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clearly displayed . Inquiries have been instituted for the purpose of ascertaining from whence the different systems were derived—how the arrangement now practised under the denomination of Freemasonry orig inated—and whether it contains any portion of the Speculative Operative , or Spurious Freemasonry of ancient times . The author ' s principal object has been to inspire a taste for the pure hilosophy of Masonry ; that it may superinduce the habitual practice
p of those blooming virtues which its authorised lectures so strongly recommend . Added to these important objects of inquiry , the lectures will be found to contain a sketch of Freemasonry as it is now practised . The subject—circumscribed as its written truths must necessarily be , within very narrow limits—though blending the essential characteristics of beauty and sublimity—was from this very circumstance uninviting .
The attempt , however , has been made ; and the studious Mason will discover in this present work , many important illustrations of that science , which " teaches almost every branch of polite learning , and comprehends a regular system of virtue , and the acts which adorn and dignify human nature . " It is offered to the Brethren , under a firm conviction , that the beauties and perfections of Freemasonry are dislayed to advantagewithout rifling the cabinet of its present gemsor
p , , exposing to the world a single forbidden secret . The key is furnished by initiation alone . On the whole , if it shall appear that the task has been executed to the satisfaction of the Craft , a cheering conviction will he placed on the author ' s mind , that he has been useful in his generation , according to the light vouchsafed to him . It will prove a gratifying testimony to the sincere and earnest endeavours which he has exercised to describe
Freemasonry , as being invested with those bright attributes of Light , Charity , and Morality , to which it has a just and righteous claim , because they have been its distinguishing characteristics from the infancy of time . Believe me , Dear Sir , your faithful Brother , GEORGE OLIVER , D . D . Scopwick Vicarage , February 12 , 1839 .
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TO THE EDITOR .
REFUTATION OF A PORTION OF HEBREW CHRONOLOGY . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —I trust that I am not too lata to call the attention ( in this Quarterly Review ) of the Brethren , especially the Hebrew portion , to a very grave and astounding refutation of the Hebrew Chronology of the Old Testament , which , if true , contains a most serious charge against the Hebrews , as the ancient depositaries and trustees of the Masonic records of Creation & c . The title of the book is " The
, Septuagint and Hebrew Chronologies , tried by the test of their internal scientific evidence . " The author , W . Cunninghame , Esq ., of Lainshaw , in the county of Ayr . His mode of computation is by Jubilean periods , and Cycles of ninteen years ; it is most laboriously and ingeniously constructed , by which he overthrows Archbishop Usher ' s system of Scrip-VOL . VI- H
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To The Editor.
clearly displayed . Inquiries have been instituted for the purpose of ascertaining from whence the different systems were derived—how the arrangement now practised under the denomination of Freemasonry orig inated—and whether it contains any portion of the Speculative Operative , or Spurious Freemasonry of ancient times . The author ' s principal object has been to inspire a taste for the pure hilosophy of Masonry ; that it may superinduce the habitual practice
p of those blooming virtues which its authorised lectures so strongly recommend . Added to these important objects of inquiry , the lectures will be found to contain a sketch of Freemasonry as it is now practised . The subject—circumscribed as its written truths must necessarily be , within very narrow limits—though blending the essential characteristics of beauty and sublimity—was from this very circumstance uninviting .
The attempt , however , has been made ; and the studious Mason will discover in this present work , many important illustrations of that science , which " teaches almost every branch of polite learning , and comprehends a regular system of virtue , and the acts which adorn and dignify human nature . " It is offered to the Brethren , under a firm conviction , that the beauties and perfections of Freemasonry are dislayed to advantagewithout rifling the cabinet of its present gemsor
p , , exposing to the world a single forbidden secret . The key is furnished by initiation alone . On the whole , if it shall appear that the task has been executed to the satisfaction of the Craft , a cheering conviction will he placed on the author ' s mind , that he has been useful in his generation , according to the light vouchsafed to him . It will prove a gratifying testimony to the sincere and earnest endeavours which he has exercised to describe
Freemasonry , as being invested with those bright attributes of Light , Charity , and Morality , to which it has a just and righteous claim , because they have been its distinguishing characteristics from the infancy of time . Believe me , Dear Sir , your faithful Brother , GEORGE OLIVER , D . D . Scopwick Vicarage , February 12 , 1839 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
REFUTATION OF A PORTION OF HEBREW CHRONOLOGY . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —I trust that I am not too lata to call the attention ( in this Quarterly Review ) of the Brethren , especially the Hebrew portion , to a very grave and astounding refutation of the Hebrew Chronology of the Old Testament , which , if true , contains a most serious charge against the Hebrews , as the ancient depositaries and trustees of the Masonic records of Creation & c . The title of the book is " The
, Septuagint and Hebrew Chronologies , tried by the test of their internal scientific evidence . " The author , W . Cunninghame , Esq ., of Lainshaw , in the county of Ayr . His mode of computation is by Jubilean periods , and Cycles of ninteen years ; it is most laboriously and ingeniously constructed , by which he overthrows Archbishop Usher ' s system of Scrip-VOL . VI- H