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Inflitencb Of Freemasonky.
INFLITENCB OF FREEMASONKY .
Fbeemasoistjix not only recognizes the highest standard of morals as the basis of the principles upon which the institution is founded , but its members are required ^ by the obligations of the Order , by the " Eirsfc Great Light " upon which these obligations were assumed , as well as the duties obligatory upon every child of man , to render obedience to the will of the Supreme Architect of the Universe , to
livie in conformity to its laws and teachings , so as to convince the world by their examples that the object of the association is to influence men to a better course of life , and thus promote the welfare of the human race by inducing others also to live moral and virtuous lives . The " charges of a Freemason , " which from remotest time have come down to us unchanged , and which are not subject to change , declare in the commencement of the first article , " A Mason is obliged , by
his tenure , to obey the moral law . " That is the standard by which every Freemason is to be judged- —by that standard every Freemason must judge his brother Masons , and those whose lives do not square with that test , must be considered as morally defective , morally maimed , violators of voluntarily assumed obligations , and the laws
of Q-od . It is the duty of each member of the fraternity , by his own example , by a virtuous and goodly life , to give evidence that he has not assumed his obligations in vain , but that his conduct is squared by the teachings of the institution and the divine laws upon whteh these teachings are based . It is idle to suppose that a man can be
an honest and true Freemason who does not " obey the moral law ;" nay , further , a Freemason who does not give evidence by his conduct and conversation that he has been benefited by the teachings of Freemasonry , in being a better man than he was before his
initiation , cannot have been true to himself nor the institution . The object of Freemasonry is to advance its members morally and intellectually . A man cannot be a Freemason , unless he is a good man . In becoming a member of the fraternity it is expected that he will observe the teachings of the institution , advance onward in the path of virtue , andgrow better and wiser as he travels through life . This
is expected of each and every member of the fraternity , so that the united members of the institution , by the influence of their examples , will exercise a corresponding influence upon the people of the world , and thus manifest that the principles of Freemasonry are good , and that by living comformably to them we become better inen , better citizens , better husbands , and better fathers and brothers . ¦ ( — Mirror and Keystone New York . )
Iruk Eloquence . —A man may speak for an hour , and Bay nothing ; another by a single word may produce conviction and settle a dispute . The latter is eloquent , the former vain , empty , and trifling . —Booh of the Lodge .
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Inflitencb Of Freemasonky.
INFLITENCB OF FREEMASONKY .
Fbeemasoistjix not only recognizes the highest standard of morals as the basis of the principles upon which the institution is founded , but its members are required ^ by the obligations of the Order , by the " Eirsfc Great Light " upon which these obligations were assumed , as well as the duties obligatory upon every child of man , to render obedience to the will of the Supreme Architect of the Universe , to
livie in conformity to its laws and teachings , so as to convince the world by their examples that the object of the association is to influence men to a better course of life , and thus promote the welfare of the human race by inducing others also to live moral and virtuous lives . The " charges of a Freemason , " which from remotest time have come down to us unchanged , and which are not subject to change , declare in the commencement of the first article , " A Mason is obliged , by
his tenure , to obey the moral law . " That is the standard by which every Freemason is to be judged- —by that standard every Freemason must judge his brother Masons , and those whose lives do not square with that test , must be considered as morally defective , morally maimed , violators of voluntarily assumed obligations , and the laws
of Q-od . It is the duty of each member of the fraternity , by his own example , by a virtuous and goodly life , to give evidence that he has not assumed his obligations in vain , but that his conduct is squared by the teachings of the institution and the divine laws upon whteh these teachings are based . It is idle to suppose that a man can be
an honest and true Freemason who does not " obey the moral law ;" nay , further , a Freemason who does not give evidence by his conduct and conversation that he has been benefited by the teachings of Freemasonry , in being a better man than he was before his
initiation , cannot have been true to himself nor the institution . The object of Freemasonry is to advance its members morally and intellectually . A man cannot be a Freemason , unless he is a good man . In becoming a member of the fraternity it is expected that he will observe the teachings of the institution , advance onward in the path of virtue , andgrow better and wiser as he travels through life . This
is expected of each and every member of the fraternity , so that the united members of the institution , by the influence of their examples , will exercise a corresponding influence upon the people of the world , and thus manifest that the principles of Freemasonry are good , and that by living comformably to them we become better inen , better citizens , better husbands , and better fathers and brothers . ¦ ( — Mirror and Keystone New York . )
Iruk Eloquence . —A man may speak for an hour , and Bay nothing ; another by a single word may produce conviction and settle a dispute . The latter is eloquent , the former vain , empty , and trifling . —Booh of the Lodge .