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The Revelations Of A Square.
THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE .
BY THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D .
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH . DR . DODD . FROM 177 * 2 TO 1777 .
- ' - ' Sezets , senhors , e aiats pas ; So que direm ben escoutas ; Car la lisson es de vertat , Non hy a mot de falsetat . " RAYNOUARD . " Silent be they , and far from hence remove , By scenes like ours not likely to improve ; Who never paid tho honour'd muse her rights ,
Who senseless live in wild , impure delights ; I bid them once , I bid them twice begone , I bid them thrice , in still a louder tone : Far hence depart , whilst wo with roico and song , Our solemn feast , om- tuneful nights prolong . " ARISTOPHANES . —Beloe ' s Translation . " Freemasonry annihilates all parties , conciliates all private opinions , and renders those who , by then- Almighty Father , were made of one blood , to be also of one heart and one mind;—Brethren bound , firmly bound together by that indissoluble tie , the love of their God , and the love of their kind . "DR . DODD .
" IT was the observation of a wisdom greater than man can boast , " said the Square , resuming its Revelations , " that a house or kingdom divided against itself cannot stand ; and experience proves the soundness of the axiom . This proverb may be applied with great propriety to an institution whose
members are segregated from the rest of the world by obligations , customs , and laws of a peculiar nature , yet retain their independence of character by a perfect freedom of thought and action . In such a society a judicious ruler is absolutely essential , not merely to its prosperity , but to its very existence . If the shepherd be careless or inefficientthe flock will be
, scattered abroad . It will be in vain to apply stimulants . All love for the institution will vanish if it lack the food which gives it vitality and freshness . VOL . III . 2 i >
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The Revelations Of A Square.
THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE .
BY THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D .
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH . DR . DODD . FROM 177 * 2 TO 1777 .
- ' - ' Sezets , senhors , e aiats pas ; So que direm ben escoutas ; Car la lisson es de vertat , Non hy a mot de falsetat . " RAYNOUARD . " Silent be they , and far from hence remove , By scenes like ours not likely to improve ; Who never paid tho honour'd muse her rights ,
Who senseless live in wild , impure delights ; I bid them once , I bid them twice begone , I bid them thrice , in still a louder tone : Far hence depart , whilst wo with roico and song , Our solemn feast , om- tuneful nights prolong . " ARISTOPHANES . —Beloe ' s Translation . " Freemasonry annihilates all parties , conciliates all private opinions , and renders those who , by then- Almighty Father , were made of one blood , to be also of one heart and one mind;—Brethren bound , firmly bound together by that indissoluble tie , the love of their God , and the love of their kind . "DR . DODD .
" IT was the observation of a wisdom greater than man can boast , " said the Square , resuming its Revelations , " that a house or kingdom divided against itself cannot stand ; and experience proves the soundness of the axiom . This proverb may be applied with great propriety to an institution whose
members are segregated from the rest of the world by obligations , customs , and laws of a peculiar nature , yet retain their independence of character by a perfect freedom of thought and action . In such a society a judicious ruler is absolutely essential , not merely to its prosperity , but to its very existence . If the shepherd be careless or inefficientthe flock will be
, scattered abroad . It will be in vain to apply stimulants . All love for the institution will vanish if it lack the food which gives it vitality and freshness . VOL . III . 2 i >