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The Revelations Of A Square.
THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE .
BY THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D . CHAPTER THE EIGHTH . WILLIAM PRESTON . FROM 1777 TO 1779 .
" Arma vimmcuic cano . "—VlKGIL . " Pardon thine enemy , and have manliness of heart enough to do him good . This generous sacrifice , one of the most exalted precepts of religion , will awaken in thee the most benignant sensations ; thou wilt represent the image of the Deity , who with adorable kindness pardons the errors of men , disregarding their ingratitude , and pours down his blessings upon them . Always recollect that this is the most lorious victory threason can obtain over the
g y brutal instincts ; and thy motto be— ' A Mason forgets only injuries , never benefits . '"—MASONIC EXHORTATIONS : From the German . " I object to yon strongly on the score of your processions ; and I object to you still more decidedly on the score of yoiu' secret . You are a secret society , held together by a stringent oath ; now I hold that wherever there is mystery there is iniquity . "—The Anti-Masonic Vicar , in " Stray Leaves . "
" IN the earliest part of my existence , " the Square continued , " I heard the venerable and excellent Bishop Hall preach , and he said , very strongly , in his usual antithetical manner , ' One man may kindle a fire which all the world cannot quench . One plague-sore may infect a wiiole kingdom .
One artful partisan will do more to seduce others into evil , than twenty just and upright men / " This truth will be amply verified in the following Revelations : for I have now before me the irksome task of communicating the particulars of an unhappy dispute between our oldest Lodge and the Grand Lodge itself . The recollection
of it is by no means pleasing ; but as a most indefatigable and successful Mason , whose name will descend with honour to posterity , was a party in the quarrel , it must not be suppressed , for every event in the career of such a man cannot fail to be interesting to the Fraternity . " As a moveable Jewel , " continued the Square , " I became the property of Bro . Preston , in the year of poor Doctor Dodd ' s vol . in . 3 i
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The Revelations Of A Square.
THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE .
BY THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D . CHAPTER THE EIGHTH . WILLIAM PRESTON . FROM 1777 TO 1779 .
" Arma vimmcuic cano . "—VlKGIL . " Pardon thine enemy , and have manliness of heart enough to do him good . This generous sacrifice , one of the most exalted precepts of religion , will awaken in thee the most benignant sensations ; thou wilt represent the image of the Deity , who with adorable kindness pardons the errors of men , disregarding their ingratitude , and pours down his blessings upon them . Always recollect that this is the most lorious victory threason can obtain over the
g y brutal instincts ; and thy motto be— ' A Mason forgets only injuries , never benefits . '"—MASONIC EXHORTATIONS : From the German . " I object to yon strongly on the score of your processions ; and I object to you still more decidedly on the score of yoiu' secret . You are a secret society , held together by a stringent oath ; now I hold that wherever there is mystery there is iniquity . "—The Anti-Masonic Vicar , in " Stray Leaves . "
" IN the earliest part of my existence , " the Square continued , " I heard the venerable and excellent Bishop Hall preach , and he said , very strongly , in his usual antithetical manner , ' One man may kindle a fire which all the world cannot quench . One plague-sore may infect a wiiole kingdom .
One artful partisan will do more to seduce others into evil , than twenty just and upright men / " This truth will be amply verified in the following Revelations : for I have now before me the irksome task of communicating the particulars of an unhappy dispute between our oldest Lodge and the Grand Lodge itself . The recollection
of it is by no means pleasing ; but as a most indefatigable and successful Mason , whose name will descend with honour to posterity , was a party in the quarrel , it must not be suppressed , for every event in the career of such a man cannot fail to be interesting to the Fraternity . " As a moveable Jewel , " continued the Square , " I became the property of Bro . Preston , in the year of poor Doctor Dodd ' s vol . in . 3 i