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ledge of Ms power and goodness ; in other words , ho must have solemnly imbued then- minds with the knowledge of himself , the God of nature , and all that it contains . We read that Adam , in the plenitude of Ms wisdom , gave names unto all animals , and , as is likely , to all substances , discerning ( how we know not , perhaps by some citrine typo placed before Mm ) the specific nature and properties of things . Rest assured , then , if God imparted to Adam a distract knowledge of things earfcMy when he placed him in paradise , constituting the universe Ms first temple , he did , without all doubt , communicate to him the first principles of faith , righteousness , and truth , which all true Masons have maintained free from superstition throughout the long period of their history .
_ Our limits Avill not permit us to folloAv our Rev . Brother through his interesting discourse in treating of various hieroglyphics and symbols ; their appointment by the Supreme Intelligence , and their typical reference to the divine foundations of ri ghteousness and truth contained in the sacred laAv , but Ave Avould earnestly recommend this Avell-Avritten production to every Masonic reader . We regret to notice that the author , in his conclusion , follows , Avithbad taste , the example of his predecessor , by ending Avith , "One word , or rather bone , for the Cowans to gnaAV at their leisure , if not at then' pleasure . " We noAV come to
LECTURE IV . —Vestiges of Freemasonry amongst the ruins of Asia , Africa , fyc . By the Rev . MOSES MARGOLIOUTH , B . A . In the Rev . Brother ' s introduction , Ave are faA'oured Avith seA eral important particulars respecting the Bible , upon Avhich General Washington Avas obligated , and of which Ave gave a short notice in a preceding number . The history and adventures of this sacred relic , tAvice captured by
the enemy , are certainly Avorthy of record . There is a letter introduced from Bro . Capt . Lacy to Bro . Capt . Child , giving an account of the manner in Avhich the former became possessed of the Lodge property in 1829 . He states that "He found , in rummaging one day over the Mess-Go-downs , a bullock-box with the letters L . S . M . Y . No . 227 marked on the brasses . It was open , and I inspected it . It had evidently been pilfered of a jewel or two , but some were lefttogether with the Biblesome rules & cThere was a trowela Master's
, , , . , jewel , and Past Master ' s , of silver—I think no more—and the remnant of a charter ; "but sufficient remained to show it was No . 227 of the Irish Constitution . Pinclmg nobody interested themselves . in these relics , I took possession , and brought them to England . When at Weeclon , in 1834 , I with others made an attempt to revive the Lodge ; and application having been made to Dr . Crucifix , he came to Weedon , and installed me as Master under a new charter of the English constitution . "
It Avill be in the recollection of our readers that this Bible was , at the request of the W . M . and Brethren of the Lodge of Virtue , exhibited by the Lodge 227 of her Majesty's 46 th regiment of infantry , whose property it now is , in presence of a full Lodge , P . Masters and Visiting Brethren , and a procession formed , which passed three times round the Lodge . The grand honours Avere then given to the military Brethren accompanying the Bible , Avhen the folloAving appropriate hymn was sung : —
" Holy Bible , book divine , Precious treasure ! thou art mine !" The first sixteen pages of the Lecture are occupied by a recapitulation of the ceremonies incident on the occasion . The Rev . Lecturer VOL . in . 2 N
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Literary Notices.
ledge of Ms power and goodness ; in other words , ho must have solemnly imbued then- minds with the knowledge of himself , the God of nature , and all that it contains . We read that Adam , in the plenitude of Ms wisdom , gave names unto all animals , and , as is likely , to all substances , discerning ( how we know not , perhaps by some citrine typo placed before Mm ) the specific nature and properties of things . Rest assured , then , if God imparted to Adam a distract knowledge of things earfcMy when he placed him in paradise , constituting the universe Ms first temple , he did , without all doubt , communicate to him the first principles of faith , righteousness , and truth , which all true Masons have maintained free from superstition throughout the long period of their history .
_ Our limits Avill not permit us to folloAv our Rev . Brother through his interesting discourse in treating of various hieroglyphics and symbols ; their appointment by the Supreme Intelligence , and their typical reference to the divine foundations of ri ghteousness and truth contained in the sacred laAv , but Ave Avould earnestly recommend this Avell-Avritten production to every Masonic reader . We regret to notice that the author , in his conclusion , follows , Avithbad taste , the example of his predecessor , by ending Avith , "One word , or rather bone , for the Cowans to gnaAV at their leisure , if not at then' pleasure . " We noAV come to
LECTURE IV . —Vestiges of Freemasonry amongst the ruins of Asia , Africa , fyc . By the Rev . MOSES MARGOLIOUTH , B . A . In the Rev . Brother ' s introduction , Ave are faA'oured Avith seA eral important particulars respecting the Bible , upon Avhich General Washington Avas obligated , and of which Ave gave a short notice in a preceding number . The history and adventures of this sacred relic , tAvice captured by
the enemy , are certainly Avorthy of record . There is a letter introduced from Bro . Capt . Lacy to Bro . Capt . Child , giving an account of the manner in Avhich the former became possessed of the Lodge property in 1829 . He states that "He found , in rummaging one day over the Mess-Go-downs , a bullock-box with the letters L . S . M . Y . No . 227 marked on the brasses . It was open , and I inspected it . It had evidently been pilfered of a jewel or two , but some were lefttogether with the Biblesome rules & cThere was a trowela Master's
, , , . , jewel , and Past Master ' s , of silver—I think no more—and the remnant of a charter ; "but sufficient remained to show it was No . 227 of the Irish Constitution . Pinclmg nobody interested themselves . in these relics , I took possession , and brought them to England . When at Weeclon , in 1834 , I with others made an attempt to revive the Lodge ; and application having been made to Dr . Crucifix , he came to Weedon , and installed me as Master under a new charter of the English constitution . "
It Avill be in the recollection of our readers that this Bible was , at the request of the W . M . and Brethren of the Lodge of Virtue , exhibited by the Lodge 227 of her Majesty's 46 th regiment of infantry , whose property it now is , in presence of a full Lodge , P . Masters and Visiting Brethren , and a procession formed , which passed three times round the Lodge . The grand honours Avere then given to the military Brethren accompanying the Bible , Avhen the folloAving appropriate hymn was sung : —
" Holy Bible , book divine , Precious treasure ! thou art mine !" The first sixteen pages of the Lecture are occupied by a recapitulation of the ceremonies incident on the occasion . The Rev . Lecturer VOL . in . 2 N