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that the only real incentive to excellence must be one which , passing beyond the present , draws its efficacy from the highest law of our duty in regard to an eternal future . The exercise of our mental powers , the practice of charity , the appliances to intellectual improvement in the arts and sciences , which Masonry , as a loving mother

encourages and would develop , are all founded upon our relation as immortal beings to an eternal destiny , and the text-book which she exhibits as a guide is the volume of the Sacred Law . For a brother , therefore , to rest contented with merely the shadowy types of Masonry , and not endeavour to lift the mystic veil of allegory—to become acquainted with the great truths , not alone in science but in

morals , which Masonry points at , is to rob her of her diadem , and himself of sound improvement . "We rejoice , indeed , to hail great alterations for the better in the Fraternity , from our first and consistently-repeated efforts to assert the true dignity of Masonry since our entrance upon the management of this periodical , now twelve months ago . We have constant proof that our endeavours

have been successful , from finding the usage now becoming common of good lectures upon scientific and ennobling subjects being given under the presidency of Lodges . If we speak of the wonders of Nature allegorically , shall we not , in the true spirit of Masonry , teach , men " to look through nature up to nature ' s God" really , and thus set forth the glory of the Gr . A . O . T . TL , as well as promote the intellectual advancement of mankind , in accordance with

our principles to encourage knowledge in the true spirit of brotherly love ? The fiction of the types in Masonry can never equal the moral and mental realities of the antitypes ; and draped Truth in outline is less ethereal than the chaste figure which stands in all the purity of knowledge—and yet knows no shame ! The appetency of

mind is for knowledge , each repetition of its impulses imparts additional earnestness to its craving for more light ; and who but a cowan would rest in the dim obscurity of Masonic allegory , with the lofty tower of Truth before him , and not count his trouble and toil well repaid if he be but permitted to reach the top , and see the extended horizon of Almighty goodness in morals , art , and science projected before him ?

Notes Of A Yacht's Cruise To Balaklava.

NOTES OF A YACHT'S CRUISE TO BALAKLAVA .

( Continued from page 97 . ) August 24 dth . —No time for entries in my journal during our stay at Constantinople . I will therefore jot down my memories while they are fresh .

Landing at GUlata , in order to reach the sultan ' s city , is a terrible disenchantment . Semi-barbarism , and demi-semi-civilization , here conspire to produce the most unpleasant results . The narrow ,

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FICTION AND FACT. Article 1
NOTES OF A YACHT'S CRUISE TO BALAKLAVA. Article 4
SECEET POISONS. Article 10
CASE OF THE CARNATIC STIPENDIARIES. Article 14
SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAYS, AND THE BETTER OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY. Article 15
ADDRESS Article 17
TO THE EDITOR 0£ THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE. Article 24
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 26
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 34
THE BOYS' SCHOOL. Article 35
PROVINCIAL GRAND OFFICERS. Article 36
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA. Article 36
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 39
METROPOLITAN. Article 39
INSTRUCTION. Article 48
PROVINCIAL. Article 49
ROYAL ABCH. Article 65
THE MARK DEGREE. Article 68
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 68
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 68
SCOTLAND Article 69
FRANCE. Article 70
PRUSSIA. Article 70
COLONIAL. Article 71
INDIA. Article 71
AMERICA. Article 73
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR FEBRUARY. Article 74
0bituary. Article 77
NOTICE. Article 79
TO COEEESPONDENTS. Article 79
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that the only real incentive to excellence must be one which , passing beyond the present , draws its efficacy from the highest law of our duty in regard to an eternal future . The exercise of our mental powers , the practice of charity , the appliances to intellectual improvement in the arts and sciences , which Masonry , as a loving mother

encourages and would develop , are all founded upon our relation as immortal beings to an eternal destiny , and the text-book which she exhibits as a guide is the volume of the Sacred Law . For a brother , therefore , to rest contented with merely the shadowy types of Masonry , and not endeavour to lift the mystic veil of allegory—to become acquainted with the great truths , not alone in science but in

morals , which Masonry points at , is to rob her of her diadem , and himself of sound improvement . "We rejoice , indeed , to hail great alterations for the better in the Fraternity , from our first and consistently-repeated efforts to assert the true dignity of Masonry since our entrance upon the management of this periodical , now twelve months ago . We have constant proof that our endeavours

have been successful , from finding the usage now becoming common of good lectures upon scientific and ennobling subjects being given under the presidency of Lodges . If we speak of the wonders of Nature allegorically , shall we not , in the true spirit of Masonry , teach , men " to look through nature up to nature ' s God" really , and thus set forth the glory of the Gr . A . O . T . TL , as well as promote the intellectual advancement of mankind , in accordance with

our principles to encourage knowledge in the true spirit of brotherly love ? The fiction of the types in Masonry can never equal the moral and mental realities of the antitypes ; and draped Truth in outline is less ethereal than the chaste figure which stands in all the purity of knowledge—and yet knows no shame ! The appetency of

mind is for knowledge , each repetition of its impulses imparts additional earnestness to its craving for more light ; and who but a cowan would rest in the dim obscurity of Masonic allegory , with the lofty tower of Truth before him , and not count his trouble and toil well repaid if he be but permitted to reach the top , and see the extended horizon of Almighty goodness in morals , art , and science projected before him ?

Notes Of A Yacht's Cruise To Balaklava.

NOTES OF A YACHT'S CRUISE TO BALAKLAVA .

( Continued from page 97 . ) August 24 dth . —No time for entries in my journal during our stay at Constantinople . I will therefore jot down my memories while they are fresh .

Landing at GUlata , in order to reach the sultan ' s city , is a terrible disenchantment . Semi-barbarism , and demi-semi-civilization , here conspire to produce the most unpleasant results . The narrow ,

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