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Article MASONIC ODE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ON THE EPICUREAN, STOIC, AND CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY. Page 1 of 1 Article ATHEISM Page 1 of 1
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Masonic Ode.
Blest be the man , and blest he is , who bears With virtuouspride a Mason ' s sacred name ; And may each Brother , who the blessing shares , Enrich the list of Fame . Blest Masonry ! Thou Art sublimely free ! Heav ' n bids thy happy sons , and they thy worth proclaim "With loud assent I their cheerful voices raise
, Their great , immortal Masonry to praise . Hail ! inspiring Masonry , & c . The tow ' r sky-pointing , and the dome sublime-, Rais'd by thy mystic rules and forming pow ' r , Shall long withstand the iron tooth of Time , Yetstill their fall is sure : But Masonry ,
The Art sublimely free , Founded by God himself , thro' time shall firm endure . Still shall its sons their grateful voices raise , And jo 3 'ful sound their Great Grand Master ' s praise . At thy shrine , O Masonry ! Shall admiring nations bend . - In future times thy sons shall see Thy fame from pole to pole extend . To worlds unknown thy heav ' n-born Light dispense , And Systems own thy sacred influence .
On The Epicurean, Stoic, And Christian Philosophy.
ON THE EPICUREAN , STOIC , AND CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY .
THRE E diff ' rent schemes Philosophers assign ; A Chance , a Fate , a Providence divine : Which to embrace of these three sev'ral views , Methinks , it is not difficult to chuse . For first ; what wisdom , or what sense to cry Things happen as they do—we know not why ? Or howare we advar . c'donejotto know
, , When things once are—that they must needs be so ? To see such order , and yet own no laws ; Feel such effects , and yet confess no cause ; What can be more extravagant and odd ? Pie only reasons , who believes a GOD . 13 .
Atheism
ATHEISM
THE ONLY GROUND OF DISCONTENT . IF reason does each private person bind , To seek the . public welfare of mankind ; If this bejustice , and the sacred law , That guards the good , and keeps the bad in awe ; If this great law but op ' rates to fulfil One vast Almighty Being ' s righteous will ;
And if he only , as we all maintain , Does all things rule , ' and all events ordain ; Then reason binds each private man t'assent , That none but Atheists can be discontent .
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Masonic Ode.
Blest be the man , and blest he is , who bears With virtuouspride a Mason ' s sacred name ; And may each Brother , who the blessing shares , Enrich the list of Fame . Blest Masonry ! Thou Art sublimely free ! Heav ' n bids thy happy sons , and they thy worth proclaim "With loud assent I their cheerful voices raise
, Their great , immortal Masonry to praise . Hail ! inspiring Masonry , & c . The tow ' r sky-pointing , and the dome sublime-, Rais'd by thy mystic rules and forming pow ' r , Shall long withstand the iron tooth of Time , Yetstill their fall is sure : But Masonry ,
The Art sublimely free , Founded by God himself , thro' time shall firm endure . Still shall its sons their grateful voices raise , And jo 3 'ful sound their Great Grand Master ' s praise . At thy shrine , O Masonry ! Shall admiring nations bend . - In future times thy sons shall see Thy fame from pole to pole extend . To worlds unknown thy heav ' n-born Light dispense , And Systems own thy sacred influence .
On The Epicurean, Stoic, And Christian Philosophy.
ON THE EPICUREAN , STOIC , AND CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY .
THRE E diff ' rent schemes Philosophers assign ; A Chance , a Fate , a Providence divine : Which to embrace of these three sev'ral views , Methinks , it is not difficult to chuse . For first ; what wisdom , or what sense to cry Things happen as they do—we know not why ? Or howare we advar . c'donejotto know
, , When things once are—that they must needs be so ? To see such order , and yet own no laws ; Feel such effects , and yet confess no cause ; What can be more extravagant and odd ? Pie only reasons , who believes a GOD . 13 .
Atheism
ATHEISM
THE ONLY GROUND OF DISCONTENT . IF reason does each private person bind , To seek the . public welfare of mankind ; If this bejustice , and the sacred law , That guards the good , and keeps the bad in awe ; If this great law but op ' rates to fulfil One vast Almighty Being ' s righteous will ;
And if he only , as we all maintain , Does all things rule , ' and all events ordain ; Then reason binds each private man t'assent , That none but Atheists can be discontent .