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A Word To The Wise.

A WORD TO THE WISE .

THE Masonic papers Aveekly teem Avith advice ancl instruction to ^ the Brethren , Avise ancl sage counsel is given to all . It might , therefore , be considered superfluous on my part offering any advice , when we read from day to clay orations that contain all , and

more than I could possibly transcribe Avith my feeble pen . Still I feel that Avhile going over again such Avell-trodden ground , ancl calling your attention to advice ancl counsel so often given , that I may yet be doing an importaut duty to Masonry . Remember the lesson of the Chisel so often

inculcated m our Lodges , " Perseverance is necessary to ensure Perfection . " It is to the rulers of the Craft especially that I now address myself—I mean to AVorshipful Masters and Past Mastersthose among you AVIIO rightly know ancl

duly perform your duties require no reminding from me , and will kindly bear with me . The reason of my Avriting this article is the unparalleled progress and good fortune of Masonry in Groat Britain ; in fact , at such a headlong speed does our

prosperity seem now to carry our charity of " Faith , Hope , and Charity , " that it is necessary to apply the drng ere it may be too late . I would urge it on you W . M . ' s aud your AA'orthy predecessors in the chair ( for such is the glut of Avork that Past

Masters with all and sundry will have to come to the front to assist you iu your arduous duties ) . I Avould urge it on you , Avorthy Wardeus , aspirants for the chair of your Lodge , to be careful AA'IIO you admit as candidates . Examine Avell their

personal characters , their daily lives . Make it difficult in this respect to gain admittance to your Lodge . If a candidate is proposed by a well-known and AA'orthy brother , inform yourselves through him of his fitness for admission , that " So their li ght may shine before men and glorify their Father AA'hich is in Heaven . "

Do you folloAV me , brethren , you AA'IIO rule Lodges ? Undoubtedly you do , and will duly i > erform your duties ; but a Avord to the Avise is never in vain , prosperity ancl good fortune mi ght turn the head of the best amongst us . Be careful ! AVatch !

To you AA'orthy Past Masters I AVOUIC say , though you have now laid down the seals of office , yet even in your case you cannot yet enjoy that comfortable " otium

cum dignitate" that you so hoped for , another sphere of usefulness is open to you . AVhen the proposers ancl seconders , when the rulers of your Lodge have clone their duty , your turn comes . You , the old ancl venerated rulers of the well-skilled ( as you

should be ) in the various duties , various teachings and lectures ; you , I say , haA'e noAv your work— "the instruction of Initiates . " You have not only to explain the ceremonial through Avhich they have gone , you have not only to prepare their

minds for Avhat is to folloAV , you have to inculcate in them the true spitit , tlie true aim of Masonry . You have to form , Masouically speaking their infant minds , so that as they rise gradually on the ladder they may duly appreciate the beauties of our Order , ancl seek earnestly to penetrate the inner arena of our science .

Has this thought ever struck you , AA'orthy P . M . ' s ? Doubtless many , very many , of you haA'e felt it , and acted conscientiously upon it , but , as iu the case of the initiate these aspirations , he becomes a lukeAvarm Mason , perhaps seldom again entering a

Lodge . So also in your case , there may ba many evm amongst you AVIIO say , " I haA'e done my duty , I may HOAV rest from my labours . " Absentees from Lodge , even in your exalted grade , sometimes exist . I Avrite in all kindnessnot doubting you as

, a whole , but does not the zeal flag sometimes ? Doas not the youthful zest that once animated you sometimes fail you ? When you see your Lodge prosperous and the Avork li ght . Brethren , I say your work had need neA'er be li ght ; you can iu your

different spheres of usefulness assist your ProA'ince , your Provincial Grand Master ; you can labour for the charities ; you can instruct your less informed brethren . In fact , on " you depends the spirit , the feeling , the ardent Avish for more li ght , that

should ever be the actuating motives of your Lodge , especially among its junior members . " Your W . M . is the heart that conceives , and the heart that clevises , and it will be in vain if you , the hands , be not prompt to execute the design .

Though the chief part of what I had to say has IIOAV been said , I feel that my object Avill not have been fully accomplished , Avithout a few Avords to the newly Initiated . You , my younger brethren ( if I may so call you ) , have latel y entered a most ancient

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Untitled Article 1
Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 2
THE HONBLE MRS. ALDWORTH. Article 3
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 4
THE MASONIC SIGN. Article 6
AN INDIAN MASONIC WELCOME TO OUR GRAND MASTER. Article 7
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY. Article 8
BYE-LAWS OF THE YORK LODGE: No. 236. Article 10
EARLY MEETINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 14
CURFEW MUST NOT RING TO-NIGHT. Article 16
THE FREEMASONS AND ARCHTECTURE IN ENGLAND. Article 17
WOMAN'S CHOICE —THE STORY OF A HERO. Article 18
UNDER CURRENTS. Article 23
THE LAST WISH. Article 25
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, NO. 114, IPSWICH. AD. 1762. Article 25
AN ORIGINAL TOAST, Article 30
SONNET. Article 30
A WORD TO THE WISE. Article 31
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 32
THE NEW YEAR. Article 35
THE WIDOW'S STRATAGEM. Article 36
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 39
ADDRESS OF THE V. H. AND E. SIR KT. COL. W. J. B. MACLEOD MOORE, Article 43
THE SITE OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE DISCOVERED. Article 45
Review. Article 48
SONNET. Article 49
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A Word To The Wise.

