The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual ProgressR. Macoy, 1859 - 298 pages |
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... nature . Our object in the following pages , is to show the reason of its existence , and designate the service it has rendered humanity , in furthering the social ad- vancement of the nations , and the moral progress of man , as an ...
... nature . Our object in the following pages , is to show the reason of its existence , and designate the service it has rendered humanity , in furthering the social ad- vancement of the nations , and the moral progress of man , as an ...
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... Nature , or God ! This thought is eminently true . There is not a move- ment in the material world , nor an event in the life of man or society , but is a revelation of eternal Truth - a new step of Humanity in its upward pro- gress ...
... Nature , or God ! This thought is eminently true . There is not a move- ment in the material world , nor an event in the life of man or society , but is a revelation of eternal Truth - a new step of Humanity in its upward pro- gress ...
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... Nature , and the Soul , and to live out their idea of a true life . The Mysteries of Egypt , of Eleusis , of the Cabiri , and those of India and of the north of Europe , had a widely - extended influence ; and so important were they ...
... Nature , and the Soul , and to live out their idea of a true life . The Mysteries of Egypt , of Eleusis , of the Cabiri , and those of India and of the north of Europe , had a widely - extended influence ; and so important were they ...
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... nature the death of vice and of all bad passions , and the introduction into a new life of purity and virtue . The first trials which led thereto filled the mind of the candidate with uncertainty , perplexity , and doubt . Painfully and ...
... nature the death of vice and of all bad passions , and the introduction into a new life of purity and virtue . The first trials which led thereto filled the mind of the candidate with uncertainty , perplexity , and doubt . Painfully and ...
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... Nature - the Supreme ONE . Contemplate him without ceasing ; rule thy spirit , and purify thy heart , and , walking in the ways of justice , and the safe path of truth , admire him , who is alone the master of the world . He is one , he ...
... Nature - the Supreme ONE . Contemplate him without ceasing ; rule thy spirit , and purify thy heart , and , walking in the ways of justice , and the safe path of truth , admire him , who is alone the master of the world . He is one , he ...
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