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The Universal Masonic Library: A Republication in Thirty Volumes, of all the Standard Publications in Masonry

The Universal Masonic Library: A Republication in Thirty Volumes, of all the Standard Publications in Masonry
by Robert Macoy (ed)
1855

1855 Excerpt: ...of our favors, and never forget the ties which bind you to honor and justice. View not with indifference the extensive connexions you have formed, but let universal benevolence regulate your conduct. Exert your abilities in the service of your king and country, and deem the knowlegeyou have this day attained, the happiest acquisition of your life. Recall to memory the ceremony of your initiation; learn to bridle your tongue, and govern your passions; and ere long you will have occasion to say: " In becoming a mason I truly became a man, and while I breathe will never disgrace a jewel that kings may prize." If I live, my son, to reap the fruits of this day's labour, my happiness will be complete: I will meet death without terror, close my eyes in peace, and expire without a groan in the arms of a virtuous and icorthy Freemason.

 

THE CONSTITUTIONS OP TUB I. ' OF IRELAND. I.--Of the GRAm) LODGE. The government of the Fraternity of Freemasons is placed in the hands of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. The grand lodge of Ireland is a body composed of the masters and wardens of all the lodges on the registry, together with the registered past masters, being subscribing members of any lodge, or subscribing the sum of one pound annually in advance to the funds of the grand lodge; the members of the grand masters' lodge, being master masons, provided they had obtained that degree previous to the 9th of June, 1837, with the acting masters and wardens, and past masters of said lodge; the provincial grand masters; the present and past grand officers; with the grand master at their head. The members of the grand lodge rank in the following order, viz.: The Grand Master... Deputy Grand Master. Past Grand Masters. Past Deputy Grand Masters. Senior Grand Warden. Junior ...

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