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Article ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 10 of 15 →
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
May thy sou ) attain ( come ) to KUNUM ( Spirit of Godone of the forms
, of AMAMON , the Creator ) The Creator ( the idea denoted by a man building the ss'alls of a city ) of all
mankind ( literally men and ss'omen ) .
May thy soul attain to KHNITM , the Creator of all mankind . Upon this inscription Mr . Gliddon observes— " Let it stand , for the present , as an insight into tlie pristine purity of Egyptian belief , in ages prior to Abraham ' s visit ; and let the constant expression of * beloved of a God , ' 'loving the Gods , ' like the Hebresv ' dilectus a domine suo ,
Samuel , ' ( in tlse Vulgate ) ' beloved of the Lord , Samuel , ' attest the primeval piety of the Nilotic family over all contemporary nations , svhom sve are pleased to condemn as pagans . " Hosv prophetical were the Books of Hermes , "O Egypt , Egypt ! a time shall come , svhen , in lieu of a pure religion , and of a pure belief , thou svilt possess' nought but ridiculous fables , incredible to posterity ; and nothing svill remain to thee , but words engraven on stone , the only monuments that svill attest thy piety . "
Having thus given some explanation as to the hieroglyphical inscriptions , I shall nosv proceed to make some observations upon the origin of the Hebresv emblems . Most of our rites and symbols are generally supposed to have been of Hebresv origin : it therefore becomes exceedingly important at this stage of our enquiry ( o endeavour to trace the origin of the Judaical rites , and shosv ihe pre-existing types upon which they were unquestionably founded . " Moses * was learned in all the wisdom ofthe Egyptians , " Acts vii . 22 . Nosv this learning could only have been obtained by initiation into
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
May thy sou ) attain ( come ) to KUNUM ( Spirit of Godone of the forms
, of AMAMON , the Creator ) The Creator ( the idea denoted by a man building the ss'alls of a city ) of all
mankind ( literally men and ss'omen ) .
May thy soul attain to KHNITM , the Creator of all mankind . Upon this inscription Mr . Gliddon observes— " Let it stand , for the present , as an insight into tlie pristine purity of Egyptian belief , in ages prior to Abraham ' s visit ; and let the constant expression of * beloved of a God , ' 'loving the Gods , ' like the Hebresv ' dilectus a domine suo ,
Samuel , ' ( in tlse Vulgate ) ' beloved of the Lord , Samuel , ' attest the primeval piety of the Nilotic family over all contemporary nations , svhom sve are pleased to condemn as pagans . " Hosv prophetical were the Books of Hermes , "O Egypt , Egypt ! a time shall come , svhen , in lieu of a pure religion , and of a pure belief , thou svilt possess' nought but ridiculous fables , incredible to posterity ; and nothing svill remain to thee , but words engraven on stone , the only monuments that svill attest thy piety . "
Having thus given some explanation as to the hieroglyphical inscriptions , I shall nosv proceed to make some observations upon the origin of the Hebresv emblems . Most of our rites and symbols are generally supposed to have been of Hebresv origin : it therefore becomes exceedingly important at this stage of our enquiry ( o endeavour to trace the origin of the Judaical rites , and shosv ihe pre-existing types upon which they were unquestionably founded . " Moses * was learned in all the wisdom ofthe Egyptians , " Acts vii . 22 . Nosv this learning could only have been obtained by initiation into