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Sonnet.

SONNET .

( For the Masonic Magazmei ^ fijoo BY BUO . REV . Jl . GORDON . ON ST . JOHN THE BAPTIST ' S DAY , JUNE , 1876 . Now Summer ' s ray hath ' woke—all nature

'woke—And blooms each tree in its full leafy pride ; While fleecy clouds and streams more cheery glide . 'Tis John the Baptist ' s day—here ' neath

, this oak , One asks me why his special smile invoke As on this day 1 his baptism was full wide ; Yet did but serve as a great watery guide To a more hopeful , a more easy yoke

Than erst prevail'd — ' twas to prepare love ' s way In each estranged , each divided breast ; And like vast ocean ' s all commingling sway , To ev ' ry land and ev ' ry clime , unblest With love , its mystic paths more ready make To speed- the joy , of which we now partake .

Triads In Masonry.

TRIADS IN MASONRY .

WE take this interesting paper , as we think it worth reproduction , from our able contemporary the "Philadelphia Keystone : " Freemasonry is full of triads . It has three degreesthree Grand Mastersthree

, , chief officers , three , knocks , three jewels , three working tools , three steps , three members as the minimum of a Lodge , and many others . These usages have come down to us from the remotest times , and of themselves are marks of the antiquity of

the Craft . In the earliest ages of the world of which we have any history the number three had a mysterious significance . In the beginning God devoted three days to the architecture of the earth , and three to the creation of its occupants , and the light-bearers in the heavens . He first huilt , and then furnished our glorious mansion , and each in a triad of days .

y 0 fhe principle of triads runs through all / Htwhology , prevades every form of ancient Jrforship , and is well worthy of study . The Trinity of the heathen Mystics consisted of the male and female principles , and the sunforming their magic triangle .

, Layard tells us the equilateral triangle was the symbol of the Babylonian trinity . Egyptian worship was always in triads . On the wonderful temple-island of Philas , in the Nile , Isis , Osiris and Horus were the sacred threeand the interior of the

, great Temple is filled with their annals . Aud each district had its favourite trinity of gods , to whom the people paid reverence . The Egyptian priests were taught to believe in but one God , but this belief was only imparted secretly to initiates in the

Mysteries , while the profane world were invariably polytheists . The land of Egypt was actually divided by the number three , one-third being owned by the priests , one-third by the king , and one-third by the soldiers . An analogous

division obtained , centuries after , in Peru , where the Inca owned one-third , the Church one-third , while the people tilled , but did not own , the remaining third . Plato , the greatest name in philosophy , taught that one beneficent Deity rules the universe , and that He is triune in nature , with love as His chief attribute .

Triads appear , too , in the earliest known languages . In the Semetic tongues , spoken by the Assyrians , Babylonians , Phoenicians , Jews , and Arabs , the root-words , with rarely an exception , consist of three consonants , so that their most fundamental characteristic is the tri-literality of their roots .

The idea of a Deity three in one , is , according to Gladstone , found in Homer . And Fort tells us that the numeral three is a substantial norm in Teutonic mythology . The Scandinavians related that the world was supported by the ash tree Yggdrasil ,

which sprang from three roots . Three gods ruled in their celestial system , Odin , Thor , and Frey , To decent ! from things celestial to those terrestial , the Laplanders , and most of the northern nations , are in the habit of using a cord tied with three

magical knots for raising the wind . During the Middle Ages three judges were required to be present in order to hold a court of justice , and each judge sat upon a chair

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Untitled Article 1
TO OUR READERS. Article 2
INDEX. Article 4
Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 7
SONNET. Article 7
A PCEAN. Article 8
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION. Article 10
THE BROKEN TESSERA. Article 13
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 14
A WORD FOR OUR BOYS. Article 17
SONNET. Article 19
TRIADS IN MASONRY. Article 19
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, No. 114, IPSWICH. A.D. 1762. Article 20
AN ITALIAN COUNT. Article 24
WHISTLE DOWN THE BRAKES. Article 28
ZOROASTRIANISM AND FREEMASONRY. Article 28
THE OLD FISHER'S TALE. Article 32
FAIRY TALES UTILISED FOR, THE NEW GENERATION. Article 32
SPRING. Article 35
THE EDUCATION OF SOCIETY. Article 35
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 37
Untitled Article 41
Our Archaeological Corner. Article 42
THE TROAD. Article 43
A STRICKEN HEART. Article 47
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 47
THE NEW SCHOOL DIRECTOR. Article 49
REVIEW. Article 50
MASONIC CYCLOPAEDIA. Article 54
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Sonnet.

