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E O L O Niai
having been requested take the chair , the Prov . S . G . W . ¦ ., Bro . W . Dawson , in the west , and the J . G . W ., Bro . R . H . Smith , in the south , about seventy of the Brethren s > t down to dinner . The attendance having somewhat exceeded the calculations of the committee of arrangements , a supplementary table had to be spread in the north-west corner . The cloth having been removed , various Masonic toasts were proposed and drunk with all the honours .
The chair was then vacated by the R . W . Bro ., and Bro . R . H . Smith , P . M , was called thereto , after which a number of volunteer toasts were proposed , accompanied by several admirable songs , and the proceedings did not terminate till those Brethren who remained to the last , were among the " wee short hours ayont the twal . "
The Golden Rule .- —If Freemasons humanity , — -if they do not exhibit in their intercourse with each other and the world thegolden rule so emphatically taught iii all their mysteiies , from the first step to the last , then in vain may we indeed look elsewhere for that graat good which it is incumbent on every child of man to assist in accomplishing , for the lion and the lamlb , the strong and dwell together in peace , and to be linked in the golden chain of humanity ' s relations , so that the principle of love will attract them , and the claim of a common nature actuate them in all their social intercourse with each other . It is not
contemplated that the day of this great good is to be postponed until a future time , when it is supposed that the laws which govern the universe will be disturbed and the course of the elements changed- but it is the duty of every man , and particularly those who are bound by obligations of a sacred and fraternal character ,, now , at this time , eaeli one for himself , to apply the golden rule to all his actions , to square his conduct by the eternal law of love —love for his fellow hian —so that within Ills sphere , and within the circumference of his individual self , there shall be no war , no antagonism , no hostility
to his fellows . The time for turning spears into pruning-hooks and swords into ploughshares , and establishing peace between man and man , is even now , this day ; and any postponement to a future period is only a continued violation of the law of love , which ought to bind man in fraternal relations with his fellow man , and the golden rule form the basis of all his intercourse and social obligations . The ideal future , when man will not be influenced by the passions of his animal nature , is too fir distant and problematical to govern rational , intelligent creatures who have already commenced their immortal career , and to whom every moment is important in developing the perfection of their natures in
their progress onwards and upwards to the ultimate of all perfections , Our duties commence here . We must be provident of our time . The great Author of creation has purposed that his creatures shall avail themselves of the circumstances and conditions of the sphere within which they are placed to develop the highest plane their natures are capable of attaining . There can be no modification , no change of the eternal principles which God has established from the beginning of the creation , in order to accommodate His creatures in pursuits irrational , and which are not of an upward , progressive tendency . The laws of God are immutable . The period of man ' s progression commences in the earthly life . It is here where the foundation of our future must be laid—here where the
law of love must be developed--here where the golden rule must be , practisedhere where the strong passions of our animal nature must be controlled by reason —here where the first steps of our existence commences , and the structure is erected which forms the tabernacle for the immortal spirit—and it is here where we form the link in the chain of immortal existences , in which , as the planet in its orbit , it will ever and ever revolve .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
E O L O Niai
having been requested take the chair , the Prov . S . G . W . ¦ ., Bro . W . Dawson , in the west , and the J . G . W ., Bro . R . H . Smith , in the south , about seventy of the Brethren s > t down to dinner . The attendance having somewhat exceeded the calculations of the committee of arrangements , a supplementary table had to be spread in the north-west corner . The cloth having been removed , various Masonic toasts were proposed and drunk with all the honours .
The chair was then vacated by the R . W . Bro ., and Bro . R . H . Smith , P . M , was called thereto , after which a number of volunteer toasts were proposed , accompanied by several admirable songs , and the proceedings did not terminate till those Brethren who remained to the last , were among the " wee short hours ayont the twal . "
The Golden Rule .- —If Freemasons humanity , — -if they do not exhibit in their intercourse with each other and the world thegolden rule so emphatically taught iii all their mysteiies , from the first step to the last , then in vain may we indeed look elsewhere for that graat good which it is incumbent on every child of man to assist in accomplishing , for the lion and the lamlb , the strong and dwell together in peace , and to be linked in the golden chain of humanity ' s relations , so that the principle of love will attract them , and the claim of a common nature actuate them in all their social intercourse with each other . It is not
contemplated that the day of this great good is to be postponed until a future time , when it is supposed that the laws which govern the universe will be disturbed and the course of the elements changed- but it is the duty of every man , and particularly those who are bound by obligations of a sacred and fraternal character ,, now , at this time , eaeli one for himself , to apply the golden rule to all his actions , to square his conduct by the eternal law of love —love for his fellow hian —so that within Ills sphere , and within the circumference of his individual self , there shall be no war , no antagonism , no hostility
to his fellows . The time for turning spears into pruning-hooks and swords into ploughshares , and establishing peace between man and man , is even now , this day ; and any postponement to a future period is only a continued violation of the law of love , which ought to bind man in fraternal relations with his fellow man , and the golden rule form the basis of all his intercourse and social obligations . The ideal future , when man will not be influenced by the passions of his animal nature , is too fir distant and problematical to govern rational , intelligent creatures who have already commenced their immortal career , and to whom every moment is important in developing the perfection of their natures in
their progress onwards and upwards to the ultimate of all perfections , Our duties commence here . We must be provident of our time . The great Author of creation has purposed that his creatures shall avail themselves of the circumstances and conditions of the sphere within which they are placed to develop the highest plane their natures are capable of attaining . There can be no modification , no change of the eternal principles which God has established from the beginning of the creation , in order to accommodate His creatures in pursuits irrational , and which are not of an upward , progressive tendency . The laws of God are immutable . The period of man ' s progression commences in the earthly life . It is here where the foundation of our future must be laid—here where the
law of love must be developed--here where the golden rule must be , practisedhere where the strong passions of our animal nature must be controlled by reason —here where the first steps of our existence commences , and the structure is erected which forms the tabernacle for the immortal spirit—and it is here where we form the link in the chain of immortal existences , in which , as the planet in its orbit , it will ever and ever revolve .