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Article ADDRESS TO A NEWLY INITIATED BROTHER. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE NEMESIS: A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN. Page 1 of 4 →
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Address To A Newly Initiated Brother.
Henceforward , Avhithersoever Divine Providence may direct your steps , Avherever yonr abode may be fixed , yon -will find Masons . All members of the Craft throughout the world are under solemn obligation to evince their love for you in
the same proportion as it is your sworn duty to act likeAvise toAvards them ; never do violence to this sentiment , this obligation of love , by refusing your concurrence in it , your action upon it .
In our temples you Avill learn to love God , the Great Architect of the Universe to magnify his infinite power , by the cultivation of your intellectual faculties , Avithout allowing them to be the slaves of superstition . You Avill learn to control
the passions Avhich debase the soul , to banish from your heart all sentiments of egotism , of self-glorification , that great bane of our modern societies .
It IIOAV only remains to me to urge upon you the duty of rendering yourself Avorthy of these benefits , by devoting all your poAvers of head , of breast , of mind and of body , to our institution . Never forget that all the Freemasons on the face
of the earth are brethren , and that in proportion as you may depend upon them they must in like manner be able to depend upon j'ou- Not here , howevez-, do your duties cease , for you have still more important ones to regard in your aims after
moral order . Your conduct must ahvays be free from reproach . You must endeavour to imitate those of your brethren Avho have arrived at a higher state of perfection than j'ourseif , and at the same time remember that to those AVIIO have
made less progress you have to serve as an example . Your knoAAdedge , your , intellectual poAvers , belong to us , ancl you have no longer a right selfishly to employ them for your OAVII exclusive advantage . O
Finally , I am convinced that you have lively impressions ofthe great duties I have enumerated , and that you AA'ill zealously discharge them . Freemasonry includes Avithin its fold one good child more , ancl the modeste lodge "La Cesaree" has
the satisfaction of having made you a participator in the light of our order Avithin its bosom . One day , perhaps soon , yon Avill depart from our midst . I have a strong commotion that you will carry Avith yon delightful recollections of this
evening , ancl of us , who perched upon the little rock named Jersey , have conferred upon you the title of brother . "
The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.
THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .
By BEO . A . OXEAL HAVE , K . M ., K . Cal , Corresponding-Member ofthe German Society , Leipsig , Knight Templar , Scot . ; Author of ' " The History of the Knights Templars " " Vara Queer ; " " Gatherings in Wanderings ; " " Songs and Ballads ; " "Poemataf "Legends of Edinburgh . " fyc , < 5 ' c , < 5 - _ . , Poet Laureate of the Canongate , Kilwinning ; P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P . Z . of St . AndrewsB . A .
, Chap . ; Sfc . ; < yc . ( Continued from page 449 . ) CHAPTER XIV . A FALLEN VESTAL . " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ,
Pluck from tho memory a rooted sorrow , Raze out tho written troubles of tho brain ; And with some SAveet oblivious antidote , Cleanse the stuit'd bosom of that perilous stuff , AA hich weighs upon tho heart . "—Shall espeare .
The Vestal Virgins Avere honoured and esteemed ' among the Romans . The order was founded by Numa Pompilius for the purpose of feeding thesacred flame in the Temple of Vesta . The Palla .-dium brought from Troy by Eneas , and
othersacred relics were placed under their charge . Thenumber at first Avas tAvo , then four , and afterwards ,, Avhen the tribes Avere increased , it Avas raised tosix . Whenever a vacancy occurred in the Order ,, the Pontifex Maxinius Avas required by the Lex
Papia to select twenty virgins of good family , freefrom bodily defects , and Avith various other qualifications . One Avas chosen by lot , and the Pontifex Maximus taking her by the hand led her as it
Avereby force , from her parents . They Avere not thus properly elected , but in n , manner taken , Avhence the expression " capere virginem Vestalem . " They Avere admitted into the society between the years of six and ten , and Avere vowed to the strictest
chastity for the space of thirty years . The first ten Avere passed in a noviciate , AA hen they Avere taught the ceremonies , and jDerfected themselves in the duties of their religion . The next ten were spent in the active discharge of their sacerdotal
functions , and the remaining ten in teaching and instructing others . After the thirty years Avere completed , they Avere at liberty to leave the Order , and choose any condition of life that best suited their inclinations . They seldom availed
themselves of this privilege , as it Avas deemed unlucky . Their dress Avas a Avhits robe , and a fillet round , the head . They enjoyed very important privileges . They Avere free from parental control , AvheneA r er the } ' went abroad a lictor bearing the fasces preceded them , a Consul or the Proctor being obliged J O D to give them the Avay . In all public entertain-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Address To A Newly Initiated Brother.
