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Article ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 9 of 15 →
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
As a further illustration of the meaning of the hieroglyphical inscriptions , and to shosv the construction of the sentences , I take the follosving from " The Antiquities of Egypt . "
1 . 2 . < = > Under < ~ Z Thy . , / SAAAA ' ' I W _ . rt J name © ( If ' ^ y sandals - sass ^ /; )
n _ et- \ J ... firm 0 . * £ \ MM ta JP KOL , the barbarian land : M ^ - . II ??^^ : ^ as ¦^ sf — —• ag "J & " « H ^ ven : ^ f ^ T K ( Nigritia ) " ^ 01 The duration of
h- ^ sf }! I § thy days £ = L ( is ) , ^ 32 ^ O A . if ° SaS ) r ? «^_ AAAA Br < J— m m r the liisc of * e sun " "'SsSSf thy grasp . ¦^ BgS ^ ,
1 . Koi ,, ie barbarian land , is beneath thy sandals : —NIGRITIA is within thy grasp . KOL , or KOR , svas an Asiatic country , and this inscription referred to the conquests of Uameses II . u . c . 1570 . 2 . Thy name is firm as Heaven : the duration of thy days is as the
disc of the sun . This inscription is from thesvestern face of the obelisk of Luxor , nosv erected in the Place de la Concorde , Paris , and refers to Rameses III . ( SESOSTRIS ) B . C . 1550 . In these , and in a great variety of inscriptions copied by Champollion and othersit cannot fail to be noticed that the phraseology is strictly
, analogous to the parallelisms or measured phrases of Hebresv poetry . I nosv give another illustration , svhich cannot fail to be regarded svith great interest as a manifestation of the purity of the primitive Egyptian creed , inasmuch as it clearly demonstrates that the ancient Egyptians believed in one God , the Almighty Father and Creator of all things , svhose divine attributes svere classed in triads ; that they also believed in
man ' s possession of a soul , in a final resurrection , and entertained the hope of immortality . vol .. v . n
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
As a further illustration of the meaning of the hieroglyphical inscriptions , and to shosv the construction of the sentences , I take the follosving from " The Antiquities of Egypt . "
1 . 2 . < = > Under < ~ Z Thy . , / SAAAA ' ' I W _ . rt J name © ( If ' ^ y sandals - sass ^ /; )
n _ et- \ J ... firm 0 . * £ \ MM ta JP KOL , the barbarian land : M ^ - . II ??^^ : ^ as ¦^ sf — —• ag "J & " « H ^ ven : ^ f ^ T K ( Nigritia ) " ^ 01 The duration of
h- ^ sf }! I § thy days £ = L ( is ) , ^ 32 ^ O A . if ° SaS ) r ? «^_ AAAA Br < J— m m r the liisc of * e sun " "'SsSSf thy grasp . ¦^ BgS ^ ,
1 . Koi ,, ie barbarian land , is beneath thy sandals : —NIGRITIA is within thy grasp . KOL , or KOR , svas an Asiatic country , and this inscription referred to the conquests of Uameses II . u . c . 1570 . 2 . Thy name is firm as Heaven : the duration of thy days is as the
disc of the sun . This inscription is from thesvestern face of the obelisk of Luxor , nosv erected in the Place de la Concorde , Paris , and refers to Rameses III . ( SESOSTRIS ) B . C . 1550 . In these , and in a great variety of inscriptions copied by Champollion and othersit cannot fail to be noticed that the phraseology is strictly
, analogous to the parallelisms or measured phrases of Hebresv poetry . I nosv give another illustration , svhich cannot fail to be regarded svith great interest as a manifestation of the purity of the primitive Egyptian creed , inasmuch as it clearly demonstrates that the ancient Egyptians believed in one God , the Almighty Father and Creator of all things , svhose divine attributes svere classed in triads ; that they also believed in
man ' s possession of a soul , in a final resurrection , and entertained the hope of immortality . vol .. v . n