The Exoteric Duties of Free Masons: An Address Delivered Before Trenton Lodge, No. 5, A.F.A.M., December 12, 1859 |
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... faithful to our vows , and worthy of the name and professions which we have voluntarily assumed . In the remarks which a sense of duty impels me to make at this time , it will be necessary for me to speak of some of the flagrant sins ...
... faithful to our vows , and worthy of the name and professions which we have voluntarily assumed . In the remarks which a sense of duty impels me to make at this time , it will be necessary for me to speak of some of the flagrant sins ...
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... faithful and energetic performance of his duties . If we have not , thus far , lived in accord- ance with our professions , we should at once commence a new life . It is folly and madness for us to say that we cannot so reform our lives ...
... faithful and energetic performance of his duties . If we have not , thus far , lived in accord- ance with our professions , we should at once commence a new life . It is folly and madness for us to say that we cannot so reform our lives ...
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... faithful observance of those duties which they owe to God , their fellow - men and themselves , and which are strictly enjoined upon them by our lectures and the esoteric instruction peculiar to us . The legitimate and natural tendency ...
... faithful observance of those duties which they owe to God , their fellow - men and themselves , and which are strictly enjoined upon them by our lectures and the esoteric instruction peculiar to us . The legitimate and natural tendency ...
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... faithful to the end , shall receive an exceeding great reward . In their intercourse with each other , they are actuated by the noble principles of Brotherly Love , Re- lief and Truth - by which they are taught to love their neighbors ...
... faithful to the end , shall receive an exceeding great reward . In their intercourse with each other , they are actuated by the noble principles of Brotherly Love , Re- lief and Truth - by which they are taught to love their neighbors ...
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... faithful performance of duty - and by that Charity toward all mankind which prompts them to perform deeds of love and kindness , which bless both them that give and them that receive . Such is true Masonry , and such are true Masons ...
... faithful performance of duty - and by that Charity toward all mankind which prompts them to perform deeds of love and kindness , which bless both them that give and them that receive . Such is true Masonry , and such are true Masons ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 19 - Tis a stern and startling thing to think How often mortality stands on the brink Of its grave without any misgiving...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...