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The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.

THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .

By BRO . A . ONEAL HAYE , KM ., K . Gal , Corresponding Member of the German Society , Leipzig ; Knight Templar , Scot ; Author of "The Eistor ' y of the Knights Templars " " Vara Queer ; " " Gatherings in Wanderings ; " "Songs and Ballads ; " " Poemata ,- ' " " Legends of ' Edinbiirgh . " Spe ., §~ c , < $ 'c ; Poet Laureate of the Ganonqate , Kikoinning ; P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P . Z . of St . Andrews , ll . A Chap . ; fyc . ; Src . ( Continued from page 310 . )

CHAPTER XXXI . THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER . " The earth is but a poor place , the infant school of another life ; so let us use it , that , in another world , our studies may raise us to a high position . " Adrian and Paulus had returned from the house

of Lucidora , to Caius' mansion . " Yes , " Adrian said , " it was a glorious sight . The chamber lit by the candles , and the sweetlisped hymns by your choir of voices rang holy on my hear . Not even Rome ' s proud Capitol , in all

the splendour of a triumph ' s pomp , could have impressed me half so much . " " You saw but the shell ; what think you of the spirit ?" " It is the knowledge which I have sought from

youth up through the years , till manhood came and proved how false and hollow were our Pagan rites , which chilled my heart when that I thought of death . ' '

" Has then thy dread of death now fled ?" " Far from it ; but I have now left me hope . I do not fear to die ; but what I fear is , when I die , I shall not live within the glory of God ' s house . " " Yet Christ has told us , if we have faith in

Him , we all shall be with Him in heaven- My days of doubt are over . I meekly await what life may bring . For death it will bring me rest ; and as the weary wanderer caught by night , scans the heavens for the pole star , so I , lost in this night of

earthly sin , watch for the coming of the Saviour . " "But can his coming cause thee to feel no emotion of fear ?"

" Why should I fear if I obey his commands ? Like as a master , on the close of day , vieweth the apprentice ' s work with praise or censure , and setteth him for the morrow a nobler task , or chideth him to complete the wasted one , so will

God view our apprentice work on earth , and set us in the after life upon a great , wise plan , or doom us to revise , with bitter agony , our temporal one , left incomplete among the groves of sin , and forsaken for the fleeting joys of luxury . Work

must all men , labour is the lot of all , woe to the idler and the indolent . But what can detain Caius ? The sun has long since set . " "I fear the terrible tidings will cause hisdeath . "

" Not so , " replied Paulus . " It will make him know the dark uncertainty of life and earthly joy-It will show him what the gilded tomb contains , and make him a mete inmate for the unsullied '

courts of heaven . What do the finest picturesshow ? Shadows deep , and lights of rarest lustre ,, so the life that is most earnest will point in death to sorrows wild and to joys ecstatic . " " Still , in this storm of woe , life may be hurled ' from its throne . "

" Believe it not . As pent-up storms have powerto clear the air , to bring over earth the deep and tranquil sky , to spring to light the bloom on every flower , to cast a sparkle on the broad and trackless sea , so sorrow lights the caverns of the heart ,

developing great principles and sleeping powers-Does not our own secret Stoic doctrine , hid by symbols , teach this truth ? How has that li ghtof one eternal immutable God come down to us , but by the overwhelming power of sorrow ,

thedeath of its noblest votaries , who have died willingly that their example might purify thehearts of men , and reconcile them unto God . " "It is a strange perplexing thought . In every country where I have travelled I have among

thelearned and the noble found this brotherhood ; sad , serious men , honest and upright to all men , and silent on the mysteries of our order . " " The philosophy of the Stoics , when rightly studied , cau clip the wings of the wildest gallant ,

and teach him a nobler pleasure than the chaseof woman's smiles , or that of the wine cup . " A pause followed , which Adrian broke by asigh , and the words " Alas ! poor Caius . "

" Say not that , " answered Paulus . The man whose heart has never known a grief absorb the long slow watches of the night , knows little of life ' s sternness . He , indeed , is poor , for he hasno common lot with humanity . Sorrow

belongsto earth . It is our birth-right , and our indisputable legacy . Joy is of heaven , and thus it is at times that the heart swells at some noble saying , some thought planted in it by God . Think you that joy is for man ? Not more deadly would

be an everlasting sun to the earth , without the coming in of the gentle' moon , than joy everlasting in the breast of man . It would be a fire in

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FREEMASONRY CONSIDERED. Article 1
NOTES BY AN OCCASIONAL SCOTTISH CORRESPONDENT. Article 4
THE NEMESIS: A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN. Article 6
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 8
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 9
MASONIC MEMS. Article 10
GRAND LODGE. Article 10
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Article 12
METROPOLITAN. Article 12
PROVINCIAL. Article 13
SCOTLAND. Article 16
INDIA. Article 16
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 17
BOOKS RECEIVED. Article 17
Poetry. Article 18
" TAKE CARE OF NUMBER ONE." Article 18
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR, THE WEEK ENDING MAY' Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.

THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .

By BRO . A . ONEAL HAYE , KM ., K . Gal , Corresponding Member of the German Society , Leipzig ; Knight Templar , Scot ; Author of "The Eistor ' y of the Knights Templars " " Vara Queer ; " " Gatherings in Wanderings ; " "Songs and Ballads ; " " Poemata ,- ' " " Legends of ' Edinbiirgh . " Spe ., §~ c , < $ 'c ; Poet Laureate of the Ganonqate , Kikoinning ; P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P . Z . of St . Andrews , ll . A Chap . ; fyc . ; Src . ( Continued from page 310 . )

CHAPTER XXXI . THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER . " The earth is but a poor place , the infant school of another life ; so let us use it , that , in another world , our studies may raise us to a high position . " Adrian and Paulus had returned from the house

of Lucidora , to Caius' mansion . " Yes , " Adrian said , " it was a glorious sight . The chamber lit by the candles , and the sweetlisped hymns by your choir of voices rang holy on my hear . Not even Rome ' s proud Capitol , in all

the splendour of a triumph ' s pomp , could have impressed me half so much . " " You saw but the shell ; what think you of the spirit ?" " It is the knowledge which I have sought from

youth up through the years , till manhood came and proved how false and hollow were our Pagan rites , which chilled my heart when that I thought of death . ' '

" Has then thy dread of death now fled ?" " Far from it ; but I have now left me hope . I do not fear to die ; but what I fear is , when I die , I shall not live within the glory of God ' s house . " " Yet Christ has told us , if we have faith in

Him , we all shall be with Him in heaven- My days of doubt are over . I meekly await what life may bring . For death it will bring me rest ; and as the weary wanderer caught by night , scans the heavens for the pole star , so I , lost in this night of

earthly sin , watch for the coming of the Saviour . " "But can his coming cause thee to feel no emotion of fear ?"

" Why should I fear if I obey his commands ? Like as a master , on the close of day , vieweth the apprentice ' s work with praise or censure , and setteth him for the morrow a nobler task , or chideth him to complete the wasted one , so will

God view our apprentice work on earth , and set us in the after life upon a great , wise plan , or doom us to revise , with bitter agony , our temporal one , left incomplete among the groves of sin , and forsaken for the fleeting joys of luxury . Work

must all men , labour is the lot of all , woe to the idler and the indolent . But what can detain Caius ? The sun has long since set . " "I fear the terrible tidings will cause hisdeath . "

" Not so , " replied Paulus . " It will make him know the dark uncertainty of life and earthly joy-It will show him what the gilded tomb contains , and make him a mete inmate for the unsullied '

courts of heaven . What do the finest picturesshow ? Shadows deep , and lights of rarest lustre ,, so the life that is most earnest will point in death to sorrows wild and to joys ecstatic . " " Still , in this storm of woe , life may be hurled ' from its throne . "

" Believe it not . As pent-up storms have powerto clear the air , to bring over earth the deep and tranquil sky , to spring to light the bloom on every flower , to cast a sparkle on the broad and trackless sea , so sorrow lights the caverns of the heart ,

developing great principles and sleeping powers-Does not our own secret Stoic doctrine , hid by symbols , teach this truth ? How has that li ghtof one eternal immutable God come down to us , but by the overwhelming power of sorrow ,

thedeath of its noblest votaries , who have died willingly that their example might purify thehearts of men , and reconcile them unto God . " "It is a strange perplexing thought . In every country where I have travelled I have among

thelearned and the noble found this brotherhood ; sad , serious men , honest and upright to all men , and silent on the mysteries of our order . " " The philosophy of the Stoics , when rightly studied , cau clip the wings of the wildest gallant ,

and teach him a nobler pleasure than the chaseof woman's smiles , or that of the wine cup . " A pause followed , which Adrian broke by asigh , and the words " Alas ! poor Caius . "

" Say not that , " answered Paulus . The man whose heart has never known a grief absorb the long slow watches of the night , knows little of life ' s sternness . He , indeed , is poor , for he hasno common lot with humanity . Sorrow

belongsto earth . It is our birth-right , and our indisputable legacy . Joy is of heaven , and thus it is at times that the heart swells at some noble saying , some thought planted in it by God . Think you that joy is for man ? Not more deadly would

be an everlasting sun to the earth , without the coming in of the gentle' moon , than joy everlasting in the breast of man . It would be a fire in

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