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Article TREVILIAN ON FREEMASONRY. ← Page 16 of 34 →
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
withen with none at all as Masons ! Perhaps it was the Doctor ' s stipulation , in withdrawing his resignation , that he should not have his Christian burial profaned with Masonic honours . Perhaps ho thought , at last , it would be a defective plea at the gate of Heaven , to urge " quoad Mason , I am a Deist . "—{ My letter , p . iii . ) Perhaps he thought , also , that the Masonic " Sacred Law , " comprehending in
one grand folio the Holy Bible , the Koran , the Zend Avesta , & c , & c , —( p . 89 ib . )—the " unerring Standard of Truth" of this " holy (!) brotherhood , "—the ludicrous and scandalous imitation of THE Net that is destined to " gather of every kind , " would turn out to be framed with meshes too large for the retention of Christian souls . Perhaps , in a word ( and I sincerely trust it was so ) , the Doctor repented of his Masonic career .
It is remarkable how difficult a Freemason finds it to speak or write in the spirit of his " Order , " without blaspheming our Holy Religion . Thus , in this eulogy upon a deceased Christian , —not to dwell upon the fact that his Christian profession , the real source of his excellence , is not once alluded to , —his truly Christian deeds of charity are said to have sprung ( wherefrom 1 from the love of the brethren through Christ ? from the new birth of his soul in Him ?
No ! but ) from Masonic Charity , " —a detestable insult this to Christianity and the Christian public , to whom the words are addressed , and to the Doctor ' s memory . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , M . C . TREVILIAN . Newherrij House , near Frmne , 1 st Alag , ! K . iO .
To the Editor of tlie Exeter and Plymouth Gazette . Portland Villa , Exeter , 7 th May , 1 . 850 . SIB ,- —I request the favour of your inserting in the next number of your paper the following remarks , which I feel not only justified , but in a great measure called on , to make , by the position I have occupied in the Masonic Society for above twenty years , the official
rank I fill in the Order , and my respect for the memory of an old and valued friend . I am , Sir , & c , W . DENIS MOORE , P . M . of St .. George ' s Lodge , ancl Provincial Grand Secretary of Devon .
MAJOR MAURICE CEELY TREVILIAN AND FREEMASONRY . Somewhere about twelve months since , apjDeared a closely-printed lengthy work , intended to expose the secrets , principles , and practices of Freemasonry ; professing to be written by a Member of the
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
withen with none at all as Masons ! Perhaps it was the Doctor ' s stipulation , in withdrawing his resignation , that he should not have his Christian burial profaned with Masonic honours . Perhaps ho thought , at last , it would be a defective plea at the gate of Heaven , to urge " quoad Mason , I am a Deist . "—{ My letter , p . iii . ) Perhaps he thought , also , that the Masonic " Sacred Law , " comprehending in
one grand folio the Holy Bible , the Koran , the Zend Avesta , & c , & c , —( p . 89 ib . )—the " unerring Standard of Truth" of this " holy (!) brotherhood , "—the ludicrous and scandalous imitation of THE Net that is destined to " gather of every kind , " would turn out to be framed with meshes too large for the retention of Christian souls . Perhaps , in a word ( and I sincerely trust it was so ) , the Doctor repented of his Masonic career .
It is remarkable how difficult a Freemason finds it to speak or write in the spirit of his " Order , " without blaspheming our Holy Religion . Thus , in this eulogy upon a deceased Christian , —not to dwell upon the fact that his Christian profession , the real source of his excellence , is not once alluded to , —his truly Christian deeds of charity are said to have sprung ( wherefrom 1 from the love of the brethren through Christ ? from the new birth of his soul in Him ?
No ! but ) from Masonic Charity , " —a detestable insult this to Christianity and the Christian public , to whom the words are addressed , and to the Doctor ' s memory . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , M . C . TREVILIAN . Newherrij House , near Frmne , 1 st Alag , ! K . iO .
To the Editor of tlie Exeter and Plymouth Gazette . Portland Villa , Exeter , 7 th May , 1 . 850 . SIB ,- —I request the favour of your inserting in the next number of your paper the following remarks , which I feel not only justified , but in a great measure called on , to make , by the position I have occupied in the Masonic Society for above twenty years , the official
rank I fill in the Order , and my respect for the memory of an old and valued friend . I am , Sir , & c , W . DENIS MOORE , P . M . of St .. George ' s Lodge , ancl Provincial Grand Secretary of Devon .
MAJOR MAURICE CEELY TREVILIAN AND FREEMASONRY . Somewhere about twelve months since , apjDeared a closely-printed lengthy work , intended to expose the secrets , principles , and practices of Freemasonry ; professing to be written by a Member of the