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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 6 Article PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS . Page 1 of 7 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
and in which he had been imprisoned ) has been devoted to the exercise of charity and the encouragement of virtue—the merchant , who in his own character upheld " a class , " of which he was the distinguished one for honour and for integrity , —have with many others passed like shadows , and
have become tenants of the tomb . Pause , Masons ! and ere the debt of nature is claimed at your hands , act as these Brethren did ; so that if you are withdrawn in youth , it may be that in purity you appear before your Judge ; ancl if the summons be delayed until reason is matured by age , that reflection may not impede your appeal at the Grand Lodge above .
Present State Of Affairs .
PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS .
" Men should be what they seem . " " Non sunt quod simulant , " It is not hazarding too strong an opinion to say , that for a time at least , a cloud has o ' ercast the Masonic
horizonthe shadow of a spirit unfriendly to the just and liberal interpretation of true Masonic freedom ; and that the strong arm of power , countenanced by the vain-glorious and unopposed by the timid , has sullied the purity of an institution , and assailed the sanctuary it should have defended .
In the early progress of its shadow , the energies of many well meaning Brethren were suspended in doubt as to what the cloud itself betokened . The Brethren to whom we allude , comprise those of the Order who are at all times disposed to view , with considerate kindness , the occasional
aberrations of humanity , and to trust to a re-action of better feelings , clearer reflections , and the happy results of a healthier judgment . But upon this section of the Craft , the active , the ardent , the honestly determined , can only reckon in the event of some successful effort of Masonic principle , against un-Masonic power . Alas ! that even justice itself should be imperilled by the unready , inatten-
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
and in which he had been imprisoned ) has been devoted to the exercise of charity and the encouragement of virtue—the merchant , who in his own character upheld " a class , " of which he was the distinguished one for honour and for integrity , —have with many others passed like shadows , and
have become tenants of the tomb . Pause , Masons ! and ere the debt of nature is claimed at your hands , act as these Brethren did ; so that if you are withdrawn in youth , it may be that in purity you appear before your Judge ; ancl if the summons be delayed until reason is matured by age , that reflection may not impede your appeal at the Grand Lodge above .
Present State Of Affairs .
PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS .
" Men should be what they seem . " " Non sunt quod simulant , " It is not hazarding too strong an opinion to say , that for a time at least , a cloud has o ' ercast the Masonic
horizonthe shadow of a spirit unfriendly to the just and liberal interpretation of true Masonic freedom ; and that the strong arm of power , countenanced by the vain-glorious and unopposed by the timid , has sullied the purity of an institution , and assailed the sanctuary it should have defended .
In the early progress of its shadow , the energies of many well meaning Brethren were suspended in doubt as to what the cloud itself betokened . The Brethren to whom we allude , comprise those of the Order who are at all times disposed to view , with considerate kindness , the occasional
aberrations of humanity , and to trust to a re-action of better feelings , clearer reflections , and the happy results of a healthier judgment . But upon this section of the Craft , the active , the ardent , the honestly determined , can only reckon in the event of some successful effort of Masonic principle , against un-Masonic power . Alas ! that even justice itself should be imperilled by the unready , inatten-