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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
credentials to the true fold of Christ ; and that they are appreciable by the most unlearned of that fold , however dark and enigmatical they may appear to Mr . Denis Moore , and those who , with him , pick up corrupt morals in the anti-Christian fold of Masonry . I wonder Mr . Moore should so little know the temper of the age , as to imagine Christian people will be satisfied with his general
assurances of Masonry being worthy and excellent , a handmaid to religion , & c . I should be ashamed , for my part , to say of it that it is impious , unless I could adduce the particular proofs . I beg to ask Mr . Moore ' s opinion upon one or two of these particulars . How does he defend the titles assumed by Freemasons , of " Sacred Institution" and " Holy Brotherhood 1 " Againwhat does he think of
, , the " Sacred Law" of Masonry ( referred to in my last letter ) as explained by the great Masonic writer , Preston 1 When these particidars are answered , he shall have some more . But no ! Mr . Moore will answer , " I respect my oath , which forbids discussion on Masonic principles . " Well , then , the oath has reduced you to an abject state of spiritual degradation ; as you dare not entertain the Christian
precept , to " be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you . " It is true , as hinted by Mr . Moore , that I had some difficulty to obtain the Dean of Exeter ' s leave to publish the note , wherein occurs the very just expression I have adduced . I wanted it at a time when I was meditating a letter in an Oxford Journal . Some
remarks of the Dean's , wherein he makes apology for Masonic friends , but not for Masonry , are extremely well worth reading . I shall take a copy of his letter , and return it to him . And he may probably permit a perusal of it to Mr . Moore . The Dean ' s conclusion is , as I have reported , that " Freemasonry sets itself up above our holy religion . " [ Let me hereMr . Editorin a parenthesis Shame ! Shame !
, , , say , to the Dons of Oxford . I learn from a relation' of my own , now there , that an enormous proportion of the present Undergraduates have been inveigled into the Deistical Lodge . Look at " Jackson ' s Oxford Journal , " Feb . 16 . Ancl thus , while men are asleep , or ( what is nearly as bad in the guardians of Truth ) awake only within a well-defined limitation of dutiesavoiding any transcendental
mea-, sure , the enemy is introducing the wormwood of Deism—infernal , reprobate Deism ; and this ancient scat of learning becoming a favorite capital of Satan ' s kingdom . ] One word , at parting , with Mr . Denis Moore . Anybody that is not blind can see , ancl I can see that one-tenth only of this gentleman's exasperation is raised on account of my " indecent attack , " as he
calls it , on his departed friend ; and nine-tenths on account of my strictures on the degenerate , Heathen Order of Masonry , which his love of false glory and talent for ribaldry so pre-eminently fit him to support and adorn . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , M . C . TREVILIAN . Newberry Home , loth Mag , 1850 . VOL . I . X
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Trevilian On Freemasonry.
credentials to the true fold of Christ ; and that they are appreciable by the most unlearned of that fold , however dark and enigmatical they may appear to Mr . Denis Moore , and those who , with him , pick up corrupt morals in the anti-Christian fold of Masonry . I wonder Mr . Moore should so little know the temper of the age , as to imagine Christian people will be satisfied with his general
assurances of Masonry being worthy and excellent , a handmaid to religion , & c . I should be ashamed , for my part , to say of it that it is impious , unless I could adduce the particular proofs . I beg to ask Mr . Moore ' s opinion upon one or two of these particulars . How does he defend the titles assumed by Freemasons , of " Sacred Institution" and " Holy Brotherhood 1 " Againwhat does he think of
, , the " Sacred Law" of Masonry ( referred to in my last letter ) as explained by the great Masonic writer , Preston 1 When these particidars are answered , he shall have some more . But no ! Mr . Moore will answer , " I respect my oath , which forbids discussion on Masonic principles . " Well , then , the oath has reduced you to an abject state of spiritual degradation ; as you dare not entertain the Christian
precept , to " be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you . " It is true , as hinted by Mr . Moore , that I had some difficulty to obtain the Dean of Exeter ' s leave to publish the note , wherein occurs the very just expression I have adduced . I wanted it at a time when I was meditating a letter in an Oxford Journal . Some
remarks of the Dean's , wherein he makes apology for Masonic friends , but not for Masonry , are extremely well worth reading . I shall take a copy of his letter , and return it to him . And he may probably permit a perusal of it to Mr . Moore . The Dean ' s conclusion is , as I have reported , that " Freemasonry sets itself up above our holy religion . " [ Let me hereMr . Editorin a parenthesis Shame ! Shame !
, , , say , to the Dons of Oxford . I learn from a relation' of my own , now there , that an enormous proportion of the present Undergraduates have been inveigled into the Deistical Lodge . Look at " Jackson ' s Oxford Journal , " Feb . 16 . Ancl thus , while men are asleep , or ( what is nearly as bad in the guardians of Truth ) awake only within a well-defined limitation of dutiesavoiding any transcendental
mea-, sure , the enemy is introducing the wormwood of Deism—infernal , reprobate Deism ; and this ancient scat of learning becoming a favorite capital of Satan ' s kingdom . ] One word , at parting , with Mr . Denis Moore . Anybody that is not blind can see , ancl I can see that one-tenth only of this gentleman's exasperation is raised on account of my " indecent attack , " as he
calls it , on his departed friend ; and nine-tenths on account of my strictures on the degenerate , Heathen Order of Masonry , which his love of false glory and talent for ribaldry so pre-eminently fit him to support and adorn . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , M . C . TREVILIAN . Newberry Home , loth Mag , 1850 . VOL . I . X