The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 February 1874 — Page 1

The Fational Banwey ‘ : . Pubyshed by S OHN B. STOLL,. LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY,IND. '~ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Strictlyln RAvANEe. ...ii. e voioiniiye, 553.00 ¥ T hispaperispublishedonthe caahprincifle, %mpr{etorbclmingthatitib Jjustasright for hvm to demand advance pay, as it is for City publishers, ¥ Anyperson sending aclub oflo, accompaaied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopy of the paper,foron¢year free ofcharge. CI'TIZENS’IBANI, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned on long or short time. NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates. ORDERS for first~class securities executed on commission. o AGENTS for the purchase apd sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICIES wriften infirst-clagss companies. ; " KXCHANGE hought and sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal cities of Europe, AGENTS for the Inman line, 1 i . Hamburg Line. f PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal seaports of Europe. ¢ MERCHANTY’, Fariners’ and Mechanics’ accounts solicited, and all business transacted on liberal terms, ! STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind , Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 :

Lake Shore & Mich.South’n }t R. On and after December 14, ’73, trains will leave - Stacions as follows: 5 GOING EAST : “Sp.N.Y.Ez. Atle, Ez. Accom. Chicago.ov...... 850 am.... 5385 pm., . E1khart.........1230 pm.... 950 ~.. 420 am - “(Goshen, i 110 e 020 L., 446 Millersburg.... t 125 ~..t1026 - .... 506 Ligonier.. ..... 187 { ....1039 iy 524 Wawaka. .... 1149 @ . ...TlO5l Vi BT Brimfleld ...%... t 1 57 is 11089 I Kendallville.... 210 1118 iva G 0 Arrive atToledo 525 . 240 am., 01000, ; GOING WEST : ¥ Toledo. .........12 10 pm.... 1145 pm.... 430 pm Kendallville.... 331 pm.... 310 am..., 840 Brimfeld [\.... 1345, ....1327 - .....900 Wawaka....... 355 s 1380 -.B 14 Ligonier........ 404 - = .... 350 cevo:93o .Mﬁlersburg....ﬂls b 105 009800 G05hen......... 48> vais 423 bL4 1] Hikhart ... . 458 = . 445 ..0035 ArriveatChicago92o ... 850 .... Tlsam tTraingdo not stop. Expressleavesdaily both ways. Accommodat’n makes closeconnectionat Elkhart with trainsgoing Eastand West. .‘ ; CHAS. PAINE, Gen’l3upt.,Cleveland. ~ J.N.ENEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. : PR . Pitisburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after December 14, 1873, i GOING WEST'. L Nol, Nob,: No 7, No. & ; Fastkz. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. . Pittsburg...... 2:lsam 6 00am 10:00am 2 15pm ‘Rochester..... ....... 7 30am 11:20am -3 25pm A11iance....... s:4oam |1 00am 2:3opm 6 13pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:lsam 12 ddpm 4:23pm - 7 50pm Mansfleld..... 9:2lam 3 16pm 6:23pm 9 55pm Crestlige...Ar. 9:soam 4 00pm 7:lopm 19:25pm - Crestline. ..Lv.lo 10am 6 Ooam 7:4spin 10:35pm F0re5t.........11'33am 7 40am 9 30pm 11:H9pm Lima..........12:30pm .B:ssam 10.50 pm !:03am Ft Wayne..... 2:55pm 1] :50am I:3oam 3:25am Plymounth..... s:o4pm 2:45pm 4:olam 6:osam Chicago ....... 8.20 pm 7:lopm 7:3oam *9:2oam ; GOING EAST. ! . NoB, No? 2, No 6, No 4. : Muail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. NightEzx. Chicag0.......'5:15am 9 20am 5 35pm 10 20pm Plymouth..... 9:26am 12 10pm 9 10pm 2 22am ‘Ft Wayne....l2 40pm 2 35pm 11 30pm 5 50am Lima.......... 3:oopm 4 2lpm 1 38am 8 Odam F0re5t........ 4:2opm 5 22pm 2 45am 9 30am Crestline .. Ar, 6:lspm 6 50pm 4 20am 11 15am Crestline .. Lv. 6 15am 7 10pm 4 30am 11 30am Mansfleld . /... 6 50am 7 87pm 4 57am 11 58am Orrvillg:..;... 9 13am 9 29pm 6 40am 1 58pm Alliance. .....11 20am 11 10pm 8§ 35am 3 40pm Rochester..... 2 10pm ........ 1042 am 6 02pm Pltisburg’..... 3 30pm 2:2oam 11 45am 7T 10pm No. 1, daily, except Monday; Nos 2,4, 5,7 and 8, duily except %un(lny; Nos. 3 and 6 daily. Gr. R.aplds‘& Ind. and Cine., Rich. & K't. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To . takeeffect November 2d, '7B. ~ GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. . ‘Richmond izt g 1006 am 4 00 pm Newportb. sy ooiiis, 18:304% 430 ** Winohasher ov.o 00 IRBS = Ridgevillediiloooiii,, 14l 00 540 % Pnrtluud.'/....‘......... ' 2iipm 610 Decatut: Liiiilo ..o 0y 12361 : ‘Fort Wayne, D......... 800 am 230 pm CRendalvile Loo 91006 /-3 47 ¢ Stm-ﬁx5......, W 0 g9l A Nengon tloco . 0o 00119 #0506 005 . Ka1amaz005............1225pra 655 ** B *Montettaidudy S iy 123 Tel ‘ QGrand Rabide. ... ....8. 255 ** 9156 ' ~Grand Rapid5........d 325 ¢ 700 am Howard @iy, ... ;... 538 9224 Up. Big Rapid 5........ 647 ¢ 1031 * Read Qlby iovd o 0 0 720 11042 OlumLalkealsi ... .t.; 850 % 1285 pm Troaverse Ciby i ..o 00, 480 % GOING SOUTH. Express Express Express yTraverse Oty oo ... il | 700 am Clambake: il .. 00l - 500 am 1035 ** Reed @ity iiiiiizviiil o 680 % 1220 pm Up. Big Rapids...\ ... wOl % 1981 Howard City.......... 814 204 * Grand Rap1d5......a.. 1026 :°f 415% Grand Rapids. .....d.., T2samll2o° * gos Montelth....c.cii..o.. /855 “1350 pm 557 * Ralamazeo, .. .. ... 940 ' 140 * 645/ Mendon iz chiiio Do 01047 ¢ 5 LAt e eI TRB e 8362 Kenda11yi11e..........:12 51pm Qb7 ** PortWayna. oo ... 200 Y 1116 Deoaturs. o Wil o 0 0. 309 * Accom “Porflandi v iy s 6 421 ¢ 6458 m Ridgaville svi i 0 00440 Y 716 Winchestep, ciic. .00 512 0,740 % Newporb L s lii ) 2,599 ' 830 ' Richmondsto 0 625 ' 900 Expresg'trains leaving Richmond at 1000 a m stop " allnight at Grapd Rapids. :

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road.

