The New England Freemason, Volume 1Sereno Dwight Nickerson, Charles H. Titus F. Wood., 1874 |
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ancient Annual Anti-Masonic appointed auld lang syne authority Bishop Boston Brethren Brother brotherhood ceremonies character charity Charles Church Commandery commenced committee Constitutions Craft D. D. G. Master Daniel Cox December degrees Deputy Grand Master Duke of Sussex duty elected ENGLAND FREEMASON Fraternity Freemasonry Freemasons friends Grand Body Grand Chapter Grand Commandery Grand Encampment Grand Lodge Grand Secretary Hall held honor hundred Institution interest John Joseph Warren June jurisdiction Knights Knights Templars labors Lafayette Lodge of England Lodge of Massachusetts M. W. Grand magazine Marquis of Ripon Masonry Massachusetts meet never occasion octavo monthly opinion Order Organized pamphlet Past Grand Master Pennsylvania present principles Proceedings Provincial Grand Master published quarto received record Richard Gridley Right Worshipful Ritual Society Tavern Temple Thomas Oxnard tion volume vote William Worshipful Master
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Page 76 - And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Page 103 - ... that the peace and happiness of both may be established upon a lasting basis. But if these pacific measures are ineffectual, and it appears that the only way to safety is through fields of blood, I know you will not turn your faces from your foes, but will, undauntedly, press forward, until tyranny is trodden under foot, and you have fixed your adored goddess Liberty fast by a Brunswick's side on the American throne.
Page 437 - WHO is the honest man ? He that doth still and strongly good pursue, To God, his neighbour, and himself most true ; Whom neither force nor fawning can Unpin or wrench from giving all their due. Whose honesty is not So loose or easy, that a ruffling wind Can blow away, or glittering look it blind ; Who rides his sure and even trot, While the world now rides by, now lags behind.
Page 437 - Who, when great trials come, Nor seeks, nor shuns them : but doth calmly stay, Till he the thing, and the example weigh. All being brought into a sum, What place or person calls for, he doth pay.
Page 500 - They and some old Brothers met at the said AppleTree, and having put into the Chair the oldest Master Mason (now the Master of a Lodge) they constituted themselves a Grand Lodge pro Tempore in Due Form...
Page 354 - Tun Tavern, in Water street, and sometimes opened a Lodge there. Once, in the fall of 1730, we formed a design of obtaining a charter for a regular Lodge, and made application to the Grand Lodge of England for one ; but before receiving it we heard that Daniel Coxe, of New Jersey, had been appointed by that Grand Lodge as Provincial Grand Master of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We therefore made application to him, and our request was granted.
Page 191 - Thus the Master Mason represents a man, under the Christian doctrine, saved from the grave of iniquity and raised to the faith of salvation.
Page 189 - All lodges are particularly bound to observe the same usages and customs; every deviation, therefore, from the established mode of working is highly improper, and cannot be justified or countenanced.
Page 148 - I was one of upwards of thirty, chiefly mechanics, who formed ourselves into a committee for the purpose of watching the movements of the British soldiers. and gaining every intelligence of the movements of the Tories. We held our meetings at the Green Dragon tavern. We were so careful...
Page 437 - WHO is the honest man ? — He that doth still, and strongly, good pursue, To God, his neighbour, and himself most true : Whom neither force nor fawning can Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due...