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History Of The Ancient And Accepted. Bit...
a record in Syriac characters , relating to the most remote antiquity ,
which was not fully translated until the reign of our Most Enlightened , Most 111 . and Most Puissant Bro . Frederick II ., King of Prussia . There is also a particular record of the establishment of a Lodge of Perfection at Marseilles , ^ in the year 1744 , hy a nobleman from Scotland . In this connection we might refer to Lodge No . 49 , of " St . Greorge de inobservance , " Covent Garden , London , chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1736 , which worked the " Sublime
Degrees " - in a body attached to that Lodge . J St . George ' s Lodge gave up its warrant in 1792 . Its members were mostly of French and Italian extraction , but their authority to work in the high Degrees was derived from Scotland . From the character of certain plates § published by them , while P . Lambert de Lintot was their Master in 1785 , it appears that they had cultivated the Ineffable as well as all the superior Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite .
{ To de continued . ) ..... , * - ,, , ¦ - . . ¦ . i . i .. i . . . . "¦ _ - ' „ - ¦ - , * Where the learned doctor gets this account from is well known to every intelligent Sublime Brother . + Doctor Dalchoj and several subsequent writers , make it appear that this Lodge was established " at Bourdeaux " ( page 58 of said Circular ) . There is no authority for such an assertion , as the fact is well known that it was at Marseilles ,
and a very minute and elaborate description of the Lodge itself is to be found in Smith ' s " Use and Abuse of Freemasonry , 1783 . " X As is the present custom in England and Ireland to work the Holy Boyal Arch in bodies attached'to Lodges . § It is much to be regretted that , in a recent reproduction of one of those plates by a distinguished Brother , an explanation diametrically opposite to the correct one is given to its symbolism , and this is the more unfortunate as the Brother who did it is considered high authority , —Compiler .
The 3 kd Degree . —When you are about to be raised to the 3 rd Degree of Masonry , prepare yourself by study and reflection ; for it embraces everything which is interesting * to a human being in his progress through time to eternity , — the end and destination of man , the resurrection from the dead , and the immortality of the soul . You are admonished to be careful to perform your allotted task while it is day ; to listen to the voice which bears witness , that even in this perishable fmme resides an immortal soul which inspires a holy confidence that the Lord of Life will enable us to trample the Kino of Terrors beneath our feet .
and lift our eyes to the bright Morning Star , whose rising brings peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of the human race . Fellow-Craft . —As a Fellow-Craft , remember the middle chamber . If you work , you will be rewarded ; if you work not , you will be entitled to no wages . Apply this lesson to your morals . If you discharge your duty punctually to God and man , a reward is prepared for you in the chambers of heaven , which you may
receive without doubt or scruple ; while , on the contrary , if you disregard theao duties , you can scarcely expect wages from your celestial Master , Every man shall be rewarded according to his work . Memory . — The great secret for improving the memory , may bo found in exercise , practice , arid labour . Nothing is so much improved by care or injured by neglect , aa the memory , — Book of the Lodge .
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History Of The Ancient And Accepted. Bit...
a record in Syriac characters , relating to the most remote antiquity ,
which was not fully translated until the reign of our Most Enlightened , Most 111 . and Most Puissant Bro . Frederick II ., King of Prussia . There is also a particular record of the establishment of a Lodge of Perfection at Marseilles , ^ in the year 1744 , hy a nobleman from Scotland . In this connection we might refer to Lodge No . 49 , of " St . Greorge de inobservance , " Covent Garden , London , chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1736 , which worked the " Sublime
Degrees " - in a body attached to that Lodge . J St . George ' s Lodge gave up its warrant in 1792 . Its members were mostly of French and Italian extraction , but their authority to work in the high Degrees was derived from Scotland . From the character of certain plates § published by them , while P . Lambert de Lintot was their Master in 1785 , it appears that they had cultivated the Ineffable as well as all the superior Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite .
{ To de continued . ) ..... , * - ,, , ¦ - . . ¦ . i . i .. i . . . . "¦ _ - ' „ - ¦ - , * Where the learned doctor gets this account from is well known to every intelligent Sublime Brother . + Doctor Dalchoj and several subsequent writers , make it appear that this Lodge was established " at Bourdeaux " ( page 58 of said Circular ) . There is no authority for such an assertion , as the fact is well known that it was at Marseilles ,
and a very minute and elaborate description of the Lodge itself is to be found in Smith ' s " Use and Abuse of Freemasonry , 1783 . " X As is the present custom in England and Ireland to work the Holy Boyal Arch in bodies attached'to Lodges . § It is much to be regretted that , in a recent reproduction of one of those plates by a distinguished Brother , an explanation diametrically opposite to the correct one is given to its symbolism , and this is the more unfortunate as the Brother who did it is considered high authority , —Compiler .
The 3 kd Degree . —When you are about to be raised to the 3 rd Degree of Masonry , prepare yourself by study and reflection ; for it embraces everything which is interesting * to a human being in his progress through time to eternity , — the end and destination of man , the resurrection from the dead , and the immortality of the soul . You are admonished to be careful to perform your allotted task while it is day ; to listen to the voice which bears witness , that even in this perishable fmme resides an immortal soul which inspires a holy confidence that the Lord of Life will enable us to trample the Kino of Terrors beneath our feet .
and lift our eyes to the bright Morning Star , whose rising brings peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of the human race . Fellow-Craft . —As a Fellow-Craft , remember the middle chamber . If you work , you will be rewarded ; if you work not , you will be entitled to no wages . Apply this lesson to your morals . If you discharge your duty punctually to God and man , a reward is prepared for you in the chambers of heaven , which you may
receive without doubt or scruple ; while , on the contrary , if you disregard theao duties , you can scarcely expect wages from your celestial Master , Every man shall be rewarded according to his work . Memory . — The great secret for improving the memory , may bo found in exercise , practice , arid labour . Nothing is so much improved by care or injured by neglect , aa the memory , — Book of the Lodge .