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The Influence Of Freemasonry On Society
interest , or the natural desire to surpass others in power , first conceived an establishment , whose end was' the re-union of the understanding and th . e heart , to render both better by ' the contact ? ' The sanctity which attends the moral qualities of" th s Society , is the . next branch of the subject worthy ' of obseivatiuii . Religious Orders werejnstituted to render men perfect ChristiansMili
. more ; - tary Orders were founded to inspire the love of glory ; ' hut - . he Order of Freemasonry was instituted to form men into good Citizens and good subjects ; to make them inviolable id their promises , faithful votaries to the God of Friendship , and more lovers of liberality than of recompence . . ... ' . ¦ . .. ...
_ But Freemasonry is not bounded by the display of virtues merely civil . As a severe ,, savage , sorrowful , and misanthropic kind of Philosophy disgusts ' its votaries , so the Establishment under-consideration renders men amiabje , by the . attraction of innocent pleasures , pure joys , and rational gaieties . The sentiments of this Society are not suchas a world which loves ridicule may be tempted to suppose . vice of the head '
Every andhearfis excluded : libertinism , irreligion , incredulitjr , and debauchery , are banished and unqualified . The meetings ^ of the Masons ! ' resemble ' those amiable ' entertainments spoken of by HORACE , where all those are made welcome' guests , whose understandings may be enli ghtened , whose hearts may be mended who be
, or may any way emulous to excel in the true , the good , or . the great . ' '• ' " ' ' ' '¦' " ' ¦'" ' , " ' ' ; ' : 'O noiEtes , ctgnasq-ue Deum . Sermo oritur non de regnis , domibusque . alienis , ; : seel quod magts ad lias Pertinet , et nescire malum , et agitaraus Utrumve cTivitiis homines .
From the Society in question are banished all those disputes which , might alter'the tranquillity of friendshi p ' , ' or interrupt that perfect ¦ harmony which cannot subsist but by rejecting all indecent excesses , and every discordant passion . The obli gation which is imposed upon ' this Order is , that ' each Member is to protect a Brother by his authority ,-to advise him by his abilities , to edify him by his virtues , to assist him in exi
an gence , to sacrifice all personal resentment , and to seek diligently for every thing that may contribute to the pleasure and profit of the Society . ' '' ¦ " . '' , ' True it is , that this Society hath its secrets ; but let not those , who are not initiated , laugh at the' confession ; for those figurative Si ^ ns ' and sacred Words , which constitute amongst Freemasons a language '
sometimes mute and sometimes ' eloquent , are only invented to prevent imposition , and to communicate * at ' the greatest distance , and to know the true Member from the salse , of whatever country or tongue he may be . ' ' ' ' ¦ ¦ -... ¦ ¦ Another qualify required by those who enter into the Order of Freemasonry , is the taste for all useful sciences and liberal arts of
all kinds . Thus the decorum' expected fidm ' each of the members is ' a ' work which no Academy norUniversity have sowdl established . The name of Freemason , therefore , ought not to be taken in a lite-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Influence Of Freemasonry On Society
interest , or the natural desire to surpass others in power , first conceived an establishment , whose end was' the re-union of the understanding and th . e heart , to render both better by ' the contact ? ' The sanctity which attends the moral qualities of" th s Society , is the . next branch of the subject worthy ' of obseivatiuii . Religious Orders werejnstituted to render men perfect ChristiansMili
. more ; - tary Orders were founded to inspire the love of glory ; ' hut - . he Order of Freemasonry was instituted to form men into good Citizens and good subjects ; to make them inviolable id their promises , faithful votaries to the God of Friendship , and more lovers of liberality than of recompence . . ... ' . ¦ . .. ...
_ But Freemasonry is not bounded by the display of virtues merely civil . As a severe ,, savage , sorrowful , and misanthropic kind of Philosophy disgusts ' its votaries , so the Establishment under-consideration renders men amiabje , by the . attraction of innocent pleasures , pure joys , and rational gaieties . The sentiments of this Society are not suchas a world which loves ridicule may be tempted to suppose . vice of the head '
Every andhearfis excluded : libertinism , irreligion , incredulitjr , and debauchery , are banished and unqualified . The meetings ^ of the Masons ! ' resemble ' those amiable ' entertainments spoken of by HORACE , where all those are made welcome' guests , whose understandings may be enli ghtened , whose hearts may be mended who be
, or may any way emulous to excel in the true , the good , or . the great . ' '• ' " ' ' ' '¦' " ' ¦'" ' , " ' ' ; ' : 'O noiEtes , ctgnasq-ue Deum . Sermo oritur non de regnis , domibusque . alienis , ; : seel quod magts ad lias Pertinet , et nescire malum , et agitaraus Utrumve cTivitiis homines .
From the Society in question are banished all those disputes which , might alter'the tranquillity of friendshi p ' , ' or interrupt that perfect ¦ harmony which cannot subsist but by rejecting all indecent excesses , and every discordant passion . The obli gation which is imposed upon ' this Order is , that ' each Member is to protect a Brother by his authority ,-to advise him by his abilities , to edify him by his virtues , to assist him in exi
an gence , to sacrifice all personal resentment , and to seek diligently for every thing that may contribute to the pleasure and profit of the Society . ' '' ¦ " . '' , ' True it is , that this Society hath its secrets ; but let not those , who are not initiated , laugh at the' confession ; for those figurative Si ^ ns ' and sacred Words , which constitute amongst Freemasons a language '
sometimes mute and sometimes ' eloquent , are only invented to prevent imposition , and to communicate * at ' the greatest distance , and to know the true Member from the salse , of whatever country or tongue he may be . ' ' ' ' ¦ ¦ -... ¦ ¦ Another qualify required by those who enter into the Order of Freemasonry , is the taste for all useful sciences and liberal arts of
all kinds . Thus the decorum' expected fidm ' each of the members is ' a ' work which no Academy norUniversity have sowdl established . The name of Freemason , therefore , ought not to be taken in a lite-