Trains run daily except Sunday. - Condensed time card, taking effect Nov. 3d, ’T3. GOING NORTI, R GOING BOUTH. Expr. Mail. STATIONS. ‘mypr ™ Mail, 350 pm 8 10am..Kalamazoo.. 1120 am 645 pm 4324 855/ . Mouteith.. .1027 ** 556 * b 16kt 9AT AT, (00 900 M 521 605 ¢ 1083 ¢.. Hamilton... 910 ** 438 ** 69" 1104 H011and..... 840 ** 408" 748 ¢ 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 ** 306 ** 834 t 1958 16 Mugkegon ~ 700} 225 % ; | F.R. MYERS, General Passengerand Ticket Agent

18 L 8 . r ‘ny e Cineinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 2¢th day of Ocieber, 1872: GOING BOUTH, STATIONS. GOING NORTH. N 0.2 N 0.4 T ¢ No.l W 0,3 425pm1200m a:....Wabash.. 1700 am 130 pm 340 ** 1040 am .Nor. Manchester 750 ¢ 230 ** 825 1020 ¢ i BllyerLake ... 817 '* 316 ** %30 GOBO Wateaw, 0. 1906 ' 4925 ¢ 210 RAO o Leesbnry. .. 9925 Y 500 4 150 ses B b . MTford; .. 845 ' 530 S 3260 290 ‘L. New Parls., . 1005 't 555 ** 105 s 700 ¢ ..dp Goushen,ar..lo2s *. 620 * 100 ** ..ar Goshen,dp..lo3o *¢ 1230% .. . mimhart, ... 1058 % ‘Mrainsrun by Cleveland time. J ! 8 A.G. WELLS, Sup’t.

5. BYE AND EAR, @™

PDR,.C. A.LAMBERT,

: (LATE OF OulOAGl)T) OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GOSHEN, INDIANA.

P. W. CRUN,

Physician and Surgeon,

Ligomier, - « - . Emdiana. Office at resdience “om Martin et., near corner of Third. May 12th, 1869.

D. W. ¢, DENNY, M. D,, Physician and Surgeon,

LIGONIER, INDIANA, will prg‘x’nptg and faithfully attend to allcalls in the liné of s profession—day or night—in town or any distance in the country. "

G, W, CARR,

~hysician and Surgeon - "LIGONIER, - - - = < - IND., : Wil promptly attend all £alls intrustedto him. Nffice on 4th Bt,, one dooreast ef the NATIONAL Banner office. - 3-43

C. PALMITER, : Surgeon and Physician, Office at Residemce. B

Ligonier, = = « « Indiana.

A. S PARKER,M.D., HC{)MEOPATHIST, Office on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet, Office hours from 10t012 A. M., and 2 to 4 p. M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. May 3, 1871 i ; /

. L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, . LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, over Beazel Brothers'new Hurness Shop, i : Cavin Street, T JAMES M. DENNY, Attomeg and Counsellor at Law. ffice in the Court House, diamy . . . . . < IND 618 © L. H. GREEN, : Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. LIGONIER, - - - - [NDIANA. Office second floor front, Laadon’s Brick Block, , I B. KNISELY, ATE [ORNEY AT LAW, © "TLIGONIER, . . . INDIANA. - Office in Mier’s Block. 7-2

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ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. : LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveyancing and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages frawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’s store, : : May 15 1873 15-8-3 : D. W. GREEN, . i . S soofthe Peace & Collection Ag't Justiceorthe Peace & Collection AL, Office with Dr. Landund, second floor Landon’s : S Brick Block. LIGONIEE, - INDIANA. 9 ol WEAN., _DENTIVS'I‘, . : Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., one block east of-Post Office, room over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville, [idiana. 59~ All work warranted. Kendallville, Mayv 8, 1871.

A. GANTS, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, : LIGONIER, - :< INDIANA.

A T Is-prepared S A i ‘to do anything /’ s ¢ ' intheirline. A GBS e succesful prac--4 ,_g,' e . tice of over 10 TR i::“si justi?es LR S s oepmniss e B him in sayiug : Q”V 2'% fﬁ‘[k that he “can b iR e 3? giveentiresat.M [gafajction to all oo ik 8 who may bestow their patronage. B# Office one doormnorth. of Kime’s, Cavin St. . :

IH. A. MOYERR, -~ (Successor to W. L. Andrews,) : SURGEON DENTIST, , KENDALLVILLE, INDIAN;;&I. LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, Examinations free., g%~ Office, Second Story, Mitchell Block. 8-14-1 y . C. WINEBRENNER, | amental Paint House, Sign, & Ornamental Painter, I @rainer, Qlazier and Paper-Huanger, Ligonier, Indiana. &~ Give me a call before letting your work, and I will guarantee satisfaction in every instance. - (vBnl

. PHILEEP® A, CARR, : AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. : o Ligonier, January 8, "73-37 | Ao CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We gell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 8, *71.-tf GEO. M, SHADE & CO., CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. Shope at Randolph’s Saw and Planing Mill. Orderssolicited au({)satjsfnction guaranteed. 8-2 | 0. V. LDIICs, . DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND-BUILDING STONES. ! LIGONIER, IND. - X April 12, 1871.-50 1 :

H. R. CORNELIL,, Ils now prépared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American Optical Company’s- : YN N 7 Y MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for making 9, 18, 36, or 72 pictures, all at one gitting, the nation can now be suppliad with first-class work at a trifling expense, within thercach ofall. The foilewingarethe prices: TRlctOres 10F. ... ... .. ..., ..gl 00. 16 o L o s 32 e e RR B 1 T 70 8 BY L 00 _ PHQTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! ; Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 15,1871. 4

