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Tiveages, Light Will Ultimately Prevail ...
tiveages , Light will ultimately prevail over Darkness , and the Good Principle over the Evil ; and the myriad souls that have emanated from the Divinity , purified and ennobled by the struggle here below , will again return to perfect bliss in the bosom of God , to offend against whose laws will then be no longer possible .
The One Great Lesson taught to us as Masons is , therefore , this : That to that state and realm of Light and Truth and Perfection , which is absolutely certain , all the good men on earth are tending ; and if there is a law from whose operation none are exempt , which inevitably conveys their bodies to darkness and to dust , there is another not less certain , nor less powerful , which conducts their spirits to that state of Happiness , and Splendour , and Perfection , the bosom of their Father and their God . The wheels ' of nature are not made to roll
backward . Everything presses on to Eternity . From the birth of Time an impetuous current has set in , which bears all the sons of men toward that interminable ocean . Meanwhile , Heaven is attracting to itself whatever is congenial to its nature , is enriching itself by the spoils of the Earth , and collecting within its capacious bosom whatever is pure , permanent , and divine , leaving nothing for the last fire to consume but the gross matter that creates concupiscence ; while everything fit for that good fortune shall be gathered and selected from the ruins of the world , to adorn that Eternal City . Let every Mason , then , obey the voice that calls him thither . Let us seek the
things that are above , and be not content with a world that must shortly perish , and which we must speedily quit , while we neglect to prepare for that in which we are invited to dwell for ever . While everything within us and around us reminds us of the approach of death , and concurs to teach us that this is not our rest , let us hasten our preparations for another world , and earnestly implore that help and strength from our Father , which alone can put an end to that fatal war which our desires have too long waged with our destiny . When these move in the same direction , and that which God ' s will renders unavoidable shall become our choice , all things will be ours ; life will be divested of its vanity , and death disarmed of its terrors . A . P .
It Is Never Too Late To Improve.
V IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO IMPROVE .
[ A Ballad ] i , By Bro . Charles Sloman . Through this world while we onward are moving , There ' s something to study each day , The mind can he always improving ,
Then wh y in its course should it stay ? The flower every hour grows more blooming , In the wind mark its leaves how they move , Then this motto be ever assuming , That 'tis never too late to improve *
Though the world may grow wiser and wiser , Yet it something may learn from a fool , So of no man be eer a despiser , For the wisest may need go to school ; The mind can new knowledge be earning ,
As through life ' s scenes we busily more , 3 ? hen this motto be ever discerning , That 'tis never too late to improve ;
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Tiveages, Light Will Ultimately Prevail ...
tiveages , Light will ultimately prevail over Darkness , and the Good Principle over the Evil ; and the myriad souls that have emanated from the Divinity , purified and ennobled by the struggle here below , will again return to perfect bliss in the bosom of God , to offend against whose laws will then be no longer possible .
The One Great Lesson taught to us as Masons is , therefore , this : That to that state and realm of Light and Truth and Perfection , which is absolutely certain , all the good men on earth are tending ; and if there is a law from whose operation none are exempt , which inevitably conveys their bodies to darkness and to dust , there is another not less certain , nor less powerful , which conducts their spirits to that state of Happiness , and Splendour , and Perfection , the bosom of their Father and their God . The wheels ' of nature are not made to roll
backward . Everything presses on to Eternity . From the birth of Time an impetuous current has set in , which bears all the sons of men toward that interminable ocean . Meanwhile , Heaven is attracting to itself whatever is congenial to its nature , is enriching itself by the spoils of the Earth , and collecting within its capacious bosom whatever is pure , permanent , and divine , leaving nothing for the last fire to consume but the gross matter that creates concupiscence ; while everything fit for that good fortune shall be gathered and selected from the ruins of the world , to adorn that Eternal City . Let every Mason , then , obey the voice that calls him thither . Let us seek the
things that are above , and be not content with a world that must shortly perish , and which we must speedily quit , while we neglect to prepare for that in which we are invited to dwell for ever . While everything within us and around us reminds us of the approach of death , and concurs to teach us that this is not our rest , let us hasten our preparations for another world , and earnestly implore that help and strength from our Father , which alone can put an end to that fatal war which our desires have too long waged with our destiny . When these move in the same direction , and that which God ' s will renders unavoidable shall become our choice , all things will be ours ; life will be divested of its vanity , and death disarmed of its terrors . A . P .
It Is Never Too Late To Improve.
V IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO IMPROVE .
[ A Ballad ] i , By Bro . Charles Sloman . Through this world while we onward are moving , There ' s something to study each day , The mind can he always improving ,
Then wh y in its course should it stay ? The flower every hour grows more blooming , In the wind mark its leaves how they move , Then this motto be ever assuming , That 'tis never too late to improve *
Though the world may grow wiser and wiser , Yet it something may learn from a fool , So of no man be eer a despiser , For the wisest may need go to school ; The mind can new knowledge be earning ,
As through life ' s scenes we busily more , 3 ? hen this motto be ever discerning , That 'tis never too late to improve ;