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The Tryst.
THE TRYST .
The Editor will be obliged to any brother who will oblige Lira , for a few weeks , with the loan of a perfect copy of " The " Tryst . " DERIVATION OF SIGNS . The derivation of Masonic signs is a matter that has long engaged my attention and I think it may be worth while to offer a
few of the observations I made upon them in a note . Having access lo a very extensive collection of antique gems , most of them of early Greek workmanship , I have been surprised al the large proportion where figures are portrayed , in which existing Masonic signs are unmistakably delineated . Thus , out or some seventy-four perfect figures , —I make no account of halflengths , or less , —there were 3 of the E . A . ; I ( doubtful ) F . C . ;
SM . M . ; 2 R . A . ; 4 Pelicans ; 17 with crosses of various kinds ; and one with a square , triangle , circle , point , and something else so damaged as to be unintelligible . "When I also call to mind the numerous paintings , by the old masters , which I have seen abroad , many containing signs which must have been purposely depicted , I cat-not help fancying that the derivation of our Masonic signs may be traced to a very high
antiquity , and that we use them so nearly , at present , to some of the examples I have seen , that they are identically the same . Not having been in Egypt , nor well-versed in works on that country , I cannot undertake lo say anything about it , but I think some of your readers , who know the books , might make trial and see how many figures they can identify in their knowledge of signs . Even if the suggestion turns out to be " a wild goose
" chase " I throw it out for those who would enter upon a new field of inquiry which may prove richer than expected . Make any use of this , and put some name to it for me . GNOSIS .
Notices To Correspondents.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS .
To THE PUIII . IC PRESS , EOTII ENGLISH AND FOREIGN . — The rcserr'alion of the rights of reproduction , or translation , which we claim for our cov tents , we desire may be construed in the most liberal manner . If our contemporaries can find -matter in our pages which they would transfer to their own , so long as they willauotc it as extracted'from THE MASONIC Ex AIVIIKEE , they are heartily welcemc lo republish it and will have cur lhanl-s for so doing . ll'e promise reciprocity .
IVhcre we auotc we will always mention our informant by its recognised title . Our r csci-z'aiion of rights extends only to those "who would itse our information , and deprive its of the credit of its publicity , by inserting such matter without acknowledgment . ALL communications intended for publication in the ensuing month ' s issue must reach the Editor , Bro . Matthew Cooke , 13 , Harpur Street , Red Lion Square , London , W . C , not
later than the 2 . 0 th . day of the current month . The rules under which such communications will be received are set forth at the head of the correspondence department , and no deviations from them can , under any circumstances whatever , be permitted .
No notice will be taken of anonymous communications . A letter without a signature will not be read . Rejected articles or letters caunot be returned and all who send papers arc advised io hcep copies oj them as those unused will he destroyed . "We must require that all matter intended for the printer ' s hands "be written in a legible and clear hand and on one side of the
paper only , for no greater impediment can be thrown in the way of a compositor than "backed copy . " A neglect of these necessary rules will entail the rejection of all communications not conforming to the recognised practice . WE have received so many letters containing information , expressions of commendation , and advice , that we take this method , while thanking ' each individual personally , to reply to all . In the olden time Petrarch , ( Ep . 17 , sine lit . ) , tints de-
Notices To Correspondents.
scribes venality and corruption . "The good are humbled and ' " the wicked exalted . We sec eagles creeping and asses flying ; " foxes in gilded coaches , crows on high towers , doves on dung" hills , wolves unchained and lambs fettered . " And in our own time the parallel is equally obvious , for in Tom Brown ' s Schooldays , ( chap , ix ., ) the author ssys : — " If the angel Gabriel were " to come down from Heaven , and head a successful rise against .
" the most abominable and unrighteous vested interest which this "poor old world groans under , he would most certainly lose ' "his character for many years , probably for centuries , not only "with upholders of said vested interest , hut with the respectable " mass of the'f people whom he had delivered . They wouldn't " ask him to dinner , or let their names appear with his in the '' papers ; they would be very careful how they spoke of him in
" the Palaver , or at their clubs . What can we expect , then , " when we have only poor gallant blundering men like Kossuth , " Garibaldi , Mazzini , and righteous causes which do not triumph " in their hands ; men who have holes enough in their armour ,. " God knows , easy to be hit by respectabilities , sitting in their ' ' lounging chairs , and having large balances at their bankers ? "
Ar00401
* ~ "T O MASONIC STUDENTS . —It is proposed to hold , - * - during the season , a SERIES OF MEETINGS for the Discussion of M asonic Topics , and the Reading of Essays , or Papers , on any branch of the Subject . Tea and Coffee provided . Smokers to find their own weed . Brethren willing to join the friendly circle are requested , in the first instance , to forward tlieir names and addresses to the Editor of THE MASONIC EXAMINER . Nearly Ready . Price Two Shillings and Sixpence .
