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Freemasonry And Isra Elitism.

FREEMASONRY AND ISRAELITISM .

A N K IM TO MI : or B RO . C VRI ' I . XTHR ' S AKTICI . KS ON 'ni is Si'ii . i i : i T . liv \ v . I-:, v . \ o . -dr .,

1 llailiiiii . il from I ' u ^ ' 2 tS , Sj Xo . XXV ., Jan . rith , 1872 .- —The migration and history of the Goths or Getiv , or Scythians , or Saxons , Angles . and J ulesjiave been traced from the

south-eastern parts of F . urope , and southern parts of Asia—the very regions into which the Israelites were deported by ihe Assyrians , about -23 B . C .,

lo their settlement in these islands , "The Isles of the Sea , " and subsequently their missions ( colonising and religious ) , into every quarter of

die globe . In ibis the predicted mission of Israel has been fulfilled—to occupy the isles , to raise up a standard for the nations , and to make known the true God , anil 1 lis salvation , to the

ends of the earth . The very marked distinction made in the prophecies between Judahand Israel must be born in the miniP- the head or leading tribe of Israel being Kplirahu , the inheritor of

J osep h ' s birthright , and ol" whom God declared ^ through Jeremiah , " I am a Father unto Israel and Fp hraim is my iirst-born , " that in possessing ihe privileges and inheritance of thc first son .

Seeing ibe recorded prophesies promulgated many yens ago , and the literal fulfilment of many of them , in ancient and modern history , it would

demand n great aniounl of credulity to believe that the exact agreement , in so many particulars , of the one with the other , was the result of mere

chance , or that it only exhibits a series of coincidences , the like of which is not to be found elsewhere . The careful reader cannot but sec lhal there is at least a great weight of evidence

in favour of the Israelitish origin of the Anglo-Saxon race , of which this island may be regarded as the cradle and home , and from whence have

gone forih tho progenitors of those , vast populations , which are now taking a leading part , in the civilisation and evangelisation of the rest of the world .

Tin ; late John Wilson , in his " Lectures on Ancient Israel , " puts the following queries on the Israelitish origin of the British Nation :- —¦ 1 . Is not the house of Israel , and especially

the tribe of Ephraim , clearl y distinguished from that of J udah , in the historical and prophetic parts of Scripture , and were not of Ephraim to come the many heirs of the promises made to

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the fathers , just as of J udah , was to come theOne Pleir , from whom the blessing was immediately to descend }

¦ 1 . Were not the lost tribes of Israel to be found in these , ihe Filler days , as a seed whom the Ford hath blessed ?

3 . Plan- not all previous attempts to liiul the lost tribes of Israel proved abortive ; especially as regards Fphraim , of whom was to come the fullness of the Gentiles or multitudes ol" nations :

and docs not the Scripture declare lh . it the previous tion-discovcrv of Israel has been occasioned b ) - ( heir blindness , and not from ( iod having failed to fulfil His word : . Moreover , do not

the Scriptures expressly recognise our present condition , as being that in which Israel would be found ; and do not they predict matters which can only be fulfilled in these nations :

4 . Docs history ( which traces back our Saxon ancestry lo die very countries into which Israel was carried captive by the Assyrians ) present anything opposed to this view , and is it likely

that God would utterly cast away the people to whom the promises were made , and out of the same place bring forth another people , and fulfil in them the promises solemnly made to Israel ?

5 . Are not the intellectual , moral , and physical characteristics of the Anglo-Saxons exactly those which were to be expected of thc nations that were to come from Fphraim ? Can our

ancieni religious rights , political institutions , acquirements , and manners , be better accounled for I ban . as having been derived from ancient Israel ; and do 1101 thc favours bestowed on those nations .

and the whole course of God s dealing with the Fnglish people clearly indicate that they are under the kindness and care of the good Shepherd of Israel ?

