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Notitlae Templariae.
Superannuated Soldiers , "isan extensive cemetery , anciently the burialplace of the original monastery , and subsequently of the Knights Templars , and the Knights of St . John of Jerusalem , and still used by the inhabitants of Dublin . " For the information contained in this last paragraph , I am indebted to "Lewis ' s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland , " and will not vouch for the correctness of the whole . I have thus , at some length , but I hope not tediously , attempted to
answer the challenge of your correspondent PILGRIM , in which be did me the honour to call personally upon me , in common with the Irish Masons in general . I wish I could have furnished better and more interesting matter upon the subject . Perhaps some other Irish Brethren may have access to local information concerning the Preceptories , & c . of this distinguished and persecuted Order in Ireland , and will be able to fill up the rough sketch which I have been able to iveShould
g . any thing of the kind fall in the way of my own researches , I shall not fail to offer my gleanings to you . Believe me , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , NOACHIDA DALRUADICUS . Dated this seventh day of the Month . Called Chislea , A . F . 524 .
Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BY BROTHER H . R . BLADE , LL . B . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals "
No . XXI . —THE APPROPRIATE FORTITUDE UNDER MISFORTUNE .
Leve estmisGriasferre ; perferre grave . —SENECA . LIGHTLY to endure misfortune may be a task of easy accomplishment to minds of a certain frame . The volatile—the thoughtless—the young— " the man of the world "—may each possess their buckler to turn off the keenness which the arrows of affliction fester in the bosom of the sensitive , the unsophisticated , the inexperienced , and the high-souled
creature of princi ple and imagination . But the main difficulty is to bear their wounds with that untiring patience , and that becoming resignation which characterise the sound philosopher and the true Christian . Mankind are too apt , when adversity overtakes them , indiscreetly to ascribe their reverses to the displeasure of a superintending Providence although , perhaps , they forget piously to impute any share of their prosperity to that Benign Source , when basking in its bounty . Whereas the truth lies opposite to such " hard thoughts" of the Deity . " Every
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notitlae Templariae.
Superannuated Soldiers , "isan extensive cemetery , anciently the burialplace of the original monastery , and subsequently of the Knights Templars , and the Knights of St . John of Jerusalem , and still used by the inhabitants of Dublin . " For the information contained in this last paragraph , I am indebted to "Lewis ' s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland , " and will not vouch for the correctness of the whole . I have thus , at some length , but I hope not tediously , attempted to
answer the challenge of your correspondent PILGRIM , in which be did me the honour to call personally upon me , in common with the Irish Masons in general . I wish I could have furnished better and more interesting matter upon the subject . Perhaps some other Irish Brethren may have access to local information concerning the Preceptories , & c . of this distinguished and persecuted Order in Ireland , and will be able to fill up the rough sketch which I have been able to iveShould
g . any thing of the kind fall in the way of my own researches , I shall not fail to offer my gleanings to you . Believe me , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , NOACHIDA DALRUADICUS . Dated this seventh day of the Month . Called Chislea , A . F . 524 .
Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BY BROTHER H . R . BLADE , LL . B . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals "
No . XXI . —THE APPROPRIATE FORTITUDE UNDER MISFORTUNE .
Leve estmisGriasferre ; perferre grave . —SENECA . LIGHTLY to endure misfortune may be a task of easy accomplishment to minds of a certain frame . The volatile—the thoughtless—the young— " the man of the world "—may each possess their buckler to turn off the keenness which the arrows of affliction fester in the bosom of the sensitive , the unsophisticated , the inexperienced , and the high-souled
creature of princi ple and imagination . But the main difficulty is to bear their wounds with that untiring patience , and that becoming resignation which characterise the sound philosopher and the true Christian . Mankind are too apt , when adversity overtakes them , indiscreetly to ascribe their reverses to the displeasure of a superintending Providence although , perhaps , they forget piously to impute any share of their prosperity to that Benign Source , when basking in its bounty . Whereas the truth lies opposite to such " hard thoughts" of the Deity . " Every