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Freemasonry Vindicated,
was passed on hi ™ , but never revealed to him till it was put into execution . Like the Mutes of the Grand Siguier , the Inquisitors condemned and executed him without speaking . O Almodovar , heaven knew the purity of thy sentiments , heaven will reward thee ! Th y brethren have paid to thmanes
y that homage which was due to th y firmness and to thy virtue : our regrets will be eternal . My pen recoils at this appalling subject , on which I would relate many other authenticated facts , which , like the tale of the murdered Dane ,
" Would harrow up thy soul , freeze thy young blood , Make thy twin eyes , like stars , start from their spheres , Thy knotted and combined locks to part , And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine . "
Far from our philanthropic Craft are those criminal errors , the bane of the human species ! In Freemasonry brutal force and violence did never dictate the law : to worship the Grand Geometrician of the Universe ; to love all His creatures with fraternal affection ; to serve to the uttermost of our power our brethren , their widows , and orphans , will ever be the chief care and duty of
every Freemason . In the profane world there are modern creeds and ancient creeds , old systems and new systems . In Freemasonry there are only men and brethren , who vowed before the Father of all to remain always brothers , and act by each other as such .
The creeds of Morea , Geneva , Rome , and Jerusalem , are blended in one universal feeling—TOLERATION ; and the opinions of different politicians into another universal feeling—HUMANITY . A fundamental duty traced in Masonry is to respect all religious worship , be they what they will , but we never make them the subject of our discussions . In what would TOLERATION be found
, if it were not to constitute one of the most essential precepts , and one of the most powerful means of our Order to produce efficient good , and become eminently useful to the whole society of mankind .
Freemasonry also prescribes to respect and uphold the laws and government ofthe country where it is respectively established ,-VOL . j . 3 , j
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Freemasonry Vindicated,
was passed on hi ™ , but never revealed to him till it was put into execution . Like the Mutes of the Grand Siguier , the Inquisitors condemned and executed him without speaking . O Almodovar , heaven knew the purity of thy sentiments , heaven will reward thee ! Th y brethren have paid to thmanes
y that homage which was due to th y firmness and to thy virtue : our regrets will be eternal . My pen recoils at this appalling subject , on which I would relate many other authenticated facts , which , like the tale of the murdered Dane ,
" Would harrow up thy soul , freeze thy young blood , Make thy twin eyes , like stars , start from their spheres , Thy knotted and combined locks to part , And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine . "
Far from our philanthropic Craft are those criminal errors , the bane of the human species ! In Freemasonry brutal force and violence did never dictate the law : to worship the Grand Geometrician of the Universe ; to love all His creatures with fraternal affection ; to serve to the uttermost of our power our brethren , their widows , and orphans , will ever be the chief care and duty of
every Freemason . In the profane world there are modern creeds and ancient creeds , old systems and new systems . In Freemasonry there are only men and brethren , who vowed before the Father of all to remain always brothers , and act by each other as such .
The creeds of Morea , Geneva , Rome , and Jerusalem , are blended in one universal feeling—TOLERATION ; and the opinions of different politicians into another universal feeling—HUMANITY . A fundamental duty traced in Masonry is to respect all religious worship , be they what they will , but we never make them the subject of our discussions . In what would TOLERATION be found
, if it were not to constitute one of the most essential precepts , and one of the most powerful means of our Order to produce efficient good , and become eminently useful to the whole society of mankind .
Freemasonry also prescribes to respect and uphold the laws and government ofthe country where it is respectively established ,-VOL . j . 3 , j