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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quartery Review.
Husetiheth , for adverting to the subject—at the time we did not know what the Tablet has since informed us of—that he professes the faith of the Church of Rome . We now honour him the more , perceiving the leading cause of the virulent abuse of his apostate
defamer"Slander meets no regard from noble minds ; Only the base believe , what the base only utter ,- ' We may prefer the tolerant clemency ofthe church in which we have heen nurtured ; we are thereby taught that the purity of God-worship is in the heart itself , ancl not merely in lip-profession ; ancl that to anathematise from the pulpit , or to issue disgusting libels from the press , is
an offence against the Diety , which even insanity cannot excuse . The ribald invectives against Freemasonry in general , ancl Brother Husenbeth in particular , are both indecent ancl disgusting . We have heard that the writer thereof was formerly a member of the Society of Friends ! in what particular creed he now rejoices might be asked of the " Fattier of lies . " Like an envious man , he is cursed by his own veuom , for even
in his explanation of the sacraments of his new faith he winces at the self-infliction he is compelled to impose as a penance for his inane abuse of the purity of Freemasonry , which , although not Christianity , is nevertheless its handmaid , In reply to the first appearance of " Masonie Impudence , " an article
appeared in a Bristol paper , which very properly deprecated the unholy attack on the Deputy Grand Master for that Province ; this article appears to have produced an emetic effect on the " impudence " of the Tablet—which , like a dog returned to its vomit , sends forth more foulness , and betrays so much more insanity , that we may leave it to the contemplation of some imaginary " obscene rite , " * to which none hut
such as the Tablet can be admitted—its thoughts are hateful , and their expression repulsive . The third attack assumes to be a replication to an , illogical ancl altogether untoward letter , irrelevant to the subject , addressed to Colonel Hugh Baillie , the P . G . M . for Bristol , in which the character and conduct of Brother Husenbeth are defended , but at the expense of his
faith . Cause enough this for further pollution from the Tablet , which did not , because it probably could not , clearly distinguish the temporary advantage which the illogical paper gave it . It contented itself , therefore , with resuming its attack on Freemasonry , and even ventured to he frolicsome . Were the frolic as keen as the abuse is low ancl vulgar , we might be beguiled of a smile ; but alas for the
Tablet" He rams his quill with scandal and with scoff ; But 'tis so very foul , it wont go off . ' ' We pass now to the moral contrast . t
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The Freemasons' Quartery Review.
Husetiheth , for adverting to the subject—at the time we did not know what the Tablet has since informed us of—that he professes the faith of the Church of Rome . We now honour him the more , perceiving the leading cause of the virulent abuse of his apostate
defamer"Slander meets no regard from noble minds ; Only the base believe , what the base only utter ,- ' We may prefer the tolerant clemency ofthe church in which we have heen nurtured ; we are thereby taught that the purity of God-worship is in the heart itself , ancl not merely in lip-profession ; ancl that to anathematise from the pulpit , or to issue disgusting libels from the press , is
an offence against the Diety , which even insanity cannot excuse . The ribald invectives against Freemasonry in general , ancl Brother Husenbeth in particular , are both indecent ancl disgusting . We have heard that the writer thereof was formerly a member of the Society of Friends ! in what particular creed he now rejoices might be asked of the " Fattier of lies . " Like an envious man , he is cursed by his own veuom , for even
in his explanation of the sacraments of his new faith he winces at the self-infliction he is compelled to impose as a penance for his inane abuse of the purity of Freemasonry , which , although not Christianity , is nevertheless its handmaid , In reply to the first appearance of " Masonie Impudence , " an article
appeared in a Bristol paper , which very properly deprecated the unholy attack on the Deputy Grand Master for that Province ; this article appears to have produced an emetic effect on the " impudence " of the Tablet—which , like a dog returned to its vomit , sends forth more foulness , and betrays so much more insanity , that we may leave it to the contemplation of some imaginary " obscene rite , " * to which none hut
such as the Tablet can be admitted—its thoughts are hateful , and their expression repulsive . The third attack assumes to be a replication to an , illogical ancl altogether untoward letter , irrelevant to the subject , addressed to Colonel Hugh Baillie , the P . G . M . for Bristol , in which the character and conduct of Brother Husenbeth are defended , but at the expense of his
faith . Cause enough this for further pollution from the Tablet , which did not , because it probably could not , clearly distinguish the temporary advantage which the illogical paper gave it . It contented itself , therefore , with resuming its attack on Freemasonry , and even ventured to he frolicsome . Were the frolic as keen as the abuse is low ancl vulgar , we might be beguiled of a smile ; but alas for the
Tablet" He rams his quill with scandal and with scoff ; But 'tis so very foul , it wont go off . ' ' We pass now to the moral contrast . t