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Cliassioal Eebemasonry,
with it , but must be impressed with the fact that most of the great philosophers and lawgivers , seers and prophets , and men of renown in the ancient world , were Treemasons , and identified themselves with that beautiful system of ethics which was practised in the very rites and mysteries which are now held in such veneration and sacred regard by every man who claims to be a Brother and adorns that character by every moral and social virtue .
There is not a holy tradition—there is not a sublime aphorism or moral precept—there is not a sacred character of which the poets have sung or philosphers written--that does not breathe the spirit of Masonry , and associate its principles with the worship of Gtod and the glory which surrounds His everlasting throne .
Masonic Antiquities.
MASONIC ANTIQUITIES .
" continue our remarks upon the work to which we lately directed the attention of our readers , viz ., " Les Jesuites Chasses de la Ma ^ onnerie , " and the work quoted in it , Prichard ' s " Masonry Dissected . " Mr . Prichard , in his Preface , has perpetuated one very
remarkable absurdity c he says that if after admission into the Secrets of Masonry , any Brother should dislike their proceedings and seclude himself from the Society , that though admitted into a regular Lodge , he shall not be allowed to know the mystery for which he has already paid . It surely could be no very severe punishment to deprive any man of that which he did not choose to have , if indeed
he conld be deprived of knowledge which he already possessed . The Catechism which follows is as full of absurdities as the Preface , to say nothing of the extreme faultiness of the orthography and the grammatical construction , while the printing is about as bad a specimen of typography as we ever saw . The names given to the teeth and the roof of the mouth , namely , the " Bone-Box * ' and the
" Tow-Line , " the latter of which he asserts is nine inches or a span in length , are sufficiently ridiculous , as is also the question and answer about the dress of the Master , viz ., a yellow jacket and a blue pair of breeches , in allusion to a pair of compasses with a brass hinge and steel points . In the Fellow Craft ' s " part , ' as it is called , occurs
the following conversation , commencing with an assertion that " In the midst of Solomon ' s temple there stands a letter GK" This letter Q * is undoubtedly recognized by Freemasons ( we know a town , in fact , in which it is the public sign of Freemasons' Hall ) , but onr Brethren will remember the manner in which it is used in
Freemasonry . It is also asserted that the door of the middle chamber of the temple was " so high that a Cowan could not reach to stick a Pin in , " We subjoin the dialogue alluded to on the letter GK iC Can you repeat the letter Gr . A . Til do my endeavour .
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Cliassioal Eebemasonry,
with it , but must be impressed with the fact that most of the great philosophers and lawgivers , seers and prophets , and men of renown in the ancient world , were Treemasons , and identified themselves with that beautiful system of ethics which was practised in the very rites and mysteries which are now held in such veneration and sacred regard by every man who claims to be a Brother and adorns that character by every moral and social virtue .
There is not a holy tradition—there is not a sublime aphorism or moral precept—there is not a sacred character of which the poets have sung or philosphers written--that does not breathe the spirit of Masonry , and associate its principles with the worship of Gtod and the glory which surrounds His everlasting throne .
Masonic Antiquities.
MASONIC ANTIQUITIES .
" continue our remarks upon the work to which we lately directed the attention of our readers , viz ., " Les Jesuites Chasses de la Ma ^ onnerie , " and the work quoted in it , Prichard ' s " Masonry Dissected . " Mr . Prichard , in his Preface , has perpetuated one very
remarkable absurdity c he says that if after admission into the Secrets of Masonry , any Brother should dislike their proceedings and seclude himself from the Society , that though admitted into a regular Lodge , he shall not be allowed to know the mystery for which he has already paid . It surely could be no very severe punishment to deprive any man of that which he did not choose to have , if indeed
he conld be deprived of knowledge which he already possessed . The Catechism which follows is as full of absurdities as the Preface , to say nothing of the extreme faultiness of the orthography and the grammatical construction , while the printing is about as bad a specimen of typography as we ever saw . The names given to the teeth and the roof of the mouth , namely , the " Bone-Box * ' and the
" Tow-Line , " the latter of which he asserts is nine inches or a span in length , are sufficiently ridiculous , as is also the question and answer about the dress of the Master , viz ., a yellow jacket and a blue pair of breeches , in allusion to a pair of compasses with a brass hinge and steel points . In the Fellow Craft ' s " part , ' as it is called , occurs
the following conversation , commencing with an assertion that " In the midst of Solomon ' s temple there stands a letter GK" This letter Q * is undoubtedly recognized by Freemasons ( we know a town , in fact , in which it is the public sign of Freemasons' Hall ) , but onr Brethren will remember the manner in which it is used in
Freemasonry . It is also asserted that the door of the middle chamber of the temple was " so high that a Cowan could not reach to stick a Pin in , " We subjoin the dialogue alluded to on the letter GK iC Can you repeat the letter Gr . A . Til do my endeavour .