S, A, HERTZLER,

) : DEALER IN 3 < I atehne 7 ® Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, P =9 Spetacles, &e o NEE T : :—.‘i)*;:\;\:; * Woild respectfully SN A 'f:.;_'.-f,;,; announce to the ci- = (1) ', %= tizens of Ligonier -_—'S.K“ i 5@ = and vicinity thathe =R S 0 e ‘!‘éiigfgz,h:‘.spermzmently log, ei R {_?ﬁ —— cated in this place, _495@ .. jl; gud ﬁ; ix:regmjeg to AN EBRCTS- ML= F do all kinds of re--1;:-—152:_%“3__* pairing in his line :r,f”_:—;_: T ofbusiness,and -hopes te receive a liberal share ¢f public patronage All work warranted. Give me a trial. Oflice five doors north of the Ligonier House, 8-21mé6 LIGONIER, INDIANA. BININGER'S LD LONDON DOCK GIN Especially designed for the use of the Medical Profession and the Family, possesging those intrinsic medicinal properties which ‘belong to an Old and Pure Gin. : Indispensableto Females. Good for Kidney Complaints. A delicious tonic. Pot up in cases containing one dozen bottles each, and sold by all druggints; grocers, &c. A, M. Bininger & Co., established 1787 No. 15 Beaver St.,New York. 271 y For sale by Fisher Bro's, Ligonier, Ind., : TEEGARDEN ‘HOUSE, ‘Laporte, Indiana. ; VoWeAKITEEE, ¢ @ i Proprigtor, Laporte, April 5, 1271. T STOP AT THE KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK " Hotel, only ten rods from the L. 8. &M.B. R, R. Depot, and four s?nares from the G, R. R. R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the prlnci&;a] business houses of the city. Traveling men andstranﬁers will find this a first-class houre. Fare $2 per ay. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 i W. A. BROWN, - Manufaeturer of and Dealerin all kinds of 1 ‘ L : . FURNITURE, SPRING BED BOTTOMS, . WILLOW-WARE, , oo BRACKETS, &e. { AL COFFINS&ECASKETS i 5> Always on hand, and will be furnished to order. Funerals attended with hearse when desired. Store Room : 3 lor Cer. Cavin and 2nd St'.} ngOlllel,, Ind' | . Angust 7th, 1878.-8-15.

A New Hand at the Bellows!

WOU LD respectfully announce to his FR]ENDS + and the public in general that he has started in pusiness on his *‘own hook” / . at the well-known

McLEAN STAND, ON CAVIN STR{, " and has now on hand a large assortment of Table and Pocket Cutlery, - Best silver steel Axes, $1.50, Tin, Qheet-lron, (‘orper and Brass-Ware, and all other articles usnally found in a » Stove Fipe ' Made to order and kept on hand. Special atten tion given to roofing, spouting, &¢. ; PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, But sh'ufyl as low as can be afforded b{ straight - orward dealers. Give mea call. Oct. 16, 8-25t1 ~ JOHN ABDILL.

Che National Danner.

LIGONIER NORMAL SCHOOL i G Y ; v AND : ACADEMY. The Spring Te;_will commence MARCH 9, 1874, anp cLOSE MAY 29, 1874, The Fall Term will sommence - AUG. 24, 1874. axp cLose NOV. 13, 1874, This School offérs Euyerior and thorough training to teachers, embracing Normal Methods, Lectures, Theory and Practice, &c. .The ceuree of study will embrace all the Sciences, Ancient Languages, Higher Mathematics,and Common Branches. Rooms and board can b& had for.sB.oo per ‘week. Rooms, for self-boarding, reasonable.— ‘Principal willaid in procuring roomesand boarding. TUITION—IN ADVANCE.

Normal Cotrse....o. .. .. ... .0 i .0 SSFOO Lnnpagges. ... ............. oot a 5 -800 Common Branches, (Elementary). ..., .=.... 5.00 Our object is to offer you the advantages of as good a school as can be found in the State. The age demaunds cultured minds. No young gentleman or lady who desires to be n=efal can neglect self.culture. Our efforts will be to make our schuol room a PLEASANT, HAPPY PLACE, and your gchool term very profitable to you. Tuition will be refunded in case of protracted illness. Feb. 12, '74—4t. Jd E.IARRIS, A. B.

01l YES !-—A]lgou farmers who have sales to \ ery will do well to call on ;

" JOSEPH S, POTTS, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He is as good at that as he is at gelling bed springs and up-land cranberries. Office at the Agriculture Store of G. A. Brillhart. 42-6 m

FOR SALE A farm of 100 acres, eigh- * ° ty acres under the plow, forty-two acres in wheat; a ood orchard, good buildinge and fences in good r%psir; gituated in the Hawpatch, on the main road. Also, a House and town lots in the town?ofLiﬁonier. Enquire of [vBn2] L. COVELL, Ligouier, Ind.

HOTEL PROPERTY

FOR SALE. | . NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of an order of sale to me issued by the Clerk of the Noble County Circuit Court, the undersigned, Adinistratrix of the estate of Joseph Tumbleson, eased, will:sell at private sale on Saturday, February 28th, 1874, On the premises, an equal undividea two-thirds (%) of the south two-thirds (25) of lot No. thirtyone (31) in the original plat of the town of Ligonier, Noble county, Indiana. : TERMS :—Oune-third cash, one-third in twelve months, and one:third in eighteen months, with six per cent. intereat, the purchaser giving hignote waivin& valuation ‘and appraicement laws, and secured by good freehold sureties. NANCY TUMBLESON, Jan, 20th, 1874-40w3 - " Admiuistratrix.

Banking House oF ' SOL.. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Block, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Mouney loaned on long and short time. ’ Notes discounted at reasonable rates. 4 ‘Monies received on deposit and intereet allowed on gpecitied time, ! : Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Earope, 8-2 .TO THE FARMERS : . Y"O,U will please take noiice that I am still en- ~ gaged in buyln[l; wheat, for which I pay the highert market&;r ce. : If you do not find me on the streei, call before selling, at my! ?nnking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Bloek, ' SOL. MIER. . Ligonier, Indiana, May Bth, 1873.—t.f ;

SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. CavinStreet, Ligonier,lndiana. Fresh Breiu} . Pies, Cakes, &c., Cho_lceGroceriee,l’rovisinnE,Yankeeb{otions,&‘c‘ Thehighestcash pricepaidfer Country Produge Mayl3,’6B-tf. SACK BRO’SB.

