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The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
portunities , not only to one another , but to all our fellow-creatures ., in public obedience to the laws of God , and the manifestation of the social duties we profess . Let each man , then , in every such department , study his usefulness ; not to recline himself , in a round of selfish pleasures , or associate for the purpose of eating and drinking , without first paying a peculiar regard to the greater business of mankindand to the use of our faculties as reasonable beings . -
, There is not a more evident duty incumbent upon us , than to return the kindness we receive , and to be intent-in furthering the interest of those , who have been employed in promoting ours . Outclaim , as well as our dependency , on one ^ anolljer is mutual . There is none so low , as not to be in a capacity to assist the highest ; nor any so high , as not to want the assistance of the lowest in the chain
. of life by which we are linked together . We should be always desirous of entertaining each other with social , virtuous , and cheerful sentiments , showing gladness when we meet , and ever meet united . Our conversation should be , the true knowledge and im ~ . provement of our respective sciences , secrets , and mysteries , for in knowledge we shall find heavenly truths . None ofus » should bring with him any seed of ' party-contention , or immature dull prepossession . —» We should preserve a modest and subordinate respect to those endowed with hi gher abilities , and superior knowledge in the
business of life . No man should then attempt to betray his judgment beyond his capacity , of whatever rank he may be in appearance ; and let him that accompanies his superior , think himself honoured , without assuming . . Should he be carried among the brightness of the stars , let him carefully keep the milky path ; the humiliation of the one requires the subjection of the other , which , when thus mutually practisedwill establish the golden mean to that unerring
, state of tranquillity , a contented and peaceable mind . Happiness is every man ' s own acquisition ; it cannot be purchased or assigned , and , without a proper , stimulus in the breast , there ' s no pursuing or attaining it : It flows from the heart only , where virtue and a good conscience inhabit ; and when formed thereit is productive of social uprightness and rectitude .
, Let us call on the great God , the divine author of this and every perfect g ift , and the wise disposer of all events , to adorn us respectively with this jewel , and all other materials , if he thinks it ri ght and meet so to do , to incorporate our hearts with unity , love , strength , and wisdom , to conduct , contrive , and support the establishing of the Free-Masons' Temple of Charityand let it be
, adorned with this frontispiece : " CHAHITY , sitting in her ivory chair , with a crown of brilliants on her head , extending her hands over the globe , with Britannia by her , as her maid of honour .
" The Globe presented to her by our illustrious King George the Third ; with Earl Ferrers supporting it , holding a compass upon it , as emblems of British universal Charity , of the greatest kings and of the first grand master of Masons in the world . "
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The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
portunities , not only to one another , but to all our fellow-creatures ., in public obedience to the laws of God , and the manifestation of the social duties we profess . Let each man , then , in every such department , study his usefulness ; not to recline himself , in a round of selfish pleasures , or associate for the purpose of eating and drinking , without first paying a peculiar regard to the greater business of mankindand to the use of our faculties as reasonable beings . -
, There is not a more evident duty incumbent upon us , than to return the kindness we receive , and to be intent-in furthering the interest of those , who have been employed in promoting ours . Outclaim , as well as our dependency , on one ^ anolljer is mutual . There is none so low , as not to be in a capacity to assist the highest ; nor any so high , as not to want the assistance of the lowest in the chain
. of life by which we are linked together . We should be always desirous of entertaining each other with social , virtuous , and cheerful sentiments , showing gladness when we meet , and ever meet united . Our conversation should be , the true knowledge and im ~ . provement of our respective sciences , secrets , and mysteries , for in knowledge we shall find heavenly truths . None ofus » should bring with him any seed of ' party-contention , or immature dull prepossession . —» We should preserve a modest and subordinate respect to those endowed with hi gher abilities , and superior knowledge in the
business of life . No man should then attempt to betray his judgment beyond his capacity , of whatever rank he may be in appearance ; and let him that accompanies his superior , think himself honoured , without assuming . . Should he be carried among the brightness of the stars , let him carefully keep the milky path ; the humiliation of the one requires the subjection of the other , which , when thus mutually practisedwill establish the golden mean to that unerring
, state of tranquillity , a contented and peaceable mind . Happiness is every man ' s own acquisition ; it cannot be purchased or assigned , and , without a proper , stimulus in the breast , there ' s no pursuing or attaining it : It flows from the heart only , where virtue and a good conscience inhabit ; and when formed thereit is productive of social uprightness and rectitude .
, Let us call on the great God , the divine author of this and every perfect g ift , and the wise disposer of all events , to adorn us respectively with this jewel , and all other materials , if he thinks it ri ght and meet so to do , to incorporate our hearts with unity , love , strength , and wisdom , to conduct , contrive , and support the establishing of the Free-Masons' Temple of Charityand let it be
, adorned with this frontispiece : " CHAHITY , sitting in her ivory chair , with a crown of brilliants on her head , extending her hands over the globe , with Britannia by her , as her maid of honour .
" The Globe presented to her by our illustrious King George the Third ; with Earl Ferrers supporting it , holding a compass upon it , as emblems of British universal Charity , of the greatest kings and of the first grand master of Masons in the world . "