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A Sermon Preached Before The Grand Lodge Of The Most Ancient And Honourable Fraternity
active . Let temperance and integrity be your undivided companions ; and a disinterested love of truth , as displayed in the lively Oracles of God , your inseparable guide . " Let brotherly love coMinue ^ This indeed is the soul of every association , but eminently of our s „ And how pleasant is it , my Friends , / or Brethren thus to dwell together in ! It is indeed gratefullike the precious ointment of Aaron ; it
unity , is refreshing as the-Dew of Herman , or as that which fell upon the mountains of Sioii . It is likewise the best preparative for that immortal society of which every other is but faintly e mblematical—the society of just men made perfect in the kingdom of Heaven , where all is peace , harmony , and love ; where presides the great PARENT OF surrounded bthe ministersof his willthose angels
B ENEVOLENCE , y . , who excel in strength , glow with all the ardency of affection , . and fly with alacrity to perform his pleasure—a society which needs not the Sun , neither ihe moon , neither any candles , being illuminated by the splendor ofthe DIVINITY , and having the Lamb likewise for the light thereof : ' Of this celestial community , aspire ye , Brethren , likewise to be members . . Qualify yourselves by the previous discipline of for the celebration of those
continual vig ilance and frequent prayer , sublimer mysteries , which engage all the powers and facu ties of trie inhabitants of the blissful regions above . Whilst on earth , let your conversation and heart be in heaven : that , when all connections merely terrestrial shall be ' dissolved , when fail shall every earthly comfort , and the leasures and friendships of the world shall irrecoverably
p ' disappear ; you may form friendships and relations of an higher Order , " be enrolled in the list of that Society which no man can number for multitude , and inhabit with them , as fellow-citizens of the saints , the heavenly . Jerusalem , that city which hath foundations , whose builder and Maker is—THE GRAND A RCHITECT—GOD !
The Freemason. No. Iv.
THE FREEMASON . No . IV .
, " As cold as great ones « When merit begs . " OTWAY . THE following letter , which I have just received , merits , I think :, an immediate answer ; To the F REEMASON .
As " I find merit has no other dependence than interest , I most humbly solicit your patronage , and presume , though I am no Bromer , that as it is the ' characteristic of a Freemason to give relief to the
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A Sermon Preached Before The Grand Lodge Of The Most Ancient And Honourable Fraternity
active . Let temperance and integrity be your undivided companions ; and a disinterested love of truth , as displayed in the lively Oracles of God , your inseparable guide . " Let brotherly love coMinue ^ This indeed is the soul of every association , but eminently of our s „ And how pleasant is it , my Friends , / or Brethren thus to dwell together in ! It is indeed gratefullike the precious ointment of Aaron ; it
unity , is refreshing as the-Dew of Herman , or as that which fell upon the mountains of Sioii . It is likewise the best preparative for that immortal society of which every other is but faintly e mblematical—the society of just men made perfect in the kingdom of Heaven , where all is peace , harmony , and love ; where presides the great PARENT OF surrounded bthe ministersof his willthose angels
B ENEVOLENCE , y . , who excel in strength , glow with all the ardency of affection , . and fly with alacrity to perform his pleasure—a society which needs not the Sun , neither ihe moon , neither any candles , being illuminated by the splendor ofthe DIVINITY , and having the Lamb likewise for the light thereof : ' Of this celestial community , aspire ye , Brethren , likewise to be members . . Qualify yourselves by the previous discipline of for the celebration of those
continual vig ilance and frequent prayer , sublimer mysteries , which engage all the powers and facu ties of trie inhabitants of the blissful regions above . Whilst on earth , let your conversation and heart be in heaven : that , when all connections merely terrestrial shall be ' dissolved , when fail shall every earthly comfort , and the leasures and friendships of the world shall irrecoverably
p ' disappear ; you may form friendships and relations of an higher Order , " be enrolled in the list of that Society which no man can number for multitude , and inhabit with them , as fellow-citizens of the saints , the heavenly . Jerusalem , that city which hath foundations , whose builder and Maker is—THE GRAND A RCHITECT—GOD !
The Freemason. No. Iv.
THE FREEMASON . No . IV .
, " As cold as great ones « When merit begs . " OTWAY . THE following letter , which I have just received , merits , I think :, an immediate answer ; To the F REEMASON .
As " I find merit has no other dependence than interest , I most humbly solicit your patronage , and presume , though I am no Bromer , that as it is the ' characteristic of a Freemason to give relief to the