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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 2 of 19 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
" Unity is the main-spring of Freemasonry . Destroy that , and the machinery will fall in pieces . The divine science will be unattractive , if divested of its divinity or vivifying power . When the soul has departed , the body becomes a putrid mass of worthless carrion . It will be a difficult matter to preserve the links in the chain of unity unbrokenunless the Master
, pursue an accommodating policy , which may cause the Brethren to he mutually pleased with each other ' s society , accompanied by an inflexible regard to discipline , which , while it allows freedom of action , will preserve inviolable the respectful submission that is due to the chair , as its undoubted and unalienable prerogative .
" These remarks , " continued the Square , " have arisen out of the condition of our Lodge at the point of time to which events have gradually conducted us ; for I have now the misfortune to record another melancholy instance of mismanagement and its consequences ; which will show that a man may be extremely clever and intelligent in the ordinary business of
life , and yet be incapable of conducting the affairs of a Lodge , so as to produce unanimity amongst the Brethren , and prosperity to the institution . " Our next Master , who was installed on St . John ' s day , Dec . 27 , 1771 , as Bro . Dunckerley ' s successor , was a medical practitioner of some repute . Being an intelligent young man
, and fond of Masonry , he had passed through the preliminary offices creditably , and had not only acquired a competent knowledge of the lectures and ceremonies , but to a certain extent possessed the confidence of the Brethren .
** But , alas ! my friend , with all this sail , he wanted ballast . Like Sterne ' s Yorich , he was utterly unpractised in the world ; and at the age of thirty , knew just about as well how to steer his course in it , as a romping , unsuspicious girl of thirteen . His great failing was a constitutional infirmity which biased his judgment with respect to the progress of time . Tempus
fugit was no motto for him . He could not understand it . And consequently , he seldom kept an appointment with any degree of punctuality . His friends and patients had frequent occasion to complain of neglect and disappointment in expected professional visits , and the receipt of medicine . In a wordprocrastination became a habitand he strove not to
, , conquer it . "When first installed into the Chair of our Lodge , he appeared likely to realize the expectations of his supporters , and prove an excellent and irreproachable Master . But it was soon
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
" Unity is the main-spring of Freemasonry . Destroy that , and the machinery will fall in pieces . The divine science will be unattractive , if divested of its divinity or vivifying power . When the soul has departed , the body becomes a putrid mass of worthless carrion . It will be a difficult matter to preserve the links in the chain of unity unbrokenunless the Master
, pursue an accommodating policy , which may cause the Brethren to he mutually pleased with each other ' s society , accompanied by an inflexible regard to discipline , which , while it allows freedom of action , will preserve inviolable the respectful submission that is due to the chair , as its undoubted and unalienable prerogative .
" These remarks , " continued the Square , " have arisen out of the condition of our Lodge at the point of time to which events have gradually conducted us ; for I have now the misfortune to record another melancholy instance of mismanagement and its consequences ; which will show that a man may be extremely clever and intelligent in the ordinary business of
life , and yet be incapable of conducting the affairs of a Lodge , so as to produce unanimity amongst the Brethren , and prosperity to the institution . " Our next Master , who was installed on St . John ' s day , Dec . 27 , 1771 , as Bro . Dunckerley ' s successor , was a medical practitioner of some repute . Being an intelligent young man
, and fond of Masonry , he had passed through the preliminary offices creditably , and had not only acquired a competent knowledge of the lectures and ceremonies , but to a certain extent possessed the confidence of the Brethren .
** But , alas ! my friend , with all this sail , he wanted ballast . Like Sterne ' s Yorich , he was utterly unpractised in the world ; and at the age of thirty , knew just about as well how to steer his course in it , as a romping , unsuspicious girl of thirteen . His great failing was a constitutional infirmity which biased his judgment with respect to the progress of time . Tempus
fugit was no motto for him . He could not understand it . And consequently , he seldom kept an appointment with any degree of punctuality . His friends and patients had frequent occasion to complain of neglect and disappointment in expected professional visits , and the receipt of medicine . In a wordprocrastination became a habitand he strove not to
, , conquer it . "When first installed into the Chair of our Lodge , he appeared likely to realize the expectations of his supporters , and prove an excellent and irreproachable Master . But it was soon