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beautifully less ! " The Craft would be fewer in number , perhaps ; but , while numerically weaker , the addition to their moral strength would be vast indeed . Having once declared his adhesion to our principles , and having been admitted into the Order , it becomes every man ' s duty to inquire into details—to familiarize himself with
our great principles—to make himself acquainted with the doctrines laid down for his observance , and to endeavour to show them forth in his daily life . He can only do this fully , and satisfactorily , by the exercise of considerable diligence . Masonic publications will prove an invaluable aid to this end . His primary object will naturally be punctuality and regularity in his attendance at the Lodge . He
will of course endeavour not only to commit to memory , but to understand and appreciate what he hears there . He will find in the ceremonial much that is merely elemental—much that is veiled in obscurity—and these points he should pursue as far as possible . In the accomplishment of this , it would be impossible to over estimate the aid which may be afforded him by the authorized Masonic
literature of the times ; for , while carefully concealing all that we hold sacred , it can nevertheless convey much invaluable information , even on such matters , to the initiated , without at all enlightening those who are not amongst us . Of the great services which our Beverend Brother , Dr . Oliver , has rendered in this direction , it would be perfectly superfluous for us to speak . His labours are known ; his zeal is appreciated ; his books are read ; and his praise is m all the
Lodges . The " Star in the East , " the " Mirror for the Johannite Masons , " the " Book of the Lodge , " the " History of Witham Lodge , " the "Philosophy of Freemasonry , " the " Dictionary of Symbolical Masonry , " the "Symbol of Grlory , " and his other works , will hand down the name of the " Vicar of Scop wick , " to a remote posterity , as the most industrious and successful of Masonic literati in the nineteenth century .
There is a story told—whether founded on fact or not is quite immaterial for the purposes of our illustration—of a certain printer , who at the death of the author of the " Pilgrim ' s Progress , " issued a little statement , entitled , " Last Words of John Bunyan . " The bait took . Eaithful or forged , the publication sold , to the astonishment and delight of the printer . When the excitement flagged , and the
sale stopped , he tried to stimulate the public mmd again , and accordingly issued another publication , entitled , " More last Words of John Bunyan . " How this went off we quite forget . But so it is , on the present occasion , with our Reverend Brother . The "Symbol of Grlory " was " Dr . Oliver ' s farewell to Masonry "—his " last words "
to the fraternity he adorns—but now the judicious solicitations of his friends have happily prevailed upon him once more to make his appearance ; and , as nothing is said to the contrary , we trust that the idea of ceasing from his literary labours , so long as health and strength hold out , is totally abandoned . The machinery which the Beverend Doctor has called into operation tor the purpose of placing before us in an interesting and
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beautifully less ! " The Craft would be fewer in number , perhaps ; but , while numerically weaker , the addition to their moral strength would be vast indeed . Having once declared his adhesion to our principles , and having been admitted into the Order , it becomes every man ' s duty to inquire into details—to familiarize himself with
our great principles—to make himself acquainted with the doctrines laid down for his observance , and to endeavour to show them forth in his daily life . He can only do this fully , and satisfactorily , by the exercise of considerable diligence . Masonic publications will prove an invaluable aid to this end . His primary object will naturally be punctuality and regularity in his attendance at the Lodge . He
will of course endeavour not only to commit to memory , but to understand and appreciate what he hears there . He will find in the ceremonial much that is merely elemental—much that is veiled in obscurity—and these points he should pursue as far as possible . In the accomplishment of this , it would be impossible to over estimate the aid which may be afforded him by the authorized Masonic
literature of the times ; for , while carefully concealing all that we hold sacred , it can nevertheless convey much invaluable information , even on such matters , to the initiated , without at all enlightening those who are not amongst us . Of the great services which our Beverend Brother , Dr . Oliver , has rendered in this direction , it would be perfectly superfluous for us to speak . His labours are known ; his zeal is appreciated ; his books are read ; and his praise is m all the
Lodges . The " Star in the East , " the " Mirror for the Johannite Masons , " the " Book of the Lodge , " the " History of Witham Lodge , " the "Philosophy of Freemasonry , " the " Dictionary of Symbolical Masonry , " the "Symbol of Grlory , " and his other works , will hand down the name of the " Vicar of Scop wick , " to a remote posterity , as the most industrious and successful of Masonic literati in the nineteenth century .
There is a story told—whether founded on fact or not is quite immaterial for the purposes of our illustration—of a certain printer , who at the death of the author of the " Pilgrim ' s Progress , " issued a little statement , entitled , " Last Words of John Bunyan . " The bait took . Eaithful or forged , the publication sold , to the astonishment and delight of the printer . When the excitement flagged , and the
sale stopped , he tried to stimulate the public mmd again , and accordingly issued another publication , entitled , " More last Words of John Bunyan . " How this went off we quite forget . But so it is , on the present occasion , with our Reverend Brother . The "Symbol of Grlory " was " Dr . Oliver ' s farewell to Masonry "—his " last words "
to the fraternity he adorns—but now the judicious solicitations of his friends have happily prevailed upon him once more to make his appearance ; and , as nothing is said to the contrary , we trust that the idea of ceasing from his literary labours , so long as health and strength hold out , is totally abandoned . The machinery which the Beverend Doctor has called into operation tor the purpose of placing before us in an interesting and