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'" Mick cried ho ( Mr . Blake ) , some vagabonds have stolen the rope out of my boat . " ' Stolen yer ' onner ' s rope out of yer 'onner ' s boat ? ' was the indignant , almost incredulous , repetition of the statement . ' The divil steal their sowls out of their bodies ; stop till I tell his Rivirince . ' Wo departed , and Mick , roparing to tho chapel , informed the priest
of tho outrage committed . Father Pat was greatly scandalised ; theft , I may say , is almost unknown in these primitive parts , and , although murder may , under certain cnrcnmstances , be condoned , is held as a disgraceful proceeding ; it i * probable that the rope had been really wanted by some fisherman who had no other means of supplying himself , and thought that his honour would not grudge it to a poor boy . Bo that as it mav , Father Pat was indignant in tho highest degree ;
he charged his flock , after expatiating on tho sin of stealing in general , and from Mr . Blake in particular , to bring back the rope by the next Sunday , and no one , least of all the Reverend Father , doubted that the order would bo obeyed . Tho week passed away , however , and Sunday camo , but no rope Then Father Pat stood np , and , shaking with wrath , issued his solemn command that tho rope should be returned within a week , ou ! Riccolict , boys , I ' ve WARNED ye !'
Strange to say , the implied threat , more potent from its obscurity , was in vain ; tho rope , tho next Sabbath , was still absent without leave . Then the priest rose in his wrath , and standing on tho altar steps , solemnly declared that on the next Sunday , if the rope was not replaced in the meantime , he would ' curse the Barony : ' he would hear no confession , he would give no absolution , ho would administer
no sacrament j in fine , his flock should be excommunicated ! On the folloivinq Saturday , neatly coiled up , the rope ivas found in the OOCJS of theboat !" A second instance of the same is given in the same chapter . Then follow chapters on " Fox and Otter Hunting , " " Seal Shooting , " and a climb up a lofty rock to "the Eagle ' s Nest . " Chapter X ., about "The
Little Pill , " is very amusing , and so , too , is that on " Long Tony , " a character sufficiently quaint to justify his having a chapter all to himself . The remaining chapter is headed " Farewell , " and describes the departure of Charlie , in obedience to his university summons . How a part of tho return journey is accomplished may be gathered from the following extract : " ' Hnrroo ! hoop ! hoop ! !'
And away , at the rate of good twelve miles an hour , my eccentric friend commenced the descent of the mountain , the top of which we had gained by two hour's toilsome travelling . Facilis descensus , this side was steeper than that we had ascended , and as we clattered along I was fain to hold on to the car rail to prevent my flying off at a tangent , in which case I should have been as inevitably killed as if
I had been thrown from an Alpine precipice . Whir-r-r ! Whir-r-r ! Grind ! Grind ! ' What ' s that ? Hold hard ! ' I cried ; ' the wheel's coming off . Hold hard ! stop !! ' I roared once more , as Tim , looking calmly over his shoulder , quietly asked , ' Is the wheel coming off ?' Almost by force I compelled a halt , just as the grinding wheel had ceased to whirl , and the foot-board rested on the ground . Tim
descended from his perch , and whip in hand , after administering a soothing ' pur-r-r'to the mare ( an English driver would have given his horso a job on tho curb , a curse , and perhaps a kick in the ribs ) proceeded to inspect the seat of tho disaster ; looking narrowly at the axle-tree , he exclaimed with an approving chuckle : 'Thim boys ! tho jokers ! they've been ancl took tho linch pin out !'
I remembered now that when wo had stopped , half way up the mountain , two or three friends of Tim had held a good deal of chaffing conversation with him , mostly in Irish , and had bid him farewell in a rather tumultuous and joking manner . ' Sit aisy , yer ' onner , till I fix it ; ' and disappearing in the direction of a snug cabin , that stood a little -way off tho road , Tim
left mo with the mare and tho broken car . In a short time he returned , and taking up a flint , hammered something into the vacant hole in the axle . ' What have you got ? ' asked I . ' A linch pin , shnre !' ' A linch pin ! where did you get it ? ' ' Faith , thin , I tuk it out of tlie car up beyant there !'
