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A General Charge To Masonry.
mischief : so should ever * - -pri ght Mason from such perilous false brethren . There is one essential property which belongs to our Craft , which had like to have slipped me , and which , however condemned , is highly worthy of applause ; and that is , Secresy . All that should be disclosed of a Lodge , is this , that , in our meetings we are all good-naturedlovingand cheerfulone with another .
, , , But what are these Secrets ? Why , if a brother in necessity seeks relief , it is an inviolable secret , because true Charity vauntetb not itself . If an overtaken brother be admonished , it is in secret ; because Charity'is kind . If possibly little differences , feuds , or animosities , should invade . our peaceful walls , they are still kept secret ; for Charity sttff ' ereth longis not easy provokedthinketh no evil . —These
, , and many more ( would time permit ) , which I could name , are the embellishments that emblazon the Masons' escutcheon . And as a further ornament , let us add that aromatic sprig of cassia , of letting our lia-bl so shine , before men , that they may see our good works ; and thai ¦ whereas they speak against us as evil doers , they may by our good works , which they shall behold , glorify God .
A Charge
A CHARGE
DELIVERED AT A MASTERS MEETING OF THS ROMAN EAGLE LODGE , EDINBURGH ,
ON MONDAY , APRIL 22 , M D CC XCIII .. BY EDWARD COLLIS , M . M . t . , . , — . * ,,.,., ,-. - „ - SOSCOKDIA YAsym nis CHESCUHT ; DISCORBIA MAXCILI DILABUNTO S . Sal .
MY BRETHREN , E | EFORE we enter into the cause or motive of the first insti-)) tution of FREE MASONRY , it is necessary , in some measure , to shew the excellency of Secrecy , and with what great care it is to be kept .
Crte of the principal parts that makes a man accounted wise , is his intelligent strength and ability to cover and conceal such honest secrets as are committed to him , as well as his own serious affairs . And whoever peruses sacred and profane history , will find a great number of virtiious attempts ( in peace and war ) , that never reached their designed ends , but were defeated , only through defect of secret
cone * alraent ; a / id yet , besides such unhappy prevention , infinite evils have thereby ensued . 1
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A General Charge To Masonry.
mischief : so should ever * - -pri ght Mason from such perilous false brethren . There is one essential property which belongs to our Craft , which had like to have slipped me , and which , however condemned , is highly worthy of applause ; and that is , Secresy . All that should be disclosed of a Lodge , is this , that , in our meetings we are all good-naturedlovingand cheerfulone with another .
, , , But what are these Secrets ? Why , if a brother in necessity seeks relief , it is an inviolable secret , because true Charity vauntetb not itself . If an overtaken brother be admonished , it is in secret ; because Charity'is kind . If possibly little differences , feuds , or animosities , should invade . our peaceful walls , they are still kept secret ; for Charity sttff ' ereth longis not easy provokedthinketh no evil . —These
, , and many more ( would time permit ) , which I could name , are the embellishments that emblazon the Masons' escutcheon . And as a further ornament , let us add that aromatic sprig of cassia , of letting our lia-bl so shine , before men , that they may see our good works ; and thai ¦ whereas they speak against us as evil doers , they may by our good works , which they shall behold , glorify God .
A Charge
A CHARGE
DELIVERED AT A MASTERS MEETING OF THS ROMAN EAGLE LODGE , EDINBURGH ,
ON MONDAY , APRIL 22 , M D CC XCIII .. BY EDWARD COLLIS , M . M . t . , . , — . * ,,.,., ,-. - „ - SOSCOKDIA YAsym nis CHESCUHT ; DISCORBIA MAXCILI DILABUNTO S . Sal .
MY BRETHREN , E | EFORE we enter into the cause or motive of the first insti-)) tution of FREE MASONRY , it is necessary , in some measure , to shew the excellency of Secrecy , and with what great care it is to be kept .
Crte of the principal parts that makes a man accounted wise , is his intelligent strength and ability to cover and conceal such honest secrets as are committed to him , as well as his own serious affairs . And whoever peruses sacred and profane history , will find a great number of virtiious attempts ( in peace and war ) , that never reached their designed ends , but were defeated , only through defect of secret
cone * alraent ; a / id yet , besides such unhappy prevention , infinite evils have thereby ensued . 1