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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 2 of 20 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Villeneau were of opinion that the most dignified method of treating the absurd publications of those cowans who distributed their anonymous effusions through the country , Avould be by silent contempt ; others proposed ridicule as the most efficient weapon ; AAmile Brothers Desaguliers and Anderson thought that the interests of Masonry would be
most effectually served by some public and authorised statement of their proceedings ; by an avowal of the real objects ofthe institution , and an explanation of the princip les on which it is founded . And this course was finally agreed on . " Accordinglthese two learned brothers entered on
y the work with great zeal and assiduity . Bro . Desaguliers , in 1721 , made a public profession of a Mason ' s faith in an Oration which Avas printed and distributed plentifully both in the metropolis and the provinces , in which he enlarged on the reorganization ofthe Grand Lodge , and stated seriatim the peculiar benefits , both moral and intellectual , which
may be derived from a regular attendance on the duties of a Lodge . And Bro . Anderson published a well written pamphlet on the rise and progress of the Order , and its application to the practical sciences . "In the same year , September 2 nd , the Duke of Montague being Grand Master , and Bros . Villeneau and
Morrice Grand Wardens , a Grand Lodge was holden at the King ' s Arms Tavern , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , at which Brothers Desaguliers , Payne , and Anderson , were _ ordered to examine the old Gothic Constitutions , and to digest the same in a new and better method ; and at the succeeding Grand Lodge in December , a committee of fourteen expert
Brethren was appointed to revise the manuscript when completed , and to make their report accordingly . In pursuance of this order , our worthy Brothers Desaguliers , Payne , and Anderson , commenced their proceedings by searching for manuscripts and authorities , in every part of the kingdom where they were supposed to exist . They
_ communicated with many Lodges under the Constitutions both of York and London , and in most cases were successful in the search ; yet a few instances unfortunately occurred where certain fastidious Brethren took the alarm ,
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Villeneau were of opinion that the most dignified method of treating the absurd publications of those cowans who distributed their anonymous effusions through the country , Avould be by silent contempt ; others proposed ridicule as the most efficient weapon ; AAmile Brothers Desaguliers and Anderson thought that the interests of Masonry would be
most effectually served by some public and authorised statement of their proceedings ; by an avowal of the real objects ofthe institution , and an explanation of the princip les on which it is founded . And this course was finally agreed on . " Accordinglthese two learned brothers entered on
y the work with great zeal and assiduity . Bro . Desaguliers , in 1721 , made a public profession of a Mason ' s faith in an Oration which Avas printed and distributed plentifully both in the metropolis and the provinces , in which he enlarged on the reorganization ofthe Grand Lodge , and stated seriatim the peculiar benefits , both moral and intellectual , which
may be derived from a regular attendance on the duties of a Lodge . And Bro . Anderson published a well written pamphlet on the rise and progress of the Order , and its application to the practical sciences . "In the same year , September 2 nd , the Duke of Montague being Grand Master , and Bros . Villeneau and
Morrice Grand Wardens , a Grand Lodge was holden at the King ' s Arms Tavern , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , at which Brothers Desaguliers , Payne , and Anderson , were _ ordered to examine the old Gothic Constitutions , and to digest the same in a new and better method ; and at the succeeding Grand Lodge in December , a committee of fourteen expert
Brethren was appointed to revise the manuscript when completed , and to make their report accordingly . In pursuance of this order , our worthy Brothers Desaguliers , Payne , and Anderson , commenced their proceedings by searching for manuscripts and authorities , in every part of the kingdom where they were supposed to exist . They
_ communicated with many Lodges under the Constitutions both of York and London , and in most cases were successful in the search ; yet a few instances unfortunately occurred where certain fastidious Brethren took the alarm ,