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A Discourse,
A DISCOURSE ,
- DELIVERED BEFORE ST . JOHN ' S LODGE , No . II . OF NEWBERN , IN AMERICA .
ON The FESTIVAL of ST . JOHN the BAPTIST , JUNE 24 , i s . BY FRANCOIS XAVIER MARTIN .
Sermo oritur , non de villis , domibusve alienis ; __ sed quod magis ad nos Pertinent , et nescire malum est . HORACJS .
MASONRY is a sdeB Association of Men , professing to live in BROTHERLY-LOVE , to smooth to each other the rugged paths of adversity , and to keep a most inviolable SECRECY on certain parts of their Institution . I have said " A SELECT ASSOCIATION . " In any auditory , but the one I addressthe epithet miht excite a
, g smile . It behoves to enquire , whether this ridicule would be grounded ? That , if any deficiency on our part authorize it , the effect may be more easily prevented from a better knowledge of the cause . If this selection be not perfect , as the purity of the Institution requires ,, the imperfections can only proceed from two causes : the admission of unworthy persons , and the degeneracy of the Members .
Each has been foreseen , and guarded against , b y the framers of our constitution . With regard to admission . A strict enquiry into the moral character of the candidate is an indispensible prelude ; the opinion of every Member is appealed to ; and their unanimous approbation being the condition without which none can ever obtain' admission , measures
have been adopted to prevent the suffrages from being eontrocied , biassed , or embarrassed ; and lastly , the trials which precede the initiation are to evince , that the future Member is possessed of that courage and fortitude of mind , which are necessary—to keep a secret , and practise the characteristic virtues of this Divine Institution . In examining how careful our predecessors have been , in framing and handing down to us , this mode of admission , let us be filled with a salutary anxiety , to prevent any unjustifiable negleft on our part from overturning the work of their prudence . Finally , it may be a conso-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Discourse,
A DISCOURSE ,
- DELIVERED BEFORE ST . JOHN ' S LODGE , No . II . OF NEWBERN , IN AMERICA .
ON The FESTIVAL of ST . JOHN the BAPTIST , JUNE 24 , i s . BY FRANCOIS XAVIER MARTIN .
Sermo oritur , non de villis , domibusve alienis ; __ sed quod magis ad nos Pertinent , et nescire malum est . HORACJS .
MASONRY is a sdeB Association of Men , professing to live in BROTHERLY-LOVE , to smooth to each other the rugged paths of adversity , and to keep a most inviolable SECRECY on certain parts of their Institution . I have said " A SELECT ASSOCIATION . " In any auditory , but the one I addressthe epithet miht excite a
, g smile . It behoves to enquire , whether this ridicule would be grounded ? That , if any deficiency on our part authorize it , the effect may be more easily prevented from a better knowledge of the cause . If this selection be not perfect , as the purity of the Institution requires ,, the imperfections can only proceed from two causes : the admission of unworthy persons , and the degeneracy of the Members .
Each has been foreseen , and guarded against , b y the framers of our constitution . With regard to admission . A strict enquiry into the moral character of the candidate is an indispensible prelude ; the opinion of every Member is appealed to ; and their unanimous approbation being the condition without which none can ever obtain' admission , measures
have been adopted to prevent the suffrages from being eontrocied , biassed , or embarrassed ; and lastly , the trials which precede the initiation are to evince , that the future Member is possessed of that courage and fortitude of mind , which are necessary—to keep a secret , and practise the characteristic virtues of this Divine Institution . In examining how careful our predecessors have been , in framing and handing down to us , this mode of admission , let us be filled with a salutary anxiety , to prevent any unjustifiable negleft on our part from overturning the work of their prudence . Finally , it may be a conso-