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Mas Onic L E Gends.
We shall close our remarks with an account of the legend of St . Thomas ; premising , that , although neither a carpenter or mason , but a fisherman , in all pictures of him lie is represented as carrying in his right hand a builder ' s rule or square , with its iingle near his right shoulder . He was chosen among the saints as ¦• " patron of architects and builders . " Ci A spiritual architect lie was ,
IriMs own heart erecting palaces . " We quote from the Legenda Aurea . " When St . Thomas was at Cesaraea , our Lord appeared to him , and said / ' The king of the Indies , Gondoforus , hath sent his provost Abanes to seek for workmen well versed in the science of architecture , who shall build for him a palace finer than that of the emperor of Eome . Behold , now , I will send thee to him . And Thomas went , and Gondoforus commanded him
to build for him a magnificent palace , and gave hirn much gold and silver for the purpose . The king went into a distant country , and was absent for two years V and St . Thomas , meanwhile , instead of building a palace , distributed all the treasures intrusted to him among the poor and sick ; and when the king returned , he was full of wrath , and commanded that St . Thomas should be seized and east
into prison , and he meditated for him a horrible death . Meantime the brother of the king died ; and the king resolved to erect for him a most magnificent tomb ; but the dead man , after that he had been dead four days ,-suddenly arose and sat upright , and said to the king , ' The man whom thou w ^ ouldst torture is a servant of God : behold , I
have been in Paradise , and the angels showed to me a wondrous palace of gold and silver and precious stones ; and they said , This is the palace that Thomas the architect hath built for thy brother , King Gondoforus ? And when the king heard these words , he ran to the prison and delivered the apostle ; and Thomas said to him , Knowest
thou not that those w ho would possess heavenly things , have little care for the things of this earth ? There are in heaven rich palaces without number , which were prepared from the beginning of the world for those who purchase the possession through faith and charity . Thy riches , O king , may prepare the way for thee to such a place , but they cannot follow thee thither . " —American Freemason .
Self-Cultube . —It is our business carefully to cultivate in our minds , to rear to the utmost vigour and maturity , every sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to our nature . To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth ; so to be patriots as not to forget wo are gentlemen . To cultivate friendship , and avoid enmities . To model our principles to our duty and situation . To be fully persuaded that all virtue which is impracticable is spurious ; and rather to run the risk of falling into faults in « a course which leads us to act with effect and energy , than to loiter out our days without blame and without use . He trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch , as well as he that goes over to the enemy .
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Mas Onic L E Gends.
We shall close our remarks with an account of the legend of St . Thomas ; premising , that , although neither a carpenter or mason , but a fisherman , in all pictures of him lie is represented as carrying in his right hand a builder ' s rule or square , with its iingle near his right shoulder . He was chosen among the saints as ¦• " patron of architects and builders . " Ci A spiritual architect lie was ,
IriMs own heart erecting palaces . " We quote from the Legenda Aurea . " When St . Thomas was at Cesaraea , our Lord appeared to him , and said / ' The king of the Indies , Gondoforus , hath sent his provost Abanes to seek for workmen well versed in the science of architecture , who shall build for him a palace finer than that of the emperor of Eome . Behold , now , I will send thee to him . And Thomas went , and Gondoforus commanded him
to build for him a magnificent palace , and gave hirn much gold and silver for the purpose . The king went into a distant country , and was absent for two years V and St . Thomas , meanwhile , instead of building a palace , distributed all the treasures intrusted to him among the poor and sick ; and when the king returned , he was full of wrath , and commanded that St . Thomas should be seized and east
into prison , and he meditated for him a horrible death . Meantime the brother of the king died ; and the king resolved to erect for him a most magnificent tomb ; but the dead man , after that he had been dead four days ,-suddenly arose and sat upright , and said to the king , ' The man whom thou w ^ ouldst torture is a servant of God : behold , I
have been in Paradise , and the angels showed to me a wondrous palace of gold and silver and precious stones ; and they said , This is the palace that Thomas the architect hath built for thy brother , King Gondoforus ? And when the king heard these words , he ran to the prison and delivered the apostle ; and Thomas said to him , Knowest
thou not that those w ho would possess heavenly things , have little care for the things of this earth ? There are in heaven rich palaces without number , which were prepared from the beginning of the world for those who purchase the possession through faith and charity . Thy riches , O king , may prepare the way for thee to such a place , but they cannot follow thee thither . " —American Freemason .
Self-Cultube . —It is our business carefully to cultivate in our minds , to rear to the utmost vigour and maturity , every sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to our nature . To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth ; so to be patriots as not to forget wo are gentlemen . To cultivate friendship , and avoid enmities . To model our principles to our duty and situation . To be fully persuaded that all virtue which is impracticable is spurious ; and rather to run the risk of falling into faults in « a course which leads us to act with effect and energy , than to loiter out our days without blame and without use . He trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch , as well as he that goes over to the enemy .