New Temple At Greenock.

notable addition to the architecture of the town . It is three storeys in height , constructed of red sandstone brought from Wemyss Bay , and contains a hall measuring 45 feet by 42 feet , Lodge room , and rooms for Committee , Officials , preparation of candidates , and Tyler . The architects are Messrs . Boston , Menzies and Boston , Greenock aud Alexandria , and the work throughout has been executed by local contractors .

The Lodge was opened afc four o ' clock , and a reception of delegates from sister Lodges and from Provincial Grand Lodge followed . After prayer and praise , the consecration elementscorn , wine , and oil—were sprinkled on the Lodge room . The ceremony was followed by a harmony meeting , at which a number of Masonic toasts were proposed and responded to .

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GREAT TRUTHS PLAINLY TOLD .

By S . T . Rowe Grand Orator Grand Lodge of Arkansas , In "Voice of Masonry . " FEEEMASONBY is a moral institution , established by virtuous men , wifch the praiseworthy design of recalling to our remembrance the most sublime truths , in the midst of

innocent and social pleasures , founded on Liberality , Brotherly Love , and Charity . " It is also said of Masonry thafc " it is a beautiful system of morality , veiled in allegory , and illustrated by symbols . " But truth is ita centre , a study of which leads Masons to a correct knowledge of the Great Architect of the Universe , and

the moral laws which He has ordained for their government . Independent of God , there is no knowledge , no wisdom and no truth ; in Him they ultimate and without Him they cannot exist . It is impossible for man to discover a truth which has not always existed , therefore , we say the truths of Masonry are co-essential ,

co-eval and co-eternal with the Supreme Ruler of the Universe . The principles of Freemasonry have survived the fall of man , fche destruction of the flood , and the confusion of language ; yea , the idolatry , the ignorance , the superstitions , the intolerance , the bigotry , the malice , the inquisition , the prisons , the wars , the fires ,

the famines , tbe diseases , the bellowing hurricanes , the rushing cyclones , the thundering volcanoes , the jarring earthquakes , the heat and the cold of the world . Indeed , they have witnessed the rise and fall of empires , and the decay of republics ; breathed in the Garden of Eden , and brushed the dews from the heaven-born

flowers ; rejoiced afc the cradle of new-born nations , and wept over the graves of sleeping heroes ; rode triumphant on the waters of the mighty flood , and helmeted the everlasting mountains ; spanned the mighty oceans , and planted the banner of Masonry in every clime and nation under the sun . Masonry has tamed

the savages , helped to civilise nations , established law and order , upheld personal liberty and human rights , patronised the liberal arts and sciences , disseminated knowledge and wisdom , proclaimed the universal brotherhood of man , and the great central truth , one eternal and immutable Grand Master of Heaven and Earth ,

to whom every Mason owes his unswerving and undying allegiance . Like all truths , the principles of Masonry are founded on the everlasting granite rock , and neither kings , princes , potentates , devils , or imps of bell , seraphim or cherubim of

Heaven can mar or shake them . If God , in His infinite wisdom , saw fit to sweep from the face of the earth every human being , and with the touch of His omnipotent finger blot out the earth , sun , moon , stars , planets and worlds , still the principles of Masonry would survive .

The study of Masonry leads man to the correct knowledge of God , the correct knowledge of God leads to the true worship of Him , and the true worship of Him places man in harmony with all that is true and good , enlarging his powers for

usefulness in every avocation , station , position or condition in life , thereby fitting him for citizenship , in whom we find a true neighbour , a generous friend , and a clear cut and well defined power of " circumscribing his desires and keeping his passions in due bounds . "

Every emblem , principle and tenet of Masonry has been baptised with truth , robed in the purest garments , freed of errors and crowned with the most beautiful wreath of undying wisdom . This is true to him only , who , by industry , diligence and perseverance will have it so . He who is satisfied with a knowledge of esoteric Masonry alono knows but little of the many sublime

truths contained within her sacred precincts , which stand in the pathway of industry and diligence , weeping to be taken in , that they may not only adorn aud beautify , but become " as living stones for that spiritual building—that house not made with hands , eternal in the Heavens . " We touch not an emblem , or a principle , or a tenet in Masonry , but that it vibrates to God . Since the fall

of man the world has been reeling , rocking and swaying under two dynamic forces . All fche good is attributable to the one , and all the evil to the other . An incessant and an irresponsible conflict is raging within each individual between good and evil , right and wrong , truth and error , Heaven and hell , God and tha