Here’s a Chance! GEO. W. REED, . Cromwell, Indianz, : et o Hag ah assortment of . Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, - And Bob-Sleds, . Which hé offéts the pudlic at COST. WORK FULLY WARRANTED. Call at l;is shops and e_e;f(—n-'yonrselvés! v i Cromwell, Dec. 18,'73.-20

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, : 030 A ’(’;% n 7/’l ahg ! ¢ g, ¥, N : e, g “:“’ -':—3 s .‘a/.;h.\:: : o ¥ ’A Perpenlirer® bB § ¥ : 3&' .‘“‘.;,‘ % A s i s RN ket ’%' i |e 5 . L\ ol By - SRy ] : Watchmakers, Jewelers, il e ¥ ANI‘) DEALERRIN 1 : Watches. Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS! Réepairing ﬂeatly and"pmmptly. executed, and “warranted. S Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated - Spectacles. §# Sign ofthe big watch, corner Cavin & Fourth streets, Ligonier, India?na..ﬂ : May 38, 66-tf

MANEFEHOOD:

How Lost, How Restored, . _Just published, a new edition of Dr. Culverwell’s Celebrated Es'say on the radical cure (without med- ' icine) of Spermatorrhea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Im rotency, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to‘-Mnrrla{Ha. etc.; also, Consamption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced by self-indalgence or sexnal extravagance. i t—"gPrices in a sealed envelcipe only gix cents. The celebrated anthor, in this admirable esgay, ‘clearly demonstrates from a thirty years’ successful- practice, that the alarming consecinences of ‘self-abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife; pq!ntinﬁ out a mode of cure at once erimple, certain, and effectnal, b{ means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. . B@-This lectureshonld be in the hands of every youth and every man in the land. Sent under seal, in a pl{nin envelope, to any address, post-paid, on rece gt of six cents, or two post stamps. ' Address the mellsberi. CHAS. J. C. KLINE & CO., 127 Bowery, New York, Post-Office Box, 4686. April 17, 1873-50~1y-3ch39 ..

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Fremature Deca{, and all' the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the . sake of suﬂerlnF humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for nuqung the simgle remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser’s experience can do 8o tg nddresslgﬁ in perfect confidence, | ' JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar st., New York. | November 27, 1878-6 m-a & co.

CURED without the aid of the knife, poisonous secharotics, and caustics, bﬁ & simple and scientific system of medication. By removingthe tamor only, the seat of the disease 18 not reached and is ‘sure to break ount again with increased violence. I cleanse the blood from aLL cancerons! matter, b{ a local application, kill and removethe Tumor. It is the only treatment that will cure c»,}:;uelr(.i I also trené Sczgfal:. ﬁnd D(;‘het: diseases. - Residence near Gra: 8 0 | : JOBE&HINIPE. SILSBY. 5-2yl Kendallville, Noble Co., Indiana.

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1574.

CANCER

. ASPIRATION. : i BY A. B. E. ’ 2 £ | | — ! Weary and sad I stand on the beach, ; A waifon the treacherous sand. : And sigh for the glories I never can reach, . The gems of the mystical land. - | i : Tattered and torn by the storm and the gale, _ Istand on the rockbound shdre; - hey While never a song, but only a wail, e 1s the echo forevermore. _ I long for the jewels which cannot be bought, " Which are kept secare by the unreen hand, Who rules and guides o'er the ocean of theught, And the pearls of that beautiful land. sios | The winds and the waves make a deafening roar, - As Istand by the river of Time; » “But never a light from the other shore, : Not even 4 stone, from that far off mine. 5 Mo‘re precious than ‘dust’ that bas ever been found, Are the jewe]s‘l wish to find. They are gathered up from the depths of sound, And grow in the fleld of the mind. ; The waves on the beach with tumultucus roll; Only echo the loqging and pain,— ; Of the prison bound voice in the temple of soul, A longing that¥e ever in vain, e We grope with our might at the slippery sand; That is heaped around at ou r feet, And search for a gem from that far off land, But never a jewel our frail hands meet. - "T'is thus we n‘mst git in our desolate night, ° And list to the waves as they roll,— Ever on, ’twixt us and the glittering light, That ebines o’er the fruit of the soul. “Delectable Mountain,” 1874, 3

THE FATED LOVERS, BY EMERSON BENNETT. It was on a calm, clear night, the slightly waning moon riding high' in the blue heavens, and bathing the quiet earth in a flood of silvery light, that a young and beautiful maiden, robed in spotless white, was seen to issue from a fine old country mansion, and glide quietly through the surrounding shrebbery, ever and anon looking timidly back as if‘half expecting to behold a pursuer an her steps. Quickly and stealthily she glided on through the serpentine | walks before her, till at length she reached a point some distance from the- dwelling where a tall, dark figure was pacing rapidly: to and fro beneath the overarching foliage of the surrounding trees. As the maiden drew near, the figure suddenly sprang toward her, and disclosed the person’ of a comely, young man, some two-and-twenty years of age, who, in a low, guarded, and somewhat impetuous tone, exclaimed— |

“So Mary, you have come at last!” “Would to God, Edward, you had not!” she replied, in'a voice which betrayed great excitement and alarm. ° “How! Mary,how |-—this from you!” said the young man, in a tone of reJproach. v : “Nay, Edward,” she replied, “do not speak in this mannerto me! You know I do not say it for myself, but because of the danger that menaces .you. Had I not loved you -oh! so wildly, se madly—l would not be here to night to urge you to fly, nor you been here to be in peril, which increases every moment we remain.— Youw know what my father has'said, what he has threatened, what he has sworn — that if he finds you upon his grounds again he will take your life—and yet you will persist in venturing to your destruction. The note you sent me by the girl Sarah, making this appointment for to-night, reached me but an hour ago, and then, oh! you know not what strange, wild, horrible feelings came over me as I read it. [ trembled, grew sick and faint, and onsly by a great effort prevented myself from falling to the ground. Edward, something tells me this is the last time we shall ever meet; and unless you go immediately, I fear it may be sO. -Oh, for God’s sake,fly! fly! and do not linger a moment! I came towarn and save you! We have not time for other things! My father has loaded his rifle, and too well I know for whom the ball is designed! Ah, should he by any accident discover you here, or even miss me from my chamber, and so suspect the truth, then God help us both! for to his anger you would surely fall a vietim!” e ‘While she thus spoke rapidly, looking fearfully round her, the young man stood with folded arms, compressed lips, and knitted brows, his dark eyes fixed sternly and searchingly upon her pale, lovely face, as if he would look down through that- into her very soul. : ; .

