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A Mason's Adventure;
Thus Monday , the 22 nd of June , IS to , became a red-letter day in the kalendar of my life . I enjoyed the high privilege of making the personal acquaintance of our very eminent and learned Brother Dr Oliver , and having a most agreeable tete-a-tdte . Of course the rulin " topic was the Craft and the extraordinary events of the previous nine months . It was a problem which neither of us could then solve why our most excellent friend and Brother , Dr . Crucefix , after having conferred benefits
so many upon Freemasonry , should have been so cruelly used—a problem which the perusal of a subsequent number of our Keview has enabled me to unravel . Be has suffered as the Originator and hdttor ofthe Freemasons' Quarterly Review , let who will be foolhardy enough to deny it . And that , notwithstanding Dr . Oliver ' s opinion , re-echoed by thousands , that , " the circulation of that worlc has done more to recommend Masonry to the public , and added within the of its existence
Jew years a larger number of Members to the Craft than the most zealous efforts of others at any previous period of years " I his , his deliberate judgment , is formed from the returns ofthe various Lodges for a series of years in the Province over which he presides as -U . i . G . M . And I beg to subscribe my testimony , that the Review has iniused new life and vigour into an ancient institution , wliich was fast sinking in the public mind for want of medium of
, a proper communication . Indeed recent occurrences would prompt me to retire from Masonry , but that I too much respect many of its Members and entertain too stedfast a reliance in its own intrinsic worth to think that such accidents of human agency and passion can weaken its character . Noble was Dr . Oliver ' s advice to the Master of a Lod ffe who requested toknow " how he was to act with respect to subscribing to . Bro . Crucefix s Testimonial , " after receiving one of those anonyletters which sent round
mous were to the country Lodges — " Act precisely as you would have acted had you never seen the letter , " wrote the doctor , ' my sentiments of esteem and friendshi p towards Bro Crucefix are unaltered , as they are unalterable by any anonymous slanders My only surprise is , that any honest man should for a second allow such assassm-hke missives to take the least hold upon his understanding . " ( To be continued . )
/T He Sensitive Mind Discovers Poetry Ev...
/ T sensitive mind discovers poetry everywhere . As it is touched with whatever is affecting in the chances of life , so does it taste whatever is picturesque m the objects of nature . All that is majestic and lovely here is to it a source of delight , and helps it to form a more just conception of Him who is the author of so much beauty . It is thus that in the images of earth may be recognised the tokens of eternity—in the canopy of heaven , and the expanse of the ocean—in the setting glories of the sun , and the melting colours of the rainbow—visions and emblems of a brighter world .
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A Mason's Adventure;
Thus Monday , the 22 nd of June , IS to , became a red-letter day in the kalendar of my life . I enjoyed the high privilege of making the personal acquaintance of our very eminent and learned Brother Dr Oliver , and having a most agreeable tete-a-tdte . Of course the rulin " topic was the Craft and the extraordinary events of the previous nine months . It was a problem which neither of us could then solve why our most excellent friend and Brother , Dr . Crucefix , after having conferred benefits
so many upon Freemasonry , should have been so cruelly used—a problem which the perusal of a subsequent number of our Keview has enabled me to unravel . Be has suffered as the Originator and hdttor ofthe Freemasons' Quarterly Review , let who will be foolhardy enough to deny it . And that , notwithstanding Dr . Oliver ' s opinion , re-echoed by thousands , that , " the circulation of that worlc has done more to recommend Masonry to the public , and added within the of its existence
Jew years a larger number of Members to the Craft than the most zealous efforts of others at any previous period of years " I his , his deliberate judgment , is formed from the returns ofthe various Lodges for a series of years in the Province over which he presides as -U . i . G . M . And I beg to subscribe my testimony , that the Review has iniused new life and vigour into an ancient institution , wliich was fast sinking in the public mind for want of medium of
, a proper communication . Indeed recent occurrences would prompt me to retire from Masonry , but that I too much respect many of its Members and entertain too stedfast a reliance in its own intrinsic worth to think that such accidents of human agency and passion can weaken its character . Noble was Dr . Oliver ' s advice to the Master of a Lod ffe who requested toknow " how he was to act with respect to subscribing to . Bro . Crucefix s Testimonial , " after receiving one of those anonyletters which sent round
mous were to the country Lodges — " Act precisely as you would have acted had you never seen the letter , " wrote the doctor , ' my sentiments of esteem and friendshi p towards Bro Crucefix are unaltered , as they are unalterable by any anonymous slanders My only surprise is , that any honest man should for a second allow such assassm-hke missives to take the least hold upon his understanding . " ( To be continued . )
/T He Sensitive Mind Discovers Poetry Ev...
/ T sensitive mind discovers poetry everywhere . As it is touched with whatever is affecting in the chances of life , so does it taste whatever is picturesque m the objects of nature . All that is majestic and lovely here is to it a source of delight , and helps it to form a more just conception of Him who is the author of so much beauty . It is thus that in the images of earth may be recognised the tokens of eternity—in the canopy of heaven , and the expanse of the ocean—in the setting glories of the sun , and the melting colours of the rainbow—visions and emblems of a brighter world .