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Masonic History And Historians.
Dr . Hemming , in 1814 , inserted the said paragraph from Milton into the ritual ; and in a like manner we may infer that the ritual maker of a Christian degree , took the phrase " Spiritual end Celestial Cube , " either out of " Long Livers , " or from another similar book , and inserted it into his ritual . As Bro . Masonic Student quoted the opinion of a groat expert in MSS . about there being a substratum of truth in all traditions , I
, will here submit the opinion of the author of two quarto volumesviz ., "The Lives of the Popes "—I think the author ' s name was Bowers , and I givo the quotation from memory ; he opened the book thus — " Tradition is a convicted liar , bnt as a liar mnv sometimes tell
truth , it is proper that we should listen to what tradition has to say . But we should never believe a word of it , unless it is supported by trustworthy and reliable evidence . Boston , U . S ., 29 th April 1881 .
Masonic Names For God.
MASONIC NAMES FOR GOD .
FROM THE MASONIC REVIEW .
IT may be truly said that the recognition of the Divine Being is the corner-stone of Freemasonry . Take that away , and Masonry , which is the building of a Mystic Temple , loses all its meaning , and is perverted from the worship of a Supreme Being to the self worship by man of himself . The atheistic Mason ( if such an abnormity is con . ceivable ) is one who is building a temple to his own glory , or that of
his fellow men—to Humanity , in the abstract . But Masonry was founded in a reverent belief of the Supreme Being , and no one can enter the Brotherhood without thafc belief . If any atheist enters he is an impostor : if any Mason becomes an atheist after he enters , he is bonnd in honour to retire from a body
with which he no longer has true sympathy . The names by which this time-honoured Fraternity has especially recognized and honoured the Deity are worthy of note . Ifc is true ifc is often said that names are unimportant , that ideas are everything ; that as Shakspearo says : " A rose hy any other name wonld smell as sweet : " and Pope's lines are often quoted :
Father of all , in every age , In every clime adored , By Saint , by Savage , or by Sage , Jehovah , Jove , or Lord ! There is a rein of truth running through this . Ifc matters little what word you use , if you only have a true conception of the Deity .
Bat yefc we feel that words have a good deal in them . They are ligns of ideas ; and as we attach true ideas to some words , and false ideas to others , they do become important from these associations . For example , for a Chaplain in a Masonic Lodge to address the Deity as Jupiter would be revolting , because we associate with the name Jupiter a set of ideas very opposite to those which we associate with the name of God .
In truth , the conceptions of Deity entertained by different peoples can be clearly seen in the very names they use for God , or for the gods . In classic mythology , the names of the gods Jupiter , Hercules , Venus , Apollo , Ceres , Juno , Belns , Baal , and Moloch , denoted either humanitarian worship , the worship of heroes , or the worship of nature under the poetic names of men and women , and the old
mythological religions of Greece and Rome never rose above the worship of heroes and of nature . It was therefore nofc a lifting religion , for men had no ideas above themselves . The names of Zeus and Jove had a much higher significance , and can only be regarded as relics of that purer faith which men inherited from Noah and his immediate descendants . Zeus is to be
identified with the Sanscrit Dyans , meaning the sky , as we often speak of God as being Heaven , using the over-arching vault of Heaven as his symbol . No doubt it was the degeneration of this idea which we see in the lire and sun worship of ancient Assyria , and in less ancient Persia , The name of Jove , too , may be a relic of a purer faithand to be
, identified with Jehovah , the living God , in opposition to the false deities worshipped by the heathen , which have no existence , but are purely mythical . Bufc we shall speak of this a little further on . The Hebrews always denoted the Supreme Being by some worthy title ; a fact which indicates the purity of their knowledge of His unit y and His character . Their names were El or Elohim—the
singular and plural of the same noun—meaning the Eternal , Everliving God . Sometimes it was conjoined to other words , as El Shaddai , the Almighty God . The word Adonai , the Lord , is often employed by the Hebrews , as with Christians , to designate the Divine Being . The word Theos , the Greek word for God , and Deus , the Latin word , are probably identical in meaningand are derived from the
, verb to see . Theos is He who sees , and corresponds with the Allseeing Eye of Masonry , a symbolical name for the Divine Being , -these words Theos and Dens run through ancient and modern Greek , as well as the Latin , and are found in modified forms in tho French ¦ U'en , the Spanish Dios , the Catalan Den , the Portuguese Deos , the "alian Iddio , the Welsh Duw , the Gaelic Dia , the Breton Doue , and
n , ?"" ny other minor languages . Indeed , there are no words for God Which are more universally used than these root words Theos and fl «> 8 . the Seeing One . Oar own English word God is a contraction for Good , or the ° od . It is confined to the Teutonic languages , being seen in the penman Gotfc , the Dutch God , the Danish and Swedish Gud . Ifc a very worthy designation of the Deity , and thongh not especially
Masonic Names For God.
