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On Freemasonry.
in their faith , and watch lest the darkness prevail . In reflecting upon the history of this singular people , we are at a loss wliich most to wonder at , their repeated obstinacy and blindness , or His continued mercy Avhose covenant they had broken—whose purity they had insulted . Vain were the missions of the holElijahtranslated to Heaven
y , after his long life of usefulness , and the prophets who succeed him . His mercies but hardened their hearts , and in His wrath sentence Avas pronounced against them two hundred and ei ghty-four years after the erection of the temple —it was despoiled by the descendants of Ham—Jerusalem g iven a prey to the enemy , and the Israelites justly doomed
to experience the horrors of captivity . Again did the iron enter their souls . Their Bab ylonian taskmasters insulted them in their misery , triumphed in the fall of their gorgeous temple , profaned its sacred vessels ; making them feel in their captivity the horror of that idolatry for which they had neglected the service of their God . Well has it been observed , hy one whose knowledge of the human heart was unrivalled as his skill in exciting its emotions ,
" Siveet are the uses of adversity , AATiich , like the toad , ugly and venomous , Bears yet a precious jewel in its head . " So was it with the Jews : in grief they remembered who had been their comforter—in captivity who had been their spear and shield—in degradation and misery who had
raised them in honour and Riled their store to overflowing . In tears of sorrow and remorse , they strewed ashes upon their heads . "And Israel mourn'd the sin she had committed . "
Hail glorious triumph of the Masons' art , ' Temple of faith—fit emblem of the heart , AVhere else shall man thy mystic import find ? Or reconcile thy moral to his mind ! Thy secret lesson gave to quarried stone
, A brighter splendour than Judea ' s throne , A purer lustre than the sparkling gem , Set b y ambition in her diadem . Sacred our ancient Craft , ' tis ours confess'd , To rear again that pile ivithin each breast ;
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On Freemasonry.
in their faith , and watch lest the darkness prevail . In reflecting upon the history of this singular people , we are at a loss wliich most to wonder at , their repeated obstinacy and blindness , or His continued mercy Avhose covenant they had broken—whose purity they had insulted . Vain were the missions of the holElijahtranslated to Heaven
y , after his long life of usefulness , and the prophets who succeed him . His mercies but hardened their hearts , and in His wrath sentence Avas pronounced against them two hundred and ei ghty-four years after the erection of the temple —it was despoiled by the descendants of Ham—Jerusalem g iven a prey to the enemy , and the Israelites justly doomed
to experience the horrors of captivity . Again did the iron enter their souls . Their Bab ylonian taskmasters insulted them in their misery , triumphed in the fall of their gorgeous temple , profaned its sacred vessels ; making them feel in their captivity the horror of that idolatry for which they had neglected the service of their God . Well has it been observed , hy one whose knowledge of the human heart was unrivalled as his skill in exciting its emotions ,
" Siveet are the uses of adversity , AATiich , like the toad , ugly and venomous , Bears yet a precious jewel in its head . " So was it with the Jews : in grief they remembered who had been their comforter—in captivity who had been their spear and shield—in degradation and misery who had
raised them in honour and Riled their store to overflowing . In tears of sorrow and remorse , they strewed ashes upon their heads . "And Israel mourn'd the sin she had committed . "
Hail glorious triumph of the Masons' art , ' Temple of faith—fit emblem of the heart , AVhere else shall man thy mystic import find ? Or reconcile thy moral to his mind ! Thy secret lesson gave to quarried stone
, A brighter splendour than Judea ' s throne , A purer lustre than the sparkling gem , Set b y ambition in her diadem . Sacred our ancient Craft , ' tis ours confess'd , To rear again that pile ivithin each breast ;