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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 3 of 12 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
" I was ori ginall y the property of a Brother whose extensive genius has invested his name with immortality—Sir Christopher Wren , Grancl Master of Masons at the latter end of the seventeenth century , which fell into desuetude when King George I . had the impolicy to supersede this great man in favour of Bro . W . Bensonand so disgusted
, him -with the world , that he declined all public assemblies , and amongst the rest , relinquished his connection with Freemasonry . The Craft refused to meet , or hold any communication with the new Grand Master , and Masonry languished for several years , till it was supposed to be extinct : and Dr . Plot exulted in the idea that he had
given it its death-blow by some illnatured animadversions in the History of Staffordshire . * "In the year 171 * 2 , a person of the name of Simeon Townsend published a pamphlet , which he entitled - Observations and Enquiries relating to the brotherhood of the Freemasons ; ' ancl a few others had been issued on the
decline ofthe Order , as if triumphing in its fall . f About this time Dr . Desaguliers , a Fellow of the Royal Society , and Professor of Philosophy , was gradually rising into eminence . In the course of his scientific researches , the above works fell into his hands . He did not find them very complimentary to the Fraternity , but they excited his
curiosity , and he was made a Mason in the old Lodge at the Goose and Gridiron in St . Paul's Churchyard , and subsequentl y removed b y him to the Queen ' s Arms Tavern in the same locality , where the Grand Lodges were afterwards very frequentl y held . J The peculiar princi p les of the Craft struck him as being eminentl y calculated to
contribute to the benefit of the community at large if they could be re-directed into the channel from which they had been diverted by the retirement of Sir Christopher Wren .
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The Revelations Of A Square.
" I was ori ginall y the property of a Brother whose extensive genius has invested his name with immortality—Sir Christopher Wren , Grancl Master of Masons at the latter end of the seventeenth century , which fell into desuetude when King George I . had the impolicy to supersede this great man in favour of Bro . W . Bensonand so disgusted
, him -with the world , that he declined all public assemblies , and amongst the rest , relinquished his connection with Freemasonry . The Craft refused to meet , or hold any communication with the new Grand Master , and Masonry languished for several years , till it was supposed to be extinct : and Dr . Plot exulted in the idea that he had
given it its death-blow by some illnatured animadversions in the History of Staffordshire . * "In the year 171 * 2 , a person of the name of Simeon Townsend published a pamphlet , which he entitled - Observations and Enquiries relating to the brotherhood of the Freemasons ; ' ancl a few others had been issued on the
decline ofthe Order , as if triumphing in its fall . f About this time Dr . Desaguliers , a Fellow of the Royal Society , and Professor of Philosophy , was gradually rising into eminence . In the course of his scientific researches , the above works fell into his hands . He did not find them very complimentary to the Fraternity , but they excited his
curiosity , and he was made a Mason in the old Lodge at the Goose and Gridiron in St . Paul's Churchyard , and subsequentl y removed b y him to the Queen ' s Arms Tavern in the same locality , where the Grand Lodges were afterwards very frequentl y held . J The peculiar princi p les of the Craft struck him as being eminentl y calculated to
contribute to the benefit of the community at large if they could be re-directed into the channel from which they had been diverted by the retirement of Sir Christopher Wren .