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The Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature.
ority ; let us cultivate the social virtues , and improve in all that is o-ood and amiable ; let the genius of masonry preside , and under her sovereign sway , let us endeavour to act with becoming dignify . Free-masonry is undoubtedly , an institution of the most beneficial ancl amiable nature , since its professed design is the , extension and confirmation of mutual happiness , by the most perfect and ehectual social virtueIt is salu
method , —the practice of every moral and . a - tary institution , wherein bad men , if they chance to be admitted , are most generally- restrained in their moral retrogradation , or downhill progress , in vice ; while the good are taught , and excited , to aspire to hig her degrees of virtue and perfection . "A good man and a termssince a good man must
necesgood mason , are synonymous ; sarily make a good mason , and a good mason can never be a bad man : and , as the better men are , the more they love each other , so the more they love each other , they become more perfect masons . Those who have the honour and happiness of being regular members of this most excellent society , are strictly bound to practise its duties and preceptsand to its dignity .
, preserve Foremost in the rank of our duties stands our obligation to obey the laws of the Great Architect of the Universe , to conform to his will , to promote his honour , and to conduct ourselves as under the inspection of his all-seeing eye . For as in him we live , move , and have our being , partake of his goodness , and depend on his favours ; so whatever we think , speak , or do , ought all to be subservient , and
capable of being referred to his glory . ' " , a This primary and fundamental duty of obedience to the Supreme Beino-, from whence , as from their fountain , all other duties , with resnectto ourselves and our neig hbours , flow , is evidently taught byreason , confirmed by revelation , and enforced by Free-masonry . Subordinate and consequent to this our grand obligation , is the important and indispensable duly of brotherllovewhich delihts inand ought
y , g , always to demonstrate itself in realacts of genuine beneficence . Free-masonry has not only united its worthy members and genuine sons in the most indissoluble bands of confidence , concord , ancl amity ; it has even caused Christianity to shine forth with renewed lustre , and introduced its spirit , which the royal craft has strongly imbibedinto nation and reliious persuasion wherein it has
, every g gained admittance ; and it produces the most benevolent and charitable set of men , in proportion to its number , of any society whatever throughout the terrestrial g lobe . Thus inestimable is Freemasonry , for its manifold and most useful qualities . It supereminently excells all other arts by the bright rays of truth which it sheds the minds of its faithful votariesilluminating their
understandon , ings with the beams of a more resplendent lig ht than is to be derived from the assemblage of all other arts whatsoever ; of which the newly-initiated brother begins to participate , when he is girded with the emblem of innocence , more ancient than the tower of Babel , more honourable than the imperial dignity . As it excels all other arts in its vast and admirable extent , so it far surpasses them in its pleasing
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature.
ority ; let us cultivate the social virtues , and improve in all that is o-ood and amiable ; let the genius of masonry preside , and under her sovereign sway , let us endeavour to act with becoming dignify . Free-masonry is undoubtedly , an institution of the most beneficial ancl amiable nature , since its professed design is the , extension and confirmation of mutual happiness , by the most perfect and ehectual social virtueIt is salu
method , —the practice of every moral and . a - tary institution , wherein bad men , if they chance to be admitted , are most generally- restrained in their moral retrogradation , or downhill progress , in vice ; while the good are taught , and excited , to aspire to hig her degrees of virtue and perfection . "A good man and a termssince a good man must
necesgood mason , are synonymous ; sarily make a good mason , and a good mason can never be a bad man : and , as the better men are , the more they love each other , so the more they love each other , they become more perfect masons . Those who have the honour and happiness of being regular members of this most excellent society , are strictly bound to practise its duties and preceptsand to its dignity .
, preserve Foremost in the rank of our duties stands our obligation to obey the laws of the Great Architect of the Universe , to conform to his will , to promote his honour , and to conduct ourselves as under the inspection of his all-seeing eye . For as in him we live , move , and have our being , partake of his goodness , and depend on his favours ; so whatever we think , speak , or do , ought all to be subservient , and
capable of being referred to his glory . ' " , a This primary and fundamental duty of obedience to the Supreme Beino-, from whence , as from their fountain , all other duties , with resnectto ourselves and our neig hbours , flow , is evidently taught byreason , confirmed by revelation , and enforced by Free-masonry . Subordinate and consequent to this our grand obligation , is the important and indispensable duly of brotherllovewhich delihts inand ought
y , g , always to demonstrate itself in realacts of genuine beneficence . Free-masonry has not only united its worthy members and genuine sons in the most indissoluble bands of confidence , concord , ancl amity ; it has even caused Christianity to shine forth with renewed lustre , and introduced its spirit , which the royal craft has strongly imbibedinto nation and reliious persuasion wherein it has
, every g gained admittance ; and it produces the most benevolent and charitable set of men , in proportion to its number , of any society whatever throughout the terrestrial g lobe . Thus inestimable is Freemasonry , for its manifold and most useful qualities . It supereminently excells all other arts by the bright rays of truth which it sheds the minds of its faithful votariesilluminating their
understandon , ings with the beams of a more resplendent lig ht than is to be derived from the assemblage of all other arts whatsoever ; of which the newly-initiated brother begins to participate , when he is girded with the emblem of innocence , more ancient than the tower of Babel , more honourable than the imperial dignity . As it excels all other arts in its vast and admirable extent , so it far surpasses them in its pleasing