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Article THE MASONIC TONTINE, AND WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ROSE CROIX. Page 1 of 1
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The Masonic Tontine, And Widows And Orphans.
the Board of General Purposes to report thereon ; the probability is tha if such course be not immediately taken , some other member may take the matter up , and then when about to be discussed it may be seen to have attracted attention , and in due time a reply will be vouchsafed ; but the principle advanced by "A Mason " is too important to be lost sight of by us . ]
Rose Croix.
ROSE CROIX .
A MASONIC MUSING . SOME short time since the writer was informed of a very interesting discussion between two very learned Thebans—the one a French bishop , the other a French , or rather a Hungarian Jew , by name Rosenberg , not a minister , but evidently a man well versed in more than the mere forms and ceremonies of his faith .
Having but a very indifferent knowledge of the French language ( in which the information was given ) it was difficult for the writer to follow very clearly the line of argument of the learned disputants , who , it appeared , became much excited in the conversation . At length it was said that they agreed to an armistice , as both appeared to have approached the goal whence neither would move ; and as the writer was given to understand that each thought he had dumbfounded the other .
After a short pause the Jew insisted that the " sun passed the equator . " The Priest was equally positive that the " sun crossed the equator . " And on the imputed signification of the words " passed" and " crossed " the disputants resumed their arguments with added force ; and indeed they parted neither convinced or satisfied . The writer has since thought much on the subject of this discussion , and ventures , through the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , to solicit
some interpretation of what to him appears to possess some interest . One of the disputants maintained that the " sun passed the equator " at the vernal equinox , and that the "pacque" or passover—the solemn festival of the Jews , as instituted in remembrance of their departure from Egypt—had also an allusion to the time of the sun passing the equator . The other maintained that the " sun traversed the equator in the
form of a cross , for in its course it described a rose croix , illuminated by its own lustre , " observing that at the vernal equinox the rose begins to bloom—and hence the derivation of the Rose Croix ; also , that the period was a typical allusion to Christ and the Easter Feast . The writer retained a diagram which had been hastily sketched in Bro . Rosenberg ' s presence , and which he now presents ; ancl shall feel obliged by some one of your correspcndsnts , qualified b y his learning
and research , taking up the subject . FIDUS . - « ' 6 £ y - §& % % m ' mt wmr ^ m ' ^ typ * .. _ m
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The Masonic Tontine, And Widows And Orphans.
the Board of General Purposes to report thereon ; the probability is tha if such course be not immediately taken , some other member may take the matter up , and then when about to be discussed it may be seen to have attracted attention , and in due time a reply will be vouchsafed ; but the principle advanced by "A Mason " is too important to be lost sight of by us . ]
Rose Croix.
ROSE CROIX .
A MASONIC MUSING . SOME short time since the writer was informed of a very interesting discussion between two very learned Thebans—the one a French bishop , the other a French , or rather a Hungarian Jew , by name Rosenberg , not a minister , but evidently a man well versed in more than the mere forms and ceremonies of his faith .
Having but a very indifferent knowledge of the French language ( in which the information was given ) it was difficult for the writer to follow very clearly the line of argument of the learned disputants , who , it appeared , became much excited in the conversation . At length it was said that they agreed to an armistice , as both appeared to have approached the goal whence neither would move ; and as the writer was given to understand that each thought he had dumbfounded the other .
After a short pause the Jew insisted that the " sun passed the equator . " The Priest was equally positive that the " sun crossed the equator . " And on the imputed signification of the words " passed" and " crossed " the disputants resumed their arguments with added force ; and indeed they parted neither convinced or satisfied . The writer has since thought much on the subject of this discussion , and ventures , through the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , to solicit
some interpretation of what to him appears to possess some interest . One of the disputants maintained that the " sun passed the equator " at the vernal equinox , and that the "pacque" or passover—the solemn festival of the Jews , as instituted in remembrance of their departure from Egypt—had also an allusion to the time of the sun passing the equator . The other maintained that the " sun traversed the equator in the
form of a cross , for in its course it described a rose croix , illuminated by its own lustre , " observing that at the vernal equinox the rose begins to bloom—and hence the derivation of the Rose Croix ; also , that the period was a typical allusion to Christ and the Easter Feast . The writer retained a diagram which had been hastily sketched in Bro . Rosenberg ' s presence , and which he now presents ; ancl shall feel obliged by some one of your correspcndsnts , qualified b y his learning
and research , taking up the subject . FIDUS . - « ' 6 £ y - §& % % m ' mt wmr ^ m ' ^ typ * .. _ m