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Masonic Anecdotes.
opposed * to Government ; and that it could not be very moral , as she kneAV a nobleman in the Order who never paid his debts . I assured her , that , if Masonry Avas to be judged by such a criterion as she had set , up in her mind , a similar objection , and one much stronger , might be offered to the validity and character of Christianity , and " I reminded her that nearly all the members of the Royal Family , as Avell as many of the Nobility AA'ere numbered among the Society . She perfectly assented to my vindication , and regarded me Avith / ess horror , and with more complacency in her demeanour . I Avas happy to be able to satisfy her of the innocence and purity of the Craft , and withdrew .
The True Principle Of Freemasonry.
THE TRUE PRINCIPLE OF FREEMASONRY .
We republish the following letter to the Editor of the Sherborne Mercury , - Avrittcu by au intelligent Correspondent , upon the eve of au approaching Masonic Festival about to be . held in that toivn . R . T . desires to call ( he attention of that Meeting to objects ofCharityknowing his zeal ancl influence in the province—ancl confident that in that province there are hearts equally accessible to justice as to pity , we earnestl y recommend the Aged Freemasons' Asylum to our ivorth
y Brother , and beg of him to bring its' cause before the Brethren of Dorsetshire . He can do much , and if Ave mistake him not , in the sense of the concluding paragraph of his letter , AVC may already rank him as one of ourselves . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SHERBORNE JOURNAL . SIR , —It giA'es me infinite pleasure to perceive , by your Journal of Thursday lastthat a Provincial Grand Lodge for the county of Dorset ,
, is shortly to be held in your toivn , and that at the same time a splendid candelabra is intended fo be presented by the Brethren of the province to the R . W . William Williams , Esq ., Prov . G . M ., in testimony of their esteem for his zeal and abilities during the long period he has presided over them . By the same Journal it also appears that a numerous assemblage
of the brotherhood is expected . 1 he ceremony will , no doubt , tie grancl and imposing , and nothing lA-ould he more painful to my feelings than the occurrence of any unforeseen circumstance that Avould prevent me from Avitnessing it . I am the more desirous of being present , because meetings of that description seldom pass off Avithout the performance of some signal acts of charity—acts Avhich afford a rich intellectual treat to all true professors of our science . I have no inclination , Mr . Editor , to trespass on your columns to any
Treat length , but the intended meeting , Avhich has induced me to trouble you Avith this letter , will not permit me to forego the opportunit y of making a feiv observations on that most eminent of all the theological virtues " Charity , " —the virtue Avhich forms the basis , —the support of the Masonic Institution . In the first place , then , I would observe , that many of the uninitiated , though impugners of the institution , are candid enough to admit that they believe it to be a charitable one , aud formed for the reciprocal benefit of its members . So far they are rig ht : for Ave feed the hungry
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Masonic Anecdotes.
opposed * to Government ; and that it could not be very moral , as she kneAV a nobleman in the Order who never paid his debts . I assured her , that , if Masonry Avas to be judged by such a criterion as she had set , up in her mind , a similar objection , and one much stronger , might be offered to the validity and character of Christianity , and " I reminded her that nearly all the members of the Royal Family , as Avell as many of the Nobility AA'ere numbered among the Society . She perfectly assented to my vindication , and regarded me Avith / ess horror , and with more complacency in her demeanour . I Avas happy to be able to satisfy her of the innocence and purity of the Craft , and withdrew .
The True Principle Of Freemasonry.
THE TRUE PRINCIPLE OF FREEMASONRY .
We republish the following letter to the Editor of the Sherborne Mercury , - Avrittcu by au intelligent Correspondent , upon the eve of au approaching Masonic Festival about to be . held in that toivn . R . T . desires to call ( he attention of that Meeting to objects ofCharityknowing his zeal ancl influence in the province—ancl confident that in that province there are hearts equally accessible to justice as to pity , we earnestl y recommend the Aged Freemasons' Asylum to our ivorth
y Brother , and beg of him to bring its' cause before the Brethren of Dorsetshire . He can do much , and if Ave mistake him not , in the sense of the concluding paragraph of his letter , AVC may already rank him as one of ourselves . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SHERBORNE JOURNAL . SIR , —It giA'es me infinite pleasure to perceive , by your Journal of Thursday lastthat a Provincial Grand Lodge for the county of Dorset ,
, is shortly to be held in your toivn , and that at the same time a splendid candelabra is intended fo be presented by the Brethren of the province to the R . W . William Williams , Esq ., Prov . G . M ., in testimony of their esteem for his zeal and abilities during the long period he has presided over them . By the same Journal it also appears that a numerous assemblage
of the brotherhood is expected . 1 he ceremony will , no doubt , tie grancl and imposing , and nothing lA-ould he more painful to my feelings than the occurrence of any unforeseen circumstance that Avould prevent me from Avitnessing it . I am the more desirous of being present , because meetings of that description seldom pass off Avithout the performance of some signal acts of charity—acts Avhich afford a rich intellectual treat to all true professors of our science . I have no inclination , Mr . Editor , to trespass on your columns to any
Treat length , but the intended meeting , Avhich has induced me to trouble you Avith this letter , will not permit me to forego the opportunit y of making a feiv observations on that most eminent of all the theological virtues " Charity , " —the virtue Avhich forms the basis , —the support of the Masonic Institution . In the first place , then , I would observe , that many of the uninitiated , though impugners of the institution , are candid enough to admit that they believe it to be a charitable one , aud formed for the reciprocal benefit of its members . So far they are rig ht : for Ave feed the hungry