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Article THE LATE BROTHER DANIEL O'CONNELL. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
It is our pleasing duty to promote our Brother from the Masonic Chit-chat to a more distinguished position in this Review , an advancement which he will doubtless the more readily appreciate , inasmuch as he has himself courted it . The pilot generally directs the steersmanand we but emulate our gifted Brother in the course he has pointed out ; we shall be careful that our good humour , although it cannot exceed his own , shall at least follow in his wake .
" "P . f lett ! r t 0 the Pi , ot contains , as above , various paragraphs , which we snail notice seriatim , merel y desiring the reader to reperuse our iormer observations at page 85 . " Par . 1 . This in no manner alters the case . " Par . 2 . Requires no comment . " Par . 3 . The great point is substantiated ; Mr . O'Connell is a Freemason , and has passed the chair .
" However it may be regretted that the ecclesiastical censure of his church has visited an institution of so trul y sacred a character , and that the warm-hearted feelings of a youth of promise have submitted to a domination of any kind , we cannot but feel that our Brother known and knows right well too , that the ' late Dr . Troy' was too politic a pastor not to have counselled the counsellor against taking the step alluded to , had he thought the same was seriously contemplated . But tempera mutemtur . is
o .- ' ' ^ freemasonry here placed in opposition to Temperance bocieties . If this be intended as a joke , it is a poor one ; if as satire , it is unworth y the Brother who has hazarded an experiment to little purpose . Indeed , it is pretty clear , that in taking aim , our Brother winced at the target , and his shot fell far a-field from < the point in the centre . He had forgotten , for a moment , the beautiful lesson of his
' Par . 5 . Certain words that are printed in italic , have , we fear , an end and a , m not easily seen through . Wh y taunt Masons with mockery and derision of God ? the rather let the principles of peace and good-will which it inculcates , be impressivel y disseminated through the millions ot his countrymen , and let them become sensible of the inestimable value ol a society whose princi pal aim is to humanize the heart of man . Minis ers of God are Brethren of the Order ; sovereigns of Europe , fo wh T R ° vf A ' v ? re B ,, ethren 0 f the 0 r ' ; an <> * e monarch is °£° p atro n K Or ^ * ^ ° ™ * " dntiW h ° ^ a ™^>
mir B , V , f " \ y - ° ! P S P « claim the acknowledgments of ° " , Brother for havln S f en the unintentional means of furnishing him with an opportunity of declaring himself . That persons hitherto did not become Freemasons as following Mr . O'Connell ' s example , may be inferred from the general i gnorance of his being one . } t „ , h A , me ' , ° . ° P inion that bis P resent ad < 'ress will be serviceable 1 atlcI P ate that ma willin be emulous
tn InL % V . u '" ny , consequence , SM' -, ^ erefore express our thanks to him for the service he has p . obably intended to render it . There are more ways than one of doing good ; and we are inclined to think , after all , that our Brother may »™ V % " P' " . actl T sln S a cunnin S device in our favour , and may be now laughing in his sleeve to think what will be made of the quarry he
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
It is our pleasing duty to promote our Brother from the Masonic Chit-chat to a more distinguished position in this Review , an advancement which he will doubtless the more readily appreciate , inasmuch as he has himself courted it . The pilot generally directs the steersmanand we but emulate our gifted Brother in the course he has pointed out ; we shall be careful that our good humour , although it cannot exceed his own , shall at least follow in his wake .
" "P . f lett ! r t 0 the Pi , ot contains , as above , various paragraphs , which we snail notice seriatim , merel y desiring the reader to reperuse our iormer observations at page 85 . " Par . 1 . This in no manner alters the case . " Par . 2 . Requires no comment . " Par . 3 . The great point is substantiated ; Mr . O'Connell is a Freemason , and has passed the chair .
" However it may be regretted that the ecclesiastical censure of his church has visited an institution of so trul y sacred a character , and that the warm-hearted feelings of a youth of promise have submitted to a domination of any kind , we cannot but feel that our Brother known and knows right well too , that the ' late Dr . Troy' was too politic a pastor not to have counselled the counsellor against taking the step alluded to , had he thought the same was seriously contemplated . But tempera mutemtur . is
o .- ' ' ^ freemasonry here placed in opposition to Temperance bocieties . If this be intended as a joke , it is a poor one ; if as satire , it is unworth y the Brother who has hazarded an experiment to little purpose . Indeed , it is pretty clear , that in taking aim , our Brother winced at the target , and his shot fell far a-field from < the point in the centre . He had forgotten , for a moment , the beautiful lesson of his
' Par . 5 . Certain words that are printed in italic , have , we fear , an end and a , m not easily seen through . Wh y taunt Masons with mockery and derision of God ? the rather let the principles of peace and good-will which it inculcates , be impressivel y disseminated through the millions ot his countrymen , and let them become sensible of the inestimable value ol a society whose princi pal aim is to humanize the heart of man . Minis ers of God are Brethren of the Order ; sovereigns of Europe , fo wh T R ° vf A ' v ? re B ,, ethren 0 f the 0 r ' ; an <> * e monarch is °£° p atro n K Or ^ * ^ ° ™ * " dntiW h ° ^ a ™^>
mir B , V , f " \ y - ° ! P S P « claim the acknowledgments of ° " , Brother for havln S f en the unintentional means of furnishing him with an opportunity of declaring himself . That persons hitherto did not become Freemasons as following Mr . O'Connell ' s example , may be inferred from the general i gnorance of his being one . } t „ , h A , me ' , ° . ° P inion that bis P resent ad < 'ress will be serviceable 1 atlcI P ate that ma willin be emulous
tn InL % V . u '" ny , consequence , SM' -, ^ erefore express our thanks to him for the service he has p . obably intended to render it . There are more ways than one of doing good ; and we are inclined to think , after all , that our Brother may »™ V % " P' " . actl T sln S a cunnin S device in our favour , and may be now laughing in his sleeve to think what will be made of the quarry he