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Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Lessons Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL LESSONS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BY BROTIIE It H . K- S h A D K , IX . B . ' * Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . " No . XLV . —ELEVATED STATION AND OPULENCE PECULIARLY CALLED UPON TO SUCCOUR THE UNFORTUNATE AND RELIEVE THE DISTRESSED .
lipgia , erode mihi , res est suecurrere ' apsis . POSSIBLY there never was a time whereat the maxim of the Latin poet could more strongly be urged upon royal ears and noble hearts than the present , pregnant as it is with the most abject misery—the direst wretchedness , and the most pinching poverty to thousands , and ten thousands , of Britain ' s hardiest sons . The extreme of unbounded affluence aud un circumscribed indigence is too evident ; but louder and more imperative is the call to duty in distributing of their abundance to the poor and needy , from the great relative difference so apparent in the existing state of society .
To assuage ( lie widow's and the orphan's tear , To pour tlie halm of pity into virtue's sulrering breast , is an office that adds lustre to the brightest diadem . Charity never appears more beautiful than when seen in the titled fair one , holding out her hand to succour the unfortunate and relieve tbe distressed . Clemency and philanthropy , mercy and pity , are attributes of a divine nature , and all who meekly endeavour to exercise those heavenly impulses , acto their
cording ability and circumstances , may expect to receive that reward which is promised to the faithful in well-doing . But it is the exclusive prerogative of royalty—the distinguished privilege of elevated rank and superior opulence—incurring therefrom a higher responsibility for neglect—to possess the power of effectually relieving the indigent , and succouring the oppressed : and when such princely distinctions are rihtlmade use oftheir nobility and class are respected and honoured
gy , , and the state is rendered happy in containing such illustrious characters . Yet , although fortune has lavishly endowed sovereigns and princes with peculiarly unlimited means of assisting a suffering people to retrieve their losses , which have arisen from a variety of complicated causes , it doesnot rest upon them alone , but upon every class in society of wealth and influence , to stand forward with a spirit of liberal munificence in a case of national exi and adversityA hih le bthe
gence . gexamp y upper circte _ acts as a talisman upon every grade below of independent means , charming each to bestow bountifully where the situation requires it . And the results from such general beneficence , although derived from limited resources , often prove as extensively useful as larger subsidies from fewer individuals . It is such deeds of charity and beneficence that obtain for England a
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Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Lessons Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL LESSONS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BY BROTIIE It H . K- S h A D K , IX . B . ' * Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . " No . XLV . —ELEVATED STATION AND OPULENCE PECULIARLY CALLED UPON TO SUCCOUR THE UNFORTUNATE AND RELIEVE THE DISTRESSED .
lipgia , erode mihi , res est suecurrere ' apsis . POSSIBLY there never was a time whereat the maxim of the Latin poet could more strongly be urged upon royal ears and noble hearts than the present , pregnant as it is with the most abject misery—the direst wretchedness , and the most pinching poverty to thousands , and ten thousands , of Britain ' s hardiest sons . The extreme of unbounded affluence aud un circumscribed indigence is too evident ; but louder and more imperative is the call to duty in distributing of their abundance to the poor and needy , from the great relative difference so apparent in the existing state of society .
To assuage ( lie widow's and the orphan's tear , To pour tlie halm of pity into virtue's sulrering breast , is an office that adds lustre to the brightest diadem . Charity never appears more beautiful than when seen in the titled fair one , holding out her hand to succour the unfortunate and relieve tbe distressed . Clemency and philanthropy , mercy and pity , are attributes of a divine nature , and all who meekly endeavour to exercise those heavenly impulses , acto their
cording ability and circumstances , may expect to receive that reward which is promised to the faithful in well-doing . But it is the exclusive prerogative of royalty—the distinguished privilege of elevated rank and superior opulence—incurring therefrom a higher responsibility for neglect—to possess the power of effectually relieving the indigent , and succouring the oppressed : and when such princely distinctions are rihtlmade use oftheir nobility and class are respected and honoured
gy , , and the state is rendered happy in containing such illustrious characters . Yet , although fortune has lavishly endowed sovereigns and princes with peculiarly unlimited means of assisting a suffering people to retrieve their losses , which have arisen from a variety of complicated causes , it doesnot rest upon them alone , but upon every class in society of wealth and influence , to stand forward with a spirit of liberal munificence in a case of national exi and adversityA hih le bthe
gence . gexamp y upper circte _ acts as a talisman upon every grade below of independent means , charming each to bestow bountifully where the situation requires it . And the results from such general beneficence , although derived from limited resources , often prove as extensively useful as larger subsidies from fewer individuals . It is such deeds of charity and beneficence that obtain for England a