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Coreespondmce
THE FEEEMASOIS ^ S , GIELS , SCHOOL . The children in this most useful institution visited the Crystal Palace on Friday , the 18 th September , the expenses being paid by our respected Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell , the treasurer of the institution , who is ever anxious to do everything in his power to promote the prosperity and well-being of the children it has taken under its care . The children were conveyed to the palace by the West-end and Crystal Palace Railway , and having dined , were allowed to amuse themselves
about the palace and gardens until about five o ' clock , when the playing of the fountains , which they appeared to watch with great glee , brought them together . Shortly before six o ' clock some sixty friends of the institution , consisting of the Brethren and their ladies , gathered together in the south saloon , wherean elegant dinner had been providedfor them , under the ablei direction of the Messrs . Staples , the children being at the same time supplied with tea at a separate table . Grace being sung by the children and dinner concluded , three or four appropriate toasts
were drunk , including the Queen , the chairman , Bro . B . B * Cabbell , long life and happiness to him , prosperity to the Freemasons' Girls-School , Bro . Crew , the Secretary , the Committee and Officers , and last , not least , the ladies , to whom the school is greatly indebted for their patronage and support . The National A nthem , ' . " Good night , good night , " & c , having been sung by the children , the company separated , and the girls were conveyed back to the sehoolrooin by the twenty minutes before eight train . The entertainment was a most agreeable one , and appeared to give equal satisfaction to the children and their frieads /
The Spirit Of Masonry.
THE SPIBIT OF MASONKY .
When the Temple of Solomon , gorgeous and bright , Its glories display'd on Jerusalem's height , Both Gentile and Jew on the edifice gazed , Its beauties admired , and its architect praised . Its strength , 'twas predicted , would baffle old Time , And win praise for tho Craft through each age and each clime ; Ev * en foemen , whilst viewing , their quarrels forgot , For the "Spirit of Masonry" hallow'd the spot .
Where now are its pillars , its roof-tree , its walls ? They are dust , like the sculptures of Pharaoh ' s proud halls ; But the spirit which rear'd them shall know no decay , Establish'd in strength doth it flourish to-day ; And , even as then , it now reconciles foes , And a balm on the waters of trouble still throws :
And better , far better , the world would be found , Did the "Spirit of Masonry" further abound . 'Tis a spirit of peace , 'tis a spirit of love , With prudence and wisdom it blendeth the dove ;
It links in one cable the rich and the poor , To the lowly and lofty it opens one door . One breath of its atmosphere lulls to repose The demon of discord , its rancour and woes ; For anger will scatter like chaff to the wind , Where the " Spirit of Masonry V truly enshrined .
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Coreespondmce
THE FEEEMASOIS ^ S , GIELS , SCHOOL . The children in this most useful institution visited the Crystal Palace on Friday , the 18 th September , the expenses being paid by our respected Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell , the treasurer of the institution , who is ever anxious to do everything in his power to promote the prosperity and well-being of the children it has taken under its care . The children were conveyed to the palace by the West-end and Crystal Palace Railway , and having dined , were allowed to amuse themselves
about the palace and gardens until about five o ' clock , when the playing of the fountains , which they appeared to watch with great glee , brought them together . Shortly before six o ' clock some sixty friends of the institution , consisting of the Brethren and their ladies , gathered together in the south saloon , wherean elegant dinner had been providedfor them , under the ablei direction of the Messrs . Staples , the children being at the same time supplied with tea at a separate table . Grace being sung by the children and dinner concluded , three or four appropriate toasts
were drunk , including the Queen , the chairman , Bro . B . B * Cabbell , long life and happiness to him , prosperity to the Freemasons' Girls-School , Bro . Crew , the Secretary , the Committee and Officers , and last , not least , the ladies , to whom the school is greatly indebted for their patronage and support . The National A nthem , ' . " Good night , good night , " & c , having been sung by the children , the company separated , and the girls were conveyed back to the sehoolrooin by the twenty minutes before eight train . The entertainment was a most agreeable one , and appeared to give equal satisfaction to the children and their frieads /
The Spirit Of Masonry.
THE SPIBIT OF MASONKY .
When the Temple of Solomon , gorgeous and bright , Its glories display'd on Jerusalem's height , Both Gentile and Jew on the edifice gazed , Its beauties admired , and its architect praised . Its strength , 'twas predicted , would baffle old Time , And win praise for tho Craft through each age and each clime ; Ev * en foemen , whilst viewing , their quarrels forgot , For the "Spirit of Masonry" hallow'd the spot .
Where now are its pillars , its roof-tree , its walls ? They are dust , like the sculptures of Pharaoh ' s proud halls ; But the spirit which rear'd them shall know no decay , Establish'd in strength doth it flourish to-day ; And , even as then , it now reconciles foes , And a balm on the waters of trouble still throws :
And better , far better , the world would be found , Did the "Spirit of Masonry" further abound . 'Tis a spirit of peace , 'tis a spirit of love , With prudence and wisdom it blendeth the dove ;
It links in one cable the rich and the poor , To the lowly and lofty it opens one door . One breath of its atmosphere lulls to repose The demon of discord , its rancour and woes ; For anger will scatter like chaff to the wind , Where the " Spirit of Masonry V truly enshrined .