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The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
that there is one glory of the sun , another glory of the moon ; and <; ne . star differs from another star in glory , " and all , by most wondrous-signs and tokens , without voice , sound , or language , solemnl y proclaim divine mysteries . Astronomy , without doubt , immediately attended the . first principles of geometry : tlie view of heaven , and the lighted firmament , must have struck the enterprising faculties of man with amazement
and admiration : ' so must ' . he motions of the sun and moon , together with the regularity of the heavenly luminaries , dividing time into day and ni g ht , demonstrate' to him periodical observations of clays , ni ghts , and seasons , for bis use and natural preservation ; Sciences , therefore , in some degree , begun from man ' s existence , under the variable state of improvements to this day .-
As the Royal Craft was recognized under these discoveries , oh ! liovv divinely pleasing must this heavenly order , which is the unerring rule by which we work the grand building of Masonry , be conceived in the breast of every Mason , when considered mysteriously , as well as numerically , formed alike in . many instances , which when God beheld , he proclaimed it good .
Emulative in his station , let every one of us show the light that glows in his heart l and breathe it out on every intercourse with mankind , that they may see the brightness of our minds , and glorify our Father which is in heaven .- Are we not taught to consider ourselves , as we certainly are , the successors of Moses , grand master of the lodge of Israelwho hewed the two tables of stonewhereon
, , were engraven the ten commandments of God , and whose holy history- commencing from the creation of the world , when both time and things began , is the illuminated rule both of our conduct and faith ? As such then we ought to show good works in obedience to those commandments ; and in conformity to his rules , practise virtue .
To prove that learning and exemplary virtues were qualifications in the primitive times , to make a perfect and good Mason , I shall , tojustify my argument , offer a few instances of such as undoubtedly possessed them . I shall begin with Moses , who was not only an inspired , writer * but he was likewise an entire master of the Egyptian learning ; and was the first who- by a chymical operation , powdered goldand
, , made it rniscible with water . Shem , Ham , and Japhet , who alone were divinely preserved from the watery desart , were grand officers * and learned geometricians ; they brought up their descendants to study geometry , and improve the sciences . Those who had the greatest genius , formed a design among themselves not to separateand assembling into a societybuilt that vast
, , lower called Babei , upon the summit of which , there was an astronomical observatory , from whence they made , great and skilful advances in that science : but the almighty God being provoked at their resolution to counter-act his wise purpose of establishing universal knowledge , habitation , and population over the whole earth ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine: Or, General And Complete Library.
that there is one glory of the sun , another glory of the moon ; and <; ne . star differs from another star in glory , " and all , by most wondrous-signs and tokens , without voice , sound , or language , solemnl y proclaim divine mysteries . Astronomy , without doubt , immediately attended the . first principles of geometry : tlie view of heaven , and the lighted firmament , must have struck the enterprising faculties of man with amazement
and admiration : ' so must ' . he motions of the sun and moon , together with the regularity of the heavenly luminaries , dividing time into day and ni g ht , demonstrate' to him periodical observations of clays , ni ghts , and seasons , for bis use and natural preservation ; Sciences , therefore , in some degree , begun from man ' s existence , under the variable state of improvements to this day .-
As the Royal Craft was recognized under these discoveries , oh ! liovv divinely pleasing must this heavenly order , which is the unerring rule by which we work the grand building of Masonry , be conceived in the breast of every Mason , when considered mysteriously , as well as numerically , formed alike in . many instances , which when God beheld , he proclaimed it good .
Emulative in his station , let every one of us show the light that glows in his heart l and breathe it out on every intercourse with mankind , that they may see the brightness of our minds , and glorify our Father which is in heaven .- Are we not taught to consider ourselves , as we certainly are , the successors of Moses , grand master of the lodge of Israelwho hewed the two tables of stonewhereon
, , were engraven the ten commandments of God , and whose holy history- commencing from the creation of the world , when both time and things began , is the illuminated rule both of our conduct and faith ? As such then we ought to show good works in obedience to those commandments ; and in conformity to his rules , practise virtue .
To prove that learning and exemplary virtues were qualifications in the primitive times , to make a perfect and good Mason , I shall , tojustify my argument , offer a few instances of such as undoubtedly possessed them . I shall begin with Moses , who was not only an inspired , writer * but he was likewise an entire master of the Egyptian learning ; and was the first who- by a chymical operation , powdered goldand
, , made it rniscible with water . Shem , Ham , and Japhet , who alone were divinely preserved from the watery desart , were grand officers * and learned geometricians ; they brought up their descendants to study geometry , and improve the sciences . Those who had the greatest genius , formed a design among themselves not to separateand assembling into a societybuilt that vast
, , lower called Babei , upon the summit of which , there was an astronomical observatory , from whence they made , great and skilful advances in that science : but the almighty God being provoked at their resolution to counter-act his wise purpose of establishing universal knowledge , habitation , and population over the whole earth ,