A Solemn Warning Against Free-masonry: Addressed to the Young Men of the United States : with an Appendix Containing the Correspondence Between Eliphalet Murdock, of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y. and the Author, Relating to the Supposed Murder of Mr. Murdock's Father, Through Masonic Vengeance, at Rensselaerville, in the County of Albany, in October, 1803--and Several Other Interesting Matters |
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... least FIVE POINTS OF HER FOLLY AND WICKEDNESS . You cannot , then , become Free Masons , with- out- 1. Risking your life , if after obtaining the wicked , as well as the frivolous secrets of the Order , you should , on calm reflection ...
... least FIVE POINTS OF HER FOLLY AND WICKEDNESS . You cannot , then , become Free Masons , with- out- 1. Risking your life , if after obtaining the wicked , as well as the frivolous secrets of the Order , you should , on calm reflection ...
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... least censure : for their la- bors have been directed to unravel a conspiracy , the principle of which goes to the entire subver- sion of our Federal and State Constitutions . Away , then , with the groundless and calumni- ating ...
... least censure : for their la- bors have been directed to unravel a conspiracy , the principle of which goes to the entire subver- sion of our Federal and State Constitutions . Away , then , with the groundless and calumni- ating ...
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... least as a misdemeanor , or there is no such thing as reason , much less the " perfection of reason , " ( as Blackstone says , ) in the law : But to abide by that oath , when occasion requires or calls for it , is to become , to all ...
... least as a misdemeanor , or there is no such thing as reason , much less the " perfection of reason , " ( as Blackstone says , ) in the law : But to abide by that oath , when occasion requires or calls for it , is to become , to all ...
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... least equivocation , men-- tal reservation , or self - evasion of mind in me whatever , binding myself under no less PEN- ALTY , than to have my throat cut across , my tongue torn out by the roots , and my body bu- ried in the rough ...
... least equivocation , men-- tal reservation , or self - evasion of mind in me whatever , binding myself under no less PEN- ALTY , than to have my throat cut across , my tongue torn out by the roots , and my body bu- ried in the rough ...
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... least , then eve- ry man of common sense must perceive , that our laws are extremely defective ; and it is high time the attention of the Legislature was be- stowed upon the subject . But I maintain that these obligations do fairly ...
... least , then eve- ry man of common sense must perceive , that our laws are extremely defective ; and it is high time the attention of the Legislature was be- stowed upon the subject . But I maintain that these obligations do fairly ...
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Page 113 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 58 - Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Page 38 - Jehosaphat, there to become a prey to the wild beasts of the field and vultures of the air, ere I had conspired to take the life of so good a man as our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff.
Page 38 - But when I came to the closing part: -"To all of which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind in me whatever, binding myself under no less penalty than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea at low water mark. where the tide ebbs and flows tivice in twenty-four hours; so help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same"...
Page 90 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Page 114 - On the nth of September, William Morgan, a native of Virginia, who had for about three years past resided in this village, was, under pretext of a justice's warrant, hurried from his home and family and carried to Canandaigua. The same night he was examined on a charge of petit larceny and discharged by the justice. One of the persons who took him away immediately obtained a warrant against him in a civil suit for an alleged debt of two dollars, on which he was committed to the jail of Ontario County....
Page 38 - ... or trace of remembrance remain among men or Masons of so vile and perjured a wretch as I should be, were I ever to prove...