Henceforward , Avhithersoever Divine Providence may direct your steps , Avherever yonr abode may be fixed , yon -will find Masons . All members of the Craft throughout the world are under solemn obligation to evince their love for you in
the same proportion as it is your sworn duty to act likeAvise toAvards them ; never do violence to this sentiment , this obligation of love , by refusing your concurrence in it , your action upon it .
In our temples you Avill learn to love God , the Great Architect of the Universe to magnify his infinite power , by the cultivation of your intellectual faculties , Avithout allowing them to be the slaves of superstition . You Avill learn to control
the passions Avhich debase the soul , to banish from your heart all sentiments of egotism , of self-glorification , that great bane of our modern societies .
It IIOAV only remains to me to urge upon you the duty of rendering yourself Avorthy of these benefits , by devoting all your poAvers of head , of breast , of mind and of body , to our institution . Never forget that all the Freemasons on the face
of the earth are brethren , and that in proportion as you may depend upon them they must in like manner be able to depend upon j'ou- Not here , howevez-, do your duties cease , for you have still more important ones to regard in your aims after
moral order . Your conduct must ahvays be free from reproach . You must endeavour to imitate those of your brethren Avho have arrived at a higher state of perfection than j'ourseif , and at the same time remember that to those AVIIO have
made less progress you have to serve as an example . Your knoAAdedge , your , intellectual poAvers , belong to us , ancl you have no longer a right selfishly to employ them for your OAVII exclusive advantage . O
Finally , I am convinced that you have lively impressions ofthe great duties I have enumerated , and that you AA'ill zealously discharge them . Freemasonry includes Avithin its fold one good child more , ancl the modeste lodge "La Cesaree" has
the satisfaction of having made you a participator in the light of our order Avithin its bosom . One day , perhaps soon , yon Avill depart from our midst . I have a strong commotion that you will carry Avith yon delightful recollections of this
evening , ancl of us , who perched upon the little rock named Jersey , have conferred upon you the title of brother . "
The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.
THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .
By BEO . A . OXEAL HAVE , K . M ., K . Cal , Corresponding-Member ofthe German Society , Leipsig , Knight Templar , Scot . ; Author of ' " The History of the Knights Templars " " Vara Queer ; " " Gatherings in Wanderings ; " " Songs and Ballads ; " "Poemataf "Legends of Edinburgh . " fyc , < 5 ' c , < 5 - _ . , Poet Laureate of the Canongate , Kilwinning ; P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P . Z . of St . AndrewsB . A .
, Chap . ; Sfc . ; < yc . ( Continued from page 449 . ) CHAPTER XIV . A FALLEN VESTAL . " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ,
Pluck from tho memory a rooted sorrow , Raze out tho written troubles of tho brain ; And with some SAveet oblivious antidote , Cleanse the stuit'd bosom of that perilous stuff , AA hich weighs upon tho heart . "—Shall espeare .
The Vestal Virgins Avere honoured and esteemed ' among the Romans . The order was founded by Numa Pompilius for the purpose of feeding thesacred flame in the Temple of Vesta . The Palla .-dium brought from Troy by Eneas , and
othersacred relics were placed under their charge . Thenumber at first Avas tAvo , then four , and afterwards ,, Avhen the tribes Avere increased , it Avas raised tosix . Whenever a vacancy occurred in the Order ,, the Pontifex Maxinius Avas required by the Lex
Papia to select twenty virgins of good family , freefrom bodily defects , and Avith various other qualifications . One Avas chosen by lot , and the Pontifex Maximus taking her by the hand led her as it
Avereby force , from her parents . They Avere not thus properly elected , but in n , manner taken , Avhence the expression " capere virginem Vestalem . " They Avere admitted into the society between the years of six and ten , and Avere vowed to the strictest
chastity for the space of thirty years . The first ten Avere passed in a noviciate , AA hen they Avere taught the ceremonies , and jDerfected themselves in the duties of their religion . The next ten were spent in the active discharge of their sacerdotal
functions , and the remaining ten in teaching and instructing others . After the thirty years Avere completed , they Avere at liberty to leave the Order , and choose any condition of life that best suited their inclinations . They seldom availed
themselves of this privilege , as it Avas deemed unlucky . Their dress Avas a Avhits robe , and a fillet round , the head . They enjoyed very important privileges . They Avere free from parental control , AvheneA r er the } ' went abroad a lictor bearing the fasces preceded them , a Consul or the Proctor being obliged J O D to give them the Avay . In all public entertain-