Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine, Volume 2

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Bro. G. Routledge & Company, 1844 - Freemasonry

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Page 399 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 397 - By the exercise of Brotherly Love we are taught to regard the whole human species as one family, the high and low, the rich and poor, who, as created by one Almighty Parent, and inhabitants of the -same planet, are to aid, support, and protect each other.
Page 26 - Ne let the man ascribe it to his skill, That thorough grace hath gained victory. If any strength we have, it is to ill, But all the good is Gods, both power and eke will.
Page 334 - And You, farewell ! whose merits claim, Justly, that highest badge to wear ! Heav'n bless your honour'd, noble name, To Masonry and Scotia dear ! A last request permit me here, When yearly ye assemble a', One round, I ask it with a tear, To him, the Bard that's far awa'.
Page 369 - Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne ; for he shall be king in my stead : and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah...
Page 428 - Masons unite with the virtuous of every persuasion in the firm and pleasing bond of fraternal love; they are taught to view the errors of mankind with compassion, and to strive, by the purity of their own conduct, to demonstrate the superior excellence of the faith they may profess.
Page 397 - And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Page 59 - I trust you will confess the time bestowed upon angling has not been thrown away. The most important principle, perhaps, in life is to have a pursuit — a useful one if possible, and at all events an innocent one. And the scenes you have enjoyed — the contemplations to which they have led, and the exercise in which we have indulged, have, I am sure, been very salutary to the body, and, I hope, to the mind.
Page 174 - So took my bow and pointed darts in hand, And left the chariots in my native land: " Too late, O friend ! my rashness I deplore; These shafts, once fatal, carry death no more. Tydeus' and Atreus' sons their points have found, And undissembled gore pursued the wound.
Page 474 - tis that, They cannot tell what, Why so many great men of the nation, Should aprons put on, To make themselves one With a free and an Accepted Mason.

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