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Early Architects.
1-1 ) , as was Aholiab , and perhaps she came of a family of architects who had adhered to the profession from the time of the Exodus , after thc Egyjjtian custom , which Avould have explained her marriage with a Tyrian master builder . It Avill be noticed that Hiram Abiff also
built a magnificent palace for the daughter of the Egyptian king , Avhom Solomon wedded , a house , we may assume , so elegant that she did not regret the palaces of Egypt . " We do notknoAv whether the craftsmen were organised in Egypt , as amongst the Tyrians , and it is evident that much of their building
Avas done by slave labour ; but the skilled workmen stood well in the classes of artizans , and transmitted their trade from generation to generation in their families , which looks A ery much like a Guild organization . The high position of the chief architects would certainly have protected them greatly in such organizations , and it is yet possible that Egyptian students may find that the Mason Guilds of
the Middle Ages Avere simply the successors of a fraternity that flourished in the days when Abraham first Avent into Egypt , and that they were then so old that no man knew when they were instituted . " Whether the possibility alluded to is likely to be realized time alone can show . We are , ourselves , now a little wavering as to the
historical continuity of the pure Gild theory . We think , on the contrary , that while there is a good deal in it , it is not , and cannot be , all in all to the Masonic student or the Masonic critic . We are rather inclined to believe , after long and careful researches and much thought thereanent , that Freemasonry as we know it , is a compound , so to say ,
of Hermeticism and the Craft Gilds ; and that as neither society can be credited alone Avith the preservation or perpetuation of Masonic legends , so in the happy and skilful combination of both these schools of and connected with Freemasonry , in their united witness , and by their two-fold symbolism , Ave shall gain at last a rational and satisfactory history of our truly great Order .
We feel sure that our readers will agree Avith us m our preservation and appreciation of this thoughtful and seasonable essay on the "Masonic Token . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Early Architects.
1-1 ) , as was Aholiab , and perhaps she came of a family of architects who had adhered to the profession from the time of the Exodus , after thc Egyjjtian custom , which Avould have explained her marriage with a Tyrian master builder . It Avill be noticed that Hiram Abiff also
built a magnificent palace for the daughter of the Egyptian king , Avhom Solomon wedded , a house , we may assume , so elegant that she did not regret the palaces of Egypt . " We do notknoAv whether the craftsmen were organised in Egypt , as amongst the Tyrians , and it is evident that much of their building
Avas done by slave labour ; but the skilled workmen stood well in the classes of artizans , and transmitted their trade from generation to generation in their families , which looks A ery much like a Guild organization . The high position of the chief architects would certainly have protected them greatly in such organizations , and it is yet possible that Egyptian students may find that the Mason Guilds of
the Middle Ages Avere simply the successors of a fraternity that flourished in the days when Abraham first Avent into Egypt , and that they were then so old that no man knew when they were instituted . " Whether the possibility alluded to is likely to be realized time alone can show . We are , ourselves , now a little wavering as to the
historical continuity of the pure Gild theory . We think , on the contrary , that while there is a good deal in it , it is not , and cannot be , all in all to the Masonic student or the Masonic critic . We are rather inclined to believe , after long and careful researches and much thought thereanent , that Freemasonry as we know it , is a compound , so to say ,
of Hermeticism and the Craft Gilds ; and that as neither society can be credited alone Avith the preservation or perpetuation of Masonic legends , so in the happy and skilful combination of both these schools of and connected with Freemasonry , in their united witness , and by their two-fold symbolism , Ave shall gain at last a rational and satisfactory history of our truly great Order .
We feel sure that our readers will agree Avith us m our preservation and appreciation of this thoughtful and seasonable essay on the "Masonic Token . "