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The Masonic Struggle In France, And The New Position Of Freemasonry There.
p hical coteries , and they would reinforce thc " League of Liberty " of which the success is so important above all in France , for the free spread of the evangelical faith . " [ By this last phrase we understand that liberty of conscience and worship are meant , which all Freemasons respect . ] En .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
fWc do not hold ourselves responsrble for , or even as approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —En . l
HIGHRODIiMS . Dear Bro . Kenning , I have read with much interest Bro . R . W . Little ' s letter in your last " Freemason , " and am not prima facie indisposed to accept the plausible explanation he suggests , if it can be substantiated , as " I Ierodiau " is very near to " Highrodiam , " though I cannot agree that his proposal
to understand " Domestic and Foreign , " Domatic ancl Geomatic , speculative and operative , one of the three that is for " Domaskin and Forin , " so far is either a philological one , or is likely to be accepted generally . I do not , however , quite agree with him , that because in 1787 Preston opened the Grand Chapter of Marodim , therefore the grade , or whatever you like to term it , did not exist before . Preston
distinctly says that it was an old Order , but mainly cultivated abroad , and new in England , and it is just possible that it is after all only adapted from one of the wellknown foreign High Grades , in which the word " Harodim " occurs . I quite agree that if it really only was founded altogether in 1787 , it could not be identical with an Order mentioned in 1746 , but this point has yet to be decided ,
and cannot be settled until we know the exact nature , & c , of the Grand Chapter of Harodim , for which Preston claims great merit and excellence . With regard to the " Herodians , " as a distinct grade , " formerly well-known in England , " I confess that I receive the statement , with all deference to Bro . Little , with much hesitation . It would almost seem as if our good brother's authority
for the statement is Finch , though Bro . Little must well know that Finch's authority is of no value in such a discussion whatever , he being a thorough charlatan , and may have been the originator of the " Herodians" himself . Though I know Bro . Little has said so , Finch ' s assertion is new to me as a fact . The " Herodians" are unknown , I believe , to all
Masonic historians and writers . I know of no printed work professing to deal with the High Grades , though I have read a great many , which alludes even to such an Order . They are not mentioned by Preston nor acknowledged by Oliver , as far as I am aware , I find no trace of them in Mackey or Macoy , nor arc they apparently known by the compileis of the " Allgemeines Handbuch . " But though
I say this , I write deferentially on all matters relating to the Hig h Grades , and I do not deny that Bro . Little may have subsidiary evidence which will settle thc question . Bro . Hughan tells me there was a Harodim Lodge warranted in 1790 , and which united with the Lodg'e of Antiquity in 1794 . But a question comes in which Bro . Hughan might perhaps help us , as to whether this " High Order "
did not refer to the Royal Arch after all . There was also , it seems , a Grand Chapter of Herodim or Herodinin London in 1778 , and which was visited by a German of thc name of Meyer that year , which was under Robt . Lintot and Daniel Gottfried Hintze . The compilers of the " Handbuch " seem to think that
Oliver has confounded these two chapters in his remarks , but that is a point Bro . Little could clear up . I am very glad to hear that Bro . Little is contemplating publishing " execrpta " from thc Grand Chapter of Harodim , and if he can verify Finch's statement , wc may have the explanation of " Highrodiam " in " Hcrodian . " Yours fraternally , A . F . A . Wooinoiin .
THE 1717 THEORY . Dear Bro . Kenning , — I do not think that there is much use in going over this " dcbateable land " again ! Bro . Buchan , will he forgive me for saying so ? seems in a very bad way . " Incidit iu Scyllam cuuicus cvitavc Charybdim . "
In order to get out of thc inevitable conclusion of historical and non-Masonic evidence—he has now endeavoured to set up three systems of Freemasonry , " The operative Freemasonry ofthe 14 th , 15 th , and 16 th centuries , " " Thc social Freemasonry of the 17 th century , " ancl " 18 th century Freemasonry . " This is , begging his pardon , " a icductio ad absurdum " with a vengeance !