“Mary,” he said, “do you fear your father as much as you would have me believe?” . 1

“I do, Edward—you know I do, why do yeu ask such a question?” “Because I hardly thought it possible for you to fear your father!” .

~ “But for you, Edward, not for myself!” she exclaimed, - :

“I understand-—I comprehend!” he coldly returned.” “You fear him on my account, not that he will harm me, only that he does not approve of his rich and aristocratic daughter’s uniting her fate with that of a man who has not the merit of owning a single acrein return, and the daughter thinks her father wise.” o .

“You are cruel, Edward!” returned the other, reproachfully. ‘&gi))x think I have a base motive—that I ¥m sordid, mercenary —that I look only to wealth; and yet, were all the Indies mine, and you a beggar, my choice would still be you 1 -, Vi . : “Is this true, Mary ?” ke said, in a tone implying: doubt. ‘ “As holy writ, Edward!” she solemnly replied. “Do you then doubt me in everything ?—my every word, my every act, my every thought ?” - “But are your actions in keeping with your words, Mary ?” “In what manner?-— what mean you_?_” ; : :

~ “That you say you love me, but will give me no proof of your affection, such as I give you, _You say there is danger here—that my life is in peril!” “Oh, yes, Edward, yes!” she said in a hushed tone, looking quickly and termblingly arotind her. “And yet you see I brave it,” he said, “and would, were it a hundred times more perilous than it is} And yet in return you will bear nothing for me—not even the frown of an unjust, tyrannical parent!” ; “Oh, Edward, what, indeed, would you have me do?” she exclaimed, in a tone of anguish, bl : ; “You know well, Mary, what I would have you dol! I tell you not for the first, nor the second, nor even for the twentieth time, that I would have you fly with mb beyond your father’s tyranny and gersecution.” “But think of the consequence, Fdward!” ; i

“Aye, the old story — your father would be angry—he would disinherit you—he would kill me! -And I care neither for his.anger nor his wealth, but only for you! ‘With you,dearest Mary,” he pursued, in a softened tone, twining an arm around her slender

-waist, “with you I could be contented -in a hovel—without you I should be -miserable in a palace! You are my world—my . all—and when you, to gratify the vindictive passions of an unfeeling father, refuse to fly with me and make me happy, I argue %'ou cannot love as I love.” , - “Oh,no, Edward—ne; it is npt that!” she rejoined, in a soft, carressigxg tone; “but it is that I love you mo?*e than myself—more than anything | else on earth—and because I wish to spare you future pain, that I will not consent to your rash proposition.; Time may bring a change for us;} and if you will but wait, patiently wait,— Edward, the happy day may dawn ere long.” : | “Talk not te me of patience!” he bitterly rejoined; “for patience belongs to the school of stoical philosophy, and has naught to do wi’tﬁ warm and |passionate love. It is |a word for plodders, for misers, but not for lovers.” | “Hark!” exclaimed the other, trembling violently, and looking |around in fearful apprehension. “Hark!” she repeated, in a hushed and warning tone. “I fancied I heard a footstep! Oh, Ged! if it should be my father!” ;

“You heard but the sighing of the breeze among the trees, or a footstep in your own imagination,” replied the lover. “And even if it were your father, I would not fly—not I'! No, I would stand here and face him, and tell him some plain truths to his very teeth!” | ‘

- “But he would kill you, Edward!— Oh, my God! he would kill you! He has sworn to do it, and he is not one .to break his oath. Oh, fly! fly! before it #s too late! for my sake,fly!” . . “Come with me, then, Mary, and I Jwill fly, fast and far—anywhere, everywhere—to the world’s end, if you say; but I cannot leave ygu behind ‘to the machinations ofjthe wicked—--perhaps to another!” ; "~ “No, not to ;another, Edward! not to another! never! never! Iswear it, by all things holy!” “Yet you might break your oath at .your father’s command, since his sway over you seems to be so potent.” . “No, the grave shall hold me, ere I become the wife of any but you, dear Edward, and so believe me, as I hope for Heaven!” Lo :

“Then the grave will take you unwedded,” he rejoined,” “unless you come with me, for your father will never consent to our union. He is cold, harsh, vindictive, and has chuse, perhaps, to hate my family, though not me, for an uncle of mine was his rival in his early love, and won the girl of his choice. He is proud, mercenary, scheming and ambitious, and so he married your mother—not for love, but for wealth and position. He never loved her living —heé loves not heér memory dead, and he-loves not the only child she left behind her.” o P

1 “Oh, you wrong him tl’xere, Edward!” said Mary. “He did not love my mother as muach as was in his nature —whieh is not so ardent as some—and I am sure he loves me.” |

