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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 8 of 20 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
but as other imprudent men do , for which the Fraternity - is not accountable ; and the expense of a Lodge is not so great as that of a private club . Some observing that Masons are not more reli g ious , nor more knowing , than other men , are astonished at what they can be conversant about in Lodge hours ! but though a Lodge is not a school
of divinity , the Brethren are taught the great lessons of reli g ion , morality , humanity , and friendship ; to abhor persecution , and to be peaceable subjects under the civil government Avherever they reside ; and as for their knoAvledge , they claim as large a share of it as other men in their situation . ' Beyond these fugitive attempts , I did not
hear that anything Avas done at present to rebut the slanders Avhich Avere so freel y circulated to the prejudice of the Craft . " At length , in 1730 , a man of the name of Prichard , an unprinci pled and need y Brother , concocted a book which contained a great deal of p lausible matter , mingled Avith a few grains of truth , Avhich he published under the name of' Masonry Dissected , ' and impudentl y proclaimed in his dedication that it Avas intended for the information
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
but as other imprudent men do , for which the Fraternity - is not accountable ; and the expense of a Lodge is not so great as that of a private club . Some observing that Masons are not more reli g ious , nor more knowing , than other men , are astonished at what they can be conversant about in Lodge hours ! but though a Lodge is not a school
of divinity , the Brethren are taught the great lessons of reli g ion , morality , humanity , and friendship ; to abhor persecution , and to be peaceable subjects under the civil government Avherever they reside ; and as for their knoAvledge , they claim as large a share of it as other men in their situation . ' Beyond these fugitive attempts , I did not
hear that anything Avas done at present to rebut the slanders Avhich Avere so freel y circulated to the prejudice of the Craft . " At length , in 1730 , a man of the name of Prichard , an unprinci pled and need y Brother , concocted a book which contained a great deal of p lausible matter , mingled Avith a few grains of truth , Avhich he published under the name of' Masonry Dissected , ' and impudentl y proclaimed in his dedication that it Avas intended for the information