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The Women Of Our Time.

gentleness and goodness , so to say , on all Avithin her reach . How many a youthful impetuous spirit has she Avisely , truly , guided , how many an admiring nephew or niece has she affectionately controlled , for her advice is always sound , because unselfish ; and her heart is ahvays warm and truebecause

, lleligion has made her feel alike her duty and her responsibilities , the sacrifices she has to undertake , and the labour she has to perform for others . I know of no happier or no more peaceful career than that which is animated alike by a perception

of efforts to be made , and toils to be undergone for the good of others ; which is consecrated simply by a surrender of self and personal ease , and personal comfort ; Avhich passes on relyingly and cheerfully through dark days and treacherous showers to that " other laud , " which lies beyond the

" silent sea , " where the everlasting hills rise above the distant horizon , telling to the often weary wayfarer to-day of peace and rest , reunion and happiness one day hereafter . If there are any of my readers who will still talk slightingly of old maids , let

them do so , and let them remember that in so doing they commit a very grievous blunder . " Au contraire , " I would impress on all AVIIO read these pages to treat them and regard them Avith kindliness and respect . They are there before your very

eyes , doing their duty nobly to the last ; they are firm friends , sound advisers , most true-hearted women , and putting away from you the '' Smalltalk and 'badinage ' of society , " see in them a type very often of all that is tenclerest and most precious , and most cultivated and most admirable in woman !

" Glamour."

" GLAMOUR . "

THE breath of flowers was on the breeze And all the odours of the spring ; Amid the gently-budding trees AVe heard the throstle sing . AVe Avatched the tender leaflets curi'd No green seemed half so gay before ;

A hundred springs may deck the Avorld But those green leaves no more ; No , never , never more !

" Glamour."

The sun drank up the tears of night The happy tears of early dew , Each drop became a globe of light With golden-green shot through . We shook them off the primrose flowers , No dew seemed half so bright before ;

Now winter rain may fall in shoAvers , But those bright drops no more ; No , never , never more ! AVithin the blue , unblemish'd skies The infant cloudlets cradled lay , Like neAv-born souls in Paradise

, All clad in Avhite array ; And in our happy eyes that met There shone a light unknown before ; NOAV suns may rise , and suns may set , But that love-light no more ; No , never , neA'er more !

Zoroastrianism And Freemasonry.

ZOROASTRIANISM AND FREEMASONRY .

( Continued from page 78 . ) PART III . A DABVAND , then , is not necessarily a non-Zoroastrian , because the latter may belong to a monotheistic reli gion , and may have practised all the virtues common to

pure Zoroastrians . All the popular aversion to a Darvand at present , through a miscomprehension of the term and its uses in the Avesta , is solel y levelled undeservedly to a foreign religionist . This , plainly , should not be . By all means

avoid the shadow of a Daiwand , but do not by any means identify him Avholesale with all non-Zoroastrians . The Farvardin Yashts proclaim loudl y against this absolute condemnation of all non-Zoroastrians by in itself invoking the spirits of the

Asho of all creeds and castes , climes and countries . To sum up , then , there is nothing inconsistent or derogatory to a follower of Zoroaster in associating , sympathizing , and fraternizing with Freemasons of all countries and beliefs . And

yet not a . feAv there are among us Zoroastrians v / ho entertain such vague notions of Freemasonry as to A'iew Avith great alarm and disapprobation the admission of Zoroastrians into the Masonic Craft . 1 remember I once proposed a Dustoor as a candidate for initiation . A Dustoor ,

