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On Freemasonry.
who laid out the earth above the waters ; who made great lights ; the Sun to rule the day , the Moon and the Stars to govern the night ; whose voice shaketh the wilderness , and divideth the flames of fire ; whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom , and his dominion endureth throughout all ages . " * The truth of these observations may be proved from our
own lectures . In a lucid illustration of the three great pillars of Masonry which form the allegorical support of the Lodge , we find the following exquisite passage . " The universe is the temple of the Deity whom we serve ; wisdom , strength , and beauty are about his throne , as pillars of his work , for his wisdom is infinitehis strength is omnipotence
, , and his beauty shines forth in all his works in symmetry and order . He hath crowned the heavens with stars as with a diadem ; the earth he hath planted as his footstool ; the Sun and Moon are messengers of his will , and all his law is concord . "
What can more p lainl y express the fact that Masons regard the Sun and Moon as messengers of His Almi ghty will and pleasure , and invest them with no hi gher rank ? Nay , so far is the science of Freemasonry from assigning any undue influence to the Sun , that some of our Brethren of the last century conjectured that it was created for other
purposes than to be the glory of the world , by conveying li ght and nourishment to all things here below . They ventured to suggest the probability that , when all the purposes of its first commission shall have terminated b y the destruction of this globe which we inhabit , it will be destined to another office which is equall y registered in the designs of
Omnipotence , viz ., to be the local place of punishment for those unhappy beings on whom the final sentence of reprobation shall be pronounced . To maintain this opinion they assumed as an axiom , that the Sun is a bod y of real , corporeal fire . f If any one , they said , doubt this , let him subject his naked body to its scorching
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
who laid out the earth above the waters ; who made great lights ; the Sun to rule the day , the Moon and the Stars to govern the night ; whose voice shaketh the wilderness , and divideth the flames of fire ; whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom , and his dominion endureth throughout all ages . " * The truth of these observations may be proved from our
own lectures . In a lucid illustration of the three great pillars of Masonry which form the allegorical support of the Lodge , we find the following exquisite passage . " The universe is the temple of the Deity whom we serve ; wisdom , strength , and beauty are about his throne , as pillars of his work , for his wisdom is infinitehis strength is omnipotence
, , and his beauty shines forth in all his works in symmetry and order . He hath crowned the heavens with stars as with a diadem ; the earth he hath planted as his footstool ; the Sun and Moon are messengers of his will , and all his law is concord . "
What can more p lainl y express the fact that Masons regard the Sun and Moon as messengers of His Almi ghty will and pleasure , and invest them with no hi gher rank ? Nay , so far is the science of Freemasonry from assigning any undue influence to the Sun , that some of our Brethren of the last century conjectured that it was created for other
purposes than to be the glory of the world , by conveying li ght and nourishment to all things here below . They ventured to suggest the probability that , when all the purposes of its first commission shall have terminated b y the destruction of this globe which we inhabit , it will be destined to another office which is equall y registered in the designs of
Omnipotence , viz ., to be the local place of punishment for those unhappy beings on whom the final sentence of reprobation shall be pronounced . To maintain this opinion they assumed as an axiom , that the Sun is a bod y of real , corporeal fire . f If any one , they said , doubt this , let him subject his naked body to its scorching