Feeling naturally how the " shoe pinches " as regards Plot's and Ashmole ' s evidence , he calmly disconnects the Freemasonry they mention from any previous or subsequent system , and make it of course entirel y distinct from the 1717 Freemasonry ! What is the use of going on with such a discussion ? Bro . Hughan and myself , in accord upon this point ,
have pointed out to him that Plot , a non-Mason , actually describes almost the exact counterpart of our present system , and declares that it was in existence in 1686 , and long previously . To get over this , Bro , Buchan replies , " oh yes ! Plot is correct , there was a Freemasonry in existence in his time , a ' Social Freemasonry , ' different from the operative
Freemasonry of ' Auld lan g sync , 'and different too from our modem system . " Now what I want to ask Bro Buchan is , what evidence will satisfy him ? He objects to Masonic historians , wc offer him Plot non-Masonic ; he quietly puts Plot on one side , invents pro hac vice , his wonderful theory of a " Social 17 th century Freemasonry . I dardl y like to say more , but other crjtics may be
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less lenient , because Bro . Buchan is an able man , he understands alike the force of evidence and of argument , ancl I cannot think his last letter either does credit to himself 01 the cause of truth , which I honestl y believe he really after all , like myself , is anxious to maintain and to advance . Yours fraternally , A MASONIC STUDENT .
MINUTES AND THEIR CONFIRMATION . To Ihe Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Bro . Tebbs is not only not convinced by my last letter upon this subject , but he is confirmed in the opinion that he is right , because , according to him , " my quotations entirely bear out his view of the law of the case . "
I am sorry that I did not express myself so clearly as to make him understand me . I am afraid that I cannot write more plainly than 1 did ; it would be of no use to reiterate what I have written . I stated thc law as I believe it to be , and I further gave thc reasons wh y I thought it a good law , and I now , therefore , confine myself to remarking upon two errors , as regards fact , into which Bro . Tebbs
appears to have fallen . He writes , " Now this is not the case with regard to the election of Grand Master ( which I admit most willingly isa precedent to be followed by most every subordinate lodge ) , for what do we find in page 29 , section 1 ? The Grand Master is to be nominated ( not elected ) at one Grand Lodge , elected at thc next , and then installed , but trillion ! any second election al Ihe ensuing fes
tival . " ( The italics are mine . ) Bro . Tebbs goes on , " Is not this exactly what I say should be done , and more , 1 believe usually is done ? What I dispute is that any second election is legal . " The difference between the proceedings in Grand Lodge for the election of Grand Master and those in a private lodge for the election of W . M . consists in this , that in the
former case the G . M . is nominated at a previous meeting , and in the latter case the W . M . is not so nominated . In all other respects the proceedings are precisel y similar , and the same laws govern both elections . As regards the words 1 have italicised above , I take it that Bro . Tebbs supposes that the election of G . M . is not subject to confirmation at the ensuing festival . Let me
remind him that at the festival meeting the minutes of the preceding Grand Lodge , so far as they relate to the election of Grand Master , are put for confirmation before the ceremony of installation takes plac ; . If when the question is put thc minute were not confirmed the previous election of thc Grand Master would be null and void . Bro . Tebbs will , 1 trust , now see that this is not what
he says should be done , and it is , moreover , not what he says is usually done , and that his contention that any second election ( i . e . confirmation of the election of W . M . ) is illegal falls to thc ground . Referring to my reasons why , in my opinion , time should be allowed ( in the interval between election and confirmation ) for due consideration of so important a matter as that
of the election of a W . M ., Bro . Tebbs writes " Now this seems to me to be perfectly unnecessary . Surely , the month between nomination and election is ample time for the consideration of the matter . " My reply is that no such thing as nomination of a W . M . exists . No nomination is required , and , as a rule , I believe that generally none is made . The Secretary reads the names of the members of
the lodge who are qualified for election lo the office of W . M ., each person then writes the name of the brother he votes for on a paper , the paper is placed in the ballot box , thc W . M . examines the paper , and declares he who has most votes to be W . M . elect . At thc next meeting of the lodge , when that election is confirmed , the brother so elected and his election confirmed is to be installed . What
then becomes of Bro . Tebb's argument ? In the election of Grand Master the brethren have from December ( the nomination ) to the first Wednesday in March ( the election ) , and then from the first Wednesday in March till last Wednesday in April ( the confirmation ) for consideration . In a private lodge the brethren have only one month , viz .,
from one lodge meeting to the next , to consider it ; and Bro Tebbs would not even allow them that . He not onl y thinks that the decision of at that one meeting is , but that it ought to be final . I think that few will agree with Bro . Tebbs . P . G . W .
