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Vanished Hours.
Yet it was ours , that perfect past ! We did have days that knew not pain , We once had friends death had not ta ' en , " " And flowers and songs that could not last Were ours in that most blessed time ,
When earth seemed Heaven ' s enchanted clime . And so I think , when lights burn low And all the house is fast asleep , From out a silence vast and deep Those dear dead days we worshipped so ,
Breath on us from their hidden store Their long-lost peace , their faith once more . God keep those dear old times ; ah me ! Beyond our vision they may rest Till on some perfect day and blest
Once more those dear dead days will be . For death , who took all , may restore The past we loved , to us once more .
Early Architects.
EARLY ARCHITECTS .
BY THE EDITOR . TN our excellent American contemporary , the " Masonic Token , " we - ^ - find a very thoughtful article on " Early Architects , " which Ave
have thought fit to reproduce in the " Masonic Monthly , " both on account of its interest to Masonic students and because the " Masonic Token " is known to and read by , unfortunately , very feAV English Masons . We have added a few notes " en passant . " "It is familiar history that in the time of King Solomon , a
thousand years before the Christian era , travelling bands of builders Avent from Phoenician cities , headed by skilled architects , to practice their art in other lands , and that the head architect was considered of importance enough to receive the friendship of monarchs . The important place given to architecture in still more ancient times
warrants the belief that the leading architects had then also an equally high place accorded them . " We are not quite sure where our contemporary finds thus early the fact of "travelling bands of builders . " We do not think , we
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Vanished Hours.
Yet it was ours , that perfect past ! We did have days that knew not pain , We once had friends death had not ta ' en , " " And flowers and songs that could not last Were ours in that most blessed time ,
When earth seemed Heaven ' s enchanted clime . And so I think , when lights burn low And all the house is fast asleep , From out a silence vast and deep Those dear dead days we worshipped so ,
Breath on us from their hidden store Their long-lost peace , their faith once more . God keep those dear old times ; ah me ! Beyond our vision they may rest Till on some perfect day and blest
Once more those dear dead days will be . For death , who took all , may restore The past we loved , to us once more .
Early Architects.
EARLY ARCHITECTS .
BY THE EDITOR . TN our excellent American contemporary , the " Masonic Token , " we - ^ - find a very thoughtful article on " Early Architects , " which Ave
have thought fit to reproduce in the " Masonic Monthly , " both on account of its interest to Masonic students and because the " Masonic Token " is known to and read by , unfortunately , very feAV English Masons . We have added a few notes " en passant . " "It is familiar history that in the time of King Solomon , a
thousand years before the Christian era , travelling bands of builders Avent from Phoenician cities , headed by skilled architects , to practice their art in other lands , and that the head architect was considered of importance enough to receive the friendship of monarchs . The important place given to architecture in still more ancient times
warrants the belief that the leading architects had then also an equally high place accorded them . " We are not quite sure where our contemporary finds thus early the fact of "travelling bands of builders . " We do not think , we