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On Symbols As Applied To Masonic Instruction.
profitable for us to set apart the morning of every year to review what we have done and what has happened to us the year past , and to beg God's blessing through the year following . " —Memming . Thisthenis the lesson which we may deduce from
, , the 24-inch gauge : the proper distribution of time in performing the duties we owe to God , our neighbours , and ourselves . A s the labours of the day , so also should the labours of the lodge begin and close with prayer . We cannot be too often reminded of our dependence upon the Omnipotent Creator for every blessing we
enjoy ; and wherever Ave are , and whatever we do , let us never forget that His all-seeing eye surveys us ; and while we continue to work as true men and good Masons , let us never fail to discharge our duties towards him with fervency and zeal . Happy , then , the man who having nightly , iu the following words of the Psalmist ,
"I will lay me CIOAVU in peace and take my rest , for it is thou only , 0 Lord , that makest me to dwell in safety " —happy he who , having thus committed himself to his bed as to his grave , shall at last with the same words resign himself to his grave as to his hed , from which he expects in due time to arise and sing a morning hymn in the presence of that bright morning sun , whose rising brings peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of the human race .
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .
( Continued from p . 462 . ) When the convoked national Parliament was occupying itself at Naples in the revision of the Spanish statute , and in the amendment of the laws which were to give a new form to the Government- —while the King , his vicar , and the royal family were solemnly swearing faithfully to observe both
the one and the other—the great confederate powers , shocked by the unexpected event , not only refused to recognise the new order of things which it was decided to establish at Naples , but met in Congress at Troppau , and afterwards at Laybach , to deliberate upon the means to be employed to oppose a barrier to the revolutionary torrent which threatened to inundate
and overwhelm the whole peninsula . The court of Austria was far more interested than the other powers in the Neapolitan catastrophe , which might prove fatal to the tranquility of its Lombardo-Venetian provinces ; and large stores of weapons and numerous troops were ordered to be collected on the banks of the Poto follow up threatenings by
actsun-, , less affairs at Naples were at once restored to their former footing . Military preparations were , however , suspended out of respect to King Ferdinand , who was , to a certain extent , the prisoner of the triumphant insurrectionists , and might become the victim of the first hostile movement
made by the Austrians towards the frontier . Tbe congregated monarchs resolved , therefore , first to withdraw Ferdinand from his perilous situation . With this object they invited him to appear in person at Laybach , to deliberate with them upon the steps to be taken in the emergency , and consider the liberal institutions which
could , without peril , be granted to the Neapolitans . Ferdinand readily accepted the invitation . Neither his advanced age , nor the inclemency of the weather , nor his failing health , could deter him from undertaking the journey ; but it was not without the utmost difficulty that he obtained the permission of his parliament to leave the country . He was compelled to reiterate his solemn promises and renew his oath to the constitution .
The King departed December 14 th , 1820 and , notwithstanding the anxiety that he knew must be felt by his parliament and people , he delayed sending any intelligence for some length of time ; ancl . when a letter was at length received , it merely announced his safe arrival
and good health , spoke of various hunting parties which he had joined , boasted of the superiority of his dogs over those of the Emperor of Bussia , and made no allusion whatever to affairs of state . A short time after this he wrote another letter to his son , which was read before the assembled senate , wherein he claims the protection of the allied sovereigns , and that , under their direction , he should take certain measures to form another administration .
We should observe that at this period the Pope had become displeased with the Carbonari , and new societies were being formed by priests and bigots of the Eoman Catholic persuasion , and , to the surprise of the people , previous to Ferdinand ' s journey to Laybach , he issued . a royal decree establishing the Order of the Jesuits in the Kingdom of Naples . The Order had previouslbeen
y restored to Sicily aud intrusted with the education of the island . This Order appears to have had a fluctuating prosperity . It was established in Eussia a few years previous under the sanction of the Emperor , but their increasing numbers alarming Alexander , they were in 1820 proscribed . Thus , too , were they
proscribed by King Joseph of Naples , and it appeared a little singular that they should again be restored by a legitimate king , and can only be accounted for by tbe influence of the Pope , who had long discountenanced the Carbonari , and in February , 1821 , had published . a bull against the society which caused a deal of alarm in Borne .
While the fate of Naples was under discussion at Laybach , the parliament was dissolved and the Carbonari ceased to act . The ministers were inclined for peace , and were passive , and there appeared to be no cause for disquiet throughout the Kingdom . But about this time a crime was perpetrated , which , though occasioned by private
revenge , spread general alarm through the Kingdom . Giampietro . a friend of Luigi de Medici , and one of the old fraternity of Masons , was a barrister when young , a warm and sincere supporter ofthe throne , and warmly attached to the Bourbons ; had been exiled by King Josephbut recalled bMuratyet he boldly opposed
, y , the French Kings . In 1815 , when the Bourbons again flourished , he was mortified at the ingratitude of the Government , who gave him no employment . Two years afterwards he was appointed Prefect , and afterwards Director of Police—offices which , in themselves obnoxious , gained him many enemies in difficult and troubled times .
Many of the Carbonari were imprisoned or banished by his orders whenever there was a likelihood of a breach of the peace . After the revolution of July , when the Carbonari came into power , surrounded by a few friends and a numerous family , he retired into private life and obscurity .