Masonic , it is constantly employed as a familiar and appropriate descriptive . The Hebrew name Jehovah is greatly honoured by Masonry as a mystic and grand descriptive of tho Snpreme Being . It waa the revelation to Moses at the burning bush , and that peculiarly sacred name which the Jews would never pronounce ; for always in reading
the Holy Scriptures they wero accustomed to substitute the word Adonai for it . This mystic and majestic name signifies the Eternal Being ; Him who was , and is , and is to come . There is alsoa considerable number of Christian scholars who claim that Jahveh is the true reading , not Jehovah , and thafc Jahveh means tho Coming One , the Messiah , and that therefore wherever the name occurs it haa
reference to the Messiah promised to Israel . Of all the names by which Freemasonry recognises the Almighty , Jehovah , or Jehveh , ia the most solemn and impressive . A great deal of the mystic grandeur and sublimity of Freemasonry gathers about ifc , Bufc the most peculiar Masonic name for the Deity is that of the G . A . and the G . G . These are closely allied ; the one relating to
design , the other to execution . It is a striking thought , thafc all the names of Deity which have been employed in past or present ages relate exclusively to his existence or to his attributes , and nofc one to him as the Great Builder of Heaven and earth . God has been known as the Eternal One , as the Seeing One , as the Good One , as the Supreme One , among pasfc and present nations . But Freemasonry adds the expressive and majestic idea that he is the Maker
of all : the G . A . and the G . G ., and this we regard as the most characteristic of all the Masonic names for God ; the most closely allied with the mystic character of the Royal Art . Every Mason , from his very calling and profession as a Temple Builder , should revere him who is the Builder of all , and he should also be a diligent student of His works . The second degree is full of instruction and meaning in this respect , as inciting to a diligent and reverential study of the works of Him who is the G . G . and the G . A . O . T . TT .
The arrangements in connection with the constitution of the new Masonic Lodge—Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , No . 1903—which is to take place in the Lecture Hall , Portsmouth , on Wednesday , the 25 th instant , are now nearly completed . There will , it is anticipated , be a very large
gathering of members of the Craffc to witness the inauguration of the new Lodge by the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P . Admission is to be by tickets , with which brethren can be supplied through
their respective Lodges , but Masons who do not belong to local Lodges may obtain them on application to the Committee . His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught has intimated his intention to be present , as have also the Earl of March , M . P ., Senior Grand Warden of England , and
other distinguished members of the Craft . The company afc the banquet , which is to be held afc the Volunteer Artillery Headquarters , will , it is thought , number aboufc
two hundred . Lord Charles Beresford , W . M . of the new Lodge , will preside . The catering has been entrusted to Bro . W . Maybour , of Butcher-sfcreet , Porfcsea , who will have the assistance of a number of the members of the Lodge as Stewards . —Portsmouth Times .
We beg to acknowledge , with many thanks , the receipt , from Mr . George Pickworth , of 6 Queen Anne ' s Gate , Westminster , S . W ,, of copy of a portrait of Bro . Magnus Ohren P . G . A . D . of C . It is an admirable likeness of our worthy brother , being very life-like , and artistically
executed into the bargain . Evidently the greatest possible care has been bestowed on its production , and ifc musfc be indeed gratifying to the large circle of Bro . Ohren's friends and admirers to know that so excellent a portrait of him
has been published . We very heartily congratulate the artist on the great success of his labours , and Bro . Ohren on having had his features delineated by one so able aa Mr . George Pickworth .
In reference to the worthy brother named above , we are reminded of an omission that occurred in our Report of the proceedings of Grand Chapter . Comp . Magnus Ohren was in attendance , both before and in Chapter , and in fulfilment of his duties as Director of the Ceremonies
introduced the new Officers to the Grand Scribe E ., and afterwards conducted them to their respective places in Grand Chapter . To those of our readers who are acquainted with Comp . Magnus Ohren , and recognise the zeal he always displays in fulfilling any official duties thafc may
devolve on him , these remarks may perhaps be deemed unnecessary , but we hear it so frequently urged thafc all fchafc is cared for is the honour of appointment , and that regard is seldom paid to what such appointment necessitates , that we thus notify the omission made by us last week .
