| 1870 - 532 էջ
...latter, continued : " companions, from the knowledge you already had of Freemasonry, viz., that it was a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, 1 am certain, you did not expect to be called upon in the Royal Arch, to help us to construct material... | |
| Freemasons - 1870 - 230 էջ
...sun muet be always at its meridian with respect to Freemasonry. WM— What is Freemasonry ? Can. — A peculiar system of Morality veiled in Allegory, and illustrated by Symbols. WM — Name the grand principles on which it is founded. Can. — Brotherly love, relief, and truth.... | |
| Freemasons - 1874 - 144 էջ
...number of working masons — especially in Scotland. It was however for the promotion of Freemasonry as "a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols," that the Rev. James Anderson, DD, the Rev. JT Desaguliers, LLD, FRS, and other brethren constituted... | |
| Sereno Dwight Nickerson, Charles H. Titus - 1874 - 676 էջ
...understood. We quote a portion of the interesting narrative : " It was for the promotion of Freemasonry as ' a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols ' that the Rev. James Anderson, DD, the Rev. JT Desaguliers, LL. D., FRS, and other Brethren, constituted... | |
| Adolph Frederic Alexander Woodford - 1874 - 92 էջ
...think no better answer can be given than that which she herself puts in the mouth of her neophytes—' A peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols.' We may style her what she really is —the sister of science, the handmaid of religion, the standard... | |
| A E. Mason - 1874 - 176 էջ
...must be always at its meridian with respect to Freemasonry. VL — What is Freemasonry ? • Can. — A peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols. VL — Name the grand principles on which it is founded. Can. — Brotherly love, relief, and truth.... | |
| Charles John Martyn - 1878 - 42 էջ
...words in which even the most junior and unpractised member of our body could describe it to you, " a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." Its grand desire, is to render its disciples, better servants of their God, better members of society,... | |
| Henry Leonard Stillson, William James Hughan - 1890 - 920 էջ
...Craftsman to know and love, to adore and serve, the Grand Geometrician of the Universe. Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols. It is beautiful, unique, singular, and sui generis. It instils and enforces the sacred duties of brotherly... | |
| Harry Quilter - 1902 - 1242 էջ
...lions it is useless to rebel. See LON- ! DON HOTELS. Freemasonry. Masonically expressed, Freemasonry is "a peculiar system of! morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated ' by symbols " ¡ and indeed, to live the ideal masonic life is to be an extremely good man. There is, moreover,... | |
| 1908 - 636 էջ
...seldom now be made, and the number of young Masons who are not content with accepting Freemasonry merely "as a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols," but who are proud to think of it also as a means towards living a just and upright life, bound to others... | |
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