"THE Statutes of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of J - ROYAL ARK—MARINERS . Together with a brief Historical sketch of the Order , to lire present time . Applications for copies to be addressed to the Grand Scribe , Bro . M . A . Lowenstark , 1 , Devereux , Court , Temple , W . C . Best Manchester Suburban Weekly Newspaper . Price One Penny . Published Every Saturday Morning . THE HULME AND STRETFORD EXPRESS .
( Established June , 1 S 6 S . ) THE only newspaper published in Hulme , population 100 , 000 . A Neutral High-class Journal , in ' wliich the cause of freedom , religious , and social advancement is strongly supported , unconnected with any-party . Gives prominence to local news and all the general news of the week . Masonic paragraphs appear in its columns of local importance . Correspondents' letters receive attention : Edited by Bro . J . W . MASON . Office : Opposite Hulme Town Hall , Strctford Road , Manchester . TO BRETHREN IN , AND VISITING LONDON . —
J- THE ALBION HOTEL , for Gentlemen , Vernon Place , Bloomsbury , W . C . Newly built , and replete witli every accommodation . Central for business or pleasure . Bed and Breakfast , Three Shillings and Sixpence . W . YOUNG , Proprietor .
- -THE NEW LIBRARY PIANOFORTE , combining a - * - complete pedestal writing-table , a lever at the end of the key-board to raise or lower the musical pitch of tlie instrument at the option of the per-, former . 'The pedestal forms an admirable preservative lor bound or unbound music , or writing materials , & c . Manufactured and Patented by COLLARD MOUTR 1 E , 77 , Southampton Row , Russell Square , W . C . Selected by her Majesty's Commissioners , and cxhiLilcd in the International Exhibition , South Kensington , 1871 . T 3 R 0 S . A . D . LOEWENSTARK & SONS ( Established
J- * 18 . 14 ) , WATCHMAKERS , JEWELLERS , and MEDALLISTS . Manufacturers of Masonic Jewels , Banners , Clothing , and Furniture for every Degree . Naval and Military War Medals , Clasps , Bars , and Ribbons ( miniature and regulation sizes ) . English and Foreign Orders of Knighthood and Decorations , r , Devcreux Court , Essex Street , Strand , London , W . C . Wholesale , Retail , and for Exportation . READY FOR PRESS , Price Three Shillings and Sixpence ,
"MOTES ON THE SCIENTIFIC AND RELIGIOUS -L ^ MYSTERIES OF ANTIQUITY ; tlie Gnosis and Secret Schools of the Middle Ages , Modern Rosicrucianism ; and the various Rites and Degrees of Free and Accepted Masonry . Your name as a subscriber is requested by the Author , BRO . JOHN YARKER , 43 , Chorlton Road , Manchester . London : Printed by UAMCEX & Co ., Drury House Printing Office , Drury Court , St . Mary-le-Strnnd , tor Ilro . Matthew Cooke ; and published by him at 13 , Harpur Street . Red Lkm Square , W . C , ill the County of , Middlesex . —Monday , October 2 nd , 1371 .
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The Tryst.
THE TRYST .
The Editor will be obliged to any brother who will oblige Lira , for a few weeks , with the loan of a perfect copy of " The " Tryst . " DERIVATION OF SIGNS . The derivation of Masonic signs is a matter that has long engaged my attention and I think it may be worth while to offer a
few of the observations I made upon them in a note . Having access lo a very extensive collection of antique gems , most of them of early Greek workmanship , I have been surprised al the large proportion where figures are portrayed , in which existing Masonic signs are unmistakably delineated . Thus , out or some seventy-four perfect figures , —I make no account of halflengths , or less , —there were 3 of the E . A . ; I ( doubtful ) F . C . ;
SM . M . ; 2 R . A . ; 4 Pelicans ; 17 with crosses of various kinds ; and one with a square , triangle , circle , point , and something else so damaged as to be unintelligible . "When I also call to mind the numerous paintings , by the old masters , which I have seen abroad , many containing signs which must have been purposely depicted , I cat-not help fancying that the derivation of our Masonic signs may be traced to a very high
antiquity , and that we use them so nearly , at present , