Freemasonry Is Principle Incarnate.

the all-pervading influence of its underlying moral , or re ligious ideas . We glance , then , briefly , afc fche place of philosophy in Masonry . From what has already been . aid , ifc is apparent that

Freemasonry makes a direct appeal to the human reason , by stimulating the intellect to a search after the most profound truths that can engage the attention of the race ; it so quickens the intellect that its votaries delight in the

search after sublime truth , and by its peculiar method of presenting knowledge it easily fixes it on the mind . Says Lord Bacon , in one of his essays : " The sovereignty of man , no doubt , lies hid in knowledge ; in knowledge many

things are reserved which kings with their treasures Cannot buy , nor with their force command ; their spies and scouts can give no news of them ; their seamen and discoverers cannot sail where they grow . We govern nature

in opinions , but we are slaves unto her in necessity . If we would be led by her in invention , we should command her in action . " Philosophy , if worthily employed , is for the benefit ; of mankind ; and ifc is to benefit man thafc Masonry

unveils her philosophy , accompanied by a constant appeal to the reason . The sublime arcana of knowledge is ever before the true student , but the inattentive and the ignorant seldom are able to comprehend the truths which are so

fascinating to the patient and sincere seeker . Freemasonry has a complete system of philosophy by which the reasoning powers of the mind are stimulated to a now growth and action . This philosophy lies afc the very foundation

Take it away and Masonry would have lost all life and be an unmeaning and worthless relic . The great doctrine of the resurrection of the dead may be said to be the central ancl dominating thought in this philosophy . When , in the

early ages , even the professed teachers of old religions were ignorant of or unwilling to present this doctrine to the world , it was preserved in the esoteric mysteries , where a faithful few handed ifc on from age to age . When

the heafcben looked upon this world as the end of human existence , and feebly groped through life in search of something by which he might be freed from the darkness of the age , he was denied this truth of immortality . But the

truth was nofc lost . It was still in the possession of the wise . By the aid of the powers of reason , the great central truth of another life was comprehended and its effects understood . Hence , Masonry only repeated the glad tidings

and incorporated it into its system , as the great truth to be taught by symbols and illustrated in allegories , until aided by an appropriate ritual and significant ceremonies , it was made a part of the life of the initiate . Well said an old English poet : —

Unless above himself he can Erect himself , how mean a thing is roan . " And it is solely by the thought of a future destiny that man is enabled to lift himself out of the meanness and

insignificance of the present ; and here is where philosophy comes in to the aid of our system—convincing the initiate , through his reason , fchafc ifc is " Nofc all of life to live , nor all of death to die . "—Voice of Masonry . ( To be continued ) .

How Masons Know Each Other.

HOW MASONS KNOW EACH OTHER .

ARTEMUS WARD used to say , that while there were many things in the science of astronomy hard to be understood , there was one fact which entirely puzzled him . He could partially comprehend how scientists

" weigh the sun , ' and even how they discover its component elements by the aid of spectrum analysis ; "but , " he observed , " what beats me about the stars is , how we came to know their names ! " In like manner there are a

number of the features of Freemasonry which the profane world , like Artemus Ward , thinks it understands , but what puzzles them most of all is , how Freemasons know each other ! Sometimes they have answered their own

question by saying , they recognise each other by a wink , a nod , a limp in fche walk , a shake of the hand , a tone of the voice , a word , a phrase . We do not propose to

consider the question from a profane point of view , but to make their view introductory to a Masonic view of fche matter , in which all Freemasons are interested .

Masonry is a school of instruction , and , as iu all other schools , some of its students are more proficient than others , owing either to greater study , or superior natural ability , or both . Hence some Masons are more apt afc

How Masons Know Each Other.

recognising their Brethren than others , and some are so superficial , ancl even mistaken , in their raeUiods of recognition , that they are liable to deceive themselves , and therefore be badly deceived . One unsophisticated

youth is reported to have replied to the question— " How do you know a Mason ? " by saying— " Take him before a Justice and swear him ! " Of course in the discussion of this matter we make no reference to the mode of

recognition afc the Lodge , preliminary to admission thereto . That is a part of the esotery of Freemasonry which may not be considered here . We discuss now only

the odd methods that some uninstrncted Masons occasionally adopt to recognise their fellows , and theso methods , it goes without saying , are all to be avoided by discreet Brethren .

The wearing of Masonic jewellery is an indicia of Masonry to some fresh Brethren . If a candidate for recognition wears a Keystone , or a Maltese Cross , on his chain , or a Square and Compasses on his bosom or tie , or

on a ring on his hand , that is satisfactory proof to them that the unknown is a Brother Mason . Woeful judgment ! Talk freely to such a walking sign-board , make him a confidant , lend him your money , commend him to a

friend or a brother , and you make the mistake of a lifetime . Masons cannot be too careful in . their travels to avoid delusion through such an instrumentalifcy as a piece of Masonic jewelry . Such gew gaws are proof of nothing

Without corroboration they are even suspicious . They are purchasable almost everywhere , and there is really nothing Masonic about them . We have known men to wear them who were as innocent of Masonry as they were of the

Sanscrit language ; they thought they were " pretty , " and so they wore them . But such , wearers cannot do much harm . Those that do , however , are either tricksters who wish to deceive " fresh" Masons who are of " the elect , "

or anti-Masons who hope to learn something about Masonry by wearing some of its emblems , just as Satan endeavoured to appear in the guise of an angel of light . Look out for them ! They are impostors of the first

water . Their entire Masonic clothing consists of a brass jewel which they have no right to wear . Never talk to such a one about Masonry , nor communicate to him any of its secrets , nor lend him any money , nor introduce him as

a Mason . Freemasons , like the possessors of any valuable property , are admonished by the wicked ways of the world to guard their resources from spoilmen . We have a unique possession , something that has been handed down

to us from generation to generation of " the elect , something that has been wrongly and vainly portrayed at times by ignorant and depraved deceivers ; but something that is still as exclusively the Freemason ' s , the genuine

Brother s , as though there had never been an expose penned . From the beginning there have been false Brethren , that is—impostors . Even as far back as in Ben . Franklin ' s time he complained of pretended Masons

m the " City of Brotherly Love , " who offered to " make Masons " for a bowl of punch ! There are such pretenders still . Some anti-Masons even go about and desecrate certain so-called churches , by " working" pretended

Masonic degrees for the delectation of the profane . They set up a spectacle and run a show . Look out for such men , for some of them wear outwardly the emblems of the Craft . They are the Barnums of anti-Masonry , aud have their " woolley horse" to fool the public with .

We have recounted how Masons should not know each other ; how they should avoid the impostor ; how they should suspect , or at least not confide in , Masonic jewellery ; how they should make Masonic acquaintances

abroad sparingly and carefully . At the same time , much genuine enjoyment may como from the just recognition of a strange Brother while one is awav from home . How

the hours may be made to speed by , how confidence may be reposed , how in case of necessity one ' s wants may be supplied ; but beware how you proceed , unless you wish to

be deceived and plucked . Do you ask , How , then , do Masons know each other ? We will tell you the next time we meet in the Lodge . —Keystone .

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