THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2349, 17 July 1886, Page 3

THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

Philosophers of all time have engaged '" J&eir Imagination upon a fasoiimting ideal Jp|aperfecthumanity. Plato's "Model ' Jtopublic," Bacon'H "Now Atlantis," Mooro's "Utopia," Sidney's "Arcadia," went nil so many dreams of generous niinSe for the recomposition of society. Practical men, and those upon whom the lugoriß of history havo an offoct, know ! Hat those- ploasant visions are wholly impossible of accomplishment. Thi _ . JJrooiFarm opisodo of Hawthorn's life l «-- : ; ,ut an instance of the utter impracticability jti eitaodelling society upon übitrary prinfflr' «iple« of conduct. Circumstances cannot *' b* controlled, even were it possible to . wholly govern temperament. We must ■ V'. t&» the world as'it is, and wait for the The brotherhood of man, regarded as ' % political, social, or religious possibility ' il eertainly very remote. "Vested in- ■.. towsti" are largely superior to generous lentiments; and\he great fact remains, Ullt «s humanity is constituted, personal selfishness may be considered to be its " sistiw force and character.And yet wo have before; lis a brotherieod by man, which, ancient as tradition itoelf, remains at this hour, true to those enbllme principles upon which it* founlA» built it. In 'Freemasonry, indeed, yfe beheld the accomplishment of tlie only anman brotherhood which it possible. Charity, that divine principle; is its life; and of the Freomasou may be quoted from Pope's " Essay on Man"— ! ' : faith and hope the world will disagree, • • Bnt all mankind's concern is charity." A freemasons in this part of the world editor of the Mamie Journal, of Melbourne, as a faithful brother to their «der. They will rejoice, therefore,' to - j ..lMm that he is fast recovering. his health. For uftwn years he [has been a martyr t« liver and kidney troubles; His agonies tt mind and body have been great, and it is. scarcely to be wondered at that, ~. flndiij little or ,no relief from medical lid, ke had well nigh given up his case M hopeless, Fortunately he resolved to .••;• try what Wiraer's-Safe Cure could do for him. He.now testifies as follows : " About the 10th July last I began to use •, .Warner's Safe Cure and Safe Pills, and , ■ from that time to this have been free • ■ frompain of alj kind. I have purposely ..,.■ *»frainedfrom giving expression to the merits of these preparations before this to thoroughly satisfy myself that they r . -haddone what.was claimed for them. ■j. Knowing this, I recommend Warner's ,;;.•:..Safe Cure Remedies," Mr Crooker is ejfijf one out of the many eminent Free- , .Hwm.who have been bronght back to • ■k«Jth and renewed usefulness to the mm of tie brotherhood of man by the xk ,HH*f that which is within the reach of