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    Article THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.

It is with undissembled veneration that we turn our eyes to our beloved and Most Worshipful Brother * who , by our unanimous suffrages , is placed at the head of this ancient Fraternity . Respected for his native benevolence , endeared to us by an uniformity of conduct in his various Offices , and distinguished by the experience of threescore years and ten . May he still continue a burning and shining

light a . ourrcl the Masonic altar . May each declining moment be illuminated by the rays of respectability and honour , and , finallv , may he " be transmitted from the fading honours of an earthly Lodge to ' the mansions" ofthe blessed . Having thus given a general sketch of the origin and progress of Freemasonry , and divested it of every useless disguisewe beg leave

, to remark , that its design is , 'to promote the " most diffusive benevolence , and universal virtue , " by cherishing the grand principles of brotherly affection and sincerity . By a cheerful aid in support of the government under which we are protected ; and by a disinterested display of that charity which consists in giving of our abundance to the relief of the necessitous , and wiping the tear of sorrow from the

disconsolate eye . But it may be asked , if the exercise of these amiable qualities are peculiar to the Fraternity ; and if their practices and general deportment correspond with the precepts of their Institution . We readil y answer in the negative , and we lament our lukewarmness and depravity . But if every extensive society is to be censured for a departure from the strict rules of proprietyor for the misconduct of some

, of its members , where would this principle lead us ? And would it not even extend to the professors of those sacred doctrines and pre-r cepts 'instituted by that all-wise and beneficent Architect , who knowetb our frame , and rememberetb that we are dust ? To counteract the tendency of illiberal andinjurious suggestions , and to excite a laudable emulation in our own breastsit has been common

, to mention the exertions of those Brethren who have shone conspicuous in the various departments of life . But we need not go back to tire Mosaic history for instances of patriotism , benevolence , and philanthropy ; nor will . we on this auspicious occasion repair to the sepulchres of our illustrious fellow-citizens ; for while a Noah , a Solomon \ , a Warren 1

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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 1
A CHARGE Article 8
A SHORT SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY Article 13
ANECDOTES OF BENSERADE. Article 18
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS Article 19
TO THE READER. Article 19
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 27
OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE FEMALE CHARACTER ON THE MANNERS OF MEN. Article 27
FEMALE CHARACTER Article 33
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 37
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ROBERSPIERRE. Article 39
A GENUINE LETTER Article 49
SURPRISING ANECDOTE OF A BLIND MAN. Article 50
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. Article 51
MASONIC TOKENS. Article 54
ANECDOTES OF MOLIERE. Article 55
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 59
POETRY. Article 61
SONG INSCRIBED TO DELIA. Article 63
THE CANDLESTICK, Article 63
THE FAREWELL. Article 64
TEMPERANCE. Article 65
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS Article 66
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 67
OF LOVE. Article 67
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 68
PROMOTIONS. Article 76
Untitled Article 76
Untitled Article 77
BANKRUPTS. Article 78
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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.

It is with undissembled veneration that we turn our eyes to our beloved and Most Worshipful Brother * who , by our unanimous suffrages , is placed at the head of this ancient Fraternity . Respected for his native benevolence , endeared to us by an uniformity of conduct in his various Offices , and distinguished by the experience of threescore years and ten . May he still continue a burning and shining

light a . ourrcl the Masonic altar . May each declining moment be illuminated by the rays of respectability and honour , and , finallv , may he " be transmitted from the fading honours of an earthly Lodge to ' the mansions" ofthe blessed . Having thus given a general sketch of the origin and progress of Freemasonry , and divested it of every useless disguisewe beg leave

, to remark , that its design is , 'to promote the " most diffusive benevolence , and universal virtue , " by cherishing the grand principles of brotherly affection and sincerity . By a cheerful aid in support of the government under which we are protected ; and by a disinterested display of that charity which consists in giving of our abundance to the relief of the necessitous , and wiping the tear of sorrow from the

disconsolate eye . But it may be asked , if the exercise of these amiable qualities are peculiar to the Fraternity ; and if their practices and general deportment correspond with the precepts of their Institution . We readil y answer in the negative , and we lament our lukewarmness and depravity . But if every extensive society is to be censured for a departure from the strict rules of proprietyor for the misconduct of some

, of its members , where would this principle lead us ? And would it not even extend to the professors of those sacred doctrines and pre-r cepts 'instituted by that all-wise and beneficent Architect , who knowetb our frame , and rememberetb that we are dust ? To counteract the tendency of illiberal andinjurious suggestions , and to excite a laudable emulation in our own breastsit has been common

, to mention the exertions of those Brethren who have shone conspicuous in the various departments of life . But we need not go back to tire Mosaic history for instances of patriotism , benevolence , and philanthropy ; nor will . we on this auspicious occasion repair to the sepulchres of our illustrious fellow-citizens ; for while a Noah , a Solomon \ , a Warren 1

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