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may build Castles in fche Air ; but a good Mason works upon no such fickle Foundation : So square your Actions , as to live within Compass : Be obedient to the Officers chose to govern the Lodge consider they are of your own appointing , and are

trusted with an unlimited Power by you . As well henceforwards , 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 , ' , ve may join Heart and Hand ,

and , as it were , with one Voice issuing from the 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 iu no danger from the Malice

oi our Enemies without the Lodge , nor in Perils amongst Fcdse Brethren within . And now , Gentlemen , I have reserved 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 Genlleman 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 may be called so ; and I doubt not but your Improvements in Literature are equal to it : But if the Study of Geometry and Architecture might likewise be admitted , how pleasant and beneficial they would be , I do not presume to inform you .

Ingenuas didiciffo fideliter artes , Emollit mores , ned finifc effe feros , says Ovid . And it is likewise said , That a Man who has a taste for Musick , Painting , or Architecture , is like one that has another Sense , when compared with such as have no Relish for those

Arts . f Tia true , by Signs , Words and Tokens , you are put upon a Level with the meanest Brother ; but then you are at liberty to exceed them , as far as a superiour Genius and Education will conduct you . I am creditably inform'd , that

iu most Lodges in London , and several other Party 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 extreme old age . However , being now sufficiently awaken'd and reviv'd by the comfortable Appearance of so many worthy Sons , I must tell you , thafc she expects

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that every Gentleman , who is called a Free Mason , shou'd not be startled afc a Problem in Geometry , a Proposition iu Euclid , or at least be wanting in the History and just distinctions of the five Orders of Architecture .

To sum all : Since we are so happily met to celebrate this Annual Solemnity , let neither Dana nor Norman , Goth , nor Vandal , start up to disturb the Harmony of it ; that the World may hear and admire , that even at this critical Time all

Parties are buried in Masonry ; but let us so behave ourselves here and elsewhere , that the distinguishing Characteristicks of the whele Brotherhood may be to be called good Christians , Loyal Subjects , True Britons , as well as Free Masons .

Masonic Jottings.—No. 56.

MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 56 .

BY A PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER . ACCESSION OF GEOKGE I . —FBEEMASONKY . "A Correspondent" will Rnd ia Bro . Findel ' s book a statement of how matters stood in regard

fco Freemasonry when George tho First ftsoA-nclocl the throne . * PRESUMPTION OF LAW . With the information we possess , the presumption of law is fchafc the Freemasonry of the four

old London Lodges was before the Revival whafc ifc was after the Revival . FUNDAMENTAL LAWS . Brother , — The Revival Fundamental Laws were the ante-Revival Fundamental Laws as