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To Our Brethren Of The Masonic Press In America.
a copy of Tlie Fneport Journal , published at Freeport , Illinois , in which the following remarks are made respecting THE FBEEMASON : — " We have received a valuable acquisition to our
list of Masonic exchanges , in the shape of a neat twelve-page sheet , published weekly by Bro . George Kenning , at Nos . 3 and 4 , Little Britain , in the City of London , England . We have no clue as to the agents in this country , and we are somewhat at a loss
to divine what has procured us this unlocked for favor , which , however , affords us none tbe less pleasure , and we hereby heartily tender Bro . Kenning the right hand of fellowship , with none the less warmth and cordiality , because separated from him by 4 , 335 miles of land
and water . ' THE FREEMASON bears evidences of being conducted with rare ability , and is a fitting representative of the Craft in a land where it has been known and honoured from the first years of the Christian era down to the present time . "
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ROYAL ARCH MASONRY
BY THE SON OF SALATHIEL . RABINNICAL SIGNIFICATIONS OF THE SEPH 1 EOTH According to Basnage's Table .
j 10 membersof the | Planets , j jirpm 7 lpr ~ „ f m „ ,. „ The Names of aroheli / pal Man or members of f"L \ ' [ . { , The Ten Commandments TcnSephiroth . ^ J or 10 orders of \ the Celestial \ ^ iial of the Law . | Angel * . I Man . | ______________________ The Crown r .. „ . Haoit Hakkodes The b _ tnpy real „ ,. r , „„ : „ Thou shalt have no othe r ( Kether ) I am that I am or the Serdphim Heav / n IheBram God but me .
Wisdom Jab , ) Ophanim , The Primum ™ Lunira Thou slm Uot m any ( Cochroa ) the Esseneef or Cherubim . Mobile _ Z graven image . Understanding T . , ' Aralim , The T . H „ 0 . Thou shalt not take the ( Binah ) Jehovah orjl'hrones Firmament lne near _ name of theLord in vain . , , „ .- „ God , I Haschemulin , o „*„ ra TI _ - > <«„„„_ . _ , Thou shalt sanctify the Magnificence the ^^ ^ Dominion ^ Saturn Tha Stomach Sabath . day ,
ir- I . * rn . nr- v L n J Seraphim , T ., „ ,. „ •, „ ,. Honour thy father and Might The Mighty God ol , ^ irtu ^ Jupiter . the Liver mother . Beauty The Strong God Me Whim , M The Gall I Thou shalt „ kill-J ° or Powers Z ^~ . i _ -, , 771 . i Eiohim ™ t . I n > i T . •Thou shalt not commit Victory j God of Hosts . | w p ^ irf ^ aHtie , The Sun I llle Reins adultery-
Glory I ' 1 be Lord God of Ben-Elohim y The Beius Thou shalt not steal . * j Hosts 1 or Arch-Angels I The „„ » . . . Cherubim . T . n-i - _ .- _ . i Thou slialt not bear liilse Foundation The Omnipotent or Angel . ' Mercury lhe Vitals ^ . ^^ w . j I The Lord Adonai I Ischim , or Souls | The Moon I The Womb I Thou shalt uot covet . Kingdom 1 I ill
ROSICKUCIAN SIGNIFICATIONS OF THE SEPHIROTU According to the Table of Rosenberg .
