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The Key Stone.
Monarch , '' will 1 bow my sceptre to the right of Honestas ; but not till then . " " That is to say , " calml y answered the old man , " till the instinct of the brute reaches the intelligence of the man ; the Royal Solomon will follow only the impulses of the former , degrading the gifts and the preeminence accorded by the Most High , by bowing his reason to his passion . I know" he continued , " that truth is unwelcome to the ears
, of princes ; but thinkest thou that He whose word is truth—whose essence , love—whose attribute is justice—will accept of the dedication of the work , or smile upon thy reign , if this wrong to Honestas be by thee committed . Beware , lest the voice of Rebuke be succeeded by stings of conscience , the gnawings ' of that worm which never dies . *" That night did the Royal Master again preside over the assembled Craftsmen , his brow was clear , for justice filled his heart . The work
of the faithful Honestas was approved , and never did the Monarch appear more worthy of the homage of the Craft , than when he proved that even the recollection of error may be lost in the beauty of atonement .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
WE have been compelled , for want of space , to defer a well-written article on the subject of Masonic Obligations—in which their necessity is favourably considered—and we confess our own opinion is greatly inclined to their continuance , for reasons that have often been expressed in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . The article we allude to will appear at the earliest time ; and , meanwhile , the author will perceive , by the following extract from the pages of a popular volume /" ' that his
opinion of the propriety of removing this test of sublimity , by which the human heart , more especially among the humbler classes , is made sensible to bring into activity the noblest and most generous impulses , is far from general : — " I was General Park ' s orderly this night , and had a good roof over " my head , and the dry floor of a cart-shed , with plenty of dry straw "for . a bed ; but my poor wife was absent , for the first time since we
" left home . She was detained along with several other women , on the " right bank of the Adour , until the bridge was repaired . While this " was doing , one of the women belonging to the regiment begged hev to " take care of a little ass colt , with a couple of bundles , until she should " get back to St . Severe to make some purchases ; she complied , and " before the other returned the bridge was repaired . Our regiment had " passed , and she followed , driving the colt before her ; but before she to the further endthe stubborn animal
" got , stood still and would not " move a foot . Another regiment was advancing , the passage was " impeded , and what to do she knew not . She was in the act of remov" ing the woman ' s bundles from the beast ' s back , and struggling to get " out of the way , determined to leave the animal , when a grenadier of '' the advancing regiment , casting his eye on a finely polished horn with " the Masonic arms cut on it , and slung over her shoulder , stepped aside , saying , ' Poor creature , I shall not see you left struggling here ,
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The Key Stone.
Monarch , '' will 1 bow my sceptre to the right of Honestas ; but not till then . " " That is to say , " calml y answered the old man , " till the instinct of the brute reaches the intelligence of the man ; the Royal Solomon will follow only the impulses of the former , degrading the gifts and the preeminence accorded by the Most High , by bowing his reason to his passion . I know" he continued , " that truth is unwelcome to the ears
, of princes ; but thinkest thou that He whose word is truth—whose essence , love—whose attribute is justice—will accept of the dedication of the work , or smile upon thy reign , if this wrong to Honestas be by thee committed . Beware , lest the voice of Rebuke be succeeded by stings of conscience , the gnawings ' of that worm which never dies . *" That night did the Royal Master again preside over the assembled Craftsmen , his brow was clear , for justice filled his heart . The work
of the faithful Honestas was approved , and never did the Monarch appear more worthy of the homage of the Craft , than when he proved that even the recollection of error may be lost in the beauty of atonement .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
WE have been compelled , for want of space , to defer a well-written article on the subject of Masonic Obligations—in which their necessity is favourably considered—and we confess our own opinion is greatly inclined to their continuance , for reasons that have often been expressed in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . The article we allude to will appear at the earliest time ; and , meanwhile , the author will perceive , by the following extract from the pages of a popular volume /" ' that his
opinion of the propriety of removing this test of sublimity , by which the human heart , more especially among the humbler classes , is made sensible to bring into activity the noblest and most generous impulses , is far from general : — " I was General Park ' s orderly this night , and had a good roof over " my head , and the dry floor of a cart-shed , with plenty of dry straw "for . a bed ; but my poor wife was absent , for the first time since we
" left home . She was detained along with several other women , on the " right bank of the Adour , until the bridge was repaired . While this " was doing , one of the women belonging to the regiment begged hev to " take care of a little ass colt , with a couple of bundles , until she should " get back to St . Severe to make some purchases ; she complied , and " before the other returned the bridge was repaired . Our regiment had " passed , and she followed , driving the colt before her ; but before she to the further endthe stubborn animal
" got , stood still and would not " move a foot . Another regiment was advancing , the passage was " impeded , and what to do she knew not . She was in the act of remov" ing the woman ' s bundles from the beast ' s back , and struggling to get " out of the way , determined to leave the animal , when a grenadier of '' the advancing regiment , casting his eye on a finely polished horn with " the Masonic arms cut on it , and slung over her shoulder , stepped aside , saying , ' Poor creature , I shall not see you left struggling here ,