Notes By Father Foy On His Second Lecture.

they kept his feast precisely at the tune Avhen the Christians celebrated the death ancl resurrection of Christ . The Christians frequently reproached them Avith this , ancl in our days the same reproach is made to the Rosicrueians of renoAving their funeral ceremonies at the same time , that ison

, the Thursday of Holy Aveek . " 9 . In tho masonic games Mac Benac are the tAvo Avords lvhich comprehend the secret meaning of this mystery . The literal signification of these words , Ave are told by the masonsis' the flesh parts

, , from the bone . ' This very interpretation remains a mystery , which only disappears when Ave reflect on the execution of Manes . Manes had promised by his prayers to cure the King of Persia ' s child . The young prince died , and Manes fled , but he was

flayed alive myth the points of reeds . Such is the clear explanation of Mae Benac , the flesh leaves the bones—he Avas flayed alive . " The very reeds bear testimony to the fact . People are surprised at seeing the Eosicrucians begin their ceremonies by

seating themselves sorroAvfully ancl in silence upon the ground , then raising themselves up , ancl Avalking each with a long reed in his hand . All this is easily explained Avhen Ave reflect that it was precisel y in this posture that the Manichajans

wore used to put themselves , affecting to sit or lay themselves CIOAVU on mats made of reeds , to perpetuate tho memory of the manner in Avhich their Master Avas put to death . Ancl it AA'as for this reason that they were called Matarii . "

REAL SECRETS . From " Barruel , " Vol . III ., p . 171 . "In the first degree of Scotch Knighthood , the adopt is informed that he has been elevated to the dignity of High

Priest . In this degree he receives the raasonic science only as descending from Solomon and Hiram , ancl revived by the Kni ghts Templars . But in the second degree he learns that it is to be traced to Adam himselfancl that it has been handed

, doAvn by Noah , Nimrod , Solomon , Hugh , the founder of the Templars , and James Molay their last Grand Master , Avho , each in their tmns , are styled the masonic Sages .

At length , in the third degree , it is revealed to him that the celebrated word , lost by the death of Hiram , AA'as this name of Jehovah . It Avas found , he is told , by the Knight Templars , at the time Avhen the Christians Avere building a Church at Jerusalem . This Avas the famous Avord

lost by Adoniram . The Knights Templars of Scotland took that word there , and transformed themselves into Knights of St . AndreAv . Their successors aro entrusted Avith this secret , and are at this clay , perfect masters of freemasonry , high priests

of Jehovah . "This secret , however , cannot be difficult to understand . It is only to vieAv the Scotch Master in his HBAV character of high priest of Jehovah , or of that Avorship —that pretended Deism—Avhich we have

been told Avas necessarily the religion of Adam , Noah , Nimrod , Solomon , Hugh , the Grand Master , Molay , of the Templars , ancl Avhich to day is to constitute the religion of the complete mason . " These mysteries ridded them of all the mysteries of the gospel ancl of all religiom But , AVIIO is the person Avho wrested the famous word , and who Avas the real assassin

of Adoniram , against whom the hatred of and the vengeance of the sect Avas to be directed 1 To grasp this , AVO ascend to a IIOAV degree , called the Knights Roses Crucis , or the Roscicrucians . Christ , himself , in their eyes is the destroyer of the unity of Godhe is the great enemy of

, Jehovah ; and to infuse the hatred of the sect into the minds of the new adepts , constitutes the grand mystery of the new degree , Avhich they have called Rosicrucian . " " Herethenwe shall see everything

re-, , lates only to the author of Christianity . The ornaments of the lodge appear to be solely intended to recall to the candidate the solemn mystery of Mount Calvary . The Avhole is hung in black , an altar is to be seen at the bottom , and over tho

altar is a transparent representation of three crosses , the middle one bearing the ordinary inscription . The brethren in sacerdotal vestments are seated on the ground , in the most profound silence , sorroAvful and afflicted , resting their heads

on their arms to represent their grief . It is not , liOAvever , the death of the son of God , AVIIO died victim for our sins , that is