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Article HISTORICAL VIEWS OF PROGRESS. ← Page 4 of 4 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 1
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Historical Views Of Progress.
or rather never picked it up , and the barbarous hordes which wasted her power , were as good as she . They had more courage , greater strength ; they appealed to her own standard—might . They weighed her in her own scales , she was found wanting , and she fell . " Whoso slays with the sword , by the sword shall he be slain . " It is a prophecy , not a command ; it is universal , not particular . It applies as
well to nations as to men . In that sense only let us accept it . It is more than a prophecy—it is the declaration o ! the working of a natural law . Israel was the heart , Greece the head , and Rome the hand—of the world . Faith , art , and strength would never have perished unitedly . They were separate . The heart did not guide the head , nor the head control the hand . Faith was at war with reason , and reason with might ; and the heart withered , the head lost its intellect , and the hand its power . They are three of the elements of progress . Their law is union .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
As the surviving informers of 1840 are now all promoted or pitchforked into the purple , it is not improbable but that the next batch may be selected from a different class . The following letter is from one of the most industrious , hardworking , painstaking artificers , who has alread y immortalized himself by his assiduous determination to nominate and elect the Grand Master , who surely cannot much longer pass by such surpassing merit . As your last number did not circulate the important documentI presume it had not reached and therefore forward the
, you , same . The delicacy evinced in the request to support his fourteen nominees is as matchless as is the humility in not limiting the " confidence " hinted at , for how powerfully majestic would it have read thus— " the unlimited confidence 1 have in him "—the we spoils the jest . Yours ( not with scorn and contempt ) , SYMPATHY AND LOVE !
British Annuity Company , 3 G . New Broad Street , City , June 3 rd , 18-18 . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I beg to remind you that the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge will take place on Wednesday , the 7 th instant , at seven o ' clock , precisely . Notice of motion has been given to move , on that occasion , an expression of confidence in our M . W . G . M . I do not hesitate to believethat you will most cordiallunite in inion with myselfthat
, y op , such confidence is eminently due to our M . W . G . M . in consequence of the gross and undeserved attacks made upon his Lordship , claims the most unqualified disapprobation and censure . I therefore hope that you will make it a point to attend on that occasion , and by supporting the motion be one of those anxious to convince his Lordship of the unlimited confidence we have in him . I beg to enclose a list of names of fourteen brethren nominated to
be elected on Wednesday next on the Board of General Purposes for the year ensuing , and shall feel much obliged if you will give them your support . I amj Dear Sir and Brother , Yours sincerely and fraternally , JAS . GIBBINS , P . M . 21 , 3 li , & P . Z . 13 , 109 , & S 3 ( i .
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Historical Views Of Progress.
or rather never picked it up , and the barbarous hordes which wasted her power , were as good as she . They had more courage , greater strength ; they appealed to her own standard—might . They weighed her in her own scales , she was found wanting , and she fell . " Whoso slays with the sword , by the sword shall he be slain . " It is a prophecy , not a command ; it is universal , not particular . It applies as
well to nations as to men . In that sense only let us accept it . It is more than a prophecy—it is the declaration o ! the working of a natural law . Israel was the heart , Greece the head , and Rome the hand—of the world . Faith , art , and strength would never have perished unitedly . They were separate . The heart did not guide the head , nor the head control the hand . Faith was at war with reason , and reason with might ; and the heart withered , the head lost its intellect , and the hand its power . They are three of the elements of progress . Their law is union .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
As the surviving informers of 1840 are now all promoted or pitchforked into the purple , it is not improbable but that the next batch may be selected from a different class . The following letter is from one of the most industrious , hardworking , painstaking artificers , who has alread y immortalized himself by his assiduous determination to nominate and elect the Grand Master , who surely cannot much longer pass by such surpassing merit . As your last number did not circulate the important documentI presume it had not reached and therefore forward the
, you , same . The delicacy evinced in the request to support his fourteen nominees is as matchless as is the humility in not limiting the " confidence " hinted at , for how powerfully majestic would it have read thus— " the unlimited confidence 1 have in him "—the we spoils the jest . Yours ( not with scorn and contempt ) , SYMPATHY AND LOVE !
British Annuity Company , 3 G . New Broad Street , City , June 3 rd , 18-18 . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I beg to remind you that the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge will take place on Wednesday , the 7 th instant , at seven o ' clock , precisely . Notice of motion has been given to move , on that occasion , an expression of confidence in our M . W . G . M . I do not hesitate to believethat you will most cordiallunite in inion with myselfthat
, y op , such confidence is eminently due to our M . W . G . M . in consequence of the gross and undeserved attacks made upon his Lordship , claims the most unqualified disapprobation and censure . I therefore hope that you will make it a point to attend on that occasion , and by supporting the motion be one of those anxious to convince his Lordship of the unlimited confidence we have in him . I beg to enclose a list of names of fourteen brethren nominated to
be elected on Wednesday next on the Board of General Purposes for the year ensuing , and shall feel much obliged if you will give them your support . I amj Dear Sir and Brother , Yours sincerely and fraternally , JAS . GIBBINS , P . M . 21 , 3 li , & P . Z . 13 , 109 , & S 3 ( i .