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tiOiis , deservirig the Support and cpx ^ the well-being of their race . Ifj then , as c ^^ have done ; and are hourly doing , ^
they are known , or by what ^ guished ? I % in > indeed , would we suggest to this coiptry Rector the propriety of Ids going a ^ to throw cqld wate ^ simply becau ^
^ d ^ ^ ^^^^^ n ^ observed ^ of - " Orders with w ^ Qtirselves unicquaii ^ the ddors of thei ^ 1 ^ Rector ' s attention to the p ^ of which we ^
pride td have belonged fo ^ ^ efe am ^ teach t ^ he prac ^ virtues irududes a su ^ love on the part ofth ^
to the Creator ; and afiect ^ And therefore it is that we practically preach trite religion itr ^ ffie paiise to note that me are not about to u ^ hidden my ^ sterie ^ into the many virtues which we J ustly flatter ourselves spring therefrom . Nor are we ^
convince the sceptical of the vast utility such an institutioii has been during the toany centuries of its existence . Biit we shall lay bare something which we dare ' ¦¦¦¦ ¦ M ! r . - ; Omerod or Mr . Anybedy-else to gainsay or refute ; and which may serve to
instruct hM and the miserable few ( there was a similar instance of bigotry at Beccles in 1855 ) who thus seek to clog the wheels of that mighty machinery which is untiringly in operation for the advancement of charity , and consequently for the furtherance of the well-being of our common humanity .
We would proudly speak first of our indisputable claim to be considered a religious body , because our " beautiful system of morality " is based on the Bible—that holy record of Divine love which openly meets the Mason ' s gaze in every Lodge in the wide world !—and because , also , the business of a Lodge is never opened but by prayer to Gtoi . in invocation of His blessings on our
undertakings , and never closed but by the same acknowledgment of our belief in the illimitable power and goodness of the Creator , and our dependence for success on His holy favour ! — and because we number amongst our hosts hundreds of the ministers of His word , from the highest dignitary of the church militant here on earth , down to the lowliest labourer in His vineyard — all going handin-hand with us in the prosecution of our work—preaching and
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tiOiis , deservirig the Support and cpx ^ the well-being of their race . Ifj then , as c ^^ have done ; and are hourly doing , ^
they are known , or by what ^ guished ? I % in > indeed , would we suggest to this coiptry Rector the propriety of Ids going a ^ to throw cqld wate ^ simply becau ^
^ d ^ ^ ^^^^^ n ^ observed ^ of - " Orders with w ^ Qtirselves unicquaii ^ the ddors of thei ^ 1 ^ Rector ' s attention to the p ^ of which we ^
pride td have belonged fo ^ ^ efe am ^ teach t ^ he prac ^ virtues irududes a su ^ love on the part ofth ^
to the Creator ; and afiect ^ And therefore it is that we practically preach trite religion itr ^ ffie paiise to note that me are not about to u ^ hidden my ^ sterie ^ into the many virtues which we J ustly flatter ourselves spring therefrom . Nor are we ^
convince the sceptical of the vast utility such an institutioii has been during the toany centuries of its existence . Biit we shall lay bare something which we dare ' ¦¦¦¦ ¦ M ! r . - ; Omerod or Mr . Anybedy-else to gainsay or refute ; and which may serve to
instruct hM and the miserable few ( there was a similar instance of bigotry at Beccles in 1855 ) who thus seek to clog the wheels of that mighty machinery which is untiringly in operation for the advancement of charity , and consequently for the furtherance of the well-being of our common humanity .
We would proudly speak first of our indisputable claim to be considered a religious body , because our " beautiful system of morality " is based on the Bible—that holy record of Divine love which openly meets the Mason ' s gaze in every Lodge in the wide world !—and because , also , the business of a Lodge is never opened but by prayer to Gtoi . in invocation of His blessings on our
undertakings , and never closed but by the same acknowledgment of our belief in the illimitable power and goodness of the Creator , and our dependence for success on His holy favour ! — and because we number amongst our hosts hundreds of the ministers of His word , from the highest dignitary of the church militant here on earth , down to the lowliest labourer in His vineyard — all going handin-hand with us in the prosecution of our work—preaching and