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acknowledge him to tfe the Foundation-Stone of its Present and Growing Grandeur . "But His Command prevents me from proceeding in this . " Mr . Deputy Master has likewise Executed his Office throughout the whole Year with great Pains and Industry ; and every Particular Member of the Lodge owes Him ail imaginable Gratitude for it .
" For my Brother-Warden and myself , I leave our Conduct to Your own Judgment . Our Accounts have been examin'd , and we hope we have not any Ways wrong d the Great Trust You repos'd in us . "A word of Advice , or two , and I have done . To You , my Brethren , the Working-Masons , I recommend carefully to peruse our Constitutions . There are in them Excellent Rules laid down for your conduct , and I need not insist upon them here .
" To You that are of other Trades and Occupations , and have the Honour to be admitted into this Society , I speak thus . First , Mind the Business of your Calling . Let not Masonry so far g £ t the Ascendant , as to make you neglect the Support of your selves and Family . You cannot be so absurd as to think that a Taylor when admitted a Free-Mason is able to build a Church , and for that Reason your own Vocation ought to be your most
important Study . False Brethren , 'tis true , may build Castles in the Air ; but a Good Mason works upon no such fickle Foundation . So Square your Actions as to live within . Compass . Be obedientto the Officers chosen to govern the Lodge : Consider they are of your own appointing , and are trusted with an iinlimited Power by you . As well henceforward , as this Solemn Day , let each salute his Brother with a cheerful Countenance :
That as long as our Feet shall stand upon this Earthly Foundation , we may join Heart and Hand , and as it were with one Voice issuing from the same Throat , declare our Principles of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth to one another . After which , and a Strict Observance of our Obligations , we can be in no Danger from the Malice of our Enemies without the Lodge , nor in Perils amongst False Brethren within .
"And now , Gentlemen , I have reserv ed my last Admonitions for You . My Office , as I said before , must excuse my boldness , and your Candour forgive my Impertinence : But I cannot help telling you , That a Gentleman without some Knowledge of Arts and Sciences , is like a fine Shell of a House , without suitable Finishing or Furniture . The Education of most of you has been Noble , if an Academical One maybe calPd so ; and I doubt not but your Improvements in Literature are equal to it : But if the Study of Geometiy and Architecture might likewise be admitted , how pleasant and beneficial they wou'd be , I do not pretend to inform you . - — Ingenuas Didicisse Fideliter Artes ,
EmolUt Mores nee sinit esse Feros , Says Ovid . And it is likewise said , That a Man who has a Taste for Music , Painting or Architecture , is like one that has another Sense , when compar ed with such as have no Relish for those Arts . 'Tis true , by Signs , Words , and Tokens , you are put upon a Level with the meanest Brother ; but you are at Liberty to exceed them , as far as a superior Genius and
Education will conduct you . I am credibly inform ed , that in most Lodges in London , and several , other Parts of this Kingdom , a Lecture on some Point of Geometry or Architecture is given at every Meeting : And why the Mother Lodge of them all shou'd so far forget ' her own Institutions , cannot be accounted for , but from her extream old Age . However , being now sufficiently awaken'd and reviv ed by the comfortable Appearance of so many worthy Sons , I must tell you , that she expects that every Gentle- *
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acknowledge him to tfe the Foundation-Stone of its Present and Growing Grandeur . "But His Command prevents me from proceeding in this . " Mr . Deputy Master has likewise Executed his Office throughout the whole Year with great Pains and Industry ; and every Particular Member of the Lodge owes Him ail imaginable Gratitude for it .
" For my Brother-Warden and myself , I leave our Conduct to Your own Judgment . Our Accounts have been examin'd , and we hope we have not any Ways wrong d the Great Trust You repos'd in us . "A word of Advice , or two , and I have done . To You , my Brethren , the Working-Masons , I recommend carefully to peruse our Constitutions . There are in them Excellent Rules laid down for your conduct , and I need not insist upon them here .
" To You that are of other Trades and Occupations , and have the Honour to be admitted into this Society , I speak thus . First , Mind the Business of your Calling . Let not Masonry so far g £ t the Ascendant , as to make you neglect the Support of your selves and Family . You cannot be so absurd as to think that a Taylor when admitted a Free-Mason is able to build a Church , and for that Reason your own Vocation ought to be your most
important Study . False Brethren , 'tis true , may build Castles in the Air ; but a Good Mason works upon no such fickle Foundation . So Square your Actions as to live within . Compass . Be obedientto the Officers chosen to govern the Lodge : Consider they are of your own appointing , and are trusted with an iinlimited Power by you . As well henceforward , as this Solemn Day , let each salute his Brother with a cheerful Countenance :
That as long as our Feet shall stand upon this Earthly Foundation , we may join Heart and Hand , and as it were with one Voice issuing from the same Throat , declare our Principles of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth to one another . After which , and a Strict Observance of our Obligations , we can be in no Danger from the Malice of our Enemies without the Lodge , nor in Perils amongst False Brethren within .
"And now , Gentlemen , I have reserv ed my last Admonitions for You . My Office , as I said before , must excuse my boldness , and your Candour forgive my Impertinence : But I cannot help telling you , That a Gentleman without some Knowledge of Arts and Sciences , is like a fine Shell of a House , without suitable Finishing or Furniture . The Education of most of you has been Noble , if an Academical One maybe calPd so ; and I doubt not but your Improvements in Literature are equal to it : But if the Study of Geometiy and Architecture might likewise be admitted , how pleasant and beneficial they wou'd be , I do not pretend to inform you . - — Ingenuas Didicisse Fideliter Artes ,
EmolUt Mores nee sinit esse Feros , Says Ovid . And it is likewise said , That a Man who has a Taste for Music , Painting or Architecture , is like one that has another Sense , when compar ed with such as have no Relish for those Arts . 'Tis true , by Signs , Words , and Tokens , you are put upon a Level with the meanest Brother ; but you are at Liberty to exceed them , as far as a superior Genius and
Education will conduct you . I am credibly inform ed , that in most Lodges in London , and several , other Parts of this Kingdom , a Lecture on some Point of Geometry or Architecture is given at every Meeting : And why the Mother Lodge of them all shou'd so far forget ' her own Institutions , cannot be accounted for , but from her extream old Age . However , being now sufficiently awaken'd and reviv ed by the comfortable Appearance of so many worthy Sons , I must tell you , that she expects that every Gentle- *