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 'lliis (lay is the day set. a[)art by our Church for |)er|)etii itiiijj 
 ke memory of St. John the K\ aiif'elist ; the lovin;; ami heloNecl 
 istiijle of our blessed Lord and Master. Jesus C'inisl. Ihil it l^ 
 fhietiy as Masons that we a»seml)le here to day, to keep the solemn 
 "ifBtival. wliieh Masons are accustomed to set apart, to eommeniorate 
 lie anniversary of the f,'ieat patron of their order, this very same 
 t. John the Mvan^eli.st. One, whose name and teachitifjs, iiave. it 
 [said, for eifihteen centuries, he^n insepirahiy interwoven with the 
 lasonic institution, and become domesticated as it were, in the 
 jasonic family. '1 o his memory, and that of St. John the l?aptist, 
 lasons professinj; Ciuistianity, have for a lon;j period of time 
 (Ibnsecrated their Iiod}j;es. This fact is, of course, familiar to the 
 ■lind i)f every brother, however inexjjerieiiced ; l)iit the especial 
 iDlbject of such a dedication, the ^auscs which lead to it. and 
 iparticularly, the importance of its bearin*,' upon the nature, desifjns, 
 Itfd dijjnity of Freemasonry, is perhaps not so dearly seen, nor so 
 ipjjhly studied and appreciated, even with the brif,'h est and best of 
 IJHI, as it mijjht be. To the sincere and inteliii^ent Mason the memory 
 Mid life of the " Holy Kvanj;elist" are elocjuent with solemn 
 ■Kmunitions. and stand forth as imperishable records of the duties 
 •lid res|)onsii)ilitie8 of each of us. They indicate with unerrinif 
 light the leadin<5 features of our society, — illustrate the purposes 
 Hie are enjja^'ed lo accomplish, — and shed wherever the sound of the 
 |tpavel is heard," the lustre of his beiiijjn character upon the rituals 
 fisd ceremonie.s of our order. And althoufjh that " lovi'd disciple," 
 llpon " the burthen of whose every discourse, "as has heen beaulifidly 
 femarked, "there is personified the embodiment, and poured out, 
 tile very soul of Musonry," has lon^ since passed away from the 
 Iftenes of his ('hristian battlefields, and the floor of his Masonic 
 ^mjjles, yet he still symbolically remains anmnfist ns ; the echo of 
 )ijs \oice still iiii-ieis ;ir(iuiid <:ar varicil ciiiMcirs, anei^mics. and 
 
Iiiciu^'lyplucs, and to aioist in pcrpctuntiii^' liix inspired tiiicliiiijj 
 and It) imili' in practisiny his i'\alted virUii-s, (lid Masnnry fiA 
 iidoiit liim as luT I'alr.Mi. ami dcdirate litT l-od^jcs to liis niemnnl 
 Tlu' Day, and the Saint tht-ii, arc alike interi'slinj^ to Cliristiaul 
 and Masons.' Tn Christians, he is " the disciple whom .Ie*us lovedf 
 the al)lcst, and clearest I'xponeiit of their creed, the niost succesufJ 
 and valiant lU'fender cl' their faith. To Masons, he is the I'lanmo;! 
 their or(U'r, and the pattern of tlu-ir lives. 
 
 l,et ns glance then at St. .John's character as j;iveji us hy divinl 
 inN|)iration, p"intini; out sdnie of those features which dislinj 
 him lis ''the disciple whom Jesus loved:" and as we pass on, notictl 
 ihe appropriateness of Masons making; him their I'atron, and tiitj 
 duties which ilevolve upon them in their ohli<,'ation to imitate hinLJ 
 I. And lirst. we notice the readiness with whicli he ami hi'] 
 hrother .la'nes iorsook their earthly calling; mid friends, at thtj 
 command of tiieir Lord and Master. In Matt IV 21, we read" .-imI 
 Jestis (/iiiiKf /'rum the.i.ci'" that is, from the place where he iiad jm'l 
 hefore called Peter and .\ndrew, ' naw atltcr (wo britlimi, Jttiiieiim 
 son of Zfhrder, ami John Inn bralhfr. in a ship villi ZfbeJte tht\\ 
 falhet. niiniiiiKj their net.if^nd hf I'olird them. And Ihi'tj immediuiih\ 
 lift Ihe ship, and their father, and fnUnwni him " Their minds liM 
 been prej)ared f . r the advent of the Messidi, hy the preaching; of Si T 
 .)ohn the Hapti>t— the other j,'reat Patron of Masonry— who, indeed 
 we are told, had pointed him out to Andrew, and nni iher disciple 
 not .mprohalilv the llvangelist himself,— as the Lamb of (>oil 
 Upon his ap))earance and call, therefore, they readi'y received an. , 
 obeyed him, laying the foundation of the christian l)nildin>!; in tik 
 renunciatiini of th^- world, as a suiireme olyect of pursuit, affection, 
 and wiirship. And here, it a ways must he laid by every christiai 
 who 18 desirous of beinj,' the disciple wh'>m '/esns loves. All arc W. 
 called to forsake their earthly caliin-; and occupation, and I 
 commence the public preachin;,''(d' God's revealed and saving truth 
 as the Apostles were, Christ having appointed in his Church i 
 regul ir way now of entering; into the ministry ; but every Chrisii;i; 
 IS called to be ready, in heart and mind, to quit at once and forever 
 all that conies in competition with duty, and lo follow the Saviou- 
 m the path of holy living. 
 