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devil . The seething , writhing , frothing , howling and hissing forces of hell are continually hurling their horrid lances , wrought in the infernal forges , and steeped in tho cesspools of vice and crime , like thunderbolts against every citadel of truth in the human soul , but the great truths of Masonry , heeded , constitute

a security within , and an impregnable fortress surrounding the human soul , against which the weapons of evil fall , broken and shattered , at our feet , and are as harmless as the atoms which dance in the sunbeams aud nestle against our window panes . Masonry is a great highway , leading from wrong to right , from

error to truth , from evil to good , and from earth to Heaven . It is the champion of wisdom , strength , beauty , virtue and purity , and the eternal enemy of ignorance , weakness , ugliness , libertinism , vice and corruption . " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom , and the man that getteth understanding , for the merchandise of it is

better than the merchandise of silver , and the gain thereof than fine gold . She is more precious than rubies ; and all the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her . " " The fear ( love ) of the Lord is wisdom ; and to depart from evil is understanding . " The Mason has God ' s own material with which to

construct his spiritual building ; material evolved from his own omnific mind , washed and made pure in the water of the river of life , and burnished by the exquisite touch of the seraphic hosts of Heaven . Why , then , should a Mason use this heaven-born material for any other than grand and glorious purposes ? If he

is true to the teachings ot the Order and true to himself , his whole being is dominated and ruled by the Grand Master of all worlds , and wherever you find him , at all times and under all circumstances , he is a valiant soldier in the front ranks , battling for home , for family , for good society , for education , for all the noble

and useful institutions , for law and order , for human rights and good government . We are told that " the foundations of King Solomon's temple were laid at a profound depth , and consisted of stones of immense size and great durability . They were closely mortised into the rock , so as to form a secure basis for the substantial erection of the sacred edifice . " So it is with the true

Mason ; he reaches the almost unfathomable depths of his own soul , and here he places the living stones of Brotherly Love , Belief , Truth , Fortitude , Prudence , Temperance and Justice , whose exacfc weight God alone knows , and by them his soul is mortised into that of the great God of the Universe , and upon this foundation he builds for time and eternity , for God and Heaven .

Masonry has always taught that there is but one God , who is omnific , omnipotent , omnipresent and omniscient ; without beginning or ending of days , from everlasting unfco everlasting , eternal and immutable . It has maintained this great truth with undying fidelity and unequal courage through all the dark ages ,

vice , ignorance and superstition of the world . We of this day are unable to fully realise the great struggle Masonry had in order to successfully uphold and transmit this great truth . The world was flooded with gods and goddesses innumerable—so much so , until men and whole nations had lost the true God . Fanaticism ,

intolerance , ignorance and superstition rolled back and forth over the world , mounted by imps of tbe infernal regions , under whose merciless sway millions succumbed , and the world was made red with the blood of the innocent . In order to appease the wrath or gain the love of the gods made of wood , stone , iron , brass ,

silver and gold , or of some uncouth , unclean or slimy monster , which could neither love nor hate , the most heart-rending , diabolical and fiendish crimes were committed . Masonry , by the help of that One to whom she clung , came forth triumphant , with her robes unspotted by crime , or unstained by the blood of the innocent .

Nature has always taught the true worship of God ; that He is a spirit , and as such must be worshipped in spirit . While the human body is the temple in which the real and only man dwells , ifc is the imperative duty of all to shield and protect it from intemperence , corruption and the vices of the world ; yet God

does not hang the destinies of the soul upon the outward appearances of the body , bub He goes to the centre of tbe soul and weighs each motive from the years of accountability until the temple shall have fallen , and from these the true history of life is written . It was the true spirit of worship which moved God to

accept the offering of Abel , while the spurious or untrue spirit caused Him to reject that of Cain ; yet , to all appearances , from a human standpoint , Cain may have made greater preparations for his offering than Abel . Henceforth , two distinct lines of worship are traceable iu the history of the world . The spirit

manifested by Abel has , at all times , remained with the good and the true , and has been and is the defender of truth , right , law and order , civilisation , progression , virtue , knowledge , wisdom , and all that is good , while that manifested by Cain has been and

is the' leader of error , of wrong , of lawlessness , of stagnation , of vice and crime , of ignorance and superstition , of idolatry , and of all that is evil . The former , Masonry has always espoused with unsuppressed devotedness , and the Mason knows that formalities are foolishness and an abomination in the sight of the Lord ; thafc