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To The Editor.
parts , the former atone shilling , and the latter at three ; each number to contain sheets , or pages demy 8 vo ., ' of a size to range with my former publications . It will embrace upwards of forty Lectures ; and while the greatest care will be taken to avoid any undue exposure of peculiar secrets , enough will be said to clear up all difficult ancl controverted questions , as well as to connect the lower with the higher degrees ; thus forming a regularly graduated seriesadvancing
, step by step to the ne plus ultra of Masonry , and unfolding its secret reference to that divine system of religion , which , at the last great day , will introduce us into the Grand Loclge above , a building not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . According to the present arrangement , which , it is admitted , circumstances may alter , the First Degree will be illustrated by ten or eleven Lectures ; the Second by twelve ; ancl the Third , including the Royal
Arch and its subsidiary degrees , by twenty . It is intended also that each Lecture shall be headed b y the particular Landmark which is to form the subject of illustration . I shall be glad , therefore , to learn whether you think a work founded on such a basis , would be acceptable to the Masonic public ; and whether the fraternity would be likely to suffer the closing offspring of a veteran labourer in their service to perish for want of their fostering
support . Believe me to be , my dear Sir , Yours faithfully and fraternally , Scopwick Vicarage , GEO . OLIVER , D . D . Nov . 22 , 1843 . Past D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire .
To the Rev . Dr . Oliver , Past D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire . M . DEAR SIR , —Your prospectus of a closing work upon the subject of Masonry is very interesting ; and if the outline can be filled up in a manner at all adequate to the design , it must be a most valuable addition to the current information on the subject of the Craft . My own ideas on matters of Masonic antiquity are not so bold as your own , though it must be admitted that the exclusive Judaic character of the
machinery , the Hebrew references , and reference to Tyrian usages , are of themselves internal evidence of a very remote origin ; an origin not taking place among Christians whose ignorance on these subjects and hatred of the Jews until a very recent period , make the supposition of a Christian origin quite impossible . The moral application of the principles does indeed admit unbounded developement , and may keep pace with the views and practice of any present or future benevolence .
On the subject of the obligation I have had some misgivings , but we perhaps have interpreted it with too much severity , and against the public interest ; and it may he questioned whether it was intended to extend much beyond the solemn initiatory rites of the order . In all your attempts , both in Masonry and out of Masonry , you have the hearty good wishes of Your very faithful Brother , E . FF . BROMHEAD . Lincoln , Nov . 25 , 1843 . P . P . G . S . W . for Lincolnshire .
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To The Editor.
parts , the former atone shilling , and the latter at three ; each number to contain sheets , or pages demy 8 vo ., ' of a size to range with my former publications . It will embrace upwards of forty Lectures ; and while the greatest care will be taken to avoid any undue exposure of peculiar secrets , enough will be said to clear up all difficult ancl controverted questions , as well as to connect the lower with the higher degrees ; thus forming a regularly graduated seriesadvancing
, step by step to the ne plus ultra of Masonry , and unfolding its secret reference to that divine system of religion , which , at the last great day , will introduce us into the Grand Loclge above , a building not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . According to the present arrangement , which , it is admitted , circumstances may alter , the First Degree will be illustrated by ten or eleven Lectures ; the Second by twelve ; ancl the Third , including the Royal
Arch and its subsidiary degrees , by twenty . It is intended also that each Lecture shall be headed b y the particular Landmark which is to form the subject of illustration . I shall be glad , therefore , to learn whether you think a work founded on such a basis , would be acceptable to the Masonic public ; and whether the fraternity would be likely to suffer the closing offspring of a veteran labourer in their service to perish for want of their fostering
support . Believe me to be , my dear Sir , Yours faithfully and fraternally , Scopwick Vicarage , GEO . OLIVER , D . D . Nov . 22 , 1843 . Past D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire .
To the Rev . Dr . Oliver , Past D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire . M . DEAR SIR , —Your prospectus of a closing work upon the subject of Masonry is very interesting ; and if the outline can be filled up in a manner at all adequate to the design , it must be a most valuable addition to the current information on the subject of the Craft . My own ideas on matters of Masonic antiquity are not so bold as your own , though it must be admitted that the exclusive Judaic character of the
machinery , the Hebrew references , and reference to Tyrian usages , are of themselves internal evidence of a very remote origin ; an origin not taking place among Christians whose ignorance on these subjects and hatred of the Jews until a very recent period , make the supposition of a Christian origin quite impossible . The moral application of the principles does indeed admit unbounded developement , and may keep pace with the views and practice of any present or future benevolence .
On the subject of the obligation I have had some misgivings , but we perhaps have interpreted it with too much severity , and against the public interest ; and it may he questioned whether it was intended to extend much beyond the solemn initiatory rites of the order . In all your attempts , both in Masonry and out of Masonry , you have the hearty good wishes of Your very faithful Brother , E . FF . BROMHEAD . Lincoln , Nov . 25 , 1843 . P . P . G . S . W . for Lincolnshire .