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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE ARK ASSOCIATION . —We have to acknowledge a left-handed compliment from the gentlemen of this Society : We express no ill will towards them in stating our belief that their conduct is as unmanly as it is impolitic , and by no means calculated to advance their public interest , or
their private character . Masons will judge them by the " Secret Token , " and the public may not forget the motto " Cavendo tutus . " " As our lance-corporal , Brother J . Lee Stevens , has undertaken to inflict punishment , we refer our readers to his letter on the subject .
With deep regret , we observe that among several of our Order , there has been elicited a tendency to the forgetfulness of our sacred principles , which unless counteracted by severe reflection on their part , will tell sadly against them . We do not go the length that some do in looking
upon this misconduct as a new feature in the morals of our Order ; for its principles denounce in the strongest terms , the violation of decorum . What we allude to is a growing permission to the encouragement of scandal , and slander , which has been put forth by the unworthy and for
unworthy purposes , in low , vulgar and defamatory papers ; wherein the noble , and high-minded , the ardent , the generous , and the benevolent , have been attacked with an unholy malignity .
As a moral lesson the passing circumstance may not be without its value . Vice in its deformity may prove the best incentive to virtue , to those who have the moral courage to face the monster ; and can turn from , its pestilent breath to the mild aspirations of Freemasonry .
The under current of the waters , and the under current of opinion , is a philosophical parallel . The steady experienced seaman watches the effect produced upon the surface , small in appearance to the inexperienced eye ; but important in his who reads the waters as they find their level by secret channels , more than by the force of wind or
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE ARK ASSOCIATION . —We have to acknowledge a left-handed compliment from the gentlemen of this Society : We express no ill will towards them in stating our belief that their conduct is as unmanly as it is impolitic , and by no means calculated to advance their public interest , or
their private character . Masons will judge them by the " Secret Token , " and the public may not forget the motto " Cavendo tutus . " " As our lance-corporal , Brother J . Lee Stevens , has undertaken to inflict punishment , we refer our readers to his letter on the subject .
With deep regret , we observe that among several of our Order , there has been elicited a tendency to the forgetfulness of our sacred principles , which unless counteracted by severe reflection on their part , will tell sadly against them . We do not go the length that some do in looking
upon this misconduct as a new feature in the morals of our Order ; for its principles denounce in the strongest terms , the violation of decorum . What we allude to is a growing permission to the encouragement of scandal , and slander , which has been put forth by the unworthy and for
unworthy purposes , in low , vulgar and defamatory papers ; wherein the noble , and high-minded , the ardent , the generous , and the benevolent , have been attacked with an unholy malignity .
As a moral lesson the passing circumstance may not be without its value . Vice in its deformity may prove the best incentive to virtue , to those who have the moral courage to face the monster ; and can turn from , its pestilent breath to the mild aspirations of Freemasonry .
The under current of the waters , and the under current of opinion , is a philosophical parallel . The steady experienced seaman watches the effect produced upon the surface , small in appearance to the inexperienced eye ; but important in his who reads the waters as they find their level by secret channels , more than by the force of wind or