“Aye, Mary, as the miser loves his ‘gold, as the courtier loves his king—for advantage, money, position, pewer. He will have you marry a man of wealth and influence—marry for his own purpose, without regard to your feelings. If you consent, well—he will smile upon you; refuse, and see the result. You already see it, in so faras you have already crossed his wishes in regard to myself. Did he love you as you say, Mary, why does he hate the man you love? and hate him, too, with that fiendish bitterness which is in the heart of the murderer! which may lead him to do a murder! I can bring nothing to his pride, for I am but a poor student yet, though the day may come when 1 shall rise to honorable distinction. I can add nothing to his wealth,for I have neither lands nor money, though the day ‘may come when my acres will outnumber his. But as it is, because I can satisfy neither his.ambition, pride nor inelination, he will erush me, and you with me, Mary, if necessary to his purpose.” “Then, since you see all the consequences that will follow, dear Edward,” replied the maiden, “had you not better give way to .time? and trust to years and Providence rather than rashness?” . i “And lose you, Mary, for -years?— live on in a faint hope that would be no hope? Oh,no—l cannot live so—lam miserable enough agitis. Without these stolen interviews, my life would be a torment: I would rather be in my grave. It is two years, now, sinee we first met at the house of our mutual friend; it is two years since I knew what it was to love, and to hope I was beloved in return; and during that time my varied and conflicting emotiops have made me the most happy and the most miserable of mortals. But destroy the brightness, the glorious light which has shone upon me through your affection, and you leave me only the darkness and the gloom —a darkness and a gloom that to my contemplation is worse than death itself. Oh, you must be mine, Mary, or soon I shall be no more! -With you I will toil and struggle to fame, and wealth, and power; but without you, having no incentive to action, I shall go miserably down to the dark grave, unknown—unknown, and perhaps unwept!” , ' “Oh, dear Edward,” began Mary, in a tremulous tone—but suddenly stopped and exclaimed—“ Hist! my God!, there is a step! I hear a footfall! And look, Edward, look! yonder comes my father! Do you not see him ? thgre—there—moving cautiously among the bushes! Obh, fly! fly! lose not a moment! my heart tells me that some: thing dreadful is about to happen!” - “For your sake, then, Mary, I will go,” replied the other; “but not without one embrace—one at least—perhaps the last.” : :

“Quick, then, Edward,” she rejoined, impulsively throwing her fair arms around his neck; “and by this pledge know that I love you! and, whatever may happen, will love you only-—will love,you ever!” : The young man strained the fair girl passionately to his heart, imprinted a kiss upon her lips, and turned to depart. But just at that moment, there was a flash, a report, and the maiden sunk down with a groan, clasping her breast, and exclaiming: “Oh, God! I am shot! the ball, aimed fo!x' you, Edward, has doné its work here!” : i

The lover turned quickly and wildly, and beheld her fair form at his feet, her hands pressed upon her bosom; and, by the faint light of the moon, which struggled through the trees, he also beheld, with an agony of horror that no pen can deseribe—no imagination conceive—the warm, red current of life gushing through her fingers, and staining her before spotless garments. It was a moment of unspeak-

able horror—a horror beyond the power of brain and nerve to sustain; and with a-wild, loud, prolonged shriek, he turned and fled '—fled from that ghastly sight—from the dying form of the being he loved!—but fled, alas! without reason—a hopeless maniac} v As he disappeared among the surrounding shrubbery, another—a tall, dark figure, with a rifle in his hand—came hurrying upon the scene, where lay the fair maiden who had fallen by his hand--but not by his intent—for -the ball which had pierced her breast had been aimed at him she loved.— The moment he saw her, he comprehended what he had done, he threw down his rifle, exclaiming in a voice of agony and horror combined: 1 “Oh, my God! my God! what have I done!" Oh, Mary-—dearest Mary—myisweet daughter —my only child—my only solace—my only hope—my all—speak to me—speak! in God’s holy name, speak! ere Igo mad! Have I killed you whom I so tenderly loved 2 Oh, merciful Heaven! what will be-. come of me! The ball was not aimed at you, sweet one, but at him who would have wronged you!” b As he said this, kneeling upon the ground, clasping her in his arms, hér life-blood streaming forth and staining his own garments—as he said this, looking wildly in her face, by the pale light of the .moon, pressing his lips' passionately to her marble cheeks and brow, as if he would press back the life that was going from her—she opened her eyes, looked up in his face, and with a gasping respiratdon uttered faintly: : “Father, you have killed me. I know you did not mean it—you meant the ball for my dear Edward. But it is better as it is; he was innocent of any wrong; I loved him, and feel it sweet to die for him. I forgive you, father, and you must pray God to forgive youasldo. I cannotlive—l feel I am dying—and so—farewell!” ‘ . She closed her eyes, and sunk back into a state of unconsciousness. Wildly and passionately that agonized faths er begged and: plead that she “would speak to himagain—once, if only onece, But she spoke no more; tifose were the last words; those soft orbs were closed—those sweet lips were sealed—closed and sealed forever! She seem-. ed to breathe a few minutes longer—painfully, gaspingly breathe—and then lay still in death—those arms that had poised the rifle which had sped the ball to take her young and blooming. life and send her pure spirit to the Eternal World. * % * * e 3

Years passed on; and years brought the sequel, upon which we need not dwell. That father was tried for the murder of his child. But there was no positive proof that he committed the deed, and he escaped the highest penalty of the human laws—thoughnot the retributive penalty of the laws of God. There were but two who could ;have been witnesses against him; the one the lover—who, from the moment of the fatal act, lost the reason which he never regained, and died in a mad-house; the other.a servant, who chanced to see the deed ¢ommitted, but was bribed to leave the country, and suffer his own name to be tarnished -with the accusation of guilt. Through the long, tedious trial which followed, and the train of consequences, resulting directly from the awful act, that proud, wealthy, scheming, ambitious, iron-hearted parent was reduced to absolute poverty, and at last died miserably, a wretched victim of remorse. A few years later, the beautiful' grounds around his fated mansion became the cemetery of one of the most populous.and flourishing of our Southiern ¢ities; and the scené, consécrated by death and misery, became the quiet resting place of the dead from other homes.

~ln the Spfing of 1844, the writer of this passed along the beautiful,-undu-lating, shady, and winding walks of that lovely and quiet retreat, and paused beside a tall, pointed monument, which had upon it a single inseription, the family-name of her who there fell by a father’s hand and now sleeps beneath. A friend who stood there beside me, and knew the sad and tragic history of the spot, told me the story in his own way, superstitiously adding, that in lonely ' moonlight nights, the spirit of this fated maiden, robed in white, with her hands clasped upon her bosom, might be seen to glide swiftly . through the trees, and disappear with a wail of woe! i ] @ EEE—— ; UNDER THE MYRTLE TRELS. | Sermon on Fréémasoi’:ry_. ; [By fequest of a numbér of subsecribers, we herewith publish the following eloquent sermon delivered by Rev. A. N. Keigwin, at the dedication of the New Masonic Temple'in Philadelphia. It will repay a careful persual, both by Masons and those opposed to that institution.] ' o