A WORD TO THE WISE .

THE Masonic papers Aveekly teem Avith advice ancl instruction to ^ the Brethren , Avise ancl sage counsel is given to all . It might , therefore , be considered superfluous on my part offering any advice , when we read from day to clay orations that contain all , and

more than I could possibly transcribe Avith my feeble pen . Still I feel that Avhile going over again such Avell-trodden ground , ancl calling your attention to advice ancl counsel so often given , that I may yet be doing an importaut duty to Masonry . Remember the lesson of the Chisel so often

inculcated m our Lodges , " Perseverance is necessary to ensure Perfection . " It is to the rulers of the Craft especially that I now address myself—I mean to AVorshipful Masters and Past Mastersthose among you AVIIO rightly know ancl

duly perform your duties require no reminding from me , and will kindly bear with me . The reason of my Avriting this article is the unparalleled progress and good fortune of Masonry in Groat Britain ; in fact , at such a headlong speed does our

prosperity seem now to carry our charity of " Faith , Hope , and Charity , " that it is necessary to apply the drng ere it may be too late . I would urge it on you W . M . ' s aud your AA'orthy predecessors in the chair ( for such is the glut of Avork that Past

Masters with all and sundry will have to come to the front to assist you iu your arduous duties ) . I Avould urge it on you , Avorthy Wardeus , aspirants for the chair of your Lodge , to be careful AA'IIO you admit as candidates . Examine Avell their

personal characters , their daily lives . Make it difficult in this respect to gain admittance to your Lodge . If a candidate is proposed by a well-known and AA'orthy brother , inform yourselves through him of his fitness for admission , that " So their li ght may shine before men and glorify their Father AA'hich is in Heaven . "

Do you folloAV me , brethren , you AA'IIO rule Lodges ? Undoubtedly you do , and will duly i > erform your duties ; but a Avord to the Avise is never in vain , prosperity ancl good fortune mi ght turn the head of the best amongst us . Be careful ! AVatch !

To you AA'orthy Past Masters I AVOUIC say , though you have now laid down the seals of office , yet even in your case you cannot yet enjoy that comfortable " otium

cum dignitate" that you so hoped for , another sphere of usefulness is open to you . AVhen the proposers ancl seconders , when the rulers of your Lodge have clone their duty , your turn comes . You , the old ancl venerated rulers of the well-skilled ( as you

should be ) in the various duties , various teachings and lectures ; you , I say , haA'e noAv your work— "the instruction of Initiates . " You have not only to explain the ceremonial through Avhich they have gone , you have not only to prepare their

minds for Avhat is to folloAV , you have to inculcate in them the true spitit , tlie true aim of Masonry . You have to form , Masouically speaking their infant minds , so that as they rise gradually on the ladder they may duly appreciate the beauties of our Order , ancl seek earnestly to penetrate the inner arena of our science .

Has this thought ever struck you , AA'orthy P . M . ' s ? Doubtless many , very many , of you haA'e felt it , and acted conscientiously upon it , but , as iu the case of the initiate these aspirations , he becomes a lukeAvarm Mason , perhaps seldom again entering a

Lodge . So also in your case , there may ba many evm amongst you AVIIO say , " I haA'e done my duty , I may HOAV rest from my labours . " Absentees from Lodge , even in your exalted grade , sometimes exist . I Avrite in all kindnessnot doubting you as

, a whole , but does not the zeal flag sometimes ? Doas not the youthful zest that once animated you sometimes fail you ? When you see your Lodge prosperous and the Avork li ght . Brethren , I say your work had need neA'er be li ght ; you can iu your

different spheres of usefulness assist your ProA'ince , your Provincial Grand Master ; you can labour for the charities ; you can instruct your less informed brethren . In fact , on " you depends the spirit , the feeling , the ardent Avish for more li ght , that

should ever be the actuating motives of your Lodge , especially among its junior members . " Your W . M . is the heart that conceives , and the heart that clevises , and it will be in vain if you , the hands , be not prompt to execute the design .

Though the chief part of what I had to say has IIOAV been said , I feel that my object Avill not have been fully accomplished , Avithout a few Avords to the newly Initiated . You , my younger brethren ( if I may so call you ) , have latel y entered a most ancient

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