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Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons ?
ARE NOT AUTHORS GENERALLY FREEMASONS ?
[ Continued from jw « e 152 . ) Curious Contrast in Masonic Inference . Look on this picture : — The Morning Advertiser says— "Every door or passage is pregnant with instruction to the patron of beggars , as the beggar-marks show that a system of Freemasonry is followed , by which a beggar knows whether it will be worth his while to call . If a thousand towns are examined , the same marks will be found at every passage entrance . "
Now on this : — "A little girl , accompanied by her nurse , came out of the shop , where they had taken refuge during the rain ; the former was skipping joyously along , and held in her band a large bun , which she was beginning to nibble with great glee , when the boy ' s face caught her eye . For a moment she stood fixed with attention . What a Freemasonry there is children ! Her irit fathomed instantlthe boy ' distressand
among sp y s , she left her nurse ' s grasp , and advancing a step nearer to the object of her pity , placed the tempting morsel in his hand . The great gulf between their several stations seemed erased , gratitude filled up the abyss , and the genius of love linked , by an unknown , yet adamantine chain , the heart of the mendicant to the destiny of the child of wealth ! The attendant proceeded to guide the child ' s steps over the crossing , while the sweet face was ever and anon wistfullturned backtill they
y , were out of sight . " (_ The poor crossing-sweeper ultimately saves the young girl from impending death by fire ; but his devotion was confined to his own bosom , and he died unrewarded and unlamented . The extract is from " Eliza Cooke ' s Journal , " by CalyptraJ
The Citizen of Prague * ( Translated by Mary Howitt ) . — - ' 'Charles the Fourth stood as Grand Master at the head of a powerful Order , which the East has handed down to us in sacred traditions . Its deep significance , and powerful influence on the well-being of mankind , are veiled in an impenetrable mystery , which alone permits the initiated to comprehend the rite , which to the profane remains an incomprehensible sign ; and I am certain here of finding signs of his having in this place exercised the holv rite . '
"' Ah ! ' cried Magda , who , with her wide eyes had devoured all his words , ' thou wilt teach me to distinguish them also—I shall learn something really great and profound here 1 ' " ' No , Magda , ' returned Thurnau ; ' every woman is excluded from participation in this holy Order . Without being guilty of perjury , no initiated brother could give thee a key to these mysteries . ' "' Ah 1 ' cried Magda , ' there thy holy Order , as thou calledst it , has its weak side ! How can you men dare to make laws which pretend to exclude as unentitled , beings formed by God , and equally endowed by Him ?'
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Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons ?
ARE NOT AUTHORS GENERALLY FREEMASONS ?
[ Continued from jw « e 152 . ) Curious Contrast in Masonic Inference . Look on this picture : — The Morning Advertiser says— "Every door or passage is pregnant with instruction to the patron of beggars , as the beggar-marks show that a system of Freemasonry is followed , by which a beggar knows whether it will be worth his while to call . If a thousand towns are examined , the same marks will be found at every passage entrance . "
Now on this : — "A little girl , accompanied by her nurse , came out of the shop , where they had taken refuge during the rain ; the former was skipping joyously along , and held in her band a large bun , which she was beginning to nibble with great glee , when the boy ' s face caught her eye . For a moment she stood fixed with attention . What a Freemasonry there is children ! Her irit fathomed instantlthe boy ' distressand
among sp y s , she left her nurse ' s grasp , and advancing a step nearer to the object of her pity , placed the tempting morsel in his hand . The great gulf between their several stations seemed erased , gratitude filled up the abyss , and the genius of love linked , by an unknown , yet adamantine chain , the heart of the mendicant to the destiny of the child of wealth ! The attendant proceeded to guide the child ' s steps over the crossing , while the sweet face was ever and anon wistfullturned backtill they
y , were out of sight . " (_ The poor crossing-sweeper ultimately saves the young girl from impending death by fire ; but his devotion was confined to his own bosom , and he died unrewarded and unlamented . The extract is from " Eliza Cooke ' s Journal , " by CalyptraJ
The Citizen of Prague * ( Translated by Mary Howitt ) . — - ' 'Charles the Fourth stood as Grand Master at the head of a powerful Order , which the East has handed down to us in sacred traditions . Its deep significance , and powerful influence on the well-being of mankind , are veiled in an impenetrable mystery , which alone permits the initiated to comprehend the rite , which to the profane remains an incomprehensible sign ; and I am certain here of finding signs of his having in this place exercised the holv rite . '
"' Ah ! ' cried Magda , who , with her wide eyes had devoured all his words , ' thou wilt teach me to distinguish them also—I shall learn something really great and profound here 1 ' " ' No , Magda , ' returned Thurnau ; ' every woman is excluded from participation in this holy Order . Without being guilty of perjury , no initiated brother could give thee a key to these mysteries . ' "' Ah 1 ' cried Magda , ' there thy holy Order , as thou calledst it , has its weak side ! How can you men dare to make laws which pretend to exclude as unentitled , beings formed by God , and equally endowed by Him ?'