Texr:—* Then said I, O my Lord, what are these?'—Zach:, 1, 9. . E

The Prophet Zachariah says he saw by night, and beheld a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom, and behind him were red horses, speckled and white. Then he asked the angel, who talked with him, the question of the text. = The events of -this text are laid during the rebuilding of the temple, while part of the Jews were still in captivity, and the enemy was every day making attempts to stop work. The vigion is evidently to show the Prophet God’s watch over His people in the midst of discouragement and peril, and particularly over His temple. | He shows him this band of strange horsemen with their leader, to prove to the Prophet that, whether the Jews knew it or not, he has his guards to wateh the interest of this glorious building. They are seen enveloped in the’darkness of night, and camped in a dark and woody place under the myrtle trees in the bottom to indicate their secrecy; they are not a band that move in all the glorious pomp and circumstance of war, but;a secret organization—they are not: the regular conservators of the J ewish religion, the Priest, the Levites, the Seribes and the Pharisees; they are a secret band with the same purpose in view, and yet a distinct mission. Suclr are the circumstances of the vision, . I cannot say positively that this secret band is the same as those of whom I intend to speak to-day. I think they are. If they are not, they furnish us a parallel sufficiently apposite for the basis of our thoughts. . We may, therefore, say to-day with the Prophet, “O, my Lord, what are these?” . = bevelth 1 e ~There are occasions in the lives of men when they can appropriately turn aside from ordinary lines of thought to give attention to subjects, that at other times would be inappropriate for themes of public discourse. When

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the great throes of a nation proeclaim disease in the body politic, and the sons and husbands and }fathers are pouring out their life-blood #n the defense of the liberties of théir country, and in defense of the principles they had been. taught at their mother’s knee, then even the shrinking, sensitive womagfs right was not disputed in the wards of the hospital or in the tents of the wounded soldier on the battle-field. Then was not -disputed the propriety of the minister echoing the voice of God to-his people, “Go up and I will deliver the enemy into thine: hHand M o anieo iRI e

. Weas a city are in the midst of ‘one of these -exceptional occasions, when we may pause from the ordinary themes of the pulpit and inquire, what is the significance to us as Christians of these great and all-absorbing events-of tlie present? . . - During the past few days, and in the few to come, this great. commu-nity-has been, and will ‘be, absorbed in the one event of the dedication of the new Masonic Temple. Nearly. twelve thousand men-of our own city and a large ‘concourse -from all parts of this greatrcountry, with representatives from many foreign lands, are met as a body. to rejoice and make ‘memorable the event—an event to them as.significant as that when Solomon, at the dedication of the témple, for fourteen days entertained with feast and parade all Israel, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Bgyple = .ov i A A vast architectural pile has arisen in our midst, exceeding in grandeur of outline and elegance of<finish any similag edifice.of the world. : - The materials have come from every direction and most remote places; brick from our own kilns, stone from the eternal hills of Maine, marble from the quarries. of Italy:that supplied material for the chisel of Phidias, wood from forests ripened under the suns of the equator, metals from the mines of every land, and skill from the hands of every craft. Of what importance is this, so far as the Christian Church is concerned? “For what purpose all this lavish expenditure of money, and this genius- and skill and; enthusiasm of our fellowmen? 'What doés this Temple represent, and what claith has it to-the attention that is given it, and what does it promise to man in his struggle with sin and his aspiration for immortality ? = In the words of the text, let us inquire, “O my Lord; what are these?” i =g

- I believe no-6ne has a: better claim to congider ‘thesé questions than he who addresses you, first as a zealous guardian of the cause of Jesus Christ, as his minister and representative in the office he holds.. Jesus calls on his people, and particularly his’ ministers, to watch the course of events, to feel the pulse, for the great heart throes of mankind, to inquire into the great disturbing forces of mind, and make it his duty to encourage the right and oppose the wrong. Therefore, I believe we do- well to-day to make these inquiries as to whatis the purpose of this great society, what it represents,: what it claims, and ‘what it 'pro,mi%es._

I have andther reason for-claiming the right to make this four-fold inquiry to-day. I -have no: connection with'the Order, and therefore believe an inquiry can be ‘made -and right conclusions.reached better by one not under the influence of ‘its ritual, that is so impre'ssive ~and beautiful as to fascinate all who: have ever passed through the mysteries of itsinitiation. We are better able to judge of it impartially than if we judgéd by our sympathies, exeited l%y its impressive ritual.. We can apply the test Jesus has given. -By its fruits we shall know.it.7 ¢ Ghlo iy

ist. Then what-are its purposes, so far as it asserts them to the world, and so far asits history displays them. It does not in the first place array itself against the Christjan Chureh. In its ranks can beseen to-day eminent ministers of Jesus Christ,” who are as faithful to the cause of their Master as any men of any age. Office bearers of all ehurches will be found on its rolls.. Stewards and Deacons, Elders and Trustees, -Vestrymen-and ‘Wardens, men considered by their respective churches as faithful to the honor and interests of the church,as worthy to represent their fellow Christians in caring for the spiritual and temporal interests of the Chiurch of Jesus Clirist —these earry the jewels and wear the regalia of this. mysterious band in public, looking their fellows in the face as though they felt themselves honored by theé Association, which we think they honor'by their connection with it. Certainly these men would not‘hold fellowship with the works of Darkness. .If; we trust them to administer the affairs of our chureh, if weihonior them as christian: brethren, we must concede the -fact that. they will not be connected with a society that is arrayed against the cause made dear to them by the precious blood of their érucified Savior. L =

- 2d. In the next place, ‘it does not claim to take the place of or set aside the Christian .Church. In every age the Masonic Order has been zealous in upholding. the Church -of Jesus Christ, . ° W TN

. Its members when under the influence of saving grace feel as much the necessity of being connected with the Church as men not in its ranks. ;

Conversions occur among Masons ¢3;s" it 1 § as frequently, according to their numbers, as among any other'elass of men.

