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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
Thus the decorum expected from each of the members , iS"a work which no academy nor university have so well established . The name of Freemason , therefore , ought not to be taken in a literal sense , as if the institutors had been real workers in stone and in marble . ^ They were not only able architects , but many princes , both warlike and religious , dedicated their talents and their fortune , under this banner , to the Most High . M . M .
A Sermon Preached At The Anniversary Grand Provincial Meeting Of Free And Accepted Masons, At West Mailing, In Kent , May 19, 1794.
A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ANNIVERSARY GRAND PROVINCIAL MEETING OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , AT WEST MAILING , IN KENT , MAY 19 , 1794 .
BY THE REV . JETHRO IN WOOD , B . A . CURATE . OF . ST . f AUL ' s , DEPTF 0 RD , AND MASTER OF THE RECTORY t'OUSE ACADEMY . -
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WE pass , my friends , hastily on to our second admonition , fear God . Do-any ask , as . a preliminary to their intended entrance into our Royal Order , whetherit contains any thing inconsistent with religion , or the essence of religion } the fear of God ; I answer without hesitation , upon the credit of this sacred place , where Goddwelleth , No ! Yet , that all who profess Masonry are not religious , is as truly to be lamented as that all are not Christians who bear the name of
Christ , and the profession of Christianity . But Masoniy itself , in all its sentiments , ceremonies , and profession ^ bears . every characteristic of him who built , the universe ; lighted , warmed , and ornamented this world , with ail those orbs of light and heat . which beautify the canopy of heaven , and who without labour perfected the whole . By the science of Masonry we are guided to study the order , beauty ,
regularity , and usefulness , of all the mig hty works in nature ; and by . its precepts and admonitions we are led from nature up to nature ' s God . Yea , my friends , Masonry leads us from the beautiful building of the universe up to its Almighty architect ; and binds us in the most sacred obligations to fear him who can build and who can destroywho can raiseand who can pull down . Yet not to fear
, , with that slavish fear as if he delighted to destroy , but to fear with that filial awe and reverence which becorneth those who fear him who hath built on purpose to endure ; and who , though on account of tlie VOL . III . 3 C
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
Thus the decorum expected from each of the members , iS"a work which no academy nor university have so well established . The name of Freemason , therefore , ought not to be taken in a literal sense , as if the institutors had been real workers in stone and in marble . ^ They were not only able architects , but many princes , both warlike and religious , dedicated their talents and their fortune , under this banner , to the Most High . M . M .
A Sermon Preached At The Anniversary Grand Provincial Meeting Of Free And Accepted Masons, At West Mailing, In Kent , May 19, 1794.
A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ANNIVERSARY GRAND PROVINCIAL MEETING OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS , AT WEST MAILING , IN KENT , MAY 19 , 1794 .
BY THE REV . JETHRO IN WOOD , B . A . CURATE . OF . ST . f AUL ' s , DEPTF 0 RD , AND MASTER OF THE RECTORY t'OUSE ACADEMY . -
Concluded from Page 318 .
WE pass , my friends , hastily on to our second admonition , fear God . Do-any ask , as . a preliminary to their intended entrance into our Royal Order , whetherit contains any thing inconsistent with religion , or the essence of religion } the fear of God ; I answer without hesitation , upon the credit of this sacred place , where Goddwelleth , No ! Yet , that all who profess Masonry are not religious , is as truly to be lamented as that all are not Christians who bear the name of
Christ , and the profession of Christianity . But Masoniy itself , in all its sentiments , ceremonies , and profession ^ bears . every characteristic of him who built , the universe ; lighted , warmed , and ornamented this world , with ail those orbs of light and heat . which beautify the canopy of heaven , and who without labour perfected the whole . By the science of Masonry we are guided to study the order , beauty ,
regularity , and usefulness , of all the mig hty works in nature ; and by . its precepts and admonitions we are led from nature up to nature ' s God . Yea , my friends , Masonry leads us from the beautiful building of the universe up to its Almighty architect ; and binds us in the most sacred obligations to fear him who can build and who can destroywho can raiseand who can pull down . Yet not to fear
, , with that slavish fear as if he delighted to destroy , but to fear with that filial awe and reverence which becorneth those who fear him who hath built on purpose to endure ; and who , though on account of tlie VOL . III . 3 C