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Article MASONS' MARKS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article STATE OF MASONRY IN IRELAND. Page 1 of 9 →
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Masons' Marks.
As I consider that the discovery of all such Masonic mementos of our ancient brethren , to whom we are indebted for all that remains tous of the sublime and beautiful in ecclesiastical architecture , is worthy of record , I beg to forward you fac-similes of the ' various marks . Should you think , that a notice of them would be interesting to the brotherhood , 1 shall feel obliged by your inserting them in the next number of the Review . No . 1 , was appropriately described by one of the . workmen as "five points . " No . 5 . may probably be intended to represent an anchor . ] . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
LEWIS , ( NO . 700 ) . . Leicester , Sept . 15 , 1846 . ..-.:, ' ..... P . S : —Some months since , a Norman capital of a window-shaft was discovered during some repairs in the church of Market Bosworth , in this county , on the side of which was a Mason ' s Mark , ' viz ., a circle
divided into nine parts , and at its side five points .
State Of Masonry In Ireland.
STATE OF MASONRY IN IRELAND .
, ^ NECESSITY OF REFORM ., ,. ,.. ' . [ , [; ' . ' ; .. . . ' .-,, ' , ' IF , there be one Institution more than another in which the observance of strict order and the enforcement of the laws of moral obligation are essentially requisite , that institution is the Masonic Brotherhood , No society worthy pf the support of the virtuous and the good can long exist in the absence of these fundamental conditions , —and to suppose that Masonry , which is in " a transcendental sense pf the terman epitomized
, system of that order which reigns throughout the universe , as well as of that moral perfection by which its arrangements are . superintended , —can consist with practical confusion , or moral disorganization , is to stamp it [ at once as a scheme pf self-contradiction . These are truths whoso abstract reality no . Intelligent Mason ' can , for a moment , doubt , though if we , compare , with the constitutional standard thus laid 'down the practice which , has hitherto generally prevailed arhpngs't [ the Lodges , in "Ireland ,
* tye / must confess that . in [ this respect [ our actual , attairi [ ments [ , iiavb falleii ; miserably short of pur "bbligati . pns as Fre ^ observations vyhich we have to offer upoh . thistb p ^ as if tli [ eir purpose were . to cast censure , upon , the great , body of bur . Irish Brethren when we point to their . defic blame [; i ! i . e irregularities by which their administratiye [[ sy [ stem 'ha [ s " t ' po [;' long , ' been [ characterized . They , will , no doubt , renjembe ^ the aclageofj i
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masons' Marks.
As I consider that the discovery of all such Masonic mementos of our ancient brethren , to whom we are indebted for all that remains tous of the sublime and beautiful in ecclesiastical architecture , is worthy of record , I beg to forward you fac-similes of the ' various marks . Should you think , that a notice of them would be interesting to the brotherhood , 1 shall feel obliged by your inserting them in the next number of the Review . No . 1 , was appropriately described by one of the . workmen as "five points . " No . 5 . may probably be intended to represent an anchor . ] . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
LEWIS , ( NO . 700 ) . . Leicester , Sept . 15 , 1846 . ..-.:, ' ..... P . S : —Some months since , a Norman capital of a window-shaft was discovered during some repairs in the church of Market Bosworth , in this county , on the side of which was a Mason ' s Mark , ' viz ., a circle
divided into nine parts , and at its side five points .
State Of Masonry In Ireland.
STATE OF MASONRY IN IRELAND .
, ^ NECESSITY OF REFORM ., ,. ,.. ' . [ , [; ' . ' ; .. . . ' .-,, ' , ' IF , there be one Institution more than another in which the observance of strict order and the enforcement of the laws of moral obligation are essentially requisite , that institution is the Masonic Brotherhood , No society worthy pf the support of the virtuous and the good can long exist in the absence of these fundamental conditions , —and to suppose that Masonry , which is in " a transcendental sense pf the terman epitomized
, system of that order which reigns throughout the universe , as well as of that moral perfection by which its arrangements are . superintended , —can consist with practical confusion , or moral disorganization , is to stamp it [ at once as a scheme pf self-contradiction . These are truths whoso abstract reality no . Intelligent Mason ' can , for a moment , doubt , though if we , compare , with the constitutional standard thus laid 'down the practice which , has hitherto generally prevailed arhpngs't [ the Lodges , in "Ireland ,
* tye / must confess that . in [ this respect [ our actual , attairi [ ments [ , iiavb falleii ; miserably short of pur "bbligati . pns as Fre ^ observations vyhich we have to offer upoh . thistb p ^ as if tli [ eir purpose were . to cast censure , upon , the great , body of bur . Irish Brethren when we point to their . defic blame [; i ! i . e irregularities by which their administratiye [[ sy [ stem 'ha [ s " t ' po [;' long , ' been [ characterized . They , will , no doubt , renjembe ^ the aclageofj i