Free Masonry - The Masonic Trowel

264 " SPIRIT OF THE DOCTRINE OF FREE MASONRY. 11
Hear this emblem explained to the end, and remember,
that one who had seen the Lord and heard his voice, said,
u if any man love npt the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
anathema, maran-atha -," (1 Cor. xvi. 22.) L e. accursed in
the day of judgment
" This book could be read among the Jews only by the
priests, because of the allegories, mysteries, and symbols it
cohtains, the knowledge of which could only be obtained
by the study of the seven sciences, figured by the seven
seals, which confined them; and, in particular, by astronomy,
represented by the triumphant [lifeless] lamb, which
the book supported. These seven seals, in some rites of
Masonry, have reference to the seven sacraments of Rome;
as also the book of the true light has to the Apocalypse,
which is adorned with a triumphant lamb and seven seals."
—{Esprit du Dogme, Spirit of the Doctrine of Free Masonry,
p. 43.)
" This is unqualified wickedness; Free Masonry is a moral
institution, keeps the Bible open in the lodge, and supplicates
the Deity for the increase of charity ; she does not
sanction the impiety of Esprit."
Let the doubter bear in mind, that in presenting these
high claims of Free Masonry to rank as the very tabernacle
of the tempter upon earth, I arraign her at the public
bar, and present the accounts of her misdemeanor and infernal
practice for her conviction,!/ guilty, and for her entire
acquitted if not guilty : the public have the decision in
their own hands, and the innocent need not tremble. As
counsel for the commonwealth, I have a right, without
cause of reproach, and it is my duty, at the hazard of being
considered negligent, to vary the counts of indictment
in such manner, that the prisoner, if guilty* shall not escape
by fault of the pleadings. That she is not unnecessarily harassed
with charges; that she is not maliciously indicted
without evidence, the witnesses already called are sufficient
to testify. But most important ones remain to be introduced.