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EXT:

KiXGS, XIX c, 9 va. " What

We

ri

doest thou here, Elijah

\"

Iiavc all (ioubtless

heard the words of this text

one of the preacher's favourites, often
used bj iiiin .vheii he wislies to reeall any of
us to
forjrotteii (iyties, or desires to set before
us higher aiini,
and new views as to onr responsibilities.
But tiiou{,di a

mauy

times.

It is

well worn text, it is not worn out.

And I have a fancy
that it may be possible this evening to treat
it
in a

somewhat new way.

have done
text

evil,

nor timt

not necessary that we should

n:et any good out of onr
should iiave been forgetful, in order to

before

wc

It is

we can

By nit-ans ol this (juestion, which

Almighty 'Jod addressed to the prophet Elijah, the best
man may remind himseH that he should continue to livb
up to his character. It warns the hasty, the rash, the
incautious, to guard against dangers of whicli they
mny
not be aware and it says to every one alike, "Consider
your ways and be wise." " Look to your feet." It is so
easy to turn to the right hand or to the left from
the
Straight Line
to swerve from the Upright, to deviate
from the Square or fronj the Level. And therefore, no
man on earth need be offended when asked to give an
answer to the question " What Ioest thou here r' Nor
think it beyond his duty to assure himself that hia works
sre like the good man's whom tiie Psalmist praises by
saying, " His work is worthy to be praised and had
ni
honour, and his righteousness enduieth forever his horn
Btiniidate our energies.

hall be e.xalted l(h honour."

There

is

a little peculiarify

abunt our "assembling

of ourselves together" tliis eveinii<r. vvhii-Ii (to my luiiid)

text.
jiivtrt additional {'oire to tliifi q'lt'stioii of o ir
And it is aUo tlie
knokv that tliis is the House of (Jod.
How forcibly tlHTef.)re the text
ot Prayer.
iloui" What doest thou nore
Hero
appeals to each of us.

We

For what purjjo.se does

Here
1)0 ^taud on a hij?h place, prominent aujong you ?
ller are not a few
are many ot our Hdual Congregation.
Here are also those to whom you }^ive at
Stranjjers.
this time a special welcome because they jtiipear amonp;
vou tor the hrst time in their character cf "Free and
Accepted Masons." H we were to put tin questiim of
our te.xtto them, I well know what their s.nswer would
First, to upho d the lionoiu|..__" Our aim is twofold.
and ji'iory of Him who created this Universe and all that
Who, tliongh He " dwelleth not in Temples
is within it.
and filleth earth and also llleaven with
with
luuids,"
-made
(for instance)

His

the Preacher.

is

yet

Presence,

liuildings

has

sanctioned

and such Services

within

praises offered

eneourajie every

work

their
ot

as

the

these,

of such
the

Ami, stcondly,

walls.

man which

use

acc;.'ptin<?

is

for the

to

benelit of

uphold order, to promote charity to

that there is (or should be.) between
man and man, however wide apart in every other matter.
If any man love Uod, Fie .will also lovo to put himself in
Therefore, these our f<iends are here
God's Presence.
with us to-nijjht a;id we are encouraged by their eominr
Let us t^ay to them,
to our little C'hurch on the Hill.
" W'e are glad to see you here, and hope you will continue
to prosper HI your undertakings, and one day come among
his brother-n>ar)

slren-rtiien the

to

Bond

us again."
to ask any regular Church-goer,
it necessary
For not
I should hope n )t.
duest thou here?"
a Sunday passes over our hctds, but we ure told the
Unless we
object with which all are exppctcd to come.
Is

"

What

itly
pe jisteni

Why

do

come

to

Church'?

To "acknowledge and

confess my iHanift)ld sins ami wickedness, to the end that

same, by God's iidinite
I njay obtain forgiveness of the
goodness rnd mercy." To " render Him thanks for the

to et
preat Wenefits that 1 linve received flt His linntU
to hear His most holj
forth his most vvortliy praise
Word and to ask tluwe tliiii;;s which are requisite and
This is the
necesaary, as well for tle hody as tl.e soul.
true answer yoii sliotiUi be able to j-Mve tt) the question of
And t will be well
the text, " VVhat (U)est tliou here" ?
;

'

each to consider hosv far we

fall short of such ;mi

be (for we are ail imperlect) that we have
some amoM}4 us from time to time, who cannot with truth
those who come to
Tliere are th
{^ive the answer required.
ehnichontof curiosUif, to hear what the Preacher will
ov out of
or out of raniti/, to see or be seen
say
To all such,
//ejfess, because tiiey iiave nothinj^ to do.
" What docst thou
the text applies witii special force.

for us
ideal.

