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be a departure from--not in conson-
ance with the principles of our lnstitu-
tion. The confdence and good will
which exists among masons, wherever
II does exist, is the result ofan innocent
and virtuous intercourse, which was
never yet known TO exist among men
associated for any base or improper
purposes. A mason will not interfere
in behalf Of brother to obstruct or in.
terierc with due and just administration
1.-THE laws of the land. Yet, If bro
Their is charged with crime and We DO.
lleve him innocent, we willsee that he 10
provided with the means of fair and
impartial trial to vindicate that inuo.
cence.
Charged as we are to be courteous
and aitable to each other, TO treat each
other opinions with Difference, and be
KIND and lenent 10 the faults and foibles
OF each other; much good will is Undue
ed when otherwise chickering's and con-
tentions might prevail and even scenes
OF Iconflct ensue. Thus not only do
masons improve their characters in So
cinl intercourse. and strengthen the
power OF restraining impetuous tempers
and unfortunate dispositions ur,.v.s
each other, but also towards others in
the world resulting in making them
better citizens Of society. The mind
is also TO some extent the subject Of
! cultivation by masonry, for he who tho
roughly learns and understands the
/ principles Of our institution, who be-
comes bright mason, is apt TO become
brighter, if not better man. How ma
ny men, of different professions, avoca.
tons, politics, creeds, languages and
nations, who, bu; for masonry might
Tor years, IN the same community, have
eyed each other with disirust, il not
with suspicion and ill-will, have been
brought together as friends and broth.
ers. Moral virtue alone is the test
the internal, and not the external quail.
tiles of a man are what masonry re.
CARDS. Many poor, unfriended, homes,
man, has gained admission TO her inner
temples, the threshold of which Kings
and Emperors, Philosophers and States
men, and thous andsof the merely great
I of the earth can never cross.
The beggar in his rags, though he
) brings but the jewel of good name,
. may sit in high places among Masons,
: to which millions CO 81 not buy the
J march Of a Caesar, though he came CO.
vered with glory, in all the pride Of hi.
power.
< Moral virtue being thus the lest o.
admission, and the test of fellowship
t Masons all meet upon the zerel. In the
If Lodge all are equals; and the good at
d lorded- by masonry through this com
munlon, in country like our own, il
i which political and religious feuds pre-.
e vail, is incalcuIable. The angry pas
: sions, the bitter prejudices, the iealou.
= sizes, envies, and hatreds, to greater
D or less extent always engendered in on
r political contests, would, if unchecked
II by such counteracting cause, lift tn.
II arm OF brother against brother, embroi
e US in frequent scenes of strife, and no
n improbahly even plunge our nation il
l. seiflnto all the terrors OF civil war.
| And in relation TO religious intolerance
'e so natural to the human heart, the use
!; fitness Of the order is not less marked
e The language ola Unitarian clergyman
d ola neighboring Stale, which find in
: the "Masonic Register " is happily il
: Illustrative of my position. He says:
e Il bless God there is one place on
If earth where men of different and op
= posing sentiments can meet as breth
"a rem. Yes, am received with the cor
dial grasp of friendship when | entel
- the Lodge, by the Swedenborgian, tn,
n Episcopaian, the Methodist, the Calvin
II isl, the Baptist, and the Universalist.-
il All feelings Of pity or compassion OF
account Of each others errors are ban
ished from our bosom. All hearts seen
. to be filled with brotherly love; and,
SIS the Christian Church would exhibit
III similar specimen Of union and affection
m 1t would represent more fully the Kin,
u dom of heaven"
4 Yes, let the brotherly love thus cul
tivated by the communion of Mason
f. come generally TO iprevaii among men
ID and it viii be the harbinger of a uni
d. yersal jubilee and millennium.
e While thus we "agree to disagree,