Ancl away we wont at tlie same break-ueck pace as before . ' God bless yer ' onner ! long life to yer 'onner ! ' was Tim ' s parting , as , applied to another person , it had been his introductory blessing . Very kindly he meant it , and very kindly I took it . A compulsory rest atDnblin is tho cause of our having adescription of " Phoenix Park , " which forms the first of the series of "
Miscellaneous Papers , " which go to make up the little volume , the others being devoted to " Horse Dealing "—the advice in which cannot be too highly commended , — "The Blind Fisherman , " "Crossing Sweepers , " "The First of October , " "The First of February , " " Cub Hunting , " and " Fox Hunters and Game Preservers . " The matter in them is invariably what we should expect to find from our former
experience of Mr . Hooper ' s well-established reputation as a sportsman . However , we have spoken sufficiently at length as to the merits of A Month in Mayo , and we candidly add that we can hardly picture to ourselves the kind of man who would take it np and set it down again without having derived from its perusal a very considerable ainonzit of enjoyment .
Many Years After ; with other tales and sketches . By a Revenue Officer . Civil Service Printing and Publishing Company . 187 G . THIS is a collection of nouvellettes , characterised by great spirit and vivacity of narration ; a keen sense of humour and no little dramatic talent . Together , they form an interesting aud , indeed , delightful
volume . One ouly of the stories , " On tho Kuock-me-dowus , " has any direct connection with the author ' s own vocation , and that , a tale of unlicensed " potheen" distilling , is none the less interesting . Perhaps the most thrilling story is that entitled " A Glimpse of the Past , " but the others are all very readable , We can commend the work to our renders ,
The Temple Of Solomon:
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON :
ITS ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICATION AS A MASONIC SYMBOL . FROM THE Voice of Masonry .
OF all the symbols which combine to make up that science of symbolism which is the characteristic featnre of Speculative Masonry , tho Temple of Solomon is perhaps the most important . It is also worthy of study on account of its peculiar and exceptional character . The Temple is an important symbol , because on it , or as referring to it , all the religious teachings of Freemasonry are founded . It is
the central nucleus around which all the other symbols cluster . Each of them derives its peculiar signification from its connection with the Temple of Solomon . As the sculptor constructs his statue so that its height and size and bearing shall be proportioned to the pedestal which is to support it , and from the foot of which it is to be viewed by the spectator ; so all the symbols of Speculative Masonry
derive their import and make their intellectual and moral impression from the Temple , which is the basis on which they rest , and from which , historically or mythically , they take their emblematic signification . Thus , the fact that every Speculative Mason is considered , symbolicallv , as a worker in the Temple , and that he assumes this
character at the very moment of his initiation , by entering as an aspirant on its ground floor , or checkered pavement , necessarily leads him to connect all the symbols and ceremonies in which he is afterwards instructed , or through which he passes , with the Temple , so that Masonio symbolism might almost be called , in brief language , Temple ¦ ymbolisra .
And then , again , tho Temple of Solomon is a peculiar and special symbol of tho Maponic science . It is found nowhere else . All the other symbols of Speculative Masonry may be met with in other organizations—both ancient and modern—which mako any use of a symbolic science . Even the square and compass , which one would suppose to bo peculiarly Masonic symbols , were used , with a phallic
signification , by the Hermetic philosophers . The acacia , the symbolism of numbers and of mathematical figures , with every other symbol used in Speculative Masonry , have been appropriated , some in the Ancient Mysteries , some by the Pythagoreans , and others by the Gnostics , the Alchemists , the Theosophists , and other secret institutions of antiquity or of the Middle Ages .
But the Temple of Solomon is a symbol to be met with nowhere but in Speculative Masonry , where it forms the peculiar and special foundation stone on which the Masonic symbolism has been erected . It is , therefore , well worth inquiry how this important symbol originated and how it became incorporated into the Masonic system .