It

may

Don't h>rget that ' the Lord is in this place,"

here" ?
Call to mind the
e>en thonj^h you knew it nut.
astonishment with whicij the patriarch Jacob realized the
'"
How Hveadful (he
awtulm'cs of the Divine Presence.
none otluT but the
is
This
place
exclaimed; is this
House (d' CJod, and this is the CJate of Heaven."
" My brother Masons In reminding tl e Congregation of the Reverence which iu due to the Sanctuary, I
your Principles,
I know
urn sure I have yo-ir approval.
uphold the Honour
and that you are bound by them
!

of the tjirtat Arclutect of all, an l'.m) the Sole)nity, the

Dignity, the Beauty, and the v)rder of His worship,
lint these Principles are not the fashion of our times.
The Building which should be the House of God, is in
these days treated too much as a Concert Hall or Lecture
Room, and not after the ancient pattern given us by the
wise King Solomon. Y(M1 will rcmeud)er how great was the
How he placed
zeal of that noble King for God's glory.
Two PiLLAKS of more than common size and beauty,
Sentinels (as it were) keepin^'^ guard over the holy House
which he had built. How he adorned that House with
a..r>n/>i1 uviiihni uiif) Aittttlpiii of lliiiurA
nivKtprious
,

Mud hidden from

sisiht.

Hoa' he ordered every part of

the Services with dignified trrangement and harmonious

And you have not forgotten that God
aids to devotion.
accepted the Builder "Him>elf, the House, and the

6
Woi-!.i|)
while one el tlie lafer IVcphetc I.,m
left oti
ren.nl those words j.Iso, t.. be kept in
oh ,n..iv l)v all
f?eneiati().,8 of men
"The Lonl i i>, His l)lv TeiMole
let all the earth kee|) silenee betore
Iliiu."
*' I
am sure therelure, that I may ask v .11 (in tlie^^e
protaiie days) to use your InHaeiiee
nii<,ditirv at all times
to show disapproval of the levitv
hieli j's the pn-sent
ashion, especially ammiir yoi.t.^r
people and to promote
by every means in
power, a smrit
y
f Ueverenee
toward the tliino;s of (i,,.| and Heaven".
It
is
trne ron
do not now build Churches, ^et you
CHi.not lose the
spinrot ancient days, and still remain
woiihv of vonr
foreialhws in .Masonry.
Th' Symbolism (.f ihe Lod^e
and the .Symbolism of the Church are
very simih.^indeed, we may claim for tht'in that
they arr purts (like'
(he two sides of a coin) of one and
;

(hesame-rand Whole

lou lead us to the end of this liCe, and bid

.is hope and
wait f.,r better things.
'J7u' C/nuch reveal.- those
ihin-r,
Jis Diyine tertamties, which
no man, nor brdv of uien
cjin had lor themselves.
The question "What <loesi'
thou here?' reminds yon also that yo
have somethiii<.

to liohl last to,

and somethin<r more to tin,t. Let Heli-iun

be indeed your Teacher of a Symbolism
whit^h will .ruide

your life, until its mysteries are revea

ed to y"u in
those happy days to come, when
thin-s which " now -e
know in part, then we shall shall know even
as also we
are known."
.vou ail

niay be your infiuenee in

directin-r
matters of Relii<ion
If vou turn the
question upon yourself and ask " What
can I do here ?"
answer, More o;ood, perhar>s, than
,.'^';;\^'''"''l'l'^

n nblic Opinion
,

in

you are aware of.

\V hie the silly crowd follow
evil fashions, profane
the
Sunday, despise (Jo.l, nejjiect the Bible,
absent themselves
from labile Worship, or turr, it
into mere amusement
:>nd
astime, yon set a better exiunple.
At conshlerable
srK-denial you have come ht-re you
carry in your midst
tie Volume of Sacred Law.
the e.ubh,,. r.f v,.,...
obedience
To ea. h andllo(you I may 8av.;n''the
H Olds ot St. James: "Whoso luoketh
;

into

L;,.v ol Liberty,

and continueth therein

the Perfect
he bein.* not n

forgetful hearer, but a door of

the
be Idessfd
his deed.

wo

this

man

sh.ll.

