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Article MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. ← Page 5 of 5 Article THE SABBATH AS AN INSTITUTION. Page 1 of 3 →
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
" Then join hand m hand , To each other firm stand , Let's be merry and put a bright face on ; What mortal can boast So noblo a toast . As a Free and au Accepted Mason . " The first French verse very freely expresses the sentiment indeed so looselythat it would hardly be recognizedexcept by the closer translation
, , of the last ;—" Then join hand in hand . Jbijritoics-ncms main en main . To each other firm stand . Tenons-nous ferine ensemble . " AA hat mortal can boast So noble a toast
As a Free ancl Accepted Mason . . Et soyons assures Qu'il ne se wit sur les deux hemispheres Point deplvs illustres sanies Que cella de nos freres . ''
It will be seen that this closeness of translation has been attended by a change hi the metre . The ori ginal poetry is ' not very creditable , and the French translator must have had some trouble in understanding it ; and although his versification is not much better , the meaning has not suffered from his pen . AVill our worthy brother , tbe Grand Secretary for German correspondence , or some other German brother , tell us whether there is a German translation
of the Entered Apprentice ' s Song ? The same question is asked as to any translation in Netherlandish . PLYMOUTH . Did Thomas Dunkerley deliver his charge called " The Light and Truth of Masonry Explained , " in No . 83 , St . John's Lodge ? His charge was delivered in April , 1757 . The Brunswick Lodge , No . 185 , was not founded till 1766 ; and St . John's Lodge was founded in 1747 . There may , however , have been an older Lodge still subsisting in 1757 . This is a matter for the Plymouth brethren to look into .
The Sabbath As An Institution.
THE SABBATH AS AN INSTITUTION .
BY THE HON . h , V . BIERCE , PAST CRAND MASTER OP OHIO . THE Jewish legislator , with a far-seeing eye , saw that a day ought to be set apart for mental and moral improvement . He set apart the seventh day of each week ; and to give tone and moral direction to the mind , the Jews were directed to observe it as commemorative ofthe finishing of tbe great work of creation . The Christian world , with the same object in view—that of giving the seventh portion of time for rest—and also for the recreation , recruiting , and moral instruction of thc mind , observe the first day of the week . The object is the same , the effect the same . Man and beast get their appropriate
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Notes And Queries.
" Then join hand m hand , To each other firm stand , Let's be merry and put a bright face on ; What mortal can boast So noblo a toast . As a Free and au Accepted Mason . " The first French verse very freely expresses the sentiment indeed so looselythat it would hardly be recognizedexcept by the closer translation
, , of the last ;—" Then join hand in hand . Jbijritoics-ncms main en main . To each other firm stand . Tenons-nous ferine ensemble . " AA hat mortal can boast So noble a toast
As a Free ancl Accepted Mason . . Et soyons assures Qu'il ne se wit sur les deux hemispheres Point deplvs illustres sanies Que cella de nos freres . ''
It will be seen that this closeness of translation has been attended by a change hi the metre . The ori ginal poetry is ' not very creditable , and the French translator must have had some trouble in understanding it ; and although his versification is not much better , the meaning has not suffered from his pen . AVill our worthy brother , tbe Grand Secretary for German correspondence , or some other German brother , tell us whether there is a German translation
of the Entered Apprentice ' s Song ? The same question is asked as to any translation in Netherlandish . PLYMOUTH . Did Thomas Dunkerley deliver his charge called " The Light and Truth of Masonry Explained , " in No . 83 , St . John's Lodge ? His charge was delivered in April , 1757 . The Brunswick Lodge , No . 185 , was not founded till 1766 ; and St . John's Lodge was founded in 1747 . There may , however , have been an older Lodge still subsisting in 1757 . This is a matter for the Plymouth brethren to look into .
The Sabbath As An Institution.
THE SABBATH AS AN INSTITUTION .
BY THE HON . h , V . BIERCE , PAST CRAND MASTER OP OHIO . THE Jewish legislator , with a far-seeing eye , saw that a day ought to be set apart for mental and moral improvement . He set apart the seventh day of each week ; and to give tone and moral direction to the mind , the Jews were directed to observe it as commemorative ofthe finishing of tbe great work of creation . The Christian world , with the same object in view—that of giving the seventh portion of time for rest—and also for the recreation , recruiting , and moral instruction of thc mind , observe the first day of the week . The object is the same , the effect the same . Man and beast get their appropriate