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wreat truth before us to day , " When Abraham sat at his tent door , according to his custom , waiting to entertain strangers , he esp ied an old man stooping and leaning on his staff , weary with age and travel coming towards him , who was 100 years of age ; he received him kindlywashed his feet
, , provided supper , caused him to sit down , but observing that the old man ate , and prayed not , nor begged for a blessing on his meat , asked him why he did not worship the God of Heaven 1 The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only
, and acknowledged no other God ; at which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry that he thrust tho old man out of his tent , and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition . When the old man was gone , God
called to Abraham and asked him where the stranger was 1 He replied , I thrust him away because he did not worship Thee . God answered him , Ihave suffered him these hundred years , although he dishonoured Me and couldest not thou endure him one
night , when he gave thee no trouble 1 Upon this , saith the story , Abraham fetched him back again and gave him hospitable entertainment and wise instruction . The moral is , go thou and do likewise , and thy charity will be rewarded by the God of Abraham .
In conclusion , my brethren , let me say that it will be well for us ever to strive to carry into our daily life those great principles of brotherly love taught us in the Word of our Almighty God , and prescribed to us by the precepts of our
Masonic rule . Addressing you as a minister of the Church of the Gospel I may be permitted to state that Masonry rightly used will adorn Christianity , -while Christianity , though younger than Masonry , lends an additional glow to the beauty of
that law of love which came forth from the hand of the Great Architect of the Universe in the very hour of Creation . Let us study to acquire that simple love , that simple confidence , that simple selfforgetfulnessthat generosity which beams
, from the good man ' s eye , so that all the world may read in his sunny smile that he would do good . If ever the Voice of God is heard on earth , it is when the heart of abundant goodness , and benevolence , and mercy speaks comfort to the
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weary and heavy laden . There is no morbid sentimentality about this , no loud profession , no canting parade of relig ion , but true charity proves the deep , honest , solid earnestness of the man , conscious that he is a responsible being , and that " he who loveth God must love his brother
also . " I draw a glowing picture of thetruly loving man , in the touching words of one of our great poets : — " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride , And e ' en his failings leaned to virtue ' s side ; But in his duty prompt at every call ,
He watched and wept , he prayed , and felt for all . He tried each art , reproved each dull delay , Allured to brighter worlds , and led the way , Beside the bed where parting life was laid , And sorrow , guilt , and pain by turns dismayed The rev ' rend champion stood .- At his control
Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise , And his last falt'ring accents whispered praise . " Brethren to be such an one as this , who
would not lay aside the brightest of earth ' s jewelled crowns that thus he might win the unfading coronet which the fair hand of love alone can weave . May we , each one , live a life of such true love here below that we may thus be fitted for that land of love in the presence of our God , where " eternal sunshine settles " on each loved and loving head .
Review.
REVIEW .
Linlcs in the Chain of Evidence connecting Israel and England . By J . Leyland Feilden . ( London -. W . H . Guest . ) THIS is a book which we confess , though we have readwe do not profess either to
, realize or understand . Others may be more fortunate . We have no doubt that there is a good deal in it , if only we could fathom it , but we cannot . The object is to prove practically the descent of England ,
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wreat truth before us to day , " When Abraham sat at his tent door , according to his custom , waiting to entertain strangers , he esp ied an old man stooping and leaning on his staff , weary with age and travel coming towards him , who was 100 years of age ; he received him kindlywashed his feet
, , provided supper , caused him to sit down , but observing that the old man ate , and prayed not , nor begged for a blessing on his meat , asked him why he did not worship the God of Heaven 1 The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only
, and acknowledged no other God ; at which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry that he thrust tho old man out of his tent , and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition . When the old man was gone , God
called to Abraham and asked him where the stranger was 1 He replied , I thrust him away because he did not worship Thee . God answered him , Ihave suffered him these hundred years , although he dishonoured Me and couldest not thou endure him one
night , when he gave thee no trouble 1 Upon this , saith the story , Abraham fetched him back again and gave him hospitable entertainment and wise instruction . The moral is , go thou and do likewise , and thy charity will be rewarded by the God of Abraham .
In conclusion , my brethren , let me say that it will be well for us ever to strive to carry into our daily life those great principles of brotherly love taught us in the Word of our Almighty God , and prescribed to us by the precepts of our
Masonic rule . Addressing you as a minister of the Church of the Gospel I may be permitted to state that Masonry rightly used will adorn Christianity , -while Christianity , though younger than Masonry , lends an additional glow to the beauty of
that law of love which came forth from the hand of the Great Architect of the Universe in the very hour of Creation . Let us study to acquire that simple love , that simple confidence , that simple selfforgetfulnessthat generosity which beams
, from the good man ' s eye , so that all the world may read in his sunny smile that he would do good . If ever the Voice of God is heard on earth , it is when the heart of abundant goodness , and benevolence , and mercy speaks comfort to the
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weary and heavy laden . There is no morbid sentimentality about this , no loud profession , no canting parade of relig ion , but true charity proves the deep , honest , solid earnestness of the man , conscious that he is a responsible being , and that " he who loveth God must love his brother
also . " I draw a glowing picture of thetruly loving man , in the touching words of one of our great poets : — " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride , And e ' en his failings leaned to virtue ' s side ; But in his duty prompt at every call ,
He watched and wept , he prayed , and felt for all . He tried each art , reproved each dull delay , Allured to brighter worlds , and led the way , Beside the bed where parting life was laid , And sorrow , guilt , and pain by turns dismayed The rev ' rend champion stood .- At his control
Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise , And his last falt'ring accents whispered praise . " Brethren to be such an one as this , who
would not lay aside the brightest of earth ' s jewelled crowns that thus he might win the unfading coronet which the fair hand of love alone can weave . May we , each one , live a life of such true love here below that we may thus be fitted for that land of love in the presence of our God , where " eternal sunshine settles " on each loved and loving head .
Review.
REVIEW .
Linlcs in the Chain of Evidence connecting Israel and England . By J . Leyland Feilden . ( London -. W . H . Guest . ) THIS is a book which we confess , though we have readwe do not profess either to
, realize or understand . Others may be more fortunate . We have no doubt that there is a good deal in it , if only we could fathom it , but we cannot . The object is to prove practically the descent of England ,