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A Dissertation On The K And F Degree.

A DISSERTATION ON THE K AND P DEGREE .

" Our Offices have been oppressed With riotous feeders /'—Timon of Athens . It is no rarity to find that which is most talked of , least done . "We are prone to discourse of high matters , to practise which would

reverse our whole lives ; yet , paradoxical as it may seem , to do so is a necessity of our being ; the latent good in us striving to rise above the mass of frailty which clogs it down , continually bears showy flowers , mere theories and dreams ; some few of these ripening into real action produce whatever tends to elevate and adorn our race .

If there be one subject more than another on which Freemasons are thus virtuously loquacious , it is the savoury topic of the present paper . "We refer them back to volume after volume of our Magazine , and guarantee that , in every one , they shall find piles of protest against this carnal weakness of the Fraternity . Seeing that ^ after all

the talk , the evil is still in full play , and judging from the nature of the case , that this habit of enjoying a feast , and protesting against it afterwards , is likely to last , we wish to bring the matter fairly to book , and to draw something like reason out of a state of things apparently so absurd .

Be it remembered then that Masons are men—faulty creatures like their neighbours . Some folks are angry , because , by becoming Freemasons , we do not sink our imperfections , and rise up angels . " We meekly admit how distant we are from that dignified state at present . Leaving it for optimists to dream about , we rest content if , perchance , Masonry , from its storehouse of ancient wisdom , supply us with motives and means to become better and wiser beings than

we are . Human nature we know is all awry . It is lame , blind , sick , and sore ; angry , envious , vicious . It is , moreover , continually hungry . There is a merciful provision , by which we contrive to make the best of our miseries . Those who do not suffer find a

questionable sort of satisfaction in their own immunity , by thinking that others do ; and every afflicted individual finds some way artificially to alleviate the hardship of his lot . So with the last of the above-mentioned blots—hunger , or rather appetite—an universal malady , common to all mankind , and , therefore , the most overlaid with trickery to hide its true character ; so much so , that what is evidently a human weakness , has been turned into a source of pleasure , and the ministry thereunto is dignified into an art .

No doubt it is pleasant , —very pleasant ; but it is a pleasure that the pigs share with us ; only they are not blessed with our capacity for refining and elevating it . We cannot live without nourishment . Who { e Can cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a Feast { "

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CONTINENTAL FBEEMASONRY. Article 4
A DISSERTATION ON THE K AND F DEGREE. Article 10
THE LAST RELIC. Article 13
SOMETHING CONCERNING THE TRADESCANTS. Article 15
THE REPORTED ABDUCTION AND DEATH OF MORGAN, IN THE UNITED STATES. Article 21
MASONIC CURIOSITIES. Article 19
SOME REASONS FOR OUR BEING A SECRET ORDER. Article 23
A CANADIAN GRAND LODGE. Article 24
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FKEEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Article 33
MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 34
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE Article 34
FREEMASONRY. Article 25
THE PATBIOTIC FUND. Article 1
HOPE. Article 30
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 31
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 35
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Article 32
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Article 32
PATRIOTIC FUND. Article 35
METROPOLITAN. Article 36
PROVINCIAL Article 42
INDIA. Article 49
ROYAL ARCH. Article 47
SCOTLAND. Article 48
AMERICA. Article 49
COLONIAL. Article 52
KNIGHT TEMPLARISM. Article 55
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. Article 56
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. Article 58
CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION Article 59
Obituary Article 60
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 62
ERRATUM. Article 64
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A Dissertation On The K And F Degree.

A DISSERTATION ON THE K AND P DEGREE .

" Our Offices have been oppressed With riotous feeders /'—Timon of Athens . It is no rarity to find that which is most talked of , least done . "We are prone to discourse of high matters , to practise which would

reverse our whole lives ; yet , paradoxical as it may seem , to do so is a necessity of our being ; the latent good in us striving to rise above the mass of frailty which clogs it down , continually bears showy flowers , mere theories and dreams ; some few of these ripening into real action produce whatever tends to elevate and adorn our race .

If there be one subject more than another on which Freemasons are thus virtuously loquacious , it is the savoury topic of the present paper . "We refer them back to volume after volume of our Magazine , and guarantee that , in every one , they shall find piles of protest against this carnal weakness of the Fraternity . Seeing that ^ after all

the talk , the evil is still in full play , and judging from the nature of the case , that this habit of enjoying a feast , and protesting against it afterwards , is likely to last , we wish to bring the matter fairly to book , and to draw something like reason out of a state of things apparently so absurd .

Be it remembered then that Masons are men—faulty creatures like their neighbours . Some folks are angry , because , by becoming Freemasons , we do not sink our imperfections , and rise up angels . " We meekly admit how distant we are from that dignified state at present . Leaving it for optimists to dream about , we rest content if , perchance , Masonry , from its storehouse of ancient wisdom , supply us with motives and means to become better and wiser beings than

we are . Human nature we know is all awry . It is lame , blind , sick , and sore ; angry , envious , vicious . It is , moreover , continually hungry . There is a merciful provision , by which we contrive to make the best of our miseries . Those who do not suffer find a

questionable sort of satisfaction in their own immunity , by thinking that others do ; and every afflicted individual finds some way artificially to alleviate the hardship of his lot . So with the last of the above-mentioned blots—hunger , or rather appetite—an universal malady , common to all mankind , and , therefore , the most overlaid with trickery to hide its true character ; so much so , that what is evidently a human weakness , has been turned into a source of pleasure , and the ministry thereunto is dignified into an art .

No doubt it is pleasant , —very pleasant ; but it is a pleasure that the pigs share with us ; only they are not blessed with our capacity for refining and elevating it . We cannot live without nourishment . Who { e Can cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a Feast { "

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