-
Articles/Ads
Article MASONIC DIDACTICS; OR, SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION. ← Page 3 of 3 Article THE ANNALIST Page 1 of 6 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
the valley , nor the energies of man , could produce the several fruits intended by their Maker : Day calls to honour . —toil and care . Night bids us pause and rest to share . The pathway of life is strewed with thorns , but it is quite possible , with a little self-possessionto put them asideand pursue our walk to the
, , termination with satisfaction and happiness ; on the road we may meet with some disagreeable persons , but it is best to pass them with affability . Our sojourn among these wayfarers is very brief , and the end of the journey convexes into a narrow passage , through which all must enter into the country beyond ; so that there hardly need be so much jostling in the crowd , when one event closes in due time the busy career of each .
The Annalist
THE ANNALIST
NOTICES OF EMINENT MEMBERS OF THE CANONGATE KILWINNING LODGE , & c . ( Continued from page 156 . ) ROBERT BUHNS . He became a Freemason in the summer of the year 1783 . He was then twenty-four years of age . His associates in tlie Craft at that time were probably the same intelligent , though humble individualswho formed the members of the debating club which Burns
, himself originated . Whether he was ever elected to any office previously to his " presiding o ' er the Sons of Light , " does not appear ; but it is not unlikely that he was officiating as Master of the St . James ' s Lodge , Tarbolton , * about the time of his contemplated expatriation to Jamaica , when he wrote that exquisite geni , Adieu ! a heart-warm , fond adieu ! Dear Brethren of the mystic tie !
This was in the summer of 1786 . The poet recited , or rather chanted , the Farewell" to his Brethren in the St . James ' s Lodge at the moment when his chest was on its way to the vessel at Greenock . The effect upon them was impressive , especially at the conclusion : — And you farewell ! whose merits claim Justly that highest badge to wear ; Heaven bless your honour'd noble name ,
To Masonry and Scotia dear ! A last request permit me here , When yearly ye assemble a ' , One round—I ask it with a tear—To him , the Bard that ' s far awa \
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
the valley , nor the energies of man , could produce the several fruits intended by their Maker : Day calls to honour . —toil and care . Night bids us pause and rest to share . The pathway of life is strewed with thorns , but it is quite possible , with a little self-possessionto put them asideand pursue our walk to the
, , termination with satisfaction and happiness ; on the road we may meet with some disagreeable persons , but it is best to pass them with affability . Our sojourn among these wayfarers is very brief , and the end of the journey convexes into a narrow passage , through which all must enter into the country beyond ; so that there hardly need be so much jostling in the crowd , when one event closes in due time the busy career of each .
The Annalist
THE ANNALIST
NOTICES OF EMINENT MEMBERS OF THE CANONGATE KILWINNING LODGE , & c . ( Continued from page 156 . ) ROBERT BUHNS . He became a Freemason in the summer of the year 1783 . He was then twenty-four years of age . His associates in tlie Craft at that time were probably the same intelligent , though humble individualswho formed the members of the debating club which Burns
, himself originated . Whether he was ever elected to any office previously to his " presiding o ' er the Sons of Light , " does not appear ; but it is not unlikely that he was officiating as Master of the St . James ' s Lodge , Tarbolton , * about the time of his contemplated expatriation to Jamaica , when he wrote that exquisite geni , Adieu ! a heart-warm , fond adieu ! Dear Brethren of the mystic tie !
This was in the summer of 1786 . The poet recited , or rather chanted , the Farewell" to his Brethren in the St . James ' s Lodge at the moment when his chest was on its way to the vessel at Greenock . The effect upon them was impressive , especially at the conclusion : — And you farewell ! whose merits claim Justly that highest badge to wear ; Heaven bless your honour'd noble name ,
To Masonry and Scotia dear ! A last request permit me here , When yearly ye assemble a ' , One round—I ask it with a tear—To him , the Bard that ' s far awa \