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Article THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONS; ← Page 2 of 2
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The Principles Of Freemasons;
And plants a generous love for all mankind ; Regards not niod With all who work by the nice rule of fight ; All ha ¥ e one Father ; all good men and true In differentitoeM i the saiUe greit eM pursue .
When to the Lodge we gd ^ hatha ^ py place , There faithftil friendship Biiiiler M § vety fkfe > What tho' our joys are hid from public view , They oil reil ^ ctidii please and Mist lie tru ^ . The Lodge tlie moMl virtiieS feoiy love ,
There wisddUi'M Mies We tie aiid s 6 improve . There ^ Dunpons : ^ Whilst sffiptiered Reason , frdhi lief Btea % thriuie Well pleased , surveys Us all and iiiakeS lis one . There cO ^
And niotal iinBte tUUeB the lUstMcti ^ e lay . Thsre ^ ^ nd m erit only ii ^ ifimtefhal love aiidM And decent freefeth migh ^ ffld : lastlug pa ^ ce Secrete We h ^ e-Mbut theife We flauly & h 6 w To proher pei ^^^
Be not ofifeiided , lovely , beMt ^ dUs M ^ That yoU front Mh ^^ & re . ' Tis not because we think you WOiiM di ^ lose Whate v er Within tour breasts W £ might impose , But we ' re afraid ( aiid sure oui feaf ^ are true ) Were yoU admitted , lovfe Would enter too ,
lhat jealousy niight then our hearts inflame , And to a rivaf s change a brothers naMe . Break all Ouf boiids , annihilate our joy , And sOOn our ancient Order quite destroy . Be not oteiided !—we yOuf sfcX adOi * C , And pay tftue hotntige to your sovereign poWei
Thus I , the lessdiis which were taiight , liav ^ a mown , Which surely iiiitst be lOVed as soOn as known * If e ' er with these out actions disagree , Censure the hian—biit blaMe Wt Masonry . We d *> not blame Wlieh others go astray , The light which corner frOni He & ven shows us our way . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Principles Of Freemasons;
And plants a generous love for all mankind ; Regards not niod With all who work by the nice rule of fight ; All ha ¥ e one Father ; all good men and true In differentitoeM i the saiUe greit eM pursue .
When to the Lodge we gd ^ hatha ^ py place , There faithftil friendship Biiiiler M § vety fkfe > What tho' our joys are hid from public view , They oil reil ^ ctidii please and Mist lie tru ^ . The Lodge tlie moMl virtiieS feoiy love ,
There wisddUi'M Mies We tie aiid s 6 improve . There ^ Dunpons : ^ Whilst sffiptiered Reason , frdhi lief Btea % thriuie Well pleased , surveys Us all and iiiakeS lis one . There cO ^
And niotal iinBte tUUeB the lUstMcti ^ e lay . Thsre ^ ^ nd m erit only ii ^ ifimtefhal love aiidM And decent freefeth migh ^ ffld : lastlug pa ^ ce Secrete We h ^ e-Mbut theife We flauly & h 6 w To proher pei ^^^
Be not ofifeiided , lovely , beMt ^ dUs M ^ That yoU front Mh ^^ & re . ' Tis not because we think you WOiiM di ^ lose Whate v er Within tour breasts W £ might impose , But we ' re afraid ( aiid sure oui feaf ^ are true ) Were yoU admitted , lovfe Would enter too ,
lhat jealousy niight then our hearts inflame , And to a rivaf s change a brothers naMe . Break all Ouf boiids , annihilate our joy , And sOOn our ancient Order quite destroy . Be not oteiided !—we yOuf sfcX adOi * C , And pay tftue hotntige to your sovereign poWei
Thus I , the lessdiis which were taiight , liav ^ a mown , Which surely iiiitst be lOVed as soOn as known * If e ' er with these out actions disagree , Censure the hian—biit blaMe Wt Masonry . We d *> not blame Wlieh others go astray , The light which corner frOni He & ven shows us our way . "