LES NOMS DK DIEU ^ P 1 EU „„ , „„ , „„ LE 3 OBDRES DES LES INTELLIGENCES ,, CABALISTIQUIS . SELON LB llombre LES SHROTDS . mamimms . » E 8 SP 11 ERBB . MS delettersenhebreu S ^ Ehje I Kether Ilaccodcsch hojoth , Mittatron "j Sernphins , Prince N Je serai . I Moi . Couronne . saints animaux du monde . V
^ Jchova I m Joj ,, Ilochma Cphannim Ralsicl f ( Etre des Ctres , Courrier do O moi . Dieu , Etre de soi . Sagesso . Cherubins roues Dieu . 0 ^ Elohim Jchova Jcsckon Schaddai , Bina Erclim , Tsaphkkl " \ Dieu , Jesus Couteplation de P etre d . etres . tout puissant . intelligence . Trones puissant . Dieu . 2
fc $ El Jchova Jlescd llasehmalin Tsadkicl "\ Dominations Q D ' - Etre des ttrcs . Liberality . e ' tincelautes . Justice de Dieu . p •j Gibbor Eloliim jeh ~ c ~ ac ~ ho 7 dia clohim Gtboura Seraphim Sammuel pj „ „ _ . El . 1 , 0 * Sauveur Puissances li l ' ort Dieu . Dieu Tres-IIaut Force . enflammdes . Pmntion de Dieu ^
^ Lloah El gibbor Tiphcrcth Malachini \ Michael £ S T ) ieu . j ); eu f orti Bcautc . Vcrtus Ttois . iSemUable a Dieu M _ P ^ Sebaoth Jchova , ~ A ~ raritha Nctsah Ehhim llannicl - | Seigneur Principautca T des urmees . Immiiable . Victoire . Dieux . Grace do Dieu . f \
^ TsibuUh Elohim Uedahalh Jehova Hod Elohimbenc Rcphud 3 A rean yes . XJ Dieu (] armc ' e . i . , Bc ; cuce j . Dieu . Louange . Enfants d . Dieu . Mddccine de Dieu ___ J __ 3 Mtaddar ~ Ts 7 b ~ aoth jcho ~ va , Jcwd . Kcrbubim . Gavricl ^ Sei"ueurdes Anges emme dea X Totitpuissiant . nrmiSes . Etablissement . eufiwits . I IIomme-Dieu . ?
^ _ , i / ona » i Tscbaoth Elohim . Malchouth / fchim , Ames Mittatron . ^ bienlieureuses , Y Seigneur . dieu d . armees . RovautcS . Homines . Mcssie . J
^ I Mukom Les Hubreux n ' out point do NOMde DIEU compose ile douze lettres , , | j pares que ce uombre passo chez eux pour imparfait , propre aux ptcheurs I V , Lieu . et penitents . 1 tl
j Ayla Ilaccodcsch Vcr On fait encore mention , dans la Kabbale , des . t ^ \> uah Hen Ah , St . NOMS de DIEU do ? 2 et de 72 letires . 11 faut voir Dieu Uni-Triiiit . ! Esprit etFils , Peru la-dessus les lvabbalintes . V
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The Eosicrucian system comprises most of tho emblems used in Craft and Royal Arch Masonry , and the principal words and secrets of all the hig her grades are to bc found therein . This opens
a wide field for speculation as to the connexion between the two organizations , and it h to bc hoped that the archaeological section of the modern Rosicnician fraternit y will carefully sift the evidence bearing upon the point , which at
present seems to bc m chaotic confusion . With
an account of the constitution of various Grand Royal Arch Chapters at present existing , it was
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our intention to have closed these remarks upon Royal Arch Masonry , but as we purpose g iving a synopsis of the history and presumed ori g in of the various branches of Freemasoniy now \ vork ? d in England , wc consider it better to defer ti . e
account of the Royal Arch Degree until it can bc embodied in its proper place . Wc have , however , written enough to prove our affectionate
regard for Koyal Arch Masonry , which is , indeed , the keystone and conviction of tho whole Masonic system , ( Concluded . )
Hospitallaria;
HOSPITALLARIA ;
OR A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OP ttnights ?»; osj ) iirtUcv ! S » { Continued from page 50 . ) In 1313 , the magnanimous Jacques de Molai , its Grand Master , met death with a spirit worthy of hia
office , proclaiming the innocence of his Order ; and the truth of his dying testimony remains unshaken . In a moment indeed of human weakness , to suspend his tortures , he had admitted some of the charges brought against his fraternity , for which he made recantation in his last hour in the most solemn and
forcible manner . When almost stifled with the smoke of his funeral pyre , it is asserted that he cried aloud , " Clement , thou unjust judge and barbarous executioner ! 1 cite tliee to appear in forty days before the judgment-seat of God , "—a circumstance which made a deep impression , for the death of the pontiff occurred
within that period . Be this as it may , the tears of the people watered the warrior ' s ashes , which were carefully gathered up , and treasured as a martyi's dust . The princely possessions of the Templars , with the exception of what their oppressors appropriated , were adgudded to the Hospitallers ; but though the political
importance of the Order was thus annihilated , its suppression as a fraternity wis not accomplished . The succession of Grand Masters has been uninterruptedly maintained ; the archives , seals , standards , and other relics , are preserved at Paris ; and the Order is still in vigorous existence in the chief cities of Furope .
