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FREE MASONRY A PIOUS FRAUD. 85
all, as good men and Masons, a welcome admittance into
the Grand Lodge above, with the hope of a blessed immortality.
** We hope with good conscience to heaven to climb,
w And give Peter ihepast-tpord, the grip, and the tign."
Ahimtm Raton.
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If Mahomet published any imposture more fatal than
this, I am ignorant of it; if any thing in nature is more inconsistent
than this, I am ignorant of it; and if this is not
Free Masonry, I am ignorant of Free Masonry.
CHAPTER XIV.
Giving some account of the solemn Ceremonies, and Subfanr
Word of a Master Mason.
u To one then I did straight apply
'* Who wae a Mason Free,
" And told him plain, *1 wish to gain
" fc The art of Masonry.'"—Song.
" Hail, secret art, by Heaven designed
" To cultivate and cheer the mind;
" Thy secrets are to all unknown,
" But Masons just and true alone."
I HAVE not done with Free Masonry ; nor can I promise,
in further discussing the subject, to lay the manuscript before
impartial brethren. Hitherto its veracity hps been approved
by them after sufficient time for ^ careful perusal.