Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Misery.
The man retired from tbe bank , And then upon his knees he fell . Close by a shed those thin knees sank , And then Avas heard a smothered yell . Soon up he rose , the river sought , And gazed upon the farther shore : Had meditation reason brought ?
I knoAv not ; he Avas seen no more . * : > * -s * * *
Next morn a farmer living near Found much disturbed his visual peace ; His man came , shoutiug as he ran , " By Jingo ! Some one ' s stole the GEESE . " Chelimford , Oct , 4 , 1877 .
Masonry—Its Past And Future.
MASONRY—ITS PAST AND FUTURE .
BY BEO . GEO . E . HA 1 . EIOTT . MASONRY ! Masonry ! Friend and Guide of the human race ! Avhen Ave consider thy prinueval condition , scanty in numbers , though rich in the adherence of tbe Great—tbe "Wise—and tbe Good , and then turn our eyes to the present superlativelflourishing Edificeradiant in glory and renownsparkling \ itb gems of the
y , , y highest value : we are led once more to a consideration of the Dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem , when Solomon and his nobles , ancl the great potentates of the earth , Avere dazzled by the magnificence of the building , far surpassing their most earnest hopes , their most ardent imagination . Did it occur to our Boyal Grand Master , King Solomon , to even dream , " that one day ( andthat not very far distant ) notone stone should be left another ! " The foundations of this glorious structure Avere laidand the
upon , superincumbent edifice Avas wrought "by human hands , directed by human minds , albeit by tbe command of the Great Architect Himself . " But if I may be ahWed to use the Avords , " The Noble Edifice of Masonry Avas raised not by mortal- hands 1 f emanates from on , High I ancl though it may be , no doubt has been , and in fact will be impaired in the future , according as its votaries are true to God and themselven , it can hardly suffer the fall of its Great Prototype . "
It can neA-er happen to Masonry as it did to the Temple of Jerusalem , that it should be utterly destroyed ! The spirit ancl essence that has existed from time immemorial can never die out in , every Masonic breast ! Temples may fall from decay and other natural causes , " but so long as a true Masonfie-spirit is preserved in a true Masonic breast , a corner stone will remain on Avhich to renew again a future superstructure . " Masonry in the Past has risen and fallen 1 been ardently supported , and persecuted tho
Avith undying hate ! but still it exists and flourishes . The Temple of Masonry is heart of man ! Its teachings are those of God Himself ! So long , then , as au honest and true heart imbued with the S p irit of Masonry lives , so long will true Mason 1 ' )' continue to exist . I Avould have my readers to understand thoroughly , that I do not claim for Masonry ( as it now exists ) any great Antiquity 1 We all knoAv the disputed point as to the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Misery.
The man retired from tbe bank , And then upon his knees he fell . Close by a shed those thin knees sank , And then Avas heard a smothered yell . Soon up he rose , the river sought , And gazed upon the farther shore : Had meditation reason brought ?
I knoAv not ; he Avas seen no more . * : > * -s * * *
Next morn a farmer living near Found much disturbed his visual peace ; His man came , shoutiug as he ran , " By Jingo ! Some one ' s stole the GEESE . " Chelimford , Oct , 4 , 1877 .
Masonry—Its Past And Future.
MASONRY—ITS PAST AND FUTURE .
BY BEO . GEO . E . HA 1 . EIOTT . MASONRY ! Masonry ! Friend and Guide of the human race ! Avhen Ave consider thy prinueval condition , scanty in numbers , though rich in the adherence of tbe Great—tbe "Wise—and tbe Good , and then turn our eyes to the present superlativelflourishing Edificeradiant in glory and renownsparkling \ itb gems of the
y , , y highest value : we are led once more to a consideration of the Dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem , when Solomon and his nobles , ancl the great potentates of the earth , Avere dazzled by the magnificence of the building , far surpassing their most earnest hopes , their most ardent imagination . Did it occur to our Boyal Grand Master , King Solomon , to even dream , " that one day ( andthat not very far distant ) notone stone should be left another ! " The foundations of this glorious structure Avere laidand the
upon , superincumbent edifice Avas wrought "by human hands , directed by human minds , albeit by tbe command of the Great Architect Himself . " But if I may be ahWed to use the Avords , " The Noble Edifice of Masonry Avas raised not by mortal- hands 1 f emanates from on , High I ancl though it may be , no doubt has been , and in fact will be impaired in the future , according as its votaries are true to God and themselven , it can hardly suffer the fall of its Great Prototype . "
It can neA-er happen to Masonry as it did to the Temple of Jerusalem , that it should be utterly destroyed ! The spirit ancl essence that has existed from time immemorial can never die out in , every Masonic breast ! Temples may fall from decay and other natural causes , " but so long as a true Masonfie-spirit is preserved in a true Masonic breast , a corner stone will remain on Avhich to renew again a future superstructure . " Masonry in the Past has risen and fallen 1 been ardently supported , and persecuted tho
Avith undying hate ! but still it exists and flourishes . The Temple of Masonry is heart of man ! Its teachings are those of God Himself ! So long , then , as au honest and true heart imbued with the S p irit of Masonry lives , so long will true Mason 1 ' )' continue to exist . I Avould have my readers to understand thoroughly , that I do not claim for Masonry ( as it now exists ) any great Antiquity 1 We all knoAv the disputed point as to the