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of men . It is estimated to contain 5 , 000 , 000 tons of masonry , and to take seven hours to climb up to the top from the ontsido . Pliny and Diodorus say that 300 , 000 men were encased for twentv years in building it . The base is " a trno square , perfectly oriented , that is set due N . E ., S . W ., or parallel with the equatorial line . " This result
has never been accomplished since " without a variation of some points . " We have already referred to the rocky p latform on which the Great Pyramid stands . Bro . Holland says that tbe rock has been perfectly hewn , and that the surface has been levelled to the earth ' s cnrvatnro of oieht inches to tho mile—a wonderful fact— " for the
vast weight and surface ifc covers gravitates to the earth ' s centre keeping it from convulsive damage as time rolls on . " It is said to be built on the centre of the land surface of the wholo earth , central to clime , where ru ^ t does not come nor moss grow , where frost destroys not , nor earthquakes overthrow . The slope from either of the corners
of the Pyramid to fche apex is the same as tbe slope of the earth from tho polo to the equinox . The sun twice a year is vertical to its base , and shines on all four sides at the same time . Taking the slope already referred to , the true angle of the sun's altitude is obtained . Multiply the height of the Pyramid by ten to the ninth power , then
by the feet to a mile , and the result would be tho distance from the earth to tho sun . Tho measurements of the Pyramid correspond to British inches , and to no other known standard in the world . Bro . Holland lays great stress upon this fact , for he says it contains other theories , to which he afterwards refers . He says , "the squaring of
the circle was practically illustrated at the building of tho Great Pyramid , and that its proportions and cube measures are decimally tbe same as in Noah ' s Ark , the Tabernacle in the Wilderness , the Ark of the Covenant , King Solomon ' s Temple , and the stono chest withm the Pyramid . Mi-. John Taylor , quoted by the author ,
believes that the " Great Pyramid is the one necessarily material centre from which those practical things , weights and measures ( in a primeval asre , somewhere between the time of Noah and Abraham , take whatever chronology you will ) , were divinely distributed to certain peoples and tongues
and carried with the utmost care from land to land , for special purposes of some grand future manifestation whioh is yefc to make its appearance on the stage of hnman history . " As there are no signs , carvings , engravings , or delineations of any kind , either outside or inside of the great Pyramid , Brother Holland concludes that
a school or college was formed to instruct the uninitiated . " That a brotherhood existed before the building of the Temple is proved , he says , by 1 Kings xx . 28-34 , and thafc the part played in the economy of hnman events thafc occurred shortly after the flood haa been handed down to us through Freemasonry . The lectures treat
even from the Creation to Exodus , to the building of King Solomon ' s Temple , and to the Christian dispensation . But all this knowledge is supplemented by the discoveries in the Great Pyramid , whioh has been passed by in extolling the Temple . The former eclipses the latter , however , in interest , in that it is tbe first , stone-mnsnnry
building on record , and shows in its construction mathematical pro . cision and exquisite workmanship . Ifc also tells a sublime story , and although tho volume of Sacred Law is the foundation of Freemasonry , its prophets proclaimed tho fact thafc the Great Pyramid is a sign and a witness in the midst of the land of Eorypfc .