But, k'fure I conclude, I should

like to put hePore
few more thou-hfs. dnmn f.-om
our text in a
ifferent wuy.
Simple i.s it is, easy to be rea<l by a
chil.l.
.t IS a grand speeeh,
worth/ (,f Hi,,, whose Voice it wn5.
U hat doe-st tho here. Elijah ? It is God'.s call fu
man
to evenj man
mt to one u)ore than another; but to
innn as man hecaa.^e he is
ina;i.
Man hiniM-lf in a
masome symbol.
represents a n.vstery.
.vou

<

'

He was

n.a.i. in the io,a;reof (iod."

Therefore n.an is here on

representing/, as far as may be,
Hin, whose end.iem
ami symbol he is. Of course the
finite cannot equal
he .nlin.te.
No syud.ol can exactly bo the likeness of
'" h,

hat which

It

con.lescension

Mated

represent,.
.,f

Hut so

the .\lnn-hty,

an actual

has been the

f/.-eat

that this which

have

"What is man, that thou art

'''""""' "^, '"'". " H' '>n of man
that thou visitest him^
ll.ou made-st him a little
lower than the an-els, thon
iN.st crowned him with
ghu-y and honor; th.m hast
,s

tact.

put

thmjrs
s.d)jection under his feet."
Ves, indeed
there IS no other visible ima^^e
of Cod but man; weak'
alien, depra ed as he i.s
Oo<i bear.s with man, and'
hlosses hnn, has p.ty upon him
and pardons him, camiot
cease t., loye iim, and will not
cast him off, because
(such as he is) he is the masonic
symbol of the Huler uf
all

all,

Cod 8 Representative on eartli. And this

is also
we may be sure, why. when de.ils, who

the
sinned

ic-iuson,

once, have never forgiveness,

to Man was given the
honour o w.nnin.:,^ u.ru.'s salv.ition
and He was^sent into
the world to save it who is both
(Jo,l and man
the true
N)n of man man as he ou'fht to have
been perfect,
Jnly

just

rue.

haMour of

brother mun who tinsts in

Him'
Head of that other great mystery the Church
the pled-e
^een by fa.th, vyhich supports
the dying and enables them'
to tnu.Kph m their passage
from the seen to the un.seM
An iiiLs being HO, how ibrcible the question
of our text
.-.ppears,
viewed in such a light.
" What doest
thou
Here./
A man, and therefore bound by every law
of
C^ud and man to be a man worthy
of the name of man
his

to liave

Mill]

"I

niiml tho Psalmi-rt's

t'ontiniml.'.T in

heh.uo myself 'wisely in a perft-ct

walk within tiiy house with "a perfect heart.

no

will

rcsolro,

v ay.

will'

Twill take

thing in hand.
I
will not know a wicla-H
drm't aoe lii)W a MavSon can fail to perceive
the force of all this.
But let us heap np proofs that it is
wickt'il

person."

so.

"

1. Take man ns God has put the Plumb-i 'Nk to him.

God made man nprijjht." The old sphinx mvuie him out

to be a very strange creature; walking on fur legs In

the morning, on two Ht noon, and on three in ihe evening.
First a creeping baby, Ih in tipiight, and at iast needing
the help of a stick.
Hut the intention ot (Jod is that

Erect

Man

shall

unfailing God.

represent

That

He

is

to

la;

the

unerring,

unraltering,

man's chanictcr:

uf)riglit,

not to "worm" liiuis* If into any

advantage by creeping or crawling in dirty or fiilse ways;
Me should not " stoop" to shameful practices. Since God
has set liim upright by nature, lie is bound to keep himself
as upright as possible by the help of that " plumb-line" of
sincere,

true.

Scripture which

may

say, "

is

God

has given him.

ikcause of the

frailty

of

kuovv

)nr nature'

that

some

we cannot

always stand npright."

