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The Principles Of Freemasons;
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONS ;
An epilogue spoken by Brother Foote , properly clothed , after a play acted at Exeter , January 7 th , 1771 , by desire of the most ancient and ho nourable Order of Free and Accepted Masons .
" Though slander follows wheresoe ' er I go , To vilifv the art she does not know , Undaunted ( guilt alone has cause to fear ) , Clothed with this honoured badge , I now appear , Owning myself a Mason—at that name ^ No guilty redness dyes my cheek with shame ; ¦ Let slander follow—I her darts defy— . And laugh at sneering folly ' s oft told lie , But What our Order teaches I will show ; The lessons you must love when once you know . It always bids us humbly to adore
The Almighty Architect by whose great power The universe was built , — -to His decree , Which wisdom ever guides , resigned to be . It makes us zealous in our country ' s cause , True to its prince and faithful to its laws ; For ever bids us with the strictest care
To act with all the world upon the square . Never to publish a frail neighbour ' s shame \ Or filch away a brother ' s honest name , To be sincere : his secrets ne ' er reveal ,
And him to serve with fervency and zeal , With true philosophy it warms our breast , With eager zeal to succour the distrest ; Bids us show mercy when we have the power And to the houseless stranger ope the door . The naked with warm vestments to infold ,
And guard the shivering wanderers from the cold—To feed the hungry—bid them eat and live , And to the thirsty lip the cup to give . To visit wretches tortured by disease , Make smooth their bed and pour the balm of ease ; The widow ' s tales , tlie orphan ' s cry to hear , And from their eyes wipe off affliction ' s tear . To know each office , each endearing tie Of soft-eyed , heaven-descended , charity ; Upright it bids us walk—to put a rein On sensual appetites , and pride restrain ; It roots out narrow notions from the mind
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Principles Of Freemasons;
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONS ;
An epilogue spoken by Brother Foote , properly clothed , after a play acted at Exeter , January 7 th , 1771 , by desire of the most ancient and ho nourable Order of Free and Accepted Masons .
" Though slander follows wheresoe ' er I go , To vilifv the art she does not know , Undaunted ( guilt alone has cause to fear ) , Clothed with this honoured badge , I now appear , Owning myself a Mason—at that name ^ No guilty redness dyes my cheek with shame ; ¦ Let slander follow—I her darts defy— . And laugh at sneering folly ' s oft told lie , But What our Order teaches I will show ; The lessons you must love when once you know . It always bids us humbly to adore
The Almighty Architect by whose great power The universe was built , — -to His decree , Which wisdom ever guides , resigned to be . It makes us zealous in our country ' s cause , True to its prince and faithful to its laws ; For ever bids us with the strictest care
To act with all the world upon the square . Never to publish a frail neighbour ' s shame \ Or filch away a brother ' s honest name , To be sincere : his secrets ne ' er reveal ,
And him to serve with fervency and zeal , With true philosophy it warms our breast , With eager zeal to succour the distrest ; Bids us show mercy when we have the power And to the houseless stranger ope the door . The naked with warm vestments to infold ,
And guard the shivering wanderers from the cold—To feed the hungry—bid them eat and live , And to the thirsty lip the cup to give . To visit wretches tortured by disease , Make smooth their bed and pour the balm of ease ; The widow ' s tales , tlie orphan ' s cry to hear , And from their eyes wipe off affliction ' s tear . To know each office , each endearing tie Of soft-eyed , heaven-descended , charity ; Upright it bids us walk—to put a rein On sensual appetites , and pride restrain ; It roots out narrow notions from the mind