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Masonry In America.
the influences of our brother for good that do survive him be continually expanded and increased to bless his fellow men , aud may om- Father who is iu heaven , in his wisdom counteract and annul all those that tend to evil . " All respond . " So mote it be . " All now give the funeral honours and say "Farewell ! Farewell . ' Farewell . ' "
The second circuit is made , when the Yen . Master again reaching the head , all face inward , and be says" May we not forget the lessons taught us by our brother's death ; but remembering the uncertainty of life and the little value of those things for which men most strive , may we more earnestly endeavour to obey the laws of God , avoid clisseiitions , hatreds , and revenges , and labour to do good to our feltow men ! May we be true and faithful , and live and die loving our brother .
Response . "So mote it be . " The funeral honours are given as before , The third circuit is made , the Master halting as before ; he says : — "May the relatives of our brother be consoled on their great affliction * and sustained in all the trials and hardships which they may have to encounter in this world . ! And loving God and trusting' in His infinite beneficence , may they and we in his good time be gathered in peace unto
our fathers and again meet our friend and brother in another world . Response . "So mote it be . " The honours are again given . The brethren then all return to their several stations . The l en . Master . then says : "Let us all pray . " Here a most beautiful prayer , by Bro . Pike , is offered up by the Chaplain ; then follows solemn music , with a hymn , selected
by the choir . Jun . Warden . "The seed dies , and out of its death springs the young shoot of the new wheat , to produce an hundred fold . Sen . Warden . " The worm dies in its narrow prison-house woven by itself , and out of its death springs the brilliant moth—emblem of immortality . Ven . Master . " The serpent , symbol of eternity , renews its youth , and out of the night ' s death of sleep comes the renewed life of the
morning . Jun . Warden . " All death is new life ; and all dissolution and destruction are but recombination and reproduction . All evil and affliction are but the modes of this great genesis , that shall not bo eternal . Out friend and brother is in the hands of Gocl , who loves him ; and the destiny of his soul , diviner than the body , and beyond the reach of annihilation , is such as it pleases the Infinite Wisdom , Justice and Beniflcence in perfect harmony to determine .
[ The light iu the south is relighted by the Jun . Deacon . ] Sen . Warden . " Thy brother shall live again . The seed that is sown is not quickened except it die ; aud that wliich is sown in corruption and dishonour shall be raised in glory . The body of our brother , which now the grave iufolds , is not no , but only the house in which he dwelt until Gocl laid his finger on him , and then he slept . He was mortal ; but he has noiv put on immortality . He is not dead , but livetli . [ The light iu the AYest is relighted bthe Sen . Deacon . ]
y Ven . Master . " Behold I show you a mystery . We shall not all sleep ; but we shall be changed in a moment , in the twinkling of an ei-e , at the last trump . So when this corruptible shall have put on incoiruptioii , and this mortal shall have put on immortality , then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written : ' Death is swallowed up in victory . Oh , death , where is thy sting ? Oh , grave , where is thy victory ?' [ The light in the East is then relighted by A'en . Master , and all the
brethren respond . ] ' ' ¦ The will of God is accomplished . Blessed be the name of the Lord !" . The following anthem , written for the occasion by T . S . Donohue , of Washington , was then sung by the choir : — ' ' AYeep no more ! He is not dead ! On the earth he rests his head ;
But his spirit everywhere , Like the sunli ght , fills the air . " AYeep no more ! His deeds remain , Done on many a crimson plain , Haunting still our flag , and told To every breeze by every fold . " Hail to him whose burning word
Wintry senates kindling heard , AYhile by acclamations fanned , Run the fire throughout the land . " Hail to him above the rest , Ye who knew and loved him best ! Brethren , hail his battle done—Kai'th and Heaven together won !"
At the conclusion the A en . Master says : "In Egypt , among our old Masters , where Masonry was more cultivated than vanity , no one coulcl gain admittance to the sacred asylum of the tomb until he had passed under the most solemn judgment .
Masonry In America.
