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Article REMARKS ON HENRY O'BRIEN'S ESSAY ON THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND. ← Page 6 of 6 Article MASONIC DIDACTICS; Page 1 of 3 →
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Remarks On Henry O'Brien's Essay On The Round Towers Of Ireland.
use of this figure , the crux ansata k 2 among the Egyptians , as an emblem of immortality ; the cruciform temples , in which the mysteries of a Resurrection were solemnized in some heathen nations ; and ( if they be not all Christian ) the stone crosses of Ireland , as well as other forms of ( his symbol in other places . This is a mystery which remains yet to Briensolution rests think have shown
be unravelled , as Mr . O' 's , as I I , on fallacious grounds . But it is possible , if I should hazard an opinion , that as the rite of sacrifice appears to have prevailed among all mankind , which can only be satisfactorily accounted for by supposing it to have been instituted by the Almighty , as a type of the expiation afterwards to be made " by the Lamb slain , " in his counsels , " from the foundation of the world ; " so , also , some indistinct notion of the Instrument upon which the expiation was to be made , may have also become general , particularly . as we know that , on one occasion , a striking type of it was given when
" Moses lifted up the serpent in the Wilderness . In the remarks which I have made upon Mr . O'Brien ' s work , I have endeavoured strictly to adhere to the principle of using no expression which could give pain to any of his friends who may chance to meet with them ; while I have felt myself bound to express my strong dissent from some passages and positions . I have extended my observations to a greater length than 1 at first intended , for I found so many ht it to noticeall of which
particulars , which I thoug necessary ; are more or less connected with Freemasonry , but which were scattered over the work with so little apparent connexion with each other , that it was necessary to treat them separately . Even now , there are several particulars which 1 mig ht have noticed ; but I have already run to too great a length ; and having observed upon the three principal points in which I conceive Order to be interestedthe Fall of Manthe Delugeand
our , , , the question of the former incarnation of the Saviour . I am contented to feel that " liberavi animam meam , " and so take my leave of the subject . I am yours very faithfully , NOACHIDA D ALRUADICUS .
Masonic Didactics;
MASONIC DIDACTICS ;
OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION . BY BROTHER H . R . SLADE , LL . B . CLERK . M . M . AND AUTHOR OP T [ IK "TRANSLATION OP THE DEFENCE OP SOCRATES , " AND OTHER WORKS . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . "
No . V . —THE NECESSITY OF LAWS .
Non licet homincm ess ? ita ut vult . There is a law , both human and divine , That checks the unruly will of all mmkiml .-Authir . IN a moral or political sense , a total subversion of order would be the result , if each member , composing the community of a state , should be permitted lawlessly to follow the bent of his own inclinations , whether virtuous or vicious . For , though the good might for a period continue
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Remarks On Henry O'Brien's Essay On The Round Towers Of Ireland.
use of this figure , the crux ansata k 2 among the Egyptians , as an emblem of immortality ; the cruciform temples , in which the mysteries of a Resurrection were solemnized in some heathen nations ; and ( if they be not all Christian ) the stone crosses of Ireland , as well as other forms of ( his symbol in other places . This is a mystery which remains yet to Briensolution rests think have shown
be unravelled , as Mr . O' 's , as I I , on fallacious grounds . But it is possible , if I should hazard an opinion , that as the rite of sacrifice appears to have prevailed among all mankind , which can only be satisfactorily accounted for by supposing it to have been instituted by the Almighty , as a type of the expiation afterwards to be made " by the Lamb slain , " in his counsels , " from the foundation of the world ; " so , also , some indistinct notion of the Instrument upon which the expiation was to be made , may have also become general , particularly . as we know that , on one occasion , a striking type of it was given when
" Moses lifted up the serpent in the Wilderness . In the remarks which I have made upon Mr . O'Brien ' s work , I have endeavoured strictly to adhere to the principle of using no expression which could give pain to any of his friends who may chance to meet with them ; while I have felt myself bound to express my strong dissent from some passages and positions . I have extended my observations to a greater length than 1 at first intended , for I found so many ht it to noticeall of which
particulars , which I thoug necessary ; are more or less connected with Freemasonry , but which were scattered over the work with so little apparent connexion with each other , that it was necessary to treat them separately . Even now , there are several particulars which 1 mig ht have noticed ; but I have already run to too great a length ; and having observed upon the three principal points in which I conceive Order to be interestedthe Fall of Manthe Delugeand
our , , , the question of the former incarnation of the Saviour . I am contented to feel that " liberavi animam meam , " and so take my leave of the subject . I am yours very faithfully , NOACHIDA D ALRUADICUS .
Masonic Didactics;
MASONIC DIDACTICS ;
OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION . BY BROTHER H . R . SLADE , LL . B . CLERK . M . M . AND AUTHOR OP T [ IK "TRANSLATION OP THE DEFENCE OP SOCRATES , " AND OTHER WORKS . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . "
No . V . —THE NECESSITY OF LAWS .
Non licet homincm ess ? ita ut vult . There is a law , both human and divine , That checks the unruly will of all mmkiml .-Authir . IN a moral or political sense , a total subversion of order would be the result , if each member , composing the community of a state , should be permitted lawlessly to follow the bent of his own inclinations , whether virtuous or vicious . For , though the good might for a period continue