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The Freemasons' Repository .
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
A DISC OUR SE , DELIVERED BEFORE THE LODGE OF AMITY , PRESTON , BY THE . REV . BROTHER PI . SHUTTLEWORTH , M . A .
¦ VICAR OF KIIIKIIAM , LANCASHIRE . ' LOVE . AS BItETIIItEV . ' PET . iii . 8 .
IN nothing is the Divine goodness to us more evidently exhibited , than in the nature and tendency of those laws which God hasbeen pleased to prescribe " for the regulation of our conduft ; thereby clearly evincing a serious regard , and provident care for our welfare ; exercising his soverei gnty , not for his pleasure , but for our profit and lasting benefit ; displaying more of his loving kindness towards usthan of his dominion over us . This truth stands irrefragably
con-, firmed , when we consider that universal and indispensable law of charity and goocl-will to each other , by which all men are obliged ; which the relation we bear to God and to each other , as created and dependent beings , plainly evinces ; which the revealed word of truth repeatedly enjoins ; and which the precepts Ofthe gospel still more strictl demand of us and that to a greater extent and degree
y ; ,, as the badge of our discipleship ; to prove ourselves sincere followers of him , who manifested his love to us in the most affecting and convincing manner , by laying down his life for us . ' By this , ' saith our Saviour , ' shall all men know that ye are my disciples , if ye love one Mother . ' . . '
It is indeed sufficiently evident , that , as the Almighty made allnations of men of one blood , our obligations to brotherly , affection extend to all mankind . It is one ofthe strongest propensities of our nature , by the original constitution of which men are so framed , and situated , that they inevitably stand in need of each other ' s assistance ror their mutual support and preservation : with difficulty can they subsist still less
; , can they become possessed of any of the comforts ,, or onveniencies of life , in a solitary or independent condition ; but are manifestl y calculated to live in societies , whereof friendship and brotherly love , cherished and maintained by a mutual exchange of good offices , are the bond and cement . This is obvious to the most careless observer ; in this respeft all men stand upon the same level ; and being moved by the same views , wishes , and demands , all are b y "ature disposed to feel the distresses of their fellow-creatures , arising 'torn the unequal allotment of good and evil in the world , where the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Repository .
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY .
A DISC OUR SE , DELIVERED BEFORE THE LODGE OF AMITY , PRESTON , BY THE . REV . BROTHER PI . SHUTTLEWORTH , M . A .
¦ VICAR OF KIIIKIIAM , LANCASHIRE . ' LOVE . AS BItETIIItEV . ' PET . iii . 8 .
IN nothing is the Divine goodness to us more evidently exhibited , than in the nature and tendency of those laws which God hasbeen pleased to prescribe " for the regulation of our conduft ; thereby clearly evincing a serious regard , and provident care for our welfare ; exercising his soverei gnty , not for his pleasure , but for our profit and lasting benefit ; displaying more of his loving kindness towards usthan of his dominion over us . This truth stands irrefragably
con-, firmed , when we consider that universal and indispensable law of charity and goocl-will to each other , by which all men are obliged ; which the relation we bear to God and to each other , as created and dependent beings , plainly evinces ; which the revealed word of truth repeatedly enjoins ; and which the precepts Ofthe gospel still more strictl demand of us and that to a greater extent and degree
y ; ,, as the badge of our discipleship ; to prove ourselves sincere followers of him , who manifested his love to us in the most affecting and convincing manner , by laying down his life for us . ' By this , ' saith our Saviour , ' shall all men know that ye are my disciples , if ye love one Mother . ' . . '
It is indeed sufficiently evident , that , as the Almighty made allnations of men of one blood , our obligations to brotherly , affection extend to all mankind . It is one ofthe strongest propensities of our nature , by the original constitution of which men are so framed , and situated , that they inevitably stand in need of each other ' s assistance ror their mutual support and preservation : with difficulty can they subsist still less
; , can they become possessed of any of the comforts ,, or onveniencies of life , in a solitary or independent condition ; but are manifestl y calculated to live in societies , whereof friendship and brotherly love , cherished and maintained by a mutual exchange of good offices , are the bond and cement . This is obvious to the most careless observer ; in this respeft all men stand upon the same level ; and being moved by the same views , wishes , and demands , all are b y "ature disposed to feel the distresses of their fellow-creatures , arising 'torn the unequal allotment of good and evil in the world , where the