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Article CHARACTER OF RICHARD CUMBERLAND, ← Page 2 of 2 Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Page 1 of 1
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Character Of Richard Cumberland,
and affect to be silent ; his Lordship was so humble , that he thought nobody too mean to be conversed with , and so benevolent that he was willing every body that came near him should partake of his knowledge : As he was the most learned , so he was the most communicative man alive : No conversation pleased him so well , as that which was directed to some part of learning . During the whole extent of a
very long life his soul enjoyed a constant' calm and serenity , never ruffled with any passion : Having a mind so friendly to his body , and being exactly regular and temperate in his way of living , he attained to a good old age , with perfect soundness of judgment : He was never afflicted , or subject to any disease or distemper ; never complained that he was ill , or out of order ; came constantly from his chamber in a morning with a smile on his countenance : His senses and
bodilystrength lasted better than could well he expected in a man whose course of life had been studious and sedentary . Yet I ( saith my author ) who conversed daily with him , thought that the faculties of his mind were less impaired than those of his body : He remained master of all the parts of learning he had studied when young : He ever loved the Classics , and to thelast week of his life would quote them readily , and to the . purpose . He lived to the 87 th year of his agewithI believe
, , , fewer sins to afflict his mind than any man at that advanced period of „ life : Blest with a disposition from every evil passion , he died in the year 1719 . This account of his life is taken from the private papers of Mr . Payne , many years his domestic Chaplain .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , A CORRESPONDENT takes the liberty to hint to his Brethren , the propriety of an attention to the political character of those persons who shall offer themselves candidates for our Order in the' - respective Lodges . Though , as MASONS , we are citizens of the world , yet , sheltered as we are under an impenetrable veil of secrecy ,
it behoves us to give a mild and generous legislature no room to suspect that any of our meetings are coverts for disloyalty . This suspicion may , however , be naturally excited , if we are observed to admit to our society men whose fentiments are known to be adverse to the constitution by which we are protected . A Masonic Assembly is profaned and polluted by the presence of an infidel or a disloyalist . W .
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Character Of Richard Cumberland,
and affect to be silent ; his Lordship was so humble , that he thought nobody too mean to be conversed with , and so benevolent that he was willing every body that came near him should partake of his knowledge : As he was the most learned , so he was the most communicative man alive : No conversation pleased him so well , as that which was directed to some part of learning . During the whole extent of a
very long life his soul enjoyed a constant' calm and serenity , never ruffled with any passion : Having a mind so friendly to his body , and being exactly regular and temperate in his way of living , he attained to a good old age , with perfect soundness of judgment : He was never afflicted , or subject to any disease or distemper ; never complained that he was ill , or out of order ; came constantly from his chamber in a morning with a smile on his countenance : His senses and
bodilystrength lasted better than could well he expected in a man whose course of life had been studious and sedentary . Yet I ( saith my author ) who conversed daily with him , thought that the faculties of his mind were less impaired than those of his body : He remained master of all the parts of learning he had studied when young : He ever loved the Classics , and to thelast week of his life would quote them readily , and to the . purpose . He lived to the 87 th year of his agewithI believe
, , , fewer sins to afflict his mind than any man at that advanced period of „ life : Blest with a disposition from every evil passion , he died in the year 1719 . This account of his life is taken from the private papers of Mr . Payne , many years his domestic Chaplain .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , A CORRESPONDENT takes the liberty to hint to his Brethren , the propriety of an attention to the political character of those persons who shall offer themselves candidates for our Order in the' - respective Lodges . Though , as MASONS , we are citizens of the world , yet , sheltered as we are under an impenetrable veil of secrecy ,
it behoves us to give a mild and generous legislature no room to suspect that any of our meetings are coverts for disloyalty . This suspicion may , however , be naturally excited , if we are observed to admit to our society men whose fentiments are known to be adverse to the constitution by which we are protected . A Masonic Assembly is profaned and polluted by the presence of an infidel or a disloyalist . W .