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United States.
best wishes for the honour , happiness , and prosperity of the members of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts . " GEORGE WASHINGTON . " For want of information , we are here compelled to close our account of Masonry in Massachusetts .
Extract From An Oration,
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION ,
DELIVERED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST , IN . THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEWCASTLE , KENTUCKY , DEC . 27 , A . L . 5833 . If the princip les of Masonry sometimes lose their moral influence in the formation of a character , yet her powerful check never passes unnoticed by the Mason , however abandoned .
Where , say those who have never been initiated into the mysteries of our order , where have you evidence of this ? And are we unable to produce it ? Have we no witnesses to introduce which will justify this remark ? Truly we have . And though we have but few , they speak with an emphasis which must be heard . We will point you then , to yonder proud ship—proudly clashing along the waves of the
ocean—now boarded by a crew of unconscious pirates bent on plunder , rapine , and the spilling of innocent blood . In the midst of this scene of consternation , the mystic-sign is given—it is seen and understood by a heart already swollen with the pride of this new and valuable conquest—in a moment the arm of the pirate is unnerved—Iris spirit of avarice is overcome by the force of Masonic obligation , and the ship is permitted to sail on in the track pointed out by her pilot , without
fear of danger . We would point you to the field of battle . See the young American officer leading his little-band of patriots . Instantly they are attacked by a party of British and Indians , and officers and men are borne along the current of retreat ! Burning with shame , and almost suffocated with rage , the officer makes an unsuccessful attempt to lead
the few remaining of his men back to the scene of strife . At this moment he is seen prostrate , severely wounded , and deserted , for the few who had returned to the action now lie lifeless by his side . I will not attempt to describe his feelings , —he raised himself to a sitting posture . While the savage's rude hand was entwined in his victim ' s hair and the knife did its office—his eye wandered from the senseless body before
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United States.
best wishes for the honour , happiness , and prosperity of the members of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts . " GEORGE WASHINGTON . " For want of information , we are here compelled to close our account of Masonry in Massachusetts .
Extract From An Oration,
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION ,
DELIVERED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST , IN . THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEWCASTLE , KENTUCKY , DEC . 27 , A . L . 5833 . If the princip les of Masonry sometimes lose their moral influence in the formation of a character , yet her powerful check never passes unnoticed by the Mason , however abandoned .
Where , say those who have never been initiated into the mysteries of our order , where have you evidence of this ? And are we unable to produce it ? Have we no witnesses to introduce which will justify this remark ? Truly we have . And though we have but few , they speak with an emphasis which must be heard . We will point you then , to yonder proud ship—proudly clashing along the waves of the
ocean—now boarded by a crew of unconscious pirates bent on plunder , rapine , and the spilling of innocent blood . In the midst of this scene of consternation , the mystic-sign is given—it is seen and understood by a heart already swollen with the pride of this new and valuable conquest—in a moment the arm of the pirate is unnerved—Iris spirit of avarice is overcome by the force of Masonic obligation , and the ship is permitted to sail on in the track pointed out by her pilot , without
fear of danger . We would point you to the field of battle . See the young American officer leading his little-band of patriots . Instantly they are attacked by a party of British and Indians , and officers and men are borne along the current of retreat ! Burning with shame , and almost suffocated with rage , the officer makes an unsuccessful attempt to lead
the few remaining of his men back to the scene of strife . At this moment he is seen prostrate , severely wounded , and deserted , for the few who had returned to the action now lie lifeless by his side . I will not attempt to describe his feelings , —he raised himself to a sitting posture . While the savage's rude hand was entwined in his victim ' s hair and the knife did its office—his eye wandered from the senseless body before