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former from governments , on the one hand , and mere conspiracies , on the other , they are of recent date . The others have claims to antiquity inversely as named . Professing to labour for the welfare of the people , and to enthrone in Europe , the goddess which free America worships , our sympathies

have been often claimed by , and given to , the transatlantic political societies . Yet , we are obliged to confess , that we know not one , with our present knowledge of them , which ought to have succeeded ; and , we feel quite sure , that none such can ever have more than a bri § f existence . Thus far , the cause of rational liberty has been greatly injured by them . That political societies might be formed on

proper principles , and , with the greater freedom of the people for their object , which would be durable and efficient , there can be no doubt ; but those which we have mentioned , had within , the elements of destruction , not only of themselves , but of society . Such associations may upset thrones , and overflow the banks of river channels with the blood of their kings and fellow subjects , but it is no less

certain that they are wanting in the principles of union among their members , and are wholly deficient in the power of regenerating and reconstructing society which they disorganize . Shells within a powder magazine , they may explode , and the disturbance be great , but they are indiscriminate in their destruction . Eriends and enemies are alike wonnded , and a religious and moral waste alone marks

their point of action . With the destruction of the fortress , they have left their country open to the rule and ravages of the spirit of evil . It is true that a higher power , which overrules all , has ordained that such sway shall not last for ever . The reign of the goddess of Season , crowned by the Illuminati , was singularly brief ; yet the great Napoleon , with his powerful mind and mighty energy , would neither have sat upon the throne of France , nor fastened again the

bands of society , had he not possessed the wisdom to see the cause of the dissolution of the social compact . It was a forgetfulness of this cause of success , and not the flames of Moscow , which dug his grave at St . Helena . The present Napoleon has mounted by the same ladder ; time will show , whether he has wisdom enough to retain it fpr his support ; or will be able to maintain himself , in mid-air , by his own self-sustaining powers alone , and govern a harmonious and united empire .

We firmly believe , that a direct recognition of , and a submission to , an overruling and Divine Providence , are primary and essential articles of the constitution of every government or society to give it permanency and stability . We may pile up building materials as we will , it is only by the will of the Great Architect of this Universe

that they can be sustained . We speak from authority— " Except the Lord build the house , they labour in vain that build it . " There is no one thing more remarkable , to the attentive reader of the Old Testament , than the invariable certainty with which failure in the designs , or punishment of the Jewish nation , follows as a consequence of their disobedience to the commands , or forgetfulness of their God .

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CONTINENTAL FBEEMASONRY. Article 4
A DISSERTATION ON THE K AND F DEGREE. Article 10
THE LAST RELIC. Article 13
SOMETHING CONCERNING THE TRADESCANTS. Article 15
THE REPORTED ABDUCTION AND DEATH OF MORGAN, IN THE UNITED STATES. Article 21
MASONIC CURIOSITIES. Article 19
SOME REASONS FOR OUR BEING A SECRET ORDER. Article 23
A CANADIAN GRAND LODGE. Article 24
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FKEEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Article 33
MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 34
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE Article 34
FREEMASONRY. Article 25
THE PATBIOTIC FUND. Article 1
HOPE. Article 30
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 31
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 35
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Article 32
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Article 32
PATRIOTIC FUND. Article 35
METROPOLITAN. Article 36
PROVINCIAL Article 42
INDIA. Article 49
ROYAL ARCH. Article 47
SCOTLAND. Article 48
AMERICA. Article 49
COLONIAL. Article 52
KNIGHT TEMPLARISM. Article 55
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. Article 56
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. Article 58
CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION Article 59
Obituary Article 60
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 62
ERRATUM. Article 64
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former from governments , on the one hand , and mere conspiracies , on the other , they are of recent date . The others have claims to antiquity inversely as named . Professing to labour for the welfare of the people , and to enthrone in Europe , the goddess which free America worships , our sympathies

have been often claimed by , and given to , the transatlantic political societies . Yet , we are obliged to confess , that we know not one , with our present knowledge of them , which ought to have succeeded ; and , we feel quite sure , that none such can ever have more than a bri § f existence . Thus far , the cause of rational liberty has been greatly injured by them . That political societies might be formed on

proper principles , and , with the greater freedom of the people for their object , which would be durable and efficient , there can be no doubt ; but those which we have mentioned , had within , the elements of destruction , not only of themselves , but of society . Such associations may upset thrones , and overflow the banks of river channels with the blood of their kings and fellow subjects , but it is no less

certain that they are wanting in the principles of union among their members , and are wholly deficient in the power of regenerating and reconstructing society which they disorganize . Shells within a powder magazine , they may explode , and the disturbance be great , but they are indiscriminate in their destruction . Eriends and enemies are alike wonnded , and a religious and moral waste alone marks

their point of action . With the destruction of the fortress , they have left their country open to the rule and ravages of the spirit of evil . It is true that a higher power , which overrules all , has ordained that such sway shall not last for ever . The reign of the goddess of Season , crowned by the Illuminati , was singularly brief ; yet the great Napoleon , with his powerful mind and mighty energy , would neither have sat upon the throne of France , nor fastened again the

bands of society , had he not possessed the wisdom to see the cause of the dissolution of the social compact . It was a forgetfulness of this cause of success , and not the flames of Moscow , which dug his grave at St . Helena . The present Napoleon has mounted by the same ladder ; time will show , whether he has wisdom enough to retain it fpr his support ; or will be able to maintain himself , in mid-air , by his own self-sustaining powers alone , and govern a harmonious and united empire .

We firmly believe , that a direct recognition of , and a submission to , an overruling and Divine Providence , are primary and essential articles of the constitution of every government or society to give it permanency and stability . We may pile up building materials as we will , it is only by the will of the Great Architect of this Universe

that they can be sustained . We speak from authority— " Except the Lord build the house , they labour in vain that build it . " There is no one thing more remarkable , to the attentive reader of the Old Testament , than the invariable certainty with which failure in the designs , or punishment of the Jewish nation , follows as a consequence of their disobedience to the commands , or forgetfulness of their God .

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