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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
mer have been put in force , have been antagonistic . Rome , if she cannot bend the hearts of men to submit to her decrees , will break them , rather than yield one jot of her pretensions . Rome spurns at the march of mind , and allows no man to think or act for himself . She decides ivhat he is to say ,
and do , and think . She permits " no rival near her throne . " She revels in the degradation of her own creation , and exults the loudest , Avhen she has trodden under foot the moral and social properties of the human race . HOAV vast , then , the difference between herself and that noble system ,
which existed in all its vigour , long ere the name of even Rome Imperial , much less Papal , Avas known or thought of . This glorious system of Freemasonry proclaims that its object is to enlighten man , and to " teach him the knoAvledge of himself . " It pronounces , as its
decision , that man is mentally and bodily free ; that the thoughts of the heart and the dispositions of the mind are neither to be controlled nor fettered by dogmas , or decisions of men , equally in a state of pupillage with the rest of the human race . It teaches that man is responsible for his own actions ; that none can give an account for him ; and that he must search and see how best he can fulfil the
several duties , which devolve upon him as ^ a free agent . It alike abhors the slavery of mind and body ; for in its operations all men are equal , from the prince to the peasant , —from the most uncivilized African to the most intelligent European ; that whilst all meet on the level , they yet part
on the square ; and that its sole end and object , whilst it cultivates the arts and sciences , and refines society , is to promote peace and good-will through every portion of the habitable globe ! Such are the true principles of Freemasonry . We say not "that they have never been abused . It AA'ould be as great a blunder to assert that they have never been so , as it
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
mer have been put in force , have been antagonistic . Rome , if she cannot bend the hearts of men to submit to her decrees , will break them , rather than yield one jot of her pretensions . Rome spurns at the march of mind , and allows no man to think or act for himself . She decides ivhat he is to say ,
and do , and think . She permits " no rival near her throne . " She revels in the degradation of her own creation , and exults the loudest , Avhen she has trodden under foot the moral and social properties of the human race . HOAV vast , then , the difference between herself and that noble system ,
which existed in all its vigour , long ere the name of even Rome Imperial , much less Papal , Avas known or thought of . This glorious system of Freemasonry proclaims that its object is to enlighten man , and to " teach him the knoAvledge of himself . " It pronounces , as its
decision , that man is mentally and bodily free ; that the thoughts of the heart and the dispositions of the mind are neither to be controlled nor fettered by dogmas , or decisions of men , equally in a state of pupillage with the rest of the human race . It teaches that man is responsible for his own actions ; that none can give an account for him ; and that he must search and see how best he can fulfil the
several duties , which devolve upon him as ^ a free agent . It alike abhors the slavery of mind and body ; for in its operations all men are equal , from the prince to the peasant , —from the most uncivilized African to the most intelligent European ; that whilst all meet on the level , they yet part
on the square ; and that its sole end and object , whilst it cultivates the arts and sciences , and refines society , is to promote peace and good-will through every portion of the habitable globe ! Such are the true principles of Freemasonry . We say not "that they have never been abused . It AA'ould be as great a blunder to assert that they have never been so , as it