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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Avas at first to pronounce , and still to maintain , that the earth stands still . But Avherever Freemasonry flourishes in its primaeval integrity—Avherever it Avorks its way according to the traditions of its fathers—it tends to the civilization of humanity ; it works for the diffusion of an
universal philanthropy ; it labours only how it may make men to be what all should be , —ONE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD . It has its hidden arts and secret mysteries . Its machinery is moved by impulses , into which the eye of a vain curiosity is not permitted to pry . It acts in its own
Avay , and takes its own course to effect beneficial ends ; and it allows no exoteric influence to interfere with a purpose , which has been going on for ages , and which , whereever it has been in full operation , has been pre-eminently successful .
For many years past this noble Order has been denounced by the Church of Rome . In those countries , wherein her sway is paramount , Masonry exists by stealth . The ever watchful eye of " Holy Mother Church " is prying incessantly , by means of her many appliances , to learn
whether Freemasonry has been embraced by any of those , whom she accounts her children . Were time and space at our disposal , we could enumerate cases which AA ould harroAv up the soul—which Avould tell of the most horrible of tortures inflicted upon the persons of Freemasons , to induce
them to divulge their solemn obligations , and to renounce the Order . But to them we will not refer . We have unhappily on this occasion to allude to instances , which have only recently been made public , with reference to our Order , and which tell us that wherever there is the
poAver , the church of Rome never spares the Craft ; that against this society she is still as vindictive and as resolutely revengeful as ever . There is perhaps no country of the Avorld , in modern
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Avas at first to pronounce , and still to maintain , that the earth stands still . But Avherever Freemasonry flourishes in its primaeval integrity—Avherever it Avorks its way according to the traditions of its fathers—it tends to the civilization of humanity ; it works for the diffusion of an
universal philanthropy ; it labours only how it may make men to be what all should be , —ONE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD . It has its hidden arts and secret mysteries . Its machinery is moved by impulses , into which the eye of a vain curiosity is not permitted to pry . It acts in its own
Avay , and takes its own course to effect beneficial ends ; and it allows no exoteric influence to interfere with a purpose , which has been going on for ages , and which , whereever it has been in full operation , has been pre-eminently successful .
For many years past this noble Order has been denounced by the Church of Rome . In those countries , wherein her sway is paramount , Masonry exists by stealth . The ever watchful eye of " Holy Mother Church " is prying incessantly , by means of her many appliances , to learn
whether Freemasonry has been embraced by any of those , whom she accounts her children . Were time and space at our disposal , we could enumerate cases which AA ould harroAv up the soul—which Avould tell of the most horrible of tortures inflicted upon the persons of Freemasons , to induce
them to divulge their solemn obligations , and to renounce the Order . But to them we will not refer . We have unhappily on this occasion to allude to instances , which have only recently been made public , with reference to our Order , and which tell us that wherever there is the
poAver , the church of Rome never spares the Craft ; that against this society she is still as vindictive and as resolutely revengeful as ever . There is perhaps no country of the Avorld , in modern