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Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.

MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .

BY BROTHER H . 11 . SIJADE , LL . B . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . " No . XXXV . —DECISION OP MIND NECESSARY TO ENSURE SUCCESS IN EVERY UNDERTAKING .

Incertus animus , cum eupiat , timet . —SENECA . SENSIBLE was the command of Jup iter to the suppliant waggoner , " Fellow , help thyself ; " and equally so , in its illustration of the selfexertion God requires of man , the caution of the old lark to her young ones , in another fable , that when the farmer began to reap his own corn , without waiting any longer the assistance of his neighbours and kindred , it xvas time for them to begone . More apposite and authoritative is the the of the Talents

example of the same principle enforced by parable , wherein the Just One teaches his discip les to be active and energetic , bidding them , " Occupy till I come . " The mind is a faculty liable to be influenced by so vast a variety ot contingent circumstances , over wliich human power has no control , that it cannot be too early in life impressed with the necessity of action , decision , and self-reliance , under the fiat of a Divine Providence , if either usewould be attainedHesitation and its vacil

fulness or solid happiness . - lating effects , where the object of desire is brave , generous , or holy , is most pernicious , both in regard to the individual ancl society . And nothing more strongly indicates an untutored or an undisciplined mind , as indecision in a cause that has good principle for its basis . One of the ruling noxious weeds that too often , m their far spreading wildnessabsorb the health of the mindis imaginationa

bril-, y sap , , liant gift of nature when controlled and cultivated , but full of deadly poison to the soul , if indulged in an unrestrained course of operation . It appals or incites , depresses or elevates to that extent , that , like the power of steam applied to machinery , it may accomplish the most beautiful works , or destroy the best arranged expectations . The effect of this lively agent on the mind is as remarkable as particular in different h systemsIn it is vivid as the electric fluid

pysical . some , producing , consequently , greater oppression over the sanity ot the judgment ; in others it is hardly ' visible , abandoning intellectual beings to almost Boeotian dulness . Thus it is that we see some individuals possessed of far more decision and perseverance than others endowed with similar talent , because they either do not possess that redundancy of ima « ination which is injurious to the mind , or they have acquired sufficient to subdue its misleadings when its hallucinations or

unnerve , founded fears would carry them short of their just wishes . Then a « ain , imagination is mischievous , when it creates in the mmd a diffidence of ability for success , while another , disdaining such coy modesty , though endued with less intrinsic worth , steps forward , and

