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The Great Pyramid And Freemasonry.
called of Job , will find three things to be quite certain : — 1 . That the writer of the Book was Shem . 2 . That it is the story of his sufferings as Malchi-Tsedek . 3 . That tho writer of the book must have been the man that built the Great Pyramid . " In the next paragraph but one , writes
Bro . Cockburn-Muir , " the Craft did not build the Pyramid . Tbe Pyramid built the Craft . And the Craft was built that it might preserve tbe sacred traditions across the eleven centuries to the building of the Temple . The standard measures of the Tabernacle and Temple are
absolutely identical with those of the Pyramid . He who would understand the transcendent splendour of the mathematic of the Temple , must go through the school of the transcendent mathematic of the Pyramid . Moreover , the cube content of the Ark of Covenant is precisely the cube
content of the Coffer in the Pyramid . And what is still more to tbe point just now is that the Imperial British Quarter for the measure of wheat is as near as may be the quarter of the Pyramid Coffer . " Now , accepting , for the sake of argument , the accuracy of all these statements , to wit , in
the first place , that Shem was the founder of Salem , and as King of that city , " Malchi-Tsedek , " that he was tbe writer of the book of Job , and the builder of the Great Pyramid ; and in tbe next , that the standard measures of the Tabernacle and Temple were identical with those of the
Pyramid ; that the cube content of the Ark of Covenant was precisely that of the Pyramid Coffer , and that the Imperial British Quarter for the measure of wheat is as nearly as p 0 Saible the quarter of the said Coffer , we fall sh ort of seeing" how ifc was the Pyramid built the Mason Craft .
That the Great Pyram'd is one of the graudest evidences of the architectural skill of the ancients ; that ifc very probable and possiblv was connected with the mysteries and traditions of the Egyptian priestly caste ; that it may have been so constructed as to illustrate the sublime truths
contained in those mysteries , and that there is a very great significance in the fact that the standard measures of the Tabernacle and Temple were those of the Pyramid ; all this , we pay , is lihfcle , if at all , open to qnesMon . The Great
Pvramid . as one nf the greatest arcbifcpcfcnral wonders of fchfl world , will alwavs awaken tho profonndesfc interest in the mind of thp studious Mason . Yet , in our humble judgment , it fttrikos us b ^ ius preposterous to speak of Grand Master Shem . of the Shemitic Grand Lodsre . of
the Pyramid bavins * been close " tyled during the period of its construction , so that no " Egyptian or or Oowan" m'erht learn flnvthinsr as to its interior . Nor can we brine ; ourselves to see how the Great Pyramid is " the verv womb and mother of pure Masonry , as re-instituted
by Grand Master Shem him « plf ; ' or , as stated in another letter , howit "built thp Craft , " in order that the latter " might preserve the sacred traditions across the eleven centuries to the building of the Temple . " The principles of the Craft have existed from the beginning—that is , ages before
the building of the Pyramid . The symbolical method of imparting moral and religious truths has largely prevailed in all ages and countries . The standard measures of the interior structure of the Pyramid may be held to have certain symbolical meanings easily comprehended by educated
Masons , who have made the greater mysteries of the Craft their especial study . But to affirm that the Patriarchs , the Evangelists , tbe Apostles , tbe Saints , and the Martyrs ,
with the majority of the great and wise of different epoohs and peoples , were Grand Masters of Masonry , can have no other result than , as we have said , to involve the Mason Craft of to-day in endless ridicule .
