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Ob ! a lodge of Freemasons , where'er it may be , Is the dwelling of brotherly love ';—There are none AVIIO in thought or in action can flee From tbe all-seeing Eye that ' s above ! We shall all be inclined to echo the beautiful words of " Charity " : "CHAEITY .
Oh ! banquet not in this festive scene , When craftsmen meet in bright array , Unless remembering what they ' ve been , Te think of those who ' re far aAvay ; For many but knoAv ' a feast of tears . ' And while the generous Avine we pour , Our guests ancl friends of former years , ] May meet like us in lodge no more .
Then , that the cup may SAveeter be , Nor thorns beset our festal flowers , Forget not heaven-born charity Befits a Mason ' s lodge like ours . The giver ancl the gift is bless'd If what ive give be freeliven
y g , But lie who pities tbe distress'd Ancl gives not , mocks the truths of Heaven !" We have said enough ancl quoted enough , we tMnk , to recommend this interesting little Avork to the perusal and patronage of all our readers .
The Poetic Interpretation Of Nature.*
THE POETIC INTERPRETATION OF NATURE . *
WEAEY and footsore in the race of life we pause aAvhile by the wayside to rest ; our eye , tired Avith gazing so steadfastly along the glaring dusty track that we have to tread , half-closed , shuts out the sunlight from the harassed brain ; when perchance we notice the persevering efforts of some tiny insect at last crowned with success ; or it may be that Ave see some tender floweret , parched and wellni gh withered , by the noonday heat , presently burdened almost to breaking Avith a heavy drop of moisture left
on its bosom by the passing storm _ but finally , as the burning sun shines out once more , it finds this water-drop its preservation . We spring to our feet and begin our way afresh , with heart invigorated and purposes renewed , for Ave have seen perseverance rewarded , Ave have beheld the semblance of an individual withering , hardening , drying up , under the influence of prosperity , but Avhose heart cast down under its load of affliction has been softened ancl renewed yet againAve see this load of wonderAVorking
, ; , - sorroAv , seemingly too heavy to be borne , gradually fade before the reviving ivarmth of a renewed prosperity , Avhich , Avere it not for the softening influence of this very burden , would quite dry up the fountains of the heart once more . Whence comes this lesson to the mind of Man ? Whence the Voice that speaks it to his soul ? The response that we get to such queries as these is invariably the one word " Nature !"
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< . (• " ? Poetio Interpretation of Nature , " by J . C . Shaii-p , LL . D ., Principal of the United College of »* ¦ Mvator and St . Leonards , St . Andrews . Edinburgh , David Douglas , 1877 .
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Ob ! a lodge of Freemasons , where'er it may be , Is the dwelling of brotherly love ';—There are none AVIIO in thought or in action can flee From tbe all-seeing Eye that ' s above ! We shall all be inclined to echo the beautiful words of " Charity " : "CHAEITY .
Oh ! banquet not in this festive scene , When craftsmen meet in bright array , Unless remembering what they ' ve been , Te think of those who ' re far aAvay ; For many but knoAv ' a feast of tears . ' And while the generous Avine we pour , Our guests ancl friends of former years , ] May meet like us in lodge no more .
Then , that the cup may SAveeter be , Nor thorns beset our festal flowers , Forget not heaven-born charity Befits a Mason ' s lodge like ours . The giver ancl the gift is bless'd If what ive give be freeliven
y g , But lie who pities tbe distress'd Ancl gives not , mocks the truths of Heaven !" We have said enough ancl quoted enough , we tMnk , to recommend this interesting little Avork to the perusal and patronage of all our readers .
The Poetic Interpretation Of Nature.*
THE POETIC INTERPRETATION OF NATURE . *
WEAEY and footsore in the race of life we pause aAvhile by the wayside to rest ; our eye , tired Avith gazing so steadfastly along the glaring dusty track that we have to tread , half-closed , shuts out the sunlight from the harassed brain ; when perchance we notice the persevering efforts of some tiny insect at last crowned with success ; or it may be that Ave see some tender floweret , parched and wellni gh withered , by the noonday heat , presently burdened almost to breaking Avith a heavy drop of moisture left
on its bosom by the passing storm _ but finally , as the burning sun shines out once more , it finds this water-drop its preservation . We spring to our feet and begin our way afresh , with heart invigorated and purposes renewed , for Ave have seen perseverance rewarded , Ave have beheld the semblance of an individual withering , hardening , drying up , under the influence of prosperity , but Avhose heart cast down under its load of affliction has been softened ancl renewed yet againAve see this load of wonderAVorking
, ; , - sorroAv , seemingly too heavy to be borne , gradually fade before the reviving ivarmth of a renewed prosperity , Avhich , Avere it not for the softening influence of this very burden , would quite dry up the fountains of the heart once more . Whence comes this lesson to the mind of Man ? Whence the Voice that speaks it to his soul ? The response that we get to such queries as these is invariably the one word " Nature !"
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< . (• " ? Poetio Interpretation of Nature , " by J . C . Shaii-p , LL . D ., Principal of the United College of »* ¦ Mvator and St . Leonards , St . Andrews . Edinburgh , David Douglas , 1877 .