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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTH ER , —Being called upon by one of your Correspondents , I have no hesitation in giving my opinion with regard to the " TEMPLAR SUPERIORITIES . " I consider the matter a mere pecuniary speculation , conferring no other ri ght or title on the purchaser than that of collecting the feudal dues . Yours fraternally , PILGRIM .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
• DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —If from being a constant reader of your valuable Journal I can construe aright the intentions of it , I believe I may with justice say , it is to forward , as far as it can , the best interests of " that delightful Order in which we are associated , by , on the one hand , paying the just tribute of praise to the worthy and deserving Mason , and , on the other , when by any possibility we may for a time have forgotten our Masonic dutyto call our attention to a sense of the
, error . Some four months since , an unfortunate prisoner of war made his escape to this country on his load to Brussels , to join his wife and family . Just escaped from a dungeon—his worldly possessions of course not over great—he seeks that assistance at our charitable board which will enable him to reach his home and family . Owing to non-compliance with the strict rule laid down in the Book of Constitutions , as to
the form necessary to be adopted in order to enable him to obtain relief , this miserable object was kept , week after week , month after month , expecting that each succeeding day would enable him to lay his case before the Committee in proper form . H e at length obtained the necessary
recommendation , the petition was received , and the spirit-broken , yet hoping petitioner , attended the Board , anxiously expecting the friend on whom he relied , who , after buoying up his expectations thus far , forgot at once his paramount duty as a Mason , by his non-attendance and neglect and dashed the cup of expectation from the lips of the unfortunate , while happiness seemed even ivithin his grasp . The petitioner ws not relieved . His mind and body , borne down by long and continued trial and misery , could not bear this last severe shock ; the thread upon which all his hopes
and expectations hung , was broken . The following day , the public prints teemed with an account of suicide : upon further investigation it turned out to be our poor unfortunate petitioner , now beyond the power of human aid . He is no longer one of us , he has entered the deep abyss of eternity—the rest is between himself and his God . I am led to believe that an accumulation of woe , and this crowning of the whole , was too much for his already depressed
mind ; and that a publication of this fact may have two beneficial effects , the one teaching us how much we have in our power to befriend and protect our fellow-creatures , and the other , not to neglect the opportunity , ivhen it offers , of lending a helping hand to the friendless and unfortunate . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , HUMANITAS . VOI .. III . K
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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTH ER , —Being called upon by one of your Correspondents , I have no hesitation in giving my opinion with regard to the " TEMPLAR SUPERIORITIES . " I consider the matter a mere pecuniary speculation , conferring no other ri ght or title on the purchaser than that of collecting the feudal dues . Yours fraternally , PILGRIM .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
• DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —If from being a constant reader of your valuable Journal I can construe aright the intentions of it , I believe I may with justice say , it is to forward , as far as it can , the best interests of " that delightful Order in which we are associated , by , on the one hand , paying the just tribute of praise to the worthy and deserving Mason , and , on the other , when by any possibility we may for a time have forgotten our Masonic dutyto call our attention to a sense of the
, error . Some four months since , an unfortunate prisoner of war made his escape to this country on his load to Brussels , to join his wife and family . Just escaped from a dungeon—his worldly possessions of course not over great—he seeks that assistance at our charitable board which will enable him to reach his home and family . Owing to non-compliance with the strict rule laid down in the Book of Constitutions , as to
the form necessary to be adopted in order to enable him to obtain relief , this miserable object was kept , week after week , month after month , expecting that each succeeding day would enable him to lay his case before the Committee in proper form . H e at length obtained the necessary
recommendation , the petition was received , and the spirit-broken , yet hoping petitioner , attended the Board , anxiously expecting the friend on whom he relied , who , after buoying up his expectations thus far , forgot at once his paramount duty as a Mason , by his non-attendance and neglect and dashed the cup of expectation from the lips of the unfortunate , while happiness seemed even ivithin his grasp . The petitioner ws not relieved . His mind and body , borne down by long and continued trial and misery , could not bear this last severe shock ; the thread upon which all his hopes
and expectations hung , was broken . The following day , the public prints teemed with an account of suicide : upon further investigation it turned out to be our poor unfortunate petitioner , now beyond the power of human aid . He is no longer one of us , he has entered the deep abyss of eternity—the rest is between himself and his God . I am led to believe that an accumulation of woe , and this crowning of the whole , was too much for his already depressed
mind ; and that a publication of this fact may have two beneficial effects , the one teaching us how much we have in our power to befriend and protect our fellow-creatures , and the other , not to neglect the opportunity , ivhen it offers , of lending a helping hand to the friendless and unfortunate . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , HUMANITAS . VOI .. III . K