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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 7 of 7
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
being at length convinced of its want of a foundation , they ultimately rejected it . Kunst oder audi Koenigliche Kunst . Art , or Royal Art . —It is a royal art to be able to preserve a secret , and we are , therefore , accustomed to call Freemasonry a Royal Art . To be able to plan large buildings , especially palaces , is also certainly a great and a royal art , but it is still a more royal art to induce men to do that which is goodand
, to abstain from evil , without having recourse to the power of the law . Others derive the appellation , Royal Art , from that part of the members of the English Builders' Hutts , who , after the beheading of Charles I ., 30 th January , 1649 , joined the persecuted Stuart , inasmuch as that they laboured to restore the royal throne , which had been
destroyed by Cromwell . Anderson , on the contrary , in his English Constitution Book , affirms that the appellation Royal Art is derived from the fact that royal persons have stood , and still stand , at the head of the Craft . Kuss . Kiss , or Salute . —The salutation of the Brethren should be a salute of peace and of love , and strengthened by the sacred numbers . The Judas kiss is vanished from amongst us . He who does not really
love his Brother , let him not take him by the hand , let him not feign love . Experience teaches us that every Brother is not worthy of love , and that those who meet every one with an embrace , who profess to love every one , lay themselves open to the suspicion that they do not
really and truly respect any one . Landes gesetze . Laws ofthe land . —The Freemason has the greatest respect for the laws of the land in which he lives , and he obeys them with the zeal of a faithful subject . If he is entrusted with the putting those laws in force , his Masonic duties remind him to be faithful and diligent in applying them . Should the state command the Loclge to be closed of which he is a member , he immediately obeys , and visits no assembly which is not allowedor at least tolerated bthe state . In the event of a
, y Brother wilfully violating the laws of his country , the Order itself directs the attention of the magistrates unto him , and he who is punished as a criminal by the laws , is excluded from the Order without exception . Lehrling . — . Apprentice , or first degree in the Order , in which every one must remain one or two years ; yet many are advanced to the Fellow Craft ' s degree earlier , according as their spiritual capacity , zeal for the Order , and proved brotherly love deserve . An apprentice is nevertheless
respected in every Lodge as a Brother equally as much as an older member , and he has not , as might be supposed , any especially derogatory work to do . He learns Masonic wisdom as far as it can be taught in the first degree , and he is , therefore , called an apprentice . His clothing in the Lodge is very little different from that of the others , and the older Brethren dare not place much value in their being able to wear an ornament or two more than he does . To be true to their duty is a star which hangs upon the naked breast , the other stars hang upon the coat , says Brother Asmus .
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
being at length convinced of its want of a foundation , they ultimately rejected it . Kunst oder audi Koenigliche Kunst . Art , or Royal Art . —It is a royal art to be able to preserve a secret , and we are , therefore , accustomed to call Freemasonry a Royal Art . To be able to plan large buildings , especially palaces , is also certainly a great and a royal art , but it is still a more royal art to induce men to do that which is goodand
, to abstain from evil , without having recourse to the power of the law . Others derive the appellation , Royal Art , from that part of the members of the English Builders' Hutts , who , after the beheading of Charles I ., 30 th January , 1649 , joined the persecuted Stuart , inasmuch as that they laboured to restore the royal throne , which had been
destroyed by Cromwell . Anderson , on the contrary , in his English Constitution Book , affirms that the appellation Royal Art is derived from the fact that royal persons have stood , and still stand , at the head of the Craft . Kuss . Kiss , or Salute . —The salutation of the Brethren should be a salute of peace and of love , and strengthened by the sacred numbers . The Judas kiss is vanished from amongst us . He who does not really
love his Brother , let him not take him by the hand , let him not feign love . Experience teaches us that every Brother is not worthy of love , and that those who meet every one with an embrace , who profess to love every one , lay themselves open to the suspicion that they do not
really and truly respect any one . Landes gesetze . Laws ofthe land . —The Freemason has the greatest respect for the laws of the land in which he lives , and he obeys them with the zeal of a faithful subject . If he is entrusted with the putting those laws in force , his Masonic duties remind him to be faithful and diligent in applying them . Should the state command the Loclge to be closed of which he is a member , he immediately obeys , and visits no assembly which is not allowedor at least tolerated bthe state . In the event of a
, y Brother wilfully violating the laws of his country , the Order itself directs the attention of the magistrates unto him , and he who is punished as a criminal by the laws , is excluded from the Order without exception . Lehrling . — . Apprentice , or first degree in the Order , in which every one must remain one or two years ; yet many are advanced to the Fellow Craft ' s degree earlier , according as their spiritual capacity , zeal for the Order , and proved brotherly love deserve . An apprentice is nevertheless
respected in every Lodge as a Brother equally as much as an older member , and he has not , as might be supposed , any especially derogatory work to do . He learns Masonic wisdom as far as it can be taught in the first degree , and he is , therefore , called an apprentice . His clothing in the Lodge is very little different from that of the others , and the older Brethren dare not place much value in their being able to wear an ornament or two more than he does . To be true to their duty is a star which hangs upon the naked breast , the other stars hang upon the coat , says Brother Asmus .