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"Thinking" And "Working" Freemasons.
fabric of the institution , and that either strengthen its bulwarks or accelerate its decadence . And we hear a warning voice say that these are not the times for mumbling a dead language or rearing up with laborious idleness a " monumental dream . " Our Order is either an eternal Truth or an organized Hypocrisy : if the latter ,
away with it from this volcanic soil , about to be strewn with the ruins of the old world , and heaving with thc birth-throes of the new I—if the former , let us boldly accept its symbols , and energetically translate them into facts ! We discard propagandist ^ and refuse proselytism ; but only let us live our doctrines , aud like the gentle rain of heaven , and like the universal sun , we shall fertilise
and enrich humanity . For the mystery of the Past is the science of the Future . LE CHAT-HUANT .
Masonic Processions.
MASONIC PROCESSIONS .
IN our last number , the attention we were able to bestow on " THE SYMBOL OP GLORY " was but a faint and imperfect indication of the treasures of thought and wisdom , seasoned with experience and charity , abounding in those latest pages of our revered and venerable brother ; but we promised to return to them " as often as we feel the want of a strengthening of our convictions , ancl an
enlarging of our sympathies . " Let it be remembered that the opinions we defend are not the offspring of an immature enthusiasm , of that restless yearning for " something diviner , " which is stigmatized as " youth , " by men " grey , but not with years : " but the calm clear voice of the knowledge that fortifies and ennobles , the hope that brightens , and the faith that consoles a serene and
dignified old age . We spoke of two parties in Masonry which might be called the OBSCURAHTIST aucl the EXPANSIVE : the former only so much in earnest as to strive to shut up from the profane gaze secrets and mysteries of which the real key has long been lost ( and thc counterfeit stolen ) : on the presumption of " Omne ignotvia
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"Thinking" And "Working" Freemasons.
fabric of the institution , and that either strengthen its bulwarks or accelerate its decadence . And we hear a warning voice say that these are not the times for mumbling a dead language or rearing up with laborious idleness a " monumental dream . " Our Order is either an eternal Truth or an organized Hypocrisy : if the latter ,
away with it from this volcanic soil , about to be strewn with the ruins of the old world , and heaving with thc birth-throes of the new I—if the former , let us boldly accept its symbols , and energetically translate them into facts ! We discard propagandist ^ and refuse proselytism ; but only let us live our doctrines , aud like the gentle rain of heaven , and like the universal sun , we shall fertilise
and enrich humanity . For the mystery of the Past is the science of the Future . LE CHAT-HUANT .
Masonic Processions.
MASONIC PROCESSIONS .
IN our last number , the attention we were able to bestow on " THE SYMBOL OP GLORY " was but a faint and imperfect indication of the treasures of thought and wisdom , seasoned with experience and charity , abounding in those latest pages of our revered and venerable brother ; but we promised to return to them " as often as we feel the want of a strengthening of our convictions , ancl an
enlarging of our sympathies . " Let it be remembered that the opinions we defend are not the offspring of an immature enthusiasm , of that restless yearning for " something diviner , " which is stigmatized as " youth , " by men " grey , but not with years : " but the calm clear voice of the knowledge that fortifies and ennobles , the hope that brightens , and the faith that consoles a serene and
dignified old age . We spoke of two parties in Masonry which might be called the OBSCURAHTIST aucl the EXPANSIVE : the former only so much in earnest as to strive to shut up from the profane gaze secrets and mysteries of which the real key has long been lost ( and thc counterfeit stolen ) : on the presumption of " Omne ignotvia