Th' widow's grief, the tears of orphans, These have claim'd their kindred sigh From that noble band, who never Pass a suffering brother by. 5. They will stay the widow's anguish, In the darkest hour of sorrow 6. And the man of after-years Shall bless those guardians of his youth, Brothers! raise to heaven your hands, Of faith, before we part; Then, in heavenly peace and trust, Till, released from earth and dust, Part Fourth. TO THE UNINITIATED. REASONS FOR THIS ASSOCIATION. HE experience of every considerate mind must teach the fleeting and transitory nature of worldly possessions, and the uncertainty of health, to all the greatest earthly blessing that can be enjoyed, and the deprivation of which, to the greater portion of mankind, is the suspension of the necessary means of existence. The frugal ant, guided by a benevolent instinct of unerring Nature, improves the sunny hour to husband up its store ere the approach of barren, cheerless winter: and the impulse which here prompts this petty member of the brute creation to action in its own behalf, is the same impulse which gave our Order birth; brought by process of intellect to that admirable system which distinguishes the first of God's creation when exerted in a noble and righteous cause. The condition in which man finds himself placed on as both an individual and a member of the |