The Exoteric Duties of Free Masons: An Address Delivered Before Trenton Lodge, No. 5, A.F.A.M., December 12, 1859Murphy & Bechtel, Printers, 1859 - 32 من الصفحات |
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... Bible , the revealed law of God , is strictly en- joined upon us . We declare that we take it to be the rule and guide of our faith and practice . No Lodge is just , perfect and regular , unless the Holy Bible occupies a prominent ...
... Bible , the revealed law of God , is strictly en- joined upon us . We declare that we take it to be the rule and guide of our faith and practice . No Lodge is just , perfect and regular , unless the Holy Bible occupies a prominent ...
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... Bible to be the rule and guide of his faith and prac- tice - who has been solemnly instructed never to speak the name of the Deity but with that reverence due from a creature to his Creator - and who has been taught that before Him we ...
... Bible to be the rule and guide of his faith and prac- tice - who has been solemnly instructed never to speak the name of the Deity but with that reverence due from a creature to his Creator - and who has been taught that before Him we ...
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... Bible , that Great Light in Masonry . " It gives me pleasure to quote , in this connection , the manly words of Bro . Thos . McCulloch , M. W. G. M. of Tennessee . He says : " As members of the Fraternity , let us forever aspire to the ...
... Bible , that Great Light in Masonry . " It gives me pleasure to quote , in this connection , the manly words of Bro . Thos . McCulloch , M. W. G. M. of Tennessee . He says : " As members of the Fraternity , let us forever aspire to the ...
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الصفحة 7 - tis in ourselves, that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which, our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many ; either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
الصفحة 25 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation ; we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
الصفحة 27 - Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring, its various bias: Then at the balance let 's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
الصفحة 31 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
الصفحة 7 - If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions...
الصفحة 19 - Christian in his virtuous and amiable conduct ; in his unfeigned piety to God ; in his inflexible fidelity to his trust; that we may welcome the grim tyrant Death, and receive him as a kind messenger sent from our Supreme Grand Master, to translate us from this imperfect to that all-perfect, glorious, and celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme Architect of the universe presides.
الصفحة 19 - Tis a stern and startling thing to think How often mortality stands on the brink Of its grave without any misgiving...
الصفحة 14 - Nature bless the inhabitants of this place with all the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of life ; assist in the erection and completion of this...
الصفحة 7 - And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
الصفحة 15 - Although the origin of our Fraternity is covered with darkness, and its history is to a great extent obscure, yet we can confidently say that it is the most ancient society in the world — and we are equally certain that its principles are based on pure morality — that its...