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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 5 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
briefly and at the same time correctly . To write a protocol correctly , so that in the event of any dispute it may serve as written evitlence , is , as is well known , a most difficult task , antl requires great experience . Many lodges have two secretaries , one for the transactions and another for the correspondence . The last is generally required to have a more extensive knowledge of Freemasonry in general , and of the interests of the lodge or its members in particularthan the other . The Secretary must be a
, Master Mason , and , when necessary , the brethren must assist him as copyists . Selbst-lcenntniss . Self-knowledge . —Every Freemason is earnestly exhorted to study himself . He who does not know himself , his moral weaknesses , his desires , his powers of toleration , and his real not his imaginary spiritual strength , cannot live as the Order requires that he ought to live , in the bonds of the closest fraternal love with the whole
brotherhood ; and if an office is intrusted to him in the lodge , he cannot know whether he is capable of filling it with credit to himself and profit to the Craft . It is quite as necessary that a Freemason should be as well acquainted with his moral strength as he is with his moral weakness ; for many Masons are inactive in the lodge and in the Craft , merely because they clo not know the power which is within themselves . He who has thoroughly studied himselfand is susceptible of all good impressions ,
, he will be subject to much less evil than others . Senfkorn Orden . Mustard-seed Order . —In the year 1739 there arose in the body of the Moravian brethren a Mustard-seed Order , whose members were called spiritual Freemasons . The whole aim ancl end of the society , which has been long extinct , was taken from the 4 th
chapter of St . Mark s Gospel , 30 th , 31 st , and 32 nd verses , where it is written , "And he said , Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God ? or with what comparison shall we compare it ? It is like a grain of mustard-seed , which , when it is sown in the earth , is less than all the seeds that be in the earth : but when it is sown it groweth up , and becometh greater than all herbs , and shooteth out great branches ; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it . " The members were composed of all sects of Christiansand their chief object was to extend the
, kingdom of Christ through the whole world . The sign of the order was a mustard-plant in a gold ring , with the inscription , " none of us loves himself . " The mustard-plant was placed in the centre of a gold cross , suspended by a green ribbon ; the inscription was , " quodfuit ante nihil . " They held an annual festival in Gwadenstadt , besides which they had two principal festivals , on the 15 th March and the 16 th April . Senkblei oder Bleiloth . Plumb-rule . —Without this instrument the
operative mason cannot prove that his wall is perfectly upright ; and the overseer or superintendent of any building must have this tool ever in his hands , that he may prove that his men are working correctly . To proceed straight forward in the paths of virtue and honour , and faithfully to perform those duties the Craft requires of us , demands constant attention on the part of every Free and Accepted Mason . Sesostris Sesoosisalso called Sethos . —The first two names belonged
, to a king of Egypt , who lived about A . M . 2800 , and who is called the Solomon of Egypt . Much is said of his wisdom in the sacred books and in the mysteries of the Egyptians . Under the title of Sethos we have a French work , which in German is called , " History of the Egyptian king , Sethos ; from the French , by Matthew Claudius , 2 parts , Breslau , 1794 ; " the whole work is upon the mysteries of the ancients .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
briefly and at the same time correctly . To write a protocol correctly , so that in the event of any dispute it may serve as written evitlence , is , as is well known , a most difficult task , antl requires great experience . Many lodges have two secretaries , one for the transactions and another for the correspondence . The last is generally required to have a more extensive knowledge of Freemasonry in general , and of the interests of the lodge or its members in particularthan the other . The Secretary must be a
, Master Mason , and , when necessary , the brethren must assist him as copyists . Selbst-lcenntniss . Self-knowledge . —Every Freemason is earnestly exhorted to study himself . He who does not know himself , his moral weaknesses , his desires , his powers of toleration , and his real not his imaginary spiritual strength , cannot live as the Order requires that he ought to live , in the bonds of the closest fraternal love with the whole
brotherhood ; and if an office is intrusted to him in the lodge , he cannot know whether he is capable of filling it with credit to himself and profit to the Craft . It is quite as necessary that a Freemason should be as well acquainted with his moral strength as he is with his moral weakness ; for many Masons are inactive in the lodge and in the Craft , merely because they clo not know the power which is within themselves . He who has thoroughly studied himselfand is susceptible of all good impressions ,
, he will be subject to much less evil than others . Senfkorn Orden . Mustard-seed Order . —In the year 1739 there arose in the body of the Moravian brethren a Mustard-seed Order , whose members were called spiritual Freemasons . The whole aim ancl end of the society , which has been long extinct , was taken from the 4 th
chapter of St . Mark s Gospel , 30 th , 31 st , and 32 nd verses , where it is written , "And he said , Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God ? or with what comparison shall we compare it ? It is like a grain of mustard-seed , which , when it is sown in the earth , is less than all the seeds that be in the earth : but when it is sown it groweth up , and becometh greater than all herbs , and shooteth out great branches ; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it . " The members were composed of all sects of Christiansand their chief object was to extend the
, kingdom of Christ through the whole world . The sign of the order was a mustard-plant in a gold ring , with the inscription , " none of us loves himself . " The mustard-plant was placed in the centre of a gold cross , suspended by a green ribbon ; the inscription was , " quodfuit ante nihil . " They held an annual festival in Gwadenstadt , besides which they had two principal festivals , on the 15 th March and the 16 th April . Senkblei oder Bleiloth . Plumb-rule . —Without this instrument the
operative mason cannot prove that his wall is perfectly upright ; and the overseer or superintendent of any building must have this tool ever in his hands , that he may prove that his men are working correctly . To proceed straight forward in the paths of virtue and honour , and faithfully to perform those duties the Craft requires of us , demands constant attention on the part of every Free and Accepted Mason . Sesostris Sesoosisalso called Sethos . —The first two names belonged
, to a king of Egypt , who lived about A . M . 2800 , and who is called the Solomon of Egypt . Much is said of his wisdom in the sacred books and in the mysteries of the Egyptians . Under the title of Sethos we have a French work , which in German is called , " History of the Egyptian king , Sethos ; from the French , by Matthew Claudius , 2 parts , Breslau , 1794 ; " the whole work is upon the mysteries of the ancients .