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on its conclusion a , vote of thanks to him for his able lecture was proposed , seconded , and carried by acclamation , in the manner peculiar to ^ Masons . On the conclusion of Lodge business , the Brethren and visiting Brethren partook of a sumptuous banquet at the house of Bro . Tyler . The W . M . occupied the chair , and the S . W . Williams the vice . The company , which was numerous , included P . M . Bates , P . M . Tidswell , P . M . Rainey ; and among the visiting Brethren , W . M . Geo . Jackson , Lodge of Harmony , No . 339 , Boston ; P . M . Frieker , Bros . Tewson , Waghorn , & c . & c .
P . M . Frieker , in response to "The visiting Brethren , " took occasion to allude to the pleasure he had experienced at hearing the lecture delivered that evening in the Lodge by the W . M . Nothing could be more desirable than for the intelligent members of the Masonic body to devote themselves to the study of the principles of the Craft , and to show that Masonry was composed of something more than mere outward and visible signs . The manner in which Bro . Pocklington had done that proved not only that he had read deeply , but that he had well digested
and thoroughly comprehended what he had read . That Masonry was connected with the mystic rites of the earliest nations , there could be no doubt ; the revelations made in the temples of interior India clearly proved that fact ; and there was little less difficulty in tracing its practices to the ancient people of Egypt . To do this , Bro . Pocklington had evidently adopted the right course in the study of the works of Denon and the commissioners appointed by the invading Emperor of the French , who sought not only to conquer the present , but to overcome the
past . It was indeed curious to trace the gradual unravelling of the secrets of early Egypt by means of hieroglyphic decipherings , even now but in their infancy , but which promised , ere long ( as the lecturer had truly observed ) , to illustrate the habits and manners of this long-sealed race with greater exactness than they could do those of their own country before the time of Alfred . And to the Masonic body , how deeply interesting it was to trace , in the gradual unfolding of Egyptian history , unquestionable evidences of the early existence of their revered Craft .
Bro . Pocklington had alluded to the mighty pyramids , the monuments of Egyptian power , and the wonders of the world . On the eve of the Battle of the Pyramids , Napoleon , pointing to the mighty structure , thus addressed his army , " Soldiers of France , from the heights of these Pyramids four thousand centuries look down upon you ! " Was it not , he ( the speaker ) asked , a gratification for them to know that from those same heights the Masonry of four thousand years looked down also upon their labours , encouraging them to persevere in their peaceful endeavours to attain the " hidden mysteries of nature and science ? " He ( Bro . F . )
congratulated Bro . P ., not only on the example he had set , but on the manner in which he had performed his task ; and he hoped he would persevere in his object of rendering the meetings of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge something more than mere formal assemblages . He would , by so doing , encourage others to study , to communicate their ideas , so that , in time , each might contribute the results of his individual observation towards the enriching of the whole body . A variety of other toasts and sentiments followed , and the evening was spent in harmony and brotherly love .
The monthly communication of this Lodge was holden in The Turret , " on Thursday , the 24 th April , when Bro . P . M . Bates passed Bro . Tyler to the Degree of F . C . in a very satisfactory manner . After which Bro . Pocklington , the W . M ., read the first of a series of papers , compiled by him , upon subjects connected with that Degree , prefacing it by observing , that as the rites of the ancient mysteries were calculated to show to the candidate the darkness and ignorance of the uninitiated in contrast with the life of purity and perfection pointed out as his future
path ; so in F . M ., according to Preston , our meetings should he rendered interesting by those scientific instructions and philosophical lectures which characterized later parts of those mysteries . The papers treating principally upon architecture , the lecturer glanced , first , at the Masonry of the existing monuments of antiquity as exhibited by their sculptured writings and symbolism , showing what is at present believed to have been the primeval language ; and that the Egyptian monuments of elaborately-engraved records , now in course of deciphering , favour the presumption that the art of wrhlhig originated , with the people of
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on its conclusion a , vote of thanks to him for his able lecture was proposed , seconded , and carried by acclamation , in the manner peculiar to ^ Masons . On the conclusion of Lodge business , the Brethren and visiting Brethren partook of a sumptuous banquet at the house of Bro . Tyler . The W . M . occupied the chair , and the S . W . Williams the vice . The company , which was numerous , included P . M . Bates , P . M . Tidswell , P . M . Rainey ; and among the visiting Brethren , W . M . Geo . Jackson , Lodge of Harmony , No . 339 , Boston ; P . M . Frieker , Bros . Tewson , Waghorn , & c . & c .
