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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... ; for we want no unsound timber or misshapen blocks , that would mar the beauty and symmetry of our holy temple . The homely adage that " one crooked stick will make OF FREE MASONS . 9 unmeaning jargon. Denying the premises from which ...
... ; for we want no unsound timber or misshapen blocks , that would mar the beauty and symmetry of our holy temple . The homely adage that " one crooked stick will make OF FREE MASONS . 9 unmeaning jargon. Denying the premises from which ...
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... holy temple be defiled by unhallowed feet . Masonry requires not to be bolstered up by numbers , and we need no missionaries to gain us proselytes . Our doors are always open to the good and worthy , and we want no others . Our ...
... holy temple be defiled by unhallowed feet . Masonry requires not to be bolstered up by numbers , and we need no missionaries to gain us proselytes . Our doors are always open to the good and worthy , and we want no others . Our ...
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... Holy Bible , the revealed law of God , is strictly en- joined upon us . We declare that we take it to be the rule and guide of our faith and practice . No Lodge is just , perfect and regular , unless the Holy Bible occupies a prominent ...
... Holy Bible , the revealed law of God , is strictly en- joined upon us . We declare that we take it to be the rule and guide of our faith and practice . No Lodge is just , perfect and regular , unless the Holy Bible occupies a prominent ...
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... holy . Let us so build this divine Temple in our hearts , that all of its chambers may be pure and spotless , so that no evil thought or impure de- sire can enter therein , to defile and pollute it , and so that it may be a fit dwelling ...
... holy . Let us so build this divine Temple in our hearts , that all of its chambers may be pure and spotless , so that no evil thought or impure de- sire can enter therein , to defile and pollute it , and so that it may be a fit dwelling ...
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... Holy Bible to be the rule and guide of his faith and prac- tice - who has been solemnly instructed never to speak the name of the Deity but with that reverence due from a creature to his Creator - and who has been taught that before Him ...
... Holy Bible to be the rule and guide of his faith and prac- tice - who has been solemnly instructed never to speak the name of the Deity but with that reverence due from a creature to his Creator - and who has been taught that before Him ...
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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...