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The Revelations Of A Square.
with the indefatigable exertions of Bro . Desaguliers ; and the operation ofthe project Avas so beneficial to the general interests of the Order , that it was publicly announced in Grand Lodge , ' that ingenious men of all faculties and stations being IIOAV convinced that the cement of the Lodge was love and friendshipearnestlrequested to join the
, y Society , which soon flourished in harmony , reputation , and numbers . Noblemen and gentlemen ofthe highest rank , — learned men , merchants and clergymen , found in the Lodge a safe and pleasant relaxation from intense study or the hurry of business , Avithout any intermixture of politics and parties . ' New Lodges were constitutedAvhich the
, Grand Master and his Deputy visited in person , and found in them a peaceful asylum , free from the turmoils and disputes by which all other societies were characterised and deformed .
" But I can assure you , sir , that the opponents of Freemasonry , although at their wit's end , were determined not to die Avithout a struggle . They circulated all manner of ridiculous reports about the practices of the Brethren in f . yled Lodges , which were thus commented on by a Brother Avho Avas a member of our Lodge , in an address to the
Brethren AA'hen the subject Avas mooted in open Lodge . I cannot recollect the Avhole of his speech , but he said , amongst other acute observations , which excited the unfeigned applause of the members— ' Though we envy not the prosperity of any society , nor meddle with their transactions and characters , Ave have not met with such fair
treatment from others ; nay , even those that never had an opportunity of obtaining any certain knoAvledge of us , have run implicitly with the cry , and , Avithout fear or wit , have vented their spleen in accusing and condemning us unheard—untried ; while Ave , innocent and secure within , laugh onlat their gross ignorance and impotent malice
y . Have not people in former ages , as well as now , alleged that the Freemasons in their Lodges raise the devil in a circle , and when they have done with him , that they lay him again Avith a noise or a hush , as they please . How have some of our maligners diverted themselves with tbe Avild story of an old Avoman between the rounds of a ladder !
Others will swear to the cook ' s red hot iron or salamander for marking an indelible character on the neAv made Mason , in order to give him the faculty of taciturnity . Sure such
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The Revelations Of A Square.
with the indefatigable exertions of Bro . Desaguliers ; and the operation ofthe project Avas so beneficial to the general interests of the Order , that it was publicly announced in Grand Lodge , ' that ingenious men of all faculties and stations being IIOAV convinced that the cement of the Lodge was love and friendshipearnestlrequested to join the
, y Society , which soon flourished in harmony , reputation , and numbers . Noblemen and gentlemen ofthe highest rank , — learned men , merchants and clergymen , found in the Lodge a safe and pleasant relaxation from intense study or the hurry of business , Avithout any intermixture of politics and parties . ' New Lodges were constitutedAvhich the
, Grand Master and his Deputy visited in person , and found in them a peaceful asylum , free from the turmoils and disputes by which all other societies were characterised and deformed .
" But I can assure you , sir , that the opponents of Freemasonry , although at their wit's end , were determined not to die Avithout a struggle . They circulated all manner of ridiculous reports about the practices of the Brethren in f . yled Lodges , which were thus commented on by a Brother Avho Avas a member of our Lodge , in an address to the
Brethren AA'hen the subject Avas mooted in open Lodge . I cannot recollect the Avhole of his speech , but he said , amongst other acute observations , which excited the unfeigned applause of the members— ' Though we envy not the prosperity of any society , nor meddle with their transactions and characters , Ave have not met with such fair
treatment from others ; nay , even those that never had an opportunity of obtaining any certain knoAvledge of us , have run implicitly with the cry , and , Avithout fear or wit , have vented their spleen in accusing and condemning us unheard—untried ; while Ave , innocent and secure within , laugh onlat their gross ignorance and impotent malice
y . Have not people in former ages , as well as now , alleged that the Freemasons in their Lodges raise the devil in a circle , and when they have done with him , that they lay him again Avith a noise or a hush , as they please . How have some of our maligners diverted themselves with tbe Avild story of an old Avoman between the rounds of a ladder !
Others will swear to the cook ' s red hot iron or salamander for marking an indelible character on the neAv made Mason , in order to give him the faculty of taciturnity . Sure such