- Even those of the Order who: are not members of churches are not as arule the class. who ‘oppose the. success of churches. They helptobuild churches and support ministers by their means tar more liberally than other disinterested men, - They are mot the men ‘who write diatribes and merciless attacks upon the Church, It isan anomaly in literature to find abook written against the Church of Jesus Christ by one of this mystical Order. = Even where you find among the Order men who doubt the use of churches, and elaim that Masonry is a good enough church: for thém—and I admit such there are—you will never find even such who desiré to shake down the grand old structure that rests upon the foundations of the apostles and prophets, and whose chief corner-stone is Jesus - Christ. . These. men even when unrenewed by God’s spirit are not the enemies of the Church of Jegas Christ, e va i e

.. Bd. Again, they claim to hdave some of the same;gmijposes in view as the Church. = They appeal to the Church as a brother organization. They say we do not purpose all the Church does, but in some things we are working for/the same ends: =~ -~ - - The brotherhood of man is one Oth‘_ ject. Every race of man is numbered among them, -The _'Eiguimmx from the frozen seas of the North, and.the African from the jungles of the Equator. 'The untutored savage and the

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cultured representatiyqs of civilization. * The king and nobles; the peasant and lowly citizen, are all found inits ranks. -- . A They claim with the Church a share in the honors due for the great works of benevolence. . The fatherless and widow are 'its wards, the homeless and sick its protegees. It lays-its mystical mark ovs the doors of hospitals, of ‘homes for the aged and inﬁrm,"_agd asylums for the orphan and the c}es itute. Its mission is mercy, fulfilling’ the blessed command of God to exercise mercy in the earth, and with the Church, inheriting the blessings promised in the beatitude of Jesus: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall - obtain- merey® = ¢ - =

It teaches chasﬁtg, holding before man the duty of &m ecting the virtue and honor of Wwomen, and of preserving the'body of its own -members in purity that they may be fit habitations for the indwelling -of . the Holy Spirit. It teaches the beauty of chaste speech, telling them not to defile their lips with obscene language or profane the name of the -Almighty who made them. . . T

It teaches honesty in its dealings with man, not from the low standard of policy, but-from the Divine stand‘ard of right, giving to every. man what is his due, and always leaning to the side of liberality in its dealings. It teaches men to consider each other’s frailties, and to:relieve the distress,not alone of the good and worthy, but like the Samaritan, to extend a helping hand wherever it sees a soul in:distress. . :

- It teaches charity to ‘all men, to their opinions and practices, saying, like Christ, “Who" made me a judge over you, and leaving each one to stand or fall to‘his own Master, even Him who is to be judge of the quick and the dead.” Such are some of the common doctrines held between this | ancient and honorable body and the Church, so far as my observation has gleaned from a position outside of its embattlements. : S

But I will mention one ‘more thing ' to show its purposes as common with those of the Church, its Symbols.— L.ook at these symbols, and you will find they all come from the greatv tGreasur:i of the Church, the Word of od. : :

First. See the Ark of the Covenant, which shows that they claim the . promises made to Abraham. ' See the- - that teaches the purity of character. ~ See the Altar, that teaches - the necessity of atonement by blood. The Lights to teach the need of spir- _ - itual illumination. The Stairway, 16" show that man must rise; from, the depths of sin. I might continue with all these symbols-that can be seen on the charts of Masonry, which need no instructor to interpret. But aboveall, see the open’ Bible, without which we are told no Lodge can be opened or - closed. And who ean believe that an order, however secret and obscured under mysteries, can be wicked or unworthy of confidence, that draws s nourishment from this great fountain of supplies. Or that they can be poor in good works of faith® with this inexhaustible mine ever worked. You will also see worn by one part of their Order, the blessed sign of- algl - signs, the sign alone by which any of us ever hope to'econquer, the sign of the—- — dyed red in the blood of the = ! Son of God. Who ‘can look at all = these facts, and believe that in this . secret zgm% mysterious brotherhood . the Chpurehi of Christ has anything to fear? : LR 7

These are the purposes which any thoughtful mind will discover from such a view. That here is a grand handmaid’ of religion willing to work and faithful in what she does. - “With malice toward none, and with charity toward all.” And with this purpese in view they lay stone to stone and invest their capital to prove that as far as they are concerned, God’s Word -shall ever be the lamp of this world, and that so long as-a man of their Order remains, true religion shall never want a champion to defend her. This -purpose is good, and I hail the. Order as a Christian man and minise ter, as a'friend in the common cause, so far as its purpose goes. I refer to these facts because there never has been a time in the history of Masonry 1 when men, biggoted by the narrowest | party lines of creed or politics, have not been arrayed against her. But, ‘rethren, I cannot oppose it, lest I be found fighting against God. The Pope of Rome has written his allocutions against it, Governments have condemned if, christian ministers have written and preached agaimst it, but it has never turned to smite back; -it has kept straightforward, and I say let it now grow and increase with a God speed from every Christian man. Second. In the next place let us inquire what does this great /Temple -represent? To a Mason it may represent a different idea than it does to a Christian outside its ranks. I look at i it from my own, not their standpoint. . To me it represents the triumph of a great idea. i . Historically,. Masonry dates from the building of the Temple of Solomon. No one at the present day digputes this claim. The emblems ,lgf . ‘their order are found on stones of the Temple that for more than two thousand years have lain buried under the rubbish of Mount Moriah. = Accepting this as a fact, then I see in this and other similar edifices, the fulfillment of all my hopes as a Christian. ‘Solomon built and dedicated his temple as the symbol of the personal reign of Jesus Christ upon earth. J I}st as his own palace was-the symbol of his own authority, so theTemple sitting-above the palace, and campicuously-al&)lo\re the surrounding hills, and eveninodding to the far off summit of Lebanon, that God was above the earthly king, -and that the eternal hills whose sum--mit kissed the-:clouds would endure no longer on earth than his throne, It is not sarprising, then, to me that Solomon, who with prophetie vision | could see the destruction of his own | Temple, should by the Divine permigsion, if not decree, perpetuate it, in the secrets of this mystical Order.— When I look: at this beautiful and -magnificent pile of architecture I can see the old Temple of-Solomon with its glorious idea of a personal and perpetual King of Kings upon its throne, and I se¢ i the continuance of this Order, iihghprophmyimly_ complete, of the timie when Jesus will ‘come and reign, whosw it is. ‘Empires have fallen, thrones have crumbled, civilization decayed, arts _and sciences have risen and declined “and risen again, even the surface of {,g;é_emﬁ_h Atwelt ‘has ‘changed, rivers flow where once were mountains, little lakes now sleep where o é& o surge and sweep of the biows of ‘she glacier mado ts path, and singing ‘birds play upon the branches of the [CONTENUED ON FOURTH PAGE] .