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Are You A Master Mason ?
manner , their Masonic vows , ought you not , as a ' bright Mason , ' ancl , therefore ' claiming to exert an influence in the Order , to so conduct yourself as to be in a position to rebuke these transgressors of Masonic law , aud by example ancl precept lead them to obedience ? " " Very few of us do our whole duty !" " But Masonry requires us to perform our whole duty , and where shall we land if
our leaders , those who sit in the place of light , only contribute to the gloom of the place of darkness ? " " It seems to me you are making a mountain out of a mole-hill . " " Is it a small thing that you speak irreverently of Him io . whom you trust—that you disgust well-behaved people by your profanity , in a public conveyance—that you arm the enemies of the Institution of which you claim to be a good member with weapons to overthrow it ? You sin not only against God , for whom , with all your professions , you appear to have little regard , but you sin against an Institution you profess to love . "
" Go on , sir ! I can stand your criticism of my conduct . " " I asked you if you were a Master Mason . You answered promptly and unequivocally that you were . " " I still claim to be one ! " "Pardon me if I say , in my opinion , you have a defective title to the name . " " I have been regularly initiated , passed , and raised to the degree of Master Mason . " whe
" Suppose n you were conducted into the Lodge for the first time you had refused to acknowledge your belief in God and your trust in Him ; what would have been the consequence ? " "I would have been sent home without having goue through with the ceremonies of initiation . During my Mastership I have thus dismissed two who refused to acknowledge the Supreme Being . "
" What , then , shoidd be your penalty for entirely ignoring the existence of a Supreme Being , or if , conceding the fact of His existence , by your act and word insulting His Majesty , trampling upon His laws , ancl doing what in your power lies to make your profession of trust in Him a fraud and a farce ? " " You are taking a novel view of this matter . " " Under these circumstances ought you not to be rejected as a brother , even as you say you have rejected candidates for initiation ?" " The cases are not parallel . "
" Not exactly , but sufficiently so for practical purposes . Now it appears to me that when a man of your habits and practices is asked if he is a Master Mason his response shoidd be in the negative . " " When I have been regularly raised to that sublime degree ? " " When you have been legally invested by its ceremonies , but refused to be governed by its laws and principles . Only those are truly Master Masons who obey the behests of
Masonry . " " Yon would shut out of the Lodge the greater part of the members !" " Ancl have a Lodge of real Masons instead of non-doers of the laws of the Institution . " " I understand you refuse to recognise me as a Master Mason ? " " Technicall are a Master MasonI s claim to bePracticall
y you , uppose , as you . y you are not , by your own showing . You have been raised to that degree in a regular Lodge , but you do not yield an obedience to the demands of the spirit or laws of Masonry . " " Perhaps you can point out other facts in relation to my conduct that do not tally with Masonry . "
" _ Pardon me when I say that is within my power . You have convinced me of that since you came into this stage-coach . You will recognise the wrong you would commit if you should place any insurmountable obstacle to the reception of a good man to the Lodge . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Are You A Master Mason ?
manner , their Masonic vows , ought you not , as a ' bright Mason , ' ancl , therefore ' claiming to exert an influence in the Order , to so conduct yourself as to be in a position to rebuke these transgressors of Masonic law , aud by example ancl precept lead them to obedience ? " " Very few of us do our whole duty !" " But Masonry requires us to perform our whole duty , and where shall we land if
our leaders , those who sit in the place of light , only contribute to the gloom of the place of darkness ? " " It seems to me you are making a mountain out of a mole-hill . " " Is it a small thing that you speak irreverently of Him io . whom you trust—that you disgust well-behaved people by your profanity , in a public conveyance—that you arm the enemies of the Institution of which you claim to be a good member with weapons to overthrow it ? You sin not only against God , for whom , with all your professions , you appear to have little regard , but you sin against an Institution you profess to love . "
" Go on , sir ! I can stand your criticism of my conduct . " " I asked you if you were a Master Mason . You answered promptly and unequivocally that you were . " " I still claim to be one ! " "Pardon me if I say , in my opinion , you have a defective title to the name . " " I have been regularly initiated , passed , and raised to the degree of Master Mason . " whe
" Suppose n you were conducted into the Lodge for the first time you had refused to acknowledge your belief in God and your trust in Him ; what would have been the consequence ? " "I would have been sent home without having goue through with the ceremonies of initiation . During my Mastership I have thus dismissed two who refused to acknowledge the Supreme Being . "
" What , then , shoidd be your penalty for entirely ignoring the existence of a Supreme Being , or if , conceding the fact of His existence , by your act and word insulting His Majesty , trampling upon His laws , ancl doing what in your power lies to make your profession of trust in Him a fraud and a farce ? " " You are taking a novel view of this matter . " " Under these circumstances ought you not to be rejected as a brother , even as you say you have rejected candidates for initiation ?" " The cases are not parallel . "
" Not exactly , but sufficiently so for practical purposes . Now it appears to me that when a man of your habits and practices is asked if he is a Master Mason his response shoidd be in the negative . " " When I have been regularly raised to that sublime degree ? " " When you have been legally invested by its ceremonies , but refused to be governed by its laws and principles . Only those are truly Master Masons who obey the behests of
Masonry . " " Yon would shut out of the Lodge the greater part of the members !" " Ancl have a Lodge of real Masons instead of non-doers of the laws of the Institution . " " I understand you refuse to recognise me as a Master Mason ? " " Technicall are a Master MasonI s claim to bePracticall
y you , uppose , as you . y you are not , by your own showing . You have been raised to that degree in a regular Lodge , but you do not yield an obedience to the demands of the spirit or laws of Masonry . " " Perhaps you can point out other facts in relation to my conduct that do not tally with Masonry . "
" _ Pardon me when I say that is within my power . You have convinced me of that since you came into this stage-coach . You will recognise the wrong you would commit if you should place any insurmountable obstacle to the reception of a good man to the Lodge . "