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in various countries and at di ^ thei records of these great and go lustre on humanity ho less than the (^ allegorical nature of ^ M and water * frOni things animate and inanimate ^ ft
, the day , and from the welhkno sruggestiveness . It teaches us to look below the surface of things into theiir hidden but real meam needful to be known that does hot strike the careless |> aisser-byv but is reserved for the wise , prudent , and would sustain his inner life on the wis all that passes around him . Such trivial things
or the bubbling of a kettle afforded the first clue to the greatest scientific discoveries ; and he is wisest who best follows out the trains of thought suggested by revelation , nature , experience , or art , in the spirit that Masonry requires and fostersv What the result may be no man can tell . We only know that He who bestowed the power of thought and the capacity for knowledge will abiih dantly re ward the exercise of these His
choicest gifts . I must not conclude this lecture without refem kind of knowledge which Masoiiry ranks as the rhost interesting and important , viz ., selfknotoledge . Valuable as all knowledge is , it is worthless compared to this . Other knowledge has to do with things of time , and things without us ; this knowledge relates to that which is within , and is
immortalv Wfe ^ what will science avail ? When the world shall be as a consumed scroll , what will a knowledge of its laws , languages , or history profit % But to have known ourselves thoroughly here , and to have fashioned our lives by that knowledge will be . one step towards proving ourselves among the worshippers of the Great Master in the Grand Lodge above .
Such , " W . M . and Brethren , is my view of Masonry , as a law of intellectual life . I have felt the subject so much beyond my grasp , that I have thought it best merely to draw an outline , which each might fill up for himself . Imperfectly as I feel I have succeeded in giving you a proper idea of this interesting subject , I hope I have observed throughout , the four principles I laid down as peculiar to Masonry , and have given you some food for useful meditation ; then my labour will not have been lost , nor your time ill-bestowed . \ Brethren , you and I are solving a mighty problem , and searching for a precious thing . May the G . A * O . T . U . prosper our united endeavours .
The Lord's Prayer,
THE LORD'S PRAYER ,
( Verbally Acrosticised ) OUR sins are great , but thou art kind , Father , of all ! in thee we trust ; Which may we ever bear in mind . Abt thou not he to whom we must
In" all our tribulations pray ? Heaven " - ward our aspirations rise . Hallowed thou art by night , by day ; Be thy dear mercy then our prize . Thy glory still shall be our theme , Name thee we will whene ' er we kneel , Thy brightness on our soul Bhall stream
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M^Sokbs: 4^ To
in various countries and at di ^ thei records of these great and go lustre on humanity ho less than the (^ allegorical nature of ^ M and water * frOni things animate and inanimate ^ ft
, the day , and from the welhkno sruggestiveness . It teaches us to look below the surface of things into theiir hidden but real meam needful to be known that does hot strike the careless |> aisser-byv but is reserved for the wise , prudent , and would sustain his inner life on the wis all that passes around him . Such trivial things
or the bubbling of a kettle afforded the first clue to the greatest scientific discoveries ; and he is wisest who best follows out the trains of thought suggested by revelation , nature , experience , or art , in the spirit that Masonry requires and fostersv What the result may be no man can tell . We only know that He who bestowed the power of thought and the capacity for knowledge will abiih dantly re ward the exercise of these His
choicest gifts . I must not conclude this lecture without refem kind of knowledge which Masoiiry ranks as the rhost interesting and important , viz ., selfknotoledge . Valuable as all knowledge is , it is worthless compared to this . Other knowledge has to do with things of time , and things without us ; this knowledge relates to that which is within , and is
immortalv Wfe ^ what will science avail ? When the world shall be as a consumed scroll , what will a knowledge of its laws , languages , or history profit % But to have known ourselves thoroughly here , and to have fashioned our lives by that knowledge will be . one step towards proving ourselves among the worshippers of the Great Master in the Grand Lodge above .
Such , " W . M . and Brethren , is my view of Masonry , as a law of intellectual life . I have felt the subject so much beyond my grasp , that I have thought it best merely to draw an outline , which each might fill up for himself . Imperfectly as I feel I have succeeded in giving you a proper idea of this interesting subject , I hope I have observed throughout , the four principles I laid down as peculiar to Masonry , and have given you some food for useful meditation ; then my labour will not have been lost , nor your time ill-bestowed . \ Brethren , you and I are solving a mighty problem , and searching for a precious thing . May the G . A * O . T . U . prosper our united endeavours .
The Lord's Prayer,
THE LORD'S PRAYER ,
( Verbally Acrosticised ) OUR sins are great , but thou art kind , Father , of all ! in thee we trust ; Which may we ever bear in mind . Abt thou not he to whom we must
In" all our tribulations pray ? Heaven " - ward our aspirations rise . Hallowed thou art by night , by day ; Be thy dear mercy then our prize . Thy glory still shall be our theme , Name thee we will whene ' er we kneel , Thy brightness on our soul Bhall stream