The Disappointments Of Life.

set doAAm as a grumbler , or as a disappointed man , a "Peter grievous , " because I say all this . No , I wish simply to give some good and honest advice to others , founded on some little personal and practical experience .

The writer of that excellent little work , '"L'Art de se trancrailliser dans tons les Evenemens delavieHumaine , " tells us amongst much other sound advice to seek always to rise aboA r e adverse circumstancesand to meet the

, disappointments of life , many though they be , with calmness and constancy of mind and Avill . And so T , who am now passing gradually far across the tumultuous sea of life to-day , would say to all who may at times regret the

disappointments of life , the passing aAvay of faded dreams , of hopes , or ambition , or happiness , let none of these things move , you or depress you , but pass on confidingly and lovingly through your life-long voyage . You will see laud at

last , you will reach port safely , if only you steer a right course , if only your observations are to be depended upon , if only your reckoning is correct . Therefore never let any disappointments affect you too much , or above all , too long .

You may deplore , as all have to do , the breaking down of some fairy building , the crumbling away of some clever castle in the air , the overthrow of some cherished plan , but do not forget that the disappointments of life are meant

to teach us all sobriety , and moderation , and wisdom , and resignation , and selfknowledge , and self-control . Never , therefore , brood OA er the disappointments of yesterday , or the griefs of to-day ; but learn to take life as it

comes to you , and meet alike its difficulties ancl disappointments in a calm , and cheerful , and trusting , and courageous spirit . Like one of old , I think I may say to all who peruse these humble Avords of mine to-dayb

, y way of parting exhortation , " 0 Socii pejoraqne passi , Nil desperandum , Cras ingeus iterabimns asquor . " A MASONIC PHILOSOPHISE .

A Curious Pamphlet.

A CURIOUS PAMPHLET .

The following curious and interesting little pamphlet seems to be generall y unknown to my brethren , and so I venture to reprint it , for their information in the pages of the Magazine . It has apparently escaped the notice of Oliver

Dr . , ancl seems to have been unknown to Kloss . A . F . A . WOODFORD .

THOUGHTS ON MASONKY . ( Continued from page 252 . ) Gases have happened , and may occur , where it may become needful to dispense Avith these rules , such cases the proper exercise of discretion

will point out , but it is needful to observe , that discretion is not the free exercise of the will from any motive that cannot produce a reason for its action . If you infringe the law by virtue of the power delegatedthat

, power will require the cause why it is so done ; that cause must be consistent with tho duties done from the master to the bvo . herbood ; if it is done to oblige an individual , this may be called polite accommodation , but not masonic

propriety ; in short , any motive that lias not tho good of the craft in vieAV , is caprice , and not discretion . It is the duty of a mason to argue LOGICALLY ; his skill in defining this science will not recommend him more than the exercise of it for the good of the craft .

Masonry is founded upon a model of the most exact proportion in all its parts , and so material is the connexion of the chain by which it is supported , that the false arrangement of a single link will throw the whole into confusion . Order , regular-/ and exact

ity , proportion , are material to its operative povrers , and these requisites are equally necessary to produce a well regulated rule of action ir . an art , where the principles of the man are the only ingredients from which the mason can bo formedIf

. music enquires into the nature of concords and discords , so may it in masonry be applied scientificall y ; for as by the former nothing can charm tho ear of taste , but the coinciding powers of corresponding harmony , so in the latter nothing can conciliate the principles by which Ave are united , but a regular ,