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Article ORATION ON FREEMASONRY, ITS MYSTERY AND HISTORY, WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. ← Page 4 of 4 Article SONNET. Page 1 of 1 Article THE YEARS AND MASONRY. Page 1 of 1
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Oration On Freemasonry, Its Mystery And History, What It Is And What It Is Not.
Shall we not , therefore , with one heart ancl one mind , devoutly unite in the fervent petition of that Brother whose memory we all revere , the Prince of Scotia ' s immortal Bards : — "Then let ug pray that come it may , As come it will for a' that , That sense ancl worth , o ' er a' the earth , May bear the gree , and a' that ; For a' that , and a' that , It ' s coming yet for a' that , That man to man the world o ' er , Shall Brothers he for a' that . "
Sonnet.
SONNET .
On the two late atrocious attempts on the life of our august Brother , His Majesty the Emperor of Germany . Now clay ' s great king lies pillow'd on the sea ; His setting beams all streak'd with lurid red , As 'twere some proud , Imperial brow had bled ,
Like thine , 0 mighty Lord of Germany . Wbate ' er the execrable motive be Of the vile crime , which two base miscreants led A Eoyal German Brother ' s blood to shed , I care not to inquire ; enough for me—Enough for the whole world—the act to mark
Itself with scorn ' s most stern , most scorching brand ; And spurn the dastard aim , the insult dark , Offer'd thereby , by either ruffian ' s hand , Not only to each Mason ' s kindred breast , But all hearts with one ray of goodness blest . BEO . EEV . M . GORDON . June , 1878 .
The Years And Masonry.
THE YEARS AND MASONRY .
A IITTNICRED years are but a day , 0 Mystic Art ! in thy long line ; But , glorying in our years , we lay Our century on thy ancient shrine . Take up the wreath of years we give , 0 Mystic Art ! and let it live , Garnered with ages pastto bloom
, Like the acacia o ' er our tomb . Beneath the mighty Mystic Arch , That joins the present and the past , The ages still shall grandly march , The Arch shall ages yet outlast .
Truth , ever mighty , must prevail , Light to the faithful ne ' er shall fail ; Then dare we , in this vale of tears , Pledge thee another hundred years !
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Oration On Freemasonry, Its Mystery And History, What It Is And What It Is Not.
Shall we not , therefore , with one heart ancl one mind , devoutly unite in the fervent petition of that Brother whose memory we all revere , the Prince of Scotia ' s immortal Bards : — "Then let ug pray that come it may , As come it will for a' that , That sense ancl worth , o ' er a' the earth , May bear the gree , and a' that ; For a' that , and a' that , It ' s coming yet for a' that , That man to man the world o ' er , Shall Brothers he for a' that . "
Sonnet.
SONNET .
On the two late atrocious attempts on the life of our august Brother , His Majesty the Emperor of Germany . Now clay ' s great king lies pillow'd on the sea ; His setting beams all streak'd with lurid red , As 'twere some proud , Imperial brow had bled ,
Like thine , 0 mighty Lord of Germany . Wbate ' er the execrable motive be Of the vile crime , which two base miscreants led A Eoyal German Brother ' s blood to shed , I care not to inquire ; enough for me—Enough for the whole world—the act to mark
Itself with scorn ' s most stern , most scorching brand ; And spurn the dastard aim , the insult dark , Offer'd thereby , by either ruffian ' s hand , Not only to each Mason ' s kindred breast , But all hearts with one ray of goodness blest . BEO . EEV . M . GORDON . June , 1878 .
The Years And Masonry.
THE YEARS AND MASONRY .
A IITTNICRED years are but a day , 0 Mystic Art ! in thy long line ; But , glorying in our years , we lay Our century on thy ancient shrine . Take up the wreath of years we give , 0 Mystic Art ! and let it live , Garnered with ages pastto bloom
, Like the acacia o ' er our tomb . Beneath the mighty Mystic Arch , That joins the present and the past , The ages still shall grandly march , The Arch shall ages yet outlast .
Truth , ever mighty , must prevail , Light to the faithful ne ' er shall fail ; Then dare we , in this vale of tears , Pledge thee another hundred years !