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Article THE FREEMASON'S LEXICON. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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The Freemason's Lexicon.
figure , which every Freemason knows ; and he must in particular study that triangle which has three equal sides , or which is called an equal sided triangle . The ancient Egyptian priests expressed the origin of all things by the triangle ; ancl when they afterwards wished to describe the godhead in its various attributes , they also adopted the triangle . The kind , good , gracious , and merciful God , they delineated by the water triangle \ 7 ; and the just and angry God , by the fire triangle £ \ . The
triangle considered as a geometrical figure , is composed of three things , which , united , form one whole , viz ., of three particular points and angles , by the union of ivhich the triangle itself is formed , as one whole , or complete figure . It is for this reason that it has been adopted as the
symbol of the Triune God . If we unite a /\ ^ with a V we have then a six pointed star « £ J- as a symbol of the perfect Godhead , in all his attributes and works . If we surround this figure with a circle @) there will be seven points in it , if we include the centre point of the circle , ivhich represent the sacred number seven . Dresden . —The Dresden Lodges deserve credit for having founded an institution for educating the poor . The bad harvests in the years 1770
1771 , induced the Brethren to protect or support the poor in Erzgebirge , more especially the orphan ancl fatherless children . The deceased Brother , Privy Councillor von Ferber , was the first and most zealous promoter of this object . In the year 1772 , there was collected , in and out of the Lodges , 8000 dollars , ( about £ 1200 , ) of ivhich sum , 6500 dollars was expended in feeding , clothing , ancl instructing one thousand children in Erzgebirge . As soon as the famine was over , this support to
those who lived at a distance ceased ; but the court chaplain , Naschig , directed the attention of the Brethren to the necessities of their own immediate neighbours , namely , the inhabitants of Dresden , ancl of Freiderichstadt , and immediate steps were taken to assist them ; ancl , on the 1 st December , 1772 , twenty boys , and ten girls , all fatherless and motherless orphans , belonging to Friederichstadt , were provided with a dwellingclothingfoodand instruction . Thishoweverwas not sufficient
, , , , , , and they purchased an old building ivhich had formerly been the menagerie of the Duke of Brulschen , which was consecrated as a school-house , on the 27 th October , 1773 . The blessing of God was visible upon the whole undertaking . On the 1 st Dec , 1774 , a new house was erected at an expense of 6692 dollars , in which forty-three children were supported . In the year 1798 , the King of Saxony openly acknowledged this institutionand gave it the privilege of a benevolent foundation . A Brother
, , named Von Leipzigu , left it the half of his fortune ; and the hi gh court chaplain , Reinhard , founded in it an exhibition for one poor child . Other benefactors have supported this institution , as well as tbe Lodges ; so that thirty-one poor children are regularly maintained in it . From the time of its foundation until 1815 , eight hundred pupils have been supported and educated in it . The children of parents who are not so poor as to be entirely unable to educate their own familiesare admittedand
, , they pay sixty-six dollars per annum . They are instructed in reli gion , reading , writing , arithmetic , drawing , singing , natural history , mechanics , history , mathematics , and latin . A governess teaches the females domestic work . Druiden oc / cr Celtische , Mystcrien . Druids or Celtic Mysteries . — It is supposed that the Celts possessed peculiar secrets . The Druids
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Lexicon.
figure , which every Freemason knows ; and he must in particular study that triangle which has three equal sides , or which is called an equal sided triangle . The ancient Egyptian priests expressed the origin of all things by the triangle ; ancl when they afterwards wished to describe the godhead in its various attributes , they also adopted the triangle . The kind , good , gracious , and merciful God , they delineated by the water triangle \ 7 ; and the just and angry God , by the fire triangle £ \ . The
triangle considered as a geometrical figure , is composed of three things , which , united , form one whole , viz ., of three particular points and angles , by the union of ivhich the triangle itself is formed , as one whole , or complete figure . It is for this reason that it has been adopted as the
symbol of the Triune God . If we unite a /\ ^ with a V we have then a six pointed star « £ J- as a symbol of the perfect Godhead , in all his attributes and works . If we surround this figure with a circle @) there will be seven points in it , if we include the centre point of the circle , ivhich represent the sacred number seven . Dresden . —The Dresden Lodges deserve credit for having founded an institution for educating the poor . The bad harvests in the years 1770
1771 , induced the Brethren to protect or support the poor in Erzgebirge , more especially the orphan ancl fatherless children . The deceased Brother , Privy Councillor von Ferber , was the first and most zealous promoter of this object . In the year 1772 , there was collected , in and out of the Lodges , 8000 dollars , ( about £ 1200 , ) of ivhich sum , 6500 dollars was expended in feeding , clothing , ancl instructing one thousand children in Erzgebirge . As soon as the famine was over , this support to
those who lived at a distance ceased ; but the court chaplain , Naschig , directed the attention of the Brethren to the necessities of their own immediate neighbours , namely , the inhabitants of Dresden , ancl of Freiderichstadt , and immediate steps were taken to assist them ; ancl , on the 1 st December , 1772 , twenty boys , and ten girls , all fatherless and motherless orphans , belonging to Friederichstadt , were provided with a dwellingclothingfoodand instruction . Thishoweverwas not sufficient
, , , , , , and they purchased an old building ivhich had formerly been the menagerie of the Duke of Brulschen , which was consecrated as a school-house , on the 27 th October , 1773 . The blessing of God was visible upon the whole undertaking . On the 1 st Dec , 1774 , a new house was erected at an expense of 6692 dollars , in which forty-three children were supported . In the year 1798 , the King of Saxony openly acknowledged this institutionand gave it the privilege of a benevolent foundation . A Brother
, , named Von Leipzigu , left it the half of his fortune ; and the hi gh court chaplain , Reinhard , founded in it an exhibition for one poor child . Other benefactors have supported this institution , as well as tbe Lodges ; so that thirty-one poor children are regularly maintained in it . From the time of its foundation until 1815 , eight hundred pupils have been supported and educated in it . The children of parents who are not so poor as to be entirely unable to educate their own familiesare admittedand
, , they pay sixty-six dollars per annum . They are instructed in reli gion , reading , writing , arithmetic , drawing , singing , natural history , mechanics , history , mathematics , and latin . A governess teaches the females domestic work . Druiden oc / cr Celtische , Mystcrien . Druids or Celtic Mysteries . — It is supposed that the Celts possessed peculiar secrets . The Druids