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Article THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. ← Page 7 of 7 Article TRESSEL-BOARD TO THE BIBLE. Page 1 of 1
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The Freemasons' Repository.
' Honour all men , love the brotherhood , fear God , honour the kino- . ' Carefully avoiding all endless strifes and party contentions , ' as much as possible , live peaceably with all men . ' . _ In these things exercise yourselves to ' make your calling and elec tionsure , ' as well as your societies respectable ; for if ye continue in these thingsyou have the hihest assurance that the truths of the
, g gospel can afford , that , through the merits of Christ , you are not far from the kingdom of God ; ' who is no respecter of persons , but in every nation , he that feareth him , and worketh righteousness , is accepted with him . '
Tressel-Board To The Bible.
TRESSEL-BOARD TO THE BIBLE .
COMPARISON OF THE
AS the Tressel-board ofthe Operative Mason is very properly - * *¦ compared to the Bible , as the guide to the Moral Mason , the observation of Sir William Jones may prove acceptable to our readers . This very learned man , whose attainments place him in the . highest rank of intellectual eminence , after possessing himself of all that the sages and philosophers of all times have said upon the works of Naturewrote the
, following note at the end of his Bible : ' I have regularly and attentively read the Hol y Scriptures , and am of opinion this volume , independent of its divine ori gin , contains more true sublimity , more exquisite beauty , more pure morality , more important history , and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence , than can be collected from all other booksin whatever or
lan-, age guage they may have been composed . The two parts , of which the scriptures consist , are connected by a chain of composition which bear no resemblance in form of style to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian , Persian , or even Arabian learning . . The antiquity of these compositions no man doubts , and the constrained application of them to events long subsequent to their publicationis a solid
, ground of belief that they are genuine productions , and consequently inspired . ' We recommend this admirable passage to all Masons , as well as to certain writers , who are incessantly labouring to overthrow the best constitution , as well as the purest reli gion existing .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Repository.
' Honour all men , love the brotherhood , fear God , honour the kino- . ' Carefully avoiding all endless strifes and party contentions , ' as much as possible , live peaceably with all men . ' . _ In these things exercise yourselves to ' make your calling and elec tionsure , ' as well as your societies respectable ; for if ye continue in these thingsyou have the hihest assurance that the truths of the
, g gospel can afford , that , through the merits of Christ , you are not far from the kingdom of God ; ' who is no respecter of persons , but in every nation , he that feareth him , and worketh righteousness , is accepted with him . '
Tressel-Board To The Bible.
TRESSEL-BOARD TO THE BIBLE .
COMPARISON OF THE
AS the Tressel-board ofthe Operative Mason is very properly - * *¦ compared to the Bible , as the guide to the Moral Mason , the observation of Sir William Jones may prove acceptable to our readers . This very learned man , whose attainments place him in the . highest rank of intellectual eminence , after possessing himself of all that the sages and philosophers of all times have said upon the works of Naturewrote the
, following note at the end of his Bible : ' I have regularly and attentively read the Hol y Scriptures , and am of opinion this volume , independent of its divine ori gin , contains more true sublimity , more exquisite beauty , more pure morality , more important history , and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence , than can be collected from all other booksin whatever or
lan-, age guage they may have been composed . The two parts , of which the scriptures consist , are connected by a chain of composition which bear no resemblance in form of style to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian , Persian , or even Arabian learning . . The antiquity of these compositions no man doubts , and the constrained application of them to events long subsequent to their publicationis a solid
, ground of belief that they are genuine productions , and consequently inspired . ' We recommend this admirable passage to all Masons , as well as to certain writers , who are incessantly labouring to overthrow the best constitution , as well as the purest reli gion existing .