Leaning Towards Each Other.

LEANING TOWARDS EACH OTHER .

[ The following lines were written for , and first recited at , the Festival following the dedication of the Crawford Statue of Washington , at Richmond , in 1858 . The thoughts embodied in them are derived from the Book of Ecclesiastes iv . 9-12 ; "Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward

for their labour . For if they fall , the one will lift up his fellow ; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth ; for he hath not another to lift him up . Again , if two lie together , then they have heat ; but how can one bb warm alone ? And if one prevail against him , two shall withstand him j and a threefold cord is not quickly broken . " The lesson inculcated in the concluding stanza cannot bo too strongly enforced : ]

The jolts of life are many . As we dash along the track ; The ways are rough and rugged And our bones they sorely rack ; We're tossed about , Both in and out , We make a mighty pother ; Far less would be

Our pains , if we Would lean towards each other . Behold that loving couple , Just mated for their life What care they for the jolting The happy man and wife ?

The cars may jump , Their heads may bump , And jostle one another , They only smile And try the while To lean towards each other .

Woo to the luckless pilgrim Who journeys all alone ; Well said the wise King Solomon , " ' Tis better two than one !" For where the ground ' s Most nigged found , And great the pain and pother , He cannot break

The sorest shake By leaniny on another . There ' s not one in ten thousand Of all the cares we mourn , But' what , if'twas divided , Might easily be borne ;

If we'd but learn AYhcn fortunes turn To share them with a brother , We'd prove how good Our Brotherhood By leaning towards each other . - ^ PMlaMphioL Keystone .

A Curious Pamphlet.

A CURIOUS PAMPHLET .

The following curious and interesting little pamphlet seems to be generally unknown to my brethren , and so I venture to reprint it , for there information in the pages of the Magazine . It has apparently escaped the notice of

Dr . Oliver , and seems to have heen unknown to Kloss . A . F . A . WOODFOMX

Thoughts On Masonry And The Admission Of Persons

THOUGHTS ON MASONRY AND THE ADMISSION OF PERSONS

INTO THAT FKATERNITY . ET M . OONCANEN JUN . " It is a Science , that employs in its Theory the " noblest Faculties of the Soul , and exerts in its " Practice the Cardinal Virtues of the Heart . "

LONDON ; Printed for the AUTHOR ; And may be had of Br . PARSLEY , Bookseller , Surrey Side Black-Friars Bridge .

To His Royal Highness George Prince Of Wales.

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES .

[ DEDICATION . ]

Your Royal Highness ' s rank may claim respect and reverence from a people , but your private virtues have procured you a more valuable and affectionate distinction , . in the hearts of mankind . —It is the usual business of dedicators to illustrate virtues by gross adulation and flatteryand to [ beg

, permission to apply that ,- wHch though it may be a bahn to coxcomio vanity , is obnoxious to true greatness and virtue . The humbleness of my station will not , I flatter myself , preclude me from addressing your Hihness as a Brother ; a term I

g use in conformity to the masonic institution , though not without consideration of that great humility and respect , due from a Subject of England to a Prince . Your Highness has been pleased to sanction with your approbation the

principles of Masonry , and every act that may tendjto , strengthen the union of BROTHEKLY LOVE , RELIEF , and TRUTH , will , I flatter myself , be regarded with your attention . My hope form your Highness is approbation , which will be of greater value to