Mystic masonry, or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater ...
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144 <strong>Mystic</strong> Masonry.<br />
trils, <strong>and</strong> groans <strong>of</strong> agony to be delicious in his<br />
ears."<br />
"Man never had <strong>the</strong> right to usurp <strong>the</strong> unexercised<br />
prerogative <strong>of</strong> God, <strong>and</strong> condemn <strong>and</strong> punish<br />
ano<strong>the</strong>r f<strong>or</strong> his behef."*<br />
All men are bro<strong>the</strong>rs by all <strong>the</strong> laws <strong>of</strong> Nature<br />
<strong>and</strong> by <strong>the</strong> very Being <strong>of</strong> God. But so long as<br />
Religion defines Heresy as a crime, <strong>or</strong> imagines a<br />
God v^ith human attributes, "man's inhumanity to<br />
man" vi^ill continue to make "countless millions<br />
mourn," <strong>and</strong> find vent f<strong>or</strong> all evil passions justified<br />
by <strong>the</strong>ir idea <strong>of</strong> God. But, some w^ill say this is all<br />
a thing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> past. Mankind, especially in Christian<br />
countries, have outgrown <strong>the</strong>se relics <strong>of</strong> Barbarism,<br />
Alas ! if it were only true. We do not<br />
drown, <strong>or</strong> burn, <strong>or</strong> t<strong>or</strong>ture physically, but quite as<br />
subtle t<strong>or</strong>ture to <strong>the</strong> sensitive is found in sc<strong>or</strong>n,<br />
contempt, ridicule, <strong>and</strong> ostracism, in sl<strong>and</strong>er <strong>and</strong><br />
defamation <strong>of</strong> character. Are we any nearer genuine<br />
bro<strong>the</strong>rhood today than we were a century ago?<br />
<strong>or</strong> have we but refined our cruelties <strong>and</strong> merely disguised<br />
<strong>the</strong> claw <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tiger? Do not supreme<br />
selfishness <strong>and</strong> relentless greed lie at <strong>the</strong> heart <strong>of</strong><br />
competition? Are not <strong>the</strong> Trade Unions <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
"M<strong>or</strong>als <strong>and</strong> Dogma, p. 1G2 et seq.
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