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To The Editor.
to ivhich I add , that all worldly wealth , honours , and titles , are the gifts , on sufferance , of the Great Conductor of all worldly distinctions ; and that the fulfilment of the grand principles of Masonry can alone shed lustre on the princely diadem . I venture , fearlessly , to observe , that those elevated in worldly station , who hesitate to forward an acknowledged great charitable object , let the source of good be ever so humble , are guilty of a high moral offence , and tarnish the lustre of
their worldly rank . I blush for the pride and vanity of a society professing the doctrines of " natural equality and mutual dependence . " I am , Sir , yours Fraternally , VIATOR . We have received such an abundance of correspondence in favour of the Asylumthat we seriouslcontemplated a supplementary number
, y , to be devoted to the concerns of that noble , but much calumniated Institution . We , however , postpone this almost necessary duty for the present , and give a letter from a very distinguished , honourable , and highly-respected Brother , —not selected for its unqualified , but for its temperate , support of a great public principle .
Collectanea.
COLLECTANEA .
TESTIMONY OF GEOLOGY TO A DIVINE PROVIDENCE . —If we reflect upon any of the successive changes that have taken place upon our planet , we cannot but be struck with the beneficial results MAN has experienced from them all . All the commotions and convulsions of material nature have issued in final advantage to MAN ; the volcano , with its liquid streams of fiery lava—the ocean , with the clangour of its rushing torrents —and the earthwith its fields of coalits rocks of stoneand mineral
, , , treasures , all lend their supplies to meet his necessities , and promote his comfort and enjoyment . It has resulted most beneficially to MAN that , through convulsive physical agency , the various strata are so disposed , in an irregular and undulating manner , as to render all those materials important in the promotion of industry and civilization , accessible to his laborious efforts to procure them . It was for his advantage that the granite rocks were uplifted into many a mountain rangethat from their
, accumulated detritus the various series of slate were formed—that waving forests were torn from their roots , and submerged in the recesses of the deep , there to remain during the lapse of ages—till hardened by time and pressure , and chemical agency , they became converted into coal . It was in prospective provision for him , that the rocks of the secondary series , in many cases made up of organic remains , were gradually deposited and transmuted into stone—that those of the tertiary series were
aggregated , to become fitted by their continual decomposition for -the purposes of vegetation , tillage , and agriculture . And , indeed , so indispensably necessary are the substances of these various strata to further and progress the refinement and civilization of mankind—so mighty an impetus do they give to its advancement , that were man permitted no longer to invade the bosom of the earth , and avail himself of the riches it contains—were there an interdict laid on the procuring of slate , coal
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To The Editor.
to ivhich I add , that all worldly wealth , honours , and titles , are the gifts , on sufferance , of the Great Conductor of all worldly distinctions ; and that the fulfilment of the grand principles of Masonry can alone shed lustre on the princely diadem . I venture , fearlessly , to observe , that those elevated in worldly station , who hesitate to forward an acknowledged great charitable object , let the source of good be ever so humble , are guilty of a high moral offence , and tarnish the lustre of
their worldly rank . I blush for the pride and vanity of a society professing the doctrines of " natural equality and mutual dependence . " I am , Sir , yours Fraternally , VIATOR . We have received such an abundance of correspondence in favour of the Asylumthat we seriouslcontemplated a supplementary number
, y , to be devoted to the concerns of that noble , but much calumniated Institution . We , however , postpone this almost necessary duty for the present , and give a letter from a very distinguished , honourable , and highly-respected Brother , —not selected for its unqualified , but for its temperate , support of a great public principle .
Collectanea.
COLLECTANEA .
TESTIMONY OF GEOLOGY TO A DIVINE PROVIDENCE . —If we reflect upon any of the successive changes that have taken place upon our planet , we cannot but be struck with the beneficial results MAN has experienced from them all . All the commotions and convulsions of material nature have issued in final advantage to MAN ; the volcano , with its liquid streams of fiery lava—the ocean , with the clangour of its rushing torrents —and the earthwith its fields of coalits rocks of stoneand mineral
, , , treasures , all lend their supplies to meet his necessities , and promote his comfort and enjoyment . It has resulted most beneficially to MAN that , through convulsive physical agency , the various strata are so disposed , in an irregular and undulating manner , as to render all those materials important in the promotion of industry and civilization , accessible to his laborious efforts to procure them . It was for his advantage that the granite rocks were uplifted into many a mountain rangethat from their
, accumulated detritus the various series of slate were formed—that waving forests were torn from their roots , and submerged in the recesses of the deep , there to remain during the lapse of ages—till hardened by time and pressure , and chemical agency , they became converted into coal . It was in prospective provision for him , that the rocks of the secondary series , in many cases made up of organic remains , were gradually deposited and transmuted into stone—that those of the tertiary series were
aggregated , to become fitted by their continual decomposition for -the purposes of vegetation , tillage , and agriculture . And , indeed , so indispensably necessary are the substances of these various strata to further and progress the refinement and civilization of mankind—so mighty an impetus do they give to its advancement , that were man permitted no longer to invade the bosom of the earth , and avail himself of the riches it contains—were there an interdict laid on the procuring of slate , coal