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Oue Architectural Chapter.
OUE AECHITECTUEAL CHAPIEE ,
In an article in our last number on the high , historical , or ineffable degrees are some observations on the connection of the high degrees with architecture , to which a special application might well be given . It may be well enough seen that , according to the ritual of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , whether in twenty-seven or thirty-three degrees , there are special professional objects held in view . The lower degrees have especial of In
reference to the ^ Craft Masonry . these the tools and practices of the Craft are not merely symbolically or typically illustrated , but any one who will give his attention to the subject may obtain a practical tendency , not because it has beeri the object of the great masters who have inspired the organization of the Order to make simple working Masons of those initiated , but because they had other useful ends in view . One of these was , to teach ; to all ranks , and particularly to the highest and the most refined
that labour and the organization of labour are pursuits truly worthy of the virtuous and intellectual rn Another end was , inasmuch as by the result of tradition and succession various orders of philosophical students have become aggregated to the Craft of Masonry , and thereby the ancient constitution of that Graft has been enable ! to be preserved , so it has been acknowledged to be a matter of duty to inculcate the study of architecture on all those truly desirous to advance themselves in the Order of which they have become members . It
has been the belief of many of the most eminent men in the Order at all times that the promotion of architectural studies is a measure of great utility for the Order , To go no further back than the seventeenth century , we find our Grand Master Wren sedulously devoted to this purpose . In the last century it occupied the attention of the many eminent philosophers who were members of the Order and worked in its highest degrees . In the present century many eminent members of the Order throughout the world give their sanction to the cultivation of the art and science of architecture as an especial object of pursuit by Masons .
As we have remarked , handicraft Masons are not to be made under common Lodge training , if it were desirable they should be so made ; but if any man of intellectual cultivation takes advantage of the counsels given to him in Lodge , " more especially to study such of the liberal arts and sciences as may be within the compass of your attainment "~ if he seeks to obtain a comprehension of Craft symbols and phraseology—if he profits by the encouragement to make himself acquainted with geometry—if he
aspires to the higher philosophy and cultivates the powers of his mindhe will have received such a training that he can exercise a real and practical influence on society , as one able to apply a sound judgment to questions of architecture , which , in every civilized community , are topics of public discussion and recognized importance . There are , indeed , few towns so inconsiderable but questions of this kind arise , either with regard to the destruction or restoration of old monuments or the erection of new
ones ; and it is then a matter of gi * eat utility that in such a small town , besides the one local architect , there should be several men competent to direct public opinion . In large cities , as the questions of this kind that arise are of greater moment , so is it the more desirable to have a corps . of qualified public consellors , It is quite true that , in the present state of Craft Masonry in England ?
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Oue Architectural Chapter.
OUE AECHITECTUEAL CHAPIEE ,
In an article in our last number on the high , historical , or ineffable degrees are some observations on the connection of the high degrees with architecture , to which a special application might well be given . It may be well enough seen that , according to the ritual of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , whether in twenty-seven or thirty-three degrees , there are special professional objects held in view . The lower degrees have especial of In
reference to the ^ Craft Masonry . these the tools and practices of the Craft are not merely symbolically or typically illustrated , but any one who will give his attention to the subject may obtain a practical tendency , not because it has beeri the object of the great masters who have inspired the organization of the Order to make simple working Masons of those initiated , but because they had other useful ends in view . One of these was , to teach ; to all ranks , and particularly to the highest and the most refined
that labour and the organization of labour are pursuits truly worthy of the virtuous and intellectual rn Another end was , inasmuch as by the result of tradition and succession various orders of philosophical students have become aggregated to the Craft of Masonry , and thereby the ancient constitution of that Graft has been enable ! to be preserved , so it has been acknowledged to be a matter of duty to inculcate the study of architecture on all those truly desirous to advance themselves in the Order of which they have become members . It
has been the belief of many of the most eminent men in the Order at all times that the promotion of architectural studies is a measure of great utility for the Order , To go no further back than the seventeenth century , we find our Grand Master Wren sedulously devoted to this purpose . In the last century it occupied the attention of the many eminent philosophers who were members of the Order and worked in its highest degrees . In the present century many eminent members of the Order throughout the world give their sanction to the cultivation of the art and science of architecture as an especial object of pursuit by Masons .
As we have remarked , handicraft Masons are not to be made under common Lodge training , if it were desirable they should be so made ; but if any man of intellectual cultivation takes advantage of the counsels given to him in Lodge , " more especially to study such of the liberal arts and sciences as may be within the compass of your attainment "~ if he seeks to obtain a comprehension of Craft symbols and phraseology—if he profits by the encouragement to make himself acquainted with geometry—if he
aspires to the higher philosophy and cultivates the powers of his mindhe will have received such a training that he can exercise a real and practical influence on society , as one able to apply a sound judgment to questions of architecture , which , in every civilized community , are topics of public discussion and recognized importance . There are , indeed , few towns so inconsiderable but questions of this kind arise , either with regard to the destruction or restoration of old monuments or the erection of new
ones ; and it is then a matter of gi * eat utility that in such a small town , besides the one local architect , there should be several men competent to direct public opinion . In large cities , as the questions of this kind that arise are of greater moment , so is it the more desirable to have a corps . of qualified public consellors , It is quite true that , in the present state of Craft Masonry in England ?