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The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.

actions ; thus the spirit of the damning Priests may be tamed , and a moral brother , though of a different reli gion , engage his friendship ; thus all those disputes , which imbitterlife and sour the tempers of men , are avoided , and every face is clade in smiles , while they pursue the general design of the CRAFT , which is the common good of all . Is it not then evident , that MASONRY is an universal adto mankind

vantage ? For sure , except discord and harmony be the same , it must be so . Is it not likewise reconcileable to the best policy ? For it prevents that heat , and those animosities which different interests but too oft create . Does not MASONRY teach . US to be faithful to our king and to our country , to avoid sour politics , and to submit to the decisions of the legislative power ? And sure It is

no mean advantage to any community or state to have such a body of men within itself , whose passions o ' ught to be divested of that sourness and ill-nature , which too often attends the best of men . Therefore , does not MASONRY of itself command the highest regard ? Does it not claim the greatest esteem ? Without doubt , if aught that isgood and amiable , useful to mankind or society , be worth a wise man ' s attention , then MASONRY claims it in the hi ghest degree . What lovely ideas does it inspire ? How does it open and enlarge the mind ? And how does it create a noble fund of

satisfaction ? How does it recommend universal benevolence , and every virtue which can endear one man to another ? How particularly is it adapted to create in the mind the most disinterested and generous notions ? Masons are brethren , and amongst brothers there is no inequality . Thus a king is put in mind , that although a crown adorns Ins head , yet the blood in his veins is derived from the comof mankind

mon parent , and is no better than the meanest of his subjects . Thus men in inferior stations are taught to love their superiors , when they see them divested of their grandeur , and condescending to trace wisdom ' s paths , and follow virtue , assisted by those of a rank below them . Virtue is true nobility , and Wisdom is the channel b y which it is directed and conveyed ; and Wisdom and Virtue

, amongst Masons , are the sole distinctions . Masonry , not onl y teaches universal love and benevolence , but likewise disposes the heart to particular goodness , when a brother claims it : For this end they create funds , and endeavour to make their charities last as long as the science itself . When a brother is in distress , what heart does not ake ? When he is hungry , do we not convey him food ? Do we not clothe him when he is ' naked ? Do we not fl y to his relief ? Thereby we shew that the name of Brother is not merely nominal .

Now , if these are not sufficient to recommend so generous a plan , such a wise and good , society , so happy in themselves , and in the possession of every social virtue ; nothing which is truly virtuous can prevail , and a man who resists arguments that are drawn from such topics , must himself be lost to all sense of virtue . Nevertheless , though theYairest and the best ideas may be thus im « printed-in the mind , there aje brethren ( bine Hits lacnma ) who ,

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LONDON: Article 1
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: OR, GENERAL and COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 2
A GENERAL CHARGE TO MASONRY. Article 7
A CHARGE Article 11
ON FASHION. Article 18
ANECDOTE OF PHILIP I. KING OF SPAIN. Article 20
COMMENTS ON STERNE. Article 21
THE ANTIQUITY OF DRINKING HEALTHS. Article 28
ANECDOTES OF DR. GOLDSMITH. Article 31
CHARACTER OF SIR ANTHONY BROWN. Article 38
ANECDOTES OF DR. JOHNSON, &c. Article 39
PRIVATE ANECDOTES OF ILLUSTRIOUS FRENCH CHARACTERS. Article 46
HOPE. Article 53
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JAMES HESELTINE, ESQ. G. T. Article 56
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, Article 58
THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE MOST ANTIENT AND HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN. In GRAND LODGE assembled. Article 58
OF MAN's HAPPINESS. Article 59
A TALE. Article 60
ON THE STUDY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. Article 64
THE CRUELTY OF A FATHER. Article 65
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 69
THE CHOICE OF ABDALA: Article 74
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 79
POETRY. Article 82
TO ARNO. Article 83
STANZAS Article 84
PROLOGUE TO THE WORLD IN A VILLAGE. Article 85
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. Article 86
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 88
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The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.

actions ; thus the spirit of the damning Priests may be tamed , and a moral brother , though of a different reli gion , engage his friendship ; thus all those disputes , which imbitterlife and sour the tempers of men , are avoided , and every face is clade in smiles , while they pursue the general design of the CRAFT , which is the common good of all . Is it not then evident , that MASONRY is an universal adto mankind

vantage ? For sure , except discord and harmony be the same , it must be so . Is it not likewise reconcileable to the best policy ? For it prevents that heat , and those animosities which different interests but too oft create . Does not MASONRY teach . US to be faithful to our king and to our country , to avoid sour politics , and to submit to the decisions of the legislative power ? And sure It is

no mean advantage to any community or state to have such a body of men within itself , whose passions o ' ught to be divested of that sourness and ill-nature , which too often attends the best of men . Therefore , does not MASONRY of itself command the highest regard ? Does it not claim the greatest esteem ? Without doubt , if aught that isgood and amiable , useful to mankind or society , be worth a wise man ' s attention , then MASONRY claims it in the hi ghest degree . What lovely ideas does it inspire ? How does it open and enlarge the mind ? And how does it create a noble fund of

satisfaction ? How does it recommend universal benevolence , and every virtue which can endear one man to another ? How particularly is it adapted to create in the mind the most disinterested and generous notions ? Masons are brethren , and amongst brothers there is no inequality . Thus a king is put in mind , that although a crown adorns Ins head , yet the blood in his veins is derived from the comof mankind

mon parent , and is no better than the meanest of his subjects . Thus men in inferior stations are taught to love their superiors , when they see them divested of their grandeur , and condescending to trace wisdom ' s paths , and follow virtue , assisted by those of a rank below them . Virtue is true nobility , and Wisdom is the channel b y which it is directed and conveyed ; and Wisdom and Virtue

, amongst Masons , are the sole distinctions . Masonry , not onl y teaches universal love and benevolence , but likewise disposes the heart to particular goodness , when a brother claims it : For this end they create funds , and endeavour to make their charities last as long as the science itself . When a brother is in distress , what heart does not ake ? When he is hungry , do we not convey him food ? Do we not clothe him when he is ' naked ? Do we not fl y to his relief ? Thereby we shew that the name of Brother is not merely nominal .

Now , if these are not sufficient to recommend so generous a plan , such a wise and good , society , so happy in themselves , and in the possession of every social virtue ; nothing which is truly virtuous can prevail , and a man who resists arguments that are drawn from such topics , must himself be lost to all sense of virtue . Nevertheless , though theYairest and the best ideas may be thus im « printed-in the mind , there aje brethren ( bine Hits lacnma ) who ,

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