 And no less is it the duty of every true Mason, to follow the 
 bright examjile ot our Patron,- if iiulJed he would be a disciple- 
 a follow^'r. a ^^/.foH, whom the Great Master, the Great Creatui 
 
 hich 
 
 and Architect of the Universe, sluU love; to risn at once at 
 (.reat Master's call, typified by the earthly Master.to the perform 
 ot all those duties, and the attainment of all those virtues, w 
 Masonry teaches and enjoins. To yield up at once, and dcsisi 
 r(.m the practice of every evil; to pulilish and extend Freemasoiin 
 hy makuiK Its principles and power manifest in their lives ; to start 
 on that course and rnle. of life, enclosed within "the two paralKl 
 
 Sprlntn^" w^ 'T ^^1'^ " ^'"^'^^ ^''«>>t in Masonry" the Holj : 
 Scuptures, which will guule unto all truth; which will direct their 
 
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 fvv\ to llu! toMi|)le of Iia|)|iiii»'ss luTf, and safely aiiJ nuiely lead lliem 
 lo till: (ileal lemple ahove. 
 
 II. Wlien our I.-hhI jjave liia A|)ostle.s their CDinmissioii I'l preach 
 the (lospel, he snriiaiiied our i'atroii IC\aM;,'elist, and his hrother 
 lames, ••/<«'///''». ycv," (hat is '• Sons of Tliiiiider" And Ihcrehv he 
 tntimaled their deferiiiitied /cal in his cause, and the power!" d cllects 
 of their preacliin;j that wmd, whieli is I'reciuently ciinipared lo 
 
 Ithuiidcr; ljc*iii<;, line that, the voiee of (Jod speakiiif; (roni heaven, 
 jniiKhty in its operation. If ilie one sh;ike the earth throw down 
 |liii;;hty trees and lofty towers, and hy the li;,'hteiiiii;; whit h preceiis 
 land produces it, penetrates and dissolves the hardest suiistances j 
 [the other shakes ihe empire id" sin :\nd evil, easlinj; down everylhinjf 
 Ivhicli e.valls itself ajjaiiist heaven, and withering' and cimsuinins' 
 [the c«>rruption of the human heart. 
 
 Mere is an examp'e of zeal a d detennin ition in the cause and 
 
 Jservice of (iod, to all true Christi ins, if the\ would individually 
 
 aspire til hein^ *' the disciples whom .lesus loves" and to all true 
 
 Masons if they would extend the iiiHuences and pincijiles of their 
 
 |<)rd«'r, and he worthy imitators and successors of their I'airon Saint. 
 
 III. A^'ain, Three times we hear in the (Jospels '• the l)elo\ed 
 <lisciple" reproved hy his Master, to shew us that whom tlic Lord 
 
 '•' loveth" he chasteiieth and pur;;etli, till, like ihe lirancli of a we 1 
 
 I dressed vine, he hrini; forth more and hetter fruit. Once a spark 
 
 of amhition, li^'hlinj; upon the spiri s of the two hrothers, .lame.s 
 
 and .ohn, had suddenly iiiHanied them with a vehement flesire of 
 
 pre eminen(e ahove their apostolic brethren Iheir hlessed Ma-ter 
 
 U;ave tiiem to understand, tiia' they, who were called to he iiis 
 
 disciples and apostles, were called to labour and to mifftr for the 
 
 [salvation of souls, and shou d esteem it salHcienl to he exalted, like 
 
 [their (Jreat Master, in heaven, after the work was done. And are 
 
 not these, not only the teachiiif^s of Christianity, hut also some of 
 
 I the leadinf? principles of Freemasonry, which aims at "the nol)le 
 
 jaiul f^loritjus purjiose of spieadiiif^ the cement of hnitlierly-love aiiii 
 
 ! affection, —that cement which unites us into one -acred hand, or 
 
 society of friends and Hrothers; amniiir whom no contention should 
 
 ever exist, but that iiohle contention, or rather emulation, of who 
 
 best can work, and best agree " 
 
 At another time the two disciples, James and Johr., nothearin;^ 
 to see their Lord rejected hy ih- schismatical Samaritan.^, were for 
 calling fire from heaven to consume them, after the example of the 
 ))rophet Klijah Hut their Master rebuked them, telling them. 
 " Tkcy knttw not wluit manner of spirit llivi/ Wire of, for the Sun of 
 man wjs come to save the lives of me», and not to dfslroy them." 
 The present is the day of grace and mercy, long suffering and 
 forbearance, with ('hri't, and it ouglu to he so with his disci|)les, 
 within th- parallels of revealed truth And doubtless the inor^l 
 aflTect of this rebuke influenced the after life of the bel )Ved 
 disciple ; for while we always find him zealous in opposing error and 
 defending the truth, we find him preaching constantly, and m >8l 
 
fervently, brotlu'ily ft»rl»e,irunc»; and love with ii reiidiii'-MN to iiccfpl 
 unil t'licDunme i-xfiy t'll irl wli'.ch in tin- rcniott'st (Ic^jrcv- ii'iidetl iu| 
 iittain any of tlie ciuls at uliich he ainit'ii. His accfptiii); the (irnml 
 Musti'ishipif rii't'MiaH()nai|i,if so he did, hiiii^j a rfniaikahle iuHtnnc* I 
 of liiiN. Which h«>in); a nu'i'ciy human inNtitiition, and aimiii)!at 
 human I'fHuhN, in stid so far in unison with th it ^reat'i', higher, 
 that divine institution of human re^enoration and salvation, ul| 
 which lie was so distiii^'iiislicd an Apostle and T- aidier. 
 