In prosecuting this enquiry , if wo would seek the truth , wo must throw aside , in the commencement of our investigation , the now exploded theory that there was a Lodge held at Jerusalem , over which King Solomon presided as Worshipful Master with the two Hirams as his Wardens . The fanciful speculations of Anderson and Oliver mnst be rejected , and we must be content with the plain and
generally recognized fact that modern Speculative Masonry grew out of the Operative Guilds of the three or four centuries which preceded the eighteenth . We cannot , therefore , rationally conclude that the Temple was adopted as a Masonic symbol because it was there that Masonry received its birth . No scholar of the present day would risk his reputation as a Masonic historian on such a theory . Fifty years
ago , Chemin-Dupontes , a learned French writer , said that " it was astonishing how some modern Masonic works repeated these mythical stories about the material construction of tho Temple of Jerusalem . " We mnst , therefore , look elsewhere than in this Temple myth for the true origin of the symbol . The first notice of the Temple as a symbol is to bo found in the
New Testament , where Jesus used it precisely with the same signification that was afterwards adopted by the Masonic symbologists . In the gospel of St . John ( ii . 19 ) we hear Jesus declaring : " Destroy this temple , and in three days I will raise it np . " The Jews around , who heard him , did not understand his symbolic language . They retorted , " Forty and six years was this temple in building , and
wilt thou rear it np in three days ? But the Evangelist comprehended his meaning , for he adds : "But he spake of the temple of his body . " This use of the Temple as a symbol of the body , thus introduced by the founder of our religion , was afterwards universally adopted as a Christian symbol . St . Paul , the most metaphorical of all the New
Testament writers , repeatedly makes use of it . " Know ye not , " he says , " that ye are the temple of God ; " and again : " The temple of God is holy , which temple ye are , " and so in other places . The earl y Christian Fathers , such as Tertullian , Jerome and Origen pursued the same symbolic idea . And at a later period , the Jesuit Villalpandus , who lived in tho sixteenth century , and who wrote a
Descriptian of the City and Temple of Jerusalem , has carried the symbolism to an extreme by details , for he represents tho Temple as a symbol of Christ on the Cross , and as Samuel Lee , in his Orbis Miraculum , expresses it , " with a strange and uncouth fancy " interprets the head of the crucified Saviour as representing the sanctuary , his breast the altar , his feet the eastern gate , ancl his outstretched hands the gates
on the north and the south . But Christian writers have also symbolized the Temple as the t ype of the whole congregated Christian church . "As tho Temple , " says Lee , " was the material house wherein God was worshipped under the Jewish administration , so is the church , under the Gospel , the
spiritual Temple of God , wherein his holy spirit dwelleth . " And he refers to Tertullian as expressing the same idea . This double Christian symbolism , whereby the Temple was made to represent man as an individual , and the church as consisting of a congregation of believers , ia precisely the one that has been adopted
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'" Mick cried ho ( Mr . Blake ) , some vagabonds have stolen the rope out of my boat . " ' Stolen yer ' onner ' s rope out of yer 'onner ' s boat ? ' was the indignant , almost incredulous , repetition of the statement . ' The divil steal their sowls out of their bodies ; stop till I tell his Rivirince . ' Wo departed , and Mick , roparing to tho chapel , informed the priest
of tho outrage committed . Father Pat was greatly scandalised ; theft , I may say , is almost unknown in these primitive parts , and , although murder may , under certain cnrcnmstances , be condoned , is held as a disgraceful proceeding ; it i * probable that the rope had been really wanted by some fisherman who had no other means of supplying himself , and thought that his honour would not grudge it to a poor boy . Bo that as it mav , Father Pat was indignant in tho highest degree ;
he charged his flock , after expatiating on tho sin of stealing in general , and from Mr . Blake in particular , to bring back the rope by the next Sunday , and no one , least of all the Reverend Father , doubted that the order would bo obeyed . Tho week passed away , however , and Sunday camo , but no rope Then Father Pat stood np , and , shaking with wrath , issued his solemn command that tho rope should be returned within a week , ou ! Riccolict , boys , I ' ve WARNED ye !'
Strange to say , the implied threat , more potent from its obscurity , was in vain ; tho rope , tho next Sabbath , was still absent without leave . Then the priest rose in his wrath , and standing on tho altar steps , solemnly declared that on the next Sunday , if the rope was not replaced in the meantime , he would ' curse the Barony : ' he would hear no confession , he would give no absolution , ho would administer
no sacrament j in fine , his flock should be excommunicated ! On the folloivinq Saturday , neatly coiled up , the rope ivas found in the OOCJS of theboat !" A second instance of the same is given in the same chapter . Then follow chapters on " Fox and Otter Hunting , " " Seal Shooting , " and a climb up a lofty rock to "the Eagle ' s Nest . " Chapter X ., about "The
Little Pill , " is very amusing , and so , too , is that on " Long Tony , " a character sufficiently quaint to justify his having a chapter all to himself . The remaining chapter is headed " Farewell , " and describes the departure of Charlie , in obedience to his university summons . How a part of tho return journey is accomplished may be gathered from the following extract : " ' Hnrroo ! hoop ! hoop ! !'
