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The Revelations Of A Square.
dulge in excesses which transgressed the bounds of moderate conviviality , and brought discredit on the Order . This compulsory practice became at length so burdensome , that a clause was introduced into the Bye-Laws , by direction of the Grand Lodge , that ' no landlord or master of the house where a Lodge shall be held shall be permitted to have any other
share in the furniture and property of the Lodge than as an individual member . ' By the genial operation of this rule the above nuisance was considerably abated . " The period I have rapidly passed over in the precedingchapter produced several authentic publications on the subject of Masonry , which were read in the Lodges for the
edification of the Brethren . * The ' Ahiman Eezon' was also published for the use of the seceders , and was adopted by the schismatical Grand Lodge , as its Book of Constitutions , t At this period our Eev . Bro . Entick engaged in the laudable design of counteracting the repeated attempts that had been made to throw Masonry into confusion , and contributed several valuable additions to Masonic literature . He was , in his turn , the Master of our Lodge , and I glittered on his breast for three consecutive years . His habits were
* These were— "A Charge delivered at the King ' s Arms , in Helston , Cornwall , on Tuesday , April 21 st , 17 S 2 , by Isaac Head . " "A Search after Truth ; a Sermon , delivered at Gloucester before the Lodge , No . 95 : " 1752 . "A Pocket Companion , and History of Freemasonry , containing its Origin , Progress , and Present State ; the Institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; Lists ofthe Grand Masters and other Officers ofthe Grand Lodges of Scotland and England ; an Abstract of their Laws , Constitutions , Customs , Charges , Orders , and Regulations , for the Instruction and Conduct of the Brethren . "
By Jonathan Scott . London , Baldwin , Davey , and Law , 1754 ; Second Edition , 1759 ; Third Edition , 1764 . To this latter Edition wero appended many other particulars for the use ofthe Society . + "Ahiman Eezon , or a Help to a Brother ; showing- the Excellency of Secrecy , and the First Cause or Motive of the Institution of Masonry , the Principles of the Craft , and the Benefits from a Strict Observance thereof ; also the Old and New Regulations . To which is added , the greatest Collection of Masonic Songs . " By Bro . Dermott . London , Bedford , 1756 ; Second EditionLondon 1764 ; Third EditionLondonJones 1778 Fifth Edition
, , , , , ; , Dublin , 1780 ; Sixth Edition , by Bro . Harper , London , Burton , 1800 ; Seventh Edition , London , 1807 ; Eighth Edition , London , 1813 ; Ninth Edition , London , Asperne , 1836 . " The Mariland Ahiman Rezon ; containing the History of Masonry , & c . " Baltimore , 1799 . " Freemasons' Library , and General Ahiman Rezon . " By Samuel Cole . Baltimore , 1817 . " Ahiman Rezon abridged and digested . " By W . Smith , D . D . Philadelphia , 1783 . "Charges and Regulations of tho Society of Free and Accepted Masons ; extracted irom Ahiman Rezon , under the Sanction of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Halifax , in Now Scotland . " Halifax 1786 . It was answered in a book called "A
De-. , fence of Masonry , as practised in tho Regular Lodges , both Foreign and Domestic , under the Constitution of the English Grancl Master . In which is v-Contained a ReRitation of Mr . Dermott's absurd and ridiculous Account of freemasonry , in his book entitled i Ahiman Rezon , ' and the Several Queries therein reflecting on the Regular Masons considered and answered . " London , Floxnoy and Hood , 1765 .
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The Revelations Of A Square.
dulge in excesses which transgressed the bounds of moderate conviviality , and brought discredit on the Order . This compulsory practice became at length so burdensome , that a clause was introduced into the Bye-Laws , by direction of the Grand Lodge , that ' no landlord or master of the house where a Lodge shall be held shall be permitted to have any other
share in the furniture and property of the Lodge than as an individual member . ' By the genial operation of this rule the above nuisance was considerably abated . " The period I have rapidly passed over in the precedingchapter produced several authentic publications on the subject of Masonry , which were read in the Lodges for the
edification of the Brethren . * The ' Ahiman Eezon' was also published for the use of the seceders , and was adopted by the schismatical Grand Lodge , as its Book of Constitutions , t At this period our Eev . Bro . Entick engaged in the laudable design of counteracting the repeated attempts that had been made to throw Masonry into confusion , and contributed several valuable additions to Masonic literature . He was , in his turn , the Master of our Lodge , and I glittered on his breast for three consecutive years . His habits were
* These were— "A Charge delivered at the King ' s Arms , in Helston , Cornwall , on Tuesday , April 21 st , 17 S 2 , by Isaac Head . " "A Search after Truth ; a Sermon , delivered at Gloucester before the Lodge , No . 95 : " 1752 . "A Pocket Companion , and History of Freemasonry , containing its Origin , Progress , and Present State ; the Institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; Lists ofthe Grand Masters and other Officers ofthe Grand Lodges of Scotland and England ; an Abstract of their Laws , Constitutions , Customs , Charges , Orders , and Regulations , for the Instruction and Conduct of the Brethren . "
By Jonathan Scott . London , Baldwin , Davey , and Law , 1754 ; Second Edition , 1759 ; Third Edition , 1764 . To this latter Edition wero appended many other particulars for the use ofthe Society . + "Ahiman Eezon , or a Help to a Brother ; showing- the Excellency of Secrecy , and the First Cause or Motive of the Institution of Masonry , the Principles of the Craft , and the Benefits from a Strict Observance thereof ; also the Old and New Regulations . To which is added , the greatest Collection of Masonic Songs . " By Bro . Dermott . London , Bedford , 1756 ; Second EditionLondon 1764 ; Third EditionLondonJones 1778 Fifth Edition
, , , , , ; , Dublin , 1780 ; Sixth Edition , by Bro . Harper , London , Burton , 1800 ; Seventh Edition , London , 1807 ; Eighth Edition , London , 1813 ; Ninth Edition , London , Asperne , 1836 . " The Mariland Ahiman Rezon ; containing the History of Masonry , & c . " Baltimore , 1799 . " Freemasons' Library , and General Ahiman Rezon . " By Samuel Cole . Baltimore , 1817 . " Ahiman Rezon abridged and digested . " By W . Smith , D . D . Philadelphia , 1783 . "Charges and Regulations of tho Society of Free and Accepted Masons ; extracted irom Ahiman Rezon , under the Sanction of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Halifax , in Now Scotland . " Halifax 1786 . It was answered in a book called "A
De-. , fence of Masonry , as practised in tho Regular Lodges , both Foreign and Domestic , under the Constitution of the English Grancl Master . In which is v-Contained a ReRitation of Mr . Dermott's absurd and ridiculous Account of freemasonry , in his book entitled i Ahiman Rezon , ' and the Several Queries therein reflecting on the Regular Masons considered and answered . " London , Floxnoy and Hood , 1765 .