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IIM ^ It needs ^ o refined word-pa nients in the great net-wo & of society apparel ^ nd and aim of all teaeh ^ s ^ advance , reform , improve : to elevate men by re ^^ exalting their ideas , and drawing thein from an indulgence in carnal things to the contemplation of higher and holier objects \ to advance
meft , by leading ^ em from the dark paths on which the light of charity has perhaps never shone , to those walks in the great world of life wherein the exercise of a kind and charitable feeling towards the sorrows , and failings , and shortcomings of others , renders the
pilgrimage of this lower world the easier and the happier j to reform men by expunging from their nature selfishness and uneharitableness in all tteir thousand phases and ramifications , and implanting in their stead an untiring consideration of the woes of the less fortunate in position and circumstances than themselves \ and to not only improve the great mass of society , but shed a lustre on the very nation itself .
From what we have been enabled to observe , in many places m our land , these " secret societies , " which do not quite square with Mr . Ormerod ' s views , have done incalculable good , since they were established , in changing and elevating the tone of such portions of
society as have come under their influence . If , indeed , they did no other good than that which they effect as benefit societies—namely , inculcating habits of carefulness , and of economy , so that provision may be made during the sunny days of health and good estate for the dark ones of sickness and misfortune—they would be noble institu *
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^ 0 ^ call themselves Oh ^ proceedings o ^ more especially gentlen ^ n wha ^ & d who hold the ^^^
It is not , mdeMj therf ^ # we cannot b ^ soid Who sets a ^ ^ hari ^ O Jit ^^ l y less pan ^ n ^ do # nptlik ^ profound Ignoranceiof the ptinciples by whi
o £ ^ 0 & yetM $ should be he # tily asharn ^ them simply beeaus ^ ^
ey ^ , fe felic ^ crea ^^ iffi ^ roveiT i ^ mo ^ e kin ^ though we do not fe ^
IIM ^ It needs ^ o refined word-pa nients in the great net-wo & of society apparel ^ nd and aim of all teaeh ^ s ^ advance , reform , improve : to elevate men by re ^^ exalting their ideas , and drawing thein from an indulgence in carnal things to the contemplation of higher and holier objects \ to advance
meft , by leading ^ em from the dark paths on which the light of charity has perhaps never shone , to those walks in the great world of life wherein the exercise of a kind and charitable feeling towards the sorrows , and failings , and shortcomings of others , renders the
pilgrimage of this lower world the easier and the happier j to reform men by expunging from their nature selfishness and uneharitableness in all tteir thousand phases and ramifications , and implanting in their stead an untiring consideration of the woes of the less fortunate in position and circumstances than themselves \ and to not only improve the great mass of society , but shed a lustre on the very nation itself .
From what we have been enabled to observe , in many places m our land , these " secret societies , " which do not quite square with Mr . Ormerod ' s views , have done incalculable good , since they were established , in changing and elevating the tone of such portions of
society as have come under their influence . If , indeed , they did no other good than that which they effect as benefit societies—namely , inculcating habits of carefulness , and of economy , so that provision may be made during the sunny days of health and good estate for the dark ones of sickness and misfortune—they would be noble institu *