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man withhold the meed of approbation from a society that can thus adapt itself to every lapse of time and state of man . All men , of all creeds , are admitted into our brotherhood ; and while as Christians we think that the Being that gives us to hope for a glorious hereafter through the merits of a Saviour , we elo not think the circumstance of a man ' s following a mode of belief which his fathers have observed , ancl his feelings have sanctified , to be sufficient reason why we should exclude him from our society . Does he believe in the existence of the Mighty Architect of the universe— "he is welcome to us , " for the spirit of Masonry speaks in the spirit of the Roman ,
Humanum nihil a me alienum puto . The charges which pertness , flippancy , anel bigotry , prefer against us , I disdain to meet ; but if any man in " the spirit of sober investigation , seeks to know in what Masonry consists , I tell him that it venerates and honours religion . I tell him it prohibits intemperance , inculcates oreler , honesty , sobriety , decorum—that it enjoins the practice of abstemiousness , sincerity , ancl universal benevolence . If he says this is vague
assertion , I will convince him by facts . I will take him to the house of mourning , where the widow weeps hopelessly over her desolate children —where penury and want have made their abode—where the silence of despair is only broken by the sigh of the broken-hearted orphan . I will show him the benevolent spirit of our institution , entering the abode of wretchedness , presenting the Masonic cup of consolation to the widow , assuring her of protection , ancl the orphan of support . But while the
objects of our peculiar care are the members of our own confraternity , whom poverty and misfortune have prostrated in the dust , there is nothing selfish in the charity we profess , for we are enjoined in the practice of universal benevolence . I may be told that every Christian may do as much . I answer , yes—he ought ; but a Mason must . Turning from those general remarks upon our noble ancl ancient institutions , ivhich my enthusiasm at meeting my Brothers to-niht united in a bondwhich
g , political prejudice , personal pride , or religious difference , have not the power to loose , let me now entreat your indulgence , if I have presumed thus to address you in a language unornamented with rhetorical flowers , for I am not addressing an audience of critics , but a society of Brothers . Remember , my dear Brethren , that the individual who feels himself bound to you by the strongest ties that can influence a man to whom you have clone the kind offices of urbanity and hospitality , with that peculiar
delicacy which , without wounding my pride , was a balm to my feelings —the man who , though despotic events made him an exile , yet found a home among you—remember he is a brother ancl a foreigner . —( Saunders . )
CORK . — I here is a flourishing school in the city of Cork , in which are twenty orphan daughters of deceased Freemasons . This establishment reflects the greatest credit on the Right Hon . the Earl of Shannon , Prov . G . M ., ancl the Freemasons of Munster , whose contributions are its exclusive support .
BARBADOES , Jan . 1835 . —( Extract from Correspondence . )—It may not be generally known that the Masonic temple and furniture all became the prey of the last relentless hurricane , which involved many of the members in total ruin . Many are scarcely able to exist , much less to pay clues . In consequence of this awful event , the state of society in the island was altogether so wretched , that tbe few who possessed any
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Ireland.
man withhold the meed of approbation from a society that can thus adapt itself to every lapse of time and state of man . All men , of all creeds , are admitted into our brotherhood ; and while as Christians we think that the Being that gives us to hope for a glorious hereafter through the merits of a Saviour , we elo not think the circumstance of a man ' s following a mode of belief which his fathers have observed , ancl his feelings have sanctified , to be sufficient reason why we should exclude him from our society . Does he believe in the existence of the Mighty Architect of the universe— "he is welcome to us , " for the spirit of Masonry speaks in the spirit of the Roman ,
Humanum nihil a me alienum puto . The charges which pertness , flippancy , anel bigotry , prefer against us , I disdain to meet ; but if any man in " the spirit of sober investigation , seeks to know in what Masonry consists , I tell him that it venerates and honours religion . I tell him it prohibits intemperance , inculcates oreler , honesty , sobriety , decorum—that it enjoins the practice of abstemiousness , sincerity , ancl universal benevolence . If he says this is vague
assertion , I will convince him by facts . I will take him to the house of mourning , where the widow weeps hopelessly over her desolate children —where penury and want have made their abode—where the silence of despair is only broken by the sigh of the broken-hearted orphan . I will show him the benevolent spirit of our institution , entering the abode of wretchedness , presenting the Masonic cup of consolation to the widow , assuring her of protection , ancl the orphan of support . But while the
objects of our peculiar care are the members of our own confraternity , whom poverty and misfortune have prostrated in the dust , there is nothing selfish in the charity we profess , for we are enjoined in the practice of universal benevolence . I may be told that every Christian may do as much . I answer , yes—he ought ; but a Mason must . Turning from those general remarks upon our noble ancl ancient institutions , ivhich my enthusiasm at meeting my Brothers to-niht united in a bondwhich
g , political prejudice , personal pride , or religious difference , have not the power to loose , let me now entreat your indulgence , if I have presumed thus to address you in a language unornamented with rhetorical flowers , for I am not addressing an audience of critics , but a society of Brothers . Remember , my dear Brethren , that the individual who feels himself bound to you by the strongest ties that can influence a man to whom you have clone the kind offices of urbanity and hospitality , with that peculiar
delicacy which , without wounding my pride , was a balm to my feelings —the man who , though despotic events made him an exile , yet found a home among you—remember he is a brother ancl a foreigner . —( Saunders . )
CORK . — I here is a flourishing school in the city of Cork , in which are twenty orphan daughters of deceased Freemasons . This establishment reflects the greatest credit on the Right Hon . the Earl of Shannon , Prov . G . M ., ancl the Freemasons of Munster , whose contributions are its exclusive support .
BARBADOES , Jan . 1835 . —( Extract from Correspondence . )—It may not be generally known that the Masonic temple and furniture all became the prey of the last relentless hurricane , which involved many of the members in total ruin . Many are scarcely able to exist , much less to pay clues . In consequence of this awful event , the state of society in the island was altogether so wretched , that tbe few who possessed any