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Article MASONRY FOUNDED ON SCRIPTURE. ← Page 5 of 6 →
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Masonry Founded On Scripture.
and attributing them not unto ourselves , but to the inspirations of his Divine Spirit and the assistance of his especial grace , saving , Not . unto us , O Lord , not unto us , but unto thy name give the praise , for thy loving-mercy and for thy truth ' s sake : *—in thinking no duty below us for the spiritual welfare of our Christian brethren , but in becoming all things to all menthat ' we might by means save \ in lowliness
, any some ; -- of mind , each esteeming another better than himself ; % in bearing the reproaches and injuries of bad men with patience , the just reproofs of our friends with thankfulness , aud the corrections arid-judgments of God with an entire resignation and submission ; asknowing ' ourselves to be offenders under the hands of justice . —In short , walking humbly with God implies such a poverty of spirit , § as will make us form enactions and wills entirel
y according to the directions of God revealed to mankind in his holy word . We should reflect ' that as the operative :-MASON erects his hin'ldinoaccording to the designs laid down by the architect for him on the trcsscl-board , which is to direct his work ; so ought we to raise our spiritual building according to . the designs laid down to us by the Grand Architect ot the universe in the book of life , the holy bible our spiritual tressel-board , which should always guide and rule our faith and obligate our lives and actions . '
That as the Mason in performing his work , frequently tries -cvry minute part of it by the compass , square , level and plumb-rule , in order to give to each member its true and exact proportion , so should we constantly try every minute action of our lives , whether it will square with God ' s word , whether it is level with his commands / and uprio-ht according to the plumb-rule of conscience , and within the compasfof Wherever find
mnocency . — we our actions in a direct and parallel line with the precepts of the gospel of Christ , we may assure ourselves we are raising-such ^ spiritual building , \\ as will be acceptable to God and will prove to us the noblest of mansions , a bouse not made with bands , eternal in the heavens : % But wherever we find them not in a straight and upri ght line with the gospel , but starting aside like a broken bow - - must there correct and amend
, we them ; and mast take o-reat care not to permit the like errors for . the future to spoil the harmony and proportion of the whole . AVe must let no untempered mortar destroy ^ firmness , f but must build it with duly tempered mortarso that it may prove a building , which may be serviceable to us to all eternity , and shew us to have been true and good Masons , such as wi hat the last day be free and of Godfree
accepted ; to the company of him our Grand Master , and the good fellowshi p of his holy aneelsand tree from the burden of sin and the dominion of . Satan . ' I am now , in the Fourth place , to shew that all persons , who really act as Masons ought to do , are bound , to perform these several duties — - And here I am not unacquainted with the invidious as well as arduous task I have undertaken : for on the one hand I am sensible this new
* Psalm cxv . i . f , Cor . ix . 22 . f Phil . ii . 3 . s Mat . v . 3 . II ! ? et . u . 5 . « f 2 Cor . v . ,. * Psalm-Ixxviii . ( 7 . + Ezek . xiii . I 0 .
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Masonry Founded On Scripture.
and attributing them not unto ourselves , but to the inspirations of his Divine Spirit and the assistance of his especial grace , saving , Not . unto us , O Lord , not unto us , but unto thy name give the praise , for thy loving-mercy and for thy truth ' s sake : *—in thinking no duty below us for the spiritual welfare of our Christian brethren , but in becoming all things to all menthat ' we might by means save \ in lowliness
, any some ; -- of mind , each esteeming another better than himself ; % in bearing the reproaches and injuries of bad men with patience , the just reproofs of our friends with thankfulness , aud the corrections arid-judgments of God with an entire resignation and submission ; asknowing ' ourselves to be offenders under the hands of justice . —In short , walking humbly with God implies such a poverty of spirit , § as will make us form enactions and wills entirel
y according to the directions of God revealed to mankind in his holy word . We should reflect ' that as the operative :-MASON erects his hin'ldinoaccording to the designs laid down by the architect for him on the trcsscl-board , which is to direct his work ; so ought we to raise our spiritual building according to . the designs laid down to us by the Grand Architect ot the universe in the book of life , the holy bible our spiritual tressel-board , which should always guide and rule our faith and obligate our lives and actions . '
That as the Mason in performing his work , frequently tries -cvry minute part of it by the compass , square , level and plumb-rule , in order to give to each member its true and exact proportion , so should we constantly try every minute action of our lives , whether it will square with God ' s word , whether it is level with his commands / and uprio-ht according to the plumb-rule of conscience , and within the compasfof Wherever find
mnocency . — we our actions in a direct and parallel line with the precepts of the gospel of Christ , we may assure ourselves we are raising-such ^ spiritual building , \\ as will be acceptable to God and will prove to us the noblest of mansions , a bouse not made with bands , eternal in the heavens : % But wherever we find them not in a straight and upri ght line with the gospel , but starting aside like a broken bow - - must there correct and amend
, we them ; and mast take o-reat care not to permit the like errors for . the future to spoil the harmony and proportion of the whole . AVe must let no untempered mortar destroy ^ firmness , f but must build it with duly tempered mortarso that it may prove a building , which may be serviceable to us to all eternity , and shew us to have been true and good Masons , such as wi hat the last day be free and of Godfree
accepted ; to the company of him our Grand Master , and the good fellowshi p of his holy aneelsand tree from the burden of sin and the dominion of . Satan . ' I am now , in the Fourth place , to shew that all persons , who really act as Masons ought to do , are bound , to perform these several duties — - And here I am not unacquainted with the invidious as well as arduous task I have undertaken : for on the one hand I am sensible this new
* Psalm cxv . i . f , Cor . ix . 22 . f Phil . ii . 3 . s Mat . v . 3 . II ! ? et . u . 5 . « f 2 Cor . v . ,. * Psalm-Ixxviii . ( 7 . + Ezek . xiii . I 0 .