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Freemasons' Repository.
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY . '
ESSAY II . ' Celestial LIC-IIT , Shine inward , ancl the mind through all her pow ' rs Irradiate -, there plant eyes , all mist from thettce Purge and disperse . ' ----- MILTON . QS THE MASONIC CHARACTER . _
HPHERE are certain objects of nature , as well as principles and ac-- " tions , which , from their consistency in commanding the approbation and sanction of men of science and taste at all times and in all places , have been considered as the standard of excellence , to which recourse is constantly had-in fixing the discriminative character of those rules which have been termed the laws of nature .
There are , likewise , secondary principles , consisting of practical inferences , drawn from great universal truths , which , though more limited in extent , when their end and relative purposes are discovered , equally demand our assent . These are the objects of the Mason ' s attention and observation , from which he collects his principles of science ; and in the application of those principles to the useful
purposes of society consists the chief excellence of his art . The foundation of a strength of character is established by imitation , as well as by habit ; and its durability confirmed by a constant attention to objects of that cast . From this globe , as the work of the great Architect of the Universe , and from its inhabitants , as members of one universal family . arose the
first grand outline ol this system . Darkness , the emblem of ignorance and of prejudice , is exhibited to us by the light ( from two grand objectsinthe universe ) operating upon our faculties through the medium of our senses , in the most agreeable variety , and displaying to our observation the most unequivocal proofs , that order and subordination ever were , and ever will be , two of the first laws of nature and of society .
Whatever interferes with the harmony of some particular country , persuasion , or individual , forms no part of the Masonic theme . While the real Mason apts within his sphere , he is a friend to every government which affords him protection ; and particularly attached to that country where he first drew breath . Thai is the centre of his circle , to which all his views concentrate . Though a travellerhe is not a
, vagabond ; but alive to the instruction which Nature , in all her varieties and contradictions , and man , with all his perfections and eccentricities , exhibit to his view . To be free , is one of the characteristics of his profession ; but it is that ' tranquil steady freedom , which prudence feels , and wisdom dictates . To be the slave , of passion or of folly , could never yet call
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasons' Repository.
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY . '
ESSAY II . ' Celestial LIC-IIT , Shine inward , ancl the mind through all her pow ' rs Irradiate -, there plant eyes , all mist from thettce Purge and disperse . ' ----- MILTON . QS THE MASONIC CHARACTER . _
HPHERE are certain objects of nature , as well as principles and ac-- " tions , which , from their consistency in commanding the approbation and sanction of men of science and taste at all times and in all places , have been considered as the standard of excellence , to which recourse is constantly had-in fixing the discriminative character of those rules which have been termed the laws of nature .
There are , likewise , secondary principles , consisting of practical inferences , drawn from great universal truths , which , though more limited in extent , when their end and relative purposes are discovered , equally demand our assent . These are the objects of the Mason ' s attention and observation , from which he collects his principles of science ; and in the application of those principles to the useful
purposes of society consists the chief excellence of his art . The foundation of a strength of character is established by imitation , as well as by habit ; and its durability confirmed by a constant attention to objects of that cast . From this globe , as the work of the great Architect of the Universe , and from its inhabitants , as members of one universal family . arose the
first grand outline ol this system . Darkness , the emblem of ignorance and of prejudice , is exhibited to us by the light ( from two grand objectsinthe universe ) operating upon our faculties through the medium of our senses , in the most agreeable variety , and displaying to our observation the most unequivocal proofs , that order and subordination ever were , and ever will be , two of the first laws of nature and of society .
Whatever interferes with the harmony of some particular country , persuasion , or individual , forms no part of the Masonic theme . While the real Mason apts within his sphere , he is a friend to every government which affords him protection ; and particularly attached to that country where he first drew breath . Thai is the centre of his circle , to which all his views concentrate . Though a travellerhe is not a
, vagabond ; but alive to the instruction which Nature , in all her varieties and contradictions , and man , with all his perfections and eccentricities , exhibit to his view . To be free , is one of the characteristics of his profession ; but it is that ' tranquil steady freedom , which prudence feels , and wisdom dictates . To be the slave , of passion or of folly , could never yet call