The Exoteric Duties of Free Masons: An Address Delivered Before Trenton Lodge, No. 5, A.F.A.M., December 12, 1859Murphy & Bechtel, Printers, 1859 - 32 頁 |
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第 7 頁 - tis in ourselves, that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which, our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many ; either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
第 25 頁 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation ; we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
第 27 頁 - Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring, its various bias: Then at the balance let 's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
第 31 頁 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
第 7 頁 - If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions...
第 19 頁 - Christian in his virtuous and amiable conduct ; in his unfeigned piety to God ; in his inflexible fidelity to his trust; that we may welcome the grim tyrant Death, and receive him as a kind messenger sent from our Supreme Grand Master, to translate us from this imperfect to that all-perfect, glorious, and celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme Architect of the universe presides.
第 19 頁 - Tis a stern and startling thing to think How often mortality stands on the brink Of its grave without any misgiving...
第 14 頁 - Nature bless the inhabitants of this place with all the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of life ; assist in the erection and completion of this...
第 7 頁 - And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
第 15 頁 - Although the origin of our Fraternity is covered with darkness, and its history is to a great extent obscure, yet we can confidently say that it is the most ancient society in the world — and we are equally certain that its principles are based on pure morality — that its...