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Masonic Didactics; Or , Short Moral Essay's Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAY'S OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BY BROTHER H . R . SLADE , LLB . " Masonry is n peculiar system of morals . " No . XLL—EQUAL-HANDED JUSTICE THE ONLY SAFE
PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN ACTION . Justiti " . numen invoco ac tester tmmi SHWECA . HACKNIED as the princi ple of the thesis may be deemed , familiar to he commonest schoolboy as it may be thought , inscribed as it is upon tables and books , so that "he who runs may read , " yet , alas ! how Uttle do we observe of it the ordinary of hfe
m occurrences . Men love to cite and illustrate it when abstract cases come under their iudgment ; but bring the question home to their own bosoms , when the principle interferes or foils some measure of self-interest , and , alas ! for human consistency ! how quickly poor even-handed Justice is tossed overboard . lo Do unto others as we would that men should do unto us , " was d great lnt f the moral law b
l . fjf ° T , °° ^ joined y the meek and Humble Jesus , who came to restore that which was lost , reviving and ^«™ " f * f P ™^ * originally taught by Moses , by which the achons and motives of mankind might be properl y guided in their daily ^~ ° < < *? " ' ° tra , lsactio " s with mother as we expect another to deal with us .
irmwr " ? otwI * " ° *» Pnnciple , like many others of a similai import , is continuall y quoted , even by both the lewd and the pious , few ofZrhl ** - f tand ^ application ; and , except perhaps in affairs ZTr f , hat - P , ^ 110 eye ls drawn towards *« n with peculiar ™ . « V pi : ° P - ° " f a test whether our cond » ct be upon the ZhvL - lntf ? tlons > and measured by the perpendicular of upright numln ; n ™ - ^ ^^ The ° classical a PP > " ^* laCOmC mdith Jt Evokes the fabled dei
taTsrifv Z ? ' * ^ ., Py * ty en * W to fn / * ° V ' f ther aS t 0 what he assert *> or what he Hrt ? v rf / r f- - that the enl ; ghtened heathen had borrowed , from the dim light of tradUion , a spark of that Grand Luminary which L ^ V V L- Liglt * at ¥ , teth ever yman that eometh ^ nto he VhUnTl 8 h r m that ° " ° f tlle P rinci P aI ste P s in life & Justice . 1 lulosophers of every age , more especiall y in the days of Seneca have debated and written the important ethicRi ht and
upon -g Wg-2 WJ T 6 Ue -th i « V « 0 ° *> * e «*„ ,, and the ™* o _ with equal wi ^ r t P T SIOn { ^ " have so Amplified and clearly elta-MuHnS i ™ , ^ DiviUe F ? Under ° f the « P dispe / satiS . Multiplied laws have been enacted , elaborate States composed to S *^ ta ( i of society ; but , though learnedly w-itte ^ rt ef faU to convey the unostentatious force of Christ ' s maxim of justice- " As yc would that men should do to you , so do ye unto them . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Didactics; Or , Short Moral Essay's Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAY'S OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BY BROTHER H . R . SLADE , LLB . " Masonry is n peculiar system of morals . " No . XLL—EQUAL-HANDED JUSTICE THE ONLY SAFE
PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN ACTION . Justiti " . numen invoco ac tester tmmi SHWECA . HACKNIED as the princi ple of the thesis may be deemed , familiar to he commonest schoolboy as it may be thought , inscribed as it is upon tables and books , so that "he who runs may read , " yet , alas ! how Uttle do we observe of it the ordinary of hfe
m occurrences . Men love to cite and illustrate it when abstract cases come under their iudgment ; but bring the question home to their own bosoms , when the principle interferes or foils some measure of self-interest , and , alas ! for human consistency ! how quickly poor even-handed Justice is tossed overboard . lo Do unto others as we would that men should do unto us , " was d great lnt f the moral law b
l . fjf ° T , °° ^ joined y the meek and Humble Jesus , who came to restore that which was lost , reviving and ^«™ " f * f P ™^ * originally taught by Moses , by which the achons and motives of mankind might be properl y guided in their daily ^~ ° < < *? " ' ° tra , lsactio " s with mother as we expect another to deal with us .
irmwr " ? otwI * " ° *» Pnnciple , like many others of a similai import , is continuall y quoted , even by both the lewd and the pious , few ofZrhl ** - f tand ^ application ; and , except perhaps in affairs ZTr f , hat - P , ^ 110 eye ls drawn towards *« n with peculiar ™ . « V pi : ° P - ° " f a test whether our cond » ct be upon the ZhvL - lntf ? tlons > and measured by the perpendicular of upright numln ; n ™ - ^ ^^ The ° classical a PP > " ^* laCOmC mdith Jt Evokes the fabled dei
taTsrifv Z ? ' * ^ ., Py * ty en * W to fn / * ° V ' f ther aS t 0 what he assert *> or what he Hrt ? v rf / r f- - that the enl ; ghtened heathen had borrowed , from the dim light of tradUion , a spark of that Grand Luminary which L ^ V V L- Liglt * at ¥ , teth ever yman that eometh ^ nto he VhUnTl 8 h r m that ° " ° f tlle P rinci P aI ste P s in life & Justice . 1 lulosophers of every age , more especiall y in the days of Seneca have debated and written the important ethicRi ht and
upon -g Wg-2 WJ T 6 Ue -th i « V « 0 ° *> * e «*„ ,, and the ™* o _ with equal wi ^ r t P T SIOn { ^ " have so Amplified and clearly elta-MuHnS i ™ , ^ DiviUe F ? Under ° f the « P dispe / satiS . Multiplied laws have been enacted , elaborate States composed to S *^ ta ( i of society ; but , though learnedly w-itte ^ rt ef faU to convey the unostentatious force of Christ ' s maxim of justice- " As yc would that men should do to you , so do ye unto them . "