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Masonic Notes And Queries.
FANCY PORTRAIT OE A FREEMASON . _ I observed in " Notes and Q . ueries , " a iveek or fcivo since , "S . IL" inquiring who AA'as the writer of a "fancy portrait of a Freemason , " as he called it . I Avas not aware the lines quoted had anything to do Avith Masonrj * . They certainly form part of Butler ' s
description of Iludibras , and commence : —• " In mathematics lie was greater Than Tycho Brahe , or Erra Pater , For he by Geom .... Avanted iveiglit ; And Ai'isely tell what hour o' the clay The clock does strike by Algebra . "
It was written , I beliei-e , before the year 1 GG 0 . Though I know many Masons claim as brothers in the mystic arfc any one ivho has made a stir in the world , I did not knoiv Sir Iludibras was enrolled in the number . —STONIER LEIGH .
BARON BIELFIELD . What was the Baron BielMd AVIIO Mr . Carl yle ridicules for his Masonry in his Frederick the Great ?—STUDENS . —[ He Avas Secretary of Legation to the King of Prussia , Preceptor to Prince Ferdinand of Prussiaand Chancellor of the Universities
, of Prussia . He published a series of Letters which , in his day , were thought very highly of . Among them Avas one , addressed to a lady , giving his "Reasons for hai'ing become a Freemason . " ]
" FATHER OF ALL . " "Where do the lines "Father of All , " used in the Royal Arch ceremony , come from?—Assr . SOJ . — [ They are from Pope ' s " "Universal Prayer , " the Avhole stanza reading thus : — " Father of all ! in every age , In every clime ador'd ; By saint , by savage , and by sage ,
Jehovah , Jove , or Lord ! To Thee , ivliose temple is all space , Whose altar , earth , sea , skies , One chorus let all being raise , All nature ' s incense rise ! " ] . APPENDIX TO THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS . In 177 G there was an Appendix to the Boole of
Constitutions printed . What did ifc contain?—ANCIENT LANDMARK . MASONIC ESSAXS . Feeling desirous to write a Masonic essay or two for my lodgeI should he glad to knoAV some of the
, least discussed subjects on which I could treat . Please oblige by naming some and assist—AN EMBRYO ESSAYIST . —[ There are so many that the difficulty is not to find subjects , bufc to knoAV to what class our correspondent can best turn his attention . The history of Freemasonry has been treated of so
repeatedly thafc—with one exception , a full and complete work based on documentary evidence—it would be a superfluous task to attempt it , and yet , contradictory as it may appear to say so , there is so much historical matter , connected Avith the Order , which will serve for careful examination and discussion that
the mere history itself is an inexhaustible mine onl y requiring ardent and competent Avorkers to bring its wonders to light . Historical essays may be Avritten on the origin of Freemasonry . In such books as we possess this is treated pretty much after the fashion
of every author ' s fancy and various ideal conjectures are put forward as so many facts . Take , for instance , tho building of King Solomon ' s Temple . Is it possible to show thafc the Craffc really originated there ? Turn to the Egyptian dynasties and find what the Pfcolomys knew of ifc . Come down to the middle ages and see its various forms in them . Show
how ifc was the precursor of the Reformation . Seek out its connection with the actors and events of the -French Revolution . Enquire the connection the mystics aud alchemists had AA'ith ifc . Trace its Eastern origin and its advent to Europe by the Crusades . Examine its bearing upon mesmerism and
Illuminati . Trace its development by the works of the philosophers and poets of Europe from the year 1100 . Compare the Vedas , Zend-Avesta , and Druidical monuments wifcli the theory of the worship of the sun and SIIOAV its affinity Avith these . Take the subject as a real cosmopolitanism—not in the sectarian
spirit of English Freemasons—and evolve from it its bearings on the greatest historical events of the world . These , and hundreds of other , inquiries naturally suggest themselves to every thinking
brother . If you choose the ethical portion there is no better subject than the utter departure of the spirit of the Order from 1721 to 1 S 13 . The religious aspect of Freemasonry , too , is particularly interesting , but the universality advocates would be deeply offended if you told them a thousandth part of the truththerefore—as Freemasons don't care for such
, inquiries , bufc approve , only , whatever or whoever tells them they are the most ancient and the very best of all societies—we trust , for your OAVU sake , you will not attempt that . The knowledge we ought to cultivate Avould he equally good as a theme but quite as discouraging for any one to attempt . In a
Avord , if you can put together any string of platitudes Avhich will tickle the ear—never mind their logical accuracy—and assert that Freemasonry is the most charitable , i . e ., money giving , institution on earth and that English Freemasons are at the head of pollin this respect , you may be listened to by
self-, applauding minds , but to teach , enlighten , or provoke inquiry on religious , moral , or instructive grounds we can only say our experience counsels you , in the advice of Punch to those about to marry— " don't . " }
LODGES OF PROMULGATION AND RECONCILIATION . Is there any difference between the lodges of Promulgation and Reconciliation , or are they one and the same?—D . —[ The loclge of Promulgation was constituted in 1809 for the purpose of giving effect to an injunction of the Grand ( Modern ) Loclge , which
had enjoined a strict adherence to the Ancient Laudmarks of the Order . The lodge of Reconciliation AA'as held in 1813 to examine tho differences of Ritual between the Ancient and Modern Freemasons Avhich resulted in the uuion of both sections under the title of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of England . ]
FREEMASON . In JVoles and Queries for April 22 nd , the Avord Freemason is thus noticed . " The passage I quoted from Cawdray's Similies ( ' As the free-mason heiveth the hard stones , ' & c ) , I find is taken from a work of "Werdmuller ' s , translated by Bishop Coverdale , and published in 1550 , under the title of A Spiritual and
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
FANCY PORTRAIT OE A FREEMASON . _ I observed in " Notes and Q . ueries , " a iveek or fcivo since , "S . IL" inquiring who AA'as the writer of a "fancy portrait of a Freemason , " as he called it . I Avas not aware the lines quoted had anything to do Avith Masonrj * . They certainly form part of Butler ' s
description of Iludibras , and commence : —• " In mathematics lie was greater Than Tycho Brahe , or Erra Pater , For he by Geom .... Avanted iveiglit ; And Ai'isely tell what hour o' the clay The clock does strike by Algebra . "
It was written , I beliei-e , before the year 1 GG 0 . Though I know many Masons claim as brothers in the mystic arfc any one ivho has made a stir in the world , I did not knoiv Sir Iludibras was enrolled in the number . —STONIER LEIGH .
