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John Coustos, For Freemasonry,
" utmost of their power , every seed of sedition and rebellion , and " being ready at all times to venture their lives for the security both " of the Prince and of his government . —Wicked wretches , when " got together , not only perpetually take the name of Godr in vain , " but blaspheme and deny him : whereas the Freemasons punish very " severely , not only swearers , but also such as make use of obscene
" words ; and expel from , their Society all persons hardened in their " vices . —Wicked wretches contemn reli g ion of every kind , turn " them into ridicule , and speak in terms unworthy . of the Deity wor" shipped in them . But the Freemasons , on the contrary , observing " a respectful silence on this occasion , never quarrel with the reli gi" ous principles of any person ; but live together in fraternal love , " which a difference in opinion can never lessen . " I closed my defence "with the four following lines , composed by a Freemason :
Thro' trackless paths each Brother strays , And nought sinister can entice : Now Temples we to Virtue raise ; Now dungeons sink , fit place for Vice . To which I added , in my own mind : But here the contrary is found ;
Injustice reigns , and killing Dread ; In rankling chains bright Virtue's bound , And Vice with triumph lifts its head . " Such , my Lords , " continued I , " are our true ancl genuine se" ' ' crets . I now wait with all possible resignation whatever you shall " think proper to decree ; but shall hopefrom your equity and
jus-, " tice , that you will not pass sentence upon me as though I was " guilty of the crimes mentioned in the indictment , upon the vain " pretence that' inviolable secrecy can be observed in such things " only as are of a criminal nature . " [ To be concluded in . our next . ]
Knights Templars In England,
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS IN ENGLAND ,
EXTRACT OF A CIRCULAR LETTER FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY OR . DF . R OF
TO THE CHAPTERS OF THAT CONFRATERNITY .
DE . ' . R BROTHER AND KNIGHT COMPANION , AS the nation is preparing to guard against an invasion from our enemies , if they should have the temerity to make an attempt , it is become my duty , at this important crisis , to request and require that such of you as can , without prejudice to your families , do hold yourselves in readiness ( as Knig hts Templars ) to unite with and be under the command of the officers of the military corps stationed in
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
John Coustos, For Freemasonry,
" utmost of their power , every seed of sedition and rebellion , and " being ready at all times to venture their lives for the security both " of the Prince and of his government . —Wicked wretches , when " got together , not only perpetually take the name of Godr in vain , " but blaspheme and deny him : whereas the Freemasons punish very " severely , not only swearers , but also such as make use of obscene
" words ; and expel from , their Society all persons hardened in their " vices . —Wicked wretches contemn reli g ion of every kind , turn " them into ridicule , and speak in terms unworthy . of the Deity wor" shipped in them . But the Freemasons , on the contrary , observing " a respectful silence on this occasion , never quarrel with the reli gi" ous principles of any person ; but live together in fraternal love , " which a difference in opinion can never lessen . " I closed my defence "with the four following lines , composed by a Freemason :
Thro' trackless paths each Brother strays , And nought sinister can entice : Now Temples we to Virtue raise ; Now dungeons sink , fit place for Vice . To which I added , in my own mind : But here the contrary is found ;
Injustice reigns , and killing Dread ; In rankling chains bright Virtue's bound , And Vice with triumph lifts its head . " Such , my Lords , " continued I , " are our true ancl genuine se" ' ' crets . I now wait with all possible resignation whatever you shall " think proper to decree ; but shall hopefrom your equity and
jus-, " tice , that you will not pass sentence upon me as though I was " guilty of the crimes mentioned in the indictment , upon the vain " pretence that' inviolable secrecy can be observed in such things " only as are of a criminal nature . " [ To be concluded in . our next . ]
Knights Templars In England,
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS IN ENGLAND ,
EXTRACT OF A CIRCULAR LETTER FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY OR . DF . R OF
TO THE CHAPTERS OF THAT CONFRATERNITY .
DE . ' . R BROTHER AND KNIGHT COMPANION , AS the nation is preparing to guard against an invasion from our enemies , if they should have the temerity to make an attempt , it is become my duty , at this important crisis , to request and require that such of you as can , without prejudice to your families , do hold yourselves in readiness ( as Knig hts Templars ) to unite with and be under the command of the officers of the military corps stationed in