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Review Of Literature, &C.
Next , mourning amidst the tuneless harps b y Babylon ' s * dark waters , sighing beneath the drooping willows over the by-gone splendour of the loved ancl lost Jerusalem : then returning with the children of the captivity to renew the services of Zion—passing on , although clouded and known to few , no longer to dwell with the apostate ancl the slave , passing on from the ' abomination't of the latter 'desolation , ' and leaving the once sunny and lovelPalestine to endure its punishment
y and its purifying , taking up its abode in the AA estern world , * Kings , Princes , and Potentates , ' thinking it no stooping of ' their imperial crowns and dignities , ' to give it welcome ancl nurture ; as operative , developing science , encouraging arts , expanding social comforts , ministering to public adornments , and raising those wondrous Temples to the MOST HIGH which still —( and we have in this city proof eloquent of this ) — lift their pinnacled lories to heavenand also the more
g , retired Churches with their spires symbolic , ' silent fingers pointing to the sky ! '—as speculative , binding men together in sweetest union—Brotherly Love the band , Relief and mutual assistance the grace , Truth the ruling principle , and bringing us not only—as listening to the voice of Nature—to
' See God in clouds and hear him in thc wind , ' but from every particular of science and art to derive instruction and hol y lessons , and through the signs and tokens and symbols of the material world to view , to acknowledge , to worship , the Great Architect ofthe Universe , and so , from ' the things that are made' understanding ' the invisible things of Him , ' to bend before ' His eternal power and Godhead . " I would only say , that Freemasonry , thus uprising , thus
increasing , thus working , ancl thus now flourishing , can boldly appeal to Antiquity , to prove it to be no new thing—to the long roll of History to prove it to be no vain thing , and to present Experience and feelings to prove it to he a good thing !"
Bro . Dakeyne ' s Sermon will beprizedhy all Masons who can appreciate the value of a casket so few have the moral courage to examine ; his arguments against the scepticism of the unintiated are home-truths . A Biographical Memoir of His Late Royal Highness , the Duke of Sussex , K . G ., eye . By L . Gliick Rosenthal . Richard Spencer , Holhorn . Upwards of seventy pages of very closely printed letter-press , as
appears by the book of explication which accompanies the " UNIQUE DRAWING IN CALLIGRAPHY , " are comprised in the delineation of one of the most difficult ancl yet most elegant tributes to the memory of the illustrious Brother . The likeness is admirable ; the key is necessary to trace the various subjects . The reading of the introductory portion commences on the right side of the print , and forms the outline ; the general subjects are taken from the public prints , ancl particularly from the Freemasons' Quarterly Review .
The Sword contains the earl y biography . The upper part of the right Pillar and the right Curtain—The marriage with Lad y Augusta Murray .
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Review Of Literature, &C.
Next , mourning amidst the tuneless harps b y Babylon ' s * dark waters , sighing beneath the drooping willows over the by-gone splendour of the loved ancl lost Jerusalem : then returning with the children of the captivity to renew the services of Zion—passing on , although clouded and known to few , no longer to dwell with the apostate ancl the slave , passing on from the ' abomination't of the latter 'desolation , ' and leaving the once sunny and lovelPalestine to endure its punishment
y and its purifying , taking up its abode in the AA estern world , * Kings , Princes , and Potentates , ' thinking it no stooping of ' their imperial crowns and dignities , ' to give it welcome ancl nurture ; as operative , developing science , encouraging arts , expanding social comforts , ministering to public adornments , and raising those wondrous Temples to the MOST HIGH which still —( and we have in this city proof eloquent of this ) — lift their pinnacled lories to heavenand also the more
g , retired Churches with their spires symbolic , ' silent fingers pointing to the sky ! '—as speculative , binding men together in sweetest union—Brotherly Love the band , Relief and mutual assistance the grace , Truth the ruling principle , and bringing us not only—as listening to the voice of Nature—to
' See God in clouds and hear him in thc wind , ' but from every particular of science and art to derive instruction and hol y lessons , and through the signs and tokens and symbols of the material world to view , to acknowledge , to worship , the Great Architect ofthe Universe , and so , from ' the things that are made' understanding ' the invisible things of Him , ' to bend before ' His eternal power and Godhead . " I would only say , that Freemasonry , thus uprising , thus
increasing , thus working , ancl thus now flourishing , can boldly appeal to Antiquity , to prove it to be no new thing—to the long roll of History to prove it to be no vain thing , and to present Experience and feelings to prove it to he a good thing !"
Bro . Dakeyne ' s Sermon will beprizedhy all Masons who can appreciate the value of a casket so few have the moral courage to examine ; his arguments against the scepticism of the unintiated are home-truths . A Biographical Memoir of His Late Royal Highness , the Duke of Sussex , K . G ., eye . By L . Gliick Rosenthal . Richard Spencer , Holhorn . Upwards of seventy pages of very closely printed letter-press , as
appears by the book of explication which accompanies the " UNIQUE DRAWING IN CALLIGRAPHY , " are comprised in the delineation of one of the most difficult ancl yet most elegant tributes to the memory of the illustrious Brother . The likeness is admirable ; the key is necessary to trace the various subjects . The reading of the introductory portion commences on the right side of the print , and forms the outline ; the general subjects are taken from the public prints , ancl particularly from the Freemasons' Quarterly Review .
The Sword contains the earl y biography . The upper part of the right Pillar and the right Curtain—The marriage with Lad y Augusta Murray .