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Article MASONIC OFFERING TO THE GRAND MASTER. ← Page 2 of 2
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Masonic Offering To The Grand Master.
and Architecture . Astronomy is contemplating the heavens , ancl holding in one hand a sextant , and in the other a telescope ; her head crowned with stars as with a diadem , five in number . Geometry is depicted as contemplating the globe , measuring its parts and ascertaining its proportions with the compasses , and the mystic triangle is marked on her frontal coronet . Sculpture is represented with the mallet and chisel , having just completed the bust of Socrates , emblematic of the devotion
ofthe fine arts to the promotion of the moral virtues . Architecture is typified by the plan of' a temple which she is unfolding to view . The whole of the temple , with its classical accompaniments , is placed on a superb base . From the angles spring four branches foi lights , the cup to receive the light being in the form of the lotus leaf . The whole may he used as a candelabrum when artificial light is required , or otherwise without the branches in its more simple form without appearing imperfect . The base has on each of its four faces an ornamented pannel . Three of these are enriched with historical tablets in low relief , ancl the fourth contains the inscription . The frames of these
tablets are ornamented with the olive , corn , ancl pomegranate , emblematic of those blessings of Providence which Masonry teaches us to diffuse ancl employ for the welfare of our fellow-creatures . The tablet on the principal face represents the Act of the Union of the Two Fraternities of English Freemasons , so happily accomplished by His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , in conjunction with His Itoyal Highness the late Duke of Kent , in the year 1813 . The two illustrious Grand
Masters , surrounded by their respective Grand Officers ancl other Brethren , are represented ratifying and completing the Act of Union , the instrument of which was forthwith deposited in the Ark of the Covenant , the symbol of the Grand Edifice of Union . The All-seeing Eye of Providence is represented as casting its refulgent rays on the deed . The tablet to the left of the above represents Solomon receiving from his father , King David , the plan of the temple to be erected at
Jerusalem , according to the instructions ivhich the Almighty had communicated to him in a vision . The third tablet represents the temple completed , and King Solomon in the act of dedicating it to God ' s holy service . The fourth tablet contains the inscription : it is as
follows—TO IIIS ROYAL HIGHNESS , PRINCE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK , DUKE OF SUSSEX , R . G ., ETC . ETC . ETC .
IN COMMEMORATION OF COMPLETING TWENTY FIVE YEARS GRAND WASTER OP ENGLISH FREEMASONS , FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE BRETHREN . 1 S 38 .
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Masonic Offering To The Grand Master.
and Architecture . Astronomy is contemplating the heavens , ancl holding in one hand a sextant , and in the other a telescope ; her head crowned with stars as with a diadem , five in number . Geometry is depicted as contemplating the globe , measuring its parts and ascertaining its proportions with the compasses , and the mystic triangle is marked on her frontal coronet . Sculpture is represented with the mallet and chisel , having just completed the bust of Socrates , emblematic of the devotion
ofthe fine arts to the promotion of the moral virtues . Architecture is typified by the plan of' a temple which she is unfolding to view . The whole of the temple , with its classical accompaniments , is placed on a superb base . From the angles spring four branches foi lights , the cup to receive the light being in the form of the lotus leaf . The whole may he used as a candelabrum when artificial light is required , or otherwise without the branches in its more simple form without appearing imperfect . The base has on each of its four faces an ornamented pannel . Three of these are enriched with historical tablets in low relief , ancl the fourth contains the inscription . The frames of these
tablets are ornamented with the olive , corn , ancl pomegranate , emblematic of those blessings of Providence which Masonry teaches us to diffuse ancl employ for the welfare of our fellow-creatures . The tablet on the principal face represents the Act of the Union of the Two Fraternities of English Freemasons , so happily accomplished by His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , in conjunction with His Itoyal Highness the late Duke of Kent , in the year 1813 . The two illustrious Grand
Masters , surrounded by their respective Grand Officers ancl other Brethren , are represented ratifying and completing the Act of Union , the instrument of which was forthwith deposited in the Ark of the Covenant , the symbol of the Grand Edifice of Union . The All-seeing Eye of Providence is represented as casting its refulgent rays on the deed . The tablet to the left of the above represents Solomon receiving from his father , King David , the plan of the temple to be erected at
Jerusalem , according to the instructions ivhich the Almighty had communicated to him in a vision . The third tablet represents the temple completed , and King Solomon in the act of dedicating it to God ' s holy service . The fourth tablet contains the inscription : it is as
follows—TO IIIS ROYAL HIGHNESS , PRINCE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK , DUKE OF SUSSEX , R . G ., ETC . ETC . ETC .
IN COMMEMORATION OF COMPLETING TWENTY FIVE YEARS GRAND WASTER OP ENGLISH FREEMASONS , FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE BRETHREN . 1 S 38 .