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Article ANCIENT WRITERS AND MODERN" PRACTICES, ← Page 5 of 5
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Ancient Writers And Modern" Practices,
his way to " shatter " a bubble , and the mere fact of his wielding with so much perseverance so powerful a weapon as the pen of a clever man , proves that there must have been , in his opinion ,
something pretty substantial to demolish , if demolished it was to be ; but we do not see what he has taken away from us that we claim , or what he has thrust upon us that we do not already acknowledge , unless indeed it is our descent from a society which was the offspring of the hoax of a German theologian . The only points of difference between us appear to us to be , that he insists on the fact that we
sprang from some source of German mysticism , and were afterwards ingrafted into the society of operative Masons ; while w e rather claim to be descended from that Craft—acknowledging , as most of us do , that few if any but operative Masons were admitted into it before the time of Sir Christopher Wren . ISFow what bubble is there for
him to shatter , and how has he shattered whatever there might be to attack ? It rather appears to us that , like Don Quixote , he has run a tilt against what he thought was a giant whom he was going to overcome , but which , turning out instead to be a windmill , hoisted him by one of its sails into the air , and flung him somewhat roughly on the ground to the detriment of his body and limbs .
By the way he places us , or our Society , in rather good company ; for besides Elias Ashmole , the antiquary and founder of the museum at Oxford which bears his name , he mentions as members of the Lodge in Masons'Lane : Thomas Wharton , M . D . ; Oughtred , the mathematician ; Lilty ? the astronomer ; Dr . Hewett ; and the celebrated Rev . John Pearson , M . A ., of King ' s College , Cambridge , then
vicar of Torrington in Suffolk , afterwards of St . Clement ' s , Eastcheap , in London , of St . Christopher ' s in the city , master of Jesus College , Cambridge , and finally bishop of Chester—but best of all known by his exposition of the creed . The remainder ' of the paper contains but little matter that would be generally interesting , and we will , therefore , now conclude our notice of it , hoping that our readers may have derived some gratification from its perusal . jL *
A Masonic Dinner bueing the Siege of Luok ^ ow , — "A banquet was given at the Post Office by the Freemasons , on St . John ' s day . We sat down about twenty , the Worshipful Master M'Grennan , presiding and his Senior Warden Bryson , acting as croupier . Seeing every one happy and delighted with the present , all philosophically forgetful of the future and the past , the thought suddenly came over me , < How many of us , now enjoying the champagne and elaret which is profusely passing round will be alive three months hence ?' It was an ominous thought . Before the beginning of October , nine of our
party were killed , and three lying grievously wounded in hospital . There were no songs sung , but speeches were delivered without number . The healths of the Royal Family , of Sir Henry Lawrence , of Sir Hugh Wheeler and his gallant band of heroes , who were then still holding out , of Captain . Alexander and the Artillery , of Colonel Inglis and the 32 nd , and of almost every one [( resent , were drunk ; and appropriate speeches , of course , made thereon , especially by Mr . M'Grennan . If good wishes would have preserved life and given prosperity , what calamities would have been averted ! " Pecs ' s Narrative of the Siege of Luchiow ,
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Ancient Writers And Modern" Practices,
his way to " shatter " a bubble , and the mere fact of his wielding with so much perseverance so powerful a weapon as the pen of a clever man , proves that there must have been , in his opinion ,
something pretty substantial to demolish , if demolished it was to be ; but we do not see what he has taken away from us that we claim , or what he has thrust upon us that we do not already acknowledge , unless indeed it is our descent from a society which was the offspring of the hoax of a German theologian . The only points of difference between us appear to us to be , that he insists on the fact that we
sprang from some source of German mysticism , and were afterwards ingrafted into the society of operative Masons ; while w e rather claim to be descended from that Craft—acknowledging , as most of us do , that few if any but operative Masons were admitted into it before the time of Sir Christopher Wren . ISFow what bubble is there for
him to shatter , and how has he shattered whatever there might be to attack ? It rather appears to us that , like Don Quixote , he has run a tilt against what he thought was a giant whom he was going to overcome , but which , turning out instead to be a windmill , hoisted him by one of its sails into the air , and flung him somewhat roughly on the ground to the detriment of his body and limbs .
By the way he places us , or our Society , in rather good company ; for besides Elias Ashmole , the antiquary and founder of the museum at Oxford which bears his name , he mentions as members of the Lodge in Masons'Lane : Thomas Wharton , M . D . ; Oughtred , the mathematician ; Lilty ? the astronomer ; Dr . Hewett ; and the celebrated Rev . John Pearson , M . A ., of King ' s College , Cambridge , then
vicar of Torrington in Suffolk , afterwards of St . Clement ' s , Eastcheap , in London , of St . Christopher ' s in the city , master of Jesus College , Cambridge , and finally bishop of Chester—but best of all known by his exposition of the creed . The remainder ' of the paper contains but little matter that would be generally interesting , and we will , therefore , now conclude our notice of it , hoping that our readers may have derived some gratification from its perusal . jL *
A Masonic Dinner bueing the Siege of Luok ^ ow , — "A banquet was given at the Post Office by the Freemasons , on St . John ' s day . We sat down about twenty , the Worshipful Master M'Grennan , presiding and his Senior Warden Bryson , acting as croupier . Seeing every one happy and delighted with the present , all philosophically forgetful of the future and the past , the thought suddenly came over me , < How many of us , now enjoying the champagne and elaret which is profusely passing round will be alive three months hence ?' It was an ominous thought . Before the beginning of October , nine of our
party were killed , and three lying grievously wounded in hospital . There were no songs sung , but speeches were delivered without number . The healths of the Royal Family , of Sir Henry Lawrence , of Sir Hugh Wheeler and his gallant band of heroes , who were then still holding out , of Captain . Alexander and the Artillery , of Colonel Inglis and the 32 nd , and of almost every one [( resent , were drunk ; and appropriate speeches , of course , made thereon , especially by Mr . M'Grennan . If good wishes would have preserved life and given prosperity , what calamities would have been averted ! " Pecs ' s Narrative of the Siege of Luchiow ,