THE POWERS OF W . MASTERS . To the Editor of I he Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Pcimit me to thank P . G . W . for the trouble he has given himself to answer my letter of the 18 th ult . I am sorry , however , he is so needlessly suspicious of mc , and
it would have been kinder if he had not presumed that there was " something more in my questions than meets thc eye , " as all I asked for was a plain answer to a plain question , involving a general princi p le with no reference to any particular case . Yours fraternally , As ABSENT W . M .
Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Queries .
THE Aims or -nn ; IHEKMASONS . A correspondent under the initials E . S ., in a communication at p . 338 , asks what is the colour of the chevron and 3 castles on the shield shown on a Masonic token commemorating thc election of the Prince cf Wales as G . M ., in 1 , 1 ) 0 . The following extract from " Guillim's
Display of Heraldry " will supply an answer , with thc exception that , as borne by the Society of Free and Accepted Masons , both before the union and at the present day , and as shown in the Masonic token , thc field is gules and not azure . Guillim says , "The Company of Masons , being otherwise termed Freemasons , of ancient standing and
Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
good reckoning , by means of affable and kind meeting divers times , did frequent this mutual assembl y in the time of King Henry IV ., viz ., the 12 th of his reign . Their arms azure , on a chevron between three castles argent , a pair- of compasses , somewhat extended , of the first , were granted by William Hawkston , Clarencieux , 11 Edward IV . "
Many years ago a collection of Masonic extracts fro m MSS . and printed books , made by a member of thc lod ge at Newark towards thc latter end ofthe last century , camo into my hands . The following extract may possibl y interest some of tire readers of the " Freemason . "
" 1 he Arms of the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , etc ., from a curious old MSS . " The Freemasons' Arms were found in thc collection of the learned and famous Hebrewist , architect and brother , Rabbi Jacob Jehudah Leon . This gentleman , at thc request of the States of Holland , built a model of the Temple of Solomon . The design of this undertaking was to build
a temple in Holland , but upon surveying tlie model it was adjudged that the United Provinces were nut rich enough to pay for it , whereupon the model was by lhc States generously bestcwed upon the builder , notwithstanding they had already paid him his demand , which was very great . This model was exhibited to public vision , by authority , at Paris and Vienna , and afterwards at London by a
patent under the Great Seal of England , and signed Killigrew , in the reign of King Charles II . At the " same time Jacob Judah Leon published a description of the Tabernacle and the Temple , and dedicated it to his Majesty , and in the years 1759 and 1760 I had the pleasure of perusing and examining both these curiosilies . The arms art cmblazoned thus : Quarterly per squares , countercharged
vert , in the first quarter azuic , a lyon rampant or ; in the second quarter or , an ox passant sable ; in the third quarter or , a man with hands erect , proper robed crimson and ermin ; in the fourth quarter azure , an ca" -le displayed or , crest thc Holy Ark of the Covenant proper , supported by cherubims . Motto , ' Kodes La Adorai , i . e ., Holiness to the Lord . The learned Spencer says , the
cherubims had the face of a man , the wings of an eagle , the back and mane of a lyon , and the feet of a calf . Ezekiel says they had four forms , a man , a lyon , an ox , and an eagle . When the Israelites were in the wilderness , an d encamped in four cohorts , the standard of the tribe of Judah carried a lyon , the tribe of E phraim an ox , the tribe of Reuben a man , the tribe of Dan an eagle . These four
standards comprised a cherubim , therefore , God chose to sit upon cherubims bearing the forms of those animals to signify that was the leader and king of the cohorts of the Israelites . Bochart says they represented thc nature ancl ministry of angels ; by the lyon's form is signified their strength , generosity , and majesty ; by the ox their constancy and assiduity in executing ' the commands of God ;
by their human shape their humanity and kindness , and by that of the eagle their agility and speed . As these were the arms of the Masons that built the Tabernacle and the Temple (!) there is not the least doubt of their being thc proper arms of the Most Ancient and I lonourable Fraternity , Free and Accepted Masons , and the continual practice , formalities , and tradition in all regular lodges ( from the lowest degree to the most high , i . e .,
the Holy Royal Arch ) confirm the truth thereof . " Since the union the arms of the Grand Lodge of England consists of both these coats borne per pale , the former coat ( as shown in the Masonic Tokens ) 011 thc dexter side , ancl the latter on the sinister . With the former coat the supporters were two beavers j with the latter ( ancl as now borne ) two cherubims , WILLIAM KEI . I . V . P . Prov . G . M ., Leicestershire and Rutland .
