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Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
or some renewed exercise of active virtue to his life , effects the benevolent purpose of the Universal Fabricator , discharging Ins duty in the station assigned him , and ultimately gaining that climax of his toil and mtience which ought to be the siimmuin bonum of the most ardent aspirations of a rational mind . We need not travel far for a testimony ot what may be accomplished by laborious and persevering application ol the mental powers . The gradual advancement of every educated person it to the matured
inforfrom puerile ignorance , step by step , as were , mation and intelligence of puberty , without considering the higher flights of genius into the reg ions of literature , as each year adds some inches to our intellectual stature , sufficiently proves that , however slow or tedious those progresses maybe , they at last produce a great and visible errect upon both the moral and mental system , enabling the mind to acquire the most difficult artsthe most abstruse sciencesand , perhaps , place its
, , distinguished and favoured possessor on the list of fame . _ True , then , the motto—Labor vincit omnia . Diligence , industry , ana application , are as necessary to the improvement of the mind as air , food , and exercise are to the health and preservation of the body .
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS QUARTERLY REVIEW . SIR , —In addressing you by the above title , I premise that I differ from you on the propriety of Freemasons having a Review at all . A Masonic Magazine , 1 take it , can have no effect but that of producing discord amongst us , by calling our attention to certain errors which have been occasionally committed in the management of our affairs , and that respect we owe to our predecessorswho
thereby lowering proper , never supposed their actions were to be submitted to the public gaze . However , as the Review does exist , I trust to your candour to give all parties a fair hearing ; and if in one page you complain of the nonexistence of certain Masonic Charities , and assert the propriety of now establishing them , you will allow me to state why such Charities are not needed , and why , in particular , one calling itself a Charity for the benefit of WorthAged and Decayed Masonsis not only unnecessary ,
y , but must be productive of great injury to the Craft- _ I am the more anxious to publish my opinions on this subject , from the fact that there are many sincere and well-meaning Masons , who have honestly opposed the above Charity in every stage , without knowing a word either of its merits or its faults . It is for their information , principally , I now address you . .
I undertake to prove , that in Masonry no new onaniy is neeueu , and therefore , that the Aged Masons' Asylum can be of no advantage ; and , , . , _ . 2 dly . That , on the contrary , it will be a lavish waste of money , injurious to the Craft , ancl cruel to its inmates . I trust to make both propositions clear to the meanest understanding . To prove that a Charity for the benefit of old men is not needed , i must remind the Brethren that , not only have we Schools for Children , both Girls and Boys , which are a great relief to the fathers and grandfathers , but we have in addition , the Board of Benevolence ; and ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
or some renewed exercise of active virtue to his life , effects the benevolent purpose of the Universal Fabricator , discharging Ins duty in the station assigned him , and ultimately gaining that climax of his toil and mtience which ought to be the siimmuin bonum of the most ardent aspirations of a rational mind . We need not travel far for a testimony ot what may be accomplished by laborious and persevering application ol the mental powers . The gradual advancement of every educated person it to the matured
inforfrom puerile ignorance , step by step , as were , mation and intelligence of puberty , without considering the higher flights of genius into the reg ions of literature , as each year adds some inches to our intellectual stature , sufficiently proves that , however slow or tedious those progresses maybe , they at last produce a great and visible errect upon both the moral and mental system , enabling the mind to acquire the most difficult artsthe most abstruse sciencesand , perhaps , place its
, , distinguished and favoured possessor on the list of fame . _ True , then , the motto—Labor vincit omnia . Diligence , industry , ana application , are as necessary to the improvement of the mind as air , food , and exercise are to the health and preservation of the body .
Asylum For The Aged And Decayed Freemason.
ASYLUM FOR THE AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASON .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS QUARTERLY REVIEW . SIR , —In addressing you by the above title , I premise that I differ from you on the propriety of Freemasons having a Review at all . A Masonic Magazine , 1 take it , can have no effect but that of producing discord amongst us , by calling our attention to certain errors which have been occasionally committed in the management of our affairs , and that respect we owe to our predecessorswho
thereby lowering proper , never supposed their actions were to be submitted to the public gaze . However , as the Review does exist , I trust to your candour to give all parties a fair hearing ; and if in one page you complain of the nonexistence of certain Masonic Charities , and assert the propriety of now establishing them , you will allow me to state why such Charities are not needed , and why , in particular , one calling itself a Charity for the benefit of WorthAged and Decayed Masonsis not only unnecessary ,
y , but must be productive of great injury to the Craft- _ I am the more anxious to publish my opinions on this subject , from the fact that there are many sincere and well-meaning Masons , who have honestly opposed the above Charity in every stage , without knowing a word either of its merits or its faults . It is for their information , principally , I now address you . .
I undertake to prove , that in Masonry no new onaniy is neeueu , and therefore , that the Aged Masons' Asylum can be of no advantage ; and , , . , _ . 2 dly . That , on the contrary , it will be a lavish waste of money , injurious to the Craft , ancl cruel to its inmates . I trust to make both propositions clear to the meanest understanding . To prove that a Charity for the benefit of old men is not needed , i must remind the Brethren that , not only have we Schools for Children , both Girls and Boys , which are a great relief to the fathers and grandfathers , but we have in addition , the Board of Benevolence ; and ,