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In the Book of Constitutions , by Bro . Anderson , a Presbyterian minister , is inserted the Fellow-Craft ' s Song , " by Bro . Chas . De La Faye , and in that its heaven ^ 4 VHa ^ 7 m-asorlTy '? thou craft divine ! Glory of earth from heaven reveal'd !" Another anoiiynious brother commences a song , to the air of" Rule ¦¦
Britannia , " In the following style .: ^ -y •;;¦''•'' . / . . ** . When heaven designed that man should know AH that was good and great below , This was the kappy , choice decree , The blessings of Freemasonry . " We have not yet done with our examplesof this kind , for we find tlie following to the tune , cc From the East breaks the Morn "—
u When the Deity ' s word Thro ' all chaos was heard , And the universe rose at the sound , Trembling night skulk-d away , Bursting light hiil ' d the day , . ; ^ d . ' tlife . ^ il 0 W : 9 did in concert resound 4 Then the Great Architect , In omnipotence deck'd ,
In order the mass did compound , Deem'd the sun king of light , Crowned the moon queen of night , And the earth with an atmosphere bound c c Mighty man was then form'd , With five senses adorn'd ,
Which the noble five orders expound : With the birth of the sun Architecture begun , And till nature expires 'twill abound , " Numerous other examples of this kind might be adduced , but our readers will doubtless think enough has been quoted to show to what lengths our brethren of the eighteenth century went in their zeal for Masonry , although it must be borne in mind , that in the literature of that elate it was the rule to invoke the name of the G . A . T . O . U ., to
appeal to Heaven , and mix up sacred and secular ideas and subjects in a way that to us of the present generation appears positively irreverent , and little short of blasphemous . At the same period it was quite the rage to affect classical attainments , and the writers of that day vied with each other in producing compositions entirely deficient in heart and reality , mere echoes of school learning , devoid of any foundation in truth ; so that tlie Lesbias , Ohloes , and Phylises ofthe
time , originated in the college exercises of youths and not in the heartfeelings of men . To keep up this character , our great grandfathers seldom , sang of wine without introducing the name of Bacchus , whom they degraded into a Silenus ) of w ^ r , without Mars ; or of love , without allusion to , or celebration of , Venus and Cupid , We shall now Ji V 4
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Songb^
In the Book of Constitutions , by Bro . Anderson , a Presbyterian minister , is inserted the Fellow-Craft ' s Song , " by Bro . Chas . De La Faye , and in that its heaven ^ 4 VHa ^ 7 m-asorlTy '? thou craft divine ! Glory of earth from heaven reveal'd !" Another anoiiynious brother commences a song , to the air of" Rule ¦¦
Britannia , " In the following style .: ^ -y •;;¦''•'' . / . . ** . When heaven designed that man should know AH that was good and great below , This was the kappy , choice decree , The blessings of Freemasonry . " We have not yet done with our examplesof this kind , for we find tlie following to the tune , cc From the East breaks the Morn "—
u When the Deity ' s word Thro ' all chaos was heard , And the universe rose at the sound , Trembling night skulk-d away , Bursting light hiil ' d the day , . ; ^ d . ' tlife . ^ il 0 W : 9 did in concert resound 4 Then the Great Architect , In omnipotence deck'd ,
In order the mass did compound , Deem'd the sun king of light , Crowned the moon queen of night , And the earth with an atmosphere bound c c Mighty man was then form'd , With five senses adorn'd ,
Which the noble five orders expound : With the birth of the sun Architecture begun , And till nature expires 'twill abound , " Numerous other examples of this kind might be adduced , but our readers will doubtless think enough has been quoted to show to what lengths our brethren of the eighteenth century went in their zeal for Masonry , although it must be borne in mind , that in the literature of that elate it was the rule to invoke the name of the G . A . T . O . U ., to
appeal to Heaven , and mix up sacred and secular ideas and subjects in a way that to us of the present generation appears positively irreverent , and little short of blasphemous . At the same period it was quite the rage to affect classical attainments , and the writers of that day vied with each other in producing compositions entirely deficient in heart and reality , mere echoes of school learning , devoid of any foundation in truth ; so that tlie Lesbias , Ohloes , and Phylises ofthe
time , originated in the college exercises of youths and not in the heartfeelings of men . To keep up this character , our great grandfathers seldom , sang of wine without introducing the name of Bacchus , whom they degraded into a Silenus ) of w ^ r , without Mars ; or of love , without allusion to , or celebration of , Venus and Cupid , We shall now Ji V 4