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"Milklat "—The City Of Refuge.

Better'' Let the dead past , bury its dead , "and thank God for purer-hearted times . To come back to our " City of Refuge , " not alone do Ave find the JeAV thus pitiful , even in his stringent code , but in Avell-nigh

every nation of antiquity do we discover , either in holy temple , or by altar ' s sacred precinct , a similar merciful provision . And not only so , but even amongst those that Ave " ' enlightened" christians so charitably deem lost souls of heathenism , we discover

the same principle of justice tempered Avith mercy . A modern traveller has found at Honaunau , in the SandAvich Islands , just ' such another City of Refuge , and a wonderful place it is ; a vast oblong enclosure , a thousand and forty feet long by nearly

seven hundred feet broad , surrounded by stone Avails , fifteen feet high , and twenty through at the base , Avhilst Avithin are the remains of three stone temples , each two hundred and ten feet Jong , by one hundred wide , aud thirteen feet high .

These temple walls are a study , built as they are of lava blocks of prodigious size , and a Aveight almost beyond reckoning ; quarried at a distance , brought over rough ground , smoothed Avithin and without , laid ( shapeless though they are ) Avith faultless

precision—How ? Whence had their builders this knowledge ? Whence the merciful feeling Avhich bid them build them thus ? Surely only from the Most High ! Truly may Ave say : — " There are more things in heaven and

earth , Than are dreamt of in our philosophy !" And yet again , by Avhat channel had this knowledge reached them ? Surely Avhen we see that work and its outcome ,

that Masonry of the heart , as well as of the hand , our ansAver can be but one—the A \ 'orld-Avide Craft ! Well then may we brethren thank our Common Father that He has vouchsafed to even those His poorer children his gifts

of knoAvledge and charity , imperfect though they may be in comparison with our own , every time that , leaving the rough turmoil and struggle of the outer world , Ave seek peace and refreshment in " working " those gracious gifts ourselA'es , within the Avails of our oAvn loved " CITY OP REFUGE . "

Odds And Ends Of Wit And Humour.

ODDS AND ENDS OF WIT AND HUMOUR .

A Lecture by Bro . EMRA HOLMES , at th e Town Hall , Hadleigh , and the Working Men ' s College , Ipswich . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , I suppose you will expect me at the

outset to give you a definition of the terms , Wit and Humour ; but in truth they are as difficult to define and describe as the colour of a cameleon , the quality of beauty , or the odour of a floAver . The late Mr . Mark Lemon , in his preface to the Jest

Book , OAvns to having read the eight learned chapters on " Thoughts on Jesting , " by Frederick Meier , Professor of Philosophy , at Halle , and Member of the Royal Academy of Berlin . I confess , I have not , nor do I hope to gain . much knoAvledge from an author AVIIO writes so

pedantically as the Professor . He declares that a jest is an extreme fine thought , the result of a great wit and acumen , which are eminent perfections of the soul . " Hypocrites , " says be , " with the appearance , but Avithout the reality of virtue , condemn from the teeth outwardly the laughter and

jesting which they sincerelv approve in their hearts ; and many sincere virtuous persons also account them criminal either from , temperament , melancholy , orerroneous princip les of morality . As the censure of such persons , " he adds , " gives me pain , so

their approbation would give me great p leasure . But as long as they consider the the suggestions of their temperament , deep melancholy and erroneous principles as so many dictates -of real virtue , so long they must not take it amiss if , Avhile I revere their virtue , I despise their judgment . " Bravo ! Professor ;

Locke asserts ' that , "Wit lies in an assemblage of ideas and putting them together Avith quickness and vivacity , Avhenever can be found any resemblance and congrulty , whereby to make up pleasant p ictures and agreeable visions of fancy .

Addison limits Iris definition by observing that an assemblage of ideas productive merely of p leasure does not constitute wit but of those only which to delight add surprise . " Pope again declares Wit " to consist in a quick conception of thought , 2 F 2

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
SONNET. Article 1
THE WILSON MANUSCRIPT CONSTITUTION. Article 2
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MASTER AND FREE MASONS. Article 7
AIMEE. Article 11
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY. Article 11
LINES Article 14
THE ANTI-MASONIC VICAR Article 15
TO A SNOWDROP Article 17
"MILKLAT "—THE CITY OF REFUGE. Article 18
ODDS AND ENDS OF WIT AND HUMOUR. Article 19
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 24
ORATION Article 26
THE OLD FOLKS' PARTY. Article 28
BENEFIT MANKIND. Article 32
CURIOSITIES OF THE POST OFFICE. Article 32
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 34
BRO. DANIEL COXE—THE FATHER OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA. Article 36
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 39
HALF-WAY DOIN'S. Article 42
GODFREY HIGGINS ON FREEMASONRY. Article 43
THE SITE OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE DISCOVERED. Article 44
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 46
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"Milklat "—The City Of Refuge.

