Masonic Celestial Mysteries.

record , save aud excepting the city of Enoch , bat of what materials that city Avas built Moses does not mention , nor have modern antiquaries yeb discovered any ruins thereof , although they probably may do so before long—Oh I The word Maoon

is more correctly ouvrier qui fait les ouvrages de hatiment ou iis cnire de la britjuc , dnplatre tj'c * So Masons in the original state or in the beginning , or at the Avintcr solstice Avere bricklayers and plaisterers , Deufc . xxvfi ., 2 , and Dan . v ., 5 , and

subsequently at the Easter equinox Avith Friga they became Free-Masons ancl built with heavenly gems the temple of Solomon . Masons have been termed operatives , but it does not foIloAV that such operatives Avere chippers

of stone and spreaders of mortar . There no doubt Avere operative Masons of Friga and so are the astronomers at tho Greenwich observatory at this day , aud yet no one Avould for a moment suspect Professor Airy could read in the heavens the literal interpretation of the creation as recorded by Moses—and yet in next paper it is intended to j I

give the esoteric or speculative description of creation , leaving the exoteric or practical interpretation to such profound scholars as Bishop C'olenso . and others—scholars AA'I IO make confusion more voluminously confounded ! Masons becoming

identified with stone chippers somehoAv a trowel has been added to their mathematical instruments baton Avhat authority and at what period it is impossible to say . There is no trowel in the heavens , nor is any mention made thereof in the bible and

yet the compasses , plumb line and square are recorded in the sacred volume . If Masonry formerly consisted of stone cutting , the lost secrets might probably relate to engineering matters otto sculpture , but no Mason ever saw plans or

specifications iu a lodge Avhen at Avork , nor did any servant when sweeping the lodge , ever discover any chips of brick or stone or remains of mortar , after the brethren had done their work . Leaving out of tho question tho ' troAvel which is never used

in a lodge , the other tools therein required are certainly not adapted for '' practical Masonry or architecture- ! - but it may be said that these that

are IIOAV used are only symbolical . AlloAving then that the art of cutting stone in some particular manner Avas the ancient mysterious knowledge , then to prevent the uninitiated from learning the art , pass-words and gripes might be necessary as well

as certificates as to the efficiency of the workmen in the Craft , but assuredly the sacred and solemn obligations and the bible , Avould not be required merely to preserve a monopoly among any particular members of a Trades' Union * No indeed f

Friga Masons are not of such handy Craft origin , and Officina Sculptoris and Cela Sculptoris vel Praxiteles in the celestial charts shew to Avhat class of Masonry they belongf When the absurd notion of operative Masonic

astronomers became confouded Avith their being Avorkers in bricks , stone , and mortar , it is impossible to determine ; because formerly nothing relating to the Order could be written or printed . Reason induces the belief that Masonry included all clerical or educated men , and among the

number Avere , of course , the Roman priesthood ; as a confirmatory proof , to this very hour the Romish ritual is beautifully preserved iu the heavens , and no celestial chart or globe is ever published that has not the upright Roman cross , and on that cross

is invariably either INRI or IHS ; and , Avhat is more , the most important star of that cross is combined with Friga on " vciiere-die-sainte . " It is Avell known the Catholic clergy will hold no communion with the Masonic brethren , and after

their leaving the Order it is possible they may have assisted in degrading the brethren by comparing them to handicraftsmen—this must be mere conjecture , but certain it is that one order of the Roman priesthood , and the most influential order

too , viz ., that of the Jesuits , is believed to have possessed at one time certain Avonderful secrets as regarded the Avelfare of mankind ; and what can be more important than the lost mysteries of Masonry ? The knowledge that the Catholic priesthood once possessed these mysteries , Avhich to