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The Revelations Of A Square.
decision of this question , it will be found an unfortunate argument , for the weight of evidence is decidedly against it . It is true that Solomon was a Jew , but his two colleagues were heathens , worshipers of Hercules and Astarte , and addicted to the practice of the spurious Freemasonry of Tammuzand thereforeif this reasoning be of any value
, , , it will tend to prove that Freemasonry is a heathen rather than a Jewish institution , because Paganism furnished two out of three chief rulers in Masonry . "' But , ' Dr . Manningham continued , ' although Solomon was a Jew , he was profoundly ignorant of the science of architecturealthough he was wiser than all menand could
, , speak of trees , from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon , even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ; and also of beasts , and of fowl , and of creeping things , and of fishes . He understood natural history perfectly , but we do not find
that he was celebrated for a knowledge of architecture . And if he was unacquainted with this sublime science , much less could any of his subjects establish a claim to this most excellent knowledge . In fact , if he had possessed , in his own dominions , artists and workmen sufficientl y talented to have erected a temple to the true God , he would not
have solicited the aid of foreigners and worshippers of false deities . The ancient Jews were confessedly ignorant of Masonry , and therefore the two Hirams were the persons principally engaged in the execution of this great work . They collected together the scattered bands of their countrymenthe Dionysiacsfrom Egypt and other countriesand
, , , dividing them into three parties , stationed one in the forest of Lebanon , another in the stone quarries , and the third in the clayey ground between Succoth and Zeredathah ; while Solomon merely furnished the superior and inferior labourers for the work , under the direction of Prince Adonhiram .
I cannot understand therefore how the above argument can be urged with any degree of confidence in favour of the hypothesis that Freemasonry is a Jewish institution . ' " Our Hebrew Brother was too tenacious of the truth of his argument to abandon it without an effort , and he triumphantly contended that as the Tabernacle and Temple
, with their appendages , are constituent and indispensable objects of illustration in the system of Freemasonry , its Levitical origin is thereby unequivocally proved . " Dr . Manningham denied the premises , on the ground that the application of these religious edifices in the lectures
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The Revelations Of A Square.
decision of this question , it will be found an unfortunate argument , for the weight of evidence is decidedly against it . It is true that Solomon was a Jew , but his two colleagues were heathens , worshipers of Hercules and Astarte , and addicted to the practice of the spurious Freemasonry of Tammuzand thereforeif this reasoning be of any value
, , , it will tend to prove that Freemasonry is a heathen rather than a Jewish institution , because Paganism furnished two out of three chief rulers in Masonry . "' But , ' Dr . Manningham continued , ' although Solomon was a Jew , he was profoundly ignorant of the science of architecturealthough he was wiser than all menand could
, , speak of trees , from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon , even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ; and also of beasts , and of fowl , and of creeping things , and of fishes . He understood natural history perfectly , but we do not find
that he was celebrated for a knowledge of architecture . And if he was unacquainted with this sublime science , much less could any of his subjects establish a claim to this most excellent knowledge . In fact , if he had possessed , in his own dominions , artists and workmen sufficientl y talented to have erected a temple to the true God , he would not
have solicited the aid of foreigners and worshippers of false deities . The ancient Jews were confessedly ignorant of Masonry , and therefore the two Hirams were the persons principally engaged in the execution of this great work . They collected together the scattered bands of their countrymenthe Dionysiacsfrom Egypt and other countriesand
, , , dividing them into three parties , stationed one in the forest of Lebanon , another in the stone quarries , and the third in the clayey ground between Succoth and Zeredathah ; while Solomon merely furnished the superior and inferior labourers for the work , under the direction of Prince Adonhiram .
I cannot understand therefore how the above argument can be urged with any degree of confidence in favour of the hypothesis that Freemasonry is a Jewish institution . ' " Our Hebrew Brother was too tenacious of the truth of his argument to abandon it without an effort , and he triumphantly contended that as the Tabernacle and Temple
, with their appendages , are constituent and indispensable objects of illustration in the system of Freemasonry , its Levitical origin is thereby unequivocally proved . " Dr . Manningham denied the premises , on the ground that the application of these religious edifices in the lectures