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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 12 of 12
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
preacher in the Marien Church , and , in 1788 , Provost of Berlin . He was a powerful and a polished preacher , with a clear head ancl a pure heart , and most conscientiously used his distinguished talents in promoting the best welfare of the churches and schools of Berlin , ancl , as a distinguished author in various ranks of literature , gained the respect and esteem of all his contemporaries . His '' Reading Book for all Classes ; " his "WeeklConversations on the Characteristics of
Many kind , and on the Earth and its Inhabitants ; " and also his "Travels , " give a sufficient proof of his useful activity . He was very early initiated into the fraternity , and was extremely active in it . In 1798 , he was elected , by the Grand National Mother Lodge at Berlin , its Grancl Master , and in this office he took the first ancl most distinguished part in introducing the rectified system into that Grand Lodge . In his memory , the lodge founded an exhibition , which is given under the title of the
Zollmerical Freemasons' Exhibition . The lodge considered this a more worthy monument of his useful services than one of stone . Zoroaster . —Properly Zerdutscht , or Zerethoschthro , a celebrated eastern philosopher , whose history is veiled in great obscurity . He is saicl to have lived in the time of King Darius Hystaspis , 519 years before Christ ; that he was well skilled in all Oriental wisdom ; ancl that he was instructed in the knowledge of the true God by an Israelitish priest . He
was acknowledged by Darius ancl his Persians as an ambassador of God . He is not the founder , but the reformer , and very probably merely the extender , of the religion of the Magi . Some philosophers mention two persons of the name of Zoroaster ; but in probability there was only one . His religious opinions are contained in the " Zend-Avesta , " the Persian Liturgie , of which there is a German translation by Klenken , in three vols . Riga , 1775 . The original of this work was written in the ancientnow deadlanguage Zend ; some of them in the
, , also dead language Pehlvi , and others are translated into the Sanscrit , and into the ancient and modern Persian . According to the Zend-Avesta , the principal doctrines of Magismus are the following . There are two principles , from one of which every moral ancl physical good in the earth is derived , and from the other everything that is wicketl . The good principle is called Ormuzd , and the evil Ahriinan . Both were originally created good by Zatrea of Ormuzd , Ahriman became wicked ,
and , from that time to the present , there has been a continual combat between the good and the bad principle . The first men were created pure and immortal , but they sinned . There will be a reward for the good after death ; the state of the damned is a state of purification . After 12 , 000 , for so long the world will exist , the good will be victorious over the bad for ever . The Grecian work which we have , under the title of '' the Oracles of Zoroaster , " is of later origin , and most probably the production of gnostic or modern Platonica .
[ Thus concludes the labour of our much esteemed Bro . Watson , who , in the translation of an important ancl valuable work , has " done the state some service . " His labours have extended over a series of years , during which many and oft have we received grateful testimony from kindred spirits , who , like himself , prize Freemasonry for its purity . If our own acknowledgments can acid to the weight of others , we give them with all sincerity , and " hearty good wishes " that length of years , and happiness to enjoy them , may attend a brother who has proved himself " free and accepted . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
preacher in the Marien Church , and , in 1788 , Provost of Berlin . He was a powerful and a polished preacher , with a clear head ancl a pure heart , and most conscientiously used his distinguished talents in promoting the best welfare of the churches and schools of Berlin , ancl , as a distinguished author in various ranks of literature , gained the respect and esteem of all his contemporaries . His '' Reading Book for all Classes ; " his "WeeklConversations on the Characteristics of
Many kind , and on the Earth and its Inhabitants ; " and also his "Travels , " give a sufficient proof of his useful activity . He was very early initiated into the fraternity , and was extremely active in it . In 1798 , he was elected , by the Grand National Mother Lodge at Berlin , its Grancl Master , and in this office he took the first ancl most distinguished part in introducing the rectified system into that Grand Lodge . In his memory , the lodge founded an exhibition , which is given under the title of the
Zollmerical Freemasons' Exhibition . The lodge considered this a more worthy monument of his useful services than one of stone . Zoroaster . —Properly Zerdutscht , or Zerethoschthro , a celebrated eastern philosopher , whose history is veiled in great obscurity . He is saicl to have lived in the time of King Darius Hystaspis , 519 years before Christ ; that he was well skilled in all Oriental wisdom ; ancl that he was instructed in the knowledge of the true God by an Israelitish priest . He
was acknowledged by Darius ancl his Persians as an ambassador of God . He is not the founder , but the reformer , and very probably merely the extender , of the religion of the Magi . Some philosophers mention two persons of the name of Zoroaster ; but in probability there was only one . His religious opinions are contained in the " Zend-Avesta , " the Persian Liturgie , of which there is a German translation by Klenken , in three vols . Riga , 1775 . The original of this work was written in the ancientnow deadlanguage Zend ; some of them in the
, , also dead language Pehlvi , and others are translated into the Sanscrit , and into the ancient and modern Persian . According to the Zend-Avesta , the principal doctrines of Magismus are the following . There are two principles , from one of which every moral ancl physical good in the earth is derived , and from the other everything that is wicketl . The good principle is called Ormuzd , and the evil Ahriinan . Both were originally created good by Zatrea of Ormuzd , Ahriman became wicked ,
and , from that time to the present , there has been a continual combat between the good and the bad principle . The first men were created pure and immortal , but they sinned . There will be a reward for the good after death ; the state of the damned is a state of purification . After 12 , 000 , for so long the world will exist , the good will be victorious over the bad for ever . The Grecian work which we have , under the title of '' the Oracles of Zoroaster , " is of later origin , and most probably the production of gnostic or modern Platonica .
[ Thus concludes the labour of our much esteemed Bro . Watson , who , in the translation of an important ancl valuable work , has " done the state some service . " His labours have extended over a series of years , during which many and oft have we received grateful testimony from kindred spirits , who , like himself , prize Freemasonry for its purity . If our own acknowledgments can acid to the weight of others , we give them with all sincerity , and " hearty good wishes " that length of years , and happiness to enjoy them , may attend a brother who has proved himself " free and accepted . "