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
"THE GOOSE AND GRIDIRON," Article 2
DR. RAWLINSON'S MS. Article 3
THE CHARGE. Article 7
THE CREATION. Article 8
AN OLD, OLD STORY. Article 12
BE HAPPY AS YOU CAN. Article 14
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION. Article 15
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 18
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 20
" GLAMOUR." Article 22
ZOROASTRIANISM AND FREEMASONRY. Article 22
OUT WITH THE TIDE. Article 25
TAKEN BY BRIGANDS. Article 26
MAGIC. Article 32
FAIRY TALES UTILISED FOR THE NEW GENERATION. Article 32
THE MUSICAL ENTHUSIAST. Article 34
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 34
Our Archaological Corner. Article 35
Untitled Article 36
ISRAEL AND ENGLAND. Article 36
REVIEWS. Article 39
ADDRESS OF P.G.M. BRO. HON. RICHARD VAUX, AT CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN UNION LODGE. Article 43
A CONFESSION. Article 45
NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART. Article 46
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The Women Of Our Time.

gentleness and goodness , so to say , on all Avithin her reach . How many a youthful impetuous spirit has she Avisely , truly , guided , how many an admiring nephew or niece has she affectionately controlled , for her advice is always sound , because unselfish ; and her heart is ahvays warm and truebecause

, lleligion has made her feel alike her duty and her responsibilities , the sacrifices she has to undertake , and the labour she has to perform for others . I know of no happier or no more peaceful career than that which is animated alike by a perception

of efforts to be made , and toils to be undergone for the good of others ; which is consecrated simply by a surrender of self and personal ease , and personal comfort ; Avhich passes on relyingly and cheerfully through dark days and treacherous showers to that " other laud , " which lies beyond the

" silent sea , " where the everlasting hills rise above the distant horizon , telling to the often weary wayfarer to-day of peace and rest , reunion and happiness one day hereafter . If there are any of my readers who will still talk slightingly of old maids , let

them do so , and let them remember that in so doing they commit a very grievous blunder . " Au contraire , " I would impress on all AVIIO read these pages to treat them and regard them Avith kindliness and respect . They are there before your very

eyes , doing their duty nobly to the last ; they are firm friends , sound advisers , most true-hearted women , and putting away from you the '' Smalltalk and 'badinage ' of society , " see in them a type very often of all that is tenclerest and most precious , and most cultivated and most admirable in woman !

" Glamour."

" GLAMOUR . "

THE breath of flowers was on the breeze And all the odours of the spring ; Amid the gently-budding trees AVe heard the throstle sing . AVe Avatched the tender leaflets curi'd No green seemed half so gay before ;

A hundred springs may deck the Avorld But those green leaves no more ; No , never , never more !

" Glamour."

The sun drank up the tears of night The happy tears of early dew , Each drop became a globe of light With golden-green shot through . We shook them off the primrose flowers , No dew seemed half so bright before ;

Now winter rain may fall in shoAvers , But those bright drops no more ; No , never , never more ! AVithin the blue , unblemish'd skies The infant cloudlets cradled lay , Like neAv-born souls in Paradise

, All clad in Avhite array ; And in our happy eyes that met There shone a light unknown before ; NOAV suns may rise , and suns may set , But that love-light no more ; No , never , neA'er more !

Zoroastrianism And Freemasonry.

ZOROASTRIANISM AND FREEMASONRY .

( Continued from page 78 . ) PART III . A DABVAND , then , is not necessarily a non-Zoroastrian , because the latter may belong to a monotheistic reli gion , and may have practised all the virtues common to

pure Zoroastrians . All the popular aversion to a Darvand at present , through a miscomprehension of the term and its uses in the Avesta , is solel y levelled undeservedly to a foreign religionist . This , plainly , should not be . By all means

avoid the shadow of a Daiwand , but do not by any means identify him Avholesale with all non-Zoroastrians . The Farvardin Yashts proclaim loudl y against this absolute condemnation of all non-Zoroastrians by in itself invoking the spirits of the

Asho of all creeds and castes , climes and countries . To sum up , then , there is nothing inconsistent or derogatory to a follower of Zoroaster in associating , sympathizing , and fraternizing with Freemasons of all countries and beliefs . And

yet not a . feAv there are among us Zoroastrians v / ho entertain such vague notions of Freemasonry as to A'iew Avith great alarm and disapprobation the admission of Zoroastrians into the Masonic Craft . 1 remember I once proposed a Dustoor as a candidate for initiation . A Dustoor ,

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