We have seen to some extent to what the Great Pyramid bears witness . Bro . Holland says there are chambers within it , still to be revealed , in which may be found the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle , which Jeremiah took with him into Egypt , whose whereabouts is at present a secret . We shall not follow the author throueh
the history of the tribes of Israel and the speculations connected with their settlements . It will be sufficient if we take up the story of Jeremiah . It is a remarkable one , according to the narrative of Brother Holland . Nothing is absolutely told in Scripture of the death of Jeremiah , or of what became of tbe Ark
of the Covenant and the Tabernacle . The author ' s theory is , that Jeremiah ' s mission was not only " to root out and to pull down , and to destroy and throw down , " but also "to build and to plant . " The first part of the mission had been accomplished , the second pnrt then awaited fnlfilment . The remnant of fche Jews
, together with the King ' s daughters , after the conquest of Jerusalem , contrary to the advice of Jeremiah , went into Egypt . Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch went with them . They had possession of " all the secret signs and hieroglyphics of their forefathers , also the Ark of the Covenant , and things therein contained , the pot of manna , Mo"es
and Aaron ' s rod , the Urim and Thummim , the breastplate of fche Hi < rh Priest , the title deeds of the field of Anathotb , with the scroll and other evidences to be retained , and passed on . " Taking with him Tea Tephi , one of Zedekiah ' s daughters , and Barnch , Jeremiah went to tho north of Ireland . He ia supposed to have
either concealed tbe above articles in tho Great Pyramid—a part of them at least , or to have taken thorn , or a part of them , with him , together with the earthen vessel , which Scripture says was to be sealed up and its cor tents to be opened in the latter days ; " also the two tables of fche law , the Stone of Destiny ,
or Lia Phail ( tho stono now in Westminster Abbey , in the Coronation Chair ) , on which mysterious stone all our kings and queens havo been crowned , from Tea Tophi to Queen Victoria . This stone is said to be the same ou which Jacob pillowed his bend when he saw the vision
of the ladder . Bro . Holland contends that tho inhabitants of the North ^ of Ireland wero Israelitish settlers of the tribo of Dan , that Eochaid married the young princess , changed the name of his capital to Tara , and founded a" Mur Ollamham , " or "school of the prophets . " It is just possible that the sacred relics and emblems of
antiquity previously referred to wero deposited iu the vaulted chnmber said to have been constructed within the walls of Tata for that purpose . " When , " says Bro . Holland , " we think of Jeremiah ' s disappearance , with bis commission unfulfilled , of the independent
grounds for believing' that there waa a colony from Israel in the north of Ireland , and of the events recorded as immediatel y following the arrival of the mysterious visitors , can wo fail to see that Simon Brug and Barnoh are the same ; that the prophet is Jeremiah , and
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that Tea Tephi is one of the daughters of Zedekiah , and so a branch of the house of David ? Ono thing is certain , thafc the line of sovereigns descended from Eochaid and Tephi has continued to the present day . " Ifc should be stated that Bro . Holland claims the British people as the lost Ten Tribes ; if thafc is so , ifc is right that we
should havo a descendant of the house of David to rule over us . He says thafc all the Jews are Israelites , bufc all Israelites are not Jews ; and in proof of bis contention as to the British people he refers to fche dream of Nebuchadnezzar , which was interpreted by Daniel . The kino- Saw a fignre with a head of gold ( the Babylonians ) , the breast
and arms of silver ( Medes and Persians ) , belly and thighs of brass ( Grecians ) , legs and feet of iron and part iron and clay ( Roman Em . pire ) . There was a stone , which gr <» w into a mountain , and is still crowing , representing a fifth kingdom , " which shall never be destroved , but ifc shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms ,
and ifc shall stand for ever . " "This fifth kingdom , " says Bro . Holland , " is Great Britain , " and he adds " that we have blindly acknowledged ourselves the Khnsdim , or Freemasons , conducting the lost Ten Tribes throughout their career to the present day . This supremacy is typified and proved by our noble works , by our emblematical signs ,
by our secret arts and hidden mysteries ; by our language , by our traditions , by our symbologies , by our allegories , by our moral and Biblical teaching , by our phraseologies in our ritual and lectures , our illustrations of the patriarchal age , by tbe loss of our genuine secrets , by the untimely death of our Master Hiram Abiff , of the tribe of Dan ,
by the illustration of Jacob's ladder , and his taking a stone for a pillow , and afterwards anointing and setting it up as a pillar of witness , and the stone being now in Westminster Abbey . " Having settled thafc fche British nation represents the lost Ten Tribes , and that the Freemasons are fche chosen body to carry out
prophecy unfulfilled , ifc remains to see where the relics of antiquity once in possession of Jeremiah are deposited , and when the time will arrive when the Jews shall be once again nnd for ever established afc Jerusalem . Bro . Holland is quite certain that there are chambers sfcill to be discovered in the Great Pyramid , but what they contain ia
beyond even his imagination to tell . He advocrtes that the hill of Tara should be excavated , and either there or in the Pyramid will be discovered all the lost treasures . This is a work he enjoins npon Freemasons . As to time , he considers thafc the end is approachingnot of the end of the world—but when prophecy shall be fulfilled , and when the Jews shall be restored .
