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The Revelations Of A Square.
ings of the Brethren were wound up to such a pitch of intensity that a pin might have been heard to drop in the midst of that numerous assembly . There was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour . " After this time he saw a great deal of service as an officer in the navy , and was at the taking of Quebec . The roar of cannon , and the outcry of bloody conflict , however , proved insufficient to stifle the still small voice of benevolence and
peace which reigned triumphant in his bosom ; and he had only returned to this country a short time before he was induced to accept the office of R . W . M . of our Lodge . He delivered two other addresses , — one at Marlborough , * and the other at Colchester , f which increased his popularity as a Mason , and were printed and extensively circulated amongst the Craft .
" Bro . Dunckerley was the oracle of the Grand Lodge , and the accredited interpreter of its constitutions . Plis decision , like the law of the Medes and Persians , was final on all points both of doctrine and discipline , and against it there was no appeal . Plis views of Masonry were liberal , and he despised sectarian controversy . He frequently visited the Ancient
Masons' Lodges for the purpose of ascertaining what was the actual difference between the two systems , as Lawrence Dermott , in the Ahiman Rezon , had confidently boasted of the superiority of their mode of work over that which was recommended by the legitimate Grand Lodge ; and he carefully culled its flowersand transplanted them into Constitutional Masonry
, ; for he actually found amongst the ancients , to his undisguised astonishment , several material innovations in the system of Masonry , including some alteration of the Old Landmarks , and a new application of the Master ' s Word . As John Wesley is said to have observed , when he adopted some popular ditty to his collection of hymns— ' It is a pity the devil should
, monopolize all the best tunes , ' so our Bro . Dunckerley , how loudly soever the self-styled Ancients might blow their schismatical trumpet , and proclaim the exclusive excellence of their schism , resolved that they should not appropriate to themselves a single pearl of any real value towards the elucidation of the Craft . And hence , when he was authorized by the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
ings of the Brethren were wound up to such a pitch of intensity that a pin might have been heard to drop in the midst of that numerous assembly . There was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour . " After this time he saw a great deal of service as an officer in the navy , and was at the taking of Quebec . The roar of cannon , and the outcry of bloody conflict , however , proved insufficient to stifle the still small voice of benevolence and
peace which reigned triumphant in his bosom ; and he had only returned to this country a short time before he was induced to accept the office of R . W . M . of our Lodge . He delivered two other addresses , — one at Marlborough , * and the other at Colchester , f which increased his popularity as a Mason , and were printed and extensively circulated amongst the Craft .
" Bro . Dunckerley was the oracle of the Grand Lodge , and the accredited interpreter of its constitutions . Plis decision , like the law of the Medes and Persians , was final on all points both of doctrine and discipline , and against it there was no appeal . Plis views of Masonry were liberal , and he despised sectarian controversy . He frequently visited the Ancient
Masons' Lodges for the purpose of ascertaining what was the actual difference between the two systems , as Lawrence Dermott , in the Ahiman Rezon , had confidently boasted of the superiority of their mode of work over that which was recommended by the legitimate Grand Lodge ; and he carefully culled its flowersand transplanted them into Constitutional Masonry
, ; for he actually found amongst the ancients , to his undisguised astonishment , several material innovations in the system of Masonry , including some alteration of the Old Landmarks , and a new application of the Master ' s Word . As John Wesley is said to have observed , when he adopted some popular ditty to his collection of hymns— ' It is a pity the devil should
, monopolize all the best tunes , ' so our Bro . Dunckerley , how loudly soever the self-styled Ancients might blow their schismatical trumpet , and proclaim the exclusive excellence of their schism , resolved that they should not appropriate to themselves a single pearl of any real value towards the elucidation of the Craft . And hence , when he was authorized by the