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The Stranger, The Fatherless, And The Widow.
THE STEAETGEE , THE FATHEELESS , & m > THE WIBOW .
BY BE 0 . BOB MOBEIS , OF NEW YOBK . The a ^ "Writings , old and new , to these three classes of persons , the stranger , the fatherless , and the widows is a beautiful feature in those sacred books , The Great P ^ parities of his people , lest they be diverted from
objects , the objects qf distress . "The poor ye have always with you , " is a matter of fact sealed as such by Divine lips . ' ^ Pure religion and uncfefiled before Grod and the Father ^ is this , to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction ^ " & c , is a sublime definition qt religion , admitting of no improvement ; \ Moses , in the rehearsal and synopsis of the laws given to Israel through his lips , thus forcibly and with reiterated expressions , enjoins l ^ e duty of charity towards the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow : —
When thou Cuttest down thine harvest in the field and hast forgot a sheaf in the field , thou shalt not go again to fetch it , it shall be for the stranger , for the fatherless , and for the widow ; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands . " r /' When thou Veatest thine olive-trees , thou shalt not go over the boughs again ; it shall be for the strcmger , for the fatherless , and for the widow . *
' ? When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard , thou shall not glean it afterwards ; it shall be for the stranger , for the fatherless , and for the widow . " These were the laws which the children of Israel were required "to lay up in their heart and in their soul , to bind thein for a sign
upon their hand , to mate them as frontlets between their eyes , to teach them to their children , to speak of them when they sat in their house , and when they walked by the way , and when they lay down , and when they rose up , and to write them upon the door-posts of their houses , and upon their gates . "
[ Freemasons are especially enjoined , as well by the letter as the spirit of their Institution to have a care for " the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow . " It is an official duty of one of the officers of the Lodge to welcome , & c ., visiting Brothers , " that is , " strangers , " and the very covenant of our institution emhraces " the widows and orphans of Master Masons . " Oar faithful Juaior "Warden was " a widow ' s son , " and his touching history is engraven upon every Mason ' s heart .
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The Stranger, The Fatherless, And The Widow.
THE STEAETGEE , THE FATHEELESS , & m > THE WIBOW .
BY BE 0 . BOB MOBEIS , OF NEW YOBK . The a ^ "Writings , old and new , to these three classes of persons , the stranger , the fatherless , and the widows is a beautiful feature in those sacred books , The Great P ^ parities of his people , lest they be diverted from
objects , the objects qf distress . "The poor ye have always with you , " is a matter of fact sealed as such by Divine lips . ' ^ Pure religion and uncfefiled before Grod and the Father ^ is this , to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction ^ " & c , is a sublime definition qt religion , admitting of no improvement ; \ Moses , in the rehearsal and synopsis of the laws given to Israel through his lips , thus forcibly and with reiterated expressions , enjoins l ^ e duty of charity towards the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow : —
When thou Cuttest down thine harvest in the field and hast forgot a sheaf in the field , thou shalt not go again to fetch it , it shall be for the stranger , for the fatherless , and for the widow ; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands . " r /' When thou Veatest thine olive-trees , thou shalt not go over the boughs again ; it shall be for the strcmger , for the fatherless , and for the widow . *
' ? When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard , thou shall not glean it afterwards ; it shall be for the stranger , for the fatherless , and for the widow . " These were the laws which the children of Israel were required "to lay up in their heart and in their soul , to bind thein for a sign
upon their hand , to mate them as frontlets between their eyes , to teach them to their children , to speak of them when they sat in their house , and when they walked by the way , and when they lay down , and when they rose up , and to write them upon the door-posts of their houses , and upon their gates . "
[ Freemasons are especially enjoined , as well by the letter as the spirit of their Institution to have a care for " the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow . " It is an official duty of one of the officers of the Lodge to welcome , & c ., visiting Brothers , " that is , " strangers , " and the very covenant of our institution emhraces " the widows and orphans of Master Masons . " Oar faithful Juaior "Warden was " a widow ' s son , " and his touching history is engraven upon every Mason ' s heart .