-
Articles/Ads
Article GOIIEIBDNBMCIE ← Page 2 of 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Goiieibdnbmcie
longing to foreign Lodges , and holding the higher degrees , may be permiitted to clothe themselves in the insignia of their orde ^
Not haying attended a festival in this country , and wishing to subscribe , I should find it very disagreeable to be rejected in consequence of the clothing , as we are accustomed to be received in the Temple from the lirst degree up tothe prdei : ^ e hold , to I y enpiai % 4 eax Sir an $ Broths S , JP » K . C- 18 ° .
TO ME EDITOR OP THE MIRROR . Sir . AHp BbKo ^ Annuity Ifeid dinner ¦ vf ^ ^ e ^ s ' . Olii . ' and Decayed I ^ eemasousan ^^ ^ I amgivenM uhder ^ ndfh oftenye ^ s wpt ^ this ^ fcssedty b ^ se ^ t
mosself-denying ; precepts : ahd yet , in spite of ^ : : ^^^ ?^; : 4 llow so foul a blot to rest upra indeed do we merit the censure and obloquy do we lay o ^ selves open to the taj $ nt , th & t we p $ t on cmr ^ p ^ ons and sashes , toj >^ # ^ dedicated to a higher purpp $ e ^ the ^ distress of the aged , and . the careful qu ^ we , " . % & we ineet in , o ^ r Lodges ^ luting the sublimity ciples which ca < n be conceived by man ,- ~ -can we , I repeat , feel that we are otherwise than tip worshippers and lip Masons , when we merely vie vy" those meetings as so many preludes to the banquets to follow , where , amidst the good things of this life , the wants of our poorer Brethren are neglected and forgotten ? I am afraid it would be too much to ask that charity should
supersede the banquets altogether , but I would suggest that each Lodge should abstain from one banquet in each year , and that the money which would have been spent , be dedicated to the purposes . x > f the charities connected with Freemasonry . This would really be advancement of Masonry , and be the means of casting a halo around its doctrines 5 and incontestably prove that it can carry out in practice what it advocates so beautifully in theory .
I am , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , H . Garrod , No . 11 London , 18 th December , 1858 .
Oomeib AND Women . — Cornets doubtless answer acme wise aud good purpose ll } the creation ; so do women . Cometh arc beautiful , eccentric , and incomprchcm Bible ; bo are women- Comets shine with peculiar splendour ; but at night appear ttiost brilliant ; so do women . Comets confound the most learned , when they atwtupt to explain their nature ; so do women . Comets equally excite the admiratio u of the philosopher and the clod of the valley ; so do women . Comets and Wo men , then , are closely analogous ; hut the nature of each being inscrutable , all tha t remains for us to do is to view with admiration the one , and almost to adorat j ioii love the other ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Goiieibdnbmcie
longing to foreign Lodges , and holding the higher degrees , may be permiitted to clothe themselves in the insignia of their orde ^
Not haying attended a festival in this country , and wishing to subscribe , I should find it very disagreeable to be rejected in consequence of the clothing , as we are accustomed to be received in the Temple from the lirst degree up tothe prdei : ^ e hold , to I y enpiai % 4 eax Sir an $ Broths S , JP » K . C- 18 ° .
TO ME EDITOR OP THE MIRROR . Sir . AHp BbKo ^ Annuity Ifeid dinner ¦ vf ^ ^ e ^ s ' . Olii . ' and Decayed I ^ eemasousan ^^ ^ I amgivenM uhder ^ ndfh oftenye ^ s wpt ^ this ^ fcssedty b ^ se ^ t
mosself-denying ; precepts : ahd yet , in spite of ^ : : ^^^ ?^; : 4 llow so foul a blot to rest upra indeed do we merit the censure and obloquy do we lay o ^ selves open to the taj $ nt , th & t we p $ t on cmr ^ p ^ ons and sashes , toj >^ # ^ dedicated to a higher purpp $ e ^ the ^ distress of the aged , and . the careful qu ^ we , " . % & we ineet in , o ^ r Lodges ^ luting the sublimity ciples which ca < n be conceived by man ,- ~ -can we , I repeat , feel that we are otherwise than tip worshippers and lip Masons , when we merely vie vy" those meetings as so many preludes to the banquets to follow , where , amidst the good things of this life , the wants of our poorer Brethren are neglected and forgotten ? I am afraid it would be too much to ask that charity should
supersede the banquets altogether , but I would suggest that each Lodge should abstain from one banquet in each year , and that the money which would have been spent , be dedicated to the purposes . x > f the charities connected with Freemasonry . This would really be advancement of Masonry , and be the means of casting a halo around its doctrines 5 and incontestably prove that it can carry out in practice what it advocates so beautifully in theory .
I am , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , H . Garrod , No . 11 London , 18 th December , 1858 .
Oomeib AND Women . — Cornets doubtless answer acme wise aud good purpose ll } the creation ; so do women . Cometh arc beautiful , eccentric , and incomprchcm Bible ; bo are women- Comets shine with peculiar splendour ; but at night appear ttiost brilliant ; so do women . Comets confound the most learned , when they atwtupt to explain their nature ; so do women . Comets equally excite the admiratio u of the philosopher and the clod of the valley ; so do women . Comets and Wo men , then , are closely analogous ; hut the nature of each being inscrutable , all tha t remains for us to do is to view with admiration the one , and almost to adorat j ioii love the other ,