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Poetry.
But when he ' s laid on his bed In a sickness , oh , what will he do ! For the bauds that will lift up his head Ami shako up his pillow anew . Ills to come , pills to come , bills to come ! No soul to share The trials tho poor wretch must bear .
THE SLANTING LIGHT OF FALL . BY THE UEV . W . B . VBXES . An ! Jane , my maid , I stood to you . AVhen you were christened , small and light , AVith tiny arms all red and blue A hanging iu your robe of white : AA e brought you to the hallowed stone For Christ to take for his
you own , AA heu harvest work was all adone And time brought round October ' s sun , The slanting light of fall . And I can mind the wind was rough , And gathered clouds , but brought no storms And you were nestled warm enough AVithin your smiling mother ' s arms
. The windlen grass did quiver light Among the stubble , faded white , And if at times the sunlight broke—Upon the ground or on the folk'Twas slanting light of fall . And when we brought you through the door Of Knopton Church , a child of grace , There clustered round
almost a score Of folks to see your tiny face : And there we all did feel so proud To see an opening iu the cloud , Aud then a stream of light break through A shining brightly down on you , The slanting light of fall . But now your time is come to stand
In church , a blushing at my side , The while a bridegroom from my hand Hath took you for his faithful bride . Your Christian name we gave you here , AVhen fall did cool tho wasting year , And now again we brought you through Tic doorway with your surname new In slanting light of fall .
And so far , Jane , your life is fair , Aud God has been your steadfast friend , And may you have more joy than caro For ever , till your journey ' s end . ¦ And I have watched you on with pride , But now I soon must leave your side , For you have still life ' s springtide sun , But my life , Jane , is now outrun To slanting light , of fall ,
Corresponoence.
CORRESPONOENCE .
[ Tire EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained fa j Correspondents . ' ] MASONIC CHAEITY .
TO ME EDITOR OP THE FEEE 5 IAS 0 KS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —In my last letter upon this subject , it appears that ( though unwittingly ) I claimed more credit for the provinces of AVorcestershire and Warwickshire than I omdit to have done . The voting fifty guineas to each of the Masonic charities , thereby making the Ri ght Worshipful Provincial Grand Master a life governor and vice-presidentdid notI findori
, , , < nnate with AVorcestershire but with Staffordshire ; and thus AVorcestershire should stand No . 2 and Warwickshire No . 3 upon the list . Tins information has been conveyed to me in a note from my esteemed brother , John Burton , M . D ., P . M . No . 700 , and P . Prov . S . G . AV . for Staffordshire , and as he wished me to inform you of this fact , I will allow him to do so in his own words . He says ;—
" The vice-president life subscription scheme was proposed and agreed to at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stafford , held at Burslem three years ago , and I myself proposed the plan of a life policy for the amount subscribed m order to set aside an objection taken on the ground of human mortality defeating the scheme , and losing the money : and I further
proposed the doctrine ( to satisfy the . scruples of some brother who thought that we should have to buy a life presidency for every successive Prov . G . M . ) that we had only to make up our minds to the annual payment of the premium iu order to secure the return of the principal ou each life as it lapsed , and so keep up a perpetual fund . " ' Bro . Burton must feel pleased to sec this scheme of his adopted so warmly and unanimously by the two nei g hbouring provinces ( in both of which he is so well known ) and it affords me like
, pleasure to be able to give honour where honour is due . Again I say I hope to see other Provincial Grand Lodges following in the footsteps of Staffordshire , AVorcestershire , and Warwickshire . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , W . AVlGGINTON , Prov . G . A . D . C . for Worcestershire . Dudley , Nov . Uth , 1859 .
FEEEMASONS' HALLS IN IRELAND . TO THE ESITOU OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIOE AND MASONIC JffRHOB . SIR AND BROTHER , —Permit me , through the medium of your very useful Magazine , 'to call the attention of the Craft generally to an enterprise which has recentl y started in a secluded town in Ireland , a notice of which I have seen in a late number of the Eagle newspaper . The enterprise to which I allude is the endeavour to raise
funds for the purpose of erecting d Masonic hall by Lodge No . 15 , of Skibbereen , county Cork . Now , sir , I am informed , perhaps wrongly , that there is not a Masonic hall in all Ireland ; therefore , should the brethren of No . 15 succeed in its attempt , it may be looked upon as a Masonie phenomenon , and the credit due to this devoted few would be universally acknowledged , especially emanating from such a remote and humble locality ; and really they
deserve the support and good will of all Masons , whithersoever dispersed around the globe , for their endeavour to erect a temple worthy of our antient Order . Probably it will afford you pleasure to learn that it is taken up by the first men of the district in the list of directors published in the Skibbereen Eagle , fully testifying , I am satisfied , that if this hall is erected it will be the signal for the erection of similar buildings throughout Irelandthereby
, conferring an everlasting benefit to the Craft generally , but more particularly to your Irish brethren ; therefore , I say , let us all as brothers stretch out a helping hand to this aspiring Lodge , and perhaps the time may not be distant when Lodge No . 15 would be in a position to return the aid now received tenfold to some other energetic brothers of the mystic tie . The very fact of this Lodge taking the initiative in this matter recommends it to the
kind consideration of every true Mason ; and I can assure you a more zealous and persevering set of brethren never sat in open Lodge than those of No . 15 . In fact , they have Masonry at heart , and it is their zeal alone that impels them to the course they have taken . Trusting you will think the foregoing worthy a place in your excellent Magazine . I remain , j'ours fraternally , A MASTER MASON , BUT NOT A ' MISMBER OF LODGE NO . 15 , Skibbereen , County Cork , Nov . 21 st . 1859 .
