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Article PRIESTLY INTOLERANCE. ← Page 6 of 6 Article MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Page 1 of 3 →
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Priestly Intolerance.
effectually expended , and if you resent to them a determination to resist injustice at your own hands , yon thereby condemn a spirit which your own exertions have produced . You cannot suppress Freemasonry , sustained as it is by Him of whom you are the ministers , and tending as it does to the development of man ' s noblest qualities . The Mason is taught the lessons of prudence , justice , and truth , the practice of moral rectitude , and the subjugation of his passions . Faith in the promises of the Deity—hope of salva ^
tion through Christ Jesus—charity to mankind universally—these are the lessons which you , my lords , teach—these also are inculcated amongst us ; they are impressed on the Mason ' s mind , and he is instructed that should he suffer death by his unswerving adherence to morality , in the last painful struggle of existence , brig ht hope will hover round him as the harbinger of glorious immortality and the precursor of a resurrection to ever-• lasting beatitude—to happiness as enduring as the power of the Deity is
eternal . Such are the doctrines of Freemasonry and Christianity conjointly , and , resting on such a basis , our Order cannot be shaken . " We mil now take leave of the subject , of Archbishop Cullen , and of Messrs . Conolly and Bamber , trusting that it may be long ere we are again called upon to notice any similar proclamations of intolerance ; assuring those reverend individuals that neither among the members
of their own persuasion , nor among the " heretical" world at large , will such denunciations add to their reputation , either for wisdom , p iety , or christian charity .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
MASOXIC TOASTS . A CORRESPONDENT asks , whether in France , in Craft or SymbolicMasonry , the mode of receiving toasts is the same as ours ? We may answer , that the general system is the same , the landmarks of ancient Masonry having been observed . The first usual toast , though not the same in words as ours , is the same in principle ; and the second toast is the same . The third English toast is not usualas such functionaries are
, not recognized in most continental countries , the superior administration being in the hands of brethren of the high degrees . The fourth toast is that of the Worshipful Master ; and the officers afford two toasts , a practice worthy of consideration here , for , when the officers are treated with one toast , if the senior be rather dull in his answer , there is no other call . The last toast is of the same origin as ours , but instead of expressing any reference to distress , it only refers to the universality of the Order . Any
number of special toasts may be giveu in a French Lodge before the last . The mode of drinking affords a strict conformity with others , so far as ours goes ; but as ours is incomplete , the French mode provides for other details in conformity with the landmarks . . TOIIN XOORTHOUCK . Some particulars are desired as to this brother , who revised the Constitutions by directions of the Hall Committee , in 1784 ,
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Priestly Intolerance.
effectually expended , and if you resent to them a determination to resist injustice at your own hands , yon thereby condemn a spirit which your own exertions have produced . You cannot suppress Freemasonry , sustained as it is by Him of whom you are the ministers , and tending as it does to the development of man ' s noblest qualities . The Mason is taught the lessons of prudence , justice , and truth , the practice of moral rectitude , and the subjugation of his passions . Faith in the promises of the Deity—hope of salva ^
tion through Christ Jesus—charity to mankind universally—these are the lessons which you , my lords , teach—these also are inculcated amongst us ; they are impressed on the Mason ' s mind , and he is instructed that should he suffer death by his unswerving adherence to morality , in the last painful struggle of existence , brig ht hope will hover round him as the harbinger of glorious immortality and the precursor of a resurrection to ever-• lasting beatitude—to happiness as enduring as the power of the Deity is
eternal . Such are the doctrines of Freemasonry and Christianity conjointly , and , resting on such a basis , our Order cannot be shaken . " We mil now take leave of the subject , of Archbishop Cullen , and of Messrs . Conolly and Bamber , trusting that it may be long ere we are again called upon to notice any similar proclamations of intolerance ; assuring those reverend individuals that neither among the members
of their own persuasion , nor among the " heretical" world at large , will such denunciations add to their reputation , either for wisdom , p iety , or christian charity .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
MASOXIC TOASTS . A CORRESPONDENT asks , whether in France , in Craft or SymbolicMasonry , the mode of receiving toasts is the same as ours ? We may answer , that the general system is the same , the landmarks of ancient Masonry having been observed . The first usual toast , though not the same in words as ours , is the same in principle ; and the second toast is the same . The third English toast is not usualas such functionaries are
, not recognized in most continental countries , the superior administration being in the hands of brethren of the high degrees . The fourth toast is that of the Worshipful Master ; and the officers afford two toasts , a practice worthy of consideration here , for , when the officers are treated with one toast , if the senior be rather dull in his answer , there is no other call . The last toast is of the same origin as ours , but instead of expressing any reference to distress , it only refers to the universality of the Order . Any
number of special toasts may be giveu in a French Lodge before the last . The mode of drinking affords a strict conformity with others , so far as ours goes ; but as ours is incomplete , the French mode provides for other details in conformity with the landmarks . . TOIIN XOORTHOUCK . Some particulars are desired as to this brother , who revised the Constitutions by directions of the Hall Committee , in 1784 ,