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"Brotherly Love, Relief And Truth."
its own holy love . Anel , though we may believe this , aye , and much more , the world may not , and will not , for it may say , how do you know that these signs and symbols ivhich you fondly fancy are proofs of your antiquity and truth , are not accidental , and used by profanes , for things in no way connected with your mystic secrets . We may answer , wonderful indeed ivould it be , if such was the case , in soothand that these Holsymbolswhich are found in every
, y , country , were in truth , merely accidental , and perchance local . We may refer to one emblem in particular , ivhich is to be found ( a wonderful fact ) in regions the most remote , and most opposite . I need not say , I imagine , I mean the 2 ^ , which has been found in the Cave of Elephanta , on the great image of the Deity ; at Ghuznee , in the wall of the Temple ; in Normandy and Bj-ittany on medallions ; on the breasts of Knihts Templarsas " they lie in their recumbent effigies ,
g , in their priories , in Litchfield Cathedral , and on the far famed gates of Somnauth , and in innumerable other monuments of by-gone ages . With these facts before us , ive may safely assert , that this one emblem is not merely accidental , and when we know , that their did exist a body in England ( a fact which the Cambridge Camden Society fully admit , ) which built all the Cathedrals in England , and very many in France , and had the sole superintendence of the building of religious edifices ,
and that this body was called " the Body of Freemasons , " and we know from our own oral traditions , how ive are descended from these men , we may account very satisfactoril y for the existence of signs and emblems , well known to us , in the cathedrals of our own and other lands . We had thus , though very cursorily " broken ground , " before the formidable fortress of the visible proofs of Masonry , —little indeed has been our progressbut we hope on some future opportunity" to
, , lay the first parallel , " by reconsidering the original , and the general proposition , and commenting on other significant emblems . Humbly do we hope you will criticise with , mercy , and Brotherly tenderness , this our humble effort , to assist that most excellent journal , the one in svhich this trifle has the honour to appear . A . F . April 13 , 1844 .
Waterloo Masonic Anecdotes*
WATERLOO MASONIC ANECDOTES *
June 18 , 1815 . —A Belgian officer during the engagement recognized in the opposing army , about six in the evening , a former associate and Brother Mason , member of the same Lodge ; they were at such distance apart , that he feared the chance of a mutual greeting was impossible , but he dreaded more the possibility of a personal conflict ; at length he saw his friend attacked and wounded—lie forgot every thing but that they were Brothers . —The Belgian rushed into the mele ' e , and at the risk of being considered a traitor , he protected him—made him prisonerplaced him in safety—and , after the battle , renewed his friendship .
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"Brotherly Love, Relief And Truth."
its own holy love . Anel , though we may believe this , aye , and much more , the world may not , and will not , for it may say , how do you know that these signs and symbols ivhich you fondly fancy are proofs of your antiquity and truth , are not accidental , and used by profanes , for things in no way connected with your mystic secrets . We may answer , wonderful indeed ivould it be , if such was the case , in soothand that these Holsymbolswhich are found in every
, y , country , were in truth , merely accidental , and perchance local . We may refer to one emblem in particular , ivhich is to be found ( a wonderful fact ) in regions the most remote , and most opposite . I need not say , I imagine , I mean the 2 ^ , which has been found in the Cave of Elephanta , on the great image of the Deity ; at Ghuznee , in the wall of the Temple ; in Normandy and Bj-ittany on medallions ; on the breasts of Knihts Templarsas " they lie in their recumbent effigies ,
g , in their priories , in Litchfield Cathedral , and on the far famed gates of Somnauth , and in innumerable other monuments of by-gone ages . With these facts before us , ive may safely assert , that this one emblem is not merely accidental , and when we know , that their did exist a body in England ( a fact which the Cambridge Camden Society fully admit , ) which built all the Cathedrals in England , and very many in France , and had the sole superintendence of the building of religious edifices ,
and that this body was called " the Body of Freemasons , " and we know from our own oral traditions , how ive are descended from these men , we may account very satisfactoril y for the existence of signs and emblems , well known to us , in the cathedrals of our own and other lands . We had thus , though very cursorily " broken ground , " before the formidable fortress of the visible proofs of Masonry , —little indeed has been our progressbut we hope on some future opportunity" to
, , lay the first parallel , " by reconsidering the original , and the general proposition , and commenting on other significant emblems . Humbly do we hope you will criticise with , mercy , and Brotherly tenderness , this our humble effort , to assist that most excellent journal , the one in svhich this trifle has the honour to appear . A . F . April 13 , 1844 .
Waterloo Masonic Anecdotes*
WATERLOO MASONIC ANECDOTES *
June 18 , 1815 . —A Belgian officer during the engagement recognized in the opposing army , about six in the evening , a former associate and Brother Mason , member of the same Lodge ; they were at such distance apart , that he feared the chance of a mutual greeting was impossible , but he dreaded more the possibility of a personal conflict ; at length he saw his friend attacked and wounded—lie forgot every thing but that they were Brothers . —The Belgian rushed into the mele ' e , and at the risk of being considered a traitor , he protected him—made him prisonerplaced him in safety—and , after the battle , renewed his friendship .