The vast accession of wealth which the Hospitallers obtained by the confiscation of the possessions of the Templars , amounting to nine thousand manors , conjoined with the conquest of Rhodes , raised the Order of St . John to a degree of splendour and renown which no military fraternity had ever before attained .
Europe poured the younger sons of its aristocracy into the AVhite Cross ranks , and a series of perpetual achievements against the infidels continued to add lustre to their arms . Amurath the l-irst , Bajazet , whose name made Europe tremble , Tamerlane the Scourge of God , and Mohammed suniained the Vanquisher , successively in vain attempted to furl their
banner . Never did the AVhite Cross ranks display a more numerous or braver array ; the Chef Lieu boasted continually a thousand knights ; for upwards of two centuries , in defiance of all the powers of the east , the Hospitallers held the supremacy of their island-fortress , the Levant was covered with their war-galleys , and not a corsair durst shako out his sails in the Lycian
waters . At length , on the 26 th of June , 1523 , the victorious Solyma . il landed 100 , 000 men on the island of Rhodes ; and soon afterwards appearing in person wHW additional forces , declared his head , his fleet , his army , and his empire to he for ever accursed if lie did not
conquer it . For a year and a half the Hospitallers , with the most desperate valour , foiled every attack . ; and it was only when the fortifications were no longer defensible , and the llhodians had dwindled to a handful , that they consented to capitulate under the most honourable stipulations . As the knights , carrying the
archives of their Order with thorn , looked their last on the shattered towers from which thejiiteof war had driven them , they were supported by the consciousness that , though lthodes had passed from under their sway their protracted resistance had conferred the fame of victory even on defeat . The Turks , who had lost
80 , 000 men by the hands of the knights , in token of respect to the vanquished , refrained from defacing the armorial insignia and inscriptions on the public buildings of the city ; and to this day they venerate it as a place worthy of being for ever held holy and illustrious in the estimation of mankind .
Under the laurelled reign of Villiers de l'lslc Adam , the most distinguished G ' rctnd-Mas'tcT tho Order ever possessed , the . Hospitallers lost lthodes and obtained Malta , that storied rock which was the closing scene of their triumphs and power . On the 2 ! th of March , 15 o 0 , the Emperor Charles the Fifth ceded for ever
to tbe Knights of Saint John , in fee-simple and absolute title , all tho castles , fortresses , and isles , of Alalia , Tripoli , and Goza . Here for upwards of two centuries and a half , the Hospitallers sustained their ancient renown , and completed those fortifications which will ever remain monuments of their
military energy and skill . In 1505 , under the Grand-Mastership of the celebrated John de Valette , Alalia sustained the memorable seige of live months duration , in which twcnty-livethousaiidTitiks perished . A more heroic resistance was never made b y a beleaguered fortress , and it had this advantage over
tho scarcely less glorious defence of lthodes—that it was successful . During the 17 th century , the annals of the Order record many brilliant exploits . The siege of Candia , in 1000 , witnessed the valour of the Hospitallers ; and seven years afterwards , the
Maltese squadron , combined with that of Venice , gained a signal victory over the Turkish licet at the Dardanelles . Whilst the banner of Saint John was thus upheld in its ancient glory by sea and land , the frightful earthquake which ravaged Sicily and Calabria in 1783 , and laid Messina and Reggie in ruins ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To Our Brethren Of The Masonic Press In America.
