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The Revelations Of A Square.
misfortune . He had served the office of It . W . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity , in the preceding year , when he published a new edition of his celebrated Illustrations of Masonry * I assure you , Sir , Bro . Preston was no common man . Ho was a Scotchman by birth , and came to London in the year 1760 ,
soon after which he was initiated in a Lodge , meeting at the White Hait , Strand , under the Constitution of the Ancients , as they denominated themselves , although in reality , their system had not been in existence more than thirty years , and arose , as I have already intimated , out of a schism in , and secession from , the Grand Lodge of England . There ,
however , Bro . Preston first saw the light . But , being doubtful , on their own showing , whether the Brethren with whom he was associated were not acting in defiance of legitimate authority , he left them and procured admission into a regular Constitutional Lodge , at the Talbot , Strand . From this time he deA r oted his attention to the principles of the Craft as enunciated in its Lectures , and succeeded in effecting ; a beneficial
improvement in the details of the Order . " It will be worth our while to retrograde a little in point of time , for the purpose of recording the progress of his exertions . " At this period a literary taste was beginning to display itself amongst all classes of society , and Bro . Preston thought
that if Freemasonry was to preserve its standing it must spread its roots and expand its branches deep and wide , for the purpose of extending its capabilities to meet the exigencies of the times . To promote this salutary end , and to rescue the Order from the charge of frivolity , he gave up a considerable portion of his leisure to a revision of the Lectures . " lie commenced his design by holding private meetings with his friends once or twice a week to effect their improvement ,
* " Illustrations of Masonry , by William Preston . " London , Williams , 1772 . Second Edition , London , Wilkie , 1775 . Third Edition , translated into German by Meyer . Stendal , Frauzen , and Grosso , 1776 . Fourth Edition , 1780 . A new Edition , with additions , London , Wilkie , 1781 . A new Edition , London , Wilkie , 1788 . Another Edition , London , 1792 . Ninth Edition , London , 1799 . Tenth Edition , London , Wilkie , 1801 . " Illustrations of Masonry , selected from Preston , Hutchinson , and others ; to which is prefixed the Funeral Service , and a variety of other Masonic Information . By John Cole . " LondonJordan 1801 . The first American EditionAlexandria and
Fred-, , , ricksberg , Coltorn and Stewart , 1804 . Twelfth Edition , London , Wilkie , 1812 . " Illustrations of Masonry , by the late W . Preston ; with Additions and Corrections , by Stephen Jones , P . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity . " Thirteenth Edition . London , Whitaker , 1821 . Fourteenth Edition , with additions to the present time , and copious Notes , by the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D . London , Whitaker , Treacher , & Co ., 1829 . Fifteenth Edition , London , Whitaker , 1810 .
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The Revelations Of A Square.
misfortune . He had served the office of It . W . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity , in the preceding year , when he published a new edition of his celebrated Illustrations of Masonry * I assure you , Sir , Bro . Preston was no common man . Ho was a Scotchman by birth , and came to London in the year 1760 ,
soon after which he was initiated in a Lodge , meeting at the White Hait , Strand , under the Constitution of the Ancients , as they denominated themselves , although in reality , their system had not been in existence more than thirty years , and arose , as I have already intimated , out of a schism in , and secession from , the Grand Lodge of England . There ,
however , Bro . Preston first saw the light . But , being doubtful , on their own showing , whether the Brethren with whom he was associated were not acting in defiance of legitimate authority , he left them and procured admission into a regular Constitutional Lodge , at the Talbot , Strand . From this time he deA r oted his attention to the principles of the Craft as enunciated in its Lectures , and succeeded in effecting ; a beneficial
improvement in the details of the Order . " It will be worth our while to retrograde a little in point of time , for the purpose of recording the progress of his exertions . " At this period a literary taste was beginning to display itself amongst all classes of society , and Bro . Preston thought
that if Freemasonry was to preserve its standing it must spread its roots and expand its branches deep and wide , for the purpose of extending its capabilities to meet the exigencies of the times . To promote this salutary end , and to rescue the Order from the charge of frivolity , he gave up a considerable portion of his leisure to a revision of the Lectures . " lie commenced his design by holding private meetings with his friends once or twice a week to effect their improvement ,
* " Illustrations of Masonry , by William Preston . " London , Williams , 1772 . Second Edition , London , Wilkie , 1775 . Third Edition , translated into German by Meyer . Stendal , Frauzen , and Grosso , 1776 . Fourth Edition , 1780 . A new Edition , with additions , London , Wilkie , 1781 . A new Edition , London , Wilkie , 1788 . Another Edition , London , 1792 . Ninth Edition , London , 1799 . Tenth Edition , London , Wilkie , 1801 . " Illustrations of Masonry , selected from Preston , Hutchinson , and others ; to which is prefixed the Funeral Service , and a variety of other Masonic Information . By John Cole . " LondonJordan 1801 . The first American EditionAlexandria and
Fred-, , , ricksberg , Coltorn and Stewart , 1804 . Twelfth Edition , London , Wilkie , 1812 . " Illustrations of Masonry , by the late W . Preston ; with Additions and Corrections , by Stephen Jones , P . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity . " Thirteenth Edition . London , Whitaker , 1821 . Fourteenth Edition , with additions to the present time , and copious Notes , by the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D . London , Whitaker , Treacher , & Co ., 1829 . Fifteenth Edition , London , Whitaker , 1810 .