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The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRA RY .
A CHARGE Delivered in the UNION LODGE ac EXETER , on the Feast of St . J . the Baptist , " A . L . 5770 f . ^ BY BROTHER C -. R . W . U . '
FOR MARCH 1794 .
BRETHREN , It ^ EING this day , by your choice , exalted into this chair , it is the JQ ) fervent wish of rhy heart to render myself as little undeserving as possible of the distinguished honour ; many important duties has a Master of a Lodge to perform ; and though I . despair of performing all of them as I ought , yet I shall ahvays endeavour to do so ; and
therefore hope that some indulgence will be due to the rectitude of my intentions , even when I fall into error . To give instruction is one of the duties of a master ; I do not , however , presume , Brethren , to give instruction 10 you , yet I think it incumbent upon me at this festival—1 ' think my office requires it of me , to consider the nature of our institution ( the more we consider it , the more we shall admire it ) , and to
remind you of those duties it prescribes ; those duties are very seriou s and important , and have this day , 1 doubt not , been expatiated upon in many p laces , by Reverend Brethren in the solemn Temple . I speak to a most respectable assembly ; I speak to men of enlarged understandings , and liberal educations ; but I speak to those with whom-I am connected by the most affectionate ties ; I speak to . my brethren ; they will make every allowance which can be expected from fraternal afFectio . it , and that thought will give me resolution . ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ 1 IIU ¦ jTrari Mimiii
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRA RY .
A CHARGE Delivered in the UNION LODGE ac EXETER , on the Feast of St . J . the Baptist , " A . L . 5770 f . ^ BY BROTHER C -. R . W . U . '
FOR MARCH 1794 .
BRETHREN , It ^ EING this day , by your choice , exalted into this chair , it is the JQ ) fervent wish of rhy heart to render myself as little undeserving as possible of the distinguished honour ; many important duties has a Master of a Lodge to perform ; and though I . despair of performing all of them as I ought , yet I shall ahvays endeavour to do so ; and
therefore hope that some indulgence will be due to the rectitude of my intentions , even when I fall into error . To give instruction is one of the duties of a master ; I do not , however , presume , Brethren , to give instruction 10 you , yet I think it incumbent upon me at this festival—1 ' think my office requires it of me , to consider the nature of our institution ( the more we consider it , the more we shall admire it ) , and to
remind you of those duties it prescribes ; those duties are very seriou s and important , and have this day , 1 doubt not , been expatiated upon in many p laces , by Reverend Brethren in the solemn Temple . I speak to a most respectable assembly ; I speak to men of enlarged understandings , and liberal educations ; but I speak to those with whom-I am connected by the most affectionate ties ; I speak to . my brethren ; they will make every allowance which can be expected from fraternal afFectio . it , and that thought will give me resolution . ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ 1 IIU ¦ jTrari Mimiii