a copy of Tlie Fneport Journal , published at Freeport , Illinois , in which the following remarks are made respecting THE FBEEMASON : — " We have received a valuable acquisition to our
list of Masonic exchanges , in the shape of a neat twelve-page sheet , published weekly by Bro . George Kenning , at Nos . 3 and 4 , Little Britain , in the City of London , England . We have no clue as to the agents in this country , and we are somewhat at a loss
to divine what has procured us this unlocked for favor , which , however , affords us none tbe less pleasure , and we hereby heartily tender Bro . Kenning the right hand of fellowship , with none the less warmth and cordiality , because separated from him by 4 , 335 miles of land
and water . ' THE FREEMASON bears evidences of being conducted with rare ability , and is a fitting representative of the Craft in a land where it has been known and honoured from the first years of the Christian era down to the present time . "
Ar00201
ROYAL ARCH MASONRY
BY THE SON OF SALATHIEL . RABINNICAL SIGNIFICATIONS OF THE SEPH 1 EOTH According to Basnage's Table .
j 10 membersof the | Planets , j jirpm 7 lpr ~ „ f m „ ,. „ The Names of aroheli / pal Man or members of f"L \ ' [ . { , The Ten Commandments TcnSephiroth . ^ J or 10 orders of \ the Celestial \ ^ iial of the Law . | Angel * . I Man . | ______________________ The Crown r .. „ . Haoit Hakkodes The b _ tnpy real „ ,. r , „„ : „ Thou shalt have no othe r ( Kether ) I am that I am or the Serdphim Heav / n IheBram God but me .
Wisdom Jab , ) Ophanim , The Primum ™ Lunira Thou slm Uot m any ( Cochroa ) the Esseneef or Cherubim . Mobile _ Z graven image . Understanding T . , ' Aralim , The T . H „ 0 . Thou shalt not take the ( Binah ) Jehovah orjl'hrones Firmament lne near _ name of theLord in vain . , , „ .- „ God , I Haschemulin , o „*„ ra TI _ - > <«„„„_ . _ , Thou shalt sanctify the Magnificence the ^^ ^ Dominion ^ Saturn Tha Stomach Sabath . day ,
ir- I . * rn . nr- v L n J Seraphim , T ., „ ,. „ •, „ ,. Honour thy father and Might The Mighty God ol , ^ irtu ^ Jupiter . the Liver mother . Beauty The Strong God Me Whim , M The Gall I Thou shalt „ kill-J ° or Powers Z ^~ . i _ -, , 771 . i Eiohim ™ t . I n > i T . •Thou shalt not commit Victory j God of Hosts . | w p ^ irf ^ aHtie , The Sun I llle Reins adultery-
Glory I ' 1 be Lord God of Ben-Elohim y The Beius Thou shalt not steal . * j Hosts 1 or Arch-Angels I The „„ » . . . Cherubim . T . n-i - _ .- _ . i Thou slialt not bear liilse Foundation The Omnipotent or Angel . ' Mercury lhe Vitals ^ . ^^ w . j I The Lord Adonai I Ischim , or Souls | The Moon I The Womb I Thou shalt uot covet . Kingdom 1 I ill
ROSICKUCIAN SIGNIFICATIONS OF THE SEPHIROTU According to the Table of Rosenberg .
