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The Historical Degrees;
honour and honesty , by whatever names ,. religions or persuasions they may be distinguished ; for they all agree in the three great articles of Noah , enough to preserve the cement of the Lodge . Thus Masonry is the centre of their union , and the happy means of conciliating persons that other-Avise must have remained atjLJierpetual distance . "
Freemasons ); and if he rightly understand the Craft , he never Avill be a stupid atheist , nor an irreligious libertine , nor act against conscience . In ancient times , the Christian Masons were charged to comply with the Christian usages of each country Avhere . they travelled or Avorked ; being found in all nations , eA ^ en of divers religions . They are generally charged to adhere to that religion in Avhich all men agree ( leaving each brother- to his own particular opinion ) , that is ,, to be good men and true , men of
It isto . be observed that in the genealogical table of Jesus Christ , as given by St . Luke , P'haleg is called Phalec j there may be some further reference to him , on that account / in the historical traditions of the degree . Oiir ~ ancient Brethren evidently called themselves Noaehicke , or sons of Noah , and his precepts were preserved among them , the-three first of which are : 1 . Renounce all idols . 2 . Worship the only true God . 3 . Commit no murder . On this head Bro , Oliver
says" The spurious Masons of antiquity ,. in all tneir mysteries , commemorated the descent of Noah into the ark , and his subsequent exodus . The entrance into initiation was symbolic of his entrance into the vessel of his salvation ; his detention in the ark was represented ' by the darkness and the paste' ( coffers ,., or couch ) in Avhich the aspirant was placed ; and the exit of Noah , after the forty days of deluge , was seen in the manifestation of the candidate , Avhen , being fully tried and proved , he Avas admitted to full lis'ht , amid the surrounding initiates , who received him in the medium or holy place , " It is not improbable that the ancient Masons , real or spurious , derived
the connection of " our father IM oah from the Egyptian mysteries ; as , according to Bishop Cuniberland , Mizraim , the son of Cham , Grandson of Noah was the first king of Egypt , and the name Osiris was bis appropriated title , signifying " prince . " Tlie twenty-second degree is , Prince of Lebanon , or Knight of the lioyal Axe . Thory asserts that this degree was instituted by Pierre Eiel , Marquis of Bournonvillc , who , when in command of the island
of Bourbon in 17 / 8 , Avas there elected Grand Master of all the French Lodges in India . The legend of this degree states that it was instituted to record the memorable services rendered to Masonry by the mighty cedars of Lebanon , as the Hidonian . architects cut down the cedars for the construction of . Noah ' s ark . * Our ancient Brethren , indeed , do not tell us how the Israelites bad the wood conveyed to them from , the laud of promise to tlie mountains in the wilderness . They further say , that the descendants of the Hidonians were employed in the same ' offices , and in the same place , in obtaining materials for * The best authorities consider that the descriptive term gopher wood , agrees Avith tho cypress ; shitthn wood , from Jerome ' s description , is doubtless tlm black acaohi whkh i « very common about Mount ftinai , and on the i \) , ouuWp , as \\ v \{> l > ordor the Red Hoa , E 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Historical Degrees;
honour and honesty , by whatever names ,. religions or persuasions they may be distinguished ; for they all agree in the three great articles of Noah , enough to preserve the cement of the Lodge . Thus Masonry is the centre of their union , and the happy means of conciliating persons that other-Avise must have remained atjLJierpetual distance . "
Freemasons ); and if he rightly understand the Craft , he never Avill be a stupid atheist , nor an irreligious libertine , nor act against conscience . In ancient times , the Christian Masons were charged to comply with the Christian usages of each country Avhere . they travelled or Avorked ; being found in all nations , eA ^ en of divers religions . They are generally charged to adhere to that religion in Avhich all men agree ( leaving each brother- to his own particular opinion ) , that is ,, to be good men and true , men of
It isto . be observed that in the genealogical table of Jesus Christ , as given by St . Luke , P'haleg is called Phalec j there may be some further reference to him , on that account / in the historical traditions of the degree . Oiir ~ ancient Brethren evidently called themselves Noaehicke , or sons of Noah , and his precepts were preserved among them , the-three first of which are : 1 . Renounce all idols . 2 . Worship the only true God . 3 . Commit no murder . On this head Bro , Oliver
says" The spurious Masons of antiquity ,. in all tneir mysteries , commemorated the descent of Noah into the ark , and his subsequent exodus . The entrance into initiation was symbolic of his entrance into the vessel of his salvation ; his detention in the ark was represented ' by the darkness and the paste' ( coffers ,., or couch ) in Avhich the aspirant was placed ; and the exit of Noah , after the forty days of deluge , was seen in the manifestation of the candidate , Avhen , being fully tried and proved , he Avas admitted to full lis'ht , amid the surrounding initiates , who received him in the medium or holy place , " It is not improbable that the ancient Masons , real or spurious , derived
the connection of " our father IM oah from the Egyptian mysteries ; as , according to Bishop Cuniberland , Mizraim , the son of Cham , Grandson of Noah was the first king of Egypt , and the name Osiris was bis appropriated title , signifying " prince . " Tlie twenty-second degree is , Prince of Lebanon , or Knight of the lioyal Axe . Thory asserts that this degree was instituted by Pierre Eiel , Marquis of Bournonvillc , who , when in command of the island
of Bourbon in 17 / 8 , Avas there elected Grand Master of all the French Lodges in India . The legend of this degree states that it was instituted to record the memorable services rendered to Masonry by the mighty cedars of Lebanon , as the Hidonian . architects cut down the cedars for the construction of . Noah ' s ark . * Our ancient Brethren , indeed , do not tell us how the Israelites bad the wood conveyed to them from , the laud of promise to tlie mountains in the wilderness . They further say , that the descendants of the Hidonians were employed in the same ' offices , and in the same place , in obtaining materials for * The best authorities consider that the descriptive term gopher wood , agrees Avith tho cypress ; shitthn wood , from Jerome ' s description , is doubtless tlm black acaohi whkh i « very common about Mount ftinai , and on the i \) , ouuWp , as \\ v \{> l > ordor the Red Hoa , E 2