Hat what is the promise ? Is it

not " Strength" for every need i
U it not ' He will
establish" and makt; Hnn those that trust in
Him ?
When you hear the (luostion, "What doest (hou here?"
Look to your perpendicidar
A man who is u(t upright
in conduct is no man, but n grovelling worm
and a
Mason without uprightness is a uontradictiou and (one
would hope) an impoMsibilitj.
!

2.

Take

man

again, as

God

has

Lkvklled

him.

Mixing in the world, wc tind men of every level.

High,
low rich, poor
no two exactly alike.
Yet, looking
upon man, as he is in himself withcmt tha accidents
which surround him uil are equal coming into the
world alike, and going out of it alike ijiso, "We
brought nothing into this world and we can ci;rry nothing
(Hit."
What then have wc to be pnmd of? What hast
thou that thou didst not receive?"
Let tie grandest,
;

the richest, thr wisest look back to that moii.cnt uo

loii'^

aj;<), when he lay a naked new-born

babr on the kind Isip
of some reiider-heartt'd nurse
and siibdne hh pride,
know himself for what he is. and ri'alizs his trne level,
as
(Jod created hinj.
And in a similar manner, i( he feels
;

inclined to boast of what

a thing could destroy his

world, be nothinq;

in the

lie

him think how small

soon lie will have iiothinj,'
the world but a heapof tlust"
has, let

life

in

memory which (|uic:vly fades away, l.ct him look at

many a <,'riiss-grown grave, many a weather-beaten
and defaced monument of ancient days and consider,
that as hi- is.uiuible to dis'jover even the
)ie of the man
who hes beneath so, others will one day enquire about
what is left of him when death has taken hin) awav.
a

Masonry

understands these things

and the Church
understands them also. These wisely pm. us all on
cue
level.
One Service for rich and p(or alike, whatever the
<iecaeion l)e
one Entrance foi prince or peasant into
;

the niystiu tirotherliood

Once more,

.'J.

The

sijuare consists

in either.

(mh] has
if

two

made man on
at

lines,

the

Squake.

angles with
each other.
And there are but two natural Directions in
which to consider man's condition. At Rest, he
stands
iipiight; in movement, he goes forward.
Combine the
two, and y.m see the character of man, formed
on the
square.
Can you think of him in life as going backwards,
sideways, turning round and round any wav but
straight
ri<ht

f^orward

Forward

throu<.di all the

changes of his bcinw;

forward in knowledge, in wisdom, (o the goal at whidi
he is aiming.
Why, all his members, all the instruments
of the body are diiectcd forward
The eyes in front,
?

looking neither sheepishly down, norslily ou one

side, nor
l)eli,iiid
but boldly and steadfastly belore l.im. 'tIic
hands, formed either to reach out to help or to
<Mve. or
widely extended to embrace in affection and
runport.
The feet pointing onward, intended to move in one
direction only, nd tiiat forward.
And if this be so, liow
appropriate in the character of man, as described by
St.
Paul, when he is resolved to act thus in accordance
with'
his true nature.
"One thing I do: forgetting those
things which are bk'hind, and reaching forth to
;

tho^'e

10

which are berore,

of the high

cu!li.,<r

press

to^ra,.^

tl,c

mark

God i Christ Jos.h

we may Mop. I couM go
of

f.r the nrlie

^

Here I think
ui,, did tim.
pernm, to remind each Brother, in
office or c.tc^officT
what a strong appeal .,nr text makes
to hi.n o c ..^^ ';
the object for which he is
what ho is. The Master the
Wardens, the 'l>der in fact
"
?" ,'

tC

What does
each position
Not for yourself are vou vvh.t
vouare
b .t ^.r the Lodge and the
Brethren.
Uphold the
of o hers
sink jour own will lor the
g. ,d o^ tl e
Brethren love not to have the
Pre-eniinenct
but, if yu
huve It given you, use it well. "
Let this n.ind he in esZ
ne f us which was i Christ
Jesus."
Who bein^. in ti e
form of Cod, set no special
ralue on his hi^h pos ii f
o^^ grasped at It
too eagerly; bt on the
e<,, ^rar^
e
Hnnselt of no reputation, and took
upon him the f-orm
:

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a servant
in

Him,

..u, ,d!

due

and was made

theref<

,t

glory

e the
f

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in the likeness

true

of men."

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Seeincx

Image of God. the pltte

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and thanks and

praise, for ever an.l ever.

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