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laughable . As well attempt to stay the sun in its course as to put down our Order by sacerdotal bulls and rescripts . This is not the age for Monkish bigotry and intolerance , come under whatever garb it may assume . And come as it may , it will but betray its imbecile weakness when opposed to the resplendent light of Masonry . Its character cannot be more beautifully delineated than in the language of the following noteappended to our learned Brother Dr . Oliver ' s Historical
Land-, marks , and quoted as the definition by foreign Brethren of eminence . " Masonry is the holy spring where faded beauty refound her homage , darkened wisdom her light , and weakened power her strength . Masonry is the refuge of threatened fidelity , the mediator of offended innocence , ancl the recompenser of unrewarded love . The mingled rights of life she has to regulate , the prejudiced judgment of passion to punish , the actions of the heart to scrutinise . What the clumsy hand of ignorance
has thrown together , she shall separate and revive with her genius ; what the fire of passion has embraced too hotly , she shall cool with her mildness ; and what has been judged too severely by the ignorant multitude , she shall cover with her shield . She throws down the barriers which the prejudice of mankind has erected between man and man ; she tears away the golden garment that covers her soulless body ; she arrai heart against heartirit against spiritstrength against strength
gns , sp , , ancl gives to the worthiest the prize ; she teaches us to value the tree for its fruit , but not for the soil on which it grows , nor for the hand which planted it ; she protects fortune against the arrows of malicious chance ; she seizes the rudder in the storms of life , and brings the leaky ship into the harbour . Such is Masonry ! But more , P . G . M . of our Order , I
study to establish , as much as possible , the principle , that the ancient Order of Freemasonry is not a society limited to the precincts of any Lodge-room , but a family whose privileges extend all over that vast expanse , governed by the Grand Master of All ; ancl if kings and nobles give lustre to our Order , by their condescension , example , and submission to the divine ordinance of ' Love thy neighbour as thyself , ' so does the Brother in the humble walk of life add brightness thereto , by observing that virtue and decorum which alone should be his qualification to unite
with us ; and though we all meet here on the level , as Freemasons have done for ages , ancl as good men ever will , yet we do so under the wholesome restraint of experienced officers , which teaches us to part on the square , rendering honour to whom honour is due , and due respect to every Brother , according to his station ; for a Masonic Lodge should be a school of morals ancl manners ; and though political and sectarian strife are excluded our porch , yet pure religion , strict obedience to our
sovereign and the authorities , peace ancl good order are its unerring principles . " What mortal language can depict Masonry in terms more just , though eloquent and vivid —( cheers ) . The learned and talented Brother , who read these passages with elocution , observed , before he sat down , that in again welcoming their chief amongst them , he came in another truly Masonic character before them . Since their last meeting , Colonel Ansonin association with Lord AboynePGMof
Northamp-, , . . . tonshire , and other distinguished Masons , had become a Trustee of that excellent charity , die Asylum for the Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemason , an institution which , like many other useful and noble works , had had almost insuperable difficulties to overcome , but which now , under God ' s blessing , under the auspices of its noble trustees , and the direction of its benignant founder , their highly gifted and most worthy
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Provincial.
laughable . As well attempt to stay the sun in its course as to put down our Order by sacerdotal bulls and rescripts . This is not the age for Monkish bigotry and intolerance , come under whatever garb it may assume . And come as it may , it will but betray its imbecile weakness when opposed to the resplendent light of Masonry . Its character cannot be more beautifully delineated than in the language of the following noteappended to our learned Brother Dr . Oliver ' s Historical
Land-, marks , and quoted as the definition by foreign Brethren of eminence . " Masonry is the holy spring where faded beauty refound her homage , darkened wisdom her light , and weakened power her strength . Masonry is the refuge of threatened fidelity , the mediator of offended innocence , ancl the recompenser of unrewarded love . The mingled rights of life she has to regulate , the prejudiced judgment of passion to punish , the actions of the heart to scrutinise . What the clumsy hand of ignorance
has thrown together , she shall separate and revive with her genius ; what the fire of passion has embraced too hotly , she shall cool with her mildness ; and what has been judged too severely by the ignorant multitude , she shall cover with her shield . She throws down the barriers which the prejudice of mankind has erected between man and man ; she tears away the golden garment that covers her soulless body ; she arrai heart against heartirit against spiritstrength against strength
gns , sp , , ancl gives to the worthiest the prize ; she teaches us to value the tree for its fruit , but not for the soil on which it grows , nor for the hand which planted it ; she protects fortune against the arrows of malicious chance ; she seizes the rudder in the storms of life , and brings the leaky ship into the harbour . Such is Masonry ! But more , P . G . M . of our Order , I
study to establish , as much as possible , the principle , that the ancient Order of Freemasonry is not a society limited to the precincts of any Lodge-room , but a family whose privileges extend all over that vast expanse , governed by the Grand Master of All ; ancl if kings and nobles give lustre to our Order , by their condescension , example , and submission to the divine ordinance of ' Love thy neighbour as thyself , ' so does the Brother in the humble walk of life add brightness thereto , by observing that virtue and decorum which alone should be his qualification to unite
with us ; and though we all meet here on the level , as Freemasons have done for ages , ancl as good men ever will , yet we do so under the wholesome restraint of experienced officers , which teaches us to part on the square , rendering honour to whom honour is due , and due respect to every Brother , according to his station ; for a Masonic Lodge should be a school of morals ancl manners ; and though political and sectarian strife are excluded our porch , yet pure religion , strict obedience to our
sovereign and the authorities , peace ancl good order are its unerring principles . " What mortal language can depict Masonry in terms more just , though eloquent and vivid —( cheers ) . The learned and talented Brother , who read these passages with elocution , observed , before he sat down , that in again welcoming their chief amongst them , he came in another truly Masonic character before them . Since their last meeting , Colonel Ansonin association with Lord AboynePGMof
Northamp-, , . . . tonshire , and other distinguished Masons , had become a Trustee of that excellent charity , die Asylum for the Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemason , an institution which , like many other useful and noble works , had had almost insuperable difficulties to overcome , but which now , under God ' s blessing , under the auspices of its noble trustees , and the direction of its benignant founder , their highly gifted and most worthy