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The Heart-Cure.
" Take heart , " he said , holding again the Avoman ' s hand . "I will do all for you that can be clone . " And he spoke cheering Avords to Eben ; and he Avent away , promising to come again on the morroAv .
On the morroAv Arthur Latour visited tho place Avithout the doctor , and on this occasion ho ventured to speak of Ellen Wilton , the sunny-faced maiden Avhom he had met at their cot in tho happier times . " My SAveet cousinbless her ! " returned
, Mrs . Burroughs . " She does not knocv of tin ' s . I have not dared to Avrifce . I AVOUM not bring her hero , and I would not beg of her father . "
Arthur provided every comfort possible ; but there could bo no earthly help for Eben Burroughs . In a feAv short days he sank into the sleep that IQIOAVS no earthly Avaking ; and when tho mortal remains had been borne to rest in the old village
churchyard by the river , Arthur removed the AA'idoAv and her IAVO children to a comfortable house in a respectable portion of the city . And then Sarah Burroughs wrote to her cousin Ellenand asked her to come and
, see her . Ancl Ellon came , a bright , htioyant , happy girl , largo-hearted and lovely , and her presence Avas like sunshine in the shadoAved homo .
And Arthur met her there ; and Avhen she kneAV what he had done for her kindred she blessed him in ber heart , and blessed him in word . Only a month bad passed from the day on Avhich Dr . Tapel y found Arthur Latour
dying of inanition , and yet AA'hat a change had been wrought . Under tho influence of this blessed labor for the suffering ones his heart had regained its pristine strength and vigor , and the Avorld looked once moro bright and promising . Ho needed but one
thing moro to insure his happiness for tho coming time ; and one evening he stated his need to Ellen Wilton . " It is for you to say , " he concluded , " Avhether my heart-cure shall bo complete , and my life be joyous from this time forth . " And she rested her head upon his shoulder , and spoke to him the Avord of promise . Exchange .
Masonry ' s laws are reason and equity ; its principles , benevolence and love ; and its religion , purity and truth . Its intention is peace on earth , and its disposition , good will towards men .
The Seven Masonic Localities Of The Holy Land.
THE SEVEN MASONIC LOCALITIES OF THE HOLY LAND .
© itr ^ al jaMtkgriral Cotrar .
I . TYRE . —Out of Tyro , which AA'as then the queen of the Avorld in commerce and the arts , went forth Hiram , the Pillar of Strength , and that other Hiram , tho Artificer , the Pillar of Beauty . To lyre were sent King Solomon ' s messages , with their
notification of tho royal purpose to build a temple , and soliciting cedars and lvorkmen for tho undertaking . Tyre Avas the capital of the Phoenician Empire , knoAvn and felt in every part of the civilized Avorld . Therefore Tyro is , beyond controversy , entitled
to the first rank as a Masonic locality . II . GEBAIJ . —Out of Gebal , then the school of the most renoAvned artificers , and the seat of the most Avidoly-extcnded Masonic mysteries of the ancient world , Avent a band of skilled artists , styled " The
Gibbites , or Stone squarers . " Avhose fidelity , experience , skill , and all artistic acquirements , are commemorated in Masonic traditions , particularly in those of tho Past Master , the -Select Master ,, etc ., as AVOII as in many a structure , Avhose ruins yet excito astonishment ancl awe . Therefore Gebal
is justly entitled to the name of Masonic locality . III . MOUNT LEBANON ' . —Out of those noble heights wont tho jireeious cedars used in the construction of the Temple ; materials AAIIOSO costliness and durability are
commemorated in many a Masonic legend . Therefore Lebanon is justly entitled a Masonic locality . IV . MASONIC BAY ( near Boyrout . )—Out of this beautiful orescent , carved from the roots of Mount Lebanon by the
Working Tools of the Grand Artificer himself , Avont tho rafts of cedar beams prepared in the heights ' above , ancl freighted for Joppa , ¦ for the mighty erection at Jerusalem , This A \ 'as the chief timber depot of all this region , and justly merits the title of
Masonic locality . V . JOPTA .. —Through this ancient port , as tho place of transit , Avont all tho supplies of materials ancl of Avorkmen needed in the immortal structure going up some thirty miles to the eastward . In all Masonic traditions Joppa is emphatically a Mas . mic locality .
