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Article THE BELGIAN CLERGY AND THE FREEMASONS. ← Page 4 of 4 Article MATERIALS FOR MASONIC THINKING. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Belgian Clergy And The Freemasons.
is a hidden fire slowly burning , and which at the first outbreak will cover the political atmosphere with a cloud , shattering thrones and destroying the social compact . Have not the Jesuits a pontiff and two emperors in their interest ? Have they not thrown fire-brands into three out of the four corners of the Peninsula ? Do they not keep trembling Italy under their hoofs ? We hope that with a constitutional people they will not be allowed to take root as nations chained down by
among despotism and usurpation . We trust that the real Catholics , who confide in the sanctity of their religion , will not allow themselves to be deluded , but that reason , justice , and the incontestable rights of the citizen , will not be trampled under foot . [ We give this translation as a matter of Masonic Intelligence—comment is unnecessary . ED . 1
Materials For Masonic Thinking.
MATERIALS FOR MASONIC THINKING .
BY BROTHER E . R . MORAN , W . M . CONCORD LODGE , NO . 49 . No . 1 . IS MASONRY SUN-WORSHIP ? [ T HE following are mere " dots" transcribed from a note book : . they
are , perhaps , not novel in idea or train of reasoning ; but in their scope they suggest so much to the true Mason , that their publication may prove not quite unavailing ; without setting up too high pretensions to antiquity , our system , at all events , is traceable , more or less , throughout past time to an extent sufficient to render hints like the following not altogether without interest . There are things , of themselves , not high in value which still , by allowed currency , pass freely from hand to hand
as useful media in our every day transactions : so perhaps these materials , though intrinsically of little weight , may help the transmission of Masonic LIGHT . ] 1 . Masonry is that pure and simple relig ion which corrupt and interested men , for selfish purposes , have always endeavoured to suppress as too sublime for the mass ; acting in this , like misers who hide their gold , not that they may use it themselves , but worse than even the
manger-dog , they do not limit themselves to preventing , they dread , its use by others . 2 . The Brahmins , an old race of religionists , if nothing more , conceal the mysteries of their belief from all except those who have , after trial and proof , been duly initiated . 3 . Sun-worship was probably the first among men . Whence the most honoured lace in temples made bhands to the Great Architect
p y , however named , " Jehovah , Jove or Lord , " has been situated in the east . 4 . Freemasons also place their symbol of such intelligence in the east of their temples ; as representative of K . S ., the W . M . takes his seat there , and his name is made ( properly so ?) all but equal , and second only after that of God , the centre;— "in the name of" one , " and by command of the" other .
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The Belgian Clergy And The Freemasons.
is a hidden fire slowly burning , and which at the first outbreak will cover the political atmosphere with a cloud , shattering thrones and destroying the social compact . Have not the Jesuits a pontiff and two emperors in their interest ? Have they not thrown fire-brands into three out of the four corners of the Peninsula ? Do they not keep trembling Italy under their hoofs ? We hope that with a constitutional people they will not be allowed to take root as nations chained down by
among despotism and usurpation . We trust that the real Catholics , who confide in the sanctity of their religion , will not allow themselves to be deluded , but that reason , justice , and the incontestable rights of the citizen , will not be trampled under foot . [ We give this translation as a matter of Masonic Intelligence—comment is unnecessary . ED . 1
Materials For Masonic Thinking.
MATERIALS FOR MASONIC THINKING .
BY BROTHER E . R . MORAN , W . M . CONCORD LODGE , NO . 49 . No . 1 . IS MASONRY SUN-WORSHIP ? [ T HE following are mere " dots" transcribed from a note book : . they
are , perhaps , not novel in idea or train of reasoning ; but in their scope they suggest so much to the true Mason , that their publication may prove not quite unavailing ; without setting up too high pretensions to antiquity , our system , at all events , is traceable , more or less , throughout past time to an extent sufficient to render hints like the following not altogether without interest . There are things , of themselves , not high in value which still , by allowed currency , pass freely from hand to hand
as useful media in our every day transactions : so perhaps these materials , though intrinsically of little weight , may help the transmission of Masonic LIGHT . ] 1 . Masonry is that pure and simple relig ion which corrupt and interested men , for selfish purposes , have always endeavoured to suppress as too sublime for the mass ; acting in this , like misers who hide their gold , not that they may use it themselves , but worse than even the
manger-dog , they do not limit themselves to preventing , they dread , its use by others . 2 . The Brahmins , an old race of religionists , if nothing more , conceal the mysteries of their belief from all except those who have , after trial and proof , been duly initiated . 3 . Sun-worship was probably the first among men . Whence the most honoured lace in temples made bhands to the Great Architect
p y , however named , " Jehovah , Jove or Lord , " has been situated in the east . 4 . Freemasons also place their symbol of such intelligence in the east of their temples ; as representative of K . S ., the W . M . takes his seat there , and his name is made ( properly so ?) all but equal , and second only after that of God , the centre;— "in the name of" one , " and by command of the" other .