunkard's grave , aud who will say truthfully , we are uot sharers in the sin that produced that result . " The following resolution was adopted : — " Resolved , That all by-laws of subordinate lodges iu this jurisdiction , making it imperative to pay stipulated sums to any persons as benefits , are revoked , and are absolutely null and void . " Number of lodges , 650 ; members , 75 , 262 ,
An election for a Sheriff took place on Friday , the 27 th instant , at the Guildhall , under the presidency of the Lord Mayor , the Aldermen , Bro . F . W . Truscott , P . G . S ., Senior Sheriff , and a numerous attendance of the Livery . The Acting Recorder , T . Chambers , Esq ., an nounced that they had met to elect a Sheriff in the place of the late lamented Bro . R . Young ( who was Past
Master of Wisbeach Lodge , and P . Prov . G . S . W . of Cambridgeshire ) . Mr . Jones propsed , and Mr . H . Spicer seconded , John Bennett , Esq ., citizen , and spectacle maker , as a fit and proper gentleman for that office . A show of hands was taken , and Bro . F . W . Truscott announced that not only had the choice of the Livery , bub also the court of Aldermen approved of
their selection . Thc Under Sheriff , Bro . Thos . Beard , P . M . Temple Lodge , was then sworn in . A . Crossley , Esq ., is the Under Sheriff to Bro . Truscott ; he has occupied bhab position seven times with credit aud ability
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Poetry.
Poetry .
THREE AVORDS OF STRENGTH . There are three lessons I would write—Three words , as with n burning pen , In tracings of eternal light , Upon the hearts of men .
Have Hope ! Though clouds environ round , And gladness hides her face in scorn , Put thou the shadow from thy brow—No night but hath its morn . Have Faith ! AVhere ' er thy bark is
driven—The calm ' s disport , tho tempest's mirth—Know this -. God rules the hosts of Heaven , The inhabitants of earth .
Have Love ! Not love alone for one ; But man , as man , thy brother call ; And scatter like the circling sun , Thy charities on all . Thus grave these lessons on thy
soul—Hope , Faith , and Love—and thou shalt find Strength when life ' s surges rudest roll , Light when thou else wort blind . —THE EranouEEK ' .
Notes On American Freemasonry.
NOTES ON AMERICAN FREEMASONRY .
NORTH CAROLINA . It was resolved "That acommittee of three be appointed to have the picture of the late Grand Secretary , William T . Bain , taken and suspended over the Grand Secretary's desk , and that the Grand Treasurer be authorized to pay
the p mount required for the same . " In relation to the Masonic Temple , the committee appointed to attend to the matter reported the following , which IVDS adopted : — " The Committee on that portion of the Grand Master's address relative to the building of a Masonic Temple , and re-printing the old proceedings of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina , beg leave to report : — " First . In regard to a Masonic Temple . Every member of this Grand Lodge must be fully convinced that pur present hall is not sufficiently large to accommodate the representatives that assemble in this Grand Body every year . Besides , it is considered unsafe . Another hall should , of necessity , be procured , or the one we at
present occupy be enlarged and improved . " We learn that a Company has been organised for the purpose of building a Masonic Temple in this city , wherein it is proposed that the communications of this Grand Body shall be held . " But , to accomplish this purpose , the sum of one hundred thousand dollars will be required . They propose to raise the money in a joint stock company of twenty-five dollars per share , payable in monthly instalments of one dollar on each share .
" This company reports to us that they now have the sum of some thirty thousand dollars subscribed , and believe that if the Grand Lodge would subscribe for one or two hundred shares , the balance of the stock could be easily raised by individual subscription , and that the Grand Lodge ivould thus be enabled to secure a permanent place of meeting , adapted to its wants .
" We , therefore , recommend that a committee of three be appointed to confer with the Masonic bodies in Raleigh to devise the best ways and means whereby we may ob tain a hall sufficient to accommodate this Grand Body and report at our next Annual Communication . " Number of lodges , 220 ; members , 10 , 204 .
NEAV YORK . The address of the Grand Master contains the following : — " The question was presented whether a Mason , a member of a lodge in good standing , dying of the disease commonly called delirium tremens , was entitled to Masenic bnrial . "The decision was in tho affirmative . The disease alluded to arises from long continued violation of God ' s laws and of the
inculcated in tlie teachings of Masonry . It is hardly possible that a Mason should die from that cause , without his brethren , and especially the Mas ter and Wardens , if they did their duty having occasion te admonish him , as required by our laws ; and if lie still continued tbo abuse , after the third admonition , the Junior AVarden . should promptly have preferred charges before the lodge , the offender have been tried and suspended till he reformed .
* ' In case these duties are neglected , and a brother is left by the lodge to gradually kill himself , the brethren aud the lodgo are participators in his great crime , and ought ' to bury their own dead . ' If there is disgrace in so doing , the lodge ought to bear it , and will , till it reforms and stops this evil , at least so far as its own brethren are concerned . " AVe are taught that , ' as the tree falleth , so it shall lie . "
How important it is , therefore , for us , as true brethren and Masons , to deal faithfully in such cases by an erring brother , and turn him from his evil courses before death shall cut him off from our fraternal efforts . " If he shall die from the result of his sin , which we winked at iu the time of its commission , we ought not to refuse to carry his remains to the grave , Masonically . He sinned , and so did ive . Perhaps had we , as his brethren , did our duty , his life , mayhap
a valuable one , might have been saved . He fills u , drunkard's grave , aud who will say truthfully , we are uot sharers in the sin that produced that result . " The following resolution was adopted : — " Resolved , That all by-laws of subordinate lodges iu this jurisdiction , making it imperative to pay stipulated sums to any persons as benefits , are revoked , and are absolutely null and void . " Number of lodges , 650 ; members , 75 , 262 ,
An election for a Sheriff took place on Friday , the 27 th instant , at the Guildhall , under the presidency of the Lord Mayor , the Aldermen , Bro . F . W . Truscott , P . G . S ., Senior Sheriff , and a numerous attendance of the Livery . The Acting Recorder , T . Chambers , Esq ., an nounced that they had met to elect a Sheriff in the place of the late lamented Bro . R . Young ( who was Past
Master of Wisbeach Lodge , and P . Prov . G . S . W . of Cambridgeshire ) . Mr . Jones propsed , and Mr . H . Spicer seconded , John Bennett , Esq ., citizen , and spectacle maker , as a fit and proper gentleman for that office . A show of hands was taken , and Bro . F . W . Truscott announced that not only had the choice of the Livery , bub also the court of Aldermen approved of
their selection . Thc Under Sheriff , Bro . Thos . Beard , P . M . Temple Lodge , was then sworn in . A . Crossley , Esq ., is the Under Sheriff to Bro . Truscott ; he has occupied bhab position seven times with credit aud ability