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What Good ?
unit , but a factor m a coiunuimfcy , Avhich has for the end of its organization the support of human virtue and the relief of human suffering . Since " man does not live by bread alone , " but by noble thoughts and feelings as Avell—since existence is not merely physicalbut also
spiritual—, Masonry is hi ghly compensating in all its lessons , associations and charities . AVhen a man does good he is blessed in the deed . AVhen he associates himself with the good he feels that he is ennobled by their society . No one makes a mistake Avho puts himself
into Avide commerce Avith his felloAVS in the endeavour to cultivate the graces and virtues of a true life . A self-contained " I " is not only hateful to others , but becomes so narrow in all his opinions , feelings and acth-ities as to so abridge soul-life , that the interior consciousness is affected by that debasement . Suppressed sympathies are as dangerous to spiritual health as
suppressed secretions can be to physical . A thoroughly developed , Avell-rounded manhood can only proceed from generous outgoings of heart towards others . AVhat exercise is to the body , philanthropic activity is to'the spirit . As paralysis results from indolence and somnolenceso
, does physical palsy ensue upon mental and moral inactivity and slumber . A creed and platform-bound soul develops the bigot and demagogue . A man needs a larger development than comes of denominationalism and partizanship . AA'hen a
man joins the Masons from a heart desire to enlarge his relationships , he at once feels that he is a member of a community which extends beyond the boundaries of mere nationalities and leaps the hedges of dogmas and articles . He becomes a citizen of the Avorld , and expresses his cosmopolitan citizenship in the inquiry of the great-hearted poet :
' Shall . 1 ask the bravo soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind , it our creeds do agree ?" The idea of true life is not mere moneygetting and the soft ease that comes of affluence . He is the largest man Avho can
feel the most friendly towards his kind . You cannot measure him Avith a tape-line or wei gh him upon a pair of avoirdupois scales . Feet and pounds cannot express his girdle , height or weight . You cannot estimate him from the assessor ' s books ,
What Good ?
His Avealth does not enter into the tax lists . AVhat is he worth ? has a Avider meaning than can be ansAvered by an appeal to the sordid standards . The elevation of his thoughts , the nobility of his feelings , are his treasures , and only angel
book-keepers reckon such accounts . Masonry does good in associating men in benevolent efforts . It dries the tear of the orphan and hushes the widov ' s Avail and helps to bear the burden of the virtuous poor . To engage a man in such
enterprises is to do him good . But we take it that the widest benefit of such an institution as ours is beyond statistical expression , and ii lie souls of those Avho haA'e been made h 3 el its character-raising power . —Kentucky Freemason .
Vain Regrets.
VAIN REGRETS .
BY MADAME VON OPPEN . AVhen next you see a Water-mill , Just watch its silvery spray , And hear the clicking of its Avheel
Grinding the hours away . Then , fix this maxim in your brain : ( Learn it UOAV , and hold it fast , ) " The Mill can never grind again " AVith the water that is past I "
How the little stream g lides on Rapidly and still , Nevermore to glide again Past the Water-mill j Thus let us all our bye-gone pain Into oblivion cast :
" The Mill can never grind again " With the Avater that is past ! " Oh ! the Avasted hours and years That have drifted on ;
The vacillating hopes and fears , The chances that are gone ! To call them back is noAV iu vain , Old age must come at last : "The Mill . can never grind again " With the Avater that is past !
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What Good ?
unit , but a factor m a coiunuimfcy , Avhich has for the end of its organization the support of human virtue and the relief of human suffering . Since " man does not live by bread alone , " but by noble thoughts and feelings as Avell—since existence is not merely physicalbut also
spiritual—, Masonry is hi ghly compensating in all its lessons , associations and charities . AVhen a man does good he is blessed in the deed . AVhen he associates himself with the good he feels that he is ennobled by their society . No one makes a mistake Avho puts himself
into Avide commerce Avith his felloAVS in the endeavour to cultivate the graces and virtues of a true life . A self-contained " I " is not only hateful to others , but becomes so narrow in all his opinions , feelings and acth-ities as to so abridge soul-life , that the interior consciousness is affected by that debasement . Suppressed sympathies are as dangerous to spiritual health as
suppressed secretions can be to physical . A thoroughly developed , Avell-rounded manhood can only proceed from generous outgoings of heart towards others . AVhat exercise is to the body , philanthropic activity is to'the spirit . As paralysis results from indolence and somnolenceso
, does physical palsy ensue upon mental and moral inactivity and slumber . A creed and platform-bound soul develops the bigot and demagogue . A man needs a larger development than comes of denominationalism and partizanship . AA'hen a
man joins the Masons from a heart desire to enlarge his relationships , he at once feels that he is a member of a community which extends beyond the boundaries of mere nationalities and leaps the hedges of dogmas and articles . He becomes a citizen of the Avorld , and expresses his cosmopolitan citizenship in the inquiry of the great-hearted poet :
' Shall . 1 ask the bravo soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind , it our creeds do agree ?" The idea of true life is not mere moneygetting and the soft ease that comes of affluence . He is the largest man Avho can
feel the most friendly towards his kind . You cannot measure him Avith a tape-line or wei gh him upon a pair of avoirdupois scales . Feet and pounds cannot express his girdle , height or weight . You cannot estimate him from the assessor ' s books ,
What Good ?
His Avealth does not enter into the tax lists . AVhat is he worth ? has a Avider meaning than can be ansAvered by an appeal to the sordid standards . The elevation of his thoughts , the nobility of his feelings , are his treasures , and only angel
book-keepers reckon such accounts . Masonry does good in associating men in benevolent efforts . It dries the tear of the orphan and hushes the widov ' s Avail and helps to bear the burden of the virtuous poor . To engage a man in such
enterprises is to do him good . But we take it that the widest benefit of such an institution as ours is beyond statistical expression , and ii lie souls of those Avho haA'e been made h 3 el its character-raising power . —Kentucky Freemason .
Vain Regrets.
VAIN REGRETS .
BY MADAME VON OPPEN . AVhen next you see a Water-mill , Just watch its silvery spray , And hear the clicking of its Avheel
Grinding the hours away . Then , fix this maxim in your brain : ( Learn it UOAV , and hold it fast , ) " The Mill can never grind again " AVith the water that is past I "
How the little stream g lides on Rapidly and still , Nevermore to glide again Past the Water-mill j Thus let us all our bye-gone pain Into oblivion cast :
" The Mill can never grind again " With the Avater that is past ! " Oh ! the Avasted hours and years That have drifted on ;
The vacillating hopes and fears , The chances that are gone ! To call them back is noAV iu vain , Old age must come at last : "The Mill . can never grind again " With the Avater that is past !