SONNET .

( For the Masonic Magazmei ^ fijoo BY BUO . REV . Jl . GORDON . ON ST . JOHN THE BAPTIST ' S DAY , JUNE , 1876 . Now Summer ' s ray hath ' woke—all nature

'woke—And blooms each tree in its full leafy pride ; While fleecy clouds and streams more cheery glide . 'Tis John the Baptist ' s day—here ' neath

, this oak , One asks me why his special smile invoke As on this day 1 his baptism was full wide ; Yet did but serve as a great watery guide To a more hopeful , a more easy yoke

Than erst prevail'd — ' twas to prepare love ' s way In each estranged , each divided breast ; And like vast ocean ' s all commingling sway , To ev ' ry land and ev ' ry clime , unblest With love , its mystic paths more ready make To speed- the joy , of which we now partake .

Triads In Masonry.

TRIADS IN MASONRY .

WE take this interesting paper , as we think it worth reproduction , from our able contemporary the "Philadelphia Keystone : " Freemasonry is full of triads . It has three degreesthree Grand Mastersthree

, , chief officers , three , knocks , three jewels , three working tools , three steps , three members as the minimum of a Lodge , and many others . These usages have come down to us from the remotest times , and of themselves are marks of the antiquity of

the Craft . In the earliest ages of the world of which we have any history the number three had a mysterious significance . In the beginning God devoted three days to the architecture of the earth , and three to the creation of its occupants , and the light-bearers in the heavens . He first huilt , and then furnished our glorious mansion , and each in a triad of days .

y 0 fhe principle of triads runs through all / Htwhology , prevades every form of ancient Jrforship , and is well worthy of study . The Trinity of the heathen Mystics consisted of the male and female principles , and the sunforming their magic triangle .

, Layard tells us the equilateral triangle was the symbol of the Babylonian trinity . Egyptian worship was always in triads . On the wonderful temple-island of Philas , in the Nile , Isis , Osiris and Horus were the sacred threeand the interior of the

, great Temple is filled with their annals . Aud each district had its favourite trinity of gods , to whom the people paid reverence . The Egyptian priests were taught to believe in but one God , but this belief was only imparted secretly to initiates in the

Mysteries , while the profane world were invariably polytheists . The land of Egypt was actually divided by the number three , one-third being owned by the priests , one-third by the king , and one-third by the soldiers . An analogous

division obtained , centuries after , in Peru , where the Inca owned one-third , the Church one-third , while the people tilled , but did not own , the remaining third . Plato , the greatest name in philosophy , taught that one beneficent Deity rules the universe , and that He is triune in nature , with love as His chief attribute .

Triads appear , too , in the earliest known languages . In the Semetic tongues , spoken by the Assyrians , Babylonians , Phoenicians , Jews , and Arabs , the root-words , with rarely an exception , consist of three consonants , so that their most fundamental characteristic is the tri-literality of their roots .

The idea of a Deity three in one , is , according to Gladstone , found in Homer . And Fort tells us that the numeral three is a substantial norm in Teutonic mythology . The Scandinavians related that the world was supported by the ash tree Yggdrasil ,

which sprang from three roots . Three gods ruled in their celestial system , Odin , Thor , and Frey , To decent ! from things celestial to those terrestial , the Laplanders , and most of the northern nations , are in the habit of using a cord tied with three

magical knots for raising the wind . During the Middle Ages three judges were required to be present in order to hold a court of justice , and each judge sat upon a chair

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