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To The Editor.
second Grand Offerings , ) Support , and Covering of a Lodge will be dilated on in so many Lectures . The deliverance from Egyptian bondage , and the ancient custom of opening a Lodge on the highest of hills , or in the lowest of valleys , will close the illustrations of the First Degree . The Second Degree will open with a Lecture on the symbolical references of the Order . I shall then proceed with a critical
examination of the number of workmen employed about the Temple of Solomon ; and the system of classification which was adopted in the quarries , the forest , and the mountain of Moriah . The Second Tracing Board will occupy our attention—the Porch and its Pillars—Jephtha and the Ephraimites—the Winding Staircase and its Steps , with their symbolical
reference—the Letter G , & c . ; and Lectures on the Grand Architect ' s Six Periods—the Inundations of the Nile—the Twelve Grand Pointsand the Third Grand Offering , will close the Second Degree . In the Third and its accompanying Degrees and Orders , the subject becomes more diffusive , and will require to be more extensively treated . Accordingly , commencing with the Legend , I shall endeavour to trace its origin amidst the darkness of a remote antiquity , and to explain its
symbolical application . Then the nature and design of Freemasonry before the Flood , and the subject of " Worldly Possessions " will be examined ; while the Sacred Lodge , the decorations of the Temple , and the sources of King Solomon ' s wealth , will be discussed in order ; as well as the Masonic reference attached to the Fall and Restoration of our first parents . Then follows , in clue course , a consideration of the Burning Bush , the Tetragrammaton or Incommunicable Name , and
the Rod of Moses , which will be examined , each in a separate Lecture . After which , I shall open the Holy Lodge at the foot of Mount Sinai , and consider the application to Masonry of the Ark of the Covenantthe Priestly Orders—the Camp of Israel , ancl the Banners of the Twelve Tribes ; none of which will be dismissed without distinct ancl exclusive notice . The remarkable events in the reign of Josiah will be considered before we proceed to the Babylonish Captivity , its termination , and the opening of the Grand and Royal Lodge—the building of the Sacred
Temple—the Triple Tau , and the departure ofthe Sceptre from Judah . A careful examination of all these subjects , so far as they are connected with Freemasonry , will illustrate the fact , that our ancient and Royal Order is a progressive system , consistent in all its parts , and symbolizing the way to salvation through the merits of a Redeemer who made atonement for the sins of men by the sacrifice of the Cross .
In the construction of these Lectures , I propose to subjoin copious authorities for every fact and argument that it may be necessary to introduce in illustration of the general system of Freemasonry . The Notes will therefore be extremely numerous , ancl gathered from every accessible source which is worthy of credence . It is hoped that these Notes will be found of some service in clearing up doubtful or difficult points of discipline and doctrine . They will be selected with great
care , and will constitute a series of vouchers for the credibility of every important rite connected with the several degrees of the Order , which are practised at the present day . They will be a mirror to reflect the opinions—a registry to chronicle the Masonic sentiments of living Masons , not only in this kingdom lint in all others , as well us of those who have flourished in by-gone ages . It is true , I do not profess to engage in any formal illustration , beyond the three symbolical or Blue
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To The Editor.
second Grand Offerings , ) Support , and Covering of a Lodge will be dilated on in so many Lectures . The deliverance from Egyptian bondage , and the ancient custom of opening a Lodge on the highest of hills , or in the lowest of valleys , will close the illustrations of the First Degree . The Second Degree will open with a Lecture on the symbolical references of the Order . I shall then proceed with a critical
examination of the number of workmen employed about the Temple of Solomon ; and the system of classification which was adopted in the quarries , the forest , and the mountain of Moriah . The Second Tracing Board will occupy our attention—the Porch and its Pillars—Jephtha and the Ephraimites—the Winding Staircase and its Steps , with their symbolical
reference—the Letter G , & c . ; and Lectures on the Grand Architect ' s Six Periods—the Inundations of the Nile—the Twelve Grand Pointsand the Third Grand Offering , will close the Second Degree . In the Third and its accompanying Degrees and Orders , the subject becomes more diffusive , and will require to be more extensively treated . Accordingly , commencing with the Legend , I shall endeavour to trace its origin amidst the darkness of a remote antiquity , and to explain its
symbolical application . Then the nature and design of Freemasonry before the Flood , and the subject of " Worldly Possessions " will be examined ; while the Sacred Lodge , the decorations of the Temple , and the sources of King Solomon ' s wealth , will be discussed in order ; as well as the Masonic reference attached to the Fall and Restoration of our first parents . Then follows , in clue course , a consideration of the Burning Bush , the Tetragrammaton or Incommunicable Name , and
the Rod of Moses , which will be examined , each in a separate Lecture . After which , I shall open the Holy Lodge at the foot of Mount Sinai , and consider the application to Masonry of the Ark of the Covenantthe Priestly Orders—the Camp of Israel , ancl the Banners of the Twelve Tribes ; none of which will be dismissed without distinct ancl exclusive notice . The remarkable events in the reign of Josiah will be considered before we proceed to the Babylonish Captivity , its termination , and the opening of the Grand and Royal Lodge—the building of the Sacred
Temple—the Triple Tau , and the departure ofthe Sceptre from Judah . A careful examination of all these subjects , so far as they are connected with Freemasonry , will illustrate the fact , that our ancient and Royal Order is a progressive system , consistent in all its parts , and symbolizing the way to salvation through the merits of a Redeemer who made atonement for the sins of men by the sacrifice of the Cross .
In the construction of these Lectures , I propose to subjoin copious authorities for every fact and argument that it may be necessary to introduce in illustration of the general system of Freemasonry . The Notes will therefore be extremely numerous , ancl gathered from every accessible source which is worthy of credence . It is hoped that these Notes will be found of some service in clearing up doubtful or difficult points of discipline and doctrine . They will be selected with great
care , and will constitute a series of vouchers for the credibility of every important rite connected with the several degrees of the Order , which are practised at the present day . They will be a mirror to reflect the opinions—a registry to chronicle the Masonic sentiments of living Masons , not only in this kingdom lint in all others , as well us of those who have flourished in by-gone ages . It is true , I do not profess to engage in any formal illustration , beyond the three symbolical or Blue