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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... thought , As well as want of heart ; " and what is said and done without any hurtful intention , may be productive of great harm . A word once spoken , a thought once expressed , an act once performed , has gained an existence which can ...
... thought , As well as want of heart ; " and what is said and done without any hurtful intention , may be productive of great harm . A word once spoken , a thought once expressed , an act once performed , has gained an existence which can ...
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... thought- lessness , by false feelings of charity , or a desire to gratify our personal friends and acquaintances - permit any to become united with us , but such as are worthy and well qualified to have our honors bestowed upon them ...
... thought- lessness , by false feelings of charity , or a desire to gratify our personal friends and acquaintances - permit any to become united with us , but such as are worthy and well qualified to have our honors bestowed upon them ...
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... thought or impure de- sire can enter therein , to defile and pollute it , and so that it may be a fit dwelling - place for truth and virtue . For thus , and thus only , can we " fit our minds as living stones for that spiritual building ...
... thought or impure de- sire can enter therein , to defile and pollute it , and so that it may be a fit dwelling - place for truth and virtue . For thus , and thus only , can we " fit our minds as living stones for that spiritual building ...
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... the irresistible force of eloquence , and the persuasive power of pathos , that I might speak to you on this subject in " thoughts that breathe and words that 22 THF EXOTERIC DUTIES power and influence for its suppression among the Fra- ...
... the irresistible force of eloquence , and the persuasive power of pathos , that I might speak to you on this subject in " thoughts that breathe and words that 22 THF EXOTERIC DUTIES power and influence for its suppression among the Fra- ...
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... thoughts that breathe and words that burn . " Would that I could speak glowing words of force and power , that would sink deep into your hearts , for this is a matter of the most vital importance to all of us who love our Institution ...
... thoughts that breathe and words that burn . " Would that I could speak glowing words of force and power , that would sink deep into your hearts , for this is a matter of the most vital importance to all of us who love our Institution ...
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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...