And away , at the rate of good twelve miles an hour , my eccentric friend commenced the descent of the mountain , the top of which we had gained by two hour's toilsome travelling . Facilis descensus , this side was steeper than that we had ascended , and as we clattered along I was fain to hold on to the car rail to prevent my flying off at a tangent , in which case I should have been as inevitably killed as if
I had been thrown from an Alpine precipice . Whir-r-r ! Whir-r-r ! Grind ! Grind ! ' What ' s that ? Hold hard ! ' I cried ; ' the wheel's coming off . Hold hard ! stop !! ' I roared once more , as Tim , looking calmly over his shoulder , quietly asked , ' Is the wheel coming off ?' Almost by force I compelled a halt , just as the grinding wheel had ceased to whirl , and the foot-board rested on the ground . Tim
descended from his perch , and whip in hand , after administering a soothing ' pur-r-r'to the mare ( an English driver would have given his horso a job on tho curb , a curse , and perhaps a kick in the ribs ) proceeded to inspect the seat of tho disaster ; looking narrowly at the axle-tree , he exclaimed with an approving chuckle : 'Thim boys ! tho jokers ! they've been ancl took tho linch pin out !'
I remembered now that when wo had stopped , half way up the mountain , two or three friends of Tim had held a good deal of chaffing conversation with him , mostly in Irish , and had bid him farewell in a rather tumultuous and joking manner . ' Sit aisy , yer ' onner , till I fix it ; ' and disappearing in the direction of a snug cabin , that stood a little -way off tho road , Tim
left mo with the mare and tho broken car . In a short time he returned , and taking up a flint , hammered something into the vacant hole in the axle . ' What have you got ? ' asked I . ' A linch pin , shnre !' ' A linch pin ! where did you get it ? ' ' Faith , thin , I tuk it out of tlie car up beyant there !'
Ancl away we wont at tlie same break-ueck pace as before . ' God bless yer ' onner ! long life to yer 'onner ! ' was Tim ' s parting , as , applied to another person , it had been his introductory blessing . Very kindly he meant it , and very kindly I took it . A compulsory rest atDnblin is tho cause of our having adescription of " Phoenix Park , " which forms the first of the series of "
Miscellaneous Papers , " which go to make up the little volume , the others being devoted to " Horse Dealing "—the advice in which cannot be too highly commended , — "The Blind Fisherman , " "Crossing Sweepers , " "The First of October , " "The First of February , " " Cub Hunting , " and " Fox Hunters and Game Preservers . " The matter in them is invariably what we should expect to find from our former
experience of Mr . Hooper ' s well-established reputation as a sportsman . However , we have spoken sufficiently at length as to the merits of A Month in Mayo , and we candidly add that we can hardly picture to ourselves the kind of man who would take it np and set it down again without having derived from its perusal a very considerable ainonzit of enjoyment .
Many Years After ; with other tales and sketches . By a Revenue Officer . Civil Service Printing and Publishing Company . 187 G . THIS is a collection of nouvellettes , characterised by great spirit and vivacity of narration ; a keen sense of humour and no little dramatic talent . Together , they form an interesting aud , indeed , delightful
volume . One ouly of the stories , " On tho Kuock-me-dowus , " has any direct connection with the author ' s own vocation , and that , a tale of unlicensed " potheen" distilling , is none the less interesting . Perhaps the most thrilling story is that entitled " A Glimpse of the Past , " but the others are all very readable , We can commend the work to our renders ,
The Temple Of Solomon:
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON :
ITS ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICATION AS A MASONIC SYMBOL . FROM THE Voice of Masonry .
OF all the symbols which combine to make up that science of symbolism which is the characteristic featnre of Speculative Masonry , tho Temple of Solomon is perhaps the most important . It is also worthy of study on account of its peculiar and exceptional character . The Temple is an important symbol , because on it , or as referring to it , all the religious teachings of Freemasonry are founded . It is
the central nucleus around which all the other symbols cluster . Each of them derives its peculiar signification from its connection with the Temple of Solomon . As the sculptor constructs his statue so that its height and size and bearing shall be proportioned to the pedestal which is to support it , and from the foot of which it is to be viewed by the spectator ; so all the symbols of Speculative Masonry
derive their import and make their intellectual and moral impression from the Temple , which is the basis on which they rest , and from which , historically or mythically , they take their emblematic signification . Thus , the fact that every Speculative Mason is considered , symbolicallv , as a worker in the Temple , and that he assumes this
character at the very moment of his initiation , by entering as an aspirant on its ground floor , or checkered pavement , necessarily leads him to connect all the symbols and ceremonies in which he is afterwards instructed , or through which he passes , with the Temple , so that Masonio symbolism might almost be called , in brief language , Temple ¦ ymbolisra .
