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Article "LIVE AND LET LIVE." ← Page 3 of 3 Article OBJECTS OF MASONIC REFORM. Page 1 of 9 →
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"Live And Let Live."
The Freemason ' s Magazine cannot beat us in fair competition and its proprietor chooses to send us to prison wo must avail ourselves of the legal machinery , open to all , to wipe out his debt . And noAV to our friends , subscribers , and readers , Ave offer this apology for intruding private matters on them . We know how much
more difficult it is to meet an insinuation , pri \ -ately made , than an open assertion . We arc not to be put down by oppression , but may be led , like the A eriest sheep , by kindness . And AVC firmly believe that in placing this true statement before our readers , —instead of its doing us an injury , —it Avill raise us up hosts of friends and supporters . In conclusion THE MASOXIC PIUCSS is an established fact . It
Avill remain so , —OA en if our personal liberty is abridged for a time , — for it Avill progress on the broad principle of "live and let live . " Belying on the three theological virtues , AVC can aver that our printer has FAITH in our success . Wc HOPE our supporters , and readers , Avill not think AVC shall fail because of the dark cloud under which wo are trying to "live and let live . " And AVC trust all Avho hate
oppression , love freedom in word and thought , and desire to see an independent journal flourish , will have the CIIA 1 UTY to be our defenders , upholders , and Avarm advocates in the struggle , Avhich AVC
have commenced , to "Live and Let Live . "
Objects Of Masonic Reform.
OBJECTS OF MASONIC REFORM .
A SERIES OP LETTERS ADDRESSED TO EMINENT FREEMASONS , ¦ No . I . To the Might Honorable , and Bight Worshipful ,
THE EARL de GREY AND KIPON , I ) . G . M . My Lord , 8 j |§ T may he safety taken for granted that all mere human § f ^ institutions , hoivever pure and excellent their original principles ,
WS are subject , in the course of time , to a gradual incorporation of misconception , a constant accumulation of error , and frequent innovations , all of Avhich tend to obscure , if they do not in the majority of cases actually defeat , the plans and intentions of their founders . Fremasomy , notwithstanding all that has been said of it by
transcendental Avriters , cannot lay claim to a Divine origin and , therefore , must share , in common Avith every other institution established by finite creatures like ourselves , many grave errors and serious defects Avhich , in some instances , haA'e come to be regarded as part of the original system , although in fact they arc but iuuova-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
"Live And Let Live."
The Freemason ' s Magazine cannot beat us in fair competition and its proprietor chooses to send us to prison wo must avail ourselves of the legal machinery , open to all , to wipe out his debt . And noAV to our friends , subscribers , and readers , Ave offer this apology for intruding private matters on them . We know how much
more difficult it is to meet an insinuation , pri \ -ately made , than an open assertion . We arc not to be put down by oppression , but may be led , like the A eriest sheep , by kindness . And AVC firmly believe that in placing this true statement before our readers , —instead of its doing us an injury , —it Avill raise us up hosts of friends and supporters . In conclusion THE MASOXIC PIUCSS is an established fact . It
Avill remain so , —OA en if our personal liberty is abridged for a time , — for it Avill progress on the broad principle of "live and let live . " Belying on the three theological virtues , AVC can aver that our printer has FAITH in our success . Wc HOPE our supporters , and readers , Avill not think AVC shall fail because of the dark cloud under which wo are trying to "live and let live . " And AVC trust all Avho hate
oppression , love freedom in word and thought , and desire to see an independent journal flourish , will have the CIIA 1 UTY to be our defenders , upholders , and Avarm advocates in the struggle , Avhich AVC
have commenced , to "Live and Let Live . "
Objects Of Masonic Reform.
OBJECTS OF MASONIC REFORM .
A SERIES OP LETTERS ADDRESSED TO EMINENT FREEMASONS , ¦ No . I . To the Might Honorable , and Bight Worshipful ,
THE EARL de GREY AND KIPON , I ) . G . M . My Lord , 8 j |§ T may he safety taken for granted that all mere human § f ^ institutions , hoivever pure and excellent their original principles ,
WS are subject , in the course of time , to a gradual incorporation of misconception , a constant accumulation of error , and frequent innovations , all of Avhich tend to obscure , if they do not in the majority of cases actually defeat , the plans and intentions of their founders . Fremasomy , notwithstanding all that has been said of it by
transcendental Avriters , cannot lay claim to a Divine origin and , therefore , must share , in common Avith every other institution established by finite creatures like ourselves , many grave errors and serious defects Avhich , in some instances , haA'e come to be regarded as part of the original system , although in fact they arc but iuuova-