 And the Third reproof wliich St. John met with fron) his Master, I 
 
 which partook Homewhat of the fcame natiiie hn the luHt, wuh fur I 
 
 forhiddihf,' a person to cist nut devils ii\ Clnist'H name, l>ecaase ht 
 
 followed not tiiem. \o emulation or jealousy »li(njld prevent nur 
 
 encoiu'a;;inj,' every man to do jjood, althoii;,'h hu uct and think n"t 
 
 in all piiin's as we do. or as we could wi.sh hini Id do. Whatever 
 
 real jjood he do- s, ii is (ioij wlni disposes and enahlos iiim to do it; 
 
 luid in time thai same (iod may reveal ad otiur needful mvl 
 
 desiralilo lliin^s to him : towards which, wu ourselves, hy trualiii;! 
 
 Ruci an one with tciulerncss and kindiu'ss.may he made insirumeiiliil. 
 
 Hut thesetdlences of Si.JhImi'.s hein<{, — u|)on Chrinl's adnKMiitinn. 
 
 -repented of and forsaken, they depriv.d not the " helaveil 
 
 disciple" of the place he had ohtained in his Lord's favour. For ul 
 
 the last supper we find him sitting' next to .lesus, and rediinnn mi 
 
 lus l)rea>t; as it is the pri\ih';,'e of every beloveil disciple no*, 
 
 to i)our out all his complaints int. the Hosoin <d' his Redeemer, who 
 
 IS still always ready to luar, always inixhtv to save. 
 
 IV. And then, St. John, our I'atnm! was one of the sacrel 
 three to whom the secrets and mysteries of revelation were cotnmitliHl, 
 and he was the one, more than all the rest, more even than the other 
 two. who revealed and explained them. And it is here chiellv t'nil 
 he IS » very appropriate I'atron of Masonry. Masonry like 
 luisiuunty has is mysteries; and to every true Mason, like the 
 Deloved disciple, IS committed knowlcdue aiul mysteries which are 
 «iselv arid carefully kept from the uninitiated. 
 
 In the course o*' the evangelical hisf..,ry, we find St John, in 
 conjunctinn with M. I'eter. an.l Si. James, admitte I f. the knowled;;e 
 
 and vifw ui so 
 
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 <"i<i ddmcn, and John a. > .• • . ./ < 
 
 e erv tn ^d " l ". ''\'"' ^'''^ '" "' «'^'"'-' '^«^"«^ the happy lot of 
 
 a Si I 'S; ^ • ;■ ''" ^'" *• "'■ ''' '''"' """-kinf; his miracles in person, 
 
 mercy .;;,..';' • Z? ^'^' '^^''' ^'"^ ^^"'"'"•^ "*" ^'vine lo've and 
 mtity .lie manifested untn K m . ...,.i i.. i , ,, i- ,. ..i :.. 
 
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 ti;iirtifivc, (l(» Mill iidl xi'p II wonilcrCnl ^ilnilalit^ hrlwicn if mul all 
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 to tin- siililimc <li';^M<' • < i' Mu>i|( r Mjimmi. 
 
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 niiMl.il limly smldciily (dotifil \<itli li^'lit. as \vi li a ji.iinn'iit ; tliry 
 t ( ludil lii-^ ".'lory, as tlu* ;;1')1m of tlu- oiilv lic^'olt ii ; ilirv s;i\v tli«* 
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 when Kcc'ii ill (•■ini|iaiiy with Jcsiis. the (ircat ^'ilst(■^(d wliniii tt-cy 
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 I'mplii'ls. and they heard tli vnicr iVom heaven declaring him tu he 
 the ludiived of the l-'ather. 
 
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 iiii(Urthe load of our sins; ttiey saw the Sn:. of |{i;;l;teoiisiieN» 
 oxereast with a dark elmid : and heard the same d vine person 
 prayini; in a hitter aironv. as one Miiittc n o| (jod m his aiij:er, and 
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 f hi.- 
 ide-^si'd Master, in tlies-, hi- two -tates of exalt iti n ami humiliation ; 
 the nloiy of I. is divine, and 'lie MiHeriiies of his Imman n.itnre. 
 These are ^uhjeets, on whieh a christian can ne\er nvdilnii, hut 
 with infinite pivdil and advanta-e. lly ascendiiiir 'li'' li'dy nioniit. 
 and there viewiiis,' in the transfiijiiratioii of .Fesas the Ldi<ry of his 
 lierson, and an ensanip e of that ^hny whiidi he shall he>low on his 
 
 s imts al the resiii'reclioii, he is anne 
 
 aiiis 
 
 t the I 
 
 lain and siiaiiie 
 
 <d the eross. and strenythi'iied to iiiiderjio his portion of snneriny: in 
 the world. i{v atfendinu' the Kcdeemer in the •jardeii dnrinjr his 
 airoiiy. he learns the i>. tolerable piniishinents due to sin. and the 
 
 iiiia/ine' love or liiin wlio v ouki ilesceii 
 
 Id 
 
 id frem 
 
 .•or 
 
 to (ielhsemaii 
 
 lo hear tlieni for sinners: lie is ])rip;.red to ld<e up his cross, and to 
 lie conformed to Cliiist in Mifl'i riii;:. iVom iliei.ce 1 (d;in;: hack to the 
 ;ilory whieli the Son of God hath left f r a lime, that he mi-hl 
 hestow it on his •' beloved disciples" lor ever. 
 