One night some armed men , calling themselves officers of justice , came to his quiet retreat , entered his house , and the leader ordered Giampietro to follow him although the order was given in a tone of authority , his voice faltered , like a man ashamed of his actions . His comrades , meantime , studiously avoided the light , and concealed their
faces from the family and their attendants . His wife and a young daughter were the first to suspect the truth , all the household , which consisted only of his wife , female domestics , and children , as was natural to their age , sex , and condition , burst into tears , and embraced the knees of the assassins , imploring them to have pity
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On Symbols As Applied To Masonic Instruction.
profitable for us to set apart the morning of every year to review what we have done and what has happened to us the year past , and to beg God's blessing through the year following . " —Memming . Thisthenis the lesson which we may deduce from
, , the 24-inch gauge : the proper distribution of time in performing the duties we owe to God , our neighbours , and ourselves . A s the labours of the day , so also should the labours of the lodge begin and close with prayer . We cannot be too often reminded of our dependence upon the Omnipotent Creator for every blessing we
enjoy ; and wherever Ave are , and whatever we do , let us never forget that His all-seeing eye surveys us ; and while we continue to work as true men and good Masons , let us never fail to discharge our duties towards him with fervency and zeal . Happy , then , the man who having nightly , iu the following words of the Psalmist ,
"I will lay me CIOAVU in peace and take my rest , for it is thou only , 0 Lord , that makest me to dwell in safety " —happy he who , having thus committed himself to his bed as to his grave , shall at last with the same words resign himself to his grave as to his hed , from which he expects in due time to arise and sing a morning hymn in the presence of that bright morning sun , whose rising brings peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of the human race .
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .
( Continued from p . 462 . ) When the convoked national Parliament was occupying itself at Naples in the revision of the Spanish statute , and in the amendment of the laws which were to give a new form to the Government- —while the King , his vicar , and the royal family were solemnly swearing faithfully to observe both
the one and the other—the great confederate powers , shocked by the unexpected event , not only refused to recognise the new order of things which it was decided to establish at Naples , but met in Congress at Troppau , and afterwards at Laybach , to deliberate upon the means to be employed to oppose a barrier to the revolutionary torrent which threatened to inundate
and overwhelm the whole peninsula . The court of Austria was far more interested than the other powers in the Neapolitan catastrophe , which might prove fatal to the tranquility of its Lombardo-Venetian provinces ; and large stores of weapons and numerous troops were ordered to be collected on the banks of the Poto follow up threatenings by
actsun-, , less affairs at Naples were at once restored to their former footing . Military preparations were , however , suspended out of respect to King Ferdinand , who was , to a certain extent , the prisoner of the triumphant insurrectionists , and might become the victim of the first hostile movement
made by the Austrians towards the frontier . Tbe congregated monarchs resolved , therefore , first to withdraw Ferdinand from his perilous situation . With this object they invited him to appear in person at Laybach , to deliberate with them upon the steps to be taken in the emergency , and consider the liberal institutions which
could , without peril , be granted to the Neapolitans . Ferdinand readily accepted the invitation . Neither his advanced age , nor the inclemency of the weather , nor his failing health , could deter him from undertaking the journey ; but it was not without the utmost difficulty that he obtained the permission of his parliament to leave the country . He was compelled to reiterate his solemn promises and renew his oath to the constitution .
The King departed December 14 th , 1820 and , notwithstanding the anxiety that he knew must be felt by his parliament and people , he delayed sending any intelligence for some length of time ; ancl . when a letter was at length received , it merely announced his safe arrival
and good health , spoke of various hunting parties which he had joined , boasted of the superiority of his dogs over those of the Emperor of Bussia , and made no allusion whatever to affairs of state . A short time after this he wrote another letter to his son , which was read before the assembled senate , wherein he claims the protection of the allied sovereigns , and that , under their direction , he should take certain measures to form another administration .
We should observe that at this period the Pope had become displeased with the Carbonari , and new societies were being formed by priests and bigots of the Eoman Catholic persuasion , and , to the surprise of the people , previous to Ferdinand ' s journey to Laybach , he issued . a royal decree establishing the Order of the Jesuits in the Kingdom of Naples . The Order had previouslbeen
y restored to Sicily aud intrusted with the education of the island . This Order appears to have had a fluctuating prosperity . It was established in Eussia a few years previous under the sanction of the Emperor , but their increasing numbers alarming Alexander , they were in 1820 proscribed . Thus , too , were they
proscribed by King Joseph of Naples , and it appeared a little singular that they should again be restored by a legitimate king , and can only be accounted for by tbe influence of the Pope , who had long discountenanced the Carbonari , and in February , 1821 , had published . a bull against the society which caused a deal of alarm in Borne .
While the fate of Naples was under discussion at Laybach , the parliament was dissolved and the Carbonari ceased to act . The ministers were inclined for peace , and were passive , and there appeared to be no cause for disquiet throughout the Kingdom . But about this time a crime was perpetrated , which , though occasioned by private
revenge , spread general alarm through the Kingdom . Giampietro . a friend of Luigi de Medici , and one of the old fraternity of Masons , was a barrister when young , a warm and sincere supporter ofthe throne , and warmly attached to the Bourbons ; had been exiled by King Josephbut recalled bMuratyet he boldly opposed
, y , the French Kings . In 1815 , when the Bourbons again flourished , he was mortified at the ingratitude of the Government , who gave him no employment . Two years afterwards he was appointed Prefect , and afterwards Director of Police—offices which , in themselves obnoxious , gained him many enemies in difficult and troubled times .
Many of the Carbonari were imprisoned or banished by his orders whenever there was a likelihood of a breach of the peace . After the revolution of July , when the Carbonari came into power , surrounded by a few friends and a numerous family , he retired into private life and obscurity .
One night some armed men , calling themselves officers of justice , came to his quiet retreat , entered his house , and the leader ordered Giampietro to follow him although the order was given in a tone of authority , his voice faltered , like a man ashamed of his actions . His comrades , meantime , studiously avoided the light , and concealed their
faces from the family and their attendants . His wife and a young daughter were the first to suspect the truth , all the household , which consisted only of his wife , female domestics , and children , as was natural to their age , sex , and condition , burst into tears , and embraced the knees of the assassins , imploring them to have pity