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Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
TO THE EDITOR . gZ^ SS & tt &^ SLttSSi S- ^^^^ - SSKSS• 1 U ... I of flm coral ]* vl 10 t moceriin
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^^ - ^'r ^ young lawyer proved a valuable member of that Lod 4 filled n 4 nv 1 TS . 1 ™ S ^ gS ^^ - *• ^ doctor ^ South Molton , Sept . 1 B , 183 S . ^ SBES LOOOE 610 .
in rt , 7 i •? NG T 1 IE M ? ' NTAI ^— "Aday among the mountains-far n the liihs—is a passage in a man ' s life more touching and memorable than a day in the woods . In the latter , we scarcely ever Srf utnveXwftnT ° > T > " ¦ * ? " occu P <™ - bur sensations are unmixed with terror . The animals and objects around us excite the FoX in ? n nnP e Y 7 ^™ ° 0 nr & mie ' ° Ur em 0 ti ° » s are »* OT ovelTowered b master
rnssion AW " ^ y one feeling or passion . Alone among the mountains , we are reduced to utter insignificance ; our sympathies are choked ; the soul is thrown back on itself . I he scene is strong with the original , primeval impress of nature , untouched b y man or his works . We seem to stand directly in the hnwTfr ° f ™ Z y > gripped of all flatteries and disguises ; the bold outlines and peaks of the hills cleaving the silent , motfonless air , appear as His handwriting , legible in their majestic character , and appalling n heir sternness and solitude Such
, . as we now see them , they were beheld by the " world ' s grey fathers , " bond and free , in the SfiV tFT * (? ? S 0 T T , Mg , e Sti " Mlds his wst a ™ S cliffs ; the torrent still flashes down the ravine ; the birch tree , o ? the nine waves over the precipice ; and the lake , visited by the red deer and the solitary water-fowl , still beats its banks , reflecting the grey rock and the cloudall utterlcareless and unconscious
, y of man , who seems an alien an incumbrance to the scene . The conquerors of the world subdual "ations ; but the mountains , like the banner of heaven , were impregnable . Woods are perishable and evanescent ; they flourish and fade ; fall successive , and successive rise ; " arc cut down or reproduced , m their deciduous beauty and leafy splendour;—the mountains lemam unchanged amidst the mutations of time "
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Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
TO THE EDITOR . gZ^ SS & tt &^ SLttSSi S- ^^^^ - SSKSS• 1 U ... I of flm coral ]* vl 10 t moceriin
^ , , „„ , stop , J „ ,,, ., , „ ITS S£ ? S= P- «a & 3 ru «^ ss ^ "£ & ts ^ - ^^ isyst
^^ - ^'r ^ young lawyer proved a valuable member of that Lod 4 filled n 4 nv 1 TS . 1 ™ S ^ gS ^^ - *• ^ doctor ^ South Molton , Sept . 1 B , 183 S . ^ SBES LOOOE 610 .
in rt , 7 i •? NG T 1 IE M ? ' NTAI ^— "Aday among the mountains-far n the liihs—is a passage in a man ' s life more touching and memorable than a day in the woods . In the latter , we scarcely ever Srf utnveXwftnT ° > T > " ¦ * ? " occu P <™ - bur sensations are unmixed with terror . The animals and objects around us excite the FoX in ? n nnP e Y 7 ^™ ° 0 nr & mie ' ° Ur em 0 ti ° » s are »* OT ovelTowered b master
rnssion AW " ^ y one feeling or passion . Alone among the mountains , we are reduced to utter insignificance ; our sympathies are choked ; the soul is thrown back on itself . I he scene is strong with the original , primeval impress of nature , untouched b y man or his works . We seem to stand directly in the hnwTfr ° f ™ Z y > gripped of all flatteries and disguises ; the bold outlines and peaks of the hills cleaving the silent , motfonless air , appear as His handwriting , legible in their majestic character , and appalling n heir sternness and solitude Such
, . as we now see them , they were beheld by the " world ' s grey fathers , " bond and free , in the SfiV tFT * (? ? S 0 T T , Mg , e Sti " Mlds his wst a ™ S cliffs ; the torrent still flashes down the ravine ; the birch tree , o ? the nine waves over the precipice ; and the lake , visited by the red deer and the solitary water-fowl , still beats its banks , reflecting the grey rock and the cloudall utterlcareless and unconscious
, y of man , who seems an alien an incumbrance to the scene . The conquerors of the world subdual "ations ; but the mountains , like the banner of heaven , were impregnable . Woods are perishable and evanescent ; they flourish and fade ; fall successive , and successive rise ; " arc cut down or reproduced , m their deciduous beauty and leafy splendour;—the mountains lemam unchanged amidst the mutations of time "