We have passed over many details , but we have shown pretty fully what the work is . It will be regarded with amusement by some , others will ridicule it , a few may see in ifc much thafc is worth treasuring . As a study the subject is not without attraction and merit . The philosophical history of Freemasonry is one vast field of
speculation , and no theory that has hitherto been launched has met with entire acceptance . The reasonableness of Bro . Holland's theory mnst be judged on its merits . There is a great deal in it thafc seems
wild nnd chimerical , much that is sound and true . The sifting of the wheat from the chaff we must leave to our readers , promising them that the labour will not be altogether without pleasure and profit .
The installation meeting of the Hyde Park Lodge , No . 1425 , was held on Thursday , the 7 th instant , at the Westbourne , Craven Road , Bayswater . Bro . J . Stephens
was installed as W . M ., and an enjoyable evening was spent . We shall give a f nil report of the proceedings in our next issue .
The preliminary meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent will bs held on Friday , the 29 fch instant , at the Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone , at 2 . 30 , under the presidency
of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Viscount Holmesdale . A dinner will take place at 4 p . m . The tickets ( 10 s 6 d each ) will include wine .
Messrs . Cassell nnd Co . are preparing for issue a series of popular standard works , which they will publish iu monthly volumes , under the title of " Cassell ' s Red Library . " The object will be to provide
a representative collection of recreative works by leading English , Scottish , Irish , and American writers , well printed in clear type , and published at a price which will debar no reader from possessing them .
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of men . It is estimated to contain 5 , 000 , 000 tons of masonry , and to take seven hours to climb up to the top from the ontsido . Pliny and Diodorus say that 300 , 000 men were encased for twentv years in building it . The base is " a trno square , perfectly oriented , that is set due N . E ., S . W ., or parallel with the equatorial line . " This result
has never been accomplished since " without a variation of some points . " We have already referred to the rocky p latform on which the Great Pyramid stands . Bro . Holland says that tbe rock has been perfectly hewn , and that the surface has been levelled to the earth ' s cnrvatnro of oieht inches to tho mile—a wonderful fact— " for the
vast weight and surface ifc covers gravitates to the earth ' s centre keeping it from convulsive damage as time rolls on . " It is said to be built on the centre of the land surface of the wholo earth , central to clime , where ru ^ t does not come nor moss grow , where frost destroys not , nor earthquakes overthrow . The slope from either of the corners
of the Pyramid to fche apex is the same as tbe slope of the earth from tho polo to the equinox . The sun twice a year is vertical to its base , and shines on all four sides at the same time . Taking the slope already referred to , the true angle of the sun's altitude is obtained . Multiply the height of the Pyramid by ten to the ninth power , then
by the feet to a mile , and the result would be tho distance from the earth to tho sun . Tho measurements of the Pyramid correspond to British inches , and to no other known standard in the world . Bro . Holland lays great stress upon this fact , for he says it contains other theories , to which he afterwards refers . He says , "the squaring of
the circle was practically illustrated at the building of tho Great Pyramid , and that its proportions and cube measures are decimally tbe same as in Noah ' s Ark , the Tabernacle in the Wilderness , the Ark of the Covenant , King Solomon ' s Temple , and the stono chest withm the Pyramid . Mi-. John Taylor , quoted by the author ,
believes that the " Great Pyramid is the one necessarily material centre from which those practical things , weights and measures ( in a primeval asre , somewhere between the time of Noah and Abraham , take whatever chronology you will ) , were divinely distributed to certain peoples and tongues
and carried with the utmost care from land to land , for special purposes of some grand future manifestation whioh is yefc to make its appearance on the stage of hnman history . " As there are no signs , carvings , engravings , or delineations of any kind , either outside or inside of the great Pyramid , Brother Holland concludes that
