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the '/' . Lombard , and the several mediaeval styles , and the want of which leaves the architecture of the present century so far inferior to the centuries of the dark or any other ages in harmony or sublimity . The assertion broadly is , that the Masonic secret was lost by the Lodges in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries , and that from that period architecture has been
wanting in harmony and sublimity . Now , to give effect to this assertion , we must admit that St . Peter ' s and St . Paul ' s are wanting in harmony and sublimity , and that Branmnte , Michael Angelo , and W * en could not compass those attributes . We say nothing as to other buildings and other architects , for we have given our architectural and non-architectural readers a sufficient rule to measure theHenzlemann doctrines .
As we have not the full discussion of these valuable doctrines we do not know how the great hierophant Henzlemann deals with the Saracenic and Moorish works ; whether , until the fifteenth century , they participated in the harmonious and sublime ; and in what way the modern works of the Moslems in India have acquired the same characteristics as those of their predecessors . Perhaps the alleged Masonic Orders of the east may have been more successful than those of the west in preserving this individual secret , though they have hot m ^ a ^ respects * --.
The alleged discovery of Mr . Henzlemann is fudge , and so is the encouragement it has received from the French anthorities . It is not true that this is an age of architectural decadence , but it is one of revival , and this revival Mr . Henzlemann will not help by any discovery or invention resting on such representations as his . France and England , Paris , London , Berlin , and Munich attest that this is an age of architectural progress , and in no age was the art more cultivated than in this , in which have been successfully completed some of the greatest structures of olden times , and so many noble monuments have been added to the catalogue of treasures . It is rather late to talk of the decadence of architecture when the Tuileries
and Louvre have been completed , a city of art has been created at Munich , the Palace of Westminster built in rivalry with mediaeval works , and a new example of constructiongiven in the Crystal Palace ; when the seas and rivers have been spanned by bridges of dimensions and of materials the Greeks never dreamed of , and which surpass all former human efforts . The Britannia bridge , the Tamar bridge , and the Niagara bridge assuredly are not wanting in the attributes of the sublime .
The report in the Magazine of the laying the first stone of the Cape Town Museum and Library , with Masonic honours , is not unworthy of comment . The old museum and library are of time-honoured date , and it is deserving of notice that , until a late period , the fine library was one of the few free libraries in the empire . For a district at one time so remote it is a noble institution , and with the progress of the new parliamentary system in the Cape it is not surprising measures that should be taken for its extension .
In the programme of the procession it will be seen that after the Lodges came the higher degrees , according to the Scotch , or rather the French Imperial ritual , as adopted in Holland when it was annexed to the French empire , except that the Royal Arch Companions were united with the Scotch Masters , or Maitres Ecossais . The Masonic functions were performed by the Worshipful Masters of the Lodges of the several rites in Cape Town .
We are promised another like celebration on the occasion of the Grand Lodge of Scotland laying the foundation of the new Masonic Hall in Edinburgh ; and it were to be wished such celebrations were more rigidly observed , so as to maintain the connection of Freemasonry with an art
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Que Architectural Chapter.
the '/' . Lombard , and the several mediaeval styles , and the want of which leaves the architecture of the present century so far inferior to the centuries of the dark or any other ages in harmony or sublimity . The assertion broadly is , that the Masonic secret was lost by the Lodges in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries , and that from that period architecture has been
wanting in harmony and sublimity . Now , to give effect to this assertion , we must admit that St . Peter ' s and St . Paul ' s are wanting in harmony and sublimity , and that Branmnte , Michael Angelo , and W * en could not compass those attributes . We say nothing as to other buildings and other architects , for we have given our architectural and non-architectural readers a sufficient rule to measure theHenzlemann doctrines .
As we have not the full discussion of these valuable doctrines we do not know how the great hierophant Henzlemann deals with the Saracenic and Moorish works ; whether , until the fifteenth century , they participated in the harmonious and sublime ; and in what way the modern works of the Moslems in India have acquired the same characteristics as those of their predecessors . Perhaps the alleged Masonic Orders of the east may have been more successful than those of the west in preserving this individual secret , though they have hot m ^ a ^ respects * --.
The alleged discovery of Mr . Henzlemann is fudge , and so is the encouragement it has received from the French anthorities . It is not true that this is an age of architectural decadence , but it is one of revival , and this revival Mr . Henzlemann will not help by any discovery or invention resting on such representations as his . France and England , Paris , London , Berlin , and Munich attest that this is an age of architectural progress , and in no age was the art more cultivated than in this , in which have been successfully completed some of the greatest structures of olden times , and so many noble monuments have been added to the catalogue of treasures . It is rather late to talk of the decadence of architecture when the Tuileries
and Louvre have been completed , a city of art has been created at Munich , the Palace of Westminster built in rivalry with mediaeval works , and a new example of constructiongiven in the Crystal Palace ; when the seas and rivers have been spanned by bridges of dimensions and of materials the Greeks never dreamed of , and which surpass all former human efforts . The Britannia bridge , the Tamar bridge , and the Niagara bridge assuredly are not wanting in the attributes of the sublime .
The report in the Magazine of the laying the first stone of the Cape Town Museum and Library , with Masonic honours , is not unworthy of comment . The old museum and library are of time-honoured date , and it is deserving of notice that , until a late period , the fine library was one of the few free libraries in the empire . For a district at one time so remote it is a noble institution , and with the progress of the new parliamentary system in the Cape it is not surprising measures that should be taken for its extension .
In the programme of the procession it will be seen that after the Lodges came the higher degrees , according to the Scotch , or rather the French Imperial ritual , as adopted in Holland when it was annexed to the French empire , except that the Royal Arch Companions were united with the Scotch Masters , or Maitres Ecossais . The Masonic functions were performed by the Worshipful Masters of the Lodges of the several rites in Cape Town .
We are promised another like celebration on the occasion of the Grand Lodge of Scotland laying the foundation of the new Masonic Hall in Edinburgh ; and it were to be wished such celebrations were more rigidly observed , so as to maintain the connection of Freemasonry with an art