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Present State Of Affairs .
assumed immunity of onr order , from the general examination of the " profane world ; " as if , forsooth , the polity of Masons were not as amenable to public censure or approval , as that of any other bodies . We dislike this pseudo morality , as most unreasonable ; and would rather
convince the great public , or " profane world , " that we are in reality abundantly qualified to maintain our ground as a representative institution , by the strict propriety of our conduct ; or to call to our aid the opinion of society at large to correct any imperfection in our social system .
Truth and justice must be made to prevail ; for , with charity , they form the basis of Freemasonry . As Masons , we profess the most extensive practice , and the peculiar protection of these virtues ; and if we repudiate those professions by our acts , society at large must restore the balance . It is
the province of society to see that we perform our self-imposed trust with faithfulness ; and it is the duty of a Masonic journalist to obtain the purification of the Order , by the exercise of public opinion , whenever violence is done to Masonic principles .
We can readily understand how much those who have perverted both truth and justice , desire to have their delinquencies kept secret . Nay ! we are satisfied , that even from the Craft generally , as much as from ' ¦ the profane world , " they would screen their evil doings , were it possible ; and
thus , to Freemasonry , as well as to society , we are performing an imperious duty , in the words of truth and in the cause of justice . There have been two great questions before the Masonic world ; the one arising out of a report of a General Meeting
of the Asylum , wherein three Brethren were charged with disloyalty to the Grand Master ; which pretended report states that persons not Masons were present . Now that being the case , it could not be a Masonic meeting , and therefore its proceedings were not amenable to Masonic jurisdictionthis objection is honestly taken . But presuming the exception to be rejected , should there not have been the sem-
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Present State Of Affairs .
assumed immunity of onr order , from the general examination of the " profane world ; " as if , forsooth , the polity of Masons were not as amenable to public censure or approval , as that of any other bodies . We dislike this pseudo morality , as most unreasonable ; and would rather
convince the great public , or " profane world , " that we are in reality abundantly qualified to maintain our ground as a representative institution , by the strict propriety of our conduct ; or to call to our aid the opinion of society at large to correct any imperfection in our social system .
Truth and justice must be made to prevail ; for , with charity , they form the basis of Freemasonry . As Masons , we profess the most extensive practice , and the peculiar protection of these virtues ; and if we repudiate those professions by our acts , society at large must restore the balance . It is
the province of society to see that we perform our self-imposed trust with faithfulness ; and it is the duty of a Masonic journalist to obtain the purification of the Order , by the exercise of public opinion , whenever violence is done to Masonic principles .
We can readily understand how much those who have perverted both truth and justice , desire to have their delinquencies kept secret . Nay ! we are satisfied , that even from the Craft generally , as much as from ' ¦ the profane world , " they would screen their evil doings , were it possible ; and
thus , to Freemasonry , as well as to society , we are performing an imperious duty , in the words of truth and in the cause of justice . There have been two great questions before the Masonic world ; the one arising out of a report of a General Meeting
of the Asylum , wherein three Brethren were charged with disloyalty to the Grand Master ; which pretended report states that persons not Masons were present . Now that being the case , it could not be a Masonic meeting , and therefore its proceedings were not amenable to Masonic jurisdictionthis objection is honestly taken . But presuming the exception to be rejected , should there not have been the sem-