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CONTENTS. Article 1
EXTRACT from the printed Circular ofthe ... Article 2
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THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. Article 4
THE NEW APPOINTMENTS. Article 12
ON FREEMASONRY. EVIDENCES, DOCTRINES, AND TRADITIONS. Article 16
EVIL SPEAKING. Article 29
MASONIC DIDACTICS; OR, SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION. Article 30
ON THE CAUSES OF THE ORIGINAL DISPERSION OF PRIMITIVE NATIONS, Article 32
THE FORTRESS OF ALLAHABAD. Article 38
OF THE OBELISKS IN ROME. Article 39
NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE. Article 40
MISCELLANEA TEMPLARIA. Article 43
MASONIC ANECDOTE. Article 44
LOVE'S MASK. Article 45
TO THE EDITOR. Article 49
POETRY. Article 50
HISTORIC SONNETS. Article 51
SONGS OF THE PATRIOTS OF TYROL. Article 52
THE MASON LEADS A HAPPY LIFE. Article 52
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 53
theCOMMITTEE OP GENERAL PURPOSES — July ... Article 53
Present-Comps. J. Ramsbottom, M.P., T. F... Article 54
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND. Article 54
THE CHARITIES. Article 55
GIRLS' SCHOOL. Article 59
BOYS' SCHOOL. Article 60
THE REPORTER. Article 61
MASONIC CHIT CHAT. Article 63
Obituary. Article 65
Obituary. Article 67
PROVINCIAL. Article 69
SCOTLAND. Article 87
IRELAND. Article 98
GUERNSEY. Article 106
FOREIGN. Article 107
INDIA. Article 112
THE PRINCIPLES OF MASONRY. Article 116
REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Article 120
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 125
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. Article 128
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. Article 129
Untitled Ad 130
• jjiirxjiiMMA xjri'-ra \j__-ruin , i, x... Article 131
.FREEMASONS* QUARTERLY ADVERTISER. No. X... Article 132
FREEMASONRY. ASYLUM FOR THE WORTHY AGED ... Article 132
PREEMASONRY. ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FO... Article 132
FREEMASONRY. ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION F... Article 132
FREEMASONRY. GENUINE MASONIC TRACING BOA... Article 133
FREEMASONRY. THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPR... Article 133
FREEMASON RY. ¦ -D ROTHERS BROADHURST an... Article 133
FREEMASONRY. BROTHER J. P. ACKL A M, MAS... Article 134
FREEMASONRY. BROTHER W. POVEY, MASONIC B... Article 134
FREEMASONRY. 28, New Street, Covent Gard... Article 134
ACCOUNTANTSHIP, WITH FIDELITY, ECONOMY, ... Article 134
FREEMASONRY. TVTASONIC CLOTHING, FURNITU... Article 135
FREEMASONRY. BROTHER S. D. FORBES, TAILO... Article 135
Just published, 8vo-, price 10*. 6d. clo... Article 135
MASONIC LIBRARY, 314, HIGH HOLBORN. 13 R... Article 135
MASONICSONG. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, T... Article 135
HAMPTON COURT GRAMMAR SCHOOL. CONDUCTED ... Article 135
VALUABLE MEDICAL WORKS, PUBLISHED BY SHE... Article 136
CORSSEH'S HISTOEICAL LISEASY. Authentic ... Article 137
MILTON'S PARADISE LOST, with Copious Not... Article 138
r |PHE Churchwardens of the Colleaiate C... Article 138
nPHJE GRAPHIC AID will be found an inval... Article 138
WATCHES, PLATE, AND JEWELLERY. T P. ACKL... Article 139
GLOBE INSURANCE, PALL-MALL, AND CORNHILL... Article 139
POST OFFICE STAMPS.—As the new regulatio... Article 139
NATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE ASSURANCE, AND ... Article 140
Untitled Article 143
LIST OF ARTICLES. Article 144
HPHE celebrated BISCUITS DE RHEIMS, or C... Article 144
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Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.

MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .

BY BROTHER H . 11 . SIJADE , LL . B . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . " No . XXXV . —DECISION OP MIND NECESSARY TO ENSURE SUCCESS IN EVERY UNDERTAKING .

Incertus animus , cum eupiat , timet . —SENECA . SENSIBLE was the command of Jup iter to the suppliant waggoner , " Fellow , help thyself ; " and equally so , in its illustration of the selfexertion God requires of man , the caution of the old lark to her young ones , in another fable , that when the farmer began to reap his own corn , without waiting any longer the assistance of his neighbours and kindred , it xvas time for them to begone . More apposite and authoritative is the the of the Talents

example of the same principle enforced by parable , wherein the Just One teaches his discip les to be active and energetic , bidding them , " Occupy till I come . " The mind is a faculty liable to be influenced by so vast a variety ot contingent circumstances , over wliich human power has no control , that it cannot be too early in life impressed with the necessity of action , decision , and self-reliance , under the fiat of a Divine Providence , if either usewould be attainedHesitation and its vacil

fulness or solid happiness . - lating effects , where the object of desire is brave , generous , or holy , is most pernicious , both in regard to the individual ancl society . And nothing more strongly indicates an untutored or an undisciplined mind , as indecision in a cause that has good principle for its basis . One of the ruling noxious weeds that too often , m their far spreading wildnessabsorb the health of the mindis imaginationa

bril-, y sap , , liant gift of nature when controlled and cultivated , but full of deadly poison to the soul , if indulged in an unrestrained course of operation . It appals or incites , depresses or elevates to that extent , that , like the power of steam applied to machinery , it may accomplish the most beautiful works , or destroy the best arranged expectations . The effect of this lively agent on the mind is as remarkable as particular in different h systemsIn it is vivid as the electric fluid

pysical . some , producing , consequently , greater oppression over the sanity ot the judgment ; in others it is hardly ' visible , abandoning intellectual beings to almost Boeotian dulness . Thus it is that we see some individuals possessed of far more decision and perseverance than others endowed with similar talent , because they either do not possess that redundancy of ima « ination which is injurious to the mind , or they have acquired sufficient to subdue its misleadings when its hallucinations or

unnerve , founded fears would carry them short of their just wishes . Then a « ain , imagination is mischievous , when it creates in the mmd a diffidence of ability for success , while another , disdaining such coy modesty , though endued with less intrinsic worth , steps forward , and

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