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In the deliberations of the conferen ^ for the othery prevailed , and the result shows that the same feeling prevalent in each Grand Lodge . ; ; ; Undet the excitement consequent to such a momentous issue it is not a
little remarkable that the points should all have b ^^ hended and set forth in the provisions of the mutual forbearance a-nd concession . Thus ends a co duration in an institution where discord can only enter when its principles are lost sight ofw Fraternally yours , New York 10 th Jime , 1858 . James B . Taylor .
Tempus Edax Rerum.
TEMP US ED AX RE RUM ,
" Omnia vimiia , $ "— - ] £ cclesiastes , i . 2 . 1 . ; . "' , ?¦ ; The city ' s site is now the desert plain ; Where stood the palace arid sands are spread ^ The eye the former grandeur seeks No vestige doth to mark the spot remain ,
BY BRO . VGHARLES SliOMAN .
Where erst each palace lifted high its head : Gone are the works of man . Alas ! how vain Are ait his efforts—^ And yet his labours and his wondrous skill Are lost—save hist ' ry to record hath will .
ii . Where ruled a monarch glides a placid stream ; O ' er its clear face tall trees their branches bend : Gone is the glory like an idle dream , Or as the brightness of the sunny gleam ,
When autumn doth tow'rds chilly winter tend ;—Who can build mansions and e'erlasting deem His work of hands , which soon must have an end ? Man ' s best creations are but for a space—Time eats his silent meal and leaves no trace .
in . Over the desert burns the orient sky , Full fervid as two thousand years ago ; Could he who at that time was doom'd to die Arise , the same bright sun would meet his eye ;
Where the tree-shaded stream doth onward flow , The southern zephyr still breathes gentle sigh , And waves the yielding branches to and fro : Learn , then , oh ! man , this lesson from the past—Nought but the works of God for ^ ye can last .
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Coel^
In the deliberations of the conferen ^ for the othery prevailed , and the result shows that the same feeling prevalent in each Grand Lodge . ; ; ; Undet the excitement consequent to such a momentous issue it is not a
little remarkable that the points should all have b ^^ hended and set forth in the provisions of the mutual forbearance a-nd concession . Thus ends a co duration in an institution where discord can only enter when its principles are lost sight ofw Fraternally yours , New York 10 th Jime , 1858 . James B . Taylor .
Tempus Edax Rerum.
TEMP US ED AX RE RUM ,
" Omnia vimiia , $ "— - ] £ cclesiastes , i . 2 . 1 . ; . "' , ?¦ ; The city ' s site is now the desert plain ; Where stood the palace arid sands are spread ^ The eye the former grandeur seeks No vestige doth to mark the spot remain ,
BY BRO . VGHARLES SliOMAN .
Where erst each palace lifted high its head : Gone are the works of man . Alas ! how vain Are ait his efforts—^ And yet his labours and his wondrous skill Are lost—save hist ' ry to record hath will .
ii . Where ruled a monarch glides a placid stream ; O ' er its clear face tall trees their branches bend : Gone is the glory like an idle dream , Or as the brightness of the sunny gleam ,
When autumn doth tow'rds chilly winter tend ;—Who can build mansions and e'erlasting deem His work of hands , which soon must have an end ? Man ' s best creations are but for a space—Time eats his silent meal and leaves no trace .
in . Over the desert burns the orient sky , Full fervid as two thousand years ago ; Could he who at that time was doom'd to die Arise , the same bright sun would meet his eye ;
Where the tree-shaded stream doth onward flow , The southern zephyr still breathes gentle sigh , And waves the yielding branches to and fro : Learn , then , oh ! man , this lesson from the past—Nought but the works of God for ^ ye can last .