LES NOMS DK DIEU ^ P 1 EU „„ , „„ , „„ LE 3 OBDRES DES LES INTELLIGENCES ,, CABALISTIQUIS . SELON LB llombre LES SHROTDS . mamimms . » E 8 SP 11 ERBB . MS delettersenhebreu S ^ Ehje I Kether Ilaccodcsch hojoth , Mittatron "j Sernphins , Prince N Je serai . I Moi . Couronne . saints animaux du monde . V
^ Jchova I m Joj ,, Ilochma Cphannim Ralsicl f ( Etre des Ctres , Courrier do O moi . Dieu , Etre de soi . Sagesso . Cherubins roues Dieu . 0 ^ Elohim Jchova Jcsckon Schaddai , Bina Erclim , Tsaphkkl " \ Dieu , Jesus Couteplation de P etre d . etres . tout puissant . intelligence . Trones puissant . Dieu . 2
fc $ El Jchova Jlescd llasehmalin Tsadkicl "\ Dominations Q D ' - Etre des ttrcs . Liberality . e ' tincelautes . Justice de Dieu . p •j Gibbor Eloliim jeh ~ c ~ ac ~ ho 7 dia clohim Gtboura Seraphim Sammuel pj „ „ _ . El . 1 , 0 * Sauveur Puissances li l ' ort Dieu . Dieu Tres-IIaut Force . enflammdes . Pmntion de Dieu ^
^ Lloah El gibbor Tiphcrcth Malachini \ Michael £ S T ) ieu . j ); eu f orti Bcautc . Vcrtus Ttois . iSemUable a Dieu M _ P ^ Sebaoth Jchova , ~ A ~ raritha Nctsah Ehhim llannicl - | Seigneur Principautca T des urmees . Immiiable . Victoire . Dieux . Grace do Dieu . f \
^ TsibuUh Elohim Uedahalh Jehova Hod Elohimbenc Rcphud 3 A rean yes . XJ Dieu (] armc ' e . i . , Bc ; cuce j . Dieu . Louange . Enfants d . Dieu . Mddccine de Dieu ___ J __ 3 Mtaddar ~ Ts 7 b ~ aoth jcho ~ va , Jcwd . Kcrbubim . Gavricl ^ Sei"ueurdes Anges emme dea X Totitpuissiant . nrmiSes . Etablissement . eufiwits . I IIomme-Dieu . ?
^ _ , i / ona » i Tscbaoth Elohim . Malchouth / fchim , Ames Mittatron . ^ bienlieureuses , Y Seigneur . dieu d . armees . RovautcS . Homines . Mcssie . J
^ I Mukom Les Hubreux n ' out point do NOMde DIEU compose ile douze lettres , , | j pares que ce uombre passo chez eux pour imparfait , propre aux ptcheurs I V , Lieu . et penitents . 1 tl
j Ayla Ilaccodcsch Vcr On fait encore mention , dans la Kabbale , des . t ^ \> uah Hen Ah , St . NOMS de DIEU do ? 2 et de 72 letires . 11 faut voir Dieu Uni-Triiiit . ! Esprit etFils , Peru la-dessus les lvabbalintes . V
Ar00202
The Eosicrucian system comprises most of tho emblems used in Craft and Royal Arch Masonry , and the principal words and secrets of all the hig her grades are to bc found therein . This opens
a wide field for speculation as to the connexion between the two organizations , and it h to bc hoped that the archaeological section of the modern Rosicnician fraternit y will carefully sift the evidence bearing upon the point , which at
present seems to bc m chaotic confusion . With
an account of the constitution of various Grand Royal Arch Chapters at present existing , it was
Ar00203
our intention to have closed these remarks upon Royal Arch Masonry , but as we purpose g iving a synopsis of the history and presumed ori g in of the various branches of Freemasoniy now \ vork ? d in England , wc consider it better to defer ti . e
account of the Royal Arch Degree until it can bc embodied in its proper place . Wc have , however , written enough to prove our affectionate
regard for Koyal Arch Masonry , which is , indeed , the keystone and conviction of tho whole Masonic system , ( Concluded . )
Hospitallaria;
HOSPITALLARIA ;
OR A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OP ttnights ?»; osj ) iirtUcv ! S » { Continued from page 50 . ) In 1313 , the magnanimous Jacques de Molai , its Grand Master , met death with a spirit worthy of hia
office , proclaiming the innocence of his Order ; and the truth of his dying testimony remains unshaken . In a moment indeed of human weakness , to suspend his tortures , he had admitted some of the charges brought against his fraternity , for which he made recantation in his last hour in the most solemn and
forcible manner . When almost stifled with the smoke of his funeral pyre , it is asserted that he cried aloud , " Clement , thou unjust judge and barbarous executioner ! 1 cite tliee to appear in forty days before the judgment-seat of God , "—a circumstance which made a deep impression , for the death of the pontiff occurred
within that period . Be this as it may , the tears of the people watered the warrior ' s ashes , which were carefully gathered up , and treasured as a martyi's dust . The princely possessions of the Templars , with the exception of what their oppressors appropriated , were adgudded to the Hospitallers ; but though the political
importance of the Order was thus annihilated , its suppression as a fraternity wis not accomplished . The succession of Grand Masters has been uninterruptedly maintained ; the archives , seals , standards , and other relics , are preserved at Paris ; and the Order is still in vigorous existence in the chief cities of Furope .
