J. J. LORING, Esq. of Boston, G. G. Recorder.

THOMAS LOWNDES, Esq. of New-York, G. G. Warder.

JOHN SNOW, Esq. of Providence, (R. I.) G. G. Standard Bearer. JONATHAN SCHIEFFELIN, Esq. of N. York, G. G. Sword Bearer.

CHAPTER III..

LIST OF ENCAMPMENTS.

Massachusetts.

Encampment of K. T. Bokon.
Encampment of K. T. Newburyport.
Council of K. R. C. at Portland.

Rhode-land.

St. John's encampment of K. R. C.-K. T. and K. of M. meets at Masons' Hall in Providence, on the first Monday evenings in March, June, September and December.

Newport encampment of K. R. C.-K. T. and K. of M. meets at Newport.

New-York.

The old encampment, city of New-York.

Jerufalem encampment,

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Montgomery encampment, Stillwater.

Temple encampment,

Albany.

END OF PART FIRST.

RULES

FOR THE GUIDANCE OF

CHRISTIAN FREEMASONS.

I. Worship and adore the MOST HIGH, by whose order every thing that exists had its origin; by whose unremitting operations every thing is preserved. Bow thy knees before the incarnate word, and praise Providence that caused thee to be born in the bosom of christianity. Confess this divine religion every where, and let none of its duties go unfulfilled. Let every one of thy actions be distinguished by enlightened piety, without bigotry or fanatacism.

II. Remember always that Man is the master-piece of the creation, because GOD himself animated him with his breath. Be sensible of the immortality of thy soul; and separate from this heavenly, unperishable being, all that is foreign to it.

III. Thy first homage thou owest to the Deity; the second to the authority of civil society. Honour the Father of the State; love thy country; be religiously scrupulous in the fulfilling of all the duties of a good citizen. Consider that they are become sacred by the voluntary masonic vow, and that the violation of them, which in a profane man would be weakness, in thee would be hypocrisy and criminality.

IV. Love affectionately all those, who, as offspring of the same progenitor, have like thee the same form, the same wants, and an immortal soul. The mother country of a Mason is the world. All that concerns mankind is contained within the circle of his compass. Honour the Order of Freemasons, which has extended itself as far as enlightened reason, and come to our temples to do homage to the sacred rites of humanity.

V. God suffers Man to partake of the unlimited eternal happiness which he found from eternity in himself. Strive to resemble this divine Original by making all mankind as happy as thou canst. Nothing good can be imagined, that is not an object of thy activity. Let effectual and universal benevolence be the plumb rule of thy actions. Remain not insensible to the cries of the miserable. Detest avarice and ostentation. Do not look for the reward of virtue in the plaudits of the multitude, but in the innermost recesses of thine own heart; and if thou canst not make as many happy as thou wishest, reflect on the sacred tie of benevolence that unites us, and exert thyself to the utmost at our fruitful labours.

VI. Be affable and serviceable; kindle virtue in every heart. Rejoice at thy neighbour's prosperity, and never embitter it with envy. Forgive thy enemy, and if thou wouldst revenge thyself on him, do it by benevolence. Fulfil by that means one of the most exalted commands of religion, and pursue the career of thy original dignity.

VII. Scrutinize thy heart to discover its most secret dispositions. Thy soul is the rough ashler which thou must polish. Offer up to the Deity regular inclinations and restrained passions. Let thy course of life be without blemish, and chaste; thy soul, penetrated with love of truth, candid and modest. Beware of the dismal consequences of pride; it was pride that first caused the degradation of man. Study the meaning of our emblems; under their veil important satisfactory truths are concealed.

VIII. Every Freemason, without any consideration to what sect of religion he belongs, where he was born, or what rank he holds, is thy brother, and has a claim upon thy assistance. Honour in human society the adopted gradations of rank; in our assemblies we acknowledge only the preference of virtue to vice. Be not ashamed before the world of an honest man, whom thou hast acknowledged as a brother. Haste to his assistance; offer thy hand to lift up the fallen; and let not the sun set before thou art reconciled with thy brother, if thou hadst any difference with him. It is only by unanimity that our labours can prosper.

mason.

IX. Be faithful in fulfilling all that thou hast engaged in as a FreeRevere and obey thy superiors, for they speak in the name of the law. Keep always in sight the vow of secrecy; shouldst thoa

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ever violate it, thou wouldst find the torturer in thine own heart, and become the horror of all thy brethren.

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These are the rules by which every Freemason ought to live; if he does so, we may with confidence hope, that he will find a happy entrance into the supreme Celestial Lodge, where the ineffable brightness of the great and adorable ARCHITECT of the Universe is the only light, and where the most extatic pleasures are continually flowing for evermore.