MASONIC MEDALS AND TOKENS . Having had an opportunity of again examining the specimen of these tokens briefly referred to in my former communication at p . 283 , I now append a fuller description of it , and it will be seen that , in one respect , it differs from those already described by your various correspondents . It is l-Jth inch in diameter , and is in excellent
preservation , being as fresh and sharp as when first struck . The coat of arms , emblematical figures , and inscriptions on the two sides of this token exactly correspond with Bro . Vlughan's description , except that what that worthy brother takes to b ; an hour-glass is clearly shown to be a book—the volume of the sacred law . The tinctures of the shield are also distinctly shown , and in reply to the
queries of E . S . on this subject at p . 338 , 1 send , under another heading ; Guillim emblazonment of the Masons ' Arms . Where the Leicester specimen differs from the rest is in the inscription round the lim , which reads as follows : — " Masonic Halfpenny Token MDCCXCIV . XX . X . " The probability is thatall these tokens were struck from the same die , and that the various inscriptions round the rim ( of which other varieties may yet turn up ) were
subsequently stamped for different Masonic tradesmen , or others who might purchase a lot of the tokens to pay away as small change in their business—a practice which wc know was very prevalent about the middle of thc seventeenth century , and also , to a less extent , about the period in question , several specimens of which tokens I possess . WILLIAM KELLY , P . Prov . G . M ., Leicestershire and Rutland .
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The Masonic Struggle In France, And The New Position Of Freemasonry There.
p hical coteries , and they would reinforce thc " League of Liberty " of which the success is so important above all in France , for the free spread of the evangelical faith . " [ By this last phrase we understand that liberty of conscience and worship are meant , which all Freemasons respect . ] En .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
fWc do not hold ourselves responsrble for , or even as approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —En . l
HIGHRODIiMS . Dear Bro . Kenning , I have read with much interest Bro . R . W . Little ' s letter in your last " Freemason , " and am not prima facie indisposed to accept the plausible explanation he suggests , if it can be substantiated , as " I Ierodiau " is very near to " Highrodiam , " though I cannot agree that his proposal
to understand " Domestic and Foreign , " Domatic ancl Geomatic , speculative and operative , one of the three that is for " Domaskin and Forin , " so far is either a philological one , or is likely to be accepted generally . I do not , however , quite agree with him , that because in 1787 Preston opened the Grand Chapter of Marodim , therefore the grade , or whatever you like to term it , did not exist before . Preston
distinctly says that it was an old Order , but mainly cultivated abroad , and new in England , and it is just possible that it is after all only adapted from one of the wellknown foreign High Grades , in which the word " Harodim " occurs . I quite agree that if it really only was founded altogether in 1787 , it could not be identical with an Order mentioned in 1746 , but this point has yet to be decided ,
and cannot be settled until we know the exact nature , & c , of the Grand Chapter of Harodim , for which Preston claims great merit and excellence . With regard to the " Herodians , " as a distinct grade , " formerly well-known in England , " I confess that I receive the statement , with all deference to Bro . Little , with much hesitation . It would almost seem as if our good brother's authority