And then , again , tho Temple of Solomon is a peculiar and special symbol of tho Maponic science . It is found nowhere else . All the other symbols of Speculative Masonry may be met with in other organizations—both ancient and modern—which mako any use of a symbolic science . Even the square and compass , which one would suppose to bo peculiarly Masonic symbols , were used , with a phallic
signification , by the Hermetic philosophers . The acacia , the symbolism of numbers and of mathematical figures , with every other symbol used in Speculative Masonry , have been appropriated , some in the Ancient Mysteries , some by the Pythagoreans , and others by the Gnostics , the Alchemists , the Theosophists , and other secret institutions of antiquity or of the Middle Ages .
But the Temple of Solomon is a symbol to be met with nowhere but in Speculative Masonry , where it forms the peculiar and special foundation stone on which the Masonic symbolism has been erected . It is , therefore , well worth inquiry how this important symbol originated and how it became incorporated into the Masonic system .
In prosecuting this enquiry , if wo would seek the truth , wo must throw aside , in the commencement of our investigation , the now exploded theory that there was a Lodge held at Jerusalem , over which King Solomon presided as Worshipful Master with the two Hirams as his Wardens . The fanciful speculations of Anderson and Oliver mnst be rejected , and we must be content with the plain and
generally recognized fact that modern Speculative Masonry grew out of the Operative Guilds of the three or four centuries which preceded the eighteenth . We cannot , therefore , rationally conclude that the Temple was adopted as a Masonic symbol because it was there that Masonry received its birth . No scholar of the present day would risk his reputation as a Masonic historian on such a theory . Fifty years
ago , Chemin-Dupontes , a learned French writer , said that " it was astonishing how some modern Masonic works repeated these mythical stories about the material construction of tho Temple of Jerusalem . " We mnst , therefore , look elsewhere than in this Temple myth for the true origin of the symbol . The first notice of the Temple as a symbol is to bo found in the
New Testament , where Jesus used it precisely with the same signification that was afterwards adopted by the Masonic symbologists . In the gospel of St . John ( ii . 19 ) we hear Jesus declaring : " Destroy this temple , and in three days I will raise it np . " The Jews around , who heard him , did not understand his symbolic language . They retorted , " Forty and six years was this temple in building , and
wilt thou rear it np in three days ? But the Evangelist comprehended his meaning , for he adds : "But he spake of the temple of his body . " This use of the Temple as a symbol of the body , thus introduced by the founder of our religion , was afterwards universally adopted as a Christian symbol . St . Paul , the most metaphorical of all the New
Testament writers , repeatedly makes use of it . " Know ye not , " he says , " that ye are the temple of God ; " and again : " The temple of God is holy , which temple ye are , " and so in other places . The earl y Christian Fathers , such as Tertullian , Jerome and Origen pursued the same symbolic idea . And at a later period , the Jesuit Villalpandus , who lived in tho sixteenth century , and who wrote a
Descriptian of the City and Temple of Jerusalem , has carried the symbolism to an extreme by details , for he represents tho Temple as a symbol of Christ on the Cross , and as Samuel Lee , in his Orbis Miraculum , expresses it , " with a strange and uncouth fancy " interprets the head of the crucified Saviour as representing the sanctuary , his breast the altar , his feet the eastern gate , ancl his outstretched hands the gates
on the north and the south . But Christian writers have also symbolized the Temple as the t ype of the whole congregated Christian church . "As tho Temple , " says Lee , " was the material house wherein God was worshipped under the Jewish administration , so is the church , under the Gospel , the
spiritual Temple of God , wherein his holy spirit dwelleth . " And he refers to Tertullian as expressing the same idea . This double Christian symbolism , whereby the Temple was made to represent man as an individual , and the church as consisting of a congregation of believers , ia precisely the one that has been adopted