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The Poetic Interpretation Of Nature.*
great Sufferer , the great Bearer of all wrong , and is working out for His creatures some better issue through a redemptive issue which is Divine . Such a faith , though it does not explain the ills of life , gives them another meaning , and helps men to bear them as no other , can . " Why ? Well , Wordsworth himself asks the question , and himself gives us the croAvning ansAver" Whhave we sympathies that make the best of us afraid of inflicting pain and sorrowwhich
y , yet we see dealt about so lavishly by the Supreme Governor ? Why should our notions of right towards each other , and to all sentient beiugs ivithiu our influence , differ so widely from what appears to be His notion and rule , if everythiug were to end here ? Would it not be blasphemous so say that .... we have more of love in our nature than He has . The thought is monstrous ; and yet how to get rid of it , except upon tho supposition of another and a better world , I do not see . "
If this be the " Poetic Interpretation of Nature , " then is the Interpreter of Nature ' s Beauty the Interpreter of the Avays of Nature ' s God ; then is tho Poet the greatest friend that , humanly speaking , thinking humanity can possess , and Ave cordially re-echo tho lvords of a Poetess addressed to Wordsworth , Principal Shairp ' s typical example : — * * ; . * * "Thy verse hath power that brightly might diffuse
A breath , a kindling , as of spring , around ; Prom its OAVH glow of hope aud courage high , And stedfast faith ' s victorious constancy True bard and holy thou art e'en as one , "Who , by some secret gift of soul or eye , In every spot beneath the smiling sun , Sees where the springs of living A . aters lie ; Unseen awhile they sleep—till , touched by thee , Bright healthful Avaves flow forth , to each glad wanderer free . " W . T .
How Mr. Joss Failed To Be Made A Mason.
HOW MR . JOSS FAILED TO BE MADE A MASON .
BY BRO , RICIIAKD SIMMONS . " TT is a very strange thing , Mr . Joss , that you should be so firmly bent on making a ___ . fool of yourself by trying to become a Freemason . " Thus said Mrs . Joss , and thus she continued : "What can induce a man of your stamp to join a parcel of fellows who don't dare to trust a Avoman with their nasty
secrets , I cannot imagine . Don't I take care of you at home ? ancl don't I prevent you from getting beastly drunk , by fetching you home when you do go out by yourself for an evening ? Who mends your shirts , darns your stockings , makes mustard poultices and onion gruel for you AA'hen you have a cold ? Don't I do it 1 Mr . Joss , answer me that ; just ansAver me that , will you ? And now you want to be a Freemason ; to defraud your poor Avife of her rights , by associating with a lot of apron-wearing , secretkeejiing , rapping , tapping , ranting , rolling night larks . It is too bad , Mr . Joss—it is much too bad . " Here Mrs . Joss let loose tbe flood gates of tbe briny , lifted up her voice , ancl vvept .
What said Mr . Joss ? why , he ansAvered his loving wife not a word . Now Mrs . J . Avas , in most matters , an exemplification of the ancient adage that " the gray mare is the best horse , " and on most occasions sported freely those useful articles of attire ivhich must , of necessity , be discarded by every candidate for masonic initiation . Consequently , Mr . J ., Avhose reputation for courage was by no means high , nsually came to grief in all encounters Avith Ms better half . He had , however , on one occasion , enjoyed so pleasant an evening Avith some " knots of the mystic tie , " as to be induced to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Poetic Interpretation Of Nature.*
great Sufferer , the great Bearer of all wrong , and is working out for His creatures some better issue through a redemptive issue which is Divine . Such a faith , though it does not explain the ills of life , gives them another meaning , and helps men to bear them as no other , can . " Why ? Well , Wordsworth himself asks the question , and himself gives us the croAvning ansAver" Whhave we sympathies that make the best of us afraid of inflicting pain and sorrowwhich
y , yet we see dealt about so lavishly by the Supreme Governor ? Why should our notions of right towards each other , and to all sentient beiugs ivithiu our influence , differ so widely from what appears to be His notion and rule , if everythiug were to end here ? Would it not be blasphemous so say that .... we have more of love in our nature than He has . The thought is monstrous ; and yet how to get rid of it , except upon tho supposition of another and a better world , I do not see . "
If this be the " Poetic Interpretation of Nature , " then is the Interpreter of Nature ' s Beauty the Interpreter of the Avays of Nature ' s God ; then is tho Poet the greatest friend that , humanly speaking , thinking humanity can possess , and Ave cordially re-echo tho lvords of a Poetess addressed to Wordsworth , Principal Shairp ' s typical example : — * * ; . * * "Thy verse hath power that brightly might diffuse
A breath , a kindling , as of spring , around ; Prom its OAVH glow of hope aud courage high , And stedfast faith ' s victorious constancy True bard and holy thou art e'en as one , "Who , by some secret gift of soul or eye , In every spot beneath the smiling sun , Sees where the springs of living A . aters lie ; Unseen awhile they sleep—till , touched by thee , Bright healthful Avaves flow forth , to each glad wanderer free . " W . T .
How Mr. Joss Failed To Be Made A Mason.
HOW MR . JOSS FAILED TO BE MADE A MASON .
BY BRO , RICIIAKD SIMMONS . " TT is a very strange thing , Mr . Joss , that you should be so firmly bent on making a ___ . fool of yourself by trying to become a Freemason . " Thus said Mrs . Joss , and thus she continued : "What can induce a man of your stamp to join a parcel of fellows who don't dare to trust a Avoman with their nasty
secrets , I cannot imagine . Don't I take care of you at home ? ancl don't I prevent you from getting beastly drunk , by fetching you home when you do go out by yourself for an evening ? Who mends your shirts , darns your stockings , makes mustard poultices and onion gruel for you AA'hen you have a cold ? Don't I do it 1 Mr . Joss , answer me that ; just ansAver me that , will you ? And now you want to be a Freemason ; to defraud your poor Avife of her rights , by associating with a lot of apron-wearing , secretkeejiing , rapping , tapping , ranting , rolling night larks . It is too bad , Mr . Joss—it is much too bad . " Here Mrs . Joss let loose tbe flood gates of tbe briny , lifted up her voice , ancl vvept .
What said Mr . Joss ? why , he ansAvered his loving wife not a word . Now Mrs . J . Avas , in most matters , an exemplification of the ancient adage that " the gray mare is the best horse , " and on most occasions sported freely those useful articles of attire ivhich must , of necessity , be discarded by every candidate for masonic initiation . Consequently , Mr . J ., Avhose reputation for courage was by no means high , nsually came to grief in all encounters Avith Ms better half . He had , however , on one occasion , enjoyed so pleasant an evening Avith some " knots of the mystic tie , " as to be induced to