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On Freemasonry.
2 ' sux , and know by its equivalent in all languages ; the term Masonry is merely a corruption from the Greek Mea-ovpanea—Sum in medio Cceli , first applied to the science by Pythagoras , when , after travelling through Judea , he returned to Greece and instituted a lodge of
Geometricians upon a new principle , and purified the mysteries of his native' country from the gross errors which debased them . After the flood , the professors of Lux were called Noachidse , although the science itself retained its primitive name for centuries afterwards , and is still so designated in
all our Latin records . The Evangelist St . John , the great patron of Masonry , recognises it by this title ; for , speaking of Christ , he says , he was the true li ght ftjiS ^ : Yet a little while the light is with you (( f > S ;) . Walk while ye have light , that ye may be the children of light («' o < < £ _ .. ;) .
The great work of creation being perfected , Adam was placed in Eden as lord of the fair world , and taught with the knowledge of the Most High that science now known as speculative Masonry . Enjoying the companionshi p of angels , and a holy communion with God himself , the first
pair passed their time in worshi p and innocence . After the fall and its consequent misery to mankind , Adam still retained the knowledge imparted to him in paradise , and practised it upon earth ; in illustration of his unhappy de ^ - reliction from purity are founded some of those
characteristic insignia of Masonry , which convey a remembrance of our degenerate state , and the glorious promise of redemption that cheers it . Such tokens were unnecessary when man was in a state of innocence , but after the fall they were instituted by the great Father of mankind , and remain the
immovable landmarks of the order , even to the present time . VOL . i . n
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
2 ' sux , and know by its equivalent in all languages ; the term Masonry is merely a corruption from the Greek Mea-ovpanea—Sum in medio Cceli , first applied to the science by Pythagoras , when , after travelling through Judea , he returned to Greece and instituted a lodge of
Geometricians upon a new principle , and purified the mysteries of his native' country from the gross errors which debased them . After the flood , the professors of Lux were called Noachidse , although the science itself retained its primitive name for centuries afterwards , and is still so designated in
all our Latin records . The Evangelist St . John , the great patron of Masonry , recognises it by this title ; for , speaking of Christ , he says , he was the true li ght ftjiS ^ : Yet a little while the light is with you (( f > S ;) . Walk while ye have light , that ye may be the children of light («' o < < £ _ .. ;) .
The great work of creation being perfected , Adam was placed in Eden as lord of the fair world , and taught with the knowledge of the Most High that science now known as speculative Masonry . Enjoying the companionshi p of angels , and a holy communion with God himself , the first
pair passed their time in worshi p and innocence . After the fall and its consequent misery to mankind , Adam still retained the knowledge imparted to him in paradise , and practised it upon earth ; in illustration of his unhappy de ^ - reliction from purity are founded some of those
characteristic insignia of Masonry , which convey a remembrance of our degenerate state , and the glorious promise of redemption that cheers it . Such tokens were unnecessary when man was in a state of innocence , but after the fall they were instituted by the great Father of mankind , and remain the
immovable landmarks of the order , even to the present time . VOL . i . n