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Gleanings From Masonry.
failed to accomplish . He , by assuming our nature ancl paying the penalty of our disobedience , perfected . He partook of our nature , BIRTH , LIFE , and DEATH ; and those who are His shall partake of His glorious RESURRECTION ancl ASCENSION . Thus , by the five points of fellowship—BIRTH , UPE , DEATH , RESURRECTION , and ASCENSION—is the salvation of Christ ' s flock complete . They shall be RAISED from this sepulchre of sin to the Grand Lodge aboveto taste of joys for
, evermore . Among Christians , the above facts are clung to as the ameliorators of the ills of the present , and the assurance of a blessed hereafter ; and I appeal to all who are learned in Masonry to say , if the whole machinery of the third degree be not a shadowing forth of the same doctrine . It seems to go hand in hand with the beautiful aspirations of the prophets : it points to the inevitable doom which awaits all flesh ; its gaze is turned unto the grave , but with an
intensity of vision —the gift of the spirit of God—it is enabled to look beyond , and behold the chains of death and hell rent asunder , and the spirit of man rising from the tomb of transgression to shine as the stars —for ever and ever . Before the rising of the sun of Christ , these were but the unmatured hopes of man , prompted by the inspired language of those , to whose tongues the spirit of God gave utterance ; but , at the coming of the Son of Godall was made plain . He became
, man , died , rose again , and appeared to many ; and in the sight of his disciples , ascended to the heaven of heavens . He promulgated the comfortable doctrine that they who believe in Him , though they die , yet shall they , live ; thus confirming , by his word , the blessed truth which Masonry inculcates . My argument may fail to convince the lukewarm professor of Masonry , that such doctrines are contained in its ceremonies ; but I feel confident , that the zealous inquirer after
truth will behold shadowed forth in them , that religion , which the Son of God preached to the lost sheep of the house of Israel . CATO .
The Late Brother John Ramsbottom.
THE LATE BROTHER JOHN RAMSBOTTOM .
" Died on the Stli of October , in the Albany , cetat 68 , John TRamsbottom , Esq ., for thirty-five years one of the representatives qf the borough of Windsor . " Such was the brief announcement of the departure from life of a Member who had for thirty-five years sat in the United Parliament of these realms . Masonry , into whose bosom he was received , ancl with
whose precepts we believe he was deeply impressed , will have to record his character more at length . "'¦ : BrotherRamsbottom was originally a distiller inAldersgate-street , and afterwards became a brewer at Windsor , where he so ingratiated himself with the burgesses by his kind manner , as to secure their friendship and ' esteem to the end of life ; he may be truly said to have died as lamented " by his constituents as by his family . ' ' 'He was initiated in the Lodge of Friendship , and served as Grand
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Gleanings From Masonry.
failed to accomplish . He , by assuming our nature ancl paying the penalty of our disobedience , perfected . He partook of our nature , BIRTH , LIFE , and DEATH ; and those who are His shall partake of His glorious RESURRECTION ancl ASCENSION . Thus , by the five points of fellowship—BIRTH , UPE , DEATH , RESURRECTION , and ASCENSION—is the salvation of Christ ' s flock complete . They shall be RAISED from this sepulchre of sin to the Grand Lodge aboveto taste of joys for
, evermore . Among Christians , the above facts are clung to as the ameliorators of the ills of the present , and the assurance of a blessed hereafter ; and I appeal to all who are learned in Masonry to say , if the whole machinery of the third degree be not a shadowing forth of the same doctrine . It seems to go hand in hand with the beautiful aspirations of the prophets : it points to the inevitable doom which awaits all flesh ; its gaze is turned unto the grave , but with an
intensity of vision —the gift of the spirit of God—it is enabled to look beyond , and behold the chains of death and hell rent asunder , and the spirit of man rising from the tomb of transgression to shine as the stars —for ever and ever . Before the rising of the sun of Christ , these were but the unmatured hopes of man , prompted by the inspired language of those , to whose tongues the spirit of God gave utterance ; but , at the coming of the Son of Godall was made plain . He became
, man , died , rose again , and appeared to many ; and in the sight of his disciples , ascended to the heaven of heavens . He promulgated the comfortable doctrine that they who believe in Him , though they die , yet shall they , live ; thus confirming , by his word , the blessed truth which Masonry inculcates . My argument may fail to convince the lukewarm professor of Masonry , that such doctrines are contained in its ceremonies ; but I feel confident , that the zealous inquirer after
truth will behold shadowed forth in them , that religion , which the Son of God preached to the lost sheep of the house of Israel . CATO .
The Late Brother John Ramsbottom.
THE LATE BROTHER JOHN RAMSBOTTOM .
" Died on the Stli of October , in the Albany , cetat 68 , John TRamsbottom , Esq ., for thirty-five years one of the representatives qf the borough of Windsor . " Such was the brief announcement of the departure from life of a Member who had for thirty-five years sat in the United Parliament of these realms . Masonry , into whose bosom he was received , ancl with
whose precepts we believe he was deeply impressed , will have to record his character more at length . "'¦ : BrotherRamsbottom was originally a distiller inAldersgate-street , and afterwards became a brewer at Windsor , where he so ingratiated himself with the burgesses by his kind manner , as to secure their friendship and ' esteem to the end of life ; he may be truly said to have died as lamented " by his constituents as by his family . ' ' 'He was initiated in the Lodge of Friendship , and served as Grand