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The Revelations Of A Square.
of Masonry is merely symbolical of a better and more perfect dispensation . ' In a word , ' he continued , ' if Masonry be universal , it can only be applied to an universal religion , which Judaism confessedly is not . And therefore it follows , that , if there be a religion which , in God's good time , shall embrace all mankindand bring them into one fold under
, one shepherd , that is the religion in which all men will ultimately agree . It is a consummation to which every true Mason looks forward with delight , as a season when an universal religion shall cement all mankind in the bonds of an universal brotherhood ; when the dove shall hold out the olive branch of peace to all the kindreds of the earth ; when
swords shall be beat into plough-shares ; when nation shall not rise against nation , neither shall there be war any more . This completion of the everlasting design of the Most High will render Masonic secresy unnecessary , and Christ shall be all in all . '
" The Jew persisted that , in applying Masonry to Christianity , we placed ourselves in a worse situation than in admitting its Jewish tendency ; because its universality was thus destroyed by the adoption of a principle exclusively sectarian . "' What ? ' Dr . Manningham replied' sectarian to as
si-, milate an universal system to an universal religion ?' "' But 1 deny , ' said the Jew , ' that Christianity is an universal religion . I believe that Judaism is the only true way of worshipping God , and that it will ultimately prevail over all others . '
" Dr . Manningham here referred to the book of Common Prayer , which always lay on the table , and read from the 7 th article as follows . ' The Old Testament is not contrary to the New ; for in both everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ , who is the only mediator between God and man ; and the law given from God by Moses , as touching
ceremonies and rites , does not bind Christian men . ' He admitted that it may be perfectly consistent in a Jew to apply Masonry to the requirements of his own religion ; but , he said , it was impossible for the Christian to copy his example . And for this plain reason . If he be firmly persuaded that Christianity is an universal reliionwhich he
g , must be if he believes the Gospel to be true , he cannot , without inconsistency , affirm , that by making Masonry a Christian institution , its universality is affected , ' if , on the contrary , he really thinks that Freemasonry is a
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The Revelations Of A Square.
of Masonry is merely symbolical of a better and more perfect dispensation . ' In a word , ' he continued , ' if Masonry be universal , it can only be applied to an universal religion , which Judaism confessedly is not . And therefore it follows , that , if there be a religion which , in God's good time , shall embrace all mankindand bring them into one fold under
, one shepherd , that is the religion in which all men will ultimately agree . It is a consummation to which every true Mason looks forward with delight , as a season when an universal religion shall cement all mankind in the bonds of an universal brotherhood ; when the dove shall hold out the olive branch of peace to all the kindreds of the earth ; when
swords shall be beat into plough-shares ; when nation shall not rise against nation , neither shall there be war any more . This completion of the everlasting design of the Most High will render Masonic secresy unnecessary , and Christ shall be all in all . '
" The Jew persisted that , in applying Masonry to Christianity , we placed ourselves in a worse situation than in admitting its Jewish tendency ; because its universality was thus destroyed by the adoption of a principle exclusively sectarian . "' What ? ' Dr . Manningham replied' sectarian to as
si-, milate an universal system to an universal religion ?' "' But 1 deny , ' said the Jew , ' that Christianity is an universal religion . I believe that Judaism is the only true way of worshipping God , and that it will ultimately prevail over all others . '
" Dr . Manningham here referred to the book of Common Prayer , which always lay on the table , and read from the 7 th article as follows . ' The Old Testament is not contrary to the New ; for in both everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ , who is the only mediator between God and man ; and the law given from God by Moses , as touching
ceremonies and rites , does not bind Christian men . ' He admitted that it may be perfectly consistent in a Jew to apply Masonry to the requirements of his own religion ; but , he said , it was impossible for the Christian to copy his example . And for this plain reason . If he be firmly persuaded that Christianity is an universal reliionwhich he
g , must be if he believes the Gospel to be true , he cannot , without inconsistency , affirm , that by making Masonry a Christian institution , its universality is affected , ' if , on the contrary , he really thinks that Freemasonry is a