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Article POPULAR LECTURE ON FREEMASONRY. ← Page 4 of 4 Article MASONIC ANECDOTES. Page 1 of 6 →
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Popular Lecture On Freemasonry.
Their hearts were so many Lodges , in which virtue presided , and the dictates of that grand mistress of the female bosom their only incentive to action . In conclusion , Freemasonry , rightly understood , would be found to be the improvement of youth , the delight of old age , the ornament of prosperity , the refuge ancl solace of adversity ; it pleased at home , it was no incumbrance abroad ; it lodged within us , it travelled out with us ;
and added pleasure and amusement in the quiet of rural retirement ! The genuine Mason sought universal truth ; he cultivated universal harmony ; he desired the happiness of all men ; and he looked with the mental eye over the whole globe . One part is peopled with fair men , another with black ancl swarthy faces ; their languages are various , tlieir modes of thinking different—but all are our Brothers ! The children of one father in heaven , and one family on earth ! The lecturer was welcomed with reiterated acclamations .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
LIEUT . COL . TYTLER . IN the Edinburgh Review , a criticism appeared on a work of Allison ' s , in which considerable doubt was expressed of the truth of the statement that the life of the French commander had been saved , by his making the Freemasons' sign , when unhorsed , ancl on the point of being dispatched by the spear of a Cossack . If the improbability of the anecdote
is the only reason that can be assigned for throwing discredit on the story , we beg to annex a similar tale , well authenticated , the performers and narrator being at this moment in existence , and ready to attest its accuracy . AVe presume the analogy of the two cases will set at rest the question of probability . Bro . Back , ( Tyler , in the East of Altenburg , No . 7 , ) relates , that his father-in-law ' 'Lieutenant Colonel Tytlerin the last American warwas
, , , thrown on the ground , and about being stabbed with a bayonet , when he , as a last resource , made the cAlasonic sign , and , on the moment , the American stayed his hand , ancl gave the fallen soldier his life and liberty . FREEMASONRY VBl'SUS THE SLAVE TRADE .
To THE EDITOR . —SIR AND BROTHER , —It is unnecessary to remind Freemasons that ou private signs , although of great importance , are not the most valuable , nor the most interesting , parts of the science we endeavour to cultivate . Masonry embraces a wider range , ancl has a nobler object in view ; namely , the cultivation and improvement of the understanding , ancl affections . But fat the methods by which Masons recognize each other have , frequentl y , the most important consequences , will be illustrated b
y the following anecdote , which is the cause of my addressing you—and ivhich , with others of a similar character , will shew that Freemasonry exerts the highest influence on even the most uncul-
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Popular Lecture On Freemasonry.
Their hearts were so many Lodges , in which virtue presided , and the dictates of that grand mistress of the female bosom their only incentive to action . In conclusion , Freemasonry , rightly understood , would be found to be the improvement of youth , the delight of old age , the ornament of prosperity , the refuge ancl solace of adversity ; it pleased at home , it was no incumbrance abroad ; it lodged within us , it travelled out with us ;
and added pleasure and amusement in the quiet of rural retirement ! The genuine Mason sought universal truth ; he cultivated universal harmony ; he desired the happiness of all men ; and he looked with the mental eye over the whole globe . One part is peopled with fair men , another with black ancl swarthy faces ; their languages are various , tlieir modes of thinking different—but all are our Brothers ! The children of one father in heaven , and one family on earth ! The lecturer was welcomed with reiterated acclamations .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
LIEUT . COL . TYTLER . IN the Edinburgh Review , a criticism appeared on a work of Allison ' s , in which considerable doubt was expressed of the truth of the statement that the life of the French commander had been saved , by his making the Freemasons' sign , when unhorsed , ancl on the point of being dispatched by the spear of a Cossack . If the improbability of the anecdote
is the only reason that can be assigned for throwing discredit on the story , we beg to annex a similar tale , well authenticated , the performers and narrator being at this moment in existence , and ready to attest its accuracy . AVe presume the analogy of the two cases will set at rest the question of probability . Bro . Back , ( Tyler , in the East of Altenburg , No . 7 , ) relates , that his father-in-law ' 'Lieutenant Colonel Tytlerin the last American warwas
, , , thrown on the ground , and about being stabbed with a bayonet , when he , as a last resource , made the cAlasonic sign , and , on the moment , the American stayed his hand , ancl gave the fallen soldier his life and liberty . FREEMASONRY VBl'SUS THE SLAVE TRADE .
To THE EDITOR . —SIR AND BROTHER , —It is unnecessary to remind Freemasons that ou private signs , although of great importance , are not the most valuable , nor the most interesting , parts of the science we endeavour to cultivate . Masonry embraces a wider range , ancl has a nobler object in view ; namely , the cultivation and improvement of the understanding , ancl affections . But fat the methods by which Masons recognize each other have , frequentl y , the most important consequences , will be illustrated b
y the following anecdote , which is the cause of my addressing you—and ivhich , with others of a similar character , will shew that Freemasonry exerts the highest influence on even the most uncul-