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Article MISS MARTINEAU versus FREEMASONRY. ← Page 2 of 2 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 1
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Miss Martineau Versus Freemasonry.
tion to foreign objects , but that it is purely mischievous in a republic . Its object , of course , is POWER '"' . " Bliss Martineau prefers the renegade Mason to him who is an observer of discipline and practice . Such are the lady ' s friends ! From such she imbibes the precious doctrine , that what is " utterly puerile may be dignified under a despotism , " and that "its object , of course , is power . " Let Miss Martineau ask the honest , sincere , and well-informed Mason ,
whose youth and maturity have passed in the observance of the truest p rinciples of philanthropy , whose conduct has been regulated by " the Moral Ethics , " and whose age and experience disdain not still to support " the Social Ethics , "—let her ask Mm , what is his opinion of Freemasonry . n " Some worse institutions than even Masonry remain to be cast out . —p . 3 S . Prodigious ! According to the Hahnemann doctrine , Miss M . ' s puerility must descend to the infinitessimal point , to reconcile such absurdities .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Sm , —On paying a visit to the Strong Man Lodge last week , I was highly pleased to find the annexed motion brought forward ; and as it struck me , that if it were inserted in your Review , it might stimulate other Lodges to do likewise , I obtained a copy of the motion and permission from the Brethren to send it to you . _ Should it be convenient to insert it in your next number , you will oblige ,
Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , GEORGE AARONS . King Street , Covent Garden , June 5 , 1 S 37 . STRONG MAN LODGE , JUNE 4 , 1837 .
" Resolved unanimously , —That in order to raise a fund for the purpose of p lacing the Strong Man Lodge on the list of life-governors for the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Masons , the sum of two shillings per annum be taken from the subscription of every member , the sum of ten shillings from every initiation fee , to commence from and after the month of June , 1 S 37 , the same to be deposited in a savings' bank , in the names of Brothers TurnerStoneand Davyas Trustees for the Lodge ;
, , , till the proposed Asylum shall have assumed a tangible form , and then to be paid to that fund , with the concurrence of the Brethren of the Lodge , and , that in the meantime , the sum of one guinea be annually paid to the Asylum fund , in order to enable the AV . M . to attend all meetings convened for the purpose , and report to the Lodge thereon .
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Miss Martineau Versus Freemasonry.
tion to foreign objects , but that it is purely mischievous in a republic . Its object , of course , is POWER '"' . " Bliss Martineau prefers the renegade Mason to him who is an observer of discipline and practice . Such are the lady ' s friends ! From such she imbibes the precious doctrine , that what is " utterly puerile may be dignified under a despotism , " and that "its object , of course , is power . " Let Miss Martineau ask the honest , sincere , and well-informed Mason ,
whose youth and maturity have passed in the observance of the truest p rinciples of philanthropy , whose conduct has been regulated by " the Moral Ethics , " and whose age and experience disdain not still to support " the Social Ethics , "—let her ask Mm , what is his opinion of Freemasonry . n " Some worse institutions than even Masonry remain to be cast out . —p . 3 S . Prodigious ! According to the Hahnemann doctrine , Miss M . ' s puerility must descend to the infinitessimal point , to reconcile such absurdities .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Sm , —On paying a visit to the Strong Man Lodge last week , I was highly pleased to find the annexed motion brought forward ; and as it struck me , that if it were inserted in your Review , it might stimulate other Lodges to do likewise , I obtained a copy of the motion and permission from the Brethren to send it to you . _ Should it be convenient to insert it in your next number , you will oblige ,
Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , GEORGE AARONS . King Street , Covent Garden , June 5 , 1 S 37 . STRONG MAN LODGE , JUNE 4 , 1837 .
" Resolved unanimously , —That in order to raise a fund for the purpose of p lacing the Strong Man Lodge on the list of life-governors for the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Masons , the sum of two shillings per annum be taken from the subscription of every member , the sum of ten shillings from every initiation fee , to commence from and after the month of June , 1 S 37 , the same to be deposited in a savings' bank , in the names of Brothers TurnerStoneand Davyas Trustees for the Lodge ;
, , , till the proposed Asylum shall have assumed a tangible form , and then to be paid to that fund , with the concurrence of the Brethren of the Lodge , and , that in the meantime , the sum of one guinea be annually paid to the Asylum fund , in order to enable the AV . M . to attend all meetings convened for the purpose , and report to the Lodge thereon .