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Legend Of The M.M. Degree.
aud possesses a knowledge of their references , can judge of the efficiency of the reasons which then regulated the conduct of the rulers of the Fraternity . Having thus defined the period , it remains but to remark that the Widow's Son , as ADON-HUIAM , was substituted for the previous astronomical personification ; and the celebration of our rites assumed a peculiar formthe leading features of which are still retained .
, These observations will , it is imagined , suffice for a general elucidation of the object of the present inquiry—more particular references will be reserved for a future occasion . It may , however , be remarked , that the reformed legend thus introduced , received at various times some additional application , and among- the primitive Christians had evidently impressed a further reference intimately connected with the most solemn reliious mysteries ; thenhoweveras now , it indicated a
g , , moral death by sin and regeneration by grace , aud spiritually shallowed forth the sublime doctrines of the Resurrection of the Body , aud the Immortality of the Soul . Tbe references were those of the most awful and sublime description , and well calculated to convey a deep and lasting impression upon the mind of the initiated Brother . It is thus interesting to trace our peculiar rites through so many successive ag-es , and still more interesting to observe , that , amid the
mutations of tbe world , the fall of Empires , and the lapse of years , our ancient Fraternity have ever been the conservators of Truth : —Error and Superstition have fled before the light ; and Science and Wisdom joining hand-in-haud , have ministered to Ileiigion .
A Handful Of Aphorisms.
A HANDFUL OF APHORISMS .
ALMSGIVING never made any man poor , nor robbery rich , nor prosperity ivise . —Diseases are the interest of pleasures . —Sensitive nature and instinctive dread of bad-tempered people , produce the same effects which certain nervous minds entertain of fire-arms—believing- they may go of !' , even though not loaded . —Happines-s is a road-side flower , growing on the hihways of usefulness . — 'Ihe difference between those whom
g the world praises and those whom it condemns as bad , is , in many cases , little else than that the former have been better sheltered from , temptation . — 'The impotence of resentment is secret vexation ; its triumph , secret remorse .
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Legend Of The M.M. Degree.
aud possesses a knowledge of their references , can judge of the efficiency of the reasons which then regulated the conduct of the rulers of the Fraternity . Having thus defined the period , it remains but to remark that the Widow's Son , as ADON-HUIAM , was substituted for the previous astronomical personification ; and the celebration of our rites assumed a peculiar formthe leading features of which are still retained .
, These observations will , it is imagined , suffice for a general elucidation of the object of the present inquiry—more particular references will be reserved for a future occasion . It may , however , be remarked , that the reformed legend thus introduced , received at various times some additional application , and among- the primitive Christians had evidently impressed a further reference intimately connected with the most solemn reliious mysteries ; thenhoweveras now , it indicated a
g , , moral death by sin and regeneration by grace , aud spiritually shallowed forth the sublime doctrines of the Resurrection of the Body , aud the Immortality of the Soul . Tbe references were those of the most awful and sublime description , and well calculated to convey a deep and lasting impression upon the mind of the initiated Brother . It is thus interesting to trace our peculiar rites through so many successive ag-es , and still more interesting to observe , that , amid the
mutations of tbe world , the fall of Empires , and the lapse of years , our ancient Fraternity have ever been the conservators of Truth : —Error and Superstition have fled before the light ; and Science and Wisdom joining hand-in-haud , have ministered to Ileiigion .
A Handful Of Aphorisms.
A HANDFUL OF APHORISMS .
ALMSGIVING never made any man poor , nor robbery rich , nor prosperity ivise . —Diseases are the interest of pleasures . —Sensitive nature and instinctive dread of bad-tempered people , produce the same effects which certain nervous minds entertain of fire-arms—believing- they may go of !' , even though not loaded . —Happines-s is a road-side flower , growing on the hihways of usefulness . — 'Ihe difference between those whom
g the world praises and those whom it condemns as bad , is , in many cases , little else than that the former have been better sheltered from , temptation . — 'The impotence of resentment is secret vexation ; its triumph , secret remorse .
VOL . I . c