for the statement is Finch , though Bro . Little must well know that Finch's authority is of no value in such a discussion whatever , he being a thorough charlatan , and may have been the originator of the " Herodians" himself . Though I know Bro . Little has said so , Finch ' s assertion is new to me as a fact . The " Herodians" are unknown , I believe , to all
Masonic historians and writers . I know of no printed work professing to deal with the High Grades , though I have read a great many , which alludes even to such an Order . They are not mentioned by Preston nor acknowledged by Oliver , as far as I am aware , I find no trace of them in Mackey or Macoy , nor arc they apparently known by the compileis of the " Allgemeines Handbuch . " But though
I say this , I write deferentially on all matters relating to the Hig h Grades , and I do not deny that Bro . Little may have subsidiary evidence which will settle thc question . Bro . Hughan tells me there was a Harodim Lodge warranted in 1790 , and which united with the Lodg'e of Antiquity in 1794 . But a question comes in which Bro . Hughan might perhaps help us , as to whether this " High Order "
did not refer to the Royal Arch after all . There was also , it seems , a Grand Chapter of Herodim or Herodinin London in 1778 , and which was visited by a German of thc name of Meyer that year , which was under Robt . Lintot and Daniel Gottfried Hintze . The compilers of the " Handbuch " seem to think that
Oliver has confounded these two chapters in his remarks , but that is a point Bro . Little could clear up . I am very glad to hear that Bro . Little is contemplating publishing " execrpta " from thc Grand Chapter of Harodim , and if he can verify Finch's statement , wc may have the explanation of " Highrodiam " in " Hcrodian . " Yours fraternally , A . F . A . Wooinoiin .
THE 1717 THEORY . Dear Bro . Kenning , — I do not think that there is much use in going over this " dcbateable land " again ! Bro . Buchan , will he forgive me for saying so ? seems in a very bad way . " Incidit iu Scyllam cuuicus cvitavc Charybdim . "
In order to get out of thc inevitable conclusion of historical and non-Masonic evidence—he has now endeavoured to set up three systems of Freemasonry , " The operative Freemasonry ofthe 14 th , 15 th , and 16 th centuries , " " Thc social Freemasonry of the 17 th century , " ancl " 18 th century Freemasonry . " This is , begging his pardon , " a icductio ad absurdum " with a vengeance !
Feeling naturally how the " shoe pinches " as regards Plot's and Ashmole ' s evidence , he calmly disconnects the Freemasonry they mention from any previous or subsequent system , and make it of course entirel y distinct from the 1717 Freemasonry ! What is the use of going on with such a discussion ? Bro . Hughan and myself , in accord upon this point ,
have pointed out to him that Plot , a non-Mason , actually describes almost the exact counterpart of our present system , and declares that it was in existence in 1686 , and long previously . To get over this , Bro , Buchan replies , " oh yes ! Plot is correct , there was a Freemasonry in existence in his time , a ' Social Freemasonry , ' different from the operative
Freemasonry of ' Auld lan g sync , 'and different too from our modem system . " Now what I want to ask Bro Buchan is , what evidence will satisfy him ? He objects to Masonic historians , wc offer him Plot non-Masonic ; he quietly puts Plot on one side , invents pro hac vice , his wonderful theory of a " Social 17 th century Freemasonry . I dardl y like to say more , but other crjtics may be
Original Correspondence.
less lenient , because Bro . Buchan is an able man , he understands alike the force of evidence and of argument , ancl I cannot think his last letter either does credit to himself 01 the cause of truth , which I honestl y believe he really after all , like myself , is anxious to maintain and to advance . Yours fraternally , A MASONIC STUDENT .
