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Article THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. ← Page 7 of 7 Article MOON-LIGHT. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature.
coming cheerfulness , festivity , and gaiety of temper , at suitable seasons ancl intervals ; but , indeed , our ' assemblies are principally convened for the most beneficial and exalted purposes : for purifying the heart , correcting the manners , and enlig htening the understanding . Thus the useful and the agreeable are by us happily united ; instruction and p leasure are blended together . ' Order , decorum , concord , and lacencyare constant attendants upon our lodges .
comp , Now , is masonry so good , so valuable a science ? Does it tend to instruct the mind , and "tame each unruly passion ? Does it expel rancour , hatred , and envy ? Does it reconcile men of all relig ions and of all nations ? Is it an universal cement , binding its followers to charity , good-will , and secretfriendship ? Is it calculated to promote the truest freedom ? Does it teach men to lead quiet lives ? In short ,
are not its precepts a complete system of moral virtue ? Then , hail , thou glorious craft , bright transcript of all that is amiable I _ Hail , thou blest moral science , which so beautifully exemplifies virtue ! Welcome , ye delightful mansions , where all enjoy the p leasures of a serene and tranquil life ! Welcome , ye blest retreats , where smiling friendship ever blooms , and from her throne dispenses pleasure with unbounded liberality I Welcome , sacred habitations , where peace and innocence for ever dwell ! £ >•
Moon-Light.
MOON-LIGHT .
' And oft I think , fair planet of the night , ' That in thy orb the wretched may have rest , ' CRtEI ) MITIO , as he was walking one evening , and gazing on the p lacid countenance of the moon , in her utmost splendour . ¦ Thus he continued" Retired from companywearied with the insipid trifling , the .
, noisy jars , and the confused bustle , of the inhabitants of this terraqueous and wretched settlement , I address myself to thee , and would fain hold converse with some modest intelligent of thine unknown regions . '' . I would ask him , if he be afflicted with the cries of age in penury , and of childhood in distress , soliciting the morsel from the hand of
insatiate avarice ? If , in any corner of his abode , the sons of anguish , in tenements of wretchedness , let fall the tear , unnoticed and unknown ? If his fellow inhabitants ever die ? If he ever stood-motionless , and petrified with horror , by the dying bed of his wicked neighbour ? If he ever saw the parting anguish of the tearful parent and her lisping offspring ' weeping o ' er all the bitterness of death ? '
, If he were ever an unhappy witness to a parent ' s tears over an abandon'd child ; to a wretched profligate ' s cursing the grey hairs of his Venerable sire ; to a dissipated husband ' s raising a hideous storm amidst his peaceful family , and driving them , by extravagance , to
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The Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature.
coming cheerfulness , festivity , and gaiety of temper , at suitable seasons ancl intervals ; but , indeed , our ' assemblies are principally convened for the most beneficial and exalted purposes : for purifying the heart , correcting the manners , and enlig htening the understanding . Thus the useful and the agreeable are by us happily united ; instruction and p leasure are blended together . ' Order , decorum , concord , and lacencyare constant attendants upon our lodges .
comp , Now , is masonry so good , so valuable a science ? Does it tend to instruct the mind , and "tame each unruly passion ? Does it expel rancour , hatred , and envy ? Does it reconcile men of all relig ions and of all nations ? Is it an universal cement , binding its followers to charity , good-will , and secretfriendship ? Is it calculated to promote the truest freedom ? Does it teach men to lead quiet lives ? In short ,
are not its precepts a complete system of moral virtue ? Then , hail , thou glorious craft , bright transcript of all that is amiable I _ Hail , thou blest moral science , which so beautifully exemplifies virtue ! Welcome , ye delightful mansions , where all enjoy the p leasures of a serene and tranquil life ! Welcome , ye blest retreats , where smiling friendship ever blooms , and from her throne dispenses pleasure with unbounded liberality I Welcome , sacred habitations , where peace and innocence for ever dwell ! £ >•
Moon-Light.
MOON-LIGHT .
' And oft I think , fair planet of the night , ' That in thy orb the wretched may have rest , ' CRtEI ) MITIO , as he was walking one evening , and gazing on the p lacid countenance of the moon , in her utmost splendour . ¦ Thus he continued" Retired from companywearied with the insipid trifling , the .
, noisy jars , and the confused bustle , of the inhabitants of this terraqueous and wretched settlement , I address myself to thee , and would fain hold converse with some modest intelligent of thine unknown regions . '' . I would ask him , if he be afflicted with the cries of age in penury , and of childhood in distress , soliciting the morsel from the hand of
insatiate avarice ? If , in any corner of his abode , the sons of anguish , in tenements of wretchedness , let fall the tear , unnoticed and unknown ? If his fellow inhabitants ever die ? If he ever stood-motionless , and petrified with horror , by the dying bed of his wicked neighbour ? If he ever saw the parting anguish of the tearful parent and her lisping offspring ' weeping o ' er all the bitterness of death ? '
, If he were ever an unhappy witness to a parent ' s tears over an abandon'd child ; to a wretched profligate ' s cursing the grey hairs of his Venerable sire ; to a dissipated husband ' s raising a hideous storm amidst his peaceful family , and driving them , by extravagance , to