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History Of Masonry.

The descendants of Abraham , being sojourners and shepherds in Egyp t , practised very little of architecture , till about eighty years before their exodus ; when , by the over-ruling hand of Providence , they were trained up to the masonkal use of stone and brick , and built for the Egyptians the two strong cities of Pithom and Raamasisin the exercise of which tasks they recovered their dexterity

; in the craft , before they migrated to the promised land . - After Abraham left Haran 430 years , Moses marched out of Egypt , at the head of 600 , 000 Hebrew males , marshalled in due form ; for-whose sake God divided the red sea , to afford them a ready passage , and then caused the waters to return upon , and drown Pharaoh and his Egyptian forceswho pursued them . In this peregrination

, through Arabia to Canaan , God was pleased to inspire their grand master Moses , Joshua his , deputy , ancl Aholiab and Bezaleel , grand wardens , with wisdom of heart ; and next year they raised the tabernacle or tent , where the divine Shechinah resided , and the holy ark or chest , the symbol of God ' s presence ; which , though not of

stone or brick , was framed by true symmetrical architecture , according to the pattern that God dictated to Moses on Mount Sinai , and which was afterward the model of Solomon ' s temple . Moses being well skilled in all the Egyptian learning , and also divinely inspired , excelled all grand masters before him , ancl ordered the more skilful to meet him , as in a grand lodge , near the tabernaclein the passover-weekaiid gave them wise

chargesregula-, , , tions , & c . though the tradition thereof has not been transmitted down to us so perfectly as mig ht have been wished . Joshua succeeded in the direction , with Caleb his deputy ; and . Eleazar the high-priest , and Phineas his son , as grand wardens : he marshalled the Israelites , and led them over Jordan , which God made dry for their march into the promised land . The Canaanites had so

regularly fortified their great cities and passes , that without the special intervention of El Shaddat , in behalf of his peculiar people , they were impregnable . Having finished his wars with the Canaanites , he-fixed the tabernacle at Shiloe , in Ephraim ; ordering the chiefs of Israel to serve their God , cultivate the land , and carry on the grand design of architecture in the best Mosaic style .

. The Israelites made a prodigious progress in the study of geometry and architecture , having many expert artists in every tribe that met in lodges or societies for that purpose , except when for their sins they came under servitude ; but their occasional princes , called judges ancl saviours , revived the Mosaic style along with libertv , and the Mosaic constitution . But they were exceeded by the Canaanites , Phoeniciansand Sidonians in sacred architecture -, they being a

peo-, ple of a happy genius , and frame of mind , who made great improvements in the sciences , as well as in other learning . The glass of Sidon , the purple of Tyre , and the exceeding fine linen- they wove , were the product of their own country , and their own inventions ; ancl for their skill in working of metals , in hewino- timber and stone : 111 a word , for their perfect knowledge of what was solid , great , aud VOL . V . D

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MASONIC DIRECTORY, NUMBER I. Article 1
Untitled Article 9
Untitled Article 10
Untitled Article 11
LONDON : Article 11
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 12
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 12
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 13
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 16
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 18
TO SIR GEORGE STAUNTON, BART. Article 19
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 24
THE FREEMASON. Article 33
THE STAGE. Article 35
THE MURDERER OF CHARLES I. Article 37
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. No. II. Article 37
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 42
HUMOUROUS ACCOUNT OF A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY, PERFORMED AT ROME. Article 45
BASEM; OR, THE BLACKSMITH. AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 47
FRENCH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Article 53
FEMALE CHARACTERS. THE DOMESTIC AND THE GADDER. Article 55
CHARACTER OF MECOENAS, Article 57
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 59
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 67
POETRY. Article 69
MASONIC SONG *. Article 70
ANOTHER. Article 70
TO HOPE. Article 71
PROLOGUE TO WERTER, Article 72
TO A YOUNG LADY, CURLING AND POWDERING HER HAIR. Article 73
ON THE BENEVOLENCE OF ENGLAND. Article 74
THE SONG OF CONSTANCY. Article 74
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 75
PROMOTIONS. Article 81
Untitled Article 81
Untitled Article 81
BANKRUPTS. Article 82
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History Of Masonry.

The descendants of Abraham , being sojourners and shepherds in Egyp t , practised very little of architecture , till about eighty years before their exodus ; when , by the over-ruling hand of Providence , they were trained up to the masonkal use of stone and brick , and built for the Egyptians the two strong cities of Pithom and Raamasisin the exercise of which tasks they recovered their dexterity

; in the craft , before they migrated to the promised land . - After Abraham left Haran 430 years , Moses marched out of Egypt , at the head of 600 , 000 Hebrew males , marshalled in due form ; for-whose sake God divided the red sea , to afford them a ready passage , and then caused the waters to return upon , and drown Pharaoh and his Egyptian forceswho pursued them . In this peregrination

, through Arabia to Canaan , God was pleased to inspire their grand master Moses , Joshua his , deputy , ancl Aholiab and Bezaleel , grand wardens , with wisdom of heart ; and next year they raised the tabernacle or tent , where the divine Shechinah resided , and the holy ark or chest , the symbol of God ' s presence ; which , though not of

stone or brick , was framed by true symmetrical architecture , according to the pattern that God dictated to Moses on Mount Sinai , and which was afterward the model of Solomon ' s temple . Moses being well skilled in all the Egyptian learning , and also divinely inspired , excelled all grand masters before him , ancl ordered the more skilful to meet him , as in a grand lodge , near the tabernaclein the passover-weekaiid gave them wise

chargesregula-, , , tions , & c . though the tradition thereof has not been transmitted down to us so perfectly as mig ht have been wished . Joshua succeeded in the direction , with Caleb his deputy ; and . Eleazar the high-priest , and Phineas his son , as grand wardens : he marshalled the Israelites , and led them over Jordan , which God made dry for their march into the promised land . The Canaanites had so

regularly fortified their great cities and passes , that without the special intervention of El Shaddat , in behalf of his peculiar people , they were impregnable . Having finished his wars with the Canaanites , he-fixed the tabernacle at Shiloe , in Ephraim ; ordering the chiefs of Israel to serve their God , cultivate the land , and carry on the grand design of architecture in the best Mosaic style .

. The Israelites made a prodigious progress in the study of geometry and architecture , having many expert artists in every tribe that met in lodges or societies for that purpose , except when for their sins they came under servitude ; but their occasional princes , called judges ancl saviours , revived the Mosaic style along with libertv , and the Mosaic constitution . But they were exceeded by the Canaanites , Phoeniciansand Sidonians in sacred architecture -, they being a

peo-, ple of a happy genius , and frame of mind , who made great improvements in the sciences , as well as in other learning . The glass of Sidon , the purple of Tyre , and the exceeding fine linen- they wove , were the product of their own country , and their own inventions ; ancl for their skill in working of metals , in hewino- timber and stone : 111 a word , for their perfect knowledge of what was solid , great , aud VOL . V . D

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