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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 9 of 12 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
"I assure you , sir , that Masonry , as then practised , Avas a fascinating pursuit , although its technicalities were somewhat different from those of more modern times . For instance , what you call the Great Lights were denominated Furniture with us ; the three moveable Lights were
explained to mean the same as your three lesser ones , and Avere indeed the same in every particular ; and we had three fixed Lights , or imaginary windows in the east , west , and south , which are now , I believe , discarded . Again , Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty , according to ancient usage , were representednot as at present by three illars or
, p orders of architecture , but by the two pillars of Solomon ' s Porch and the Blazing Star , the left hand pillar being the symbol of Wisdom , that on the right hand Strength , and the Blazing Star in the centre Beauty .
" The discipline of Masonry was always , as far as I could learn , essentially democratic , and the revivalists took especial care to make no innovations in the original plan . All power Avas committed to the members of Lodges ; and even , as Ave have just seen , the newly-initiated entered apprentices had a vote in Grand Lodge . In the popular govern >
ment of Athens it was an unalterable law that all the citizens in turn should be distributed in the courts of justice ; and on the same principle the Brethren of each Lodge choose their Master hy ballot , who appoints his officers from amongst themselves , and these are its representatives in the General Assemblor Grand Lod And as in all the
y ge . democratic institutions of antiquity , a senate was appointed to prepare all motions and proposals before they were submitted to the decision of the General Assembly " of the people , so we have committees nominated for the same
purpose . " The chief governor of the Craft is annually elected by the delegates from the Lodges ; and - in imitation of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
"I assure you , sir , that Masonry , as then practised , Avas a fascinating pursuit , although its technicalities were somewhat different from those of more modern times . For instance , what you call the Great Lights were denominated Furniture with us ; the three moveable Lights were
explained to mean the same as your three lesser ones , and Avere indeed the same in every particular ; and we had three fixed Lights , or imaginary windows in the east , west , and south , which are now , I believe , discarded . Again , Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty , according to ancient usage , were representednot as at present by three illars or
, p orders of architecture , but by the two pillars of Solomon ' s Porch and the Blazing Star , the left hand pillar being the symbol of Wisdom , that on the right hand Strength , and the Blazing Star in the centre Beauty .
" The discipline of Masonry was always , as far as I could learn , essentially democratic , and the revivalists took especial care to make no innovations in the original plan . All power Avas committed to the members of Lodges ; and even , as Ave have just seen , the newly-initiated entered apprentices had a vote in Grand Lodge . In the popular govern >
ment of Athens it was an unalterable law that all the citizens in turn should be distributed in the courts of justice ; and on the same principle the Brethren of each Lodge choose their Master hy ballot , who appoints his officers from amongst themselves , and these are its representatives in the General Assemblor Grand Lod And as in all the
y ge . democratic institutions of antiquity , a senate was appointed to prepare all motions and proposals before they were submitted to the decision of the General Assembly " of the people , so we have committees nominated for the same
purpose . " The chief governor of the Craft is annually elected by the delegates from the Lodges ; and - in imitation of the