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On Freemasonry. The First Point Ik The P...
ON FREEMASONRY . THE FIRST POINT IK THE PYTHAGOREAN TKIANGLE EXPLAINED . BY THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D .
Editorial Præcognition.
EDITORIAL PR ? COGNITION .
" Quoth Proses , structum post examen . Nunc esto DOCTOR ; we said . Amen . So to you all hunc commendamus , Ut juvenem quem nos amamus , Qui multas hatiet qualitates , To please all humours and relates , " —MESTO . V .
" The twelthe poynt ys of gret ryolte , Ther as the semble y-hohle schal be , Ther schul be Maystrys and Felows also , And other gret Lordes many mo ; Such ordynaunce as they maken there , They schul maynte hyt hoi y-fere . " ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONS OF FREEMASONRY .
" Each profession and class of mankind must agree , That Masons , though secret , are loyal and free . "—DVNCRBIILEY , " Ykitiaweshsth ? Toedofegoarprogount . "—E . A P . LECT . * ' What though some of late , by their spleen , plainly show , They fain would deride what they gladly would know . Let every true brother these vermin despise , And the ancient grand secret keep back from their eyes . " OLD MASONIC SONG , 1758 .
" An article from the Doctor ! We greet it thrice heartily : and we must * not omit to introduce it with all due ceremony . " Such was our observation on receiving the missive , which came to hand at a moment when we were sitting in solemn conclave over our wine after dinner—arcum intensio . frangit , ani-mum remissio—in company with a few select friends and correspondents , who were equally rejoiced at the prospect of seeing the exercitations of the Historian of Masonry once more in the of our Review
pages . There was a curious coincidence in the appearance of our friend ' s paper at that particular moment . We had been talking of the Doctor ' s father ; and Bro . Farren observed , that he had in his possession a copy of a Pythagorean song written by that venerable and worthy Mason , which formed one of a series of thirteen that he engaged to furnish , in the year 1798 , for the St . John ' s Lodge at Leicester , being one for each lodge night , and a concluding one for the festival ; and he faithfully accomplished his undertaking . Bro . Farren had no doubt but the song was genuine , and he was just about
to favour the company by singing it , when the son's article was put into our hands , " On the first Point in the Pythagorean Triangle . " It was remarkable , and formed an additional reason for placing tbe song on record . vol .. vu . z z
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On Freemasonry. The First Point Ik The P...
ON FREEMASONRY . THE FIRST POINT IK THE PYTHAGOREAN TKIANGLE EXPLAINED . BY THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D .
Editorial Præcognition.
EDITORIAL PR ? COGNITION .
" Quoth Proses , structum post examen . Nunc esto DOCTOR ; we said . Amen . So to you all hunc commendamus , Ut juvenem quem nos amamus , Qui multas hatiet qualitates , To please all humours and relates , " —MESTO . V .
" The twelthe poynt ys of gret ryolte , Ther as the semble y-hohle schal be , Ther schul be Maystrys and Felows also , And other gret Lordes many mo ; Such ordynaunce as they maken there , They schul maynte hyt hoi y-fere . " ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONS OF FREEMASONRY .
" Each profession and class of mankind must agree , That Masons , though secret , are loyal and free . "—DVNCRBIILEY , " Ykitiaweshsth ? Toedofegoarprogount . "—E . A P . LECT . * ' What though some of late , by their spleen , plainly show , They fain would deride what they gladly would know . Let every true brother these vermin despise , And the ancient grand secret keep back from their eyes . " OLD MASONIC SONG , 1758 .
" An article from the Doctor ! We greet it thrice heartily : and we must * not omit to introduce it with all due ceremony . " Such was our observation on receiving the missive , which came to hand at a moment when we were sitting in solemn conclave over our wine after dinner—arcum intensio . frangit , ani-mum remissio—in company with a few select friends and correspondents , who were equally rejoiced at the prospect of seeing the exercitations of the Historian of Masonry once more in the of our Review
pages . There was a curious coincidence in the appearance of our friend ' s paper at that particular moment . We had been talking of the Doctor ' s father ; and Bro . Farren observed , that he had in his possession a copy of a Pythagorean song written by that venerable and worthy Mason , which formed one of a series of thirteen that he engaged to furnish , in the year 1798 , for the St . John ' s Lodge at Leicester , being one for each lodge night , and a concluding one for the festival ; and he faithfully accomplished his undertaking . Bro . Farren had no doubt but the song was genuine , and he was just about
to favour the company by singing it , when the son's article was put into our hands , " On the first Point in the Pythagorean Triangle . " It was remarkable , and formed an additional reason for placing tbe song on record . vol .. vu . z z