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Two Sides.
fection the whole of the ritual , but you £ ud these very men liberal supporters of all our charities , most probably serving the office of steward to each of them . I therefore hold that such men ought not to be withheld from honours because he simply
canuot wade through with perfection the ceremonies of Craft Masonry . I hold that a wiving Mason is a preferable type to one fighting for the chair , through mastering the ritual , and then sliding into inactivity and inertness , one who perhaps never
subscribed a five-pound note for twice five years . There are many and noble excep tions admitted , but My face has often been suffused with blushes on seeing Brethren retire and leave the "W . M . and his officers , save the initiates . Such absenteeism is not honourable under such circumstances , " Inclarissima luce versare . " Anon ,
Social Problems And Their Peaceful Solution.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION .
BY BEO . REV . W . TEBBS , VII , —ADULTERATION , & C . "Just balances , just weights , . . . will I have , — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in weight or in measure . "
" This is the will of God , that no man defraud his brother in any matter . " "A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong ; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin . " " Many have sinned for a small matter ; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away .
"As a nail sticketb fast between the joinings of 'ho stones ; so cloth sin stick close between buying and selling . " Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear » f the Lord . " ¦ T HERE is a manifest repugnance to consume the whole of the proverbial peck of dirt
that everybody must perforce get through during the term of his natural life , at one sitting ; but when this foulness of feeding becomes hidefinitely multiplied , so that wio peck becomes a bushel , tho bushel a sack , - we are compelledhowever
re-, luctantl y , to feel that " there are limits " ¦ "eyond which human forbearance , long suffering though it be , must not be taxed , 3 » d we are fain to cry " hold , enough !"
Many of us have thus cried " hold !" until wo have been well-nigh tired out , and become pretty-well resigned to " endure what can't be cured . " But still this resignation seems hardly demanded of us , and surely , if we seek it , there must be some remedy for this one of the Crying evils of tho day . Far be it from us—and let this
reservation be throughly undoistood at the outsot—to impute the nefarious practices , of which we complain , to all alike : for there is , probably , no more honourable body of men , as a whole , than our British merchants and traders , indeed their reputation is
proverbial and world-wide ; but as " there are black sheep in every fold" so aie there unscrupulous men in every profession and trade , and it is against these that our warfare is to be mainly directed ; and we are nerved for the conflict by the thought that
the nefarious practices of which we complain , press the hardest upon our poorer brethren , in whose behalf we thus try to carry out the divine behest to " help those to right that suffer wrong . " Supposing then that our former efforts
have been successful , and that paucity of food has been replaced by plenty , there next arises the question of its purity . Finding , perhaps , a defect in the quality of our ptu'ehase , we come also to the question
of quantity , that is to say the question as to whether this is in proper proportion to the money expended . We know , of course , that the proportionate quality and quantity of an article with regard to its cost , must depend upon its marketable value at the
time of purchase ; but what we mean by our question now is whether when we purchase a certain quantity of any particular article , we get what we buy for our money—and if not , why not ? Now none can deny that this negative
answer is but too often arrived at , that , in short , faults both in quality and quantity of provisions are rife . Whence do they arise ? , and how rectify them % are questions that naturally force themselves upon our consideration . To the second question
we must seek an answer later on ; mean-Avliile , to the first three reasons present themselves by way of reply . In certain cases the greed , and consequent rapacity of the trader , but in far more the undue proportion of sellers to buyers , is the
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Two Sides.
fection the whole of the ritual , but you £ ud these very men liberal supporters of all our charities , most probably serving the office of steward to each of them . I therefore hold that such men ought not to be withheld from honours because he simply
canuot wade through with perfection the ceremonies of Craft Masonry . I hold that a wiving Mason is a preferable type to one fighting for the chair , through mastering the ritual , and then sliding into inactivity and inertness , one who perhaps never
subscribed a five-pound note for twice five years . There are many and noble excep tions admitted , but My face has often been suffused with blushes on seeing Brethren retire and leave the "W . M . and his officers , save the initiates . Such absenteeism is not honourable under such circumstances , " Inclarissima luce versare . " Anon ,
Social Problems And Their Peaceful Solution.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION .
BY BEO . REV . W . TEBBS , VII , —ADULTERATION , & C . "Just balances , just weights , . . . will I have , — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in weight or in measure . "
" This is the will of God , that no man defraud his brother in any matter . " "A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong ; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin . " " Many have sinned for a small matter ; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away .
"As a nail sticketb fast between the joinings of 'ho stones ; so cloth sin stick close between buying and selling . " Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear » f the Lord . " ¦ T HERE is a manifest repugnance to consume the whole of the proverbial peck of dirt
that everybody must perforce get through during the term of his natural life , at one sitting ; but when this foulness of feeding becomes hidefinitely multiplied , so that wio peck becomes a bushel , tho bushel a sack , - we are compelledhowever
re-, luctantl y , to feel that " there are limits " ¦ "eyond which human forbearance , long suffering though it be , must not be taxed , 3 » d we are fain to cry " hold , enough !"
Many of us have thus cried " hold !" until wo have been well-nigh tired out , and become pretty-well resigned to " endure what can't be cured . " But still this resignation seems hardly demanded of us , and surely , if we seek it , there must be some remedy for this one of the Crying evils of tho day . Far be it from us—and let this
reservation be throughly undoistood at the outsot—to impute the nefarious practices , of which we complain , to all alike : for there is , probably , no more honourable body of men , as a whole , than our British merchants and traders , indeed their reputation is
proverbial and world-wide ; but as " there are black sheep in every fold" so aie there unscrupulous men in every profession and trade , and it is against these that our warfare is to be mainly directed ; and we are nerved for the conflict by the thought that
the nefarious practices of which we complain , press the hardest upon our poorer brethren , in whose behalf we thus try to carry out the divine behest to " help those to right that suffer wrong . " Supposing then that our former efforts
have been successful , and that paucity of food has been replaced by plenty , there next arises the question of its purity . Finding , perhaps , a defect in the quality of our ptu'ehase , we come also to the question
of quantity , that is to say the question as to whether this is in proper proportion to the money expended . We know , of course , that the proportionate quality and quantity of an article with regard to its cost , must depend upon its marketable value at the
time of purchase ; but what we mean by our question now is whether when we purchase a certain quantity of any particular article , we get what we buy for our money—and if not , why not ? Now none can deny that this negative
answer is but too often arrived at , that , in short , faults both in quality and quantity of provisions are rife . Whence do they arise ? , and how rectify them % are questions that naturally force themselves upon our consideration . To the second question
we must seek an answer later on ; mean-Avliile , to the first three reasons present themselves by way of reply . In certain cases the greed , and consequent rapacity of the trader , but in far more the undue proportion of sellers to buyers , is the