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A Sermon Preached At The Anniversary Grand Provincial Meeting Of Free And Accepted Masons, At West Mailing, In Kent , May 19, 1794.
with one heart and one voice , we shall all readily say , Amen , and Amen . Now to God the Father , God the Son , and God the Holy Ghost , be ascribed , as is most due , all power , mi ght , majesty , and dominion , now and for ever . Amen .
Masonic Precepts, Translated From The German, For The Freemasons' Magazine.
MASONIC PRECEPTS , TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN , FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
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VII . CULTIVATION OF ONE ' SELF . BY making thus the prosperity of mankind the object . of th y labours , do not lose sight of the necessity of forwarding thy own . perfection , and do not neglect the concerns of thy immortal soul . Often unveil and examine thheart to discover its most secret
disy positions : the knowledge of one ' s self is the sum of all Masonic precepts . Thy soul is the rough ashlar which thou must labour and polish ; thou canst not do homage more worthy of the Supreme Being " than -when thou offerest up to him regular desires and inclinations , and restrained passions .
B }* strictness and modesty in thy moral conduct acquire . the esteem of the world . Distinguish thyself by disci pline , rectitude , love of truth , and hu-.. mih ' ty . Pride is the most dangerous enemy of mankind , and . the source of all their evils .
Do not look back to the point from which thou proceedest , this would retard thy career ; let th y eye continually be cast towards the : goal ; the short time of thyjourney will hardly afford thee the hope of , arriving at it . To compare thyself with those that are possessed of inferior faculties , would be a dangerous flattery of thyself ; rather let a virtuous
. emulation animate , thee when thou perceives ! superior talents . Let thy tongue be a faithful interpreter of thy heart . A Mason -who could abandon candour , and hide himself behind the mask of , dissimulation and deceit , would be unworthy to sit amongst us ; he would sow upon our peaceable soil the seed , of distrust and dissention , and soon become the abomination and the scourge of our assemblies . '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Sermon Preached At The Anniversary Grand Provincial Meeting Of Free And Accepted Masons, At West Mailing, In Kent , May 19, 1794.
with one heart and one voice , we shall all readily say , Amen , and Amen . Now to God the Father , God the Son , and God the Holy Ghost , be ascribed , as is most due , all power , mi ght , majesty , and dominion , now and for ever . Amen .
Masonic Precepts, Translated From The German, For The Freemasons' Magazine.
MASONIC PRECEPTS , TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN , FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
( Continuedfrom Page 323 . J
VII . CULTIVATION OF ONE ' SELF . BY making thus the prosperity of mankind the object . of th y labours , do not lose sight of the necessity of forwarding thy own . perfection , and do not neglect the concerns of thy immortal soul . Often unveil and examine thheart to discover its most secret
disy positions : the knowledge of one ' s self is the sum of all Masonic precepts . Thy soul is the rough ashlar which thou must labour and polish ; thou canst not do homage more worthy of the Supreme Being " than -when thou offerest up to him regular desires and inclinations , and restrained passions .
B }* strictness and modesty in thy moral conduct acquire . the esteem of the world . Distinguish thyself by disci pline , rectitude , love of truth , and hu-.. mih ' ty . Pride is the most dangerous enemy of mankind , and . the source of all their evils .
Do not look back to the point from which thou proceedest , this would retard thy career ; let th y eye continually be cast towards the : goal ; the short time of thyjourney will hardly afford thee the hope of , arriving at it . To compare thyself with those that are possessed of inferior faculties , would be a dangerous flattery of thyself ; rather let a virtuous
. emulation animate , thee when thou perceives ! superior talents . Let thy tongue be a faithful interpreter of thy heart . A Mason -who could abandon candour , and hide himself behind the mask of , dissimulation and deceit , would be unworthy to sit amongst us ; he would sow upon our peaceable soil the seed , of distrust and dissention , and soon become the abomination and the scourge of our assemblies . '