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Article THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES.—If. (Continued f ... ← Page 8 of 8 Article MASONIC SYMPATHY. Page 1 of 3 →
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The Ancient Mysteries.—If. (Continued F ...
the ritual of Freemasonry and some of the ancient mysteries , and as the present ritual ^ though by no means answering in detail to the narration above given ) abounds with symbolism , and depends on facts
of a , past age , why may we not suppose with equal reason that the earlier mysteries were based upon facts then known as traditions then prevailing , especially when so full of symbolism as the one which is the subject of this paper . X .
Masonic Sympathy.
MASONIC SYMPATHY .
Those students of the literature of by-gone ages who delight to burrow among the recondite stores of information to befound in the old libraries of this country and the contin ^ t , mig ht , if they would , communicate to the Craft many forgotten passages of value from the essays and treatises of Brethren long passed away ; and many interesting facts , bearing upon the practice of the Mfasonic duties , might
be rescued from oblivion for the edification and instruction of Masons of the present day . Among these latter are to be classed instances of services rendered in time of peril or necessity , under the influence of appeals for brotherly sympathy and aid ; and when we have reason to believe in their authenticity , these perhaps , most of all , come home to our own bosoms ^—we feel that if the opportunity occurred , ancl we were placed in similar circumstances , we should feel pride and pleasure in following the good example set us .
The following anecdotes , which belong to the class we allude to , are not without interest , and are probably new to most of our readers * They are borrowed from a little worm-eaten old volume , of that class which has been familiarized to French savans by the successful researches of Charles Nodier and Alexis Monteil among the old
bookstalls which have helped to make famous the quays of Paris . This curious memorial of bygone times is in excellent preservation , though upwards of a century old , and is entitled " Le Secret des Franc-Maqons ; " it hears the date of the year 1744 , and is dedicated to " the Very Worshipful Brother Procopius , Physician and Freemason , Past Master of one of the twenty-two lodges established in Paris- "
The author informs the gentle reader that a circumstance had occurred , of his own knowledge , about the year 1740 , \ ery worthy of remark , which he relates as follows . —A French mariner , who was a Mason , having accumulated some money in his numerous
voyages , resolved to try his fortune at privateering , and accordingly fitted out a fine vessel for that purpose , well armed and manned . Having made several cruises with varying success , he was at length so unfortunate as to be shipAvreckcd off the coast of an island belonging to a hostile power . Although , by swimming , he managed to save his life , the whole of his crew appear to have been drowned , and his ship ,
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The Ancient Mysteries.—If. (Continued F ...
the ritual of Freemasonry and some of the ancient mysteries , and as the present ritual ^ though by no means answering in detail to the narration above given ) abounds with symbolism , and depends on facts
of a , past age , why may we not suppose with equal reason that the earlier mysteries were based upon facts then known as traditions then prevailing , especially when so full of symbolism as the one which is the subject of this paper . X .
Masonic Sympathy.
MASONIC SYMPATHY .
Those students of the literature of by-gone ages who delight to burrow among the recondite stores of information to befound in the old libraries of this country and the contin ^ t , mig ht , if they would , communicate to the Craft many forgotten passages of value from the essays and treatises of Brethren long passed away ; and many interesting facts , bearing upon the practice of the Mfasonic duties , might
be rescued from oblivion for the edification and instruction of Masons of the present day . Among these latter are to be classed instances of services rendered in time of peril or necessity , under the influence of appeals for brotherly sympathy and aid ; and when we have reason to believe in their authenticity , these perhaps , most of all , come home to our own bosoms ^—we feel that if the opportunity occurred , ancl we were placed in similar circumstances , we should feel pride and pleasure in following the good example set us .
The following anecdotes , which belong to the class we allude to , are not without interest , and are probably new to most of our readers * They are borrowed from a little worm-eaten old volume , of that class which has been familiarized to French savans by the successful researches of Charles Nodier and Alexis Monteil among the old
bookstalls which have helped to make famous the quays of Paris . This curious memorial of bygone times is in excellent preservation , though upwards of a century old , and is entitled " Le Secret des Franc-Maqons ; " it hears the date of the year 1744 , and is dedicated to " the Very Worshipful Brother Procopius , Physician and Freemason , Past Master of one of the twenty-two lodges established in Paris- "
The author informs the gentle reader that a circumstance had occurred , of his own knowledge , about the year 1740 , \ ery worthy of remark , which he relates as follows . —A French mariner , who was a Mason , having accumulated some money in his numerous
voyages , resolved to try his fortune at privateering , and accordingly fitted out a fine vessel for that purpose , well armed and manned . Having made several cruises with varying success , he was at length so unfortunate as to be shipAvreckcd off the coast of an island belonging to a hostile power . Although , by swimming , he managed to save his life , the whole of his crew appear to have been drowned , and his ship ,