The vast accession of wealth which the Hospitallers obtained by the confiscation of the possessions of the Templars , amounting to nine thousand manors , conjoined with the conquest of Rhodes , raised the Order of St . John to a degree of splendour and renown which no military fraternity had ever before attained .
Europe poured the younger sons of its aristocracy into the AVhite Cross ranks , and a series of perpetual achievements against the infidels continued to add lustre to their arms . Amurath the l-irst , Bajazet , whose name made Europe tremble , Tamerlane the Scourge of God , and Mohammed suniained the Vanquisher , successively in vain attempted to furl their
banner . Never did the AVhite Cross ranks display a more numerous or braver array ; the Chef Lieu boasted continually a thousand knights ; for upwards of two centuries , in defiance of all the powers of the east , the Hospitallers held the supremacy of their island-fortress , the Levant was covered with their war-galleys , and not a corsair durst shako out his sails in the Lycian
waters . At length , on the 26 th of June , 1523 , the victorious Solyma . il landed 100 , 000 men on the island of Rhodes ; and soon afterwards appearing in person wHW additional forces , declared his head , his fleet , his army , and his empire to he for ever accursed if lie did not
conquer it . For a year and a half the Hospitallers , with the most desperate valour , foiled every attack . ; and it was only when the fortifications were no longer defensible , and the llhodians had dwindled to a handful , that they consented to capitulate under the most honourable stipulations . As the knights , carrying the
archives of their Order with thorn , looked their last on the shattered towers from which thejiiteof war had driven them , they were supported by the consciousness that , though lthodes had passed from under their sway their protracted resistance had conferred the fame of victory even on defeat . The Turks , who had lost
80 , 000 men by the hands of the knights , in token of respect to the vanquished , refrained from defacing the armorial insignia and inscriptions on the public buildings of the city ; and to this day they venerate it as a place worthy of being for ever held holy and illustrious in the estimation of mankind .
Under the laurelled reign of Villiers de l'lslc Adam , the most distinguished G ' rctnd-Mas'tcT tho Order ever possessed , the . Hospitallers lost lthodes and obtained Malta , that storied rock which was the closing scene of their triumphs and power . On the 2 ! th of March , 15 o 0 , the Emperor Charles the Fifth ceded for ever
to tbe Knights of Saint John , in fee-simple and absolute title , all tho castles , fortresses , and isles , of Alalia , Tripoli , and Goza . Here for upwards of two centuries and a half , the Hospitallers sustained their ancient renown , and completed those fortifications which will ever remain monuments of their
military energy and skill . In 1505 , under the Grand-Mastership of the celebrated John de Valette , Alalia sustained the memorable seige of live months duration , in which twcnty-livethousaiidTitiks perished . A more heroic resistance was never made b y a beleaguered fortress , and it had this advantage over
tho scarcely less glorious defence of lthodes—that it was successful . During the 17 th century , the annals of the Order record many brilliant exploits . The siege of Candia , in 1000 , witnessed the valour of the Hospitallers ; and seven years afterwards , the
Maltese squadron , combined with that of Venice , gained a signal victory over the Turkish licet at the Dardanelles . Whilst the banner of Saint John was thus upheld in its ancient glory by sea and land , the frightful earthquake which ravaged Sicily and Calabria in 1783 , and laid Messina and Reggie in ruins ,