a school or college was formed to instruct the uninitiated . " That a brotherhood existed before the building of the Temple is proved , he says , by 1 Kings xx . 28-34 , and thafc the part played in the economy of hnman events thafc occurred shortly after the flood haa been handed down to us through Freemasonry . The lectures treat
even from the Creation to Exodus , to the building of King Solomon ' s Temple , and to the Christian dispensation . But all this knowledge is supplemented by the discoveries in the Great Pyramid , whioh has been passed by in extolling the Temple . The former eclipses the latter , however , in interest , in that it is tbe first , stone-mnsnnry
building on record , and shows in its construction mathematical pro . cision and exquisite workmanship . Ifc also tells a sublime story , and although tho volume of Sacred Law is the foundation of Freemasonry , its prophets proclaimed tho fact thafc the Great Pyramid is a sign and a witness in the midst of the land of Eorypfc .
We have seen to some extent to what the Great Pyramid bears witness . Bro . Holland says there are chambers within it , still to be revealed , in which may be found the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle , which Jeremiah took with him into Egypt , whose whereabouts is at present a secret . We shall not follow the author throueh
the history of the tribes of Israel and the speculations connected with their settlements . It will be sufficient if we take up the story of Jeremiah . It is a remarkable one , according to the narrative of Brother Holland . Nothing is absolutely told in Scripture of the death of Jeremiah , or of what became of tbe Ark
of the Covenant and the Tabernacle . The author ' s theory is , that Jeremiah ' s mission was not only " to root out and to pull down , and to destroy and throw down , " but also "to build and to plant . " The first part of the mission had been accomplished , the second pnrt then awaited fnlfilment . The remnant of fche Jews
, together with the King ' s daughters , after the conquest of Jerusalem , contrary to the advice of Jeremiah , went into Egypt . Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch went with them . They had possession of " all the secret signs and hieroglyphics of their forefathers , also the Ark of the Covenant , and things therein contained , the pot of manna , Mo"es
and Aaron ' s rod , the Urim and Thummim , the breastplate of fche Hi < rh Priest , the title deeds of the field of Anathotb , with the scroll and other evidences to be retained , and passed on . " Taking with him Tea Tephi , one of Zedekiah ' s daughters , and Barnch , Jeremiah went to tho north of Ireland . He ia supposed to have
either concealed tbe above articles in tho Great Pyramid—a part of them at least , or to have taken thorn , or a part of them , with him , together with the earthen vessel , which Scripture says was to be sealed up and its cor tents to be opened in the latter days ; " also the two tables of fche law , the Stone of Destiny ,
or Lia Phail ( tho stono now in Westminster Abbey , in the Coronation Chair ) , on which mysterious stone all our kings and queens havo been crowned , from Tea Tophi to Queen Victoria . This stone is said to be the same ou which Jacob pillowed his bend when he saw the vision
of the ladder . Bro . Holland contends that tho inhabitants of the North ^ of Ireland wero Israelitish settlers of the tribo of Dan , that Eochaid married the young princess , changed the name of his capital to Tara , and founded a" Mur Ollamham , " or "school of the prophets . " It is just possible that the sacred relics and emblems of
antiquity previously referred to wero deposited iu the vaulted chnmber said to have been constructed within the walls of Tata for that purpose . " When , " says Bro . Holland , " we think of Jeremiah ' s disappearance , with bis commission unfulfilled , of the independent
grounds for believing' that there waa a colony from Israel in the north of Ireland , and of the events recorded as immediatel y following the arrival of the mysterious visitors , can wo fail to see that Simon Brug and Barnoh are the same ; that the prophet is Jeremiah , and
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that Tea Tephi is one of the daughters of Zedekiah , and so a branch of the house of David ? Ono thing is certain , thafc the line of sovereigns descended from Eochaid and Tephi has continued to the present day . " Ifc should be stated that Bro . Holland claims the British people as the lost Ten Tribes ; if thafc is so , ifc is right that we
