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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 8 →
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
unity encircles the earth—whose ethics bind man indissolubly to man—which , pure and perfect in their operation , have descended through the fall of nations , the barbarism of the earl y ages , and the superstition of feudality , unimpaired to modern times .
Although active hostility to the order in the British Empire has long ceased , many prejudices yet exist—that princi ple which in the intercourse between man and man is deemed the test of honour ( secresy ) is urged against the Mason as his greatest crime—the world , with a judgment
that is an anomaly to reason , condemns him for that inviolable fidelity which in every other circumstance of life they would deem the surest proof of virtue . Not knowino- what Masonry is , they have speculated in what it may be ;
imagination has dressed up an idle chimera , and condemned , in the phantasy of its own creation , an order whose princi p les the just of all countries must approve , whose leading features are truth , hnoivledge , and charity .
" Truth shall yet be heard , no human power Can stifle or corrupt her purposes ; Through superstition ' s gloom her voice is heard , It pierces through the veil of barb ' rous ages . The prejudice of time—the venal lay Fall impotent before its godlike sound .
It pierces e ' en the silence of the tomb , Bursting the barriers of icy death , And injured virtue walks triumphant forth , Pree from the taint of calumny or crime . " To disabuse the world—to destroy this mental poison , and by advancing the interests of Freemasonry , advance the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
unity encircles the earth—whose ethics bind man indissolubly to man—which , pure and perfect in their operation , have descended through the fall of nations , the barbarism of the earl y ages , and the superstition of feudality , unimpaired to modern times .
Although active hostility to the order in the British Empire has long ceased , many prejudices yet exist—that princi ple which in the intercourse between man and man is deemed the test of honour ( secresy ) is urged against the Mason as his greatest crime—the world , with a judgment
that is an anomaly to reason , condemns him for that inviolable fidelity which in every other circumstance of life they would deem the surest proof of virtue . Not knowino- what Masonry is , they have speculated in what it may be ;
imagination has dressed up an idle chimera , and condemned , in the phantasy of its own creation , an order whose princi p les the just of all countries must approve , whose leading features are truth , hnoivledge , and charity .
" Truth shall yet be heard , no human power Can stifle or corrupt her purposes ; Through superstition ' s gloom her voice is heard , It pierces through the veil of barb ' rous ages . The prejudice of time—the venal lay Fall impotent before its godlike sound .
It pierces e ' en the silence of the tomb , Bursting the barriers of icy death , And injured virtue walks triumphant forth , Pree from the taint of calumny or crime . " To disabuse the world—to destroy this mental poison , and by advancing the interests of Freemasonry , advance the