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Freemasonry in the Province of Durham . Marwood and Co ., Sunderland . —VVe do not profess to review this excellent little brochure critically but rather to bring it before the attention of such of the provincial Brethren in other counties as have a spice of curiosity to examine its character for usefulness , whereby they may with equal advantages discover a ready means of being equally serviceable in their own districts . vve can assure them that a similar spirit , if encouraged in other provinces , would develop results equally gratifying , as are evident in Durham . Brother Denis Moore is , we believe , engaged in a very similar endeavour to give publicity to the records of Devon
Lebanon : Three Explanatory Lectures on the Spirituality of Freemasonry . By Bro . Joel Nash . Haddon , Colchester . In our Number for March , at page 119 , we adverted to the expected advent of Bro . Nash s lucubrations . We have been favoured by some proof sheets , hy which it is pretty clear that tlie lectures are on the eve of publication . "What we then stated as probable , appears to be very fairlborne outexcepting that a blunder of our in the tenth line
y , own , of the paragraph , destroyed the sense of what we intended to convey ihe reader , on reperusal , will please mentall y to exclude the word NOT We quote the following observation from p . 13 , and shall defer our further remarks until we shall be in possession of the entire work . "Having then shewn that our Craft is not onl y Sacred , but Secretwe shall now state the cause why it is so , and produce evidence also ' why such mystery is obli ged to be observedCertainlnot '
. y , assome ignorant and Infidel slanderers would insinuate , because we are ashamed to exhibit our work to the glare of day , and the inspection of the unregenerate ; nor , that we fear being accused of blaspheming our Creator or plotting ill against the Commonweal . AVe spurn with a holy zeal such base and infamous surmises , and trample with virtuous scorn upon such ' railing accusations / founded in blindness , and nurturpd hv tWo
banes of society Prejudice and Passion . Let any just and good man come and see' our works . We shut not the doors of our Lodges against airy such ; and he will learn that , so far from working injury to our fellow-creatures , our Principles are the greatest safeguard to th eir real happiness and prosperity . But Freemasonry— ethereal in its essentials and fully practical m its results , if honestly embraced and conscientiously followed up , needs no laboured defence of the pen . Its inherent and indispensable
qualifications are its best apology . No man can be initiated unless he be Free : ancl that word contains a thousand meanings which separate him from the darkness of the kindred clods of clay around him . The Neophyte must be gifted witli ability : unimpaired judgment of understanding : exemplary morals : endued with the fear and love of God : a loyal and faithful subject to the Government under which he enjoys personal and fiscal protection : for a true ancl genuine Mason must order his conduct that
so , he reverence the Law of God pay obedience to His Ministers and Teachers ; support all benevolent and charitable institutions ; ancl be sociable and friendl y with all mankind , taking our Brother by the hand , whatever his country or his creed and making him welcome to share in those gifts of fortune and grace which are bestowed upon us onl y to aid in relieving one another ' s necessities and infirmities . Behold , the picture of Masonic philosophy ¦ 'Let the scorner , therefore , go on deli ghting in his scorning , and the fool m his hatred of knowledge . '"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Miscellaneous,
Freemasonry in the Province of Durham . Marwood and Co ., Sunderland . —VVe do not profess to review this excellent little brochure critically but rather to bring it before the attention of such of the provincial Brethren in other counties as have a spice of curiosity to examine its character for usefulness , whereby they may with equal advantages discover a ready means of being equally serviceable in their own districts . vve can assure them that a similar spirit , if encouraged in other provinces , would develop results equally gratifying , as are evident in Durham . Brother Denis Moore is , we believe , engaged in a very similar endeavour to give publicity to the records of Devon
Lebanon : Three Explanatory Lectures on the Spirituality of Freemasonry . By Bro . Joel Nash . Haddon , Colchester . In our Number for March , at page 119 , we adverted to the expected advent of Bro . Nash s lucubrations . We have been favoured by some proof sheets , hy which it is pretty clear that tlie lectures are on the eve of publication . "What we then stated as probable , appears to be very fairlborne outexcepting that a blunder of our in the tenth line
y , own , of the paragraph , destroyed the sense of what we intended to convey ihe reader , on reperusal , will please mentall y to exclude the word NOT We quote the following observation from p . 13 , and shall defer our further remarks until we shall be in possession of the entire work . "Having then shewn that our Craft is not onl y Sacred , but Secretwe shall now state the cause why it is so , and produce evidence also ' why such mystery is obli ged to be observedCertainlnot '
. y , assome ignorant and Infidel slanderers would insinuate , because we are ashamed to exhibit our work to the glare of day , and the inspection of the unregenerate ; nor , that we fear being accused of blaspheming our Creator or plotting ill against the Commonweal . AVe spurn with a holy zeal such base and infamous surmises , and trample with virtuous scorn upon such ' railing accusations / founded in blindness , and nurturpd hv tWo
banes of society Prejudice and Passion . Let any just and good man come and see' our works . We shut not the doors of our Lodges against airy such ; and he will learn that , so far from working injury to our fellow-creatures , our Principles are the greatest safeguard to th eir real happiness and prosperity . But Freemasonry— ethereal in its essentials and fully practical m its results , if honestly embraced and conscientiously followed up , needs no laboured defence of the pen . Its inherent and indispensable
qualifications are its best apology . No man can be initiated unless he be Free : ancl that word contains a thousand meanings which separate him from the darkness of the kindred clods of clay around him . The Neophyte must be gifted witli ability : unimpaired judgment of understanding : exemplary morals : endued with the fear and love of God : a loyal and faithful subject to the Government under which he enjoys personal and fiscal protection : for a true ancl genuine Mason must order his conduct that
so , he reverence the Law of God pay obedience to His Ministers and Teachers ; support all benevolent and charitable institutions ; ancl be sociable and friendl y with all mankind , taking our Brother by the hand , whatever his country or his creed and making him welcome to share in those gifts of fortune and grace which are bestowed upon us onl y to aid in relieving one another ' s necessities and infirmities . Behold , the picture of Masonic philosophy ¦ 'Let the scorner , therefore , go on deli ghting in his scorning , and the fool m his hatred of knowledge . '"