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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
" our duty to our neighbours—teaches us to injure him in none " of his connections , and in all our dealings with htm to act with "justice and impartiality : —it discourages defamation ; it bids us " not to circulate any whisper of infamy , approve any hint of sus" pt ' cicn , or publish any failure of conduct : — it orders us to be " faithful to our trusts ; to deceive not him who reiierh upon us ;
" to be above the meanness of dissimulation ; to let the words of our " mouths be the thoughts of our hearts , and whatsoever we promise " religiously to perform . " If these precepts steel the heart , then is Freemasonry to be condemned . With regard to our secrets , they are the cautionary guards and innocent distinctions by which we can discover a brother from an impostor ; and as knowledge must ever be communicated and acquired gradually , to each class amongst us we wisely affix its distinguishing mark . '
No greater proof need be adduced that States have nothing to fear from us , than that " Kings and Rulers of Nations" are Members of this Society , and are its warrhest patrons and protectors . The late Emperor of Germany was initiated into our Order in the White Swan Lodge now held in Norwich , which was convened at Houghton for that purpose . The late King of Prussia was also a Brotherand our Royal and munificent Heir Apparent does not
, think it derogatory to his exalted situation to preside over us , and most graciously did us the honour last year to present the Address of the Grand Lodge of England to the Throne ; in which , after professing our loyalty and fervent attachment to our present Constitution and Government , we declare that " we fraternize for the purpose of "" social intercourse , of mutual assistance , of charity to the distressed , ' f
* and good-will to all ; arid fidelity to a trust , reverence to the lna" g istrate , atid obedience to the laws , " are sculptured in capitals upon the pediment of our institution . CHAPMAN IVES , Master of the Lodge of Unanimity , No . 136 , Coltisball , July 2 S , 1794 , ' ' ¦ .
The Master And Slave.
THE MASTER AND SLAVE .
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE . AMIDST the intoxication of his anger , Usbeck swore he would put an innocent Slave to death . Already his murdering hand , waving over the victim a menacing . scymetar , was going to besprinkle the dust with his blood : ' Strike , inhuman Master ! gratify thy fury , ' said the Slave under the destructive '
, bending steel : ' Thou mavest deprive me of life , use thy power ; but think that , by making me a sacrifice , avenging remorse will rob thee of the two greatest ° sweets of thy existence , esteem of thyself , and peace of mind . '—Usbeck , at length , acknowledged the horror of the intended deed : ' Live , ' replied he ; ' I ain now sensible that happiness ends where crime heBn < : ' NJ ° '
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
" our duty to our neighbours—teaches us to injure him in none " of his connections , and in all our dealings with htm to act with "justice and impartiality : —it discourages defamation ; it bids us " not to circulate any whisper of infamy , approve any hint of sus" pt ' cicn , or publish any failure of conduct : — it orders us to be " faithful to our trusts ; to deceive not him who reiierh upon us ;
" to be above the meanness of dissimulation ; to let the words of our " mouths be the thoughts of our hearts , and whatsoever we promise " religiously to perform . " If these precepts steel the heart , then is Freemasonry to be condemned . With regard to our secrets , they are the cautionary guards and innocent distinctions by which we can discover a brother from an impostor ; and as knowledge must ever be communicated and acquired gradually , to each class amongst us we wisely affix its distinguishing mark . '
No greater proof need be adduced that States have nothing to fear from us , than that " Kings and Rulers of Nations" are Members of this Society , and are its warrhest patrons and protectors . The late Emperor of Germany was initiated into our Order in the White Swan Lodge now held in Norwich , which was convened at Houghton for that purpose . The late King of Prussia was also a Brotherand our Royal and munificent Heir Apparent does not
, think it derogatory to his exalted situation to preside over us , and most graciously did us the honour last year to present the Address of the Grand Lodge of England to the Throne ; in which , after professing our loyalty and fervent attachment to our present Constitution and Government , we declare that " we fraternize for the purpose of "" social intercourse , of mutual assistance , of charity to the distressed , ' f
* and good-will to all ; arid fidelity to a trust , reverence to the lna" g istrate , atid obedience to the laws , " are sculptured in capitals upon the pediment of our institution . CHAPMAN IVES , Master of the Lodge of Unanimity , No . 136 , Coltisball , July 2 S , 1794 , ' ' ¦ .
The Master And Slave.
THE MASTER AND SLAVE .
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE . AMIDST the intoxication of his anger , Usbeck swore he would put an innocent Slave to death . Already his murdering hand , waving over the victim a menacing . scymetar , was going to besprinkle the dust with his blood : ' Strike , inhuman Master ! gratify thy fury , ' said the Slave under the destructive '
, bending steel : ' Thou mavest deprive me of life , use thy power ; but think that , by making me a sacrifice , avenging remorse will rob thee of the two greatest ° sweets of thy existence , esteem of thyself , and peace of mind . '—Usbeck , at length , acknowledged the horror of the intended deed : ' Live , ' replied he ; ' I ain now sensible that happiness ends where crime heBn < : ' NJ ° '