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Article THE TRUE PRINCIPLE OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 2 of 2 Article MS. IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY. Page 1 of 2 →
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The True Principle Of Freemasonry.
and clothe the naked ; Ave raise the drooping spirits , and exhilarate the desponding hearts of our indi gent brethren . This Ave do ; and while Ave know that one worth y brother is destitute of the necessaries of life , we cannot enjoy its superfluities . In short , the three grand principles of our order , brotherl y love , relief , and truth , Avhich are forcibl y inculcated in our lectures , are influential on our conduct through life . The first renders us affectionate ; the second , generous ; and the third , just . At the
meeting in contemplation , and all others of a similar nature , it should be enquired if " any brother had Avaxen poor , " through misfortune ? or ' " fallen into decay , " through sickness ? If any stranger or sojourner from a foreign land needed the ivelcome of our hospitality or bounty 1 If the desolate ividow of some deceased brother be in necessitous circumstances , or his helpless orphans require protection or maintenance ? These are generally the inquiries of the day , and such palliatives administered as the several circumstances may be considered to reciuire .
In conclusion , I Avould add , that the objects of true charity among Masons are—MERIT AND VIRTUE IN DISTRESS ; PERSONS AVHO ARE INCAPABLE OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM MISFORTUNES IN " THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE ; INDUSTRIOUS MEN AVHO , FROM INEVITABLE ACCIDENTS AND ACTS OF PROVIDENCE , HAVE FALLEN INTO RUIN ; AVIDOAVS LEFT SURA'IVORS OF THEIR HUSBANDS , BY AVHOSE LABOURS THEY SUBSISTED ; ORPHANS , IN TENDER YEARS , LEFT NAKED
TO THE WORLD ; AND THE AGED , AVHOSE SPIRITS ARE EXHAUSTED , WHOSE ARMS ARE UN BRACED BY TIME , A ^ D THEREBY RENDERED UNABLE TO PROCURE FOR THEMSELVES THAT SUSTENANCE THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR YOIITHFUL DAYS . Thus is charity the key-stone of our mystical fabric . Then let us cherish this amiable virtue—let us consider it as the principle of the society , the constant rule of our actions , by Avhich to regulate our dealings with all mankind . I am , Sir , your ' s fraternally , R . T . Late from the Wiltshire Downs , August 1 G , 1835 .
Ms. In The Bodleian Library.
MS . IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEAV . SIR AND BROTHER , —May I venture to express a wish that you AA'ould , through some of your brethren at Oxford , institute an enquiry as to ( he existence of the MS . on Freemasonry alleged to be , or have been in the Bodleian Library , in that University , that MS . ( I mean ) quoted in Preston and other Masonic books , as being in the handwriting of Leland , and a copy from one b y King Henry VI . When
I Avas a member of the University of Oxford , ancl a member of the Apollo Lodge ( then 711 ) , I once searched the Bodleian Library for it , but could find no trace of its existence , or of its ever haA'ing been there . Circumstances prevented my researches being prolonged , as I wished , and I have since had no opportunity of reneAving them . It would , I think , be important to discover ivhetlier the MS . in question is to be found any Avhere—as it is certainlof value to the craft .
y I have the honour to be , Your faithful Brother , NOACUIPA DALRUADICUS . [\ V e know of no better method fo effect the wishes of our correspondent VOL . H . 2 o
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The True Principle Of Freemasonry.
and clothe the naked ; Ave raise the drooping spirits , and exhilarate the desponding hearts of our indi gent brethren . This Ave do ; and while Ave know that one worth y brother is destitute of the necessaries of life , we cannot enjoy its superfluities . In short , the three grand principles of our order , brotherl y love , relief , and truth , Avhich are forcibl y inculcated in our lectures , are influential on our conduct through life . The first renders us affectionate ; the second , generous ; and the third , just . At the
meeting in contemplation , and all others of a similar nature , it should be enquired if " any brother had Avaxen poor , " through misfortune ? or ' " fallen into decay , " through sickness ? If any stranger or sojourner from a foreign land needed the ivelcome of our hospitality or bounty 1 If the desolate ividow of some deceased brother be in necessitous circumstances , or his helpless orphans require protection or maintenance ? These are generally the inquiries of the day , and such palliatives administered as the several circumstances may be considered to reciuire .
In conclusion , I Avould add , that the objects of true charity among Masons are—MERIT AND VIRTUE IN DISTRESS ; PERSONS AVHO ARE INCAPABLE OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM MISFORTUNES IN " THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE ; INDUSTRIOUS MEN AVHO , FROM INEVITABLE ACCIDENTS AND ACTS OF PROVIDENCE , HAVE FALLEN INTO RUIN ; AVIDOAVS LEFT SURA'IVORS OF THEIR HUSBANDS , BY AVHOSE LABOURS THEY SUBSISTED ; ORPHANS , IN TENDER YEARS , LEFT NAKED
TO THE WORLD ; AND THE AGED , AVHOSE SPIRITS ARE EXHAUSTED , WHOSE ARMS ARE UN BRACED BY TIME , A ^ D THEREBY RENDERED UNABLE TO PROCURE FOR THEMSELVES THAT SUSTENANCE THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR YOIITHFUL DAYS . Thus is charity the key-stone of our mystical fabric . Then let us cherish this amiable virtue—let us consider it as the principle of the society , the constant rule of our actions , by Avhich to regulate our dealings with all mankind . I am , Sir , your ' s fraternally , R . T . Late from the Wiltshire Downs , August 1 G , 1835 .
Ms. In The Bodleian Library.
MS . IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEAV . SIR AND BROTHER , —May I venture to express a wish that you AA'ould , through some of your brethren at Oxford , institute an enquiry as to ( he existence of the MS . on Freemasonry alleged to be , or have been in the Bodleian Library , in that University , that MS . ( I mean ) quoted in Preston and other Masonic books , as being in the handwriting of Leland , and a copy from one b y King Henry VI . When
I Avas a member of the University of Oxford , ancl a member of the Apollo Lodge ( then 711 ) , I once searched the Bodleian Library for it , but could find no trace of its existence , or of its ever haA'ing been there . Circumstances prevented my researches being prolonged , as I wished , and I have since had no opportunity of reneAving them . It would , I think , be important to discover ivhetlier the MS . in question is to be found any Avhere—as it is certainlof value to the craft .
y I have the honour to be , Your faithful Brother , NOACUIPA DALRUADICUS . [\ V e know of no better method fo effect the wishes of our correspondent VOL . H . 2 o