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Masonic Charge,
placed in the most conspicuous part of the building— over the door of the the quire , " Lector , si monumentum requiris , circumspice . " Reader , if you seek a monument , look around you . I should here mention that , in the Lodge of Antiquity , are still preserved , having been presented by Sir C . Wren , the gavil , with which he laid the foundation stone of the present St . Paul ' s , together with the cap-stone of the old St . Paul ' s , as well as many other curious relics iven to this his own and favoured
g lodge . Let us now look at the state of the Order , as we at present find it , antl I think we shall be all pleased to observe that it is on the steady and firm increase ; all our funds are more or less prospering , new and worthy members are daily joining our ranks , our lodges are increasing in number , ten new ones having been constituted in last year alone , and several more since the publication of our annual calendar . I am lad to see
g that this province , on the whole , works well and steadily , although I could have wished to have seen more zeal displayed in certain lodges , to which I have on former occasions alluded . I congratulate Poole on ' -her prosperous state ; let other lodges that have been dormant imitate her and spring forth again into renewed existence . My brethren , be men , be Masons , support your Order , and shew to
the world that you belong to a society , of which brotherly love , charity , and kindness to all , form the foundation . I will here allude to a publication , by a Major Trevellyan , which has made its appearance in an attack on our Order since our last meeting . Every Mason knows well how to estimate such " a voluntary seceder from the society . " He is neither worthy the notice of our pens nor our lips ; his argument is curious ; as far as I can understand his jargonit
, appears to amount to this , that when a man becomes what he pleases to call a christian , or a converted character , he is not only at liberty , but bound to violate every obligation , every solemn tie , which he has ever before , at any time , entered into . I believe in looking around this lodge I am addressing christian men , many of them eminent for their piety , I will ask them—First , Is this the doctrine of Christianity ; and Second , If it is not , what is it ? I will answer the question by a question , and
say , Is it not a doctrine propounded by a vain , weak , and ignorant man , whose only object is to make himself notorious in the world , by appearing before it as an author ? In this I can assure him he has signally failed , for I know his book is equally laughed at by the uninitiated , and despised by the brethren of our Order . My brethren , farewell . I thank you for your attendance here to-day . Persevere in your masonic dutiesconciliate allconciliate one
, , every , more especially the ladies , and that is only to be done by shewing to them , that we walk worthily of our profession , and that we can truly say " No Mortals can more . The Ladies adore , Timn the free and accepted Mason . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Charge,
placed in the most conspicuous part of the building— over the door of the the quire , " Lector , si monumentum requiris , circumspice . " Reader , if you seek a monument , look around you . I should here mention that , in the Lodge of Antiquity , are still preserved , having been presented by Sir C . Wren , the gavil , with which he laid the foundation stone of the present St . Paul ' s , together with the cap-stone of the old St . Paul ' s , as well as many other curious relics iven to this his own and favoured
g lodge . Let us now look at the state of the Order , as we at present find it , antl I think we shall be all pleased to observe that it is on the steady and firm increase ; all our funds are more or less prospering , new and worthy members are daily joining our ranks , our lodges are increasing in number , ten new ones having been constituted in last year alone , and several more since the publication of our annual calendar . I am lad to see
g that this province , on the whole , works well and steadily , although I could have wished to have seen more zeal displayed in certain lodges , to which I have on former occasions alluded . I congratulate Poole on ' -her prosperous state ; let other lodges that have been dormant imitate her and spring forth again into renewed existence . My brethren , be men , be Masons , support your Order , and shew to
the world that you belong to a society , of which brotherly love , charity , and kindness to all , form the foundation . I will here allude to a publication , by a Major Trevellyan , which has made its appearance in an attack on our Order since our last meeting . Every Mason knows well how to estimate such " a voluntary seceder from the society . " He is neither worthy the notice of our pens nor our lips ; his argument is curious ; as far as I can understand his jargonit
, appears to amount to this , that when a man becomes what he pleases to call a christian , or a converted character , he is not only at liberty , but bound to violate every obligation , every solemn tie , which he has ever before , at any time , entered into . I believe in looking around this lodge I am addressing christian men , many of them eminent for their piety , I will ask them—First , Is this the doctrine of Christianity ; and Second , If it is not , what is it ? I will answer the question by a question , and
say , Is it not a doctrine propounded by a vain , weak , and ignorant man , whose only object is to make himself notorious in the world , by appearing before it as an author ? In this I can assure him he has signally failed , for I know his book is equally laughed at by the uninitiated , and despised by the brethren of our Order . My brethren , farewell . I thank you for your attendance here to-day . Persevere in your masonic dutiesconciliate allconciliate one
, , every , more especially the ladies , and that is only to be done by shewing to them , that we walk worthily of our profession , and that we can truly say " No Mortals can more . The Ladies adore , Timn the free and accepted Mason . "