MASONRY IN LIVERPOOL . TO THE EDITOR , 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC JUIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —I wish to call the attention of the Liverpool brethren , through you , to the fact that last week a person , unknown to the writer , called upon a newly initiated brother and offered for a sovereign to give all the signs , tokens , and secrets of the second and third degrees . Although ? the offer was not
accepted , he gave him the token of the second and third degrees , as well as some other information connected with those degrees . The name of this person ought to be obtained and exposed . Yours fraternally , J . B . E .
PULHT QuAiOTSESS . —A story of a quiet pulpit rebuke is traditionary in tho " east nuik of Fife , " and told of a seceding minister , Mr . Shirra , a man well remembered by some of tho older generation for many excellent , and some eccentric qualities . An officer of a volunteer corps on duty iu the place , and very proud of his fresh uniform , had oomo to Air . Shirra ' s church , and walked about as if looking for a seat , but in fact to show off his clrcss , which he saw was attracting attention from some of the less members of the congregation . He came to his lace
grave p , however , rather quickly , on Mr . Shirra quietly remonstrating , " 0 man , will ye sit down , and we'll see your new breeks when the kirk ' s dune . ' ' This same Air . Shiira was well known from his quaint , and , as it were , parenthetical comments which he introduced in his reading of scripture , is , for example , on reading from the llGth Psalm , " I said in my haste ill men are liars , " he quietly observed , "Indeed , Dauvid , an' ye had been : ' this parish , ye might hac said it at your lcesure . "—¦ Dean Famsay .
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Poetry.
But when he ' s laid on his bed In a sickness , oh , what will he do ! For the bauds that will lift up his head Ami shako up his pillow anew . Ills to come , pills to come , bills to come ! No soul to share The trials tho poor wretch must bear .
THE SLANTING LIGHT OF FALL . BY THE UEV . W . B . VBXES . An ! Jane , my maid , I stood to you . AVhen you were christened , small and light , AVith tiny arms all red and blue A hanging iu your robe of white : AA e brought you to the hallowed stone For Christ to take for his
you own , AA heu harvest work was all adone And time brought round October ' s sun , The slanting light of fall . And I can mind the wind was rough , And gathered clouds , but brought no storms And you were nestled warm enough AVithin your smiling mother ' s arms
. The windlen grass did quiver light Among the stubble , faded white , And if at times the sunlight broke—Upon the ground or on the folk'Twas slanting light of fall . And when we brought you through the door Of Knopton Church , a child of grace , There clustered round
almost a score Of folks to see your tiny face : And there we all did feel so proud To see an opening iu the cloud , Aud then a stream of light break through A shining brightly down on you , The slanting light of fall . But now your time is come to stand
In church , a blushing at my side , The while a bridegroom from my hand Hath took you for his faithful bride . Your Christian name we gave you here , AVhen fall did cool tho wasting year , And now again we brought you through Tic doorway with your surname new In slanting light of fall .
And so far , Jane , your life is fair , Aud God has been your steadfast friend , And may you have more joy than caro For ever , till your journey ' s end . ¦ And I have watched you on with pride , But now I soon must leave your side , For you have still life ' s springtide sun , But my life , Jane , is now outrun To slanting light , of fall ,
Corresponoence.
CORRESPONOENCE .
[ Tire EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained fa j Correspondents . ' ] MASONIC CHAEITY .
