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The Inconclusiveness And Aberrations Of Scientific Teachers.

action of social forces the genesis and development of man ' s moral nature . If they succeed in their search—ancl I think they are sure to succeed—social duty would be raised to a hig her level of significance , and the deepening sense of social duty would , it is to be hoped , lessen , if not obliterate , the strife and heartburning Avhich now upset and disguise our social life . " I need not stop here to point out the miscMevousness of such a philosophy ^ as this , which seems to land us in about as hopeless a morass of mere human " egotism " as ever was propounded by the facile pen of the most eloquent of antagomsts of all revealed religion !

What , for instance , can the folloAving sentence mean , but that the moral consciousness of man is superior to any external or internal influence of actual dogma or religious truth—in fact " independent morality " most alarming to every reader of a Bible : " Are you quite sure that those beliefs and dogmas are primary ancl not derivedthat they are not tbe products , instead of being the creators , of man's moral nature . " Carlylo ' s theory , as set forth bi the folloAving words , is surely contradicted by all the its duties and delusions

known facts of man ' s history , of the world ' s ways and works , even : " It is in one of tho ' Latter Day Pamphlets' that Carly le corrects a reasoner , who deduced the nobility of man from a belief in heaven , by telling Mm that he puts the cart before the horse , the real truth bemg that the belief in heaven is derived from tho nobility of man . " It must be quite clear to us all that Ave have before us in Englandas m Germany , a

, " Culter Kampf , " which can only be fought on tbe one safe old ground—reverential acceptance of the Bible , belief in the supernatural , trust in the reality of God's Providential Rule ; or else there is nothing before us apparently but the hollowness of a quasi science , the aberrations of a polished Infidelity .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MAEKHAM TAVEDDELL , " Author of " Shaltspere , his Times , and Contemporaries , " " The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham , " " The People ! s History of Cleveland and its Vicinage " " The Visitor ' s Handbook to Redcar , Coatham , and Saltburn by the Sea , " "The History of the Stockton and Darlington Rail-way , " cj-c , § c .

BRO . A . J . Wheeler , of Memphis , Tennessee , in the United States , has a column in bis Masonic Jewel , for Marriages and Deaths of Masons , ancl the Births of then ' children . The Marriages are headed " Affiliated ; " the Births , " From Darkness to Light ;" and the Deaths , " Called off . " May all true Masons be happily " Affiliated ! " May their offspring be numerous and healthy , and emerge " from Darkness to Light , " both literally ancl figuratively , especially to that True Light of Freemasonry Avhich no mere scenic the

acting , no mere mumblbig of ceremonies , can ever shed upon the mental Darkness of ignorantly-depraved ! Ancl Avhen " called off " from Labour here on earth , may it be to the RefresMnent of a higher ancl holier existence , in that Grand Lodge above , where the World ' s Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . One might preach a sermon eA ery day in the year , ancl write a separate essay for every magazine both in the United States and Great Britain , from Bro . Wheeler ' s simple two Avords— " Called off . " A Avell-knoAvn Brother Mason , Avhose name I am not at liberty to mention at present , has invented and just brought out for sale , anew railway ancl dog cart key , which he has registered under the name of the " Pan-Anglican . " It is made of cast steel , p lated AVith

