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What Is The Good Of Free Masonry?
are appointed by its Master . To be eligible for this high post , yon must have served in one of two subordinate offices for tAvelve months , and must be sufficiently skilled in Avhat is called the " Avorking , " to conduct the elaborate rites creditably . The first
condition is imperative ; the second sometimes evaded , though neither tho master accepting office , nor the Lodge electing him , acts up to the bounden obligation Avhen this is the case . The cost of Freemasonry depends almost entirely upon
the Lodge you join , and is governed by the habits of the Brethren composing it , and the By-LaAvs they have themselves agreed on . The broad rules controlling all Lodges , ancl all Masons owing allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Englandare things apart
, from these By-LaAvs , though the latter have to bo formall y sanctioned as contain ing nothing opposed to the book of constitutions or the leading principles of the Craft . ( To be continued . )
"The Nightingale."
"THE NIGHTINGALE . "
TO THE EniTOB OF THE MASONIC MAGAZINE . Dear Sir and Bro . —In the extract on tho above subject from my unpublished poem on Welcombe Hills ; or , The Land of Shak . espere , given at page 51 of the Masonic Magazine , thore needs a comma at tho end of the
line" he immortal bards of Greece before , " and instead of "to passion view before us , " in the next column AVO should have it " to pass in view before us . " For these trifling errors the printer must take the blame . For the bigger blunder of omitting the following rather Masonic sentence entirely , in transcribing it for the press , I must bear the blame myself : —
And beautifully HEUIOD shows the Avrongs Of tyrant power over the innocent , In that fine fable in his Works mid Days , AVherein the cruel and " crook-talon'd" hawk " Bore in his pounce a neck-streak'd Nightingale , ''Caring more for his banquet than its song . For in all ranks of life there ever are
Thosewho would shirk of labour their fair share—Of study , or of working at some craft—Merely to feed and sleep their life away , The sensual slaves of ignominious sloth ; Or , Avhen awake and active , use their skill Only to live by plundering mankind , — Their ears as deaf to Misery ' s plaintive cry As HKKIOD ' hawk was to the Nightingale .
Am ours very fraternall y , GEOIUJE AI AIIKIIAAI TWEDDEW ,, Stokesloy , Yorkshire , Aug . 10 , 1871 .
In Memoriam.
IN MEMORIAM .
The following lines were written by an afflicted Brother Mason , AVIIO has been conliucd to his bed for two years . I . His Avork is all done—completed the plans
, AVhich the Master designed for him here ; The column is broken ; The Avord early spoken , Bids him , with trestle-board ready in hand , Before the Grand Master appear .
II . * has been struck from labour called oft , He now rests upon earth ' s gentle breast , The Avord ' s sweetly spoken , " The Grand Temple's opei ;" " Enter thou in , divested of all dross j "
" Enter thou in , thrice ivelcome ! to rest . III . _ * * has been toll'd , and sweetly he'll sleep Till the morn when we ' re all called to rise . From the rest unbroken ,
The Avord truly spoken . Then Avill pierce the graA'e ' s gloom , and the com plete Temple give forth the Grand Master ' s praise .
IV . So mote it be . So mote it ever he-Heart to heart in the far-away land . The circle , unbroken By unkind word spoken Here , will there forever united be , AVith breast to breast , and hand clasping hand .
V . Sleep , Brother , sleep ; we Avould not awake thee To the trials of life ' s toilsome way . AVith Faith ' s surest token , With trust firmly spoken , In the Master Ave Avill ever revere ; AVe will hoAV to His Avill " e ' en though He slay . '
VI . Aye , s t eep ; we will Aveave anew the bright chain AVith thy memory linked in our love ; And ivhen " the boivl is broken 'The last earth-AVord spoken—All discord conquered—conquered all pain , We'll hail thee in the Grand Lodge above .
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What Is The Good Of Free Masonry?
are appointed by its Master . To be eligible for this high post , yon must have served in one of two subordinate offices for tAvelve months , and must be sufficiently skilled in Avhat is called the " Avorking , " to conduct the elaborate rites creditably . The first
condition is imperative ; the second sometimes evaded , though neither tho master accepting office , nor the Lodge electing him , acts up to the bounden obligation Avhen this is the case . The cost of Freemasonry depends almost entirely upon
the Lodge you join , and is governed by the habits of the Brethren composing it , and the By-LaAvs they have themselves agreed on . The broad rules controlling all Lodges , ancl all Masons owing allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Englandare things apart
, from these By-LaAvs , though the latter have to bo formall y sanctioned as contain ing nothing opposed to the book of constitutions or the leading principles of the Craft . ( To be continued . )
"The Nightingale."
"THE NIGHTINGALE . "
TO THE EniTOB OF THE MASONIC MAGAZINE . Dear Sir and Bro . —In the extract on tho above subject from my unpublished poem on Welcombe Hills ; or , The Land of Shak . espere , given at page 51 of the Masonic Magazine , thore needs a comma at tho end of the
line" he immortal bards of Greece before , " and instead of "to passion view before us , " in the next column AVO should have it " to pass in view before us . " For these trifling errors the printer must take the blame . For the bigger blunder of omitting the following rather Masonic sentence entirely , in transcribing it for the press , I must bear the blame myself : —
And beautifully HEUIOD shows the Avrongs Of tyrant power over the innocent , In that fine fable in his Works mid Days , AVherein the cruel and " crook-talon'd" hawk " Bore in his pounce a neck-streak'd Nightingale , ''Caring more for his banquet than its song . For in all ranks of life there ever are
Thosewho would shirk of labour their fair share—Of study , or of working at some craft—Merely to feed and sleep their life away , The sensual slaves of ignominious sloth ; Or , Avhen awake and active , use their skill Only to live by plundering mankind , — Their ears as deaf to Misery ' s plaintive cry As HKKIOD ' hawk was to the Nightingale .
Am ours very fraternall y , GEOIUJE AI AIIKIIAAI TWEDDEW ,, Stokesloy , Yorkshire , Aug . 10 , 1871 .
In Memoriam.
IN MEMORIAM .
The following lines were written by an afflicted Brother Mason , AVIIO has been conliucd to his bed for two years . I . His Avork is all done—completed the plans
, AVhich the Master designed for him here ; The column is broken ; The Avord early spoken , Bids him , with trestle-board ready in hand , Before the Grand Master appear .
II . * has been struck from labour called oft , He now rests upon earth ' s gentle breast , The Avord ' s sweetly spoken , " The Grand Temple's opei ;" " Enter thou in , divested of all dross j "
" Enter thou in , thrice ivelcome ! to rest . III . _ * * has been toll'd , and sweetly he'll sleep Till the morn when we ' re all called to rise . From the rest unbroken ,
The Avord truly spoken . Then Avill pierce the graA'e ' s gloom , and the com plete Temple give forth the Grand Master ' s praise .
IV . So mote it be . So mote it ever he-Heart to heart in the far-away land . The circle , unbroken By unkind word spoken Here , will there forever united be , AVith breast to breast , and hand clasping hand .
V . Sleep , Brother , sleep ; we Avould not awake thee To the trials of life ' s toilsome way . AVith Faith ' s surest token , With trust firmly spoken , In the Master Ave Avill ever revere ; AVe will hoAV to His Avill " e ' en though He slay . '
VI . Aye , s t eep ; we will Aveave anew the bright chain AVith thy memory linked in our love ; And ivhen " the boivl is broken 'The last earth-AVord spoken—All discord conquered—conquered all pain , We'll hail thee in the Grand Lodge above .