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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
prove how determined is the temper to effect this purpose , —let our Eng lish Brethren weig h it well , and consider it in all its be ^ ings-a Rescript has very recently been issued at Rome , which sentences every Italian , loho returns as a
Freemason to the land of his birth , TWENTY YEARS AT THE GALLEYS ! We leave these facts to be well considered and digested . We repeat it , that in all these observations we eschew" both reliious and political reference to the subject , with which
g we are dealing . We treat the question as a matter between a powerful Church and Freemasonry , irrespective of any other subjectwhatever . Our object is to state plainly what bi combined with tyrannyis doing . At present we
-otry , , do ° not , nor shall we pretend to , advise what course , under such circumstances , it would be advisable to adopt But of this we are sure , that when the sorrows of our Irish and
foreign Brethren are considered , they will excite our sympathy , and induce us to value our own privileges , whilst they urge us to use every exertion to devise means , by which effectual help and service may be rendered to them The question , how we can best aid them , it is difficult and delicate to decide upon without the gravest consideration .
But whatever course may be adopted , it will be , we are confident , worthy of the Craft , and furnish another proof to the members ofthe Order , wherever dispersed , « o ' er earth and water , " that the obligation , which binds them to each other , is not a fiction , or a myth , but a solemn reality , no less , than a well authenticated and established fact .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
prove how determined is the temper to effect this purpose , —let our Eng lish Brethren weig h it well , and consider it in all its be ^ ings-a Rescript has very recently been issued at Rome , which sentences every Italian , loho returns as a
Freemason to the land of his birth , TWENTY YEARS AT THE GALLEYS ! We leave these facts to be well considered and digested . We repeat it , that in all these observations we eschew" both reliious and political reference to the subject , with which
g we are dealing . We treat the question as a matter between a powerful Church and Freemasonry , irrespective of any other subjectwhatever . Our object is to state plainly what bi combined with tyrannyis doing . At present we
-otry , , do ° not , nor shall we pretend to , advise what course , under such circumstances , it would be advisable to adopt But of this we are sure , that when the sorrows of our Irish and
foreign Brethren are considered , they will excite our sympathy , and induce us to value our own privileges , whilst they urge us to use every exertion to devise means , by which effectual help and service may be rendered to them The question , how we can best aid them , it is difficult and delicate to decide upon without the gravest consideration .
But whatever course may be adopted , it will be , we are confident , worthy of the Craft , and furnish another proof to the members ofthe Order , wherever dispersed , « o ' er earth and water , " that the obligation , which binds them to each other , is not a fiction , or a myth , but a solemn reality , no less , than a well authenticated and established fact .