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Article ESSAY ON ONE OF THE SOURCES OF HUMAN HAPPINESS. ← Page 6 of 6 Article THE WHITE APRON. Page 1 of 5 →
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Essay On One Of The Sources Of Human Happiness.
ceremony , we knelt before the altar and plighted our mutual faith , and having received the blessing and benediction of the priest , retired to our rustic but peaceful habitation ; there , defying the taunts of libertines , the admonitions of the selfish , and the neglect of a profligate and unfeeling world , I repose my head on the bosom of her I love next to Heaven , and above all earthly baubles ; and while gazing on her
beauteous form and listening to the accents of her gentle voice with rapture and gratitude , inwardl y confess that I have at last discovered the summum bonitm of human happiness in the possession of an amiable and beloved wife . " Omnia vincit amor , nos et cedamus amori . "
MARITUS . N . B . In this depraved age of selfish cupidity and luxurious fondness for display , when men seek in wedlock the portions , not the persons , of their wives , this little essay may tend to promote that high moral feeling which Masonry inculcates upon every topic in the breasts of the Brethren , and which ought especiall y to exist in that holy and indissoluble union—Matrimony .
The White Apron.
THE WHITE APRON .
A CUMUERLAND TALE . BY A . U . T . IN the county of Cumberland lived Thomas Waring , a fanner posesssed , by the providence of nature , with a warm and liberal disposition ; and his near nei ghbour , John Owen , who was also a fanner , was exactly the
reverse ; his temper was sordid and grasping . Both men were formed in a strong mould as to stature and bulk , and both were distinguished b y pride ancl hot tempers . They often met , as a matter of course , in the common pursuits of life , but a mutual feeling of dislike existed between them ; and the many acquaintances , which each had , allowed no opportunities to pass in increasing , by their party conversation , their distrust and animosities . The following circumstance was a cause for widening the breach , and in the end occasioned the apparent dreadful result which we are about
to communicate to our readers . It happened in or about the year 178— , that Owen was proposed to be made a Freemason in the C d Lodge ' but , unfortunately , his habits , his temper , and the general society he kept ' was so well known , and so diametricall y opposite to the tenets of the Brotherhood , that it operated so far on the members as to cause his rejection . He naturall y felt the deep insult which had been passed on him —but at the period we are alluding to , Freemasonry was not so openly
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Essay On One Of The Sources Of Human Happiness.
ceremony , we knelt before the altar and plighted our mutual faith , and having received the blessing and benediction of the priest , retired to our rustic but peaceful habitation ; there , defying the taunts of libertines , the admonitions of the selfish , and the neglect of a profligate and unfeeling world , I repose my head on the bosom of her I love next to Heaven , and above all earthly baubles ; and while gazing on her
beauteous form and listening to the accents of her gentle voice with rapture and gratitude , inwardl y confess that I have at last discovered the summum bonitm of human happiness in the possession of an amiable and beloved wife . " Omnia vincit amor , nos et cedamus amori . "
MARITUS . N . B . In this depraved age of selfish cupidity and luxurious fondness for display , when men seek in wedlock the portions , not the persons , of their wives , this little essay may tend to promote that high moral feeling which Masonry inculcates upon every topic in the breasts of the Brethren , and which ought especiall y to exist in that holy and indissoluble union—Matrimony .
The White Apron.
THE WHITE APRON .
A CUMUERLAND TALE . BY A . U . T . IN the county of Cumberland lived Thomas Waring , a fanner posesssed , by the providence of nature , with a warm and liberal disposition ; and his near nei ghbour , John Owen , who was also a fanner , was exactly the
reverse ; his temper was sordid and grasping . Both men were formed in a strong mould as to stature and bulk , and both were distinguished b y pride ancl hot tempers . They often met , as a matter of course , in the common pursuits of life , but a mutual feeling of dislike existed between them ; and the many acquaintances , which each had , allowed no opportunities to pass in increasing , by their party conversation , their distrust and animosities . The following circumstance was a cause for widening the breach , and in the end occasioned the apparent dreadful result which we are about
to communicate to our readers . It happened in or about the year 178— , that Owen was proposed to be made a Freemason in the C d Lodge ' but , unfortunately , his habits , his temper , and the general society he kept ' was so well known , and so diametricall y opposite to the tenets of the Brotherhood , that it operated so far on the members as to cause his rejection . He naturall y felt the deep insult which had been passed on him —but at the period we are alluding to , Freemasonry was not so openly