The Late Bro. Albert G. Mackey
THE LATE BRO . ALBERT G . MACKEY
T ^ REEMASONRY all the world ov er , but especially in J - the United States of America , must be sensible of the very great loss it has sustained through the death of this most worthy and distinguished Craftsman . It is true he had long since exceeded the ordinary span of human
life , having been born in Charleston , South Carolina , in 1807 , and being , therefore , afc the time of his death seventyfour years of age . But he had been associated so many years yith Freemasonry and had played so conspicuous a part
W | connection with its literature during the greater part of that connection that it is impossible not to look upon his death as a general calamity affecting the Craft universal . Tbe chief evidences he leaves behind of his ability as a Masonic writer are his Encnclopcedia and Lexicon of Free-
The Late Bro. Albert G. Mackey
masonry , the former of which , though far from being faultless , is , indubitably a comprehensive and valuable work . Bro . Dr . Mackey was educated to follow the medical profession and was awarded the first honours when graduating at the Charleston Medical College in 1832 . He
was Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodgo , Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter , South Carolina ; Past Eminent Commander , South Carolina Commandery , Past General Grand High Pn ' esfc of the General Grand Chapter ; Past Grand Warden of the Grand Encampment of the
United States of America , and a Sovereign Grand Inspector General 33 ° ; and Grand Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States . But a better opinion will be formed of his merits as a brother if we givethefollowing particulars , for which we are indebted
to the columns of the New York Dispatch . Ifc seems that he was initiated , passed , and raised in 1841 , in St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 10 , at the city of Charleston , and almost immediately afterwards affiliated with Solomon ' s Lodge , No . 1 ,
of the same city , and of which he was elected Master in December 1842 . He continued his membership in that Lodge until the year 1851 , when he united with a constitutional number of brethren for the formation of Landmark
Lodge , No . 76 , of which he was registered as a Past Master . In the Grand Lodge of the State he was elected Grand Secretary , 1842 , and held that office until the annual election
of 1867 . He combined for many years with the duties of the Secretariat that of preparing the reports on Foreign Correspondence . In Capitular Masonry , Comp . Mackey was advanced and exalted in the winter of 1841-2 , and at
the annual Convocation , in December 1844 , was elected High Priest . This station he held by election several yeaTS . In the Grand Chapter of the State he was at the Annual Grand Convocation of 1848 elected Deputy Grand High Priest , and successively re-elected unbil 1855 , when he was elevated to the exalted station of Grand High
Priest , and held the same by successive re-elections until the annual Convocation of 1867 . In the Cbivalric Order , Sir Knight Mackey was dubbed and created a Knight Templar in South Carolina Commandery , No . 1 , in 1842 , and was elected its Eminent
Commander in 1844 . It was , and still is , under tbe Jurisdiction of the Gravid Eucampment of the United States . In addition t <* the works we have mentioned , our deceased brother had written several others , and for years had been permanently connected with the Masonic Press . Bro .
Mackey died at Fortress Monroe , Virginia , whither he had gone in the hope of recovering his health . His remains were removed to Washington for interment . In the Ancient Accepted Rite , III . Bro . Mackey was a Sovereign Grand Inspector General , 33 , of the Supreme Council of the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America . He was the senior member of the same , having been admitted to fche Grade in 1844 , and was styled the Dean of the Council ; and although he had been for many years its Grand Secretary General , he was the third officer in rank .
We have received and acknowledge with , thanks copy of a revised and enlarged edition of Notes , Questions , and Answers , on the Church Catechism , aad Confirmatim , by John Bowes ( Hon . Ph . D . ) , F . R . G . S ., author of "The Origin and History of the Warrington Blue Coat School , "
and other works . It is published in London by Messrs . Simpkin , Marshall and Co ., at Warrington , by Percival Pearsey , Sankey-street , and afc Manchester by the Scholastic Trading Company , 43 Deansgate . We cannot
speak too highly of Mr . Bowes ' s book . His notes , both for the matter they contain and the manner in which they are arranged , his references , and his illustrations are to be commended , and we feel sure that none of those for whom
the book has been compiled can fail to derive the information they may be seeking for . One short excerpt as showing the practical application by a lady of one of the chief of our Masonic virtues , is worth quoting . It will be found at p 81 in connection with the ninth Commandment
and reads thus : " A lady who was gathered to the grave rich in faith and gooclworks , was observed by one who knew her well never to have spoken ill of any one ; and when she could not say anything favourable , she was silent . How much more happy the world would be , if
all , old and young , were fco follow this lady ' s example . " And , be it added , how well it would be if svery Mason acted fully up to the precepts enjoined on him , and had a tongue of good report for his neighbour , or whe n that was not possible , was discreetly silent .
