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On Freemasonry.
year , and in his thirty-third the awful mystery of the crucifixion was accomplished . When we come to speak of those degrees , which are purely of a Christian character , and which succeeding ages have engrafted on our Order , Ave shall feel ourselves more at liberty to enter into this solemn subject . But aware that many hi g hly gifted Brethren entertain scruples with regard to their connexion with the more
ancient science of 1 ' reemasonry , it is not our intention in this our general sketch of the origin , progress , and character of the Order , to make more than a general allusion to them , reserving the interesting and chivalrous details of Templar , and the sublime mysteries of Rosycrusian Masonry to embellish our future pases .
Whether the purpose for which the Jewish nation had for ages been the elect of the Most High , the objects of his peculiar care and protection , was accomplished , it is not our province here to determine ; content to fulfil our duty as the humble historian of the Order , we shall only notice the destruction of the second Temple and final dispersion of the Israelites
, as connected with the state of Masonry , and the more general diffusion of its principles , to which undoubtedly that event importantly contributed . The more immediate cause of the fall of Jerusalem may be traced in the charater of her people : confident in the manifold instances which they had received of divine protection , proud of their former importance , misled b y false prophets and fanaticsthey
, measured their unequal power with Rome , the then mistress of the world ; raised as the moral of history should inform us , apparently for no other purpose than to uproot the chosen nation and fulfil her oft predicted destiny . Certain it is , that from the period of their overthrow , the decline of that vast power may be dated : true , she struggled on throuo-h
succeeding ages , but her struggles were the death agonies of an overgrown monster , whose huge limbs quivered with muscular life long after the heart had supplied the stream that fed them . The chequered page of the history of the earth does not present a more important event than the overthrow of the Jewish people . Long , their obstinate
valour defended their devoted city against the cohorts and disci plined leaders of imperial Rome ; step by step , wall by wall , they fought the desperate fight ,- famine could not destroy their courage , the swords of the enemy thinned their ranks , yet their spn-its remained unconquerable . With the most desperate enthusiasm they rushed to battle , expecting every moment that their God would unveil the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
year , and in his thirty-third the awful mystery of the crucifixion was accomplished . When we come to speak of those degrees , which are purely of a Christian character , and which succeeding ages have engrafted on our Order , Ave shall feel ourselves more at liberty to enter into this solemn subject . But aware that many hi g hly gifted Brethren entertain scruples with regard to their connexion with the more
ancient science of 1 ' reemasonry , it is not our intention in this our general sketch of the origin , progress , and character of the Order , to make more than a general allusion to them , reserving the interesting and chivalrous details of Templar , and the sublime mysteries of Rosycrusian Masonry to embellish our future pases .
Whether the purpose for which the Jewish nation had for ages been the elect of the Most High , the objects of his peculiar care and protection , was accomplished , it is not our province here to determine ; content to fulfil our duty as the humble historian of the Order , we shall only notice the destruction of the second Temple and final dispersion of the Israelites
, as connected with the state of Masonry , and the more general diffusion of its principles , to which undoubtedly that event importantly contributed . The more immediate cause of the fall of Jerusalem may be traced in the charater of her people : confident in the manifold instances which they had received of divine protection , proud of their former importance , misled b y false prophets and fanaticsthey
, measured their unequal power with Rome , the then mistress of the world ; raised as the moral of history should inform us , apparently for no other purpose than to uproot the chosen nation and fulfil her oft predicted destiny . Certain it is , that from the period of their overthrow , the decline of that vast power may be dated : true , she struggled on throuo-h
succeeding ages , but her struggles were the death agonies of an overgrown monster , whose huge limbs quivered with muscular life long after the heart had supplied the stream that fed them . The chequered page of the history of the earth does not present a more important event than the overthrow of the Jewish people . Long , their obstinate
valour defended their devoted city against the cohorts and disci plined leaders of imperial Rome ; step by step , wall by wall , they fought the desperate fight ,- famine could not destroy their courage , the swords of the enemy thinned their ranks , yet their spn-its remained unconquerable . With the most desperate enthusiasm they rushed to battle , expecting every moment that their God would unveil the