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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 7 of 14 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Jewish institution , he must necessarily believe in the eternity of Judaism , and is of course a doubtful Christian , because St . Paul affirms that the Levitical institutions were abolished by the mission of Jesus Christ . "' But , ' said the Jew , reserving his strongest argument to the last' What can the repeated references in
Free-, masonry to the Great Creator of the Universe , JEHOVAH , the Tetragrammaton of the Jews , mean , if they do not point out the Jewish origin of Masonry ?' "' These references , ' Dr . Manningham replied , ' are decisive of the question at issue . T . G . A . O . T . U . is an undoubted landmark of ancient Masonry ; acknowledged at
the revival in 1717 , and explained in the authorized lectures to mean , HIM thatwas placed on the topmost pinnacle of the temple : and it is not possible by any process of reasoning to apply it otherwise than to Christ , without questioning the truth of Sacred Writ ; for no other person that the world ever sawhad been placed in that position . It
, follows , therefore , that the founder of Christianity constitutes an authentic and unalterable landmark of ancient Masonry . Read , ' continued the Master , ' read the fundamental principles of the Order , as recorded in a manuscript in the Royal Library , said to have been originally written in the 10 th century ; of which I have here a copy . ' And he
produced the transcript , from which he read the following passage , amidst a variety of directions to the Craft , all to the same purport : —
" Into the churche when thou dost gon , Pulle uppe thy herte to Crist , anon ! Uppon the rode thou loke uppe then , And knele down fayre on bothe thy knen ; Then pray to hym so hyr to worche , After the lawe of holy churche , For to kepe the commandmentes ten , That God gaf to alle men ; And pray to him with mylde Steven To kepe the from the synues seven .
"' Such were the landmarks of Masonry in the time of Athelstan , ' Dr . Manningham concluded , ' when the first English Grand Lodge was established at York , and they are unalterable , and continue the same yesterday , to day , and for ever . ' " The Jew was silenced , but not convinced . " You see , sir , " my strange instructor proceeded , " that this point was argued dogmatically by our intelligent Master ; and he had an undoubted right to do so , for he
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Jewish institution , he must necessarily believe in the eternity of Judaism , and is of course a doubtful Christian , because St . Paul affirms that the Levitical institutions were abolished by the mission of Jesus Christ . "' But , ' said the Jew , reserving his strongest argument to the last' What can the repeated references in
Free-, masonry to the Great Creator of the Universe , JEHOVAH , the Tetragrammaton of the Jews , mean , if they do not point out the Jewish origin of Masonry ?' "' These references , ' Dr . Manningham replied , ' are decisive of the question at issue . T . G . A . O . T . U . is an undoubted landmark of ancient Masonry ; acknowledged at
the revival in 1717 , and explained in the authorized lectures to mean , HIM thatwas placed on the topmost pinnacle of the temple : and it is not possible by any process of reasoning to apply it otherwise than to Christ , without questioning the truth of Sacred Writ ; for no other person that the world ever sawhad been placed in that position . It
, follows , therefore , that the founder of Christianity constitutes an authentic and unalterable landmark of ancient Masonry . Read , ' continued the Master , ' read the fundamental principles of the Order , as recorded in a manuscript in the Royal Library , said to have been originally written in the 10 th century ; of which I have here a copy . ' And he
produced the transcript , from which he read the following passage , amidst a variety of directions to the Craft , all to the same purport : —
" Into the churche when thou dost gon , Pulle uppe thy herte to Crist , anon ! Uppon the rode thou loke uppe then , And knele down fayre on bothe thy knen ; Then pray to hym so hyr to worche , After the lawe of holy churche , For to kepe the commandmentes ten , That God gaf to alle men ; And pray to him with mylde Steven To kepe the from the synues seven .
"' Such were the landmarks of Masonry in the time of Athelstan , ' Dr . Manningham concluded , ' when the first English Grand Lodge was established at York , and they are unalterable , and continue the same yesterday , to day , and for ever . ' " The Jew was silenced , but not convinced . " You see , sir , " my strange instructor proceeded , " that this point was argued dogmatically by our intelligent Master ; and he had an undoubted right to do so , for he