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Masonic Colloquisms (Query Quizzings?)
MASONIC COLLOQUISMS ( Query QUIZZINGS ?)
AGAINST US . « £ i ' u ° * 1 ™" ' who was made in Sc ° aand , and was passed and raised all on the same evening , says- "Pish ! I never knew any thin " oZi ^ al K » freqUent ""* " «¦ t 0 d ™ k ****** to ddy I «
Another , a veteran in the British army , who was many years in India with his regiment , and in which was a lodge , says , he never thought much of the craft , and , though frequently solicited / henever would " be iv ^ r ?' ^ it appeared always to end in hard drinking , whenever the lodge met . Alas ! my brethren ' y ' I wo allegations in the above may serve as a caution not to confer the degrees ma hasty and slovenlmannerand not to those rules
y , _ infringe —t , f- d tera P erance * «* fc * are fundamental articles ofthe masonic symbolism . J Our good deeds oft lie buried in oblivion : the ill we do lives in the memory , losing nought of the odium of a first offence !
FOR US . A celebrated architect residing in a fashionable city in the West of England had given rise to the idea that he wished to join the fraternity tl wf h \ i - l , f ° ' Md bdn ° asked ^ 7 ^ did not grat fy he hJl h hl , . fnends by P utting his idea into execution , replied thlt he had been making every enquiry into the subject previous to taking a ^ Z htrF' ^ thll - l 0 t find , that he was less a Mason from being simply a Christian without risking the trials of initiation
, . r tA ^ i -i * M i he same city ~ a man deeply imbued with the holy principles of the Christian faith-assured me that he has fre-T ™ P - rT T ° f his masonic brethren otmerj , grade and oeerZnnfT A - ? Wm ' ° " * festMti ^ «»<* never had the smallest occasion to regret his presence among them .
nffiiW ? S fi u -r ! . / a very intelligent and well-informed young officer in the Hon . East India Company ' s maritime service , that it wa ! always a matter of vexation and regret to him on his voyages that he Z , ^ % ^ T't bei 1 ^ ^ ^ dividual who was so c rcum ! stanced of all the officers of his ship . A laughable incident happened once at a dinner rrnvtv o-ivpn } , „ „
reverend brother of the craft . With two exceptions all the men were Free and Accepted . One of the exceptions went away ear £ AfW cha ting awhile the con versation turned upon the peculiar pleasures and privileges oi the society , and the host , a most worthy fellow , said en-Ef V ° ° " ° J ?« ° mpan ^ " — * what sa / yoUrwouTd you desire to he unmade ? " "I should think not , " replied R--. Then
IbouTtheV ] 16 n T fif Witb whom ™ Piously been talking onr £ ? nl I ¦ ta e s Mas to men who frequent foreign partsffl p te 'f f ™^ 7 raan-and himseif asking how it was he had not followed his excellent father ' s , example , and his uncle ' s , our host both of W ae ' e TlZ ofF m / Ma T ' T reV 6 rend brother instantl y pfoposf fireb / flfjZT Vi i ° * t , ere was a 00 d rmrinff Christmas
: ^ ' , ° ^ Sf ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^ i ^ r ^ - -iSsTss ^ v . From t / te Album O / ANTIPOSTBRIOREM .
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Masonic Colloquisms (Query Quizzings?)
MASONIC COLLOQUISMS ( Query QUIZZINGS ?)
AGAINST US . « £ i ' u ° * 1 ™" ' who was made in Sc ° aand , and was passed and raised all on the same evening , says- "Pish ! I never knew any thin " oZi ^ al K » freqUent ""* " «¦ t 0 d ™ k ****** to ddy I «
Another , a veteran in the British army , who was many years in India with his regiment , and in which was a lodge , says , he never thought much of the craft , and , though frequently solicited / henever would " be iv ^ r ?' ^ it appeared always to end in hard drinking , whenever the lodge met . Alas ! my brethren ' y ' I wo allegations in the above may serve as a caution not to confer the degrees ma hasty and slovenlmannerand not to those rules
y , _ infringe —t , f- d tera P erance * «* fc * are fundamental articles ofthe masonic symbolism . J Our good deeds oft lie buried in oblivion : the ill we do lives in the memory , losing nought of the odium of a first offence !
FOR US . A celebrated architect residing in a fashionable city in the West of England had given rise to the idea that he wished to join the fraternity tl wf h \ i - l , f ° ' Md bdn ° asked ^ 7 ^ did not grat fy he hJl h hl , . fnends by P utting his idea into execution , replied thlt he had been making every enquiry into the subject previous to taking a ^ Z htrF' ^ thll - l 0 t find , that he was less a Mason from being simply a Christian without risking the trials of initiation
, . r tA ^ i -i * M i he same city ~ a man deeply imbued with the holy principles of the Christian faith-assured me that he has fre-T ™ P - rT T ° f his masonic brethren otmerj , grade and oeerZnnfT A - ? Wm ' ° " * festMti ^ «»<* never had the smallest occasion to regret his presence among them .
nffiiW ? S fi u -r ! . / a very intelligent and well-informed young officer in the Hon . East India Company ' s maritime service , that it wa ! always a matter of vexation and regret to him on his voyages that he Z , ^ % ^ T't bei 1 ^ ^ ^ dividual who was so c rcum ! stanced of all the officers of his ship . A laughable incident happened once at a dinner rrnvtv o-ivpn } , „ „
reverend brother of the craft . With two exceptions all the men were Free and Accepted . One of the exceptions went away ear £ AfW cha ting awhile the con versation turned upon the peculiar pleasures and privileges oi the society , and the host , a most worthy fellow , said en-Ef V ° ° " ° J ?« ° mpan ^ " — * what sa / yoUrwouTd you desire to he unmade ? " "I should think not , " replied R--. Then
IbouTtheV ] 16 n T fif Witb whom ™ Piously been talking onr £ ? nl I ¦ ta e s Mas to men who frequent foreign partsffl p te 'f f ™^ 7 raan-and himseif asking how it was he had not followed his excellent father ' s , example , and his uncle ' s , our host both of W ae ' e TlZ ofF m / Ma T ' T reV 6 rend brother instantl y pfoposf fireb / flfjZT Vi i ° * t , ere was a 00 d rmrinff Christmas
: ^ ' , ° ^ Sf ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^ i ^ r ^ - -iSsTss ^ v . From t / te Album O / ANTIPOSTBRIOREM .