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The Well Of Truth;
iii consequence of a vague tradition that Us waters were uwakolsome , and most dangerous to drinlc . The stone which covered it was sealed with three seals , namely , Mystery , Authority , and Supineness ; but Honestas , undismayed by their supposed power , applied the lever of integrity to the fulcrum of good intentions , and raised the superincumbent mass sufficiently to enable him to taste ofthe waters beneath , which having testedand found sweetfull of medicinal virtuescooling to the
, , , brain , strengthening to the eyes , and invaluable to ihe understanding , he hurled back the ponderous covering , NEVER TO BE REPLACED . The invigorating properties of the water so cheered tbe labourers , that in a short time the hitherto barren tract gave signs of fertility , and their numbers encreased . Many blind , who , impelled by curiosity , came and tasted of the well , were restored to sight , and Brethren from far distant landshearing of its virtuessent for the precious draught . The
, , Grand Master , Opiniatus , alone viewed the proceeding of the workmen with an unfavourable eye . The utility of the design was too apparent to permit its being openly condemned ; but its progress was arrested by the expression of a fear , that , reducing the hitherto barren tract to cultivation , would drain the necessary moisture from the two fair gardens already established , and consign the trees with which they were lanted to gradual decay . Such an inionfrom so high an
p op , authority , caused many to withdraw awhile from the undertaking , and was received with the utmost respect by Honestas and his friends , who agreed to suspend the progress of their labour till the experience of the coming year should verify the truth or error of the Grand Master ' s prediction . To their ioy , they found that , instead of injuring the gardens ,
as was anticipated , their fertility wonderously increased , the year which followed their enterprise proving more productive than many which had preceded it . Thus fortified by experience , they resumed their labour , and each succeeding year proved the usefulness of their plan ; the waters from the ever-gushing well refreshed them under their toil and difficulties , and , aided by industry and perseverance , gradually spread fertility around . Opiniatus , seeing that while the labourers continued to be refreshed
by the miraculous waters of tbe well that they would never abandon an enterprise which was planned by integrity , charity , and usefulnesswhose utility had been admitted—whose practicability demonstrateddetermined upon again sealing the source whence flowed the invigorating stream . The original having been broken in the efforts made by Honestas to displace it , it was determined that a wall should be built . Availing himself of the vast resources of his high office , it was quickly
done , and tbe labourers beheld with dismay the source of their courage and power inclosed by a high wall , whose stones were hewed from the rock of prohibition , and cemented by the mortar of patronage . The hour arrived—after the completion of the wall , which all were forbidden to pass—when the labourers should drink of their accustomed beverage , when to their joy tbey found that the life-bestowing draught was still within their reach . To the confusion of their enemies , the
mighty waters had gathered , as it were , within themselves , and , with a giant ' s leap , o'erpassed the feeble barrier raised to enclose them . In a calm and steady stream they made their way , fertilizing the earth , and refreshing the labourers on its bosom . Then did the rejoicing Brothers , as they saw the waters swollen into a mighty stream , with one voice acknowledge that the uncovered Fountain was the WELL OF TRUTH ! J . F . S .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Well Of Truth;
iii consequence of a vague tradition that Us waters were uwakolsome , and most dangerous to drinlc . The stone which covered it was sealed with three seals , namely , Mystery , Authority , and Supineness ; but Honestas , undismayed by their supposed power , applied the lever of integrity to the fulcrum of good intentions , and raised the superincumbent mass sufficiently to enable him to taste ofthe waters beneath , which having testedand found sweetfull of medicinal virtuescooling to the
, , , brain , strengthening to the eyes , and invaluable to ihe understanding , he hurled back the ponderous covering , NEVER TO BE REPLACED . The invigorating properties of the water so cheered tbe labourers , that in a short time the hitherto barren tract gave signs of fertility , and their numbers encreased . Many blind , who , impelled by curiosity , came and tasted of the well , were restored to sight , and Brethren from far distant landshearing of its virtuessent for the precious draught . The
, , Grand Master , Opiniatus , alone viewed the proceeding of the workmen with an unfavourable eye . The utility of the design was too apparent to permit its being openly condemned ; but its progress was arrested by the expression of a fear , that , reducing the hitherto barren tract to cultivation , would drain the necessary moisture from the two fair gardens already established , and consign the trees with which they were lanted to gradual decay . Such an inionfrom so high an
p op , authority , caused many to withdraw awhile from the undertaking , and was received with the utmost respect by Honestas and his friends , who agreed to suspend the progress of their labour till the experience of the coming year should verify the truth or error of the Grand Master ' s prediction . To their ioy , they found that , instead of injuring the gardens ,
as was anticipated , their fertility wonderously increased , the year which followed their enterprise proving more productive than many which had preceded it . Thus fortified by experience , they resumed their labour , and each succeeding year proved the usefulness of their plan ; the waters from the ever-gushing well refreshed them under their toil and difficulties , and , aided by industry and perseverance , gradually spread fertility around . Opiniatus , seeing that while the labourers continued to be refreshed
by the miraculous waters of tbe well that they would never abandon an enterprise which was planned by integrity , charity , and usefulnesswhose utility had been admitted—whose practicability demonstrateddetermined upon again sealing the source whence flowed the invigorating stream . The original having been broken in the efforts made by Honestas to displace it , it was determined that a wall should be built . Availing himself of the vast resources of his high office , it was quickly
done , and tbe labourers beheld with dismay the source of their courage and power inclosed by a high wall , whose stones were hewed from the rock of prohibition , and cemented by the mortar of patronage . The hour arrived—after the completion of the wall , which all were forbidden to pass—when the labourers should drink of their accustomed beverage , when to their joy tbey found that the life-bestowing draught was still within their reach . To the confusion of their enemies , the
mighty waters had gathered , as it were , within themselves , and , with a giant ' s leap , o'erpassed the feeble barrier raised to enclose them . In a calm and steady stream they made their way , fertilizing the earth , and refreshing the labourers on its bosom . Then did the rejoicing Brothers , as they saw the waters swollen into a mighty stream , with one voice acknowledge that the uncovered Fountain was the WELL OF TRUTH ! J . F . S .