MINUTES AND THEIR CONFIRMATION . To Ihe Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Bro . Tebbs is not only not convinced by my last letter upon this subject , but he is confirmed in the opinion that he is right , because , according to him , " my quotations entirely bear out his view of the law of the case . "
I am sorry that I did not express myself so clearly as to make him understand me . I am afraid that I cannot write more plainly than 1 did ; it would be of no use to reiterate what I have written . I stated thc law as I believe it to be , and I further gave thc reasons wh y I thought it a good law , and I now , therefore , confine myself to remarking upon two errors , as regards fact , into which Bro . Tebbs
appears to have fallen . He writes , " Now this is not the case with regard to the election of Grand Master ( which I admit most willingly isa precedent to be followed by most every subordinate lodge ) , for what do we find in page 29 , section 1 ? The Grand Master is to be nominated ( not elected ) at one Grand Lodge , elected at thc next , and then installed , but trillion ! any second election al Ihe ensuing fes
tival . " ( The italics are mine . ) Bro . Tebbs goes on , " Is not this exactly what I say should be done , and more , 1 believe usually is done ? What I dispute is that any second election is legal . " The difference between the proceedings in Grand Lodge for the election of Grand Master and those in a private lodge for the election of W . M . consists in this , that in the
former case the G . M . is nominated at a previous meeting , and in the latter case the W . M . is not so nominated . In all other respects the proceedings are precisel y similar , and the same laws govern both elections . As regards the words 1 have italicised above , I take it that Bro . Tebbs supposes that the election of G . M . is not subject to confirmation at the ensuing festival . Let me
remind him that at the festival meeting the minutes of the preceding Grand Lodge , so far as they relate to the election of Grand Master , are put for confirmation before the ceremony of installation takes plac ; . If when the question is put thc minute were not confirmed the previous election of thc Grand Master would be null and void . Bro . Tebbs will , 1 trust , now see that this is not what
he says should be done , and it is , moreover , not what he says is usually done , and that his contention that any second election ( i . e . confirmation of the election of W . M . ) is illegal falls to thc ground . Referring to my reasons why , in my opinion , time should be allowed ( in the interval between election and confirmation ) for due consideration of so important a matter as that
of the election of a W . M ., Bro . Tebbs writes " Now this seems to me to be perfectly unnecessary . Surely , the month between nomination and election is ample time for the consideration of the matter . " My reply is that no such thing as nomination of a W . M . exists . No nomination is required , and , as a rule , I believe that generally none is made . The Secretary reads the names of the members of
the lodge who are qualified for election lo the office of W . M ., each person then writes the name of the brother he votes for on a paper , the paper is placed in the ballot box , thc W . M . examines the paper , and declares he who has most votes to be W . M . elect . At thc next meeting of the lodge , when that election is confirmed , the brother so elected and his election confirmed is to be installed . What
then becomes of Bro . Tebb's argument ? In the election of Grand Master the brethren have from December ( the nomination ) to the first Wednesday in March ( the election ) , and then from the first Wednesday in March till last Wednesday in April ( the confirmation ) for consideration . In a private lodge the brethren have only one month , viz .,
from one lodge meeting to the next , to consider it ; and Bro Tebbs would not even allow them that . He not onl y thinks that the decision of at that one meeting is , but that it ought to be final . I think that few will agree with Bro . Tebbs . P . G . W .
THE POWERS OF W . MASTERS . To the Editor of I he Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Pcimit me to thank P . G . W . for the trouble he has given himself to answer my letter of the 18 th ult . I am sorry , however , he is so needlessly suspicious of mc , and
it would have been kinder if he had not presumed that there was " something more in my questions than meets thc eye , " as all I asked for was a plain answer to a plain question , involving a general princi p le with no reference to any particular case . Yours fraternally , As ABSENT W . M .
Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Queries .
THE Aims or -nn ; IHEKMASONS . A correspondent under the initials E . S ., in a communication at p . 338 , asks what is the colour of the chevron and 3 castles on the shield shown on a Masonic token commemorating thc election of the Prince cf Wales as G . M ., in 1 , 1 ) 0 . The following extract from " Guillim's
Display of Heraldry " will supply an answer , with thc exception that , as borne by the Society of Free and Accepted Masons , both before the union and at the present day , and as shown in the Masonic token , thc field is gules and not azure . Guillim says , "The Company of Masons , being otherwise termed Freemasons , of ancient standing and
Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
