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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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"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