Better'' Let the dead past , bury its dead , "and thank God for purer-hearted times . To come back to our " City of Refuge , " not alone do Ave find the JeAV thus pitiful , even in his stringent code , but in Avell-nigh

every nation of antiquity do we discover , either in holy temple , or by altar ' s sacred precinct , a similar merciful provision . And not only so , but even amongst those that Ave " ' enlightened" christians so charitably deem lost souls of heathenism , we discover

the same principle of justice tempered Avith mercy . A modern traveller has found at Honaunau , in the SandAvich Islands , just ' such another City of Refuge , and a wonderful place it is ; a vast oblong enclosure , a thousand and forty feet long by nearly

seven hundred feet broad , surrounded by stone Avails , fifteen feet high , and twenty through at the base , Avhilst Avithin are the remains of three stone temples , each two hundred and ten feet Jong , by one hundred wide , aud thirteen feet high .

These temple walls are a study , built as they are of lava blocks of prodigious size , and a Aveight almost beyond reckoning ; quarried at a distance , brought over rough ground , smoothed Avithin and without , laid ( shapeless though they are ) Avith faultless

precision—How ? Whence had their builders this knowledge ? Whence the merciful feeling Avhich bid them build them thus ? Surely only from the Most High ! Truly may Ave say : — " There are more things in heaven and

earth , Than are dreamt of in our philosophy !" And yet again , by Avhat channel had this knowledge reached them ? Surely Avhen we see that work and its outcome ,

that Masonry of the heart , as well as of the hand , our ansAver can be but one—the A \ 'orld-Avide Craft ! Well then may we brethren thank our Common Father that He has vouchsafed to even those His poorer children his gifts

of knoAvledge and charity , imperfect though they may be in comparison with our own , every time that , leaving the rough turmoil and struggle of the outer world , Ave seek peace and refreshment in " working " those gracious gifts ourselA'es , within the Avails of our oAvn loved " CITY OP REFUGE . "

Odds And Ends Of Wit And Humour.

ODDS AND ENDS OF WIT AND HUMOUR .

A Lecture by Bro . EMRA HOLMES , at th e Town Hall , Hadleigh , and the Working Men ' s College , Ipswich . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , I suppose you will expect me at the

outset to give you a definition of the terms , Wit and Humour ; but in truth they are as difficult to define and describe as the colour of a cameleon , the quality of beauty , or the odour of a floAver . The late Mr . Mark Lemon , in his preface to the Jest

Book , OAvns to having read the eight learned chapters on " Thoughts on Jesting , " by Frederick Meier , Professor of Philosophy , at Halle , and Member of the Royal Academy of Berlin . I confess , I have not , nor do I hope to gain . much knoAvledge from an author AVIIO writes so

pedantically as the Professor . He declares that a jest is an extreme fine thought , the result of a great wit and acumen , which are eminent perfections of the soul . " Hypocrites , " says be , " with the appearance , but Avithout the reality of virtue , condemn from the teeth outwardly the laughter and

jesting which they sincerelv approve in their hearts ; and many sincere virtuous persons also account them criminal either from , temperament , melancholy , orerroneous princip les of morality . As the censure of such persons , " he adds , " gives me pain , so

their approbation would give me great p leasure . But as long as they consider the the suggestions of their temperament , deep melancholy and erroneous principles as so many dictates -of real virtue , so long they must not take it amiss if , Avhile I revere their virtue , I despise their judgment . " Bravo ! Professor ;

Locke asserts ' that , "Wit lies in an assemblage of ideas and putting them together Avith quickness and vivacity , Avhenever can be found any resemblance and congrulty , whereby to make up pleasant p ictures and agreeable visions of fancy .

Addison limits Iris definition by observing that an assemblage of ideas productive merely of p leasure does not constitute wit but of those only which to delight add surprise . " Pope again declares Wit " to consist in a quick conception of thought , 2 F 2

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