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H ^ Too great its sy ^ ftness , a ^ " But soon the mediate douds shall he dispell'd ; T ^ In all his robes with ^ l his glory on , Seated sublime on his meridian throne .
44 Then constat One lost in certain ^ Whilst t ^ oi ^ more hap Triumphant siste ^ greatest of ^ Thy office andthy ^ h ^ Lasting thy lamp , and unconsum'd thy name ,
Shalt still survive—Shalt stand before the ho For ever blessing , and for ever blest . " Having cursorily glanced at the greatest use of Freemason power of being serviceable to our Brethren and folIow-men----we n ^ urally come to t ^
must say > the ppets ha ^ been w the conviviality of Masons been wished that they had adopted a little more subdued tone on this poihl ^ for it has given ris e to m uch abuse of our principles by the outer world , who have classed Mksons a set of boon companions . Now although the opinion of mankind is one not likely to aflfect our Craft , yet we are not insensible to the respect due to our society .
which , has been somewhat fiercely assailed on the points alluded to ; still we are of opinion that the ends for which we unite are of that paramount importance that were they fully understood by our assailants they would be found to command universal esteem . Neither must it be forgotten that we , of the present age , are In our habits more circumspect and refined than were our most temperate Bre thren of the time of which we are writing ; for it cannot be denied
that the fact of an individual becoming intoxicated after dinner would now prove his exclusion from good society , and in contrast with this , the time is not so far distant when your three bottle man was the rule and not the exception . Bearing this in mind , to qualify some of the expressions of the Masonic poets , we shall turn to them for their evidence in regard to , our convivial customs . In a song , before quoted ,. we have the following description of Masonic festivity ;—
But when the glass goes round , Then mirth and glee abound , We ' re happy ev ' ry soul ; We laugh a little , drink a little , Work a little , play a little , And quaff the flowing bowl . "
A burthen such as the foregoing , may be justly taken as an illustration of the old proverb " All . work and no play makes Jack a dull boy "—a character which but few can give our brethren in general ; and certainly in the few lines following , the singers must
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Songb^
H ^ Too great its sy ^ ftness , a ^ " But soon the mediate douds shall he dispell'd ; T ^ In all his robes with ^ l his glory on , Seated sublime on his meridian throne .
44 Then constat One lost in certain ^ Whilst t ^ oi ^ more hap Triumphant siste ^ greatest of ^ Thy office andthy ^ h ^ Lasting thy lamp , and unconsum'd thy name ,
Shalt still survive—Shalt stand before the ho For ever blessing , and for ever blest . " Having cursorily glanced at the greatest use of Freemason power of being serviceable to our Brethren and folIow-men----we n ^ urally come to t ^
must say > the ppets ha ^ been w the conviviality of Masons been wished that they had adopted a little more subdued tone on this poihl ^ for it has given ris e to m uch abuse of our principles by the outer world , who have classed Mksons a set of boon companions . Now although the opinion of mankind is one not likely to aflfect our Craft , yet we are not insensible to the respect due to our society .
which , has been somewhat fiercely assailed on the points alluded to ; still we are of opinion that the ends for which we unite are of that paramount importance that were they fully understood by our assailants they would be found to command universal esteem . Neither must it be forgotten that we , of the present age , are In our habits more circumspect and refined than were our most temperate Bre thren of the time of which we are writing ; for it cannot be denied
that the fact of an individual becoming intoxicated after dinner would now prove his exclusion from good society , and in contrast with this , the time is not so far distant when your three bottle man was the rule and not the exception . Bearing this in mind , to qualify some of the expressions of the Masonic poets , we shall turn to them for their evidence in regard to , our convivial customs . In a song , before quoted ,. we have the following description of Masonic festivity ;—
But when the glass goes round , Then mirth and glee abound , We ' re happy ev ' ry soul ; We laugh a little , drink a little , Work a little , play a little , And quaff the flowing bowl . "
A burthen such as the foregoing , may be justly taken as an illustration of the old proverb " All . work and no play makes Jack a dull boy "—a character which but few can give our brethren in general ; and certainly in the few lines following , the singers must