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that Time will never efface , however it may diminish , its ancient glories , ^ hese positions have each a tan gible basis ; this numerically , that spiritually , —and undoubtedly the latter is the juster grpund ; but as the best men are made from a healthy union of the corporeal and mental faculties , so we apprehend of Freemasonry . In numbers
it will preserve existence , but the spirit which moves the select few will supply its real life and energy . When the just proportion that should exist between these seems in danger of being lost , it is every Brother ' s duty to avert the mischief , if possible;—and there is & ueh danger now-a-days . It is notorious , that great numbers of Brethren care nothing , do nothing , Masonically , save in this mean degree . In
crack Lodges , the ceremonies may be ill-served , the work underdone , the attendance spare , the lectures unknown ; but the banquet must be profuse and elegant , the tables full , and the after-dinner oratory racy and inexhaustible . Thank Gi-od , however , one gleam , of sunshine has never ceased to beam over this ruin of fair work ; even now , Charity beautifies many a defect , and true benevolence smiles away the ravages of neglect .
We do not like to see unctuous and well-fed Brethren dropping in just at dinner-time , their office in the Lodge having been unfulfilled . We eat and drink , with sore misgivings at the sight . " Unquiet meals , make ill digestions . ' * We are bilious , for our meals have lost their logical significance . Refreshment does not come to sweeten Labour- —it supplies its place ;
the former ia a fat , paunchy giant , the latter a miserable half-starved dwarf . Here is the knot , then ; many fingers itch to undo it , but it can best be cut , by rousing , throughout the Craft , a generous feeling , that it is as unreasonable for a Mason to enjoy the dinner he has not earned , as it is for a man to take credit for a good deed he never did or a witty thing he never said .
Bacon spake truly in saying— " There is in human nature more of the fool than the wise , and therefore those faculties , by which the foolish part of men ' s minds is taken , are most potent ; " so we do not expect to see these most potent substantials dispensed with : nay , our folly equals our neighbour ' s , and , maybe , so does our appetite , too ,
and we should regret to see it ; but we view with discomfort the glaring contradictions we have been attacking . We love to see a wellworn apron ; but then , let it be soiled with the marks of honest work , and not merely stained with wine and meat , that have fostered " inglorious ease . " It is a sound and sensible rule , and applicable to every member of the Craft" If any man will not work , neither shall he eat . "
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that Time will never efface , however it may diminish , its ancient glories , ^ hese positions have each a tan gible basis ; this numerically , that spiritually , —and undoubtedly the latter is the juster grpund ; but as the best men are made from a healthy union of the corporeal and mental faculties , so we apprehend of Freemasonry . In numbers
it will preserve existence , but the spirit which moves the select few will supply its real life and energy . When the just proportion that should exist between these seems in danger of being lost , it is every Brother ' s duty to avert the mischief , if possible;—and there is & ueh danger now-a-days . It is notorious , that great numbers of Brethren care nothing , do nothing , Masonically , save in this mean degree . In
crack Lodges , the ceremonies may be ill-served , the work underdone , the attendance spare , the lectures unknown ; but the banquet must be profuse and elegant , the tables full , and the after-dinner oratory racy and inexhaustible . Thank Gi-od , however , one gleam , of sunshine has never ceased to beam over this ruin of fair work ; even now , Charity beautifies many a defect , and true benevolence smiles away the ravages of neglect .
We do not like to see unctuous and well-fed Brethren dropping in just at dinner-time , their office in the Lodge having been unfulfilled . We eat and drink , with sore misgivings at the sight . " Unquiet meals , make ill digestions . ' * We are bilious , for our meals have lost their logical significance . Refreshment does not come to sweeten Labour- —it supplies its place ;
the former ia a fat , paunchy giant , the latter a miserable half-starved dwarf . Here is the knot , then ; many fingers itch to undo it , but it can best be cut , by rousing , throughout the Craft , a generous feeling , that it is as unreasonable for a Mason to enjoy the dinner he has not earned , as it is for a man to take credit for a good deed he never did or a witty thing he never said .
Bacon spake truly in saying— " There is in human nature more of the fool than the wise , and therefore those faculties , by which the foolish part of men ' s minds is taken , are most potent ; " so we do not expect to see these most potent substantials dispensed with : nay , our folly equals our neighbour ' s , and , maybe , so does our appetite , too ,
and we should regret to see it ; but we view with discomfort the glaring contradictions we have been attacking . We love to see a wellworn apron ; but then , let it be soiled with the marks of honest work , and not merely stained with wine and meat , that have fostered " inglorious ease . " It is a sound and sensible rule , and applicable to every member of the Craft" If any man will not work , neither shall he eat . "