BARON BIELFIELD . What was the Baron BielMd AVIIO Mr . Carl yle ridicules for his Masonry in his Frederick the Great ?—STUDENS . —[ He Avas Secretary of Legation to the King of Prussia , Preceptor to Prince Ferdinand of Prussiaand Chancellor of the Universities
, of Prussia . He published a series of Letters which , in his day , were thought very highly of . Among them Avas one , addressed to a lady , giving his "Reasons for hai'ing become a Freemason . " ]
" FATHER OF ALL . " "Where do the lines "Father of All , " used in the Royal Arch ceremony , come from?—Assr . SOJ . — [ They are from Pope ' s " "Universal Prayer , " the Avhole stanza reading thus : — " Father of all ! in every age , In every clime ador'd ; By saint , by savage , and by sage ,
Jehovah , Jove , or Lord ! To Thee , ivliose temple is all space , Whose altar , earth , sea , skies , One chorus let all being raise , All nature ' s incense rise ! " ] . APPENDIX TO THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS . In 177 G there was an Appendix to the Boole of
Constitutions printed . What did ifc contain?—ANCIENT LANDMARK . MASONIC ESSAXS . Feeling desirous to write a Masonic essay or two for my lodgeI should he glad to knoAV some of the
, least discussed subjects on which I could treat . Please oblige by naming some and assist—AN EMBRYO ESSAYIST . —[ There are so many that the difficulty is not to find subjects , bufc to knoAV to what class our correspondent can best turn his attention . The history of Freemasonry has been treated of so
repeatedly thafc—with one exception , a full and complete work based on documentary evidence—it would be a superfluous task to attempt it , and yet , contradictory as it may appear to say so , there is so much historical matter , connected Avith the Order , which will serve for careful examination and discussion that
the mere history itself is an inexhaustible mine onl y requiring ardent and competent Avorkers to bring its wonders to light . Historical essays may be Avritten on the origin of Freemasonry . In such books as we possess this is treated pretty much after the fashion
of every author ' s fancy and various ideal conjectures are put forward as so many facts . Take , for instance , tho building of King Solomon ' s Temple . Is it possible to show thafc the Craffc really originated there ? Turn to the Egyptian dynasties and find what the Pfcolomys knew of ifc . Come down to the middle ages and see its various forms in them . Show
how ifc was the precursor of the Reformation . Seek out its connection with the actors and events of the -French Revolution . Enquire the connection the mystics aud alchemists had AA'ith ifc . Trace its Eastern origin and its advent to Europe by the Crusades . Examine its bearing upon mesmerism and
Illuminati . Trace its development by the works of the philosophers and poets of Europe from the year 1100 . Compare the Vedas , Zend-Avesta , and Druidical monuments wifcli the theory of the worship of the sun and SIIOAV its affinity Avith these . Take the subject as a real cosmopolitanism—not in the sectarian
spirit of English Freemasons—and evolve from it its bearings on the greatest historical events of the world . These , and hundreds of other , inquiries naturally suggest themselves to every thinking
brother . If you choose the ethical portion there is no better subject than the utter departure of the spirit of the Order from 1721 to 1 S 13 . The religious aspect of Freemasonry , too , is particularly interesting , but the universality advocates would be deeply offended if you told them a thousandth part of the truththerefore—as Freemasons don't care for such
, inquiries , bufc approve , only , whatever or whoever tells them they are the most ancient and the very best of all societies—we trust , for your OAVU sake , you will not attempt that . The knowledge we ought to cultivate Avould he equally good as a theme but quite as discouraging for any one to attempt . In a
Avord , if you can put together any string of platitudes Avhich will tickle the ear—never mind their logical accuracy—and assert that Freemasonry is the most charitable , i . e ., money giving , institution on earth and that English Freemasons are at the head of pollin this respect , you may be listened to by
self-, applauding minds , but to teach , enlighten , or provoke inquiry on religious , moral , or instructive grounds we can only say our experience counsels you , in the advice of Punch to those about to marry— " don't . " }
LODGES OF PROMULGATION AND RECONCILIATION . Is there any difference between the lodges of Promulgation and Reconciliation , or are they one and the same?—D . —[ The loclge of Promulgation was constituted in 1809 for the purpose of giving effect to an injunction of the Grand ( Modern ) Loclge , which
had enjoined a strict adherence to the Ancient Laudmarks of the Order . The lodge of Reconciliation AA'as held in 1813 to examine tho differences of Ritual between the Ancient and Modern Freemasons Avhich resulted in the uuion of both sections under the title of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of England . ]
FREEMASON . In JVoles and Queries for April 22 nd , the Avord Freemason is thus noticed . " The passage I quoted from Cawdray's Similies ( ' As the free-mason heiveth the hard stones , ' & c ) , I find is taken from a work of "Werdmuller ' s , translated by Bishop Coverdale , and published in 1550 , under the title of A Spiritual and