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Untitled Article 1
A christmas Greeting. Article 2
BRO. CAPTAIN JOHN N. PHILIPS. Article 3
SONNET. Article 3
OLD BUILDINGS IN FLEET STREET. Article 4
COLE'S LIST OF LODGES, 1763. Article 5
A LIST OF REGULAR LODGES, Article 5
LET US BE KIND. Article 14
ARRIVALS, SURVIVALS, AND REVIVALS. Article 15
A TALE OF LOVE. Article 21
MRS. FEBNBRAKE'S "LUCKY BIRD." Article 22
CHRISTMAS EVE. Article 28
THE WORK OF NATURE IN THE MONTHS. Article 30
FROM LISBON TO BELEM. Article 37
A PORTRAIT. Article 41
THE ADVENTURES OF DON PASQUALE. Article 42
A CHAPTER ON OAKS. Article 44
MISERY. Article 49
MASONRY—ITS PAST AND FUTURE. Article 51
UNCLE CHARLES'S STORY. Article 54
FRIENDSHIP AND BROTHERHOOD. Article 57
SONNET. Article 59
EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF AN OLD ASSEMBLY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MEETING AT BOLTON. Article 59
A MODERN NOVEL SOMEWHAT UNDERVALUED. Article 61
CABINET OF MASONIC CURIOSITIES. Article 63
TO MRS. BRYANT. Article 64
THE PROPOSED SPELLING REFORM. Article 64
REACHING AFTER THE UNATTAINABLE.* Article 66
Reviews. Article 67
THE POETIC INTERPRETATION OF NATURE.* Article 70
Untitled Article 70
HOW MR. JOSS FAILED TO BE MADE A MASON. Article 75
AMABEL VAUGHAN. Article 77
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY. 1877. Article 82
Untitled Article 83
LOST AND SAVED; OR NELLIE POWERS THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER. Article 84
THE MAP OF EUROPE IN 1877. Article 88
A GOOD HONEST HEART. Article 90
THE INCONCLUSIVENESS AND ABERRATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC TEACHERS. Article 91
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 93
A FREEMASON'S CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS. Article 95
ANSWER TO ACROSTIC. Article 97
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The Inconclusiveness And Aberrations Of Scientific Teachers.

action of social forces the genesis and development of man ' s moral nature . If they succeed in their search—ancl I think they are sure to succeed—social duty would be raised to a hig her level of significance , and the deepening sense of social duty would , it is to be hoped , lessen , if not obliterate , the strife and heartburning Avhich now upset and disguise our social life . " I need not stop here to point out the miscMevousness of such a philosophy ^ as this , which seems to land us in about as hopeless a morass of mere human " egotism " as ever was propounded by the facile pen of the most eloquent of antagomsts of all revealed religion !

What , for instance , can the folloAving sentence mean , but that the moral consciousness of man is superior to any external or internal influence of actual dogma or religious truth—in fact " independent morality " most alarming to every reader of a Bible : " Are you quite sure that those beliefs and dogmas are primary ancl not derivedthat they are not tbe products , instead of being the creators , of man's moral nature . " Carlylo ' s theory , as set forth bi the folloAving words , is surely contradicted by all the its duties and delusions

known facts of man ' s history , of the world ' s ways and works , even : " It is in one of tho ' Latter Day Pamphlets' that Carly le corrects a reasoner , who deduced the nobility of man from a belief in heaven , by telling Mm that he puts the cart before the horse , the real truth bemg that the belief in heaven is derived from tho nobility of man . " It must be quite clear to us all that Ave have before us in Englandas m Germany , a

, " Culter Kampf , " which can only be fought on tbe one safe old ground—reverential acceptance of the Bible , belief in the supernatural , trust in the reality of God's Providential Rule ; or else there is nothing before us apparently but the hollowness of a quasi science , the aberrations of a polished Infidelity .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MAEKHAM TAVEDDELL , " Author of " Shaltspere , his Times , and Contemporaries , " " The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham , " " The People ! s History of Cleveland and its Vicinage " " The Visitor ' s Handbook to Redcar , Coatham , and Saltburn by the Sea , " "The History of the Stockton and Darlington Rail-way , " cj-c , § c .

BRO . A . J . Wheeler , of Memphis , Tennessee , in the United States , has a column in bis Masonic Jewel , for Marriages and Deaths of Masons , ancl the Births of then ' children . The Marriages are headed " Affiliated ; " the Births , " From Darkness to Light ;" and the Deaths , " Called off . " May all true Masons be happily " Affiliated ! " May their offspring be numerous and healthy , and emerge " from Darkness to Light , " both literally ancl figuratively , especially to that True Light of Freemasonry Avhich no mere scenic the

acting , no mere mumblbig of ceremonies , can ever shed upon the mental Darkness of ignorantly-depraved ! Ancl Avhen " called off " from Labour here on earth , may it be to the RefresMnent of a higher ancl holier existence , in that Grand Lodge above , where the World ' s Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . One might preach a sermon eA ery day in the year , ancl write a separate essay for every magazine both in the United States and Great Britain , from Bro . Wheeler ' s simple two Avords— " Called off . " A Avell-knoAvn Brother Mason , Avhose name I am not at liberty to mention at present , has invented and just brought out for sale , anew railway ancl dog cart key , which he has registered under the name of the " Pan-Anglican . " It is made of cast steel , p lated AVith

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