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Article PRETENDED MASONIC REVELATIONS. ← Page 3 of 8 →
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Pretended Masonic Revelations.
in America , would be , that a man who coolly and deliberately violates the most sacred pledges , and betrays the fullest confidence , in order to make money of his wretched dupes , is not only unfit for the society of English men and women , but is deserving of the utmost scorn and contempt , with which honour has it in its power to mark its abhorrence
of such dastardly and unprincipled meanness . That such morality , if it were to be encouraged , would lead to a total absence of confidence between man and man , is too evident to require proof , and in the name of Christianity we must express our unmixed detestation of wickedness and fraud , which can only be equalled by the Neapolitan catechism
so ably exposed by the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , M . P ., in which children are taught that kings are to be the sole judges of whether or no they need keep the oaths , to observe which they have solemnly sworn . The Christian abhorrence of Freemasonry expressed by this writer , the hideous crimes of which rise in intensity with
each edition of the book , is about equal to the conscientious scruples respecting ceremonial worship , which might be expressed by a thief , who had just been convicted of
sacrilege . As regards the supposed Masonic ritual which this book contains , we would only ask any honourable man whether he thinks that a person who , by his own confession , has perjured himself for the sake of dollars , is likely to have told the truth , or " what would sell ? " But for the satisfaction of
the Mason , we will quote a few extracts to show how ridiculous the whole attempt is , which is only exceeded in its absurdity by its monstrous wickedness . At the " Entered Apprentice ceremonial , " we are coolly informed " the Stewards furnish each Officer and Brother , in his place , with a glass of whatever he chooses to drink : this takes place at
refreshment , which means tippling , and is in some Lodges taught systematically . " " The following short conversation sometimes takes place before the candidate is prepared : ' Well friend , I perceive you look rather pale , —you feel somewhat frightened , don ' t you ? ' Candidate : ' Pale ?—No . — I ' m not frihtened . Is your gridiron pretty warm to-night ?'
g J . W .: ' I guess you ' 11 think so , in the course of half an hour . ' ( A laugh . ) The candidate now puts on a pair of old red drawers , & c . Then follows a prayer , in which the following passage occurs : ' Let him obey as the sun , who labours until perfect day with increasing strength , and let
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Pretended Masonic Revelations.
in America , would be , that a man who coolly and deliberately violates the most sacred pledges , and betrays the fullest confidence , in order to make money of his wretched dupes , is not only unfit for the society of English men and women , but is deserving of the utmost scorn and contempt , with which honour has it in its power to mark its abhorrence
of such dastardly and unprincipled meanness . That such morality , if it were to be encouraged , would lead to a total absence of confidence between man and man , is too evident to require proof , and in the name of Christianity we must express our unmixed detestation of wickedness and fraud , which can only be equalled by the Neapolitan catechism
so ably exposed by the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , M . P ., in which children are taught that kings are to be the sole judges of whether or no they need keep the oaths , to observe which they have solemnly sworn . The Christian abhorrence of Freemasonry expressed by this writer , the hideous crimes of which rise in intensity with
each edition of the book , is about equal to the conscientious scruples respecting ceremonial worship , which might be expressed by a thief , who had just been convicted of
sacrilege . As regards the supposed Masonic ritual which this book contains , we would only ask any honourable man whether he thinks that a person who , by his own confession , has perjured himself for the sake of dollars , is likely to have told the truth , or " what would sell ? " But for the satisfaction of
the Mason , we will quote a few extracts to show how ridiculous the whole attempt is , which is only exceeded in its absurdity by its monstrous wickedness . At the " Entered Apprentice ceremonial , " we are coolly informed " the Stewards furnish each Officer and Brother , in his place , with a glass of whatever he chooses to drink : this takes place at
refreshment , which means tippling , and is in some Lodges taught systematically . " " The following short conversation sometimes takes place before the candidate is prepared : ' Well friend , I perceive you look rather pale , —you feel somewhat frightened , don ' t you ? ' Candidate : ' Pale ?—No . — I ' m not frihtened . Is your gridiron pretty warm to-night ?'
g J . W .: ' I guess you ' 11 think so , in the course of half an hour . ' ( A laugh . ) The candidate now puts on a pair of old red drawers , & c . Then follows a prayer , in which the following passage occurs : ' Let him obey as the sun , who labours until perfect day with increasing strength , and let