SOME OF THE BEAUTIES OF FREE-MASONRY; BEING EXTRACTS FROM PUBLICATIONS, WHICH HAVE RECEIVED THE APPROBATION OF THE WISE AND VIRTUOUS OF THE FRATERNITY: WITH INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, DESIGNED TO REMOVE THE VARIOUS OBJECTIONS MADE AGAINST THE ORDER. BY JOSHUA BRADLEY, A. M. Member of Newport Royal Arch Chapter No. 2.--Kt. R. C. K. M. -K. T.-and Grand Chaplain of Washington Encamp RJE NRW Yen PURIC ACILAY 592391 ASTOR, LENOX AND District of Vermont-to wit: E IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventeenth day Bof September, in the forty-first year of the Independence of L. S. the United States of America, JOSHUA BRADLEY of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words fol lowing to wit: "Some of the Beauties of Free Masonry; being extracts from 86 publications which have received the approbation of the wise and "virtuous of the fraternity: with introductory remarks, des gued "to remove the various objections made against the order By "Joshua Bradley, A. M. Member of Newport Royal Arch Chapter "No. 2.-Kt. R. C.-K. M.-K. T-and Grand Chaplain of Wash"ington Encampment No. 2, of Newport, R. 1." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States entitled," an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned " JESSE GOVE, Clerk of the District of Vermont. A true copy of record-examined and sealed by JESSE GOVE, Clerk. PREFACE. To bring forward any thing new as a doctrine in Masonry, to lead youths to embrace contradictory systems, who are desirous of being initiated into our mysteries, or to cause any brother to err, is strictly forbidden. Yet every one has a right, to examine our sentiments, to search the records of ancient times, and to assemble a cloud of witnesses to confirm the wavering, and open fountains of knowledge to the uninformed. This, the author of the following work, believed to be his duty. In attending to which, he has endeavoured to obtain as much correct information as possible from all who have gone this way before him, and to extract from their valuable works, such excellent precepts and observations, and to arrange the m in such order, as may exhibit the genuine principles of our institution, and lead our brethren to view, in a concise manner, without much expense, the foundation, materials, cement, ceremonies, and beneficial effects of the fraternity. |