should havo a descendant of the house of David to rule over us . He says thafc all the Jews are Israelites , bufc all Israelites are not Jews ; and in proof of bis contention as to the British people he refers to fche dream of Nebuchadnezzar , which was interpreted by Daniel . The kino- Saw a fignre with a head of gold ( the Babylonians ) , the breast
and arms of silver ( Medes and Persians ) , belly and thighs of brass ( Grecians ) , legs and feet of iron and part iron and clay ( Roman Em . pire ) . There was a stone , which gr <» w into a mountain , and is still crowing , representing a fifth kingdom , " which shall never be destroved , but ifc shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms ,
and ifc shall stand for ever . " "This fifth kingdom , " says Bro . Holland , " is Great Britain , " and he adds " that we have blindly acknowledged ourselves the Khnsdim , or Freemasons , conducting the lost Ten Tribes throughout their career to the present day . This supremacy is typified and proved by our noble works , by our emblematical signs ,
by our secret arts and hidden mysteries ; by our language , by our traditions , by our symbologies , by our allegories , by our moral and Biblical teaching , by our phraseologies in our ritual and lectures , our illustrations of the patriarchal age , by tbe loss of our genuine secrets , by the untimely death of our Master Hiram Abiff , of the tribe of Dan ,
by the illustration of Jacob's ladder , and his taking a stone for a pillow , and afterwards anointing and setting it up as a pillar of witness , and the stone being now in Westminster Abbey . " Having settled thafc fche British nation represents the lost Ten Tribes , and that the Freemasons are fche chosen body to carry out
prophecy unfulfilled , ifc remains to see where the relics of antiquity once in possession of Jeremiah are deposited , and when the time will arrive when the Jews shall be once again nnd for ever established afc Jerusalem . Bro . Holland is quite certain that there are chambers sfcill to be discovered in the Great Pyramid , but what they contain ia
beyond even his imagination to tell . He advocrtes that the hill of Tara should be excavated , and either there or in the Pyramid will be discovered all the lost treasures . This is a work he enjoins npon Freemasons . As to time , he considers thafc the end is approachingnot of the end of the world—but when prophecy shall be fulfilled , and when the Jews shall be restored .
We have passed over many details , but we have shown pretty fully what the work is . It will be regarded with amusement by some , others will ridicule it , a few may see in ifc much thafc is worth treasuring . As a study the subject is not without attraction and merit . The philosophical history of Freemasonry is one vast field of
speculation , and no theory that has hitherto been launched has met with entire acceptance . The reasonableness of Bro . Holland's theory mnst be judged on its merits . There is a great deal in it thafc seems
wild nnd chimerical , much that is sound and true . The sifting of the wheat from the chaff we must leave to our readers , promising them that the labour will not be altogether without pleasure and profit .
The installation meeting of the Hyde Park Lodge , No . 1425 , was held on Thursday , the 7 th instant , at the Westbourne , Craven Road , Bayswater . Bro . J . Stephens
was installed as W . M ., and an enjoyable evening was spent . We shall give a f nil report of the proceedings in our next issue .
The preliminary meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent will bs held on Friday , the 29 fch instant , at the Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone , at 2 . 30 , under the presidency
of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Viscount Holmesdale . A dinner will take place at 4 p . m . The tickets ( 10 s 6 d each ) will include wine .
Messrs . Cassell nnd Co . are preparing for issue a series of popular standard works , which they will publish iu monthly volumes , under the title of " Cassell ' s Red Library . " The object will be to provide
a representative collection of recreative works by leading English , Scottish , Irish , and American writers , well printed in clear type , and published at a price which will debar no reader from possessing them .
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