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gation ; if false , he perjured him ^ his affidavit ; In any case he ^ whatever to th ^ ^ cm learn , ever been done to our so and one exposures which h portion of the publie , as containing Keernason .- One circu ± made in this work ^^ oi
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Masonry And Her Mission;
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A Series of Lectures delivered before ike Mocking Lodge , Essex , by the late Fro . James Rolfe , P . M .
WM . and Brethren , —Our lot is cast in stirring times ; change and progression— -never idle—are now busier than ever . The war-god has cried tf < havoc , " and let slip his dogs upon the earth , and the fate of nations is trembling in the scale . * But , even amid the horror and bereavement of war , we , in this favoured isle , are still advancing in science , and the occupation of the soldier has not superseded the labours of the philosopher . It
LECTURE I
seems to me that , amid the tumults of war , the convulsions of politics , and the studies of science , Masonry should raise her voice , that the doctrines taught in the privacy of her Lodges should be promulgated through the length and breadth of the nations . "Were Masonry to forbid this , she would be 2 mfait 7 iful to her mission ; and if Masons should shrink from this they would be unmindful of their obligations and . careless of their privileges .
It is such considerations as these that have induced me to come forward as a humble advocate of our glorious institution—to prove that our system , based upon a sublime faith , inculcates a high and holy practice / to show there is something above and beyond mere ceremony—though every form is a worthy type oi a more glorious antitype , and pregnant with a living
meaning ; to clothe these dry bones ( as unwise and unreflecting men consider the forms of Masonry ) with flesh and muscle , and to enclose their own inherent , though , alas ! obscured vitality , so that Masonry may appear before you beautiful as the grace of woman , and strong as the energy of manhood . Feeling that my powers are inadequate to do justice to this subject , I am still persuaded that I am taking a step in the right direction ; and I trust
* These lectures were delivered during the late Russian war
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gation ; if false , he perjured him ^ his affidavit ; In any case he ^ whatever to th ^ ^ cm learn , ever been done to our so and one exposures which h portion of the publie , as containing Keernason .- One circu ± made in this work ^^ oi
? m brormogons , " whicn appe society and their " GEcum ^ called , Perha ^ 3 aft er all there really ^ name , some society got up by the ppportents b £ J ^ the purpose / of tu ^ proceedings iiito ridicule ? But of this more cm . a future occasion . ( To be continued *)
Masonry And Her Mission;
M ^ SOKBS : 4 ^ TO
A Series of Lectures delivered before ike Mocking Lodge , Essex , by the late Fro . James Rolfe , P . M .
WM . and Brethren , —Our lot is cast in stirring times ; change and progression— -never idle—are now busier than ever . The war-god has cried tf < havoc , " and let slip his dogs upon the earth , and the fate of nations is trembling in the scale . * But , even amid the horror and bereavement of war , we , in this favoured isle , are still advancing in science , and the occupation of the soldier has not superseded the labours of the philosopher . It
LECTURE I
seems to me that , amid the tumults of war , the convulsions of politics , and the studies of science , Masonry should raise her voice , that the doctrines taught in the privacy of her Lodges should be promulgated through the length and breadth of the nations . "Were Masonry to forbid this , she would be 2 mfait 7 iful to her mission ; and if Masons should shrink from this they would be unmindful of their obligations and . careless of their privileges .
It is such considerations as these that have induced me to come forward as a humble advocate of our glorious institution—to prove that our system , based upon a sublime faith , inculcates a high and holy practice / to show there is something above and beyond mere ceremony—though every form is a worthy type oi a more glorious antitype , and pregnant with a living
meaning ; to clothe these dry bones ( as unwise and unreflecting men consider the forms of Masonry ) with flesh and muscle , and to enclose their own inherent , though , alas ! obscured vitality , so that Masonry may appear before you beautiful as the grace of woman , and strong as the energy of manhood . Feeling that my powers are inadequate to do justice to this subject , I am still persuaded that I am taking a step in the right direction ; and I trust
* These lectures were delivered during the late Russian war