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Article TREVILIAN ON FREEMASONRY. ← Page 3 of 34 →
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
that remains is the dross of infinite self-sufficiency , contempt of the example of many good and worthy men , and the manifestation of a spirit thoroughly uncharitable , and in positive contravention of the Holy Gospel ; and , being under the garb of religion , so infinitely pitiable as to make us regret that any one " professing and calling himself Christian , " should have been led into expressions as little calculated to reflect credit on our mutual faith as on the
common sense or common fairness of the writer himself . Mr . Trevilian proceeds to remark : — " For a society in a Christian land thus wantonly to lend a helping hand to Satan in fastening the disgraceful rope of bondage and the yoke of spiritual slavery upon their brethren , is astonishing ! Where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty , that is a power to act or not to act , according as the mind directs . "—( P . 12 . )
Very pretty morality ! So if Mr . T . ' s mind directed him , or , still more , if his conscience ( i . e . inclination ) impelled him , he would feel himself perfectly justified in " doing " any man , woman , or child that was foolish euough to trust him , and would then go to church , say his prayers , and thank God that he was not a benighted Papist , who believed in
a priestly power to absolve from oaths . We have , indeed , reason to congratulate ourselves and the Craft that Mr . Trevilian has retired from Masonry . The great fallacy , however , which is the beginning , the middle , and the end of Mr . Trevilian ' s tirade against the Orderof whichaccording to his own accounthe knows
, , , nothing , is this , viz ., that every thing which is not Christian is anti-Christian ; and , proceeding upon this premiss , he concludes that all prayers which are not offered up through the mediation of our Blessed Lord are , therefore , anti-Christian . Nov / we have no wish to shirk this question , and we willthereforenot content ourselves with
asking-, , Mr . Trevilian whether he considers the Lord's Prayer auti-Christian , or the litany and suffrages , or the four short prayers before the naming of the child in the office for public baptism , or the prayer of the holy apostles for Divine direction in the election of a successor to Judas ; and yet in not one of these instances is the name of the . Saviour
mentioned , or even hinted at We will not leave Mr . Trevilian to puzzle this out for himself , but we will explain to him when , and when not , it is anti-Christian to pray otherwise than in the name of tlie only Mediator .
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
that remains is the dross of infinite self-sufficiency , contempt of the example of many good and worthy men , and the manifestation of a spirit thoroughly uncharitable , and in positive contravention of the Holy Gospel ; and , being under the garb of religion , so infinitely pitiable as to make us regret that any one " professing and calling himself Christian , " should have been led into expressions as little calculated to reflect credit on our mutual faith as on the
common sense or common fairness of the writer himself . Mr . Trevilian proceeds to remark : — " For a society in a Christian land thus wantonly to lend a helping hand to Satan in fastening the disgraceful rope of bondage and the yoke of spiritual slavery upon their brethren , is astonishing ! Where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty , that is a power to act or not to act , according as the mind directs . "—( P . 12 . )
Very pretty morality ! So if Mr . T . ' s mind directed him , or , still more , if his conscience ( i . e . inclination ) impelled him , he would feel himself perfectly justified in " doing " any man , woman , or child that was foolish euough to trust him , and would then go to church , say his prayers , and thank God that he was not a benighted Papist , who believed in
a priestly power to absolve from oaths . We have , indeed , reason to congratulate ourselves and the Craft that Mr . Trevilian has retired from Masonry . The great fallacy , however , which is the beginning , the middle , and the end of Mr . Trevilian ' s tirade against the Orderof whichaccording to his own accounthe knows
, , , nothing , is this , viz ., that every thing which is not Christian is anti-Christian ; and , proceeding upon this premiss , he concludes that all prayers which are not offered up through the mediation of our Blessed Lord are , therefore , anti-Christian . Nov / we have no wish to shirk this question , and we willthereforenot content ourselves with
asking-, , Mr . Trevilian whether he considers the Lord's Prayer auti-Christian , or the litany and suffrages , or the four short prayers before the naming of the child in the office for public baptism , or the prayer of the holy apostles for Divine direction in the election of a successor to Judas ; and yet in not one of these instances is the name of the . Saviour
mentioned , or even hinted at We will not leave Mr . Trevilian to puzzle this out for himself , but we will explain to him when , and when not , it is anti-Christian to pray otherwise than in the name of tlie only Mediator .