good reckoning , by means of affable and kind meeting divers times , did frequent this mutual assembl y in the time of King Henry IV ., viz ., the 12 th of his reign . Their arms azure , on a chevron between three castles argent , a pair- of compasses , somewhat extended , of the first , were granted by William Hawkston , Clarencieux , 11 Edward IV . "
Many years ago a collection of Masonic extracts fro m MSS . and printed books , made by a member of thc lod ge at Newark towards thc latter end ofthe last century , camo into my hands . The following extract may possibl y interest some of tire readers of the " Freemason . "
" 1 he Arms of the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , etc ., from a curious old MSS . " The Freemasons' Arms were found in thc collection of the learned and famous Hebrewist , architect and brother , Rabbi Jacob Jehudah Leon . This gentleman , at thc request of the States of Holland , built a model of the Temple of Solomon . The design of this undertaking was to build
a temple in Holland , but upon surveying tlie model it was adjudged that the United Provinces were nut rich enough to pay for it , whereupon the model was by lhc States generously bestcwed upon the builder , notwithstanding they had already paid him his demand , which was very great . This model was exhibited to public vision , by authority , at Paris and Vienna , and afterwards at London by a
patent under the Great Seal of England , and signed Killigrew , in the reign of King Charles II . At the " same time Jacob Judah Leon published a description of the Tabernacle and the Temple , and dedicated it to his Majesty , and in the years 1759 and 1760 I had the pleasure of perusing and examining both these curiosilies . The arms art cmblazoned thus : Quarterly per squares , countercharged
vert , in the first quarter azuic , a lyon rampant or ; in the second quarter or , an ox passant sable ; in the third quarter or , a man with hands erect , proper robed crimson and ermin ; in the fourth quarter azure , an ca" -le displayed or , crest thc Holy Ark of the Covenant proper , supported by cherubims . Motto , ' Kodes La Adorai , i . e ., Holiness to the Lord . The learned Spencer says , the
cherubims had the face of a man , the wings of an eagle , the back and mane of a lyon , and the feet of a calf . Ezekiel says they had four forms , a man , a lyon , an ox , and an eagle . When the Israelites were in the wilderness , an d encamped in four cohorts , the standard of the tribe of Judah carried a lyon , the tribe of E phraim an ox , the tribe of Reuben a man , the tribe of Dan an eagle . These four
standards comprised a cherubim , therefore , God chose to sit upon cherubims bearing the forms of those animals to signify that was the leader and king of the cohorts of the Israelites . Bochart says they represented thc nature ancl ministry of angels ; by the lyon's form is signified their strength , generosity , and majesty ; by the ox their constancy and assiduity in executing ' the commands of God ;
by their human shape their humanity and kindness , and by that of the eagle their agility and speed . As these were the arms of the Masons that built the Tabernacle and the Temple (!) there is not the least doubt of their being thc proper arms of the Most Ancient and I lonourable Fraternity , Free and Accepted Masons , and the continual practice , formalities , and tradition in all regular lodges ( from the lowest degree to the most high , i . e .,
the Holy Royal Arch ) confirm the truth thereof . " Since the union the arms of the Grand Lodge of England consists of both these coats borne per pale , the former coat ( as shown in the Masonic Tokens ) 011 thc dexter side , ancl the latter on the sinister . With the former coat the supporters were two beavers j with the latter ( ancl as now borne ) two cherubims , WILLIAM KEI . I . V . P . Prov . G . M ., Leicestershire and Rutland .
MASONIC MEDALS AND TOKENS . Having had an opportunity of again examining the specimen of these tokens briefly referred to in my former communication at p . 283 , I now append a fuller description of it , and it will be seen that , in one respect , it differs from those already described by your various correspondents . It is l-Jth inch in diameter , and is in excellent
preservation , being as fresh and sharp as when first struck . The coat of arms , emblematical figures , and inscriptions on the two sides of this token exactly correspond with Bro . Vlughan's description , except that what that worthy brother takes to b ; an hour-glass is clearly shown to be a book—the volume of the sacred law . The tinctures of the shield are also distinctly shown , and in reply to the
queries of E . S . on this subject at p . 338 , 1 send , under another heading ; Guillim emblazonment of the Masons ' Arms . Where the Leicester specimen differs from the rest is in the inscription round the lim , which reads as follows : — " Masonic Halfpenny Token MDCCXCIV . XX . X . " The probability is thatall these tokens were struck from the same die , and that the various inscriptions round the rim ( of which other varieties may yet turn up ) were
subsequently stamped for different Masonic tradesmen , or others who might purchase a lot of the tokens to pay away as small change in their business—a practice which wc know was very prevalent about the middle of thc seventeenth century , and also , to a less extent , about the period in question , several specimens of which tokens I possess . WILLIAM KELLY , P . Prov . G . M ., Leicestershire and Rutland .
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