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Freemasons And Nihilists.
laws of tbe land . Indeed , Freemasons go further , and pay faithful obedience to the law of any country where they only even temporarily reside . No body of men in tbe world , I niakc bold to say , has regarded with more absolute horror that late fearful crime at St . Petersburg , which has convulsed the whole civilized world , than the Freemasons ot tins country , ancl , I believe , of
a 11 Herfliappily , in this favoured land , loyalty has ever marked the progress of the Masonic body . Loyal to tbe throne , byal to the Royal Family , and now loyal to the Grand Master , it is most emphatically , and I believe , nai , ted sure , ever will be , unless , indeed , a clay should arrive which , 1 hope , will never be the case , when Freemasons become ab ,, ect apostates from their own « 'i'eat , ancl sacred , and ennobling princip les .
Masonry's Seven Ages.
MASONRY'S SEVEN AGES .
( After Shake . < pe « re . ) THE Master , officers , and brethren , all are play ' rs ; They have their exits and their entrances , And one brother in his time plays many parts t the Enter'd Prentice
His acts being seven ages . Firs , Enrapt in Masonry ancl all its charms . And then the Craftsman with bis working tools , And shining ev ' ning face , trudging to Lodge ot Instruction , Most willingly to school . Ancl then the Master Mason , most earnestwith a tuneful ballad .
In Masonry , Made to his Master's installation . Then the Warden , Full of great power , and speaking like a bard , _ Jealous of his Lodge ' s honour , sudden and quick with gavel , Seeking Mason ' s reputation Ev'n iu the Tyler ' s mouth . And then the W . M ., In fair round ' bellwith good capon hud
y , , With eyes severe , ancl jokes well dried ancl cut , Full of wise saAvs and modem instances : And so he plays his part . The sixth age shifts Into the honoiir'd and respected Past Master , With spectacle on nose and jewel on side ; His Mason's clotheswell ns'dare now too ividc
, , For his shrunk shank ; ancl big , manly voice , Turning again toward childish treble , pipes And whistles in his sound . Last scene of all That ends this strange eventful history , Is second childhood and mere oblivion , Sans baclqe , sans jewel , sans collar , sans everything .
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Freemasons And Nihilists.
laws of tbe land . Indeed , Freemasons go further , and pay faithful obedience to the law of any country where they only even temporarily reside . No body of men in tbe world , I niakc bold to say , has regarded with more absolute horror that late fearful crime at St . Petersburg , which has convulsed the whole civilized world , than the Freemasons ot tins country , ancl , I believe , of
a 11 Herfliappily , in this favoured land , loyalty has ever marked the progress of the Masonic body . Loyal to tbe throne , byal to the Royal Family , and now loyal to the Grand Master , it is most emphatically , and I believe , nai , ted sure , ever will be , unless , indeed , a clay should arrive which , 1 hope , will never be the case , when Freemasons become ab ,, ect apostates from their own « 'i'eat , ancl sacred , and ennobling princip les .
Masonry's Seven Ages.
MASONRY'S SEVEN AGES .
( After Shake . < pe « re . ) THE Master , officers , and brethren , all are play ' rs ; They have their exits and their entrances , And one brother in his time plays many parts t the Enter'd Prentice
His acts being seven ages . Firs , Enrapt in Masonry ancl all its charms . And then the Craftsman with bis working tools , And shining ev ' ning face , trudging to Lodge ot Instruction , Most willingly to school . Ancl then the Master Mason , most earnestwith a tuneful ballad .
In Masonry , Made to his Master's installation . Then the Warden , Full of great power , and speaking like a bard , _ Jealous of his Lodge ' s honour , sudden and quick with gavel , Seeking Mason ' s reputation Ev'n iu the Tyler ' s mouth . And then the W . M ., In fair round ' bellwith good capon hud
y , , With eyes severe , ancl jokes well dried ancl cut , Full of wise saAvs and modem instances : And so he plays his part . The sixth age shifts Into the honoiir'd and respected Past Master , With spectacle on nose and jewel on side ; His Mason's clotheswell ns'dare now too ividc
, , For his shrunk shank ; ancl big , manly voice , Turning again toward childish treble , pipes And whistles in his sound . Last scene of all That ends this strange eventful history , Is second childhood and mere oblivion , Sans baclqe , sans jewel , sans collar , sans everything .