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Article ON FREEMASONRY. ← Page 7 of 7 Article FREEMASONRY IN CHINA.* Page 1 of 8 →
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On Freemasonry.
These events , and many others of equal importance in the life of Enoch have been embodied in a high degree , called the Knight of the Ninth Arch , in some systems , and the Royal Arch of Enoch , in others . Colonel Webb , in his Masonic Monitor , published under the sanction of the Grand Chapter of Rhode Island , ancl other Masonic authorities , has recorded the history and charges of this degree , and it will therefore be unnecessary to repeat them here .
Thus we may safely conjecture that the Freemasonry of Adam included a knowledge of the doctrine of human redemption , which was preserved ancl transmitted to his descendants , from whom the Messiah was to spring . ( To bs continued .
Freemasonry In China.*
FREEMASONRY IN CHINA . *
A secret association exists in China , entitled the TRIAD SOCIETY ; which , although not a Masonic Fraternity , has in its circumstances such points of apparent similarity , that we anticipate the interest our readers will take in the perusal of a digest of the following account . ' THK NAME j appears to be the San ho kiouy , i . e . " The Society of the Three United , or the Triad Society . " The three united in this name are " HeavenEarthMan" which are the three great powers in
, , , nature , according to the Chinese doctrine of tbe universe . In the earlier part ofthe reign of his late Chinese majesty Kea King , the society was called T'heen te hwuy , i . e . " The Ccelesto- terrestrial Society , or the Society that unites Heaven and Earth . " It nearly upset the government , and its machinations were not entirely defeated till the eighth year of that emperor ' s reign , when the chiefs were seized and put to death ; according to the bombast of Gbinesa reports , not one member was left under the
wide extent . of the heavens . - , , „ -.: . -. ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ,: The fact , xhowever , was just the reverse , for they still existed and operated , but with more secresy , and , to cover their purposes , assumed the name of the "Triad Society ; " but the name by which they chiefly distinguished themselves is Hung kea , i . e . the " Flood Family . " . ;¦ There : are also other associations formed both in China and in the Chinese colonies , as the T'hecii how hwuy , i . e . the " Queen of Heaven ' s
Company , or Society ; " called also the JVeang ma hwuy , or "Her Ladyship ' s Society ; " meaning the- ' Queen of Heaven , the mother and nurse of all things . " Although these associations are rather for commercial and idolatrous purposes , than for the overthrow of social order , yet . it is said that the members of the " Queen of Heaven ' s Society , " who settled in Bengal and other places , unite in house-breaking , & e . , ;; THE OBJECT .- AS the society increased , it degenerated from mutual assistance , to theft , overthrow of government , and to aim at political
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
These events , and many others of equal importance in the life of Enoch have been embodied in a high degree , called the Knight of the Ninth Arch , in some systems , and the Royal Arch of Enoch , in others . Colonel Webb , in his Masonic Monitor , published under the sanction of the Grand Chapter of Rhode Island , ancl other Masonic authorities , has recorded the history and charges of this degree , and it will therefore be unnecessary to repeat them here .
Thus we may safely conjecture that the Freemasonry of Adam included a knowledge of the doctrine of human redemption , which was preserved ancl transmitted to his descendants , from whom the Messiah was to spring . ( To bs continued .
Freemasonry In China.*
FREEMASONRY IN CHINA . *
A secret association exists in China , entitled the TRIAD SOCIETY ; which , although not a Masonic Fraternity , has in its circumstances such points of apparent similarity , that we anticipate the interest our readers will take in the perusal of a digest of the following account . ' THK NAME j appears to be the San ho kiouy , i . e . " The Society of the Three United , or the Triad Society . " The three united in this name are " HeavenEarthMan" which are the three great powers in
, , , nature , according to the Chinese doctrine of tbe universe . In the earlier part ofthe reign of his late Chinese majesty Kea King , the society was called T'heen te hwuy , i . e . " The Ccelesto- terrestrial Society , or the Society that unites Heaven and Earth . " It nearly upset the government , and its machinations were not entirely defeated till the eighth year of that emperor ' s reign , when the chiefs were seized and put to death ; according to the bombast of Gbinesa reports , not one member was left under the
wide extent . of the heavens . - , , „ -.: . -. ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ,: The fact , xhowever , was just the reverse , for they still existed and operated , but with more secresy , and , to cover their purposes , assumed the name of the "Triad Society ; " but the name by which they chiefly distinguished themselves is Hung kea , i . e . the " Flood Family . " . ;¦ There : are also other associations formed both in China and in the Chinese colonies , as the T'hecii how hwuy , i . e . the " Queen of Heaven ' s
Company , or Society ; " called also the JVeang ma hwuy , or "Her Ladyship ' s Society ; " meaning the- ' Queen of Heaven , the mother and nurse of all things . " Although these associations are rather for commercial and idolatrous purposes , than for the overthrow of social order , yet . it is said that the members of the " Queen of Heaven ' s Society , " who settled in Bengal and other places , unite in house-breaking , & e . , ;; THE OBJECT .- AS the society increased , it degenerated from mutual assistance , to theft , overthrow of government , and to aim at political