Excerpt from The Republican, Vol. 12: From July 8, to December 30, 1825 Other associations of Masons existed in England, and in Europe generally, as soon as the Christian Religion became powerful and raised stately houses for worship and for te ligious associations. These were chiefly for the regulation of the trade in general, and of wages in particular. These form the original of what are now called Freemasons. But these were really a trade society, such as those of various trades now exist ing: and as Masonry then ...
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Excerpt from The Republican, Vol. 12: From July 8, to December 30, 1825 Other associations of Masons existed in England, and in Europe generally, as soon as the Christian Religion became powerful and raised stately houses for worship and for te ligious associations. These were chiefly for the regulation of the trade in general, and of wages in particular. These form the original of what are now called Freemasons. But these were really a trade society, such as those of various trades now exist ing: and as Masonry then formed the principal trade, the Ma sons became a formidable body: at one time menaced by acts of parliament, even with death for their combinations; at another, caressed and receiving charters from the Monarch. It is very probable, though we have no confirmation of the fact recorded, that the existence of the Masons, as a secret association, followed the Acts of parliament, which forbad them to refuse to work for stated wages, and which made the refusal, and any combination to raise their wages, a capital offence. Here was a stimulus for secret association. Here was reason suficient for all that secrecy of proceeding which now forms but a disgraceful mummery with those called Freemasons. It is known, that these secret associa tions of Masons triumphed over the laws which were enacted against them, and that triumph might have stimulated the perpe tuity of the secret association of free and accepted Masons. But there is nothing to justify the existence of the foolery of modern masonic associations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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