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Symbol Of Glory*
to the practice of universal benevolence and love for his fellowcreatures , ho is enabled to contemplate with calmness and equanimity that event which will separate Mm from all his earthly friends and connexions ; because he sees before him , by the eye of faith , a world where every thing is bright and glorious ; where he shall bo reunited to his friends—where sorrow and trouble cannot
intrude , and where never-ending pleasures will reward the cares and troubles of his mortal pilgrimage . He axjproaches the scene of his hopes and wishes with a palpitating heart , ancl finds the portals of CHARITY thrown open to receive him , and the bodily pains of death are alleviated and cheered by the sound of the angelic host singing the anthems of heavenand ready to conduct him to that place of
, rest , where he will wait with patience , in company with the spirits of other just and holy men , till all things are consummated , ancl the day of resurrection ushers in the eternal reign of the Messiah . " In the recapitulatory ancl supplemental Lecture , being a succinct analysis of the design of the preceding twelve , Dr . Oliver takes
occasion once more to make a strong protest in favour of progressive Masonry in harmony with the requirements of the age ; never forgetting the old maxim— " 11 faut etre ch son siecle , et les siecles ne recident pas . " We have scarcely been able , within prescribed limits , to do all the justice to this the latest , but not the least important work of our respected Brotherthat we could have desiredand that its pages
, , so highly deserve . We are sensible of our inability adequately to express our sense of the deep debt of gratitude that all true Masons owe to the builder of so complete a Masonic edifice , of which this last work is ( as he says ) , the coping stone . But as ( for the moment at least ) , we close " the Symbol of Glory , " ( we shall return to it as often as we feel the want of a strengthening of our convictions and
an enlarging of our sympathies ) , we cannot forget at how blessed a season we are inditing this feeble and halting testimony of a good man ' s labours . May his autumn of life be long , bright , and calm ; ancl may the winter never come , save as an eternal Christinas within the gates of heaven . E . F . J . P .
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Symbol Of Glory*
to the practice of universal benevolence and love for his fellowcreatures , ho is enabled to contemplate with calmness and equanimity that event which will separate Mm from all his earthly friends and connexions ; because he sees before him , by the eye of faith , a world where every thing is bright and glorious ; where he shall bo reunited to his friends—where sorrow and trouble cannot
intrude , and where never-ending pleasures will reward the cares and troubles of his mortal pilgrimage . He axjproaches the scene of his hopes and wishes with a palpitating heart , ancl finds the portals of CHARITY thrown open to receive him , and the bodily pains of death are alleviated and cheered by the sound of the angelic host singing the anthems of heavenand ready to conduct him to that place of
, rest , where he will wait with patience , in company with the spirits of other just and holy men , till all things are consummated , ancl the day of resurrection ushers in the eternal reign of the Messiah . " In the recapitulatory ancl supplemental Lecture , being a succinct analysis of the design of the preceding twelve , Dr . Oliver takes
occasion once more to make a strong protest in favour of progressive Masonry in harmony with the requirements of the age ; never forgetting the old maxim— " 11 faut etre ch son siecle , et les siecles ne recident pas . " We have scarcely been able , within prescribed limits , to do all the justice to this the latest , but not the least important work of our respected Brotherthat we could have desiredand that its pages
, , so highly deserve . We are sensible of our inability adequately to express our sense of the deep debt of gratitude that all true Masons owe to the builder of so complete a Masonic edifice , of which this last work is ( as he says ) , the coping stone . But as ( for the moment at least ) , we close " the Symbol of Glory , " ( we shall return to it as often as we feel the want of a strengthening of our convictions and
an enlarging of our sympathies ) , we cannot forget at how blessed a season we are inditing this feeble and halting testimony of a good man ' s labours . May his autumn of life be long , bright , and calm ; ancl may the winter never come , save as an eternal Christinas within the gates of heaven . E . F . J . P .
voi „ i . : ' o .