Free Masonry - The Masonic Trowel

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great and fundamental principles .which constitute the
beauty and divine excellency of the moral system."
It is worthy of remark, that no claim is made to science, *
or even to teach the sciences. The very orders of architecture
are forgotten. Its real object is to inculcate the sound
doctrines of morality and virtue, the principles which constitute
the beauty and divine excellency of the moral system.
While the Monitor, Chart, and Constitutions, unite to claim
the sciences, Mr. Town honestly says not a word about
them, 'they call Masonry a progressive science, the art of
finding new arts, &c. &c. Mr. Town's Speculative Masonry
calls it, in body and substance, the whole duty of manf
as a moral being, and in its precepts equally sacred and
equally precious with Christianity. An institution
u Supplied with spiritual provision,
u And magazines of ammunition;
41 Mallets, squares, plumb-lines, and levels,
" Compasses, gauge, trowels, and chisel;
u Tools for working oat salvation,
u By mere mechanic operation."
Speculative Masonry, chap. iv. p. 49,—" Coincidence of
Masonic Principles with Divine Revelation.
" After what has been said in relation to some of the
leading principles embraced in the masonic system, it may
not be improper briefly to show their coincidence with Divine
Revelation. Masonic faith acknowledges the Holy
Bible to be the word of God; that it was written by persons
divinely inspired, and reveals the whole duty of man. 11
I must interrupt our author. It is well known to he the
pride and the boast of Masonry, that it receives all men, of
all countries, creeds, and religions, and binds them in one
indissoluble bond of affection. With the Brahmin it believes
the Shaster, with the Musselman it believes the Koran,
with the Jew it believes only the Old Testament, and
with the Christian it believes both the Old and the New,
lotto say,that with the Deist it believes neither.