The Freemasons' Quarterly ReviewSherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-Row, 1846 |
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Page 354 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Page 233 - And have ye not read this Scripture ; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner...
Page 36 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. .The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Page 36 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 398 - But though in Ancient Times Masons were charged in every Country to be of the Religion of that Country, or Nation, whatever it was. Yet it is now thought more expedient only to oblige them to that Religion in which all Men agree, leaving their particular opinions to themselves...
Page 332 - Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him ; And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all t-he congregation ; and give him a charge in their sight. And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
Page 14 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 455 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 183 - I know this De Foe as well as any of you, for I was one of his creditors, compounded with him, and discharged' him fully. Several years afterwards he sent for me, and though he was clearly discharged, he paid me all the remainder of his debt voluntarily, and of his own accord ; and he told me, that as far as God should enable him, he intended to do so with everybody.
Page 398 - Therefore, no private piques or quarrels must be brought within the door of the Lodge, far less any quarrels about religion or nations or State policy.