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The Use And Abuse Of Freemasonry.
and welfare depend on its members alone for being handed down to posterity in all its original beauty and worth . How proud , then , should the Freemason be , when he reflects on the origin , antiquity , and sacred character of his order ; how careful never to sully its purity by conduct at which the " unenlightened " may scoff , or virtue reprove him ; for mankind , too eager to condemn , may rashly judge of our institution by the deformities that disgrace it . Let him resolve that his life shall
illustrate its purity , and prepare him for that final Lodge , not made with hands , to enter which Freemasonry , if sincerely and truly practised , will provide him the pass-word ; and to obtain that pass-word , every member of so noble and invaluable an order , should devote his unceasing energies with " freedom , fervency , and zeal . "
Latomia.
LATOMIA .
A MASONIC QUARTERLY REVIEW " , * { Published at Leipzig , July 1842 , by J . J . Weber ) . AVE welcome this inaugural number of a fellow-labourer with auspicious anticipation that it may prove the patriarch of many generations of volumesrichly begemmed by the gleanings of Masonic literature and
, science : and glad are we that its general merit as a work of promise justifies the meed of praise . For censure there is no room ; its failings arise from inexperience , which time will amend . Our opinion shall be given honestly . The PREFACE ( as all prefaces are ) is on promises , and therefore may be shortly dismissed , with a declaration that the veriest tyros shall have some insight into Freemasonry ; and the more enlihtened shall find
g matter for their contemplation . A review of Masonic literature is to illustrate the work , and poetical effusions are admitted . An apology for the paucity of songs , owing to want of space in the first number , was hardly necessary , —in our opinion , the muse having her share of consideration .
" On the Origin of Freemasonry , and its state , principally in the different Nations of Europe . " This section treats of the refutation by writers , that Freemasonry originated either in the Egyptian mysteries , Dionysian builders , or any Templars , Jesuits , ' & c , and states that it is now generally considered to have its origin in the corporation of builders at Rome , mentioned by Vitruvius as "Corpora Collegia" and advances that no regular
his-, torical accounts of its origin are to be found , owing to the unsettled state of the times , and the great political events with which the earlier Masons were identified . The corporation of builders as Freemasons are , however , traced back as early as the reign of Numa Pompilius , who built the Temple of Janus , and divided the citizens into classes and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Use And Abuse Of Freemasonry.
and welfare depend on its members alone for being handed down to posterity in all its original beauty and worth . How proud , then , should the Freemason be , when he reflects on the origin , antiquity , and sacred character of his order ; how careful never to sully its purity by conduct at which the " unenlightened " may scoff , or virtue reprove him ; for mankind , too eager to condemn , may rashly judge of our institution by the deformities that disgrace it . Let him resolve that his life shall
illustrate its purity , and prepare him for that final Lodge , not made with hands , to enter which Freemasonry , if sincerely and truly practised , will provide him the pass-word ; and to obtain that pass-word , every member of so noble and invaluable an order , should devote his unceasing energies with " freedom , fervency , and zeal . "
Latomia.
LATOMIA .
A MASONIC QUARTERLY REVIEW " , * { Published at Leipzig , July 1842 , by J . J . Weber ) . AVE welcome this inaugural number of a fellow-labourer with auspicious anticipation that it may prove the patriarch of many generations of volumesrichly begemmed by the gleanings of Masonic literature and
, science : and glad are we that its general merit as a work of promise justifies the meed of praise . For censure there is no room ; its failings arise from inexperience , which time will amend . Our opinion shall be given honestly . The PREFACE ( as all prefaces are ) is on promises , and therefore may be shortly dismissed , with a declaration that the veriest tyros shall have some insight into Freemasonry ; and the more enlihtened shall find
g matter for their contemplation . A review of Masonic literature is to illustrate the work , and poetical effusions are admitted . An apology for the paucity of songs , owing to want of space in the first number , was hardly necessary , —in our opinion , the muse having her share of consideration .
" On the Origin of Freemasonry , and its state , principally in the different Nations of Europe . " This section treats of the refutation by writers , that Freemasonry originated either in the Egyptian mysteries , Dionysian builders , or any Templars , Jesuits , ' & c , and states that it is now generally considered to have its origin in the corporation of builders at Rome , mentioned by Vitruvius as "Corpora Collegia" and advances that no regular
his-, torical accounts of its origin are to be found , owing to the unsettled state of the times , and the great political events with which the earlier Masons were identified . The corporation of builders as Freemasons are , however , traced back as early as the reign of Numa Pompilius , who built the Temple of Janus , and divided the citizens into classes and