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On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
FOURTH EPOCH . FREEMASONRY having been preserved pure and perfect through the patriarchs alone and their inspired successors , is so interwoven with the history of the chosen and peculiar race of Shem , that until our labours shall have embraced an era beyond the destruction of the temple by the victorious legions of Rome under Titus , and the final dispersion of the Jews as a nation , we find it impossible to dissever them .
We have been led to dwell more particularly upon the character of the great lawgiver of the Hebrews , because by Mm certain peculiar landmarks of our Order were defined , and still remain the unaltered and unalterable guides of the Craft . His life was a perfect illustration of the duties of Freemasonry . We behold him at the commencement of
his eventful career miraculously preserved from the barbarous policy of the Egyptian oppressor ; alternately the favourite of the court of Pharoah , the champion of his enslaved and degraded brethren , or an unprotected fugitive ; but under all circumstances of difficulty and danger evincing that perfect confidence and submission to the will of the Most Hih
g , which render him , as far as human imperfection woidd permit , worthy of being the chosen messenger and prophet of the God of Israel . In science no man exceeded him ; as a legislator , he framed his laws to the genius of his people ,
and proved , by his disinterested conduct in bestowing the high honours of the priesthood on another , not only his want of personal ambition , but his devotion to the happiness and welfare of his brethren . His life was one of usefulness and privation , but in contemplating him in the hour of his deathwe find him a chosen servant called to his reward ;
, for him the king of terrors veiled his brow ; while embracing his successor , Joshua , on Mount Abarim , the clouded herald of his God enfolded him—his awful spirit called him to repose . The following character of Moses is from the pen of the great father of Jewish history .
" He was one that exceeded all men in understanding , and made the best use of what that understanding suggested ; he had a persuasive eloquence in addressing the people , appealing at once to their reason ; and such a full command of his passions , as if he hardly had such in his soul , but
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
FOURTH EPOCH . FREEMASONRY having been preserved pure and perfect through the patriarchs alone and their inspired successors , is so interwoven with the history of the chosen and peculiar race of Shem , that until our labours shall have embraced an era beyond the destruction of the temple by the victorious legions of Rome under Titus , and the final dispersion of the Jews as a nation , we find it impossible to dissever them .
We have been led to dwell more particularly upon the character of the great lawgiver of the Hebrews , because by Mm certain peculiar landmarks of our Order were defined , and still remain the unaltered and unalterable guides of the Craft . His life was a perfect illustration of the duties of Freemasonry . We behold him at the commencement of
his eventful career miraculously preserved from the barbarous policy of the Egyptian oppressor ; alternately the favourite of the court of Pharoah , the champion of his enslaved and degraded brethren , or an unprotected fugitive ; but under all circumstances of difficulty and danger evincing that perfect confidence and submission to the will of the Most Hih
g , which render him , as far as human imperfection woidd permit , worthy of being the chosen messenger and prophet of the God of Israel . In science no man exceeded him ; as a legislator , he framed his laws to the genius of his people ,
and proved , by his disinterested conduct in bestowing the high honours of the priesthood on another , not only his want of personal ambition , but his devotion to the happiness and welfare of his brethren . His life was one of usefulness and privation , but in contemplating him in the hour of his deathwe find him a chosen servant called to his reward ;
, for him the king of terrors veiled his brow ; while embracing his successor , Joshua , on Mount Abarim , the clouded herald of his God enfolded him—his awful spirit called him to repose . The following character of Moses is from the pen of the great father of Jewish history .
" He was one that exceeded all men in understanding , and made the best use of what that understanding suggested ; he had a persuasive eloquence in addressing the people , appealing at once to their reason ; and such a full command of his passions , as if he hardly had such in his soul , but