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good repute. If intemperance is allowed to creep into onr Lodges, and remain
unnot<strong>ice</strong>d, Masonry will become peculiarly polluted by it. All excess
If iiu | mpatible with our profes-ion. and those principles which should be
inculcated by us, and which should distinguish us from the world. Jnst in
proportion to the elevated rank of an inconsistent Mason, so will be the mischief
he creates. A private Mason, whose life is intemperate and corrupt,
do. s an incalculable injury to the ciuse of Masonry; but an off<strong>ice</strong>r who does
not live above v<strong>ice</strong> and intemperance, is a curse to our Order, as he retards
its advancement, and tramples its holy precepts under bis feet. As moderni
1 eautify and adorn our Temple, the household of the Temple
should utter the vo<strong>ice</strong> of condemnation, against all excess, for the indulgence
of a depraved propensity, whether found in high or low places. The
lassoni which Masonry inculcates, and the principles which it establishes,
are lessons and principles confirmed by tho experience of centuries, and consecrated
by the sanction of inspired patrons, and of the most eminent sages
of ancient and modern times. We owe it, then, to the mighty and ilIu*trit>
our great and illustrious preceptors, that we guard them against
desecration, and keep them as things sacred—confided to our care, to bo preserved
with \irtuc, honor, and affection. Is it not a legacy, rich and valuhle,
and worthy to be handed down in all its original purity, to succeeding
generations? To you, especially, my young brethren, will the future look
for tho preservation and fu'fdlm nt ... Mi.it • i< red tru-r. -o M-H tw
miiiel in your charge soon, very soon, the places which we now occupy,
will be imposed on you, in a few fleeting years our joys and afflictions will
be terminated. Allow me, then, with the affection of a bjaftl er, and with
deep MII itude for your welfare, to impress u]*>n your minds the importance
cf self den al. It is n< t only of the utmost importance i
lut will be to you as christians, as citizen*, and as patriots, and is of vital
i nportanee to the Masonic Order, and unleti we pract<strong>ice</strong> it. our claim* to the
'laraclrr and privilege* of Ma*on* are invalid. IV) not understand me to
can. by self denial, that wo are to undergo useless hard-hips and deny
\e he e mf its of this life, but to persi t in opposition to our conditional
desires, appetites and wishes of corrupt nature. Let us, then, live
inperately. orderly, and morally, and as we have opportunity let us do
, „| unto all men. especially unto them who are of the household of faith;
d above all, let us 'pract<strong>ice</strong> out of the Lodge, those duties whien are
afkl in it: and by amiable, discreet and virtuous conduct, to convince
it kind of the goodness of the institution: so that when any one is said to
II member of it, the world may know that he is one to whom the burened
heart may pour out its sorrows: to whom distress may prefer its rait:
lose hand is guided by just<strong>ice</strong>, and his heart expanded by benevolence.'"
lie retried that he had granted twelve dispensations fur the formatiou
al Lodges during the current Masonic year.
In reference to the death of P. O. M. Henry Clay, their committee say:
"That the decease of that illustrious man is at one* a calamity to the
—thus, and to the fraternity of Masons. As in his wisdom, his patriotism,