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Article A CHRISTMAS DAY BEFORE THE ENEMY. ← Page 4 of 4 Article GERMAN MASONIC TEACHING ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Page 1 of 4 →
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A Christmas Day Before The Enemy.
- " rieochet , " and they were soon comfortably taken care of , and , I believe , managed to eat a Christmas dinner too . Well , that Christmas dinner was at last eaten , and I'll venture to say no cheerier Christmas dinner ever was eaten . How the good things disappeared , and how they ¦ danced afterwards , and how they sang , need not to be told here . And when in the evening the officer led down Mrs . Jones to Sir Soger de Coverley ,
—for they had a fiddle , a bugle , a banjo , and " bones , "—the cheering might have been heard for miles ! And then came an impromptu " social gathering ; " they drank the " Queen and Royal Family , " and the " army , " ancl the " regiment , " and the " officer commanding , " and " sweethearts and wives , " and "friends in Old England , " and " comrades in the . field ; " and when they broke up , I fancy that , except the watchful sentries , the snoring was heavy and the sleep was long !
The next morning the officer read the Christmas Day service , and made some very seasonable remarks , which were very well taken ; for soldiers are a very sensible body of men , and the idea that soldiers are not religious is an entire delusion . . Sergeant Jones said to his officer after the service , as they were settling the details of duty ,- — " Sir , we have had a very hard fight , and a good Christmas dinner ; how queer it
is , sir , that them savages should attack us on Christmas Day . " "Not at all queer , " replied the officer ; "they know no better , and perhaps we should rather pity them than blame them . " " Well , sir , " said Sergeant Jones , " that may be so , sir , and begging your pardon for making the remark , but I do think if they would wear more clothes , sir , they would not be so savage-like , and , above all , sir , they would not attack us on Christmas Day . "
"Well , never mind , Sergeant Jones , " said the officer , laughing heartily ; " thank God we licked the enemy , and thank God we eat our Christmas dinner , and no one is missing . " And so " mote it be , " let us say , whenever the British soldier does his duty , as he always does it so well ( wherever it be ) , and is before the enemy fighting for Queen and ¦ Country .
German Masonic Teaching One Hundred Years Ago.
GERMAN MASONIC TEACHING ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO .
FAREWELL ADDRESS BY BRO . BERGJUANN , TO THE LODGE MINERVA , AT LEIPSIO , 1778 .
( Translated specially for the Masonic Magazine . )
'PJPHE words of the dying tend commonly to find a fitting entrance in the minds of those to whom they are specially addressed , at least , one cannot deny to them a certain emphatic power of arousing feeling and attention . The soul is then through mournful episodes enlarged and expanded , and , as it were , rendered more susceptible of the impression of certain things , more decidedly affected by certain perceptions , andmore heartil y assured of the words which flow from the liof the dingThe
_ ps y . truth of all this is confirmed by daily proofs . _ Fathers at the edge of the grave , how much effect have your last words on your children assembled around you ! Teachers of the approaching death-hour , how deeply ¦ their pious exhortations sink into the souls of their hearers 1 Friends at the portals of eternity , how dear were their last warm wishes , and goodly entreaties ! I am myself almost a d ying mortal , soon to be removed from you , perhaps parted
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Christmas Day Before The Enemy.
- " rieochet , " and they were soon comfortably taken care of , and , I believe , managed to eat a Christmas dinner too . Well , that Christmas dinner was at last eaten , and I'll venture to say no cheerier Christmas dinner ever was eaten . How the good things disappeared , and how they ¦ danced afterwards , and how they sang , need not to be told here . And when in the evening the officer led down Mrs . Jones to Sir Soger de Coverley ,
—for they had a fiddle , a bugle , a banjo , and " bones , "—the cheering might have been heard for miles ! And then came an impromptu " social gathering ; " they drank the " Queen and Royal Family , " and the " army , " ancl the " regiment , " and the " officer commanding , " and " sweethearts and wives , " and "friends in Old England , " and " comrades in the . field ; " and when they broke up , I fancy that , except the watchful sentries , the snoring was heavy and the sleep was long !
The next morning the officer read the Christmas Day service , and made some very seasonable remarks , which were very well taken ; for soldiers are a very sensible body of men , and the idea that soldiers are not religious is an entire delusion . . Sergeant Jones said to his officer after the service , as they were settling the details of duty ,- — " Sir , we have had a very hard fight , and a good Christmas dinner ; how queer it
is , sir , that them savages should attack us on Christmas Day . " "Not at all queer , " replied the officer ; "they know no better , and perhaps we should rather pity them than blame them . " " Well , sir , " said Sergeant Jones , " that may be so , sir , and begging your pardon for making the remark , but I do think if they would wear more clothes , sir , they would not be so savage-like , and , above all , sir , they would not attack us on Christmas Day . "
"Well , never mind , Sergeant Jones , " said the officer , laughing heartily ; " thank God we licked the enemy , and thank God we eat our Christmas dinner , and no one is missing . " And so " mote it be , " let us say , whenever the British soldier does his duty , as he always does it so well ( wherever it be ) , and is before the enemy fighting for Queen and ¦ Country .
German Masonic Teaching One Hundred Years Ago.
GERMAN MASONIC TEACHING ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO .
FAREWELL ADDRESS BY BRO . BERGJUANN , TO THE LODGE MINERVA , AT LEIPSIO , 1778 .
( Translated specially for the Masonic Magazine . )
'PJPHE words of the dying tend commonly to find a fitting entrance in the minds of those to whom they are specially addressed , at least , one cannot deny to them a certain emphatic power of arousing feeling and attention . The soul is then through mournful episodes enlarged and expanded , and , as it were , rendered more susceptible of the impression of certain things , more decidedly affected by certain perceptions , andmore heartil y assured of the words which flow from the liof the dingThe
_ ps y . truth of all this is confirmed by daily proofs . _ Fathers at the edge of the grave , how much effect have your last words on your children assembled around you ! Teachers of the approaching death-hour , how deeply ¦ their pious exhortations sink into the souls of their hearers 1 Friends at the portals of eternity , how dear were their last warm wishes , and goodly entreaties ! I am myself almost a d ying mortal , soon to be removed from you , perhaps parted