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The Great Pyramid And Freemasonry.
called of Job , will find three things to be quite certain : — 1 . That the writer of the Book was Shem . 2 . That it is the story of his sufferings as Malchi-Tsedek . 3 . That tho writer of the book must have been the man that built the Great Pyramid . " In the next paragraph but one , writes
Bro . Cockburn-Muir , " the Craft did not build the Pyramid . Tbe Pyramid built the Craft . And the Craft was built that it might preserve tbe sacred traditions across the eleven centuries to the building of the Temple . The standard measures of the Tabernacle and Temple are
absolutely identical with those of the Pyramid . He who would understand the transcendent splendour of the mathematic of the Temple , must go through the school of the transcendent mathematic of the Pyramid . Moreover , the cube content of the Ark of Covenant is precisely the cube
content of the Coffer in the Pyramid . And what is still more to tbe point just now is that the Imperial British Quarter for the measure of wheat is as near as may be the quarter of the Pyramid Coffer . " Now , accepting , for the sake of argument , the accuracy of all these statements , to wit , in
the first place , that Shem was the founder of Salem , and as King of that city , " Malchi-Tsedek , " that he was tbe writer of the book of Job , and the builder of the Great Pyramid ; and in tbe next , that the standard measures of the Tabernacle and Temple were identical with those of the
Pyramid ; that the cube content of the Ark of Covenant was precisely that of the Pyramid Coffer , and that the Imperial British Quarter for the measure of wheat is as nearly as p 0 Saible the quarter of the said Coffer , we fall sh ort of seeing" how ifc was the Pyramid built the Mason Craft .
That the Great Pyram'd is one of the graudest evidences of the architectural skill of the ancients ; that ifc very probable and possiblv was connected with the mysteries and traditions of the Egyptian priestly caste ; that it may have been so constructed as to illustrate the sublime truths
contained in those mysteries , and that there is a very great significance in the fact that the standard measures of the Tabernacle and Temple were those of the Pyramid ; all this , we pay , is lihfcle , if at all , open to qnesMon . The Great
Pvramid . as one nf the greatest arcbifcpcfcnral wonders of fchfl world , will alwavs awaken tho profonndesfc interest in the mind of thp studious Mason . Yet , in our humble judgment , it fttrikos us b ^ ius preposterous to speak of Grand Master Shem . of the Shemitic Grand Lodsre . of
the Pyramid bavins * been close " tyled during the period of its construction , so that no " Egyptian or or Oowan" m'erht learn flnvthinsr as to its interior . Nor can we brine ; ourselves to see how the Great Pyramid is " the verv womb and mother of pure Masonry , as re-instituted
by Grand Master Shem him « plf ; ' or , as stated in another letter , howit "built thp Craft , " in order that the latter " might preserve the sacred traditions across the eleven centuries to the building of the Temple . " The principles of the Craft have existed from the beginning—that is , ages before
the building of the Pyramid . The symbolical method of imparting moral and religious truths has largely prevailed in all ages and countries . The standard measures of the interior structure of the Pyramid may be held to have certain symbolical meanings easily comprehended by educated
Masons , who have made the greater mysteries of the Craft their especial study . But to affirm that the Patriarchs , the Evangelists , tbe Apostles , tbe Saints , and the Martyrs ,
with the majority of the great and wise of different epoohs and peoples , were Grand Masters of Masonry , can have no other result than , as we have said , to involve the Mason Craft of to-day in endless ridicule .