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Masonic History And Historians.
Dr . Hemming , in 1814 , inserted the said paragraph from Milton into the ritual ; and in a like manner we may infer that the ritual maker of a Christian degree , took the phrase " Spiritual end Celestial Cube , " either out of " Long Livers , " or from another similar book , and inserted it into his ritual . As Bro . Masonic Student quoted the opinion of a groat expert in MSS . about there being a substratum of truth in all traditions , I
, will here submit the opinion of the author of two quarto volumesviz ., "The Lives of the Popes "—I think the author ' s name was Bowers , and I givo the quotation from memory ; he opened the book thus — " Tradition is a convicted liar , bnt as a liar mnv sometimes tell
truth , it is proper that we should listen to what tradition has to say . But we should never believe a word of it , unless it is supported by trustworthy and reliable evidence . Boston , U . S ., 29 th April 1881 .
Masonic Names For God.
MASONIC NAMES FOR GOD .
FROM THE MASONIC REVIEW .
IT may be truly said that the recognition of the Divine Being is the corner-stone of Freemasonry . Take that away , and Masonry , which is the building of a Mystic Temple , loses all its meaning , and is perverted from the worship of a Supreme Being to the self worship by man of himself . The atheistic Mason ( if such an abnormity is con . ceivable ) is one who is building a temple to his own glory , or that of
his fellow men—to Humanity , in the abstract . But Masonry was founded in a reverent belief of the Supreme Being , and no one can enter the Brotherhood without thafc belief . If any atheist enters he is an impostor : if any Mason becomes an atheist after he enters , he is bonnd in honour to retire from a body
with which he no longer has true sympathy . The names by which this time-honoured Fraternity has especially recognized and honoured the Deity are worthy of note . Ifc is true ifc is often said that names are unimportant , that ideas are everything ; that as Shakspearo says : " A rose hy any other name wonld smell as sweet : " and Pope's lines are often quoted :
Father of all , in every age , In every clime adored , By Saint , by Savage , or by Sage , Jehovah , Jove , or Lord ! There is a rein of truth running through this . Ifc matters little what word you use , if you only have a true conception of the Deity .
Bat yefc we feel that words have a good deal in them . They are ligns of ideas ; and as we attach true ideas to some words , and false ideas to others , they do become important from these associations . For example , for a Chaplain in a Masonic Lodge to address the Deity as Jupiter would be revolting , because we associate with the name Jupiter a set of ideas very opposite to those which we associate with the name of God .
In truth , the conceptions of Deity entertained by different peoples can be clearly seen in the very names they use for God , or for the gods . In classic mythology , the names of the gods Jupiter , Hercules , Venus , Apollo , Ceres , Juno , Belns , Baal , and Moloch , denoted either humanitarian worship , the worship of heroes , or the worship of nature under the poetic names of men and women , and the old
mythological religions of Greece and Rome never rose above the worship of heroes and of nature . It was therefore nofc a lifting religion , for men had no ideas above themselves . The names of Zeus and Jove had a much higher significance , and can only be regarded as relics of that purer faith which men inherited from Noah and his immediate descendants . Zeus is to be
identified with the Sanscrit Dyans , meaning the sky , as we often speak of God as being Heaven , using the over-arching vault of Heaven as his symbol . No doubt it was the degeneration of this idea which we see in the lire and sun worship of ancient Assyria , and in less ancient Persia , The name of Jove , too , may be a relic of a purer faithand to be
, identified with Jehovah , the living God , in opposition to the false deities worshipped by the heathen , which have no existence , but are purely mythical . Bufc we shall speak of this a little further on . The Hebrews always denoted the Supreme Being by some worthy title ; a fact which indicates the purity of their knowledge of His unit y and His character . Their names were El or Elohim—the
singular and plural of the same noun—meaning the Eternal , Everliving God . Sometimes it was conjoined to other words , as El Shaddai , the Almighty God . The word Adonai , the Lord , is often employed by the Hebrews , as with Christians , to designate the Divine Being . The word Theos , the Greek word for God , and Deus , the Latin word , are probably identical in meaningand are derived from the
, verb to see . Theos is He who sees , and corresponds with the Allseeing Eye of Masonry , a symbolical name for the Divine Being , -these words Theos and Dens run through ancient and modern Greek , as well as the Latin , and are found in modified forms in tho French ¦ U'en , the Spanish Dios , the Catalan Den , the Portuguese Deos , the "alian Iddio , the Welsh Duw , the Gaelic Dia , the Breton Doue , and
n , ?"" ny other minor languages . Indeed , there are no words for God Which are more universally used than these root words Theos and fl «> 8 . the Seeing One . Oar own English word God is a contraction for Good , or the ° od . It is confined to the Teutonic languages , being seen in the penman Gotfc , the Dutch God , the Danish and Swedish Gud . Ifc a very worthy designation of the Deity , and thongh not especially
Masonic Names For God.