' " A grave tribunal sat ill judgment upon all , eveu the kings . They said to the dead , ' AVhoever thou art , give account to thy country of thine actions . AVhat hast thou done with thy time and life ? The law interrogates thee ; thy country hears thee ; Truth sits iu judgment on thee . Princes came there to be judged , escorted only by their virtues and their vices . A public accuser recounted the history of the dead man ' s life , and threw the blaze of the torch of truth on all his actions . If it were adjudged that he had led an evil life , his memory was condemned in the
presence of the nation , and his body ivas denied the honour of sepulture . Masonry had no such tribunal to sit upon her dead and judge them . AVith her tho good that they have done lives after them , aud the ceil is interred with their bones . But she requires that whatever is said in her behalf concerning them shall be the simple truth ; and should it ever so happen that of one of her sons who dies nothing of good can truthfulty be said , she will mouiiEully , pityingly bury him out of her sight in silence .
"Brother Orator , let Masonry through thy lips speak to us of our brother who has gone away from us , to be seen among us iu this world no more for ever . Tell us the story of his life ; recount his virtues and good deeds , that ive may remember and imitate them ; but lot his faults and errors be forgiven and forgotten ; for to say that he hacl them is but to say that he was human . " Here followed the oration of 111 . Bro . Albert Pike , already referred to in my last .
After which the brethren all joined in prayer , aud after the benediction , the large concourse of spectators of this unusual occurrence departed . The Supreme Council was escorted back to the Masonic Temple by Washington Coinmandary , and broke up at twelve o'clock . In my next I will give you an account of the appeal made by
the Southern Supreme Council to all the Grand Masonic bodies of the world ; also of the presentation of sword to Bro . French , CM ., of Knights Templar of the United States , and perhaps a line or two about the degrees of Eoyal and Select Master , of which inquiry was made in your Magazine some time since . Their origin , & c , ivill be discussed perhaps , Louisville , Kentucky , April 29 tlt , i 860 .
Clandestine Masonry In New Opleans.
CLANDESTINE MASONRY IN NEW OPLEANS .
IT is the fashion of some to sneer at a rigid construction of Masonic law , to look with equal favour upon all who claim to be Masons , disregarding the nice but essential distinction between clandestine and legitimate Masonry . Such may see the results of their theory in the following practical case that has come up the past week in New Orleans . It is known that on the 12 th of April 185 Gthe Grand Lod
, , ge of Louisiana laid the corner stone of a Monument to Henry Clay . The work has gone happily forward and is now complete . It of course follows that the same ancient and dignified organization whose gavels rung upon the foundation stone should set the cope stone in its place , and the Monument Committee , in January last , recognized the propriety of this b y inviting the Grand Lodge to perform that duty when the proper clay should come .
But there is a body of self styled Masons in New Orleans , as in Brooklyn , New York , and elsewhere—a body feeble in numbers , j'et possessing some moral and intellectual members , and with sufficient presumption to counterbalance its numerical weakness . Of this body a Mr . Foulhouze is the head . Finding that the Grand Loclge of Masons , of which the intelligent Bro . J . Q . A .
Fellows is Grand Master , had consented to dedicate the monument , Mr . Foulhouze asked a place for his corps in the procession , under their claim as Freemasons . The request was referred by the Monument Committee to Bro . Fellows , who explained to the committee that " the persons from whom that communication emanated are not known to be Masons hy any Masonic jurisdiction in the world , and therefore they cannot with propriety be
permitted to walk in the procession with the Masonic fraternity . " Failing to secure a place as Masons , they petitioned the committee for leave to enter " as American citizens ancl inhabitants of New Orleans ; " " not to come in contact with the Grand Lod ge , but to occupy a situation as far distant from them as possible . " This request ivas granted , audit now remains to be seen hoiv the
matter will end . Up to the time of our going to press ive have not learned the result , but _ should not be surprised were the Grand Loclge to refuse all participation in proceedings in which such a body of clandestine Masons as those of Mr . Foulhouze are allowed apart , however inferior . —Morris ' s Voice of Masonry . [ Does not the above prove the necessity of certificates ? Howcould we , in England , tell whether a New Orleans brother came from the legal or illegal Masons ?—En . ]
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Masonry In America.