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The Heart-Cure.
" Take heart , " he said , holding again the Avoman ' s hand . "I will do all for you that can be clone . " And he spoke cheering Avords to Eben ; and he Avent away , promising to come again on the morroAv .
On the morroAv Arthur Latour visited tho place Avithout the doctor , and on this occasion ho ventured to speak of Ellen Wilton , the sunny-faced maiden Avhom he had met at their cot in tho happier times . " My SAveet cousinbless her ! " returned
, Mrs . Burroughs . " She does not knocv of tin ' s . I have not dared to Avrifce . I AVOUM not bring her hero , and I would not beg of her father . "
Arthur provided every comfort possible ; but there could bo no earthly help for Eben Burroughs . In a feAv short days he sank into the sleep that IQIOAVS no earthly Avaking ; and when tho mortal remains had been borne to rest in the old village
churchyard by the river , Arthur removed the AA'idoAv and her IAVO children to a comfortable house in a respectable portion of the city . And then Sarah Burroughs wrote to her cousin Ellenand asked her to come and
, see her . Ancl Ellon came , a bright , htioyant , happy girl , largo-hearted and lovely , and her presence Avas like sunshine in the shadoAved homo .
And Arthur met her there ; and Avhen she kneAV what he had done for her kindred she blessed him in ber heart , and blessed him in word . Only a month bad passed from the day on Avhich Dr . Tapel y found Arthur Latour
dying of inanition , and yet AA'hat a change had been wrought . Under tho influence of this blessed labor for the suffering ones his heart had regained its pristine strength and vigor , and the Avorld looked once moro bright and promising . Ho needed but one
thing moro to insure his happiness for tho coming time ; and one evening he stated his need to Ellen Wilton . " It is for you to say , " he concluded , " Avhether my heart-cure shall bo complete , and my life be joyous from this time forth . " And she rested her head upon his shoulder , and spoke to him the Avord of promise . Exchange .
Masonry ' s laws are reason and equity ; its principles , benevolence and love ; and its religion , purity and truth . Its intention is peace on earth , and its disposition , good will towards men .
The Seven Masonic Localities Of The Holy Land.
THE SEVEN MASONIC LOCALITIES OF THE HOLY LAND .
© itr ^ al jaMtkgriral Cotrar .
I . TYRE . —Out of Tyro , which AA'as then the queen of the Avorld in commerce and the arts , went forth Hiram , the Pillar of Strength , and that other Hiram , tho Artificer , the Pillar of Beauty . To lyre were sent King Solomon ' s messages , with their
notification of tho royal purpose to build a temple , and soliciting cedars and lvorkmen for tho undertaking . Tyre Avas the capital of the Phoenician Empire , knoAvn and felt in every part of the civilized Avorld . Therefore Tyro is , beyond controversy , entitled
to the first rank as a Masonic locality . II . GEBAIJ . —Out of Gebal , then the school of the most renoAvned artificers , and the seat of the most Avidoly-extcnded Masonic mysteries of the ancient world , Avent a band of skilled artists , styled " The
Gibbites , or Stone squarers . " Avhose fidelity , experience , skill , and all artistic acquirements , are commemorated in Masonic traditions , particularly in those of tho Past Master , the -Select Master ,, etc ., as AVOII as in many a structure , Avhose ruins yet excito astonishment ancl awe . Therefore Gebal
is justly entitled to the name of Masonic locality . III . MOUNT LEBANON ' . —Out of those noble heights wont tho jireeious cedars used in the construction of the Temple ; materials AAIIOSO costliness and durability are
commemorated in many a Masonic legend . Therefore Lebanon is justly entitled a Masonic locality . IV . MASONIC BAY ( near Boyrout . )—Out of this beautiful orescent , carved from the roots of Mount Lebanon by the
Working Tools of the Grand Artificer himself , Avont tho rafts of cedar beams prepared in the heights ' above , ancl freighted for Joppa , ¦ for the mighty erection at Jerusalem , This A \ 'as the chief timber depot of all this region , and justly merits the title of
Masonic locality . V . JOPTA .. —Through this ancient port , as tho place of transit , Avont all tho supplies of materials ancl of Avorkmen needed in the immortal structure going up some thirty miles to the eastward . In all Masonic traditions Joppa is emphatically a Mas . mic locality .