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portion of the whole , without enlisting in our cause M ^ of one of the noijted poet ^ of our brotherhood , we know not ; that he must hav-e been a ! Mason at heart , we a ^ vilege of ministering to another ' s wants ^ ^ O long , is ^ of pur subject . It is a pai ^ phrase of St . PatiFs eloquent description of the three christian graces--- ^ th , hope and charity .
" Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue Than ever man prow Had I all knowledge , human and dmne . That thought can reach or science cain define , And had I pow ' r to give that t ^ In aft ^^ Did Shadrach ' a ze ^ To weary tortures , an ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
WhehJ ^ WTet , gracious charity I indulg Those speeches would send up unheede That scorn of life would be but ynld d A cynihal ? s sound were better than ^ 3 ^ f ^ ; " Charity , decent , modest , eas ^
Softens the high , and rears the alyect mind ; Knows with just reins and gentle hand to guide Betwixt vile shame and arbitrary -pride . Not soon provok'd , she easily forgives ; And much she suffers , as she much believes : Soft peace she brings whenever she arrives , She builds our quiet as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even , And opens in each heart a little heaven .
" Each other gift which God on man bestows , Its proper bound and due restriction knows ; To one fixed purpose dedicates its power , And , finishing its act , exists no more . Thus , in obedience to what Heaven decrees , Knowledge shall fail , and prophecy shall cease ;
But lasting charity ' s more ample sway , ^ " Nor bound by time , nor subject to decay , In happy triumph shall for ever live , And endless good diffuse , and endless praise receive * 4 4 As thro' the artist ' s intervening glass Our eye observes the distant planets pass , A little we discover , but allow
That more remains unseen than art can show : So , whilst our mind its knowledge would improve ( Its feeble eye intent on things above ) , High as we may we lift our reason up , By Faith directed , and confirm'd by Hope : Yet are we able only to survey Dawnings of beams ^ and promises of day .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Songb^
portion of the whole , without enlisting in our cause M ^ of one of the noijted poet ^ of our brotherhood , we know not ; that he must hav-e been a ! Mason at heart , we a ^ vilege of ministering to another ' s wants ^ ^ O long , is ^ of pur subject . It is a pai ^ phrase of St . PatiFs eloquent description of the three christian graces--- ^ th , hope and charity .
" Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue Than ever man prow Had I all knowledge , human and dmne . That thought can reach or science cain define , And had I pow ' r to give that t ^ In aft ^^ Did Shadrach ' a ze ^ To weary tortures , an ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
WhehJ ^ WTet , gracious charity I indulg Those speeches would send up unheede That scorn of life would be but ynld d A cynihal ? s sound were better than ^ 3 ^ f ^ ; " Charity , decent , modest , eas ^
Softens the high , and rears the alyect mind ; Knows with just reins and gentle hand to guide Betwixt vile shame and arbitrary -pride . Not soon provok'd , she easily forgives ; And much she suffers , as she much believes : Soft peace she brings whenever she arrives , She builds our quiet as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even , And opens in each heart a little heaven .
" Each other gift which God on man bestows , Its proper bound and due restriction knows ; To one fixed purpose dedicates its power , And , finishing its act , exists no more . Thus , in obedience to what Heaven decrees , Knowledge shall fail , and prophecy shall cease ;
But lasting charity ' s more ample sway , ^ " Nor bound by time , nor subject to decay , In happy triumph shall for ever live , And endless good diffuse , and endless praise receive * 4 4 As thro' the artist ' s intervening glass Our eye observes the distant planets pass , A little we discover , but allow
That more remains unseen than art can show : So , whilst our mind its knowledge would improve ( Its feeble eye intent on things above ) , High as we may we lift our reason up , By Faith directed , and confirm'd by Hope : Yet are we able only to survey Dawnings of beams ^ and promises of day .