the influences of our brother for good that do survive him be continually expanded and increased to bless his fellow men , aud may om- Father who is iu heaven , in his wisdom counteract and annul all those that tend to evil . " All respond . " So mote it be . " All now give the funeral honours and say "Farewell ! Farewell . ' Farewell . ' "
The second circuit is made , when the Yen . Master again reaching the head , all face inward , and be says" May we not forget the lessons taught us by our brother's death ; but remembering the uncertainty of life and the little value of those things for which men most strive , may we more earnestly endeavour to obey the laws of God , avoid clisseiitions , hatreds , and revenges , and labour to do good to our feltow men ! May we be true and faithful , and live and die loving our brother .
Response . "So mote it be . " The funeral honours are given as before , The third circuit is made , the Master halting as before ; he says : — "May the relatives of our brother be consoled on their great affliction * and sustained in all the trials and hardships which they may have to encounter in this world . ! And loving God and trusting' in His infinite beneficence , may they and we in his good time be gathered in peace unto
our fathers and again meet our friend and brother in another world . Response . "So mote it be . " The honours are again given . The brethren then all return to their several stations . The l en . Master . then says : "Let us all pray . " Here a most beautiful prayer , by Bro . Pike , is offered up by the Chaplain ; then follows solemn music , with a hymn , selected
by the choir . Jun . Warden . "The seed dies , and out of its death springs the young shoot of the new wheat , to produce an hundred fold . Sen . Warden . " The worm dies in its narrow prison-house woven by itself , and out of its death springs the brilliant moth—emblem of immortality . Ven . Master . " The serpent , symbol of eternity , renews its youth , and out of the night ' s death of sleep comes the renewed life of the
morning . Jun . Warden . " All death is new life ; and all dissolution and destruction are but recombination and reproduction . All evil and affliction are but the modes of this great genesis , that shall not bo eternal . Out friend and brother is in the hands of Gocl , who loves him ; and the destiny of his soul , diviner than the body , and beyond the reach of annihilation , is such as it pleases the Infinite Wisdom , Justice and Beniflcence in perfect harmony to determine .
[ The light iu the south is relighted by the Jun . Deacon . ] Sen . Warden . " Thy brother shall live again . The seed that is sown is not quickened except it die ; aud that wliich is sown in corruption and dishonour shall be raised in glory . The body of our brother , which now the grave iufolds , is not no , but only the house in which he dwelt until Gocl laid his finger on him , and then he slept . He was mortal ; but he has noiv put on immortality . He is not dead , but livetli . [ The light iu the AYest is relighted bthe Sen . Deacon . ]
y Ven . Master . " Behold I show you a mystery . We shall not all sleep ; but we shall be changed in a moment , in the twinkling of an ei-e , at the last trump . So when this corruptible shall have put on incoiruptioii , and this mortal shall have put on immortality , then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written : ' Death is swallowed up in victory . Oh , death , where is thy sting ? Oh , grave , where is thy victory ?' [ The light in the East is then relighted by A'en . Master , and all the
brethren respond . ] ' ' ¦ The will of God is accomplished . Blessed be the name of the Lord !" . The following anthem , written for the occasion by T . S . Donohue , of Washington , was then sung by the choir : — ' ' AYeep no more ! He is not dead ! On the earth he rests his head ;
But his spirit everywhere , Like the sunli ght , fills the air . " AYeep no more ! His deeds remain , Done on many a crimson plain , Haunting still our flag , and told To every breeze by every fold . " Hail to him whose burning word
Wintry senates kindling heard , AYhile by acclamations fanned , Run the fire throughout the land . " Hail to him above the rest , Ye who knew and loved him best ! Brethren , hail his battle done—Kai'th and Heaven together won !"
At the conclusion the A en . Master says : "In Egypt , among our old Masters , where Masonry was more cultivated than vanity , no one coulcl gain admittance to the sacred asylum of the tomb until he had passed under the most solemn judgment .
Masonry In America.
