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Masonic Reminiscences.
profligate lord died of consumption , in disgraceful exile , the victim of disease .
Conclusion . The fantoccini , whose strings we ' ve been pulling for the amusement and instruction of our readers , have been placed before them for the purpose of showing the evil results flowing from bad culture , as well as the great good to be effected by the practice of the true principle of Masonry , the chief ends and objects of which we deem to
be the elevation of the moral feelings , the cultivation of the intellect , and the exercise of benevolence . Our end will have been attained , if but one Brother or sister , or others having the responsibility of training up the future men and women of this great empire , shall avoid the errors which brought such contempt on silly Phil and his
wretched wife , by bending the young twigs in time , so that when they grow into goodly trees they shall "incline" to truth , virtue , and knowdedge , and become wise and useful citizens , in every sphere of life To the Brotherhood in general , we would point out , as a pattern for imitation , the example of the generous Colonel B ., who never
lost an opportunity of doing good , in the hope that they , like him , may earn the consolation of leading back to the paths of virtue and honour some generous spirit , led astray by pride or passion , like poor De Courcy , or of saving from sin and sorrow , by their fostering care and genuine charity , 'the sorely-tempted child of pining misery .
A Mason ' s Chatuty . —" The universal charity of a Mason is like the charity of the Mason ' s God , and his God is the God of Love . Within the Compass of his mind , he measures and draws the Square of his conduct ; and within that Square , having honestly provided for his own household , he forms his little angles of benevolence and charity to the distressed of all communities . He visits the fatherless and the widow , not out of idle curiosity , to know the extremity of distress , but ,
from the impulse of a loving heart , to cherish and to relieve . He searches out the secret and concealed cottages of distress ; pours the balm , and oil , and wine of consolation into the bosom of sorrow , affliction , and misery ; and through the influence of the love of God and of his brother , he thus keeps himself unspotted from the evil of the world . This is true Masonry ; this is true religion ; and the conduct pf every true Mason .
" Masonic charity is the charity of the heart ; he thinks no evil of his brother , he cherishes no designs against him . His charity is upon the tongue also ; he speaks no evil ; bears no false witness ; defames no character ; blasts no reputation ; he knows that to take away a good name is to commit an evil , the damage of which no wealth can repay ; it is of more value than great riches , —rubies cannot repurchase it , —the gold of Ophir cannot gild it again to its original beauty . It is the charity of the hand also ; he anticipates his brother ' s wants , nor forces him to
the pain of petition ; he enters the house of woe , and there finds the mouth lie ought to feed , the sickness he ought to cure , and perhaps also the very mind he ought to instruct before it can be fitted for an eternal world . Thus the heart , the tongue , the hand , of the really Free and Accepted Masons , are warmly engaged and diligently exercised in all those grand principles of the Koyal Order , which render it in its nature and effects like the Order of that amiable band , whose
love to each other so iorcibly convinced their adversaries , as to draw from them that honourable acclamation— See how thuae Christians love !'" ' —Jj ' Oliver on Masonry , pp . 393—395 .
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Masonic Reminiscences.
profligate lord died of consumption , in disgraceful exile , the victim of disease .
Conclusion . The fantoccini , whose strings we ' ve been pulling for the amusement and instruction of our readers , have been placed before them for the purpose of showing the evil results flowing from bad culture , as well as the great good to be effected by the practice of the true principle of Masonry , the chief ends and objects of which we deem to
be the elevation of the moral feelings , the cultivation of the intellect , and the exercise of benevolence . Our end will have been attained , if but one Brother or sister , or others having the responsibility of training up the future men and women of this great empire , shall avoid the errors which brought such contempt on silly Phil and his
wretched wife , by bending the young twigs in time , so that when they grow into goodly trees they shall "incline" to truth , virtue , and knowdedge , and become wise and useful citizens , in every sphere of life To the Brotherhood in general , we would point out , as a pattern for imitation , the example of the generous Colonel B ., who never
lost an opportunity of doing good , in the hope that they , like him , may earn the consolation of leading back to the paths of virtue and honour some generous spirit , led astray by pride or passion , like poor De Courcy , or of saving from sin and sorrow , by their fostering care and genuine charity , 'the sorely-tempted child of pining misery .
A Mason ' s Chatuty . —" The universal charity of a Mason is like the charity of the Mason ' s God , and his God is the God of Love . Within the Compass of his mind , he measures and draws the Square of his conduct ; and within that Square , having honestly provided for his own household , he forms his little angles of benevolence and charity to the distressed of all communities . He visits the fatherless and the widow , not out of idle curiosity , to know the extremity of distress , but ,
from the impulse of a loving heart , to cherish and to relieve . He searches out the secret and concealed cottages of distress ; pours the balm , and oil , and wine of consolation into the bosom of sorrow , affliction , and misery ; and through the influence of the love of God and of his brother , he thus keeps himself unspotted from the evil of the world . This is true Masonry ; this is true religion ; and the conduct pf every true Mason .
" Masonic charity is the charity of the heart ; he thinks no evil of his brother , he cherishes no designs against him . His charity is upon the tongue also ; he speaks no evil ; bears no false witness ; defames no character ; blasts no reputation ; he knows that to take away a good name is to commit an evil , the damage of which no wealth can repay ; it is of more value than great riches , —rubies cannot repurchase it , —the gold of Ophir cannot gild it again to its original beauty . It is the charity of the hand also ; he anticipates his brother ' s wants , nor forces him to
the pain of petition ; he enters the house of woe , and there finds the mouth lie ought to feed , the sickness he ought to cure , and perhaps also the very mind he ought to instruct before it can be fitted for an eternal world . Thus the heart , the tongue , the hand , of the really Free and Accepted Masons , are warmly engaged and diligently exercised in all those grand principles of the Koyal Order , which render it in its nature and effects like the Order of that amiable band , whose
love to each other so iorcibly convinced their adversaries , as to draw from them that honourable acclamation— See how thuae Christians love !'" ' —Jj ' Oliver on Masonry , pp . 393—395 .