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corollary on the Pharasaical conduct of certain parties , who , although clothed in purple and fine linen , fare sumptuously every day , while the working pastors are doomed to the saddest evidences of poverty and destitution : the author writes in words of truthfulness—words that bleed as they flow .
Eulogy on the Hon . Benjamin Russell . By Bro . Francis Baylies . Boston . U . S . " The Masonic rites have been duly performed at the grave , and the cassia has been thrown on the coffin . The remembrance of his virtues remains—and there is a consolation even in grief . " How beautifully expressed are these words that preface an eulogistic effusion to the memory of a good Mason . Bro . Russell was born in Sept . 1761—died
, on the 4 th January , 1845 , set . 83 . The subject matter is too important to be dismissed in a mere notice , and we hope to find time ancl space to give extracts of the " chronicle ancl times" in which Brother Russell lived , moved , and hacl his being—ancl which were among the most important of the American revolution .
Address delivered at Fitchburg , Mass . U . S . By Bro . J . Sheppard . Boston , U . S . Spencer , London . Verily our Brethren of the " Jonathan land" beat us out of the field in Masonic outpourings of the spirit—but for Dr . Oliver we should cut but a sorry figure in comparison : true he is colossal—but will no one follow even at humble distance ? Let us hope better things , ancl that some of our most RightVery ancl simple AA orshipfuls will bestir
them-, selves and give us their thoughts and imaginings . This address of Brother Sheppard is a masterly review of Freemasonry , and it is most deeply interesting for its retrospect of the period of the war-time , when the Loyalist and Colonist lost their respect for peace ancl became enemies . Thank Heaven , they are foemen no more . AVe are among those who thought as little on the Oregon question as we should of a Yankee expedition to Father Thames . Rivals we may bebut generous
, ones ; each emulous to attain the guerdon of good faith . There may be some few who disgrace the Order , but , as our author well observes , " To judge of a society by a few apostates is neither sound logic nor common sense . The purest wheat has some tares . The merchant does not judge of a monied institution by the superscription of a counterfeit bill ; though , by such a measure , judgment has been too often dealt out unsparingly upon Freemasonry . " The concluding sentence is touching :
" For some cause the monument was postponed . * * * let but a Promethean spark kindle the patriotic fire in every bosom , and it is done ; then would the stranger from other lands behold a Masonic memorial towering on the banks of the Potomac , of enduring and grateful remembrance to the FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY , where , in the cemetery of his family , he now sleeps in glory !"
The three oldest Records of Masonry . —( AVritten in German . ) By Carl Christian Frederick Krause . Dresden . 2 vols ., 1820-1 . The author assumes to comprise a general history of Masonry from the earliest period to the present time—containing also a full andpoinute detail of all the ceremonies , lectures , sections , & c . It is a very curious book , and too freely uses some undefined garhled statements of English Masonry , for which we do not give his judgment much credit .
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Literary Notices.
corollary on the Pharasaical conduct of certain parties , who , although clothed in purple and fine linen , fare sumptuously every day , while the working pastors are doomed to the saddest evidences of poverty and destitution : the author writes in words of truthfulness—words that bleed as they flow .
Eulogy on the Hon . Benjamin Russell . By Bro . Francis Baylies . Boston . U . S . " The Masonic rites have been duly performed at the grave , and the cassia has been thrown on the coffin . The remembrance of his virtues remains—and there is a consolation even in grief . " How beautifully expressed are these words that preface an eulogistic effusion to the memory of a good Mason . Bro . Russell was born in Sept . 1761—died
, on the 4 th January , 1845 , set . 83 . The subject matter is too important to be dismissed in a mere notice , and we hope to find time ancl space to give extracts of the " chronicle ancl times" in which Brother Russell lived , moved , and hacl his being—ancl which were among the most important of the American revolution .
Address delivered at Fitchburg , Mass . U . S . By Bro . J . Sheppard . Boston , U . S . Spencer , London . Verily our Brethren of the " Jonathan land" beat us out of the field in Masonic outpourings of the spirit—but for Dr . Oliver we should cut but a sorry figure in comparison : true he is colossal—but will no one follow even at humble distance ? Let us hope better things , ancl that some of our most RightVery ancl simple AA orshipfuls will bestir
them-, selves and give us their thoughts and imaginings . This address of Brother Sheppard is a masterly review of Freemasonry , and it is most deeply interesting for its retrospect of the period of the war-time , when the Loyalist and Colonist lost their respect for peace ancl became enemies . Thank Heaven , they are foemen no more . AVe are among those who thought as little on the Oregon question as we should of a Yankee expedition to Father Thames . Rivals we may bebut generous
, ones ; each emulous to attain the guerdon of good faith . There may be some few who disgrace the Order , but , as our author well observes , " To judge of a society by a few apostates is neither sound logic nor common sense . The purest wheat has some tares . The merchant does not judge of a monied institution by the superscription of a counterfeit bill ; though , by such a measure , judgment has been too often dealt out unsparingly upon Freemasonry . " The concluding sentence is touching :
" For some cause the monument was postponed . * * * let but a Promethean spark kindle the patriotic fire in every bosom , and it is done ; then would the stranger from other lands behold a Masonic memorial towering on the banks of the Potomac , of enduring and grateful remembrance to the FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY , where , in the cemetery of his family , he now sleeps in glory !"
The three oldest Records of Masonry . —( AVritten in German . ) By Carl Christian Frederick Krause . Dresden . 2 vols ., 1820-1 . The author assumes to comprise a general history of Masonry from the earliest period to the present time—containing also a full andpoinute detail of all the ceremonies , lectures , sections , & c . It is a very curious book , and too freely uses some undefined garhled statements of English Masonry , for which we do not give his judgment much credit .