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Part Of A Charge Lately Delivered To A Society Of Free Masons On An Extraordinary Occasion*.

atheistic enemies p lotted against their labour , wrought with the peaceful trowel , and had their swords read y at hand tcr defend the g lorious cause in which they were engaged . Let us imitate those virtuous Citizens , those true Masons of old , aud let our zealous endeavours be , not to tear down the fabric of a well-ordered society , by destroying i's beautiful pillars of King , Lords , and Commonswell expressed by the appropriate terms of Wisdom

, , Strength , and Beauty , but earnestly , as men of principle , set our faces against the open enemy and the insidious friend , against the shameless defter of decency on the one hand , and the pretended Reformer , who walks in darkness with a smooth voice of innocence , on the other . Our place is to promote peace and good-will among men . We therefore sincerely lament when dire necessity draws forth the sword

of war , and sets nations in battle array fiercely against each other . But then , if foreign war calls for our pitying consideration , what should be onr prevailing sentiments and our conduct in the view of civil bloodshed ?• Shall we be indifferent to the consequences of political changes , and run on to the indulgence of a wild scheme of reform , with a delusive idea in our heads , subversive of the

momentous consideration , that the evil is certain , and the advantage uncertain ? Shall we look on the success that innovation has had within the reach of our own observation , and characterized by more horrors than all the volumes of ancient history can parallel , and b } -more atrocities than the story of human wickedness has ever exhibited as a lesson of man ,- '~ shall we , I say , look on it with a calm indifference , whether it

lias reached its termination or not ? Shall we , thoughtlessly , regard the spectacle of the fafherarmed against the son , and the son against the father , the mother against the daughter , and the daughter against the mother ; all the tender connections of life broken by civil feud ; friendship lost under the rage of faction ; a country torn to pieces by tyrants calling themselves patriots ; men , women , and children mingling in one horrid heap , unbalmed by a tender tear , and unmarked by a funeral rite ?

I hese are revolutionary scenes ! this is the dismal picture , filled , like the prophet ' s roll , throughout with lamentation and mourning and woe ! Let none of us then deceive himself with the dangerous conceit that our state would be ameliorated were the trial of a political change to he made ; but , as the watchful sons of peace , regard those scenes with horror , and , viewing them as necessarily connected with the dfesign

of a turbulent faction , strengthen the hands of that government under which our fathers flourished , and under which we receive protection" ! , andenjoyrationalfreedom ; To this end , keep from you all suspicious characters , and receive no dubious principles ; banish with honest indignation those who would fain poison the purity of your faith . Still letourmottoeverbe , and let our conduct invariably be in unison with its fundamental principles : Honor all Mm , Love tht : Brotherhood , Fear Cod , and Honor the King . VOL . vi . c

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LONDON: Article 3
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 4
WILLIAM HENRY LAMBTON, Esq. M P. Article 5
PART OF A CHARGE LATELY DELIVERED TO A SOCIETY OF FREE MASONS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION*. Article 8
ON THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE AMONG THE GREEKS. Article 12
ON THE OVERFONDNESS OF PARENTS. Article 13
CHARACTER OF SIR EDWARD SEYMOUR. Article 15
OBSERVATIONS MADE IN A VISIT TO THE TOMBS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, IN DECEMBER. 1784, Article 16
THE STAGE. Article 23
RULES FOR THE GERMAN FLUTE. Article 25
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE MR. WHISTON. Article 26
ON THE MUTABILITY OF THE TIMES. Article 27
ANECDOTES. Article 28
TO THE EDITOR. Article 31
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE. Article 31
ACCOUNT OF, AND EXTRACTS FROM, THE NEWLY DISCOVERED SHAKSPEARE MANUSCRIPTS. Article 32
BRIEF MEMOIRS OF MR. SPILLARD, THE PEDESTRIAN. Article 35
PROCESS OF SCALPING AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Article 37
SINGULARITIES OF MR. HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST. Article 39
A DISSERTATION ON THE MODERN ART OF SCRIBBLING. Article 43
EXTRAORDINARY EPITAPH Article 46
DESCRIPTION OF A GRAND COLLATION, Article 47
REMARKS ON MEN OF SPIRIT. Article 47
REMARKABLE REVERSE OF FORTUNE. Article 48
BIOGRAPHY. Article 49
POETRY. Article 53
ON SEEING A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY IN TEARS, Article 54
SEPTEMBER *. Article 54
ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1796. Article 57
MASONIC SONG. Article 58
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 59
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 61
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 67
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Part Of A Charge Lately Delivered To A Society Of Free Masons On An Extraordinary Occasion*.

atheistic enemies p lotted against their labour , wrought with the peaceful trowel , and had their swords read y at hand tcr defend the g lorious cause in which they were engaged . Let us imitate those virtuous Citizens , those true Masons of old , aud let our zealous endeavours be , not to tear down the fabric of a well-ordered society , by destroying i's beautiful pillars of King , Lords , and Commonswell expressed by the appropriate terms of Wisdom

, , Strength , and Beauty , but earnestly , as men of principle , set our faces against the open enemy and the insidious friend , against the shameless defter of decency on the one hand , and the pretended Reformer , who walks in darkness with a smooth voice of innocence , on the other . Our place is to promote peace and good-will among men . We therefore sincerely lament when dire necessity draws forth the sword

of war , and sets nations in battle array fiercely against each other . But then , if foreign war calls for our pitying consideration , what should be onr prevailing sentiments and our conduct in the view of civil bloodshed ?• Shall we be indifferent to the consequences of political changes , and run on to the indulgence of a wild scheme of reform , with a delusive idea in our heads , subversive of the

momentous consideration , that the evil is certain , and the advantage uncertain ? Shall we look on the success that innovation has had within the reach of our own observation , and characterized by more horrors than all the volumes of ancient history can parallel , and b } -more atrocities than the story of human wickedness has ever exhibited as a lesson of man ,- '~ shall we , I say , look on it with a calm indifference , whether it

lias reached its termination or not ? Shall we , thoughtlessly , regard the spectacle of the fafherarmed against the son , and the son against the father , the mother against the daughter , and the daughter against the mother ; all the tender connections of life broken by civil feud ; friendship lost under the rage of faction ; a country torn to pieces by tyrants calling themselves patriots ; men , women , and children mingling in one horrid heap , unbalmed by a tender tear , and unmarked by a funeral rite ?

I hese are revolutionary scenes ! this is the dismal picture , filled , like the prophet ' s roll , throughout with lamentation and mourning and woe ! Let none of us then deceive himself with the dangerous conceit that our state would be ameliorated were the trial of a political change to he made ; but , as the watchful sons of peace , regard those scenes with horror , and , viewing them as necessarily connected with the dfesign

of a turbulent faction , strengthen the hands of that government under which our fathers flourished , and under which we receive protection" ! , andenjoyrationalfreedom ; To this end , keep from you all suspicious characters , and receive no dubious principles ; banish with honest indignation those who would fain poison the purity of your faith . Still letourmottoeverbe , and let our conduct invariably be in unison with its fundamental principles : Honor all Mm , Love tht : Brotherhood , Fear Cod , and Honor the King . VOL . vi . c

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