The Lodge in Friendship Village

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John Day Company, 1927 - Freemasonry - 256 pages
 

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Page 182 - DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth, thou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be. Gold such as thine ne'er drew the Spanish prow Through the primeval hush of Indian seas...
Page 30 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 33 - Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Page 127 - ... rose linger longest. Though the cold blasts of autumn may lay them in the dust, and for a time destroy the loveliness of their existence, yet the destruction is not final, and in the springtime they shall surely bloom again. So in the bright morning of the world's resurrection, your mortal...
Page 62 - Fortitude is that noble and steady purpose of the mind, whereby we are enabled to undergo any pain, peril, or danger, when prudentially deemed expedient. This virtue is equally distant from rashness and cowardice, and, like the former, should be deeply impressed upon the mind of every Mason...
Page 127 - Fragrant be the acacia's bloom which here shall flourish. May the earliest buds of spring unfold their beauties o'er your resting place, and here may the fragrance of the summer's latest rose linger longest. Though the cold blasts of autumn may lay them in the dust, and for a time destroy the loveliness of their existence, yet the destruction is not final, and in the springtime they shall surely bloom again. So, in the...
Page 62 - Justice Is that standard, or boundary of right, which enables us to render to every man his just due, •without distinction. This virtue is not only consistent with divine and human laws, but is the very cement and support of civil society ; and, as justice in a great measure constitutes the...
Page 232 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields keeping watch over their flocks by night.
Page 127 - ... the cold blasts of autumn may lay them in the dust, and for a time destroy the loveliness of their existence, yet the destruction is not final, and in the springtime they shall surely bloom again. So, in the bright morning of the world's resurrection, your mortal frame, now laid low in the dust by the chilling blasts of death, shall spring again into newness of life and unfold in immortal beauty in realms beyond the skies. Until then, dear brother — fare thee well ! fare thee well...

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