The Late Bro. Albert G. Mackey
THE LATE BRO . ALBERT G . MACKEY
T ^ REEMASONRY all the world ov er , but especially in J - the United States of America , must be sensible of the very great loss it has sustained through the death of this most worthy and distinguished Craftsman . It is true he had long since exceeded the ordinary span of human
life , having been born in Charleston , South Carolina , in 1807 , and being , therefore , afc the time of his death seventyfour years of age . But he had been associated so many years yith Freemasonry and had played so conspicuous a part
W | connection with its literature during the greater part of that connection that it is impossible not to look upon his death as a general calamity affecting the Craft universal . Tbe chief evidences he leaves behind of his ability as a Masonic writer are his Encnclopcedia and Lexicon of Free-
The Late Bro. Albert G. Mackey
masonry , the former of which , though far from being faultless , is , indubitably a comprehensive and valuable work . Bro . Dr . Mackey was educated to follow the medical profession and was awarded the first honours when graduating at the Charleston Medical College in 1832 . He
was Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodgo , Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter , South Carolina ; Past Eminent Commander , South Carolina Commandery , Past General Grand High Pn ' esfc of the General Grand Chapter ; Past Grand Warden of the Grand Encampment of the
United States of America , and a Sovereign Grand Inspector General 33 ° ; and Grand Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States . But a better opinion will be formed of his merits as a brother if we givethefollowing particulars , for which we are indebted
to the columns of the New York Dispatch . Ifc seems that he was initiated , passed , and raised in 1841 , in St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 10 , at the city of Charleston , and almost immediately afterwards affiliated with Solomon ' s Lodge , No . 1 ,
of the same city , and of which he was elected Master in December 1842 . He continued his membership in that Lodge until the year 1851 , when he united with a constitutional number of brethren for the formation of Landmark
Lodge , No . 76 , of which he was registered as a Past Master . In the Grand Lodge of the State he was elected Grand Secretary , 1842 , and held that office until the annual election
of 1867 . He combined for many years with the duties of the Secretariat that of preparing the reports on Foreign Correspondence . In Capitular Masonry , Comp . Mackey was advanced and exalted in the winter of 1841-2 , and at
the annual Convocation , in December 1844 , was elected High Priest . This station he held by election several yeaTS . In the Grand Chapter of the State he was at the Annual Grand Convocation of 1848 elected Deputy Grand High Priest , and successively re-elected unbil 1855 , when he was elevated to the exalted station of Grand High
Priest , and held the same by successive re-elections until the annual Convocation of 1867 . In the Cbivalric Order , Sir Knight Mackey was dubbed and created a Knight Templar in South Carolina Commandery , No . 1 , in 1842 , and was elected its Eminent
Commander in 1844 . It was , and still is , under tbe Jurisdiction of the Gravid Eucampment of the United States . In addition t <* the works we have mentioned , our deceased brother had written several others , and for years had been permanently connected with the Masonic Press . Bro .
Mackey died at Fortress Monroe , Virginia , whither he had gone in the hope of recovering his health . His remains were removed to Washington for interment . In the Ancient Accepted Rite , III . Bro . Mackey was a Sovereign Grand Inspector General , 33 , of the Supreme Council of the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America . He was the senior member of the same , having been admitted to fche Grade in 1844 , and was styled the Dean of the Council ; and although he had been for many years its Grand Secretary General , he was the third officer in rank .
We have received and acknowledge with , thanks copy of a revised and enlarged edition of Notes , Questions , and Answers , on the Church Catechism , aad Confirmatim , by John Bowes ( Hon . Ph . D . ) , F . R . G . S ., author of "The Origin and History of the Warrington Blue Coat School , "
and other works . It is published in London by Messrs . Simpkin , Marshall and Co ., at Warrington , by Percival Pearsey , Sankey-street , and afc Manchester by the Scholastic Trading Company , 43 Deansgate . We cannot
speak too highly of Mr . Bowes ' s book . His notes , both for the matter they contain and the manner in which they are arranged , his references , and his illustrations are to be commended , and we feel sure that none of those for whom
the book has been compiled can fail to derive the information they may be seeking for . One short excerpt as showing the practical application by a lady of one of the chief of our Masonic virtues , is worth quoting . It will be found at p 81 in connection with the ninth Commandment
and reads thus : " A lady who was gathered to the grave rich in faith and gooclworks , was observed by one who knew her well never to have spoken ill of any one ; and when she could not say anything favourable , she was silent . How much more happy the world would be , if
all , old and young , were fco follow this lady ' s example . " And , be it added , how well it would be if svery Mason acted fully up to the precepts enjoined on him , and had a tongue of good report for his neighbour , or whe n that was not possible , was discreetly silent .