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On Freemasonry.
Lord in serious discourse is either sinful or improper . Indeed I cannot understand how the work of the ministry is to be carried on without it . How is the sinner to be turned from darkness to light , —how are the wicked to be brought to know the error ' of their Avays , if the Redeemer's name is not
to be used as an incentive to their reformation . St . James , however , is explicit on this point . He says , Avhen instructing the christian converts on the correct method of performing their- ' worldly duties— "Go to now , ye that say , to-day or to-morrow-we Avill go into such ' a city , and continue there a -yeaiy and buy , and sell ; and get gain ; ivhereas ye knoiv
not what shall be on the morrow . For that ye ought to say , IF THE LORD AVILL , we shall live , and do this or that . " Here is an unexceptionable rule for the use of the Lord ' s name '' in ordinary discourse . " It is universally understood , ' and universally practised by : men of the greatest piety and virtue . It follows therefore that its introduction into-the serious rituals of Freemasonry is neither unnecessary nor sinful . " - " " - - - '< : ¦ - . ¦ ¦> . ¦¦ . ¦ -. ' ' ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ ., ; . ; .
1 conclude this' article- with a few apposite remarks from an American publication . * " Freemasonry ; though constantly assailed , has hitherto remained unhurt by ignorance , superstition ; or tyranny ; and by the aid of her enlightened philanthropy and Tindefiled religion , has soared aloft , dipped her broad' pencil in'the clouds' of heaven ; and 'spread the
cement : of brotherly" affection through' earth ' s -remotest realms . She has shed -her-rays in' every portion of the habitable globe ; and extended her salutary" influence to the distressed -inevery clime : The widow's thanks , and the orphan ' s-tears ; are her grateful encomiums . Courtesy and friendship * hail her with gratitude . She has promoted the
kindly mrereOurse ' of natiohs- ^ she has softened the asperities and-diminished the miseries of war ^^ she has smiled upon science andliteratufe ; rind iii concert with other institutions , she has aided christianityin introducing this distinguished era of light and salvation . " - ; i M ¦• H :: .,- ; ,. >>
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
Lord in serious discourse is either sinful or improper . Indeed I cannot understand how the work of the ministry is to be carried on without it . How is the sinner to be turned from darkness to light , —how are the wicked to be brought to know the error ' of their Avays , if the Redeemer's name is not
to be used as an incentive to their reformation . St . James , however , is explicit on this point . He says , Avhen instructing the christian converts on the correct method of performing their- ' worldly duties— "Go to now , ye that say , to-day or to-morrow-we Avill go into such ' a city , and continue there a -yeaiy and buy , and sell ; and get gain ; ivhereas ye knoiv
not what shall be on the morrow . For that ye ought to say , IF THE LORD AVILL , we shall live , and do this or that . " Here is an unexceptionable rule for the use of the Lord ' s name '' in ordinary discourse . " It is universally understood , ' and universally practised by : men of the greatest piety and virtue . It follows therefore that its introduction into-the serious rituals of Freemasonry is neither unnecessary nor sinful . " - " " - - - '< : ¦ - . ¦ ¦> . ¦¦ . ¦ -. ' ' ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ ., ; . ; .
1 conclude this' article- with a few apposite remarks from an American publication . * " Freemasonry ; though constantly assailed , has hitherto remained unhurt by ignorance , superstition ; or tyranny ; and by the aid of her enlightened philanthropy and Tindefiled religion , has soared aloft , dipped her broad' pencil in'the clouds' of heaven ; and 'spread the
cement : of brotherly" affection through' earth ' s -remotest realms . She has shed -her-rays in' every portion of the habitable globe ; and extended her salutary" influence to the distressed -inevery clime : The widow's thanks , and the orphan ' s-tears ; are her grateful encomiums . Courtesy and friendship * hail her with gratitude . She has promoted the
kindly mrereOurse ' of natiohs- ^ she has softened the asperities and-diminished the miseries of war ^^ she has smiled upon science andliteratufe ; rind iii concert with other institutions , she has aided christianityin introducing this distinguished era of light and salvation . " - ; i M ¦• H :: .,- ; ,. >>