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Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

Andin"Claribel » : — " At eve the beetle boometh Athwart , the thicket lone : At noon the wild bee hummeth About the mosa'd headstone : At midnight the moon cometh

, And looketh down alone . " In another Note we will glance at the more cheerful aspect of the Laureate ' s poems . Under the title of Snoiodrops , Mr . Clayton , of Bradford , has issued a cheap little Annual , chiefly humourous pieces , in the Yorkshire dialects , from the pens of J . H .

Eccles , John Hartley , Florence Cleveland , and others . It is remarkably cheap , ancl does great credit to the publisher as well as to the contributors . Rose Cottage , Stokesley .

The Three Great Lights Of Masonry.

THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS OF MASONRY .

BY BEO . CAPT . SAM WHITING . Written fur the Masonic Column of the N . Y , "Dispatch . " OH , Holy Bible ! Book of Truth !

Full of rich love on every page , Our rule and guide of FAITH in youth , Our help and comforter in age , Oh ! let thy radiance shine afar , Dispelling all the gloom of night , And he a guiding "Bethlehem Star " To all inquiring " Sons of Li ght . "

The Square upon the Bible place , To rule our actions day by day , And may we , in life ' s eager race Ne ' er from its line of duty stray . Though " Beauty ' s " line may be the " curve , " And angels seem , perchance , less fair , From rectitude we ne ' er can swerve If we but " act upon the Square . "

The " Compass " let us keep at hand To circumscribe our daily life ; If we within its limits stand , We shall avoid much worldly strife . These " three Great Lights " our path will cheer And guide to Heavenly mansions fair , If " meeting on the Level here , " At last " we part upon the Square . "

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"TO OUR NEXT HAPPY MEETING." Article 44
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 45
THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS OF MASONRY. Article 48
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Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

Andin"Claribel » : — " At eve the beetle boometh Athwart , the thicket lone : At noon the wild bee hummeth About the mosa'd headstone : At midnight the moon cometh

, And looketh down alone . " In another Note we will glance at the more cheerful aspect of the Laureate ' s poems . Under the title of Snoiodrops , Mr . Clayton , of Bradford , has issued a cheap little Annual , chiefly humourous pieces , in the Yorkshire dialects , from the pens of J . H .

Eccles , John Hartley , Florence Cleveland , and others . It is remarkably cheap , ancl does great credit to the publisher as well as to the contributors . Rose Cottage , Stokesley .

The Three Great Lights Of Masonry.

THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS OF MASONRY .

BY BEO . CAPT . SAM WHITING . Written fur the Masonic Column of the N . Y , "Dispatch . " OH , Holy Bible ! Book of Truth !

Full of rich love on every page , Our rule and guide of FAITH in youth , Our help and comforter in age , Oh ! let thy radiance shine afar , Dispelling all the gloom of night , And he a guiding "Bethlehem Star " To all inquiring " Sons of Li ght . "

The Square upon the Bible place , To rule our actions day by day , And may we , in life ' s eager race Ne ' er from its line of duty stray . Though " Beauty ' s " line may be the " curve , " And angels seem , perchance , less fair , From rectitude we ne ' er can swerve If we but " act upon the Square . "

The " Compass " let us keep at hand To circumscribe our daily life ; If we within its limits stand , We shall avoid much worldly strife . These " three Great Lights " our path will cheer And guide to Heavenly mansions fair , If " meeting on the Level here , " At last " we part upon the Square . "

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