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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE :. ORi
. GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY . FOR JUNE , 1 793-
On The Origin And Design Of Masonry.
ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF MASONRY .
rp 0 proclaim and encourage Virtue , in whatev ^ % gft ^^» y I appear , is truly laudable , and will always meet >*» - »« approbation of the good in this , and every other country . Such has been the endeavor of FREEMASONRY , from the earliest periods to th When the ^ viid savage leaped from his den , in all the horroTS of barbarian ferocity ; and men knew no rig hts but those of the strongest : F REEMASONRY , shackled but not destroyed , exei ted itself In filutl tenderness , parental regard , an adoration of some deitjj
and ' gratitude for benevolent actions . , , ,, , , In " the-dark pages of primaeval history when nrJ " ^ bition rashly over-run the bounds of property , trod uncontioled th . _ bar . ren wilds of savage freedom : it was then that the Originals ol 0 1 present Order , framed the rude but glorious superstructure o the moral world ; and we plainly perceive that MASONRY has in all been the criterion of civilization '
ages great . _ The disciples , of Relig ion and Vitrtiviiis , have m all ap S gone hand in hand ; and we see the moral and divine precepts of the gospel have , from time immemorial , been introduced under the symbolic expressions of Masonic art ; . ,. „ „ , " FREEMASONRY ( or V IRTUE , it ' s Christian name ) ventured to correct the ferocious manners of men , to tame their savage cruelty , conwith sort ot magic
voke their synod , frame their laws , arid a pov er . convert the lawless robber into the peaceful citizen : 1 was the order of Philanthropy ; or to speak more modernized , off reemasovy . The structures of humanity were often crazed by the inroads of barbarian fury , mutilated by the ignorant monk , and ; in ancient to the service of an ecclesiastic council
Hmevoften prostituted where debate , rancor , and animosity , with daring projects , were too often seen , through the gilded veil of clerical dignity , 1 he h . eii' ° "D \ J
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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE :. ORi
. GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY . FOR JUNE , 1 793-
On The Origin And Design Of Masonry.
ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF MASONRY .
rp 0 proclaim and encourage Virtue , in whatev ^ % gft ^^» y I appear , is truly laudable , and will always meet >*» - »« approbation of the good in this , and every other country . Such has been the endeavor of FREEMASONRY , from the earliest periods to th When the ^ viid savage leaped from his den , in all the horroTS of barbarian ferocity ; and men knew no rig hts but those of the strongest : F REEMASONRY , shackled but not destroyed , exei ted itself In filutl tenderness , parental regard , an adoration of some deitjj
and ' gratitude for benevolent actions . , , ,, , , In " the-dark pages of primaeval history when nrJ " ^ bition rashly over-run the bounds of property , trod uncontioled th . _ bar . ren wilds of savage freedom : it was then that the Originals ol 0 1 present Order , framed the rude but glorious superstructure o the moral world ; and we plainly perceive that MASONRY has in all been the criterion of civilization '
ages great . _ The disciples , of Relig ion and Vitrtiviiis , have m all ap S gone hand in hand ; and we see the moral and divine precepts of the gospel have , from time immemorial , been introduced under the symbolic expressions of Masonic art ; . ,. „ „ , " FREEMASONRY ( or V IRTUE , it ' s Christian name ) ventured to correct the ferocious manners of men , to tame their savage cruelty , conwith sort ot magic
voke their synod , frame their laws , arid a pov er . convert the lawless robber into the peaceful citizen : 1 was the order of Philanthropy ; or to speak more modernized , off reemasovy . The structures of humanity were often crazed by the inroads of barbarian fury , mutilated by the ignorant monk , and ; in ancient to the service of an ecclesiastic council
Hmevoften prostituted where debate , rancor , and animosity , with daring projects , were too often seen , through the gilded veil of clerical dignity , 1 he h . eii' ° "D \ J