Ahiman rezon: or, A help to a brother; shewing the excellency of secrecy, and the first cause, or motive, of the institution of free-masonry [&c. Followed by] A choice collection of masons songs1803 |
Common terms and phrases
Abfence Accepted Maſon AHIMAN REZON alfo ancient becauſe blefs bleft Breaft Brethren Cafe Caufe Chor CHORUS Craft Deputy Derry divine e'er ev'ry facred fafely faid fair falute fame feven fhine fhould fince fing firft focial folemn fome foon Fraternity Free-Mafons ftand ftill fuch glorious Grand Lodge Grand Mafter Grand Officers Grand Secretary Grand Wardens Hail happy Heaven himſelf Hiram honeft Honour inftructed JAMES EYRE WEEKS juft King King Solomon Knights Templars laft likewife Lodge fhall Lord Love Mafon's Heart Mafons Mankind Maſonry Members mighty moft muft muſt Myfteries ne'er never Night noble Number o'er Occafion Old Regulations particular Lodge Perfon pleaſed Praife Praiſe prefent rais'd raiſe RECITATIVE round Royal Art Rule Britannia Rules Secrets ſhall Solomon SOLOMON'S TEMPLE SONG Temple thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Treaſurer true Tune Virtue Weft Whilft Whofe wife Wiſdom worthy
Popular passages
Page 8 - Not the Red Arm of Angry Jove, That flings the Thunder from the Sky, And gives it Rage to roar, and Strength to fly. Should the whole Frame of Nature round him break, In It i line and Confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty Crack, And stand secure amidst a falling World.
Page 46 - Lodge shall dispose of their own Charity for poor Brethren, according to their own By-Laws, until it be agreed by all the Lodges (in a new Regulation) to carry in the Charity collected by them to the Grand Lodge, at the Quarterly or Annual Communication, in order to make a common Stock of it, for the more handsome Relief of poor Brethren.
Page 20 - Masonry being found in all nations, even of divers religions, they are now only charged to adhere to that religion in which all men agree...
Page 78 - They'll trust us on any occasion : No mortal can more The ladies adore Than a free and an accepted Mason.
Page 27 - There are three great duties which as a Mason, you are charged to inculcate — to God, your neighbor, and yourself. To God, in never mentioning his name but with that reverential awe which is due from a creature to his Creator; to implore his aid in all your laudable undertakings, and to esteem him as the chief good.
Page 77 - tis that, They cannot tell what, Why fo many great men of the nation Shou'd aprons put on, To make themfelves one With a free and an accepted MASON. IV. Great kings, dukes, and lords...
Page 78 - By each brother firm stand ; Let's be merry, and put a bright face on : What mortal can boast So noble a toast As a free and an accepted Mason.
Page 45 - Lodge repealed the article, and decreed that the Master of a Lodge, with his Wardens and a competent number of the Lodge assembled in due form, can make Masters and Fellows at discretion.
Page 33 - where two or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt be in the midst of them, and bless them.
Page 33 - ... or three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt be in the midst of them: in Thy name we assemble and meet together, most humbly beseeching Thee to bless us in all our undertakings...