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Freemasons' Repository.
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
A SERMON , FBEACHED BEFORE THE ROYAL ARCH LODGE , DUBLIN , DECEMBER 27 , 1 794 , BY THE REV . JONATHAN ASHE , CHAPI . MM TO THE SAID LODGE .
A Friend loveih at all times , and a Brother is born for adversity , PROV . xvn . 17
AMONGST all those pleasures which have the sanction of reason to warrant , and the seal of innocence to guard and protect them , there is not , perhaps , one whose sensations are so exquisite , and whose joys are so refined , as that of Virtuous Friendship : there is not , in all earthly gratifications , one so becoming the dignity , so suitable to the frame and disposition , so productive of the happiness of our natures . With the most elegant proprietythereforedoth the
wise-, , man call it the medicine of life . That mankind were formed for society , that we were born to serve and love one another , doth sufficiently appear , both from the frame and structure of our bodies , and also from the internal qualities and passions of our minds . Man was purposely made too ignorant to know , and too indigent to supplhis own necessitiesthat he might be forcedin
y , , , spite of himself , to require the aid and assistance of his fellow-creatures . To keep up and maintain that harmony and good-will amongst men , so instrumental to their happiness , God hath graciously implanted , in every breast , the great " and universal principle of benevolence ; filled our hearts with social affections , with that diffusive spirit of
humanity , and that sympathetic tenderness , which incline us to partake of all tlie joys and sorrows , the good and evil , which is dispensed to our fellow-creaturfs . Tlie Supreme Ruler of the Universe , who openeth his hand , and filleth with blessing every living creature , in providing abundantly for all the inhabitants of the earth , hath not bestowed separately on each individual that which is sufficient for himso that he can enjoy it
, , asitwere , concentrated within himself , and detached from all community ; but to some hath imparted an abundance of one kind of blessings , to others blessings of another kind , to the end that his creatures , by communicating to each other their respective advantages , might be formed together into one compact body , of which each member depends on another , each is necessary to the other , and ali jointly
contribute to the harmony , to the happiness , and perfection of the whole . It is evident , therefore , that the blessings which we individually possess are not intended for ourselves exclusively ; but are designed to be shared with those of our fellow-creatures who are unprovided of the . same blessings . The obligation , consequently , of assisting each other , VOL . viii . z .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasons' Repository.
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
A SERMON , FBEACHED BEFORE THE ROYAL ARCH LODGE , DUBLIN , DECEMBER 27 , 1 794 , BY THE REV . JONATHAN ASHE , CHAPI . MM TO THE SAID LODGE .
A Friend loveih at all times , and a Brother is born for adversity , PROV . xvn . 17
AMONGST all those pleasures which have the sanction of reason to warrant , and the seal of innocence to guard and protect them , there is not , perhaps , one whose sensations are so exquisite , and whose joys are so refined , as that of Virtuous Friendship : there is not , in all earthly gratifications , one so becoming the dignity , so suitable to the frame and disposition , so productive of the happiness of our natures . With the most elegant proprietythereforedoth the
wise-, , man call it the medicine of life . That mankind were formed for society , that we were born to serve and love one another , doth sufficiently appear , both from the frame and structure of our bodies , and also from the internal qualities and passions of our minds . Man was purposely made too ignorant to know , and too indigent to supplhis own necessitiesthat he might be forcedin
y , , , spite of himself , to require the aid and assistance of his fellow-creatures . To keep up and maintain that harmony and good-will amongst men , so instrumental to their happiness , God hath graciously implanted , in every breast , the great " and universal principle of benevolence ; filled our hearts with social affections , with that diffusive spirit of
humanity , and that sympathetic tenderness , which incline us to partake of all tlie joys and sorrows , the good and evil , which is dispensed to our fellow-creaturfs . Tlie Supreme Ruler of the Universe , who openeth his hand , and filleth with blessing every living creature , in providing abundantly for all the inhabitants of the earth , hath not bestowed separately on each individual that which is sufficient for himso that he can enjoy it
, , asitwere , concentrated within himself , and detached from all community ; but to some hath imparted an abundance of one kind of blessings , to others blessings of another kind , to the end that his creatures , by communicating to each other their respective advantages , might be formed together into one compact body , of which each member depends on another , each is necessary to the other , and ali jointly
contribute to the harmony , to the happiness , and perfection of the whole . It is evident , therefore , that the blessings which we individually possess are not intended for ourselves exclusively ; but are designed to be shared with those of our fellow-creatures who are unprovided of the . same blessings . The obligation , consequently , of assisting each other , VOL . viii . z .