Robert Burns As A Freemason.

prosperity faded into Dumfries and the linal chapter in November , 1791 , we lind that from December ( so soon as the little household was removed and settled ) he resumed his keen Masonic work , his regular attendance , until failing health and the dread approach of that mysterious veil of darkness closed his career .

INAUGURATION OF ROBERT BURNS AS POET LAUREATE OF THE LODGE CANONGATE KILWINNING , EDINBURGH , 1787 .

In no other place could it be so appropriate to review and estimate his labours and genius , by Masonic rule and line ; and thus reviewed do they not lest—like our ancient Institution—firm and secure on the noble pillars of Wisdom , Strength and Beauty ? Is not wisdom the inspiration of " The

Epistle to a Young Friend , " of " Tarn o' Shanter , " of " The Cottar ' s Saturday Night ? " Were not " For a' that and a ' that , " " Does haughty Gaul , " and " Scots wha hae , " conceived and wrought in strength ? And does not beauty reach her perfection in " Ae Fond Kiss , " " My love is like a red ,

red rose , " and " Mary in Heaven " ? And , seeing that he purified the nation ' s songs and embellished them with ornaments of the loveliest and most unrivalled type , can we not say that , like Masonry , his work is adorned with lily work , beautiful within and without , a glory to all who behold it ? And where in this world ' s literature could be found a poet

or writer more fully exemplifying and upholding the three great personal qualities of a Mason—Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth ? Truth showed forth like the sun at noondayfearless , persistent , insistent ; scorning meanness , subterfuge and deceit ; hating malice , lies , and evil speaking . Relief sparkled like a jewel on every page—charity at its best and

broadest , kindliness for every animate thing and even inanimate , pity of a depth and breadth and height that approaches the divine . Brotherly Love- —that mighty , swelling , glorious passion of the great heart that could not be bounded by nationality , though it was as strong as its country ' s mountains

and floods , but must burst through the gloom of ignorance , of intolerance and oppression , till it found its greatest and latest Masonic utterance in the soul-compelling words : — " Then let us pray that come it may—As come it will for a' that ,

That sense and worth , o ' er a' the earth May bear the gree and a' that . For a' that , and a' that It ' s comin' yet for a' that That man to man , the world o ' er Shall brithers be for a' that . "

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