TO ME EDITOR OP THE FEEE 5 IAS 0 KS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —In my last letter upon this subject , it appears that ( though unwittingly ) I claimed more credit for the provinces of AVorcestershire and Warwickshire than I omdit to have done . The voting fifty guineas to each of the Masonic charities , thereby making the Ri ght Worshipful Provincial Grand Master a life governor and vice-presidentdid notI findori
, , , < nnate with AVorcestershire but with Staffordshire ; and thus AVorcestershire should stand No . 2 and Warwickshire No . 3 upon the list . Tins information has been conveyed to me in a note from my esteemed brother , John Burton , M . D ., P . M . No . 700 , and P . Prov . S . G . AV . for Staffordshire , and as he wished me to inform you of this fact , I will allow him to do so in his own words . He says ;—
" The vice-president life subscription scheme was proposed and agreed to at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stafford , held at Burslem three years ago , and I myself proposed the plan of a life policy for the amount subscribed m order to set aside an objection taken on the ground of human mortality defeating the scheme , and losing the money : and I further
proposed the doctrine ( to satisfy the . scruples of some brother who thought that we should have to buy a life presidency for every successive Prov . G . M . ) that we had only to make up our minds to the annual payment of the premium iu order to secure the return of the principal ou each life as it lapsed , and so keep up a perpetual fund . " ' Bro . Burton must feel pleased to sec this scheme of his adopted so warmly and unanimously by the two nei g hbouring provinces ( in both of which he is so well known ) and it affords me like
, pleasure to be able to give honour where honour is due . Again I say I hope to see other Provincial Grand Lodges following in the footsteps of Staffordshire , AVorcestershire , and Warwickshire . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , W . AVlGGINTON , Prov . G . A . D . C . for Worcestershire . Dudley , Nov . Uth , 1859 .
FEEEMASONS' HALLS IN IRELAND . TO THE ESITOU OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIOE AND MASONIC JffRHOB . SIR AND BROTHER , —Permit me , through the medium of your very useful Magazine , 'to call the attention of the Craft generally to an enterprise which has recentl y started in a secluded town in Ireland , a notice of which I have seen in a late number of the Eagle newspaper . The enterprise to which I allude is the endeavour to raise
funds for the purpose of erecting d Masonic hall by Lodge No . 15 , of Skibbereen , county Cork . Now , sir , I am informed , perhaps wrongly , that there is not a Masonic hall in all Ireland ; therefore , should the brethren of No . 15 succeed in its attempt , it may be looked upon as a Masonie phenomenon , and the credit due to this devoted few would be universally acknowledged , especially emanating from such a remote and humble locality ; and really they
deserve the support and good will of all Masons , whithersoever dispersed around the globe , for their endeavour to erect a temple worthy of our antient Order . Probably it will afford you pleasure to learn that it is taken up by the first men of the district in the list of directors published in the Skibbereen Eagle , fully testifying , I am satisfied , that if this hall is erected it will be the signal for the erection of similar buildings throughout Irelandthereby
, conferring an everlasting benefit to the Craft generally , but more particularly to your Irish brethren ; therefore , I say , let us all as brothers stretch out a helping hand to this aspiring Lodge , and perhaps the time may not be distant when Lodge No . 15 would be in a position to return the aid now received tenfold to some other energetic brothers of the mystic tie . The very fact of this Lodge taking the initiative in this matter recommends it to the
kind consideration of every true Mason ; and I can assure you a more zealous and persevering set of brethren never sat in open Lodge than those of No . 15 . In fact , they have Masonry at heart , and it is their zeal alone that impels them to the course they have taken . Trusting you will think the foregoing worthy a place in your excellent Magazine . I remain , j'ours fraternally , A MASTER MASON , BUT NOT A ' MISMBER OF LODGE NO . 15 , Skibbereen , County Cork , Nov . 21 st . 1859 .
MASONRY IN LIVERPOOL . TO THE EDITOR , 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC JUIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —I wish to call the attention of the Liverpool brethren , through you , to the fact that last week a person , unknown to the writer , called upon a newly initiated brother and offered for a sovereign to give all the signs , tokens , and secrets of the second and third degrees . Although ? the offer was not
accepted , he gave him the token of the second and third degrees , as well as some other information connected with those degrees . The name of this person ought to be obtained and exposed . Yours fraternally , J . B . E .
PULHT QuAiOTSESS . —A story of a quiet pulpit rebuke is traditionary in tho " east nuik of Fife , " and told of a seceding minister , Mr . Shirra , a man well remembered by some of tho older generation for many excellent , and some eccentric qualities . An officer of a volunteer corps on duty iu the place , and very proud of his fresh uniform , had oomo to Air . Shirra ' s church , and walked about as if looking for a seat , but in fact to show off his clrcss , which he saw was attracting attention from some of the less members of the congregation . He came to his lace
grave p , however , rather quickly , on Mr . Shirra quietly remonstrating , " 0 man , will ye sit down , and we'll see your new breeks when the kirk ' s dune . ' ' This same Air . Shiira was well known from his quaint , and , as it were , parenthetical comments which he introduced in his reading of scripture , is , for example , on reading from the llGth Psalm , " I said in my haste ill men are liars , " he quietly observed , "Indeed , Dauvid , an' ye had been : ' this parish , ye might hac said it at your lcesure . "—¦ Dean Famsay .