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An Evening With Adelphoi Lodge.
breathed through all the service , making the underlying and spiritual elements of the degree clearly visible and didy impressive . There AA'as even a sublime pathos brought out at the more tragical part of the ceremony , touching the hearts of the Brethren and causing them to appreciate , perhaps better than ever before , the grand , heroic lessons hound up in the legend that gives character to the second section of the sublime degree .
During the conferring of the degree several appropriate selections of music were rendered by the favourite Orpheus Quartette , consisting of Bros . Baker , Greene , Brown and Flint . This contributing influence of excellent music was both appreciated ancl enjoyed by all Avho Avere present . After the Avork came an earnest address from the Grand Master , who appealed to the Brethren to illustrate practicallthe fidelity AA'hich had been represented to them hi
y the evening ' s ceremony , ancl to ever cherish the hope of a resurrection to life immortal , that so they might not falter nor fail in the time of trial . An ample collation Avas served in the supper room adjoining the hall . Here the Brethren gathered in social accord and sympathy , and several hours passed delightfully aAvay . We should say that there was time enough for this festival afterpart , as the LodAvas convened at five o ' clockalloAving to be fixed at eiht . Speeches
ge , supper g abounding in wit and sentiment , and not Avithout a touch of moral purpose , AA'ere made hy the Grand Master , and by Brethren Doyle , Van Slyck , Addeman and others , so causing the hours to glide swiftly away until the time of separation came . And then , as the fareweUs Avere spoken by this company of Brethren ancl true friends , it was not so difficult to estimate the secret influence of Masonry , which teaches the subliniest lessons of truth and love Avhile it binds congenial souls together as by links of steel .
Review.*
REVIEW . *
rpHE power of song to influence the hiunan mind has been proverbial in all ages . - * - Reverence and devotion have been fostered by it , and by its means men have been in days gone by taught and strengthened , stirred up and encouraged to acts of A'irtue and deeds of daring . The precepts of morality clothed in the garb of versification have ever found a ready acceptance and a Avilling ear , Avhilst stirring deeds clone by our ancestors in days of old are remembered and kept alive for us to emulate when recited in taking
metre . In the history of mankind song has eA'er played a most important part , and if the grosser passions of our fallen humanity have been pandered to by the prostitution of the poet ' s noble powers , so the heaven-born genius , rousing the nobler purpose of man's soul , has by means of his divine gift roused the flagging patriotism of an entire people . We are not , therefore , surprised to find that advocates of the Temperance Cause for
have sought aid and found it in no little degree in the form of musical utterance , Mr . Bowiek , the editor of a book that has just passed through our hands , " Temperance Song , " says in his preface , " The Temperance movement oAves much to the poiver of song . And it has itself produced song-writers of no mean order . " As proof of this assertion Mr . Bowiek mentions such well knoAvn names and gives specimens of the Avritings of the Revs . Paxton Hood , Jabez Tunnicliff , P . Gray Mason , Mr . Edwin Morris , and Dr . Burns . Most wisely , the selection being intended for " Home " as Avell as " Temperance-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Evening With Adelphoi Lodge.
breathed through all the service , making the underlying and spiritual elements of the degree clearly visible and didy impressive . There AA'as even a sublime pathos brought out at the more tragical part of the ceremony , touching the hearts of the Brethren and causing them to appreciate , perhaps better than ever before , the grand , heroic lessons hound up in the legend that gives character to the second section of the sublime degree .
During the conferring of the degree several appropriate selections of music were rendered by the favourite Orpheus Quartette , consisting of Bros . Baker , Greene , Brown and Flint . This contributing influence of excellent music was both appreciated ancl enjoyed by all Avho Avere present . After the Avork came an earnest address from the Grand Master , who appealed to the Brethren to illustrate practicallthe fidelity AA'hich had been represented to them hi
y the evening ' s ceremony , ancl to ever cherish the hope of a resurrection to life immortal , that so they might not falter nor fail in the time of trial . An ample collation Avas served in the supper room adjoining the hall . Here the Brethren gathered in social accord and sympathy , and several hours passed delightfully aAvay . We should say that there was time enough for this festival afterpart , as the LodAvas convened at five o ' clockalloAving to be fixed at eiht . Speeches
ge , supper g abounding in wit and sentiment , and not Avithout a touch of moral purpose , AA'ere made hy the Grand Master , and by Brethren Doyle , Van Slyck , Addeman and others , so causing the hours to glide swiftly away until the time of separation came . And then , as the fareweUs Avere spoken by this company of Brethren ancl true friends , it was not so difficult to estimate the secret influence of Masonry , which teaches the subliniest lessons of truth and love Avhile it binds congenial souls together as by links of steel .
Review.*
REVIEW . *
rpHE power of song to influence the hiunan mind has been proverbial in all ages . - * - Reverence and devotion have been fostered by it , and by its means men have been in days gone by taught and strengthened , stirred up and encouraged to acts of A'irtue and deeds of daring . The precepts of morality clothed in the garb of versification have ever found a ready acceptance and a Avilling ear , Avhilst stirring deeds clone by our ancestors in days of old are remembered and kept alive for us to emulate when recited in taking
metre . In the history of mankind song has eA'er played a most important part , and if the grosser passions of our fallen humanity have been pandered to by the prostitution of the poet ' s noble powers , so the heaven-born genius , rousing the nobler purpose of man's soul , has by means of his divine gift roused the flagging patriotism of an entire people . We are not , therefore , surprised to find that advocates of the Temperance Cause for
have sought aid and found it in no little degree in the form of musical utterance , Mr . Bowiek , the editor of a book that has just passed through our hands , " Temperance Song , " says in his preface , " The Temperance movement oAves much to the poiver of song . And it has itself produced song-writers of no mean order . " As proof of this assertion Mr . Bowiek mentions such well knoAvn names and gives specimens of the Avritings of the Revs . Paxton Hood , Jabez Tunnicliff , P . Gray Mason , Mr . Edwin Morris , and Dr . Burns . Most wisely , the selection being intended for " Home " as Avell as " Temperance-