Opinions on Speculative Masonry: Relative to Its Origin, Nature, and Tendency : a Compilation, Embracing Recent and Important Documents on the Subject, and Exhibiting the Views of the Most Distinguished Writers Respecting it |
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... live , should be undervalued and cried down , merely because it was founded in the close of the eighteenth century ; while we sing the praises of the British monarchy , because it has existed for a thousand years . It is laboring in ...
... live , should be undervalued and cried down , merely because it was founded in the close of the eighteenth century ; while we sing the praises of the British monarchy , because it has existed for a thousand years . It is laboring in ...
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... live . Masonic obligations have no dignity when compared with precepts like these . : It has been said that Washington in his early life was a mason ; but he never went further than the third de- gree I believe that in his time , higher ...
... live . Masonic obligations have no dignity when compared with precepts like these . : It has been said that Washington in his early life was a mason ; but he never went further than the third de- gree I believe that in his time , higher ...
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... live to the glory of his Maker , and die in com- plete triumph , without the aid , and without the hopes of masonry . When a man is called to die , it is the most awful , the most important period of his existence ! Then he needs ...
... live to the glory of his Maker , and die in com- plete triumph , without the aid , and without the hopes of masonry . When a man is called to die , it is the most awful , the most important period of his existence ! Then he needs ...
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... live in a state of subordination . I have been able to trace these attempts , made , through a course of fifty years , under the specious pretext of enlightening the world by the torch of philosophy , and of dispelling the clouds of ...
... live in a state of subordination . I have been able to trace these attempts , made , through a course of fifty years , under the specious pretext of enlightening the world by the torch of philosophy , and of dispelling the clouds of ...
Page 108
... live within the compass ; walk upright as the plumb ; must deal on the square , and other such mystical advice . As to the sciences , the whole scope of instruction goes no further than frequently to remind the brethren than the sun ...
... live within the compass ; walk upright as the plumb ; must deal on the square , and other such mystical advice . As to the sciences , the whole scope of instruction goes no further than frequently to remind the brethren than the sun ...
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abduction Abiff administered anti-masonic anti-masonic party Batavia believe binding brethren brother called Canandaigua candidate ceremonies chapters character Christ Christian Church civil clause committee connexion considered craft crime dangerous declare Deism disclosures duty evidence evil existence fact favor feel fellow craft Fort Niagara Freema Freemasons Genesee county Grand Lodge Grand Master guilty heaven Hiram Hiram Abiff holy honor Illuminati infidelity influence institution of Freemasonry jurors justice Knights Templars laws liberty Mark Master masonic fraternity masonic institution masonic oaths masonic obligations masonry master mason ment mind moral murder and treason mysteries nature never objects opinion outrage penalties person ples political pretended princi professes promise and swear reason religion renounce Royal Arch mason scripture seceding secrecy secret principles secret societies solemn Solomon sonry Speculative Freemasonry spirit taken temple thing tion truth violation whole William Morgan
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Page 7 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Page 15 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 43 - And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall ; and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Page 248 - And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee ; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee ; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee...
Page 63 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice : And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 42 - Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner...
Page 22 - Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 144 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues : 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Page 28 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked ! it shall be ill with him : for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Page 42 - ... be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.