The Exoteric Duties of Free Masons: An Address Delivered Before Trenton Lodge, No. 5, A.F.A.M., December 12, 1859Murphy & Bechtel, Printers, 1859 - 32 Seiten |
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... particularly applicable to our Institution . While the principles of Free Masonry are such that the practice of them will improve and purify all who obey their teachings , yet we dare not trust our- selves to impart our valuable secrets ...
... particularly applicable to our Institution . While the principles of Free Masonry are such that the practice of them will improve and purify all who obey their teachings , yet we dare not trust our- selves to impart our valuable secrets ...
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... particularly , the crowning vice of all - profanity . Would that I were gifted with the irresistible force of eloquence , and the persuasive power of pathos , that I might speak to you on this subject in " thoughts that breathe and ...
... particularly , the crowning vice of all - profanity . Would that I were gifted with the irresistible force of eloquence , and the persuasive power of pathos , that I might speak to you on this subject in " thoughts that breathe and ...
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... particularly to our brethren ; and it should be the peculiar characteristic of every Mason . This is the most noble and exalted of all the virtues which can grace a man , for our selfish inter- ests gain nothing by the exercise of it ...
... particularly to our brethren ; and it should be the peculiar characteristic of every Mason . This is the most noble and exalted of all the virtues which can grace a man , for our selfish inter- ests gain nothing by the exercise of it ...
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... particularly the younger ones , are entirely too garrulous and communicative in regard to matters that occur in the Lodge . They talk too much and too freely of such things , and of matters , too , which they do not understand ...
... particularly the younger ones , are entirely too garrulous and communicative in regard to matters that occur in the Lodge . They talk too much and too freely of such things , and of matters , too , which they do not understand ...
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... particularly in the presence of the unenlightened profane and the enemies of our Order , practice those truly Masonic virtues , silence and circumspection . Our secrets should be safely locked up within the repository of faithful ...
... particularly in the presence of the unenlightened profane and the enemies of our Order , practice those truly Masonic virtues , silence and circumspection . Our secrets should be safely locked up within the repository of faithful ...
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Seite 7 - tis in ourselves, that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which, our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many ; either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Seite 25 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation ; we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Seite 27 - Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring, its various bias: Then at the balance let 's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Seite 31 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Seite 7 - If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions...
Seite 19 - Christian in his virtuous and amiable conduct ; in his unfeigned piety to God ; in his inflexible fidelity to his trust; that we may welcome the grim tyrant Death, and receive him as a kind messenger sent from our Supreme Grand Master, to translate us from this imperfect to that all-perfect, glorious, and celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme Architect of the universe presides.
Seite 19 - Tis a stern and startling thing to think How often mortality stands on the brink Of its grave without any misgiving...
Seite 14 - Nature bless the inhabitants of this place with all the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of life ; assist in the erection and completion of this...
Seite 7 - And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
Seite 15 - Although the origin of our Fraternity is covered with darkness, and its history is to a great extent obscure, yet we can confidently say that it is the most ancient society in the world — and we are equally certain that its principles are based on pure morality — that its...