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The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE : OR , GENERAL and COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR NOVEMBER 1 793 .
A VINDICATION . OF MASONRY AND ITS EXCELLENCY DEMONSTRA TED ,
In a Discourse at the Consecration of the Lodge of VERNON KIZ , « WINNING , on May 15 , 1741 .
BY CHARLES LESLIE , M . A ,
IF a man was placed 111 a beautiful garden , on a calm survey 01 its rich collection , would not his mind be affected with the most exquisite delight ? The groves , the grottos , the artful wilds , the whole variegated scene , would sensibly strike him ; the flowery parterres , the opening vistos , the big cascades , or the softer murmurs of the falling streamsall would inspire his soul with ideas
* grand and great ; but especially ,, when he observed the order , the nice symmetry , and beautiful disposition of the whole ; when he saw how every part , though seemingly complete in itself , yet re * fleeted surprising and new beauties on the other , so that nothing could be wanting to make one beautiful whole . A view of this ; would naturally lead him to admire the design , though human , and
raise something more than common veneration to the happy genius of liim who contrived it . The wise man finds it exactly after this manner , on a calm sur- > vey of nature ; complacency and the best delight attend his searches ; delights which can never cloy , and are ever new . Nature is an Unexhausted scene , in every part of which divinity and wisdom ap ~ pears . The scenes which she displays are indeed too large for a 3 L
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 NOVEMBER 1 793 .
A VINDICATION . OF MASONRY AND ITS EXCELLENCY DEMONSTRA TED ,
In a Discourse at the Consecration of the Lodge of VERNON KIZ , « WINNING , on May 15 , 1741 .
BY CHARLES LESLIE , M . A ,
IF a man was placed 111 a beautiful garden , on a calm survey 01 its rich collection , would not his mind be affected with the most exquisite delight ? The groves , the grottos , the artful wilds , the whole variegated scene , would sensibly strike him ; the flowery parterres , the opening vistos , the big cascades , or the softer murmurs of the falling streamsall would inspire his soul with ideas
* grand and great ; but especially ,, when he observed the order , the nice symmetry , and beautiful disposition of the whole ; when he saw how every part , though seemingly complete in itself , yet re * fleeted surprising and new beauties on the other , so that nothing could be wanting to make one beautiful whole . A view of this ; would naturally lead him to admire the design , though human , and
raise something more than common veneration to the happy genius of liim who contrived it . The wise man finds it exactly after this manner , on a calm sur- > vey of nature ; complacency and the best delight attend his searches ; delights which can never cloy , and are ever new . Nature is an Unexhausted scene , in every part of which divinity and wisdom ap ~ pears . The scenes which she displays are indeed too large for a 3 L