' " A grave tribunal sat ill judgment upon all , eveu the kings . They said to the dead , ' AVhoever thou art , give account to thy country of thine actions . AVhat hast thou done with thy time and life ? The law interrogates thee ; thy country hears thee ; Truth sits iu judgment on thee . Princes came there to be judged , escorted only by their virtues and their vices . A public accuser recounted the history of the dead man ' s life , and threw the blaze of the torch of truth on all his actions . If it were adjudged that he had led an evil life , his memory was condemned in the
presence of the nation , and his body ivas denied the honour of sepulture . Masonry had no such tribunal to sit upon her dead and judge them . AVith her tho good that they have done lives after them , aud the ceil is interred with their bones . But she requires that whatever is said in her behalf concerning them shall be the simple truth ; and should it ever so happen that of one of her sons who dies nothing of good can truthfulty be said , she will mouiiEully , pityingly bury him out of her sight in silence .
"Brother Orator , let Masonry through thy lips speak to us of our brother who has gone away from us , to be seen among us iu this world no more for ever . Tell us the story of his life ; recount his virtues and good deeds , that ive may remember and imitate them ; but lot his faults and errors be forgiven and forgotten ; for to say that he hacl them is but to say that he was human . " Here followed the oration of 111 . Bro . Albert Pike , already referred to in my last .
After which the brethren all joined in prayer , aud after the benediction , the large concourse of spectators of this unusual occurrence departed . The Supreme Council was escorted back to the Masonic Temple by Washington Coinmandary , and broke up at twelve o'clock . In my next I will give you an account of the appeal made by
the Southern Supreme Council to all the Grand Masonic bodies of the world ; also of the presentation of sword to Bro . French , CM ., of Knights Templar of the United States , and perhaps a line or two about the degrees of Eoyal and Select Master , of which inquiry was made in your Magazine some time since . Their origin , & c , ivill be discussed perhaps , Louisville , Kentucky , April 29 tlt , i 860 .
Clandestine Masonry In New Opleans.
CLANDESTINE MASONRY IN NEW OPLEANS .
IT is the fashion of some to sneer at a rigid construction of Masonic law , to look with equal favour upon all who claim to be Masons , disregarding the nice but essential distinction between clandestine and legitimate Masonry . Such may see the results of their theory in the following practical case that has come up the past week in New Orleans . It is known that on the 12 th of April 185 Gthe Grand Lod
, , ge of Louisiana laid the corner stone of a Monument to Henry Clay . The work has gone happily forward and is now complete . It of course follows that the same ancient and dignified organization whose gavels rung upon the foundation stone should set the cope stone in its place , and the Monument Committee , in January last , recognized the propriety of this b y inviting the Grand Lodge to perform that duty when the proper clay should come .
But there is a body of self styled Masons in New Orleans , as in Brooklyn , New York , and elsewhere—a body feeble in numbers , j'et possessing some moral and intellectual members , and with sufficient presumption to counterbalance its numerical weakness . Of this body a Mr . Foulhouze is the head . Finding that the Grand Loclge of Masons , of which the intelligent Bro . J . Q . A .
Fellows is Grand Master , had consented to dedicate the monument , Mr . Foulhouze asked a place for his corps in the procession , under their claim as Freemasons . The request was referred by the Monument Committee to Bro . Fellows , who explained to the committee that " the persons from whom that communication emanated are not known to be Masons hy any Masonic jurisdiction in the world , and therefore they cannot with propriety be
permitted to walk in the procession with the Masonic fraternity . " Failing to secure a place as Masons , they petitioned the committee for leave to enter " as American citizens ancl inhabitants of New Orleans ; " " not to come in contact with the Grand Lod ge , but to occupy a situation as far distant from them as possible . " This request ivas granted , audit now remains to be seen hoiv the
matter will end . Up to the time of our going to press ive have not learned the result , but _ should not be surprised were the Grand Loclge to refuse all participation in proceedings in which such a body of clandestine Masons as those of Mr . Foulhouze are allowed apart , however inferior . —Morris ' s Voice of Masonry . [ Does not the above prove the necessity of certificates ? Howcould we , in England , tell whether a New Orleans brother came from the legal or illegal Masons ?—En . ]