Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Address To The Brethren Of St. John's Lodge, No. 534, Lahcaster.
construction , ancl emblematic of sublimer moral truths . By these , he learns to reduce rude matter into due form , and rude manners into the more polished shape of moral and reli gious rectitude ; becoming thereby a more harmonious corner-stone of symmetry , in the structure of human society , until he is made a glorified corner-stone in the Temple of God , made without hands , eternal in the Heavens . he learns to
Here apply the SQUARE of Justice to all his actions ; the LEVEL of Humility and Benevolence to all his Brother Men ; and b y the PLUMB LINE of Fortitude , to support himself through all the clangers and difficulties of this , our Men , feeble , state . Here , instead of the casual Lodge as before , like the ' vagrant tabernacle in the wilderness , he first becomes acquainted with the construction of tlie lorious le of
g Temp King Solomon , whose magnificent proportions were dictated b y the oracular instruction of God , and are figurative of celestial perfection . ° The THIRD DEGREE brings the Masonic enquirer into a state representing the meridian li ght of the last and fullest revelation , from Heaven to mail upon earth , by the eternal Son of God ; through whose resurrection and ascension
, he is raised from darkness and death to the certainty of life and immortality . Such is the Masonic ceconomy . Such are the outlines of that system , which is justly compared to an equilateral triangle , the perfect emblem of universal harmony , and the sublimest symbol of the incomprehensible Deity ; whose radiant throne may we all hereafter encircle with songs and choral hallelujahs for evermore ! Amen , so MOTE it be !*
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Address To The Brethren Of St. John's Lodge, No. 534, Lahcaster.
construction , ancl emblematic of sublimer moral truths . By these , he learns to reduce rude matter into due form , and rude manners into the more polished shape of moral and reli gious rectitude ; becoming thereby a more harmonious corner-stone of symmetry , in the structure of human society , until he is made a glorified corner-stone in the Temple of God , made without hands , eternal in the Heavens . he learns to
Here apply the SQUARE of Justice to all his actions ; the LEVEL of Humility and Benevolence to all his Brother Men ; and b y the PLUMB LINE of Fortitude , to support himself through all the clangers and difficulties of this , our Men , feeble , state . Here , instead of the casual Lodge as before , like the ' vagrant tabernacle in the wilderness , he first becomes acquainted with the construction of tlie lorious le of
g Temp King Solomon , whose magnificent proportions were dictated b y the oracular instruction of God , and are figurative of celestial perfection . ° The THIRD DEGREE brings the Masonic enquirer into a state representing the meridian li ght of the last and fullest revelation , from Heaven to mail upon earth , by the eternal Son of God ; through whose resurrection and ascension
, he is raised from darkness and death to the certainty of life and immortality . Such is the Masonic ceconomy . Such are the outlines of that system , which is justly compared to an equilateral triangle , the perfect emblem of universal harmony , and the sublimest symbol of the incomprehensible Deity ; whose radiant throne may we all hereafter encircle with songs and choral hallelujahs for evermore ! Amen , so MOTE it be !*