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The Freemason S' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASON S' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
SECOND SERIES—DECEMBER 31 , 1845 .
I have over felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully developes all social and benevolent affections ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political and theological controversy—because it affords the only neutral ground on which all ranks and classes can meet in perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether forpurposesof moral instruction or social intercourse . ' '— The EAUL GIT DURHAM on Freemasonry , 2 lst Jan-183-1 . * ' This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , does not prevent us , however , from investigating the inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may have been political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have become unjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * * "Justinian declares that he aets contrary to the law who , confining himself to the letter , acts contrary to the spirit and interest of it , " —H . R . H . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , April , 21 , 1812 . House of Lords *
THE GRAND MASTER AND THE MASONIC JEWS . CONCERNING GOD AND RELIGION . A Mason is obliged , by his tenure , to obey the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the art , he will never be a stupid atheist , nor an irreligious libertine . He , of all men , should best understand that God see . fi . not as man seeth ; for man looketh at the outward
appearance , but God looketh to the heart , A Mason is , therefore , particularly bound never to act against the dictates qf his conscience . Let a man ' s religion or mode of worshipbe what it may , he is not eoccludedfrom the Order , provided he believe in the glorious Architect qf heaven and earth , and practise the sacred duties qf morality . Masons unite with the virtuous of every 2 > ersuasion in the firm and pleasing bond of fraternal
love ; they are taught to view the errors qf mankind with compassion , and to strive , by the purity qf their own conduct , to demonstrate the superior excellence of the faith they may profess . Thus Masonry is- , the centre qf union between good men and true , and the happy means of conciliating friendship amongst those who must otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance . —( First Charge of a Freemason . )
The Grand Master of English Freemasons has spoken out with equal correctness as to truth of circumstance ancl decision of character . Tlie Hebrew Brethren—nay , the world of Freemasons—will thank him . " E _ nati natorum ct qui nascentur ab i ! li _ . " The Earl of Zetland , by combining pure philosophy with moral courage , has proved how well grounded he is in the true spirit of Freemasonry . VOL . in . 3 u
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The Freemason S' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASON S' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
SECOND SERIES—DECEMBER 31 , 1845 .
I have over felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully developes all social and benevolent affections ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political and theological controversy—because it affords the only neutral ground on which all ranks and classes can meet in perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether forpurposesof moral instruction or social intercourse . ' '— The EAUL GIT DURHAM on Freemasonry , 2 lst Jan-183-1 . * ' This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , does not prevent us , however , from investigating the inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may have been political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have become unjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * * "Justinian declares that he aets contrary to the law who , confining himself to the letter , acts contrary to the spirit and interest of it , " —H . R . H . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , April , 21 , 1812 . House of Lords *
THE GRAND MASTER AND THE MASONIC JEWS . CONCERNING GOD AND RELIGION . A Mason is obliged , by his tenure , to obey the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the art , he will never be a stupid atheist , nor an irreligious libertine . He , of all men , should best understand that God see . fi . not as man seeth ; for man looketh at the outward
appearance , but God looketh to the heart , A Mason is , therefore , particularly bound never to act against the dictates qf his conscience . Let a man ' s religion or mode of worshipbe what it may , he is not eoccludedfrom the Order , provided he believe in the glorious Architect qf heaven and earth , and practise the sacred duties qf morality . Masons unite with the virtuous of every 2 > ersuasion in the firm and pleasing bond of fraternal
love ; they are taught to view the errors qf mankind with compassion , and to strive , by the purity qf their own conduct , to demonstrate the superior excellence of the faith they may profess . Thus Masonry is- , the centre qf union between good men and true , and the happy means of conciliating friendship amongst those who must otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance . —( First Charge of a Freemason . )
The Grand Master of English Freemasons has spoken out with equal correctness as to truth of circumstance ancl decision of character . Tlie Hebrew Brethren—nay , the world of Freemasons—will thank him . " E _ nati natorum ct qui nascentur ab i ! li _ . " The Earl of Zetland , by combining pure philosophy with moral courage , has proved how well grounded he is in the true spirit of Freemasonry . VOL . in . 3 u