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Article FREEMASONRY VINDICATED. ← Page 7 of 7 Article REMARKS ON THE HISTORICAL SCRIPTURES. Page 1 of 2 →
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Freemasonry Vindicated.
"It may be asserted that the Masonic body courted no publicity by a previous flourish 6 f trumpets . So far as weV know , not a single accredited paragraph or advertisement , detailing the arrangements , was inserted in fany jpublic journal . The committee who had charge of these arrangements / invited no person to be present except members of the Order ; and , certainly , they had neither the power nor the will to compel a single individual to leave his home or his employment to gaze on their proceedings . The irihabitahts turned out quite spontaneously , and in numbersthat greatly surpassed expectation . "
The challenge to the Freemasons to produce a brother hardy enough to perambulate the streets alone in his Masonic clothing , is iixet by the reihark : — " To blame a Freemason because he does not break through the proper and immemorial usage of his order , and every day assume his Masonic clothing , is as Silly
and unreasonable as if we were to cornplain that the editor of the Edinburgh News does not every day perambulate the streets with his pen , his inkstand , his scissors , his paste , and his newspaper files , and proclaim c Here is the Great Oracle of the Luckenbooths , the rectifier of abases , the smiter of public men 5 and the antagonist of Freemasonry . " .
We have detained our readers long enough upoii this subject . Masonry has always been subjected to attacks , bu ^ able Vindication" sprung from so feeble an ohslaught . In truth , these letters of our adversaries are ( Ml y redeemed fr which they evince ; while the amount of ignorance displayed in therri leaves us in wonder at the effrontery with vvhich the writers have exposed themselves to the laughter of the public by venturing into print .
Remarks On The Historical Scriptures.
BEMAEKS ON THE HISTORICAL SCBIPTURES -
The intricacy of names and dates in the Historical Scriptures , especially as connected with the Royal Arch degree in Masonry , is attended with great difficulty to general readers . We will here describe the succession of the sovereign princes referred to . On the destruction of the Assyrian and Hebrew monarchies , the great ruling powers of Asia were the Babylonians
and the Medes . The former were paramount over the countries west of the Tigris , and the latter over those to the east of the same river . This was the state of affairs when Gyrus was horn : his father was a Persian , and his mother , Mandane , the daughter of Astyages , king of Media ( the Ahasnerus of Daniel ) . Cyrus was distinguished in his youth for his noble qualities and successful enterprises ; be married the daughter of his uncle
Cyaxares ( " ! Darius the Mode , " ) and when Astyages died and Cyaxttres became king , Cyrus had such ascendancy over his uncle that he became the ruler of the empire . At the head of an army of Medes and Persians he overthrew Evil-Merodach , king of Babylon , the successor of Nebuchadnezzar , who was succeeded as king of Babylon by BeMiazzar , at whose
death , on the night Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall , Cyaxares ( Darius the Mede ) succeeded presently to the throne . The prophet Daniel was high in favour with this prince , who died u . c , 551 . A usurper now took possession of the throne , until Cyrus , returning from the western wars , laid siege to Babylon , which withstood his attacks for two years , but eventually was taken by stratagem . Cyrus after this reigned seven years ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry Vindicated.
"It may be asserted that the Masonic body courted no publicity by a previous flourish 6 f trumpets . So far as weV know , not a single accredited paragraph or advertisement , detailing the arrangements , was inserted in fany jpublic journal . The committee who had charge of these arrangements / invited no person to be present except members of the Order ; and , certainly , they had neither the power nor the will to compel a single individual to leave his home or his employment to gaze on their proceedings . The irihabitahts turned out quite spontaneously , and in numbersthat greatly surpassed expectation . "
The challenge to the Freemasons to produce a brother hardy enough to perambulate the streets alone in his Masonic clothing , is iixet by the reihark : — " To blame a Freemason because he does not break through the proper and immemorial usage of his order , and every day assume his Masonic clothing , is as Silly
and unreasonable as if we were to cornplain that the editor of the Edinburgh News does not every day perambulate the streets with his pen , his inkstand , his scissors , his paste , and his newspaper files , and proclaim c Here is the Great Oracle of the Luckenbooths , the rectifier of abases , the smiter of public men 5 and the antagonist of Freemasonry . " .
We have detained our readers long enough upoii this subject . Masonry has always been subjected to attacks , bu ^ able Vindication" sprung from so feeble an ohslaught . In truth , these letters of our adversaries are ( Ml y redeemed fr which they evince ; while the amount of ignorance displayed in therri leaves us in wonder at the effrontery with vvhich the writers have exposed themselves to the laughter of the public by venturing into print .
Remarks On The Historical Scriptures.
BEMAEKS ON THE HISTORICAL SCBIPTURES -
The intricacy of names and dates in the Historical Scriptures , especially as connected with the Royal Arch degree in Masonry , is attended with great difficulty to general readers . We will here describe the succession of the sovereign princes referred to . On the destruction of the Assyrian and Hebrew monarchies , the great ruling powers of Asia were the Babylonians
and the Medes . The former were paramount over the countries west of the Tigris , and the latter over those to the east of the same river . This was the state of affairs when Gyrus was horn : his father was a Persian , and his mother , Mandane , the daughter of Astyages , king of Media ( the Ahasnerus of Daniel ) . Cyrus was distinguished in his youth for his noble qualities and successful enterprises ; be married the daughter of his uncle
Cyaxares ( " ! Darius the Mode , " ) and when Astyages died and Cyaxttres became king , Cyrus had such ascendancy over his uncle that he became the ruler of the empire . At the head of an army of Medes and Persians he overthrew Evil-Merodach , king of Babylon , the successor of Nebuchadnezzar , who was succeeded as king of Babylon by BeMiazzar , at whose
death , on the night Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall , Cyaxares ( Darius the Mede ) succeeded presently to the throne . The prophet Daniel was high in favour with this prince , who died u . c , 551 . A usurper now took possession of the throne , until Cyrus , returning from the western wars , laid siege to Babylon , which withstood his attacks for two years , but eventually was taken by stratagem . Cyrus after this reigned seven years ,