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The Freemasons' 'Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' 'MAGAZINE : OR , GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR OCTOBER 1793 . AN
ADDRESS TO THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , Assembled at a QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , held near Temple-Bar ,
Dec 11 , 173 ; . BY MARTIN CLARE , M . A . J . G . W .
THE chief pleasures of Society , viz . good Conversation , and the consequent Improvements , are rightly presumed , Bre-¦ thren , to be the principal motive of our first entering into , and then of propagating our Craft , wherein those advantages , I am bold to say , may be better met with , than in any Society now inbeing ; provided we are not wanting to ourselvesand will but
, consider , that the Basis of our Order is indissoluble Friendship and the Cement of it Unanimity and Brotherl y Love . That these may always subsist in this Society , is the sincere desire of every worthy Brother ; and , that they may do so in full perfection here , give me leave to Jay before you a few observations , wherein are pointed out . those things , which are the most likely
to discompose the harmony of Conversation , especially when it turns upon controverted points . It is , Brethren , a very delicate thing to interest one ' s self in a dispute , and yet preserve the decorum due to the occasion . To assist us a little in this matter , is the subject of what I have , at present , to offer to your consideration ; and I doubt not , but the bare mention of what may be disagreeable irj-3 A
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' 'Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' 'MAGAZINE : OR , GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR OCTOBER 1793 . AN
ADDRESS TO THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , Assembled at a QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , held near Temple-Bar ,
Dec 11 , 173 ; . BY MARTIN CLARE , M . A . J . G . W .
THE chief pleasures of Society , viz . good Conversation , and the consequent Improvements , are rightly presumed , Bre-¦ thren , to be the principal motive of our first entering into , and then of propagating our Craft , wherein those advantages , I am bold to say , may be better met with , than in any Society now inbeing ; provided we are not wanting to ourselvesand will but
, consider , that the Basis of our Order is indissoluble Friendship and the Cement of it Unanimity and Brotherl y Love . That these may always subsist in this Society , is the sincere desire of every worthy Brother ; and , that they may do so in full perfection here , give me leave to Jay before you a few observations , wherein are pointed out . those things , which are the most likely
to discompose the harmony of Conversation , especially when it turns upon controverted points . It is , Brethren , a very delicate thing to interest one ' s self in a dispute , and yet preserve the decorum due to the occasion . To assist us a little in this matter , is the subject of what I have , at present , to offer to your consideration ; and I doubt not , but the bare mention of what may be disagreeable irj-3 A