Masonic , it is constantly employed as a familiar and appropriate descriptive . The Hebrew name Jehovah is greatly honoured by Masonry as a mystic and grand descriptive of tho Snpreme Being . It waa the revelation to Moses at the burning bush , and that peculiarly sacred name which the Jews would never pronounce ; for always in reading
the Holy Scriptures they wero accustomed to substitute the word Adonai for it . This mystic and majestic name signifies the Eternal Being ; Him who was , and is , and is to come . There is alsoa considerable number of Christian scholars who claim that Jahveh is the true reading , not Jehovah , and thafc Jahveh means tho Coming One , the Messiah , and that therefore wherever the name occurs it haa
reference to the Messiah promised to Israel . Of all the names by which Freemasonry recognises the Almighty , Jehovah , or Jehveh , ia the most solemn and impressive . A great deal of the mystic grandeur and sublimity of Freemasonry gathers about ifc , Bufc the most peculiar Masonic name for the Deity is that of the G . A . and the G . G . These are closely allied ; the one relating to
design , the other to execution . It is a striking thought , thafc all the names of Deity which have been employed in past or present ages relate exclusively to his existence or to his attributes , and nofc one to him as the Great Builder of Heaven and earth . God has been known as the Eternal One , as the Seeing One , as the Good One , as the Supreme One , among pasfc and present nations . But Freemasonry adds the expressive and majestic idea that he is the Maker
of all : the G . A . and the G . G ., and this we regard as the most characteristic of all the Masonic names for God ; the most closely allied with the mystic character of the Royal Art . Every Mason , from his very calling and profession as a Temple Builder , should revere him who is the Builder of all , and he should also be a diligent student of His works . The second degree is full of instruction and meaning in this respect , as inciting to a diligent and reverential study of the works of Him who is the G . G . and the G . A . O . T . TT .
The arrangements in connection with the constitution of the new Masonic Lodge—Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , No . 1903—which is to take place in the Lecture Hall , Portsmouth , on Wednesday , the 25 th instant , are now nearly completed . There will , it is anticipated , be a very large
gathering of members of the Craffc to witness the inauguration of the new Lodge by the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P . Admission is to be by tickets , with which brethren can be supplied through
their respective Lodges , but Masons who do not belong to local Lodges may obtain them on application to the Committee . His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught has intimated his intention to be present , as have also the Earl of March , M . P ., Senior Grand Warden of England , and
other distinguished members of the Craft . The company afc the banquet , which is to be held afc the Volunteer Artillery Headquarters , will , it is thought , number aboufc
two hundred . Lord Charles Beresford , W . M . of the new Lodge , will preside . The catering has been entrusted to Bro . W . Maybour , of Butcher-sfcreet , Porfcsea , who will have the assistance of a number of the members of the Lodge as Stewards . —Portsmouth Times .
We beg to acknowledge , with many thanks , the receipt , from Mr . George Pickworth , of 6 Queen Anne ' s Gate , Westminster , S . W ,, of copy of a portrait of Bro . Magnus Ohren P . G . A . D . of C . It is an admirable likeness of our worthy brother , being very life-like , and artistically
executed into the bargain . Evidently the greatest possible care has been bestowed on its production , and ifc musfc be indeed gratifying to the large circle of Bro . Ohren's friends and admirers to know that so excellent a portrait of him
has been published . We very heartily congratulate the artist on the great success of his labours , and Bro . Ohren on having had his features delineated by one so able aa Mr . George Pickworth .
In reference to the worthy brother named above , we are reminded of an omission that occurred in our Report of the proceedings of Grand Chapter . Comp . Magnus Ohren was in attendance , both before and in Chapter , and in fulfilment of his duties as Director of the Ceremonies
introduced the new Officers to the Grand Scribe E ., and afterwards conducted them to their respective places in Grand Chapter . To those of our readers who are acquainted with Comp . Magnus Ohren , and recognise the zeal he always displays in fulfilling any official duties thafc may
devolve on him , these remarks may perhaps be deemed unnecessary , but we hear it so frequently urged thafc all fchafc is cared for is the honour of appointment , and that regard is seldom paid to what such appointment necessitates , that we thus notify the omission made by us last week .