The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive (1859)
Sherer, John · Cincinnati : The Author · leaf 29
then, will the soul of manbe purified and fitted for angelic society. The feelings of theheart, guided by reason, should direct the liand of chaidiy. Tb.eobjects of relief are merit in distress ; virtue in lemplation ; in-nocence in tears ; industrious men visited by afiiictive acts ofdivine… … A.. .This masonic symbol ismost happily chosen to repre-sent the rude and imperfect con-dition of man on his first appear-ance upon the theater of humanlife. Instead of that moral puritywhich our first parents possessedwhen tliey came perfect fromthe hands of their creator, wenow find ourselves…
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