P . M . Frieker , in response to "The visiting Brethren , " took occasion to allude to the pleasure he had experienced at hearing the lecture delivered that evening in the Lodge by the W . M . Nothing could be more desirable than for the intelligent members of the Masonic body to devote themselves to the study of the principles of the Craft , and to show that Masonry was composed of something more than mere outward and visible signs . The manner in which Bro . Pocklington had done that proved not only that he had read deeply , but that he had well digested
and thoroughly comprehended what he had read . That Masonry was connected with the mystic rites of the earliest nations , there could be no doubt ; the revelations made in the temples of interior India clearly proved that fact ; and there was little less difficulty in tracing its practices to the ancient people of Egypt . To do this , Bro . Pocklington had evidently adopted the right course in the study of the works of Denon and the commissioners appointed by the invading Emperor of the French , who sought not only to conquer the present , but to overcome the
past . It was indeed curious to trace the gradual unravelling of the secrets of early Egypt by means of hieroglyphic decipherings , even now but in their infancy , but which promised , ere long ( as the lecturer had truly observed ) , to illustrate the habits and manners of this long-sealed race with greater exactness than they could do those of their own country before the time of Alfred . And to the Masonic body , how deeply interesting it was to trace , in the gradual unfolding of Egyptian history , unquestionable evidences of the early existence of their revered Craft .
Bro . Pocklington had alluded to the mighty pyramids , the monuments of Egyptian power , and the wonders of the world . On the eve of the Battle of the Pyramids , Napoleon , pointing to the mighty structure , thus addressed his army , " Soldiers of France , from the heights of these Pyramids four thousand centuries look down upon you ! " Was it not , he ( the speaker ) asked , a gratification for them to know that from those same heights the Masonry of four thousand years looked down also upon their labours , encouraging them to persevere in their peaceful endeavours to attain the " hidden mysteries of nature and science ? " He ( Bro . F . )
congratulated Bro . P ., not only on the example he had set , but on the manner in which he had performed his task ; and he hoped he would persevere in his object of rendering the meetings of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge something more than mere formal assemblages . He would , by so doing , encourage others to study , to communicate their ideas , so that , in time , each might contribute the results of his individual observation towards the enriching of the whole body . A variety of other toasts and sentiments followed , and the evening was spent in harmony and brotherly love .
The monthly communication of this Lodge was holden in The Turret , " on Thursday , the 24 th April , when Bro . P . M . Bates passed Bro . Tyler to the Degree of F . C . in a very satisfactory manner . After which Bro . Pocklington , the W . M ., read the first of a series of papers , compiled by him , upon subjects connected with that Degree , prefacing it by observing , that as the rites of the ancient mysteries were calculated to show to the candidate the darkness and ignorance of the uninitiated in contrast with the life of purity and perfection pointed out as his future
path ; so in F . M ., according to Preston , our meetings should he rendered interesting by those scientific instructions and philosophical lectures which characterized later parts of those mysteries . The papers treating principally upon architecture , the lecturer glanced , first , at the Masonry of the existing monuments of antiquity as exhibited by their sculptured writings and symbolism , showing what is at present believed to have been the primeval language ; and that the Egyptian monuments of elaborately-engraved records , now in course of deciphering , favour the presumption that the art of wrhlhig originated , with the people of