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Interesting Anecdote.
the consul pledging himself to return the party to England if his patron should refuse to receive him . ******
Some years elapsed—my employment led me to an intimacy with the young man and his patron—they were indeed friends , linked together in bonds of amity , the one determined to prove worthy his friend ' s forgiveness , the other anxious to shew that he had forgotten all but the remembrance of affection and esteem ; it was the delicacy of this sentiment which prevented his taking any steps to recover the property from the really guilty partiesthat " he miht not disturb the
se-, g renity of his friend ' s happiness . He made such a representation of the facts to the consul and to the government , that on his decease , which took place shortly after my acquaintance with him , our hero , so allow me to call him , was promoted to a more confidential and lucrative post . "
FIDUS .
To Charity.
TO CHARITY .
BY BROTHER JOHN LEE STEVENS , BRITISH LODGE , NO . 8 . Hail ! balm-bestowing Charity !—First of the heaven-born : — Sanctity and sincerity Thy temple still adorn : —
Communing with mortality The humble hut thou dost not scorn : — Thou art , in bright reality , " ¦ Friend of the friendless and forlorn . "
With joy-induced alacrity , Supplying want—assuaging woe To every home of misery Thy Sister Spirits smiling go : — Dispelling all dispondeney Their blessings they bestow—Like Angels in the ministry Of holiness below !
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Interesting Anecdote.
the consul pledging himself to return the party to England if his patron should refuse to receive him . ******
Some years elapsed—my employment led me to an intimacy with the young man and his patron—they were indeed friends , linked together in bonds of amity , the one determined to prove worthy his friend ' s forgiveness , the other anxious to shew that he had forgotten all but the remembrance of affection and esteem ; it was the delicacy of this sentiment which prevented his taking any steps to recover the property from the really guilty partiesthat " he miht not disturb the
se-, g renity of his friend ' s happiness . He made such a representation of the facts to the consul and to the government , that on his decease , which took place shortly after my acquaintance with him , our hero , so allow me to call him , was promoted to a more confidential and lucrative post . "
FIDUS .
To Charity.
TO CHARITY .
BY BROTHER JOHN LEE STEVENS , BRITISH LODGE , NO . 8 . Hail ! balm-bestowing Charity !—First of the heaven-born : — Sanctity and sincerity Thy temple still adorn : —
Communing with mortality The humble hut thou dost not scorn : — Thou art , in bright reality , " ¦ Friend of the friendless and forlorn . "
With joy-induced alacrity , Supplying want—assuaging woe To every home of misery Thy Sister Spirits smiling go : — Dispelling all dispondeney Their blessings they bestow—Like Angels in the ministry Of holiness below !