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A Short Tale With A Long Moral.
blanched by the hand of Time , which , while it had shrunk his sinew and wasted his limb , ripened to perfection an intellect vigorous , manly , and refined . To a gentlemanly and grammatical expression , the consciousness of the responsibility of the duty he was engaged in , added a force and power which , perhaps , more than the elegance of his diction , made his delivery in the highest degree impressive . The high example shown by their venerated chiefhad a happy effect his assistant
, upon officers , and the business of the Lodge , to its most minute details , was performed with an accuracy honourable to the Lodge , and beneficial to the Craft in general . At the commencement of the ceremony , Melville joined with a lying tongue and a mocking heart ; but as it proceeded , the words of truth flowing from the lips of that venerable Mason , made an impression on his heart he was ashamed to owneven to himselfand ere it was
com-, , pleted , the whole fabric of his false philosophy was shaken to the very foundation stone . When he retired with the Lodge from labour to refreshment , every thing was consonant with the sentiments he had heard expressed in open Lodge : refreshment without gluttony , conviviality with temperance , ancl mirth with innocence : the flippant jest , the obscene song , and the equivocal toast were unheard , and when he
left the company to seek his home , if he were not a better , he was at least a sadder man . Plis mind was uneasy—his views unsettled—and if he were not prepared to give his assent to the doctrines he had just heard , he was resolved to keep them hid within his breast from those at whose instigation he had sought them , until he had seen further into that system which he began to imagine was indeed " light . " To avoid meeting his companions , whose rallying and jesting he knew would be
chiefly at his expense , he left the village on a visit to a relative early the next morning , nor did he return till the evening upon which he was to participate in the mysteries of a more exalted degree . As before , the business was discharged with the same attention and ability , ancl still deeper became the breach in the citadel of his infidelity ; ancl when a month after he was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason , the light burst unchecked into the inmost recesses of his mindand he
be-, came in the true sense of the word a living soul . The society , of which he had been the most talented member , was again visited by him , when , in the full conviction of his heart and the warmth of new born zeal , he declared his conversion , antl implored them to follow his example . The majority did so , and to this day continue to be honourable members of that body of which they had vowed the ruin . CATO ( NO . 25 ) .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Short Tale With A Long Moral.
blanched by the hand of Time , which , while it had shrunk his sinew and wasted his limb , ripened to perfection an intellect vigorous , manly , and refined . To a gentlemanly and grammatical expression , the consciousness of the responsibility of the duty he was engaged in , added a force and power which , perhaps , more than the elegance of his diction , made his delivery in the highest degree impressive . The high example shown by their venerated chiefhad a happy effect his assistant
, upon officers , and the business of the Lodge , to its most minute details , was performed with an accuracy honourable to the Lodge , and beneficial to the Craft in general . At the commencement of the ceremony , Melville joined with a lying tongue and a mocking heart ; but as it proceeded , the words of truth flowing from the lips of that venerable Mason , made an impression on his heart he was ashamed to owneven to himselfand ere it was
com-, , pleted , the whole fabric of his false philosophy was shaken to the very foundation stone . When he retired with the Lodge from labour to refreshment , every thing was consonant with the sentiments he had heard expressed in open Lodge : refreshment without gluttony , conviviality with temperance , ancl mirth with innocence : the flippant jest , the obscene song , and the equivocal toast were unheard , and when he
left the company to seek his home , if he were not a better , he was at least a sadder man . Plis mind was uneasy—his views unsettled—and if he were not prepared to give his assent to the doctrines he had just heard , he was resolved to keep them hid within his breast from those at whose instigation he had sought them , until he had seen further into that system which he began to imagine was indeed " light . " To avoid meeting his companions , whose rallying and jesting he knew would be
chiefly at his expense , he left the village on a visit to a relative early the next morning , nor did he return till the evening upon which he was to participate in the mysteries of a more exalted degree . As before , the business was discharged with the same attention and ability , ancl still deeper became the breach in the citadel of his infidelity ; ancl when a month after he was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason , the light burst unchecked into the inmost recesses of his mindand he
be-, came in the true sense of the word a living soul . The society , of which he had been the most talented member , was again visited by him , when , in the full conviction of his heart and the warmth of new born zeal , he declared his conversion , antl implored them to follow his example . The majority did so , and to this day continue to be honourable members of that body of which they had vowed the ruin . CATO ( NO . 25 ) .