The Ashlar, Volume 3

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Allyn Weston, Charles Scott
1858
 

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Page 435 - religion ' means the love and wor"ship of God and the love and service of man. We believe the "Scripture that of a truth God is no respecter of persons, but that "in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is "accepted of Him.
Page 203 - And vainly shall thou arch thy neck, Thy master's hand to meet. Only in sleep shall I behold That dark eye, glancing bright — Only in sleep shall hear again That step so firm and light : And when I raise my dreaming arm To check or cheer thy speed, Then must I starting wake, to feel — Thou 'rt sold, my Arab steed...
Page 209 - APPRENTICES. ALL preferment among masons is grounded upon real worth and personal merit only ; that so the lords may be well served, the brethren not put to shame, nor the royal craft despised ; therefore no master or warden is chosen by seniority, but for his merit.
Page 250 - If any complaint be brought, the brother found guilty, shall stand to the award and determination of the lodge, who are the proper and competent judges of all such controversies, (unless you carry it by appeal to the grand lodge...
Page 276 - If I but touch thy silvered hair, Thy hasty wish hath sped. "But is there nothing in thy track To bid thee fondly stay, While the swift seasons hurry back To find the wished-for day?
Page 196 - Masons duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the state of New York; 3.
Page 221 - He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass.
Page 276 - Give back my twentieth spring! 1 'd rather laugh a bright-haired boy Than reign a gray-beard king! Off with the wrinkled spoils of age! Away with learning's crown! Tear out life's wisdom-written page, And dash its trophies down! One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame! Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame!
Page 203 - Will they ill-use thee? If I thought— but no, it cannot be; Thou art so swift, yet ea,sy curbed; so gentle, yet so free : And yet if haply, when thou'rt gone, my lonely heart should yearn, Can the hand which casts thee from it now command thee to return? Return...
Page 203 - Thy proud, dark eye will grow less proud, thy step become less fleet, And vainly shalt thou arch thy neck, thy master's hand to meet. Only in sleep shall I behold that dark eye glancing bright; Only in sleep shall hear again that step so firm and...

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