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Article FREEMASONRY VINDICATED, ← Page 3 of 6 →
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Freemasonry Vindicated,
But the passions of man have stifled this sacred Voice . Selfishness—dark corroding Selfishness—sacrificed every nobler sentiment to the quenchless thirst of gain ; while cruel Ambition on the one hand , and Fanaticism on the other , irritated his soul , kindled the torch of hatred and discord , fomented envy , revenge ,
fury , and every malignant propensity ; and , thus disturbed , desolated and subverted whole families , cities , provinces , and empires . The sweetest of all sentiments—that to which the Almighty , entrusting His creative' power , has given the mission of perpetuating His noblest work and of uniting the human race , —too often trails with it SusjDieion and Jealousy , too often is the cause of
every . The sacred love for our native Land , which so strongly binds the sons ofthe same country , has often made them mortal enemies to those whose destiny was to tread a different soil , as if the union of the one was founded on their reciprocal enmity against the others .
Selfishness , Ambition , and Ignorance too fatally preceded dissention and vice . The holier sentiment of adoration to Heaven wandered at several epochs in the maze of Superstition and Fanaticism , during which time funeral p iles were kindled ; the murderous dagger committed assassinations ; appalling massacres took p lace ; cities were destroyed , and the earth teemed with human
blood—that very earth wherein it was intended to bring but peace , charity , comfort , and hope . But in the midst of these elements of discord and woes , which at all times agitated and afflicted the whole world , FREEMASONRY awoke from its slumber—its noble aim was to rally all men , of every country , of every rank , of every principle , and of every
creed , under the sacred standard of concord and friendship , of universal benevolence . To restore to man his moral energy , his dignity , and his liberty ; to afford him a safe asylum against the storms that disturb and contaminate man . In those dark ages when Ignorance spread incense over altars defiled with deified Vice , when Incest , Adultery , and Murder
were placed on the throne of the universe , when superstitious Ambition framed gods of flesh and blood , appropriating to them its own atrocious passions , and when Fanaticism sacrificed human victims in the name of irritated Heaven , FREEMASONRY still preserved its bumble fanes , wherein a pure incense was offered to vol . i . M M
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry Vindicated,
But the passions of man have stifled this sacred Voice . Selfishness—dark corroding Selfishness—sacrificed every nobler sentiment to the quenchless thirst of gain ; while cruel Ambition on the one hand , and Fanaticism on the other , irritated his soul , kindled the torch of hatred and discord , fomented envy , revenge ,
fury , and every malignant propensity ; and , thus disturbed , desolated and subverted whole families , cities , provinces , and empires . The sweetest of all sentiments—that to which the Almighty , entrusting His creative' power , has given the mission of perpetuating His noblest work and of uniting the human race , —too often trails with it SusjDieion and Jealousy , too often is the cause of
every . The sacred love for our native Land , which so strongly binds the sons ofthe same country , has often made them mortal enemies to those whose destiny was to tread a different soil , as if the union of the one was founded on their reciprocal enmity against the others .
Selfishness , Ambition , and Ignorance too fatally preceded dissention and vice . The holier sentiment of adoration to Heaven wandered at several epochs in the maze of Superstition and Fanaticism , during which time funeral p iles were kindled ; the murderous dagger committed assassinations ; appalling massacres took p lace ; cities were destroyed , and the earth teemed with human
blood—that very earth wherein it was intended to bring but peace , charity , comfort , and hope . But in the midst of these elements of discord and woes , which at all times agitated and afflicted the whole world , FREEMASONRY awoke from its slumber—its noble aim was to rally all men , of every country , of every rank , of every principle , and of every
creed , under the sacred standard of concord and friendship , of universal benevolence . To restore to man his moral energy , his dignity , and his liberty ; to afford him a safe asylum against the storms that disturb and contaminate man . In those dark ages when Ignorance spread incense over altars defiled with deified Vice , when Incest , Adultery , and Murder
were placed on the throne of the universe , when superstitious Ambition framed gods of flesh and blood , appropriating to them its own atrocious passions , and when Fanaticism sacrificed human victims in the name of irritated Heaven , FREEMASONRY still preserved its bumble fanes , wherein a pure incense was offered to vol . i . M M