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The Craft Degrees And Royal Arch.
wisdom in the dormant mind—pours floods of enlightenment over the narrowed vision of prejudice—infuses the glow of heaven-born charity in the heart—and , stepping boldly beyond the restricted bounds of all ordinary mundane institutions , seeks to re-establish the true principles of human fraternityby leading all to the adoration of the Great
, Architect of the Universe , and acknowledging the kindred claims of every brother of the human race . Such is Freemasonry when rightly understood . How sublime is the idea ! If we regard the outer world , we behold nation arrayed against nation , creed against creed , race against race . But
if we regard Freemasonry , we find that under its genial influence all national prejudices vanish , all religious animosities disappear , and Christian and Hebrew , Mussulman and Hindoo , the American Indian and the emancipated slave , acknowledge the common bond , and their hearts respond to the endearing term of " Brother . " Education
may fashion their minds differently , prejudice may attempt to impose impenetrable barriers , but the mystic tie dispels in an instant all unfraternal teaching , casts aside the
accidental difference of birth , and links the whole Fraternity together in the pleasing chain of brotherly love . It is thus that the principles of Freemasonry , when properly directed , stand so proudly pre-eminent . There is no other human institution which has produced such great resultsresults which are in strict accordance with the true spirit of
Christianity . And is not such an institution worthy the attention of every good man , of every lover of the human race?—and ought it not to be cherished and regarded ? Let it not merge into the dry technicalities of mere ritual observances , or become simply an attractive vehicle for conviviality ; but let its spirit be protectedits genuine princiles
, p carefully preserved , and as carefully promulgated . Let us now for a moment consider by what particular means results so gratifying are accomplished . It is manifest that there must be some peculiar mode of teaching widely different from the paths ordinarily trodden , which tends to fill the mind with lofty aspirationsto eradicate all feelings
, of prejudice , and to instil with such powerful energy the doctrines of charity in their most exalted sense , and the practice of universal philanthropy . In a word , the spirit of a dry sectarianism , must succumb to universal truth .
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The Craft Degrees And Royal Arch.
wisdom in the dormant mind—pours floods of enlightenment over the narrowed vision of prejudice—infuses the glow of heaven-born charity in the heart—and , stepping boldly beyond the restricted bounds of all ordinary mundane institutions , seeks to re-establish the true principles of human fraternityby leading all to the adoration of the Great
, Architect of the Universe , and acknowledging the kindred claims of every brother of the human race . Such is Freemasonry when rightly understood . How sublime is the idea ! If we regard the outer world , we behold nation arrayed against nation , creed against creed , race against race . But
if we regard Freemasonry , we find that under its genial influence all national prejudices vanish , all religious animosities disappear , and Christian and Hebrew , Mussulman and Hindoo , the American Indian and the emancipated slave , acknowledge the common bond , and their hearts respond to the endearing term of " Brother . " Education
may fashion their minds differently , prejudice may attempt to impose impenetrable barriers , but the mystic tie dispels in an instant all unfraternal teaching , casts aside the
accidental difference of birth , and links the whole Fraternity together in the pleasing chain of brotherly love . It is thus that the principles of Freemasonry , when properly directed , stand so proudly pre-eminent . There is no other human institution which has produced such great resultsresults which are in strict accordance with the true spirit of
Christianity . And is not such an institution worthy the attention of every good man , of every lover of the human race?—and ought it not to be cherished and regarded ? Let it not merge into the dry technicalities of mere ritual observances , or become simply an attractive vehicle for conviviality ; but let its spirit be protectedits genuine princiles
, p carefully preserved , and as carefully promulgated . Let us now for a moment consider by what particular means results so gratifying are accomplished . It is manifest that there must be some peculiar mode of teaching widely different from the paths ordinarily trodden , which tends to fill the mind with lofty aspirationsto eradicate all feelings
, of prejudice , and to instil with such powerful energy the doctrines of charity in their most exalted sense , and the practice of universal philanthropy . In a word , the spirit of a dry sectarianism , must succumb to universal truth .