 ■j'o the bcdoved disciple, our ;rreal I'aliMn, then, it was ]iermitted 
 to liehnld scenes, tnaiiifestatii iis and displays, and to have c minilled 
 to his trust and keepinj,', secrets, truths, and m\.-ieries. to wIikIi 
 
'.(Iwr> Wflf >lluliarlN. 
 
 .I\ . It «l 
 
 .llhi 
 
 ^t ( M) ii> tl\r>u>:li lie li.id 11,1 
 
 Mini 111' tin- list ciinihiiieil. ii greater know Icilj^f nt llic in\Nli'iit'Mii 
 i liiisti^initN, II (Iciii'tT iiisi^iit into llif iii\ >ii('al iiifaiiinu of i hem, .in., 
 iiinic tiiiin till tilt' vt«l ( (>iiil>iii*'il 1)1- liii« I't'viMliMl ami r\|itiiiiiti. 
 tht'iii. Ami Ills (J.)snfl is xiuli ,i u'liiaikabli' iii.slamt' uf ilii,>, \\\m ■ 
 
 iiiis hiiii (iilli 
 (i'lNpcU. ill tli; 
 
 iiiiiliifr (iii>|it I : ' it litiiij; mi niilikf tin' nlju 
 
 liVl'M 
 
 lies 
 
 • iVV 
 
 V\\' l\>i\r, ll.N niXstflll'S :ii, 
 
 tlieii' 
 
 ii"iii!iioii\. liui. likf il)i' Mill s.-fii ill the 
 
 t\jii iii,iii(iii> N(i >.iii)iiiiu iiiiil N(i |ii'iitniui 
 
 (t h is tlie siiii." 
 
 (if llalv (If (ilKu 
 
 f "(ii|i;iri II with i.ilicr |i,iit> uf KiiKipf. it i> hi itci ami iiiuii' jilm 
 
 'Kill il^ It .l]l|•till:^ ill my iif Ills le'lii.W NMtllt's.»l'S. it i> r 
 
 liif -iiii.c Milijici tin- >.iiti(' irxfl.itinn. tilt' same truths; hni 
 ilii*. II iiiiif ihf (iiiMi hiail-irifi'tii 
 
 llMl 
 
 IL' il 
 
 ml till' niiisl siihlinie 
 
 III' tniii (iii>|iclN, tiuM- !!iitli> ail' lo.'i tni|ilalft ami it'iirisi'iUi 
 tr<iui ihf r m'fiittst iiltitiiiii' til hfi. luwi'si i!t'|ith>. fniMi tlifir iiiiiin- 
 
 (SM'llfl 
 
 1(1 ilifir t'Mcniai a 
 
 ^pi'itH. Iinni the it'imitt'sl |ia>l of V<c 
 
 \^^telll•^• i-i tin- fiulltss hiiuii i.f ihcir ii'Milis. llfiict.', St. .hiliir- 
 
 ( MISlll 
 
 ipil tiiiiDH ill tli;it hf.iiiiihii iiiiaitftli— if wf iiiav s(i rxpif: 
 I'vaiiL', lic.l hi-«t>ii\ iiiul ii'MmIihI Mitli, ihf h 
 
 '1. It Vim u.iulil iiiliiT h 
 
 .s i;. 
 
 'otis (if a f'l 1 liaiiiiiiin 
 
 ifniiiiuiti'H. I'oiiiiili 
 
 I III' lii;;li('st fu|>t'sti)m' 
 
 tt hi 
 
 i">. ami I'l.ivMi^ !hc \\t ll-f iiiiulcd ami wtll Imi 
 
 :;ii)rii' 
 
 III' 
 
 'ilii'r wr tiii'r 
 
 "liuK r,..ii|i!,. ,,f Dixiii, |p,,|i. His (ii..sji('l with 
 s .lit'. TiKc tilt.' uhniuiis I'tTSLii of whom 'lii'V >\w.\*'. 
 :i. till- lit';;iui;iii^ anil ttif t'liiliiij'. tlii' lirst ami lii'- 
 
 'hi' Mpiia ami Om 
 
 ! ist. iif llivMlf wisii 
 
 h.'l..M'4 ili-ripli.- t\i,li'iUly luM's ,,,„1 "l,! 
 
 "II. .*uiiii' iiiv^icix 
 
 mi Diviiu' tiuth. ■' i'lu 
 If till- 
 
 ilm liili'sl 
 
 lll.lt Wllifll )p,;v 111 
 
 /'/ ami .,;(/ ,if tl 
 
 lIxilU's to cniillllllllK .1 
 
 '/;/u/,aiiil i I ctiiitrasl ami foii1|>'i'liiiii' 
 
 \i>t ; iiml \\x^: l,,,,,)^ 
 >snmnhiti<„ of all tliii 
 
 »• almil' ^'i\l'« l|^ iln. I, 
 
 mwi,'-. His (iiisin'l comirn'mcs "iih 
 I'inly ill till' />,,/(/(//)'///. wluii tlu' vvoi-lil dill ii"i 
 
 Ht'\ihain;i ell 
 
 •cs hy pointiii;,' to tin 
 
 W 
 
 "ll"ll till' Wittl' 
 
 II (ialili'c : iiiiil 
 
 iiiirai'iih 
 
 III till' I: 
 
 ">. •Mill thf rt'uiii .iiiil 1' [iri, of tlu' iSinioin 
 
 •"liiiiii.iii yU\w iiiiracu's wiiicb Jesus diil. 
 
