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On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY . THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF FREEMASONRY .
THIRD PERIOD . BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , D . D . ; D . P . G . M . FOR LINCOLNSHIRE . ( Concludedfrom paye 282 . J IN the History of the Jews , who were the conservators of that science which
we now denominate Freemasonry , during the dark ages of idolatry and superstition , there exist some decided tokens of the system which cannot be mistaken - 7 . 2 t if ghlj gracing to behold the tenacity with which they adhered to those great and fundamental truths which were considered as the landmarks of the Order
. We have seen , from the peculiar dogmata and observances of the Essenes , with what fidelity Freemasonry has been transmitted to our own times ; and the channel through which it was conveyed up to the Advent of Christ , was that singular people who adhered to the worshi of the true and
p only God ; who encouraged the practice of speculative Masonry till the time of Herod ; and he once more uniting operative Masonry with it , produced that splendid temple which existed m the days of the Messiah .
1 now proceed to notice a few of the more evident tokens of Masonry , which are recorded in the history of the Jewish nation . _ I he calm peace which that people enjoyed under the genial protection of Persia , was for a moment interi-upted by a demand imposed by Alexander the Great , with Which it was impossible for them to comply . He required the Jews to furnish lof and
a suppy provisions necessaries for his army , which was engaged in besieging the city of Tyre . Rut Jaddua , their prince and high priest , refused compliance with this demand , under the plea , that his oath of allegiance to the King of Persia would not permit him to grant aid or military sernce to any other monarch . Alexander , enraged at this refusalthreatened
, vengeance against the Jews ; and after the conquest of lyre , marched his army to Jerusalem , with the intention of destroying the city by fire and sword . The Aign priest , by prayers and sacrifice , demanded assistance from God in this extremity ; and was directed in a vision to decorate the city , to clothe himself in his sacerdotal robes , and the priests and people in white garments , and , thus
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY . THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF FREEMASONRY .
THIRD PERIOD . BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , D . D . ; D . P . G . M . FOR LINCOLNSHIRE . ( Concludedfrom paye 282 . J IN the History of the Jews , who were the conservators of that science which
we now denominate Freemasonry , during the dark ages of idolatry and superstition , there exist some decided tokens of the system which cannot be mistaken - 7 . 2 t if ghlj gracing to behold the tenacity with which they adhered to those great and fundamental truths which were considered as the landmarks of the Order
. We have seen , from the peculiar dogmata and observances of the Essenes , with what fidelity Freemasonry has been transmitted to our own times ; and the channel through which it was conveyed up to the Advent of Christ , was that singular people who adhered to the worshi of the true and
p only God ; who encouraged the practice of speculative Masonry till the time of Herod ; and he once more uniting operative Masonry with it , produced that splendid temple which existed m the days of the Messiah .
1 now proceed to notice a few of the more evident tokens of Masonry , which are recorded in the history of the Jewish nation . _ I he calm peace which that people enjoyed under the genial protection of Persia , was for a moment interi-upted by a demand imposed by Alexander the Great , with Which it was impossible for them to comply . He required the Jews to furnish lof and
a suppy provisions necessaries for his army , which was engaged in besieging the city of Tyre . Rut Jaddua , their prince and high priest , refused compliance with this demand , under the plea , that his oath of allegiance to the King of Persia would not permit him to grant aid or military sernce to any other monarch . Alexander , enraged at this refusalthreatened
, vengeance against the Jews ; and after the conquest of lyre , marched his army to Jerusalem , with the intention of destroying the city by fire and sword . The Aign priest , by prayers and sacrifice , demanded assistance from God in this extremity ; and was directed in a vision to decorate the city , to clothe himself in his sacerdotal robes , and the priests and people in white garments , and , thus