| George Oliver - 1846 - 636 էջ
...Freemasonry embraces every branch of moral duty, whether it be applied to God, our neighbour, or ourselves. " A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the art, he will never be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious libertine."i This peculiarity... | |
| Freemasons. England. United Grand Lodge, William Henry White - 1847 - 198 էջ
...and in the Neighbourhood. THE CHARGES OF A FREE-MASON, ETC. ETC. I.— Concerning GOD and RELIGION. A MASON is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the art he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. He, of all men,... | |
| 1850 - 36 էջ
...5. At Home, and in the neighborhood. в. Towards a strange Brother. 1. Concerning God and Religion. A Mason is obliged, by his Tenure, to obey the Moral...be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious Libertine. But though in Ancient Times Masons were charged in every Country to be of the Religion ofthat Country... | |
| 1851 - 452 էջ
...enduring as the everlasting hills. How impressive and emphatic the language of the good old charge — " A Mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law ; and if ha rightly understand the Art, he will never be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious libertine." MODERN... | |
| 1853 - 758 էջ
...RAPTIZED." Compare this with the first charge in Anderson : * — " 1. Concerning God and Religion. — A Mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law ; and if ne rightly understands the Art, he will never be a stupid ATHEIST nor an irreligious LIBERTINE. But... | |
| 1853 - 406 էջ
...to its Grand Lodge, whenever it fails, on any fit occasion, to exercise it promptly and efficiently. "A Mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law." This is the language of one of the earliest regulations of Masonry. It embodies the first principle... | |
| Robert Macoy - 1855 - 372 էջ
...Creator ; to esteem him as the chief good, and to implore his aid in all laudable undertakings." — "A Mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral...law ; and if he rightly understands the art, he will neither be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. But though in ancient times Masons were charged... | |
| Robert Macoy - 1855 - 448 էջ
...have remained unexplored ; but of its moral and religious tendency he cannot be uninformed. MORAL LAW. A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the art, he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. He of all men should... | |
| Robert Macoy - 1855 - 388 էջ
...RELIGION. A MASON is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law ; and, if he rightly. understand the art, he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. He, of all men, should best understand that GOD seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh at the outward... | |
| Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1856 - 578 էջ
...this subject are explicit. They read as follows : " ' CONCERNINO GOD AND RELIGION. — A Mason, ia obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the art, he will never be a stupid atheist, nor an irreligious libertine. But though in... | |
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