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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON.* ← Page 6 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.*
degrees . In the year 1797 , Rio . Fessk-r introduced it into the Royal York ( . rand Lodge , at Berlin , partly in a lecture and partly by initiation . The deceased Bio . Schrccder also introduced it into the Grand Lodge , at Hamburgh , without any initiation , and it is still given there hy the Grand Lodge itself . Espcrttncier Logon odcr , Order der Espcrancc . Hope Lodges , or Order of Hope—A French Order for females . This sort of Lodges
must have existed about the year 1780 , ancl were , probably , nothing more than the Lodges of Adoption of the present time . Some such Esperancier Lodges had obtained a footing about that time in Brunswick ancl Gottingcn . Not merely females but males also were initiated in them , but no women could be accepted but those whose husbands were Freemasons . A woman was there ( so called ) Grand Mistress , and they only wrought in two degrees . All was done hthem with the
y number five . A Mason of the high degrees could obtain admittance into these Lodges without initiation , Essaer . Essences . —Amongst the Jews in Judca ancl in Syria , some centuries both before ancl after the birth of Christ , it is well known that there were three distinct sects—Pharisees , Sadducecs , ancl Essences . This third was the oldest sect , and they were now and then called Therapeutics . The Essences laudabldistinguished themselves in
y many respects from the other two sects , inasmuch as they were less numerous , and proceeded on their way peaceably , noiselessly , and without ostentation , or forcible attempts at proselytism ; for which reason they were much less known than the other sects . They employed themselves principally in the study of Botany and Medicine , from
whence their name is derived . They had their chiefs and elders , distinguishing signs of their Order , a peculiar cloathing for the same , different degree for their disciples , as also certain secret doctrines , ami regular secret assemblies . They lived in various parts of Syria and Palestine , and , according to the numbers residing in one neighbourhood , they formed one or more societies , as was most convenient for themselves , ancl they earned their support by the business they hacl been
taught . In their general habits and manners they had adopted many maxims from Pythagoras . They taught , amongst other things , that the Godhead hacl reserved to himself the government of the universe , but , at the sametime , had given man the power to act according to the dictates of his own free-will ; yet , they attributed to the spirits a certain influence upon mankind . They taught , further , that the soul of man was parted from the body at the time of his death—that it was immortal ,
inasmuch as , that it returned into the most subtile air , from which it was formed in the body ; and that this immortality was accompanied with reward or punishment , as they had lived a moral or a vicious life . Fidelity to their princes or rulers , lawful order , adherence unto truth , virtue , sobriety , humility , and strict secresy , were the chief principles of their code of action . To the punctual performance of those and other similar dutiesviz . the strictest maintenance of the secrets of their
, , society ; of justice and of humanity every one pledged himself when he was admitted a member , by a most solemn oath . It was onl y by being of mature age , ancl going through a three years' probation , during which they were obliged to lead a temperate , chaste , moral , virtuous , and , in many respects , a severely . self-mortified life , that they were enabled lo gain admission into the order , when they received a white dress or apron and a small hatchet ( dolabclla ) , as the signs of their admission . For
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.*
degrees . In the year 1797 , Rio . Fessk-r introduced it into the Royal York ( . rand Lodge , at Berlin , partly in a lecture and partly by initiation . The deceased Bio . Schrccder also introduced it into the Grand Lodge , at Hamburgh , without any initiation , and it is still given there hy the Grand Lodge itself . Espcrttncier Logon odcr , Order der Espcrancc . Hope Lodges , or Order of Hope—A French Order for females . This sort of Lodges
must have existed about the year 1780 , ancl were , probably , nothing more than the Lodges of Adoption of the present time . Some such Esperancier Lodges had obtained a footing about that time in Brunswick ancl Gottingcn . Not merely females but males also were initiated in them , but no women could be accepted but those whose husbands were Freemasons . A woman was there ( so called ) Grand Mistress , and they only wrought in two degrees . All was done hthem with the
y number five . A Mason of the high degrees could obtain admittance into these Lodges without initiation , Essaer . Essences . —Amongst the Jews in Judca ancl in Syria , some centuries both before ancl after the birth of Christ , it is well known that there were three distinct sects—Pharisees , Sadducecs , ancl Essences . This third was the oldest sect , and they were now and then called Therapeutics . The Essences laudabldistinguished themselves in
y many respects from the other two sects , inasmuch as they were less numerous , and proceeded on their way peaceably , noiselessly , and without ostentation , or forcible attempts at proselytism ; for which reason they were much less known than the other sects . They employed themselves principally in the study of Botany and Medicine , from
whence their name is derived . They had their chiefs and elders , distinguishing signs of their Order , a peculiar cloathing for the same , different degree for their disciples , as also certain secret doctrines , ami regular secret assemblies . They lived in various parts of Syria and Palestine , and , according to the numbers residing in one neighbourhood , they formed one or more societies , as was most convenient for themselves , ancl they earned their support by the business they hacl been
taught . In their general habits and manners they had adopted many maxims from Pythagoras . They taught , amongst other things , that the Godhead hacl reserved to himself the government of the universe , but , at the sametime , had given man the power to act according to the dictates of his own free-will ; yet , they attributed to the spirits a certain influence upon mankind . They taught , further , that the soul of man was parted from the body at the time of his death—that it was immortal ,
inasmuch as , that it returned into the most subtile air , from which it was formed in the body ; and that this immortality was accompanied with reward or punishment , as they had lived a moral or a vicious life . Fidelity to their princes or rulers , lawful order , adherence unto truth , virtue , sobriety , humility , and strict secresy , were the chief principles of their code of action . To the punctual performance of those and other similar dutiesviz . the strictest maintenance of the secrets of their
, , society ; of justice and of humanity every one pledged himself when he was admitted a member , by a most solemn oath . It was onl y by being of mature age , ancl going through a three years' probation , during which they were obliged to lead a temperate , chaste , moral , virtuous , and , in many respects , a severely . self-mortified life , that they were enabled lo gain admission into the order , when they received a white dress or apron and a small hatchet ( dolabclla ) , as the signs of their admission . For