Tothe . se questions , propounded by Mr . Wilson , liro . Carpenter adds another . Do we not seem to recognise our Israel if ish origin in our Masonic : constitution and ritual r One brother has

endeavoured to show that we ( Masons ) take our rise in Ancient Roman times ; Numa Ponipilins being our founder . Thai would probably be thirty or forty years after Israel was carried away

captive into Assyria . Another brother cnrnes the birth of Masonry back to a period long antecedent to that time . Guilds and architecture may have flourished in those remote times , but

the Jewish tradition and ceremonial rites found in Masonry show at least that if wc do not derive our origin from such earl y times , there is somelhimr sfrikinu' which links us with dial .

extraordinary race , which has been destined to be the salvation of ( he world and the glory of its Creator and Governor . If the reasons assigned show that the Saxons

are identical with the people , who have been divinely selected as the instruments to bring about this blessed state of things , it should surely stimulate us to further investiiration , and thc

study of a truth which is of no slight importance . If the unity of Israel and Judah , and preparing the way for the return of the chosen people to their own land , be our mission , then we cannot

trine with it and be guiltless . This work will be accomplished , though we may be indifferent to it , or even turn our backs upon it , for it is God ' s purpose , and His purpose shall stand '

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there will be a remnant ( as there always has been ) , and through them Cod will do his own work .

I have now completed the task which I . undertook some-months ago , and which has extended to a greater length , than I ori ginall y expected would be . the casta

In thus writing an epitome of our excellent and talented . Bro . Win . Carpenter ' s interesting articles relating to the Israelitish origin of the ! Anglo-Saxon race , I have adhered as much as

possible I ., ihe language , of the author , never materially altering it , except with a view to conciseness , even at thc expense of eleirancc of diction .

hi preparing this epitome I have had two objects mainly in view , namely , ist . To condense and bring into a compendious form the author ' s statement of facts , so that readers iiueresied in

the subject might sec at a glance ( so to speak ) the main facts Ihat are brought forward in the several articles in their numerical order , and date of publication ; and might thusbe enabled , to refer

to any particular article ( as published in the Freemason ) for the arguments based upon such statements , and the texts quoted in support of the arguments . 2 nd . I felt that tlie subject was

one which mi ght perhaps be new to many readers of tlie Freemason , or that at any rate the attention of others mi ght not have been arrested , until several of Bro . Carpenter ' s articles liad

appeared , and that it would be a convenience to them to have a concise view of flic subject for perusal , before taking up Bro . Carpenter ' s more elaborate and argumentative arl ides . I felt it , moreover .

important to keep up the public interest in this most interesting subject , by bringing it under the notice of the new subscribers and readers , which

are weekl y' added to the ; circulation of the Freemason . If I have in any measure succeeded in these objects 1 shall be satisfied , and Bro . Wm . Carpenter and 1 will not have laboured in vain .

I take ibis opportunity ol mentioning that Bro . Carpenter has complied with the strongly expressed wishes of many persons interested in the subject , and has published his articles in the form of a volume , which can be obtained at the ollice of ihe Free in u son ,

Random Notes On Freemasonry.

RANDOM NOTES ON FREEMASONRY .

A Leelltro de / irered before Ihe Members of the Rot / iil Simsei Chn / iler if Per feci Erici / ils / ii / i , nl I / jsirich , on lEci / nesdai / , the 3 II 1 June , 1 S 72 . UY lilto . pMRV . Hol . MKS , 3 O , I ' . M . St . Helen ' s l . odi > e , Xo . $ * ,, Hartlepool ; I ' . G . A . D . C ,

Suffolk ; W . M . Albert \ aior l ' . o ( l < fc of Mark Masters' , Ipswich ; K . C . Prudence I'incatnpnient of Alasonic Knig hts Templar ; I' . I ' niv . G . Almoner , Northumberland ; I' . 2 nd ( irand Captain , Suffolk and Cambridge ; Grand I ' rovost of Kntdand , ( Order of the Temple and I lospital ); Member of the Royal Order of Scotland : vVo .

Most Kxeellenf Z . and Companions , — The substance of the following lecture was given to the members of the Phcrnix Lodge , Stowmarkef , some time since , and delivered at the St . Luke ' s

Royal Arch Chapter during the winter . Excerpts from it have already appeared in the Freemasons' Magazine , now defunct , and in the Freemason—an admiraole Masonic , weekly paper , which should be read by all Masons . I ventured to think , however , that tills Chapter mi ght like to hear it , and have accordingly re-written , and