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expect the Bishop of Exeter , or Mr . Blunt , any more than 1 do the Roman Catholic Bishop of Malta , or his Holiness the Pope , to put on our badge ; but I would recommend them , and all our opponents , impartially ancl patiently to peruse some of the many valuable Masonic writings of the day , especially those of Dr . Oliver ; ancl when they rise from their task , if they entertain not better opinions of Masonry , I envy them not the feelings they must be possessed of .
In former times the Scottish kirk is said to have entertained a horror of the Craft ; accordingly , " When they were told that JIasons practiced charms . Invoked the de'il , and raised tempestuous storms . Two of Iheirbody prudently they sent . To learn what could by Masonry be meant . Admitted to the Lodge , and treated well , At their return the assembly hoped they'd tell ; than this
' We say no more , ' they both replied , ' Do what we ' ve done , and ye'll be satisfied . '" I recommend all our opponents and scoffers to follow this example . We court not darkness , from shame of our institution , or its ceremonies ; on the contrary , we invite them to a knowledge of the Lux . The more Masonry is studied , the more will it spread its branches , like a fruitful vine . Her branches are extending rapidlywidelyand
dissemi-, , nating the Christian virtues " From Indus to the Pole . " Although in darkness , as to our secrets , the world need not remain ignorant of the FOUNDATION on which our beautiful superstructure is raised . The works of Oliver , Ash , Hutchinson , Preston , with many otherswill afford the " popular world" both entertainment aud
instruc-, tion , without betraying our secrets ; and to the initiated they will prove an endless source of pleasure and profit ; and we may justly say of them , " HCEC stadia adolescentiam alunt , senectutem oblectant , secundas res ornant , adversis solatium et perfugium prcebent ; delectant domi , non impediunt foris , pernoctant nobiscum , peregrinantur , rusticantur . " I am yours , fraternally , PHILO-MASONICUS .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
ON THE UNWARRANTED CHARGES AGAINST FREEMASONRY . June 4 , 1845 . SIR AND BROTHER , —I have for a long time felt a strong inclination to write to you on the subject of the innovations which have gradually crept into Masonry during the last thirty years ; and comparing the present with the past , it appears to have assumed altogether a different feature . In the present day we are looked upon with a considerable
degree of shyness by the Romish church , and , indeed , are openly denounced by some of their clergy as an unchristian body ; while in old times the fraternity was chiefly composed of Roman Catholics , and it is to them we are indebted for those specimens of ancient ecclesiastic architecture now remaining , the principle of which style of building was confined to themselves , and , in my opinion , formed one of the great secrets preserved among Masons , and the knowledge of which Sir Christopher
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To The Editor.
expect the Bishop of Exeter , or Mr . Blunt , any more than 1 do the Roman Catholic Bishop of Malta , or his Holiness the Pope , to put on our badge ; but I would recommend them , and all our opponents , impartially ancl patiently to peruse some of the many valuable Masonic writings of the day , especially those of Dr . Oliver ; ancl when they rise from their task , if they entertain not better opinions of Masonry , I envy them not the feelings they must be possessed of .
In former times the Scottish kirk is said to have entertained a horror of the Craft ; accordingly , " When they were told that JIasons practiced charms . Invoked the de'il , and raised tempestuous storms . Two of Iheirbody prudently they sent . To learn what could by Masonry be meant . Admitted to the Lodge , and treated well , At their return the assembly hoped they'd tell ; than this
' We say no more , ' they both replied , ' Do what we ' ve done , and ye'll be satisfied . '" I recommend all our opponents and scoffers to follow this example . We court not darkness , from shame of our institution , or its ceremonies ; on the contrary , we invite them to a knowledge of the Lux . The more Masonry is studied , the more will it spread its branches , like a fruitful vine . Her branches are extending rapidlywidelyand
dissemi-, , nating the Christian virtues " From Indus to the Pole . " Although in darkness , as to our secrets , the world need not remain ignorant of the FOUNDATION on which our beautiful superstructure is raised . The works of Oliver , Ash , Hutchinson , Preston , with many otherswill afford the " popular world" both entertainment aud
instruc-, tion , without betraying our secrets ; and to the initiated they will prove an endless source of pleasure and profit ; and we may justly say of them , " HCEC stadia adolescentiam alunt , senectutem oblectant , secundas res ornant , adversis solatium et perfugium prcebent ; delectant domi , non impediunt foris , pernoctant nobiscum , peregrinantur , rusticantur . " I am yours , fraternally , PHILO-MASONICUS .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
ON THE UNWARRANTED CHARGES AGAINST FREEMASONRY . June 4 , 1845 . SIR AND BROTHER , —I have for a long time felt a strong inclination to write to you on the subject of the innovations which have gradually crept into Masonry during the last thirty years ; and comparing the present with the past , it appears to have assumed altogether a different feature . In the present day we are looked upon with a considerable
degree of shyness by the Romish church , and , indeed , are openly denounced by some of their clergy as an unchristian body ; while in old times the fraternity was chiefly composed of Roman Catholics , and it is to them we are indebted for those specimens of ancient ecclesiastic architecture now remaining , the principle of which style of building was confined to themselves , and , in my opinion , formed one of the great secrets preserved among Masons , and the knowledge of which Sir Christopher