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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 7 of 20 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
" At length , however , these attacks assumed a form which it AA-as thought necessary to counteract in some public manner . One gentleman ( for they were mostl y anonymous ) wrote a pamphlet containing a critical review of the History of Masonry ; another printed what he called an account of the ceremonies of initiation which
, brought out a third , called the Freemason ' s Accusation and Defence , which , in fact , had alread y appeared in the ' Post Boy '; and in 1726 an oration , in which these attacks were alluded to , was delivered b y the Junior Grand Warden of the York Masons , in the presence of Charles Bathurst , Esq ., the Grand Master , which AA as ordered to
be printed . A speech was also published as delivered at Carmarthen in 1728 ; and another writer thus speaks of some objections which were made against the Craft : — ' Others complain that the Masons continue too long in the Lodge , spending their money to the hurt of their families , and come home too late—nay , sometimes
intoxicated Avith liquor ! But they have no occasion to drink much in Lodge hours , which are not long ; and when the Lodge is closed ( always in good time ) any Brother may go home Avhen he pleases : so that if any stay longer , and become intoxicated , it is at their own cost , not as Masons ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
" At length , however , these attacks assumed a form which it AA-as thought necessary to counteract in some public manner . One gentleman ( for they were mostl y anonymous ) wrote a pamphlet containing a critical review of the History of Masonry ; another printed what he called an account of the ceremonies of initiation which
, brought out a third , called the Freemason ' s Accusation and Defence , which , in fact , had alread y appeared in the ' Post Boy '; and in 1726 an oration , in which these attacks were alluded to , was delivered b y the Junior Grand Warden of the York Masons , in the presence of Charles Bathurst , Esq ., the Grand Master , which AA as ordered to
be printed . A speech was also published as delivered at Carmarthen in 1728 ; and another writer thus speaks of some objections which were made against the Craft : — ' Others complain that the Masons continue too long in the Lodge , spending their money to the hurt of their families , and come home too late—nay , sometimes
intoxicated Avith liquor ! But they have no occasion to drink much in Lodge hours , which are not long ; and when the Lodge is closed ( always in good time ) any Brother may go home Avhen he pleases : so that if any stay longer , and become intoxicated , it is at their own cost , not as Masons ,