 " wiiif I.I the maniiio-t. f,;isi at I'aii.i 
 
 "•' ■■'l'""' «ivt'- lis till. /„.,■ of our !,„nrs mini. les. iIk 
 
 > «as tiii'iKMl iiit 
 
 ms iliiiuxht .1 ti 
 
 wi\ 
 
 iJ'Ueuf a Seer, a H 
 
 islits at 1 lie sea of |'ih,.r 
 
 las 
 
 n 
 
 i".l'i- hisioiifal stati'iiieiiis. ,.im1 
 
 iiie rhilosopl 
 
 II 
 
 I) 
 
 e over sjienU- 
 
 iiir ; fiti'ihiiiiiig 
 
 both Ml 
 
 ll<"|,'llls Wllii llu- 111 
 
 Mipli'st fifcdom. t 
 
 ;' jindouml ,l,.|,i|,.. ,1,,. „i(,j.>,, 
 
 Imlrwial unsteries. the lol'iie 
 
 111"' siihli.tn.si 
 ihv kiiowledue of (iod 
 ■•milt, .iiid of I 
 His( 
 
 lie ni'.i.iiti.st |),,.,.isi, 
 ^"■;> 111 llH')iliii„s..p|i\ .,i 
 
 ac' uracv wi 
 
 th tin 
 
 lieaxi'ii 
 
 ""'"1' ('liiist.„f(;,„i 
 
 11 ill material deiails will, 
 leaveii —that is to sa \ . i ! 
 
 s providi'iiti.il ''oNeni 
 
 .loidii 
 
 ;?t/ir.'':;-';:'';.!''-''''^'' ■'^'•M.irU.lVoni.lielKU.tiM,. 
 
 Miral 
 
 lai 
 
 '""' 'il^'- St \iatll 
 
 >i 'Hid David 
 
 ii'w s, from ,,iir l.oid s lU'sreiit Ivmn 
 
 ';,'."" ;'J"''.'"'' 'W..<. //,. ,.,,/,/ 
 
 '/ '■ like Si. l.iik 
 
 ^ from tvi 11 A(hiii) ; hut 
 
 1 1 on/ 
 
 hef 
 
 n as 
 
 (■• iliiiii 
 
 And ihat Word. St J 
 
 Wits. •■ In iii^ heiiiiiuin,/ was th' 
 
 i.rr 
 
 ^dl tl 
 
 IIIIS' 
 
 Hill in! I, (I 
 
 I'l 111 
 
 •'(. .1(1./ 
 
 'I'Hi t'.\pluiiis and detim s f.'.r ii 
 ""••i^iiU'.l nature 
 
 " "■•>■< '>{JI)r \,„i 
 
 (/ wv'.v ill III* 
 in like niaiiiier i> 
 
-t U: 
 
 iIiimI In tilt 
 
 iM iif 
 
 s .'u'c ■mill'' 'ii.iii. 
 
 M'.ll III (SM ^^^|ll|| .it nlii'f III sllcll ilijilli ,(' IllfUIl ilit" . and l)t .>U(ll 
 
 i:ii|) l(ll\ -- 
 
 mil ihc ■■ 11...'/ 
 
 iris III, I, I- ffr.s/i." Ami ivtii III llii- 
 
 iliiri- (!(•»( ri|iliiiii of the urci xistfiirc of llic Wrml. Si. .Inliii. imt 
 
 i\ |-.\i';iK Illf llHtll. iMlt ii|l|lilSl"* t'lTur. 
 
 r 
 
 u' |ili liisupliy II 
 
 f I'li.P 
 
 (liri'>. >Mil siiiiM'(|!iiiitl\ of l'liili» till' .I'vv. Iiiid [iliicfd a /.../., .v. 
 
 .|- W II il. -a sccillll (iod [ihllli'Kis I lli'<).s] llc.sidt' tlu' t'lrilinl (ii.iL 
 
 I. .ioliii. sifting the fiiiid,m:riital tintli. that there was a phi alil\ 
 1 riTs.iiis ill liu' (iodiii-ad. from the lituiiaii i-irnr. that tlu'iv was a 
 ■Itiiiiliu o!' (iod->. iiCKiiowh'ilj;cs and trach s the cxisti'iicf of lliat 
 
 ■ I u illi I iiiil, l)iil III it 
 
 • fC.ilid r fi ih'W (Jiid ; III), litil 
 
 ci-rij 
 
 il<.il. 
 
 And iiiilirc hou rcMiirkal)!} ihc-c tialiiivs wliicli we lia\. 
 i^Miird to exist ill t (' ( h.ii'acIiT and xviitiiii:> of tiie '" hi'.oNe. 
 
 li'CiMf 
 
 ire s;icwii in 
 
 his C 
 
 -I 
 
 lis 
 
 ^t■'I•V of tile life of h;^ 
 
 III a d Master lie docs iml i,n\e us a coiiiifi ted iiaiia!i\c ol 
 ir I. Old's doiiiyx ;ind >a\in"'s. hut ratlur a clioi.e sejcttioii of the 
 
 .<! It'll 
 
 larkiliU' lokeiis of his iliviiii' M,ijest\. lo 
 
 iv\m1 111) ver\ 
 
 ilU li\ the II tieeii 'ii^ and doctiiiM-. sii:.':;i'sied h\ ihox' wiuiderhi 
 
 ri'lliri'liCfs. 
 
 m'linsc o 
 
 and u hieh 
 
 secUl 
 
 to liaM' heeii iiienlioiied ehieflv for the 
 
 f |jointiii-j out the n.\steries they syinlio i/.ed. atal the 
 
 luiliv w liK'li lii.^ V)a>ier '.11 eaeli o(i;i>ioii tniiis:>it. 
 
