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The Freemasons' Repository.
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
BROTHER MONKHOUSE'S SERMOA-. Ucosri . rni-n rnoM OUR LAST . ] ' E have already had occasion to notice a part of our ReverenI which it is built will
W Brother ' s sermon , and the good sense upon , it is presumed , justify us in making" the following quotation on the benevolence ofthe Masonic Character . ' Fearless , I appeal to the experience and observation ofmanknd for most honourable testimony to the beneficial effects of your wiae the individualswhere
spreading and most ancient order . Where are , any aggregate bodies of men , who have better—more uniformly exemplified in all their conduft this loveliest of all evangelical graces ? Who shall better personify , on the great stage of life , the virtues bf the good Samaritan , than the true and faithful brother of the craft?—It is for Masonry , in the genuine and comprehensive spirit ot christian philanthropy , to forget ( after a peculiar manner ) all distinctions , local , political , ' or religious , when a brother is in distress .
The wants ofthe Mason are often supp lied ; tlie Horrors of nis captivity not infrequently softened , and even terminated , in conjunctures , where but for this consideration the man mig ht have been consigned to additional pain , and aggravated calamity . Whether he be Jew , or Turk , or Infidel , or Pleretic—of whatever clime , of whatever complexion—it is for Freemasonry to commiserate his misfortunes ; to utmost the sufferings
administer to the necessities , and alleviate to the of a poor brother . In few words ; as its language is , so is its benevolence;—prompt and universal . * . ' Vast and magnificentas was the glorious temple limit by the wise and p ious Solomon for the reception ofthe Great Architect of heaven and earth , there is a building in theb ' reast of every trueand tauhful brother , in which it rather pleaseth the Almig hty to dwell . A Mason s heartfounded , constructed , and enlarged on true Masonic principles—is a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Repository.
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
BROTHER MONKHOUSE'S SERMOA-. Ucosri . rni-n rnoM OUR LAST . ] ' E have already had occasion to notice a part of our ReverenI which it is built will
W Brother ' s sermon , and the good sense upon , it is presumed , justify us in making" the following quotation on the benevolence ofthe Masonic Character . ' Fearless , I appeal to the experience and observation ofmanknd for most honourable testimony to the beneficial effects of your wiae the individualswhere
spreading and most ancient order . Where are , any aggregate bodies of men , who have better—more uniformly exemplified in all their conduft this loveliest of all evangelical graces ? Who shall better personify , on the great stage of life , the virtues bf the good Samaritan , than the true and faithful brother of the craft?—It is for Masonry , in the genuine and comprehensive spirit ot christian philanthropy , to forget ( after a peculiar manner ) all distinctions , local , political , ' or religious , when a brother is in distress .
The wants ofthe Mason are often supp lied ; tlie Horrors of nis captivity not infrequently softened , and even terminated , in conjunctures , where but for this consideration the man mig ht have been consigned to additional pain , and aggravated calamity . Whether he be Jew , or Turk , or Infidel , or Pleretic—of whatever clime , of whatever complexion—it is for Freemasonry to commiserate his misfortunes ; to utmost the sufferings
administer to the necessities , and alleviate to the of a poor brother . In few words ; as its language is , so is its benevolence;—prompt and universal . * . ' Vast and magnificentas was the glorious temple limit by the wise and p ious Solomon for the reception ofthe Great Architect of heaven and earth , there is a building in theb ' reast of every trueand tauhful brother , in which it rather pleaseth the Almig hty to dwell . A Mason s heartfounded , constructed , and enlarged on true Masonic principles—is a