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On Freemasonry.
Not in its towers of pride , its strong built walls , Its columned cloisters , or its stately halls , Its brazen altar , or its deep-veiled shrine , The resting place of majesty divine . To such vain power ive lay no wild pretence , AVe rear the building in its moral sense .
We need no cedar , sandal wood , or stone , Or treasures , such as kings may give alone . The poor , the ii'eak , the humble , the despised , All that by vice are scorned , by virtue prized , May ivith the rich perform an equal part , And rear that temple in the perfect heart .
The earthly pile but generated pride , E ' en Israel's king at last his God denied . Her children left Him , vain the prophet ' s prayer . His warning miracles , his guardian care .
Judah again must bend beneath tlie sword , FEEII in captivity her outraged Lord . Hark ! at her gates the heathen legions call , Fierce Babylon is thundering at her wall ; Vain her despair , vain her repentant tears , In vain the courage of her former years .
Jerusalem is won , the struggle ' s o ' er , The temple ' s lost , its greatness is no more . Again they wander forth a slavish band , Disgraced and exiled from that sacred land . In that sad hour , when the Eternal ' s wrath , To its stern dregs was poured in vengeance forth .
Repentant Israel felt her awful crime , His rites neglected for the heathen ' s shrine ; Compared His mercies , and their former state , To the sad prospect of their future fate ; Humbled in soul , in penitential dust , Confessed her sin , and own'd her God was just .
How TO GET KID op MISERY . — " When you are unhappy from any cause look around you and find some person to lvhom you may do good . There is a siveet relief in this . Every tear you wipe away from a ividow ' s or a sick man ' s face , will be a drop of balm to your own wounded heart . Thus you seem to get amends of the adversary . Satan would tempt you to selfish grief and misantrophy ; break forth into active well-doing and you utterly thwart him . " VOL . III . D
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
Not in its towers of pride , its strong built walls , Its columned cloisters , or its stately halls , Its brazen altar , or its deep-veiled shrine , The resting place of majesty divine . To such vain power ive lay no wild pretence , AVe rear the building in its moral sense .
We need no cedar , sandal wood , or stone , Or treasures , such as kings may give alone . The poor , the ii'eak , the humble , the despised , All that by vice are scorned , by virtue prized , May ivith the rich perform an equal part , And rear that temple in the perfect heart .
The earthly pile but generated pride , E ' en Israel's king at last his God denied . Her children left Him , vain the prophet ' s prayer . His warning miracles , his guardian care .
Judah again must bend beneath tlie sword , FEEII in captivity her outraged Lord . Hark ! at her gates the heathen legions call , Fierce Babylon is thundering at her wall ; Vain her despair , vain her repentant tears , In vain the courage of her former years .
Jerusalem is won , the struggle ' s o ' er , The temple ' s lost , its greatness is no more . Again they wander forth a slavish band , Disgraced and exiled from that sacred land . In that sad hour , when the Eternal ' s wrath , To its stern dregs was poured in vengeance forth .
Repentant Israel felt her awful crime , His rites neglected for the heathen ' s shrine ; Compared His mercies , and their former state , To the sad prospect of their future fate ; Humbled in soul , in penitential dust , Confessed her sin , and own'd her God was just .
How TO GET KID op MISERY . — " When you are unhappy from any cause look around you and find some person to lvhom you may do good . There is a siveet relief in this . Every tear you wipe away from a ividow ' s or a sick man ' s face , will be a drop of balm to your own wounded heart . Thus you seem to get amends of the adversary . Satan would tempt you to selfish grief and misantrophy ; break forth into active well-doing and you utterly thwart him . " VOL . III . D