 he miracle ai 
 
 Mie III iniaue !( i-l of Ciiii,! is n-'orded not for its own sukc alone. 
 liul also tor the saki' of i lie weighty words that passed lietweeii 
 li--i:s and his moi licr, and hetwei i, them .oid Ilie seivanl-- at the 
 irast. lutore inanifesiinir |h> ulory at that place. The cure of the 
 iivalid at Melius la having lieen pel t'oiiiied on the Saldiathdax. 
 
 d> 
 
 III 
 
 lil 
 
 \e inaiiiiir, no i as it 
 
 peatediv happens m tlie case o( 
 
 till 
 
 '.v.U!l;i lists) to 
 
 a sill 
 
 saMiu 
 
 hut t 
 
 o a wlidle series o 
 
 -'a!i iiients and iiistruetiims from the Saviour respect inji Mejselt and 
 his itlatioii to the Father. To the aeeoimt of the multiplication . f 
 ! e h*iv s. wliieli is the 'inly miracle recorded h\ tiie other 
 !.\an;ielists w i. h .'^t .lolm re|)eats. and which is evidently repeated 
 lor the followiii'.,' pur|)os(.. there is annexed 'lie suhliiiic dnciriiie 
 'au<{lif l)\ Jcsiis at ( a])eriiaum ti\ which, leadin,' oH' men's t.hou<;lils 
 'rom Ihe'eanlilv and the xis'ii.e, he hiih tl." multitudes which wer-' 
 
 'iwiiii' iiim 
 
 dv for the sake of the nu -f that penslielii, ti 
 
 I:, I 
 
 'mill f,,i 
 
 Ihot 
 
 .// ir/iiih iinhnilh mil" .'cc/n/.v/ /'/.;/ Ii/t- 
 
 liclares of himself, " / 
 he e\es 111 (he niaii I 
 
 thi' hi 
 
 .1 '■/■ hh 
 
 I'he 
 
 aiii 
 
 oii-iina o 
 
 h It h.id heeii blind from his hirth. Is stil! 
 oiitined to -.i siio'le statement of the miracle, and mentioned 
 
 t'U- iis own sake; hut app-ars -.vith all the more iiii|i 
 ' i ciiinstaiiees attending; il, and t-sp; .Mally 
 dialiii'iies thai Iook place hetwecn Jesiis a 
 
 ortaiii 
 
 vvi 
 
 rh all the animate 
 lid the man whom he hai 
 
 Uieil -. 
 
 letween the 1 alter and the 1 harisee 
 
 Old tl 
 
 le tnau's parents on that oecasioii 
 
 hetween the Jews. 
 1 
 
 The same uiav he sad o 
 
 • e suhliine truths tauyflit in coiiiucti'iii with the raisin;,' o 
 
 f l.a/; 
 
 iru- 
 
 Iroiii the <rrave.— the visit (d' Nicodemiis lo our I.ord h) nitflit,— 
 'he meetinu «ilh ihe woman of Samaria at Jacoh's wel.— and tnas. 
 ^uideifulh toil iiii.i' .iiid mystic discomses a' tlie l..i'«t .'*upp'T 
 
■fll^"" 
 
 I'lrt'thiH'ii. timo 
 
 10 
 
 i'lil-ius to nolicc ;\ tilhc of thr iii<';mr(>- -.vhicli alioiiv 
 
 in ])r(iui (if i.iiv stiitcnu'iit nniiIi ic- vd lu 'i,ii ;irc.il r.iimii, tu 
 " ('i-C'iiile wliMU) .K'sus Invi'd,""— tliiit l.i' iiKUv' ili:m ;di Uii' i.lLu 
 (lisfiliU's of I lu- Lt)i(l. \v;is tlu! <:rout r(p(i>^ii('iy ot Mic u,\-< ciiisnt 
 Cluisti;in:ly, iiml tli.il lie iiioic tluin all tin- nilicrs li;is v'S].! .iiif;! mil 
 iTvi'iiled llii'iii. H.ith his (jospcl. lv.> I'lrst l-'.pi-lli' ■>'.:({ ;« s I'xiok ..l 
 Kovi'laiicn uie (i\('r>\ lulinii ;j; Nvilni'sso ■ I'tl'.f f'iicl 
 
 V. 'I'lu'ro is lu>\M-vi'i' dill' (itlicr \H>'v.d of vit'>» i'i wliicli we iI-Mir 
 
 ymi lo ((iriU'iniilat!' tlif "lrtd')V»'(l iliscii)lc," ;'iid in it to discii,; 
 
 iinolh.ir and veiy s!iikiii',' IV at mo, of llic ;i ])in;)rl;il('ncss < f Iv- 
 
 \)eiiii;' till' jiicai I'atron of iMi'cniasoiirv. 'I <> Iniii fnx r,,iiiiiiili,;l lli' 
 
 r'tfi'. iif Ihi iri(l',w mill (•//i/(/// v.v Kroiii llic (•i'o'->< on wliiidi llu- Savinur 
 
 was I'xivi'in}' lie coiniiuMiili'd lnv h iy ni iIIut ti> tl-.r > aic of Si.,Ii)liii, 
 
 who from luMuefonh. happy in haviiii: an opporlniiily of shi'wir^ 
 
 his love to his Lm-ii. •• /,„;/. "/,,/■ tu /u.v -■(*•// li>>int :" wlicic wo aiv toll 
 
 she eoiitiiineil till rev d-utli, fcalrd by liiin with the tlmv iiii4 
 
 atVcciion oi' a son. And ni.iv not the tUin- vjason. jm'nt his sneii 
 
 to he widow and orplian children to yonr F'ati'rnity, ai'd comnv.l 
 
 them to yom eave, in the a«.sured ci)ntiiieiice ihat'xon will lielp, 
 
 protect, and relieve thiMn? Is it not vonrs to hind n*p the lnokea- 
 
 heaited. to rescue die helpless and ihe'oriih.m fmni tlie ) rovpect el 
 
 wunt and ruin, and to eoud'ovt an<l shiehl the wuh^w in alllictimis 
 
 hour? 
 
 c!i 
 
 liaractiT. 
 
 hour? 
 
 Such ihen. arc s^mc of the features of St. J. din's 
 
 markm- him ntl' as U.o '• disciple whom .lesns loved." and >hc«ini: 
 
 inu >'iFopruUeness of Masons makini: 1dm tin ir I'a.tnio and raiten; 
 
 _ Let us not nna-ine. ihereloi-e. .h:,t w.- are eonfomdiiu' I" ■' '>"''''' 
 
 H!le_convenli.mality of „ur Onler wliei, wo comnieoiovate i.is 
 
 anniversary,-vvhen we ass nv le, in (diediem e f. ancient ensloni, 
 
 ooflerouryea,lytrd,ute,,f veneration upon the altar of Masonry. 
 
 Z.1^^'^!:\T'^'T'P''^ ""^' ^vhose'preee,,ls an.l instntctio s 
 
 1 s I ; m"" "*■ ^'='^""'T itself. ^ Nor nms, we tiiink our 
 
 ; endinier't ''' ""•" ^^'H' i"du>sed duties perfovtiied. by the 
 
 so C h '''^ """' '''"•"^' '•-->"-"V. into wireh .nir 
 
 •'{JreatI.i,dUs''of C, ^^ ^ ."^"^ ^^-^^ >^='ve hee.i tan,,hl hy the 
 
 of the several and so "d ;, ! tT' "*'' "^"'.T ^'"•''''''>' "•'""""^'' "^ 
 l^^l'ov i" the moKd work I V^^' l"'^-^''''''^' On no .la.y can onr 
 the true >lason's nrindl! '''"""^•>' '"' '"'^'•'•' '^'•''^y 'i'f"""l-'"- 
 
 desiiined for him mum omT"'*' ,'*"'"''"^ ''^ '^ ^^"^^' "*' ''^^' ''■'"'' 
 ussembles us to-ethe" Z '!'"'"' •'''''' '"""''• '1'"" "'^ '''''» ^^'^'''^ 
 do honour to the name of on '' "."^''r^V "^ int'iuls and brothers." to 
 of our Order, and u, h;, "f'';''7"l>'^l>^ Nv:ts the bright exatiiplar 
 Freemason's creed ami duty ^•n''* t.rinisnntted to posterity the 
 received IVnm him, and aslttiini' '"'** '>''*'thren. is what we bive 
 .society. PnuiY. AM, vxiv;.i:'"''''"'^^^^ the vitality and sonl - f our 
 U.MVtUSAl, UKNLVOl.KNci.- \u 1 ''l'"^'' "^' *'ll MMIIY, VinTlK AM> 
 
 " -^"il 1 lU'cd srurcely remark, that, in 
 
 [claiuiiii^ 
 Inicn, we 
 llu reco>;i| 
 lillu^traliil 
 lliiiul our: 
 ltd conM'il 
 Ibcfore ihl 
 Ibody— lU 
 leur'faithl 
 
 luiul iio A 
 Ithe cereij 
 ^lurselve^ 
 I depend tl 
 have l(ib\ 
 [v^qiironi 
 I will niee 
 proiiorlii 
 [denuunli 
 I place in 
 I mission 
 I this all 
 j histnicl 
 I creeds. 
 i which is 
 iiuth" 1. 
 ; guides t 
 I which hi 
 (ipeaks I 
 aids hiir 
 Uuoms 
 r.ot to 
 I cluiracti 
 I own exi 
 i hefare 
 nature, 
 cnlij,dit 
 tli.e ro 
 symbo 
 tiial tl 
 " furni 
 of a L' 
 illustr; 
 as he 
 1 to wh' 
 ill till 
 
 f 
 
11 
 
 chiiniiii}^ to ourselves a. Patron no cmiiieiuly superidr to oidiinuy 
 
 'men, wv assumo n<> liumhlo ^rouud in tlie scale of inonil exciUaiice. 
 
 ilii ii'co^ni/iny ill his life, maimer, leaeluii;^, and spirit, iinjjressive 
 
 |ilhistrations of the }j[reat duties of the l)roiherliood wu vcessarilv 
 
 'liiiul ourselves to hij,'li accountability ;— and in publicly uiideilakinj^ 
 
 to (()u>ecrate a day in reverence of liis holy ,ife, we are Hoatin^ 
 
 bi'torc tho eyes of the uninitiated — always a critical aiul censorious 
 
 bully— the glorious haniu'r mi «hich is inscribed onr inisson i.iid 
 
 (lur faith. May these reflections then arise to us, and inlluence us, 
 
 luiul jic) alonj; with us durinj^ our Masonic journey tln'oii;;h li!e, from 
 
 tlio ccnnnonies and eiij^agements to wiiich we have to-day conimitlKl 
 
 .(I'.nsulves. May wo he forcibly reminded thereby, that upon us 
 
 (li'piMul tlie prosperity and value of Masonry here ; — that we eacii 
 
 have liib'iiir to ])erN)rm, and that our work must sqii'iie to meet the 
 
 requirements of the (hent Uvei.se.cr. No rou^li inijierfect nslihr 
 
 I will meet with his acceptance. The same exactness of fiuisii and 
 
 Miioportion recjuired for the inal^'rials I'f tiie earthly temple will be 
 
 (leiiKuulcd of us when ofl'erinjif our minds "as lixiny stones for a 
 
 [place in that spiritual huildinj;,' not made «ith hands." And it is the 
 
 lini-sion of Masonry, as I understand it— to help and direct, us in 
 
 jthis all-important undertakinj,r She ])roftsscs not. indeed, to 
 
 instruct her children in any particular system of etiiics, views, or 
 
 creeds. Hut acts rrither as the hand-maul of reli;iioii.— thai lelijiion 
 
 which is universal, and which rests on the T^o jrieat commandnuMils 
 
 in th" ],aw. She points to certain moral principles and laws, and 
 
 guides the faltering steps of man to that ever iiowin;; fountain from 
 
 I whicji his hopes of temporal and etermd liai)piness are drawn She 
 
 ppeaks to him in no ehillinf;- words of formal ceremony,— but she 
 
 aids him in his efforts. Si.e throws open the doors of her Lodye 
 
 I Koums and welcomes ihe wtu'thy to lier embrace. She asks him 
 
 I not to jrivm u|)on heartless forms, iiUe meetiiif,'s, or unmeaning'- 
 
 churacteis. With leverental awe she leads him to the .■<niiir<; of her 
 
 own existence, and bids him fjather sireni/fh from tlie (iiiKAT l-K.iir 
 
 before hiui. From thence he learns tiie darkness of his m->riil 
 
 nature, and those "reat duties, the practice of wliich can alone 
 
 tnli^diten him, and make him a wiser and a belter man. He sees in 
 tile room in which he stands, the j-iorious temple of Jeiiovaii 
 
 liis soul is start ed with f erememorance 
 ■" '■" "■- him. From the "" 
 
 symholi^ed to his mind, and hi 
 that the " all-seeinij eve" is on 
 
 coveruif,'," the 
 d flo .r' 
 
 txist," meetiiifj on the level <if a commoi - . 
 
 fiiith, a common hope, ami a common charity ; bound toj,'etnei . 
 the indissoluble ties of fraternal love, strengtlienni- eacii oiheis 
 
 :^<.ai^#ilittiiil 
 
msf^ 
 
 '^^^ 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 I 
 
 wcaViic^iscs. (uid iissiiji^iii^ cac'li others sorrnws, ijctith rcprox iiw^ 
 ♦•ai'Ii mlurs fail!' f.'>>'. an-' cxU'ihIiiil; tlu' liaii'l u[ iiiiiv<'is<il h-'iicclinct 
 til tilt" wlio'ij family <it' mm. Sucli are the iinpressicuis wliich a 
 J.oil^'croom, IS iiiti'iideil. is caienhited. ami oir.'ht to leave npajR 
 every \IaMit\'> miml. Me who refjards it (.t!ier«ise — vie\v< it uh req^ 
 lis a |)laee assij^nMl for idleness, case, or ])leasure. — to while aw ly 
 the iiHiMctoiiy of an eveitiii;,', or to i>rijj;iiteii himself in the ceremomtiU 
 1111(1 formal features of the order, is hut uowiiKtlhj a mason — 
 aeUimwledNinir no sympatliy vith the iir.]iressive teach ii)f,'s oif 
 Masonry, ami is fdse to the olili^ations to wliich lie has deliiierately 
 hound himself. ' Tlnil l"'reeniasonry (if such ihere lie") writes a 
 (listinu'uiNhed Masonic Author, "which comes short of niaUinir iJl 
 pr)ss( s^ois wiser and hettt'r im ii — which ( (intents itself with anything 
 siiort of hrin^Mu;,' forth from its l.odges the fruits of charity; 
 rij^hteousiiess and |)eace, — which fails to brin;,' its members bettet 
 ac(piaintc(l with their duty t<i God. their country, and themselves} 
 kikIi Masonr\ may well (piestion the f,'emiineiiess of its teaehinfMU, 
 and may advantaj;eously he dispelled with. The •• (ireot Liijhw^ 
 has not slud its rays upon such a l,odge: and the sooner the tapat 
 which 'hrows its sic;dy and delusive sjlimmer around its altar if 
 extiiiLruishcd, t!ie better will it be for all concerned, and especially 
 fir those who love the idd institution in sincerity and truth." 
 
 May it be oirs to re.ilizc 
 Jiod'^e and brotherhood. 
 
 ucli a beautiful ideal of a Masonii 
 
 
■'^n? 
 
 l'('J)!'n\lt 
 f'/'Cfi/rilt 
 
 p uliicli n 
 leave' iipc 
 |< it iiirrel 
 iiilc awi 
 
 !'<'l(Mll')Ilit 
 
 It i)i;iviiii4?^' 
 luliin-s of 
 [<'lil)cr:iti'ly 
 
 ) \M-itr-; a 
 
 |'.li:ikiii- iu 
 
 li aiiyiliiiia 
 
 |ol ciiaiity, 
 
 luT.s lictter 
 
 luMiisclves; 
 
 toacliMijji 
 ri'f Liijkt 
 !• Ilic fiipl 
 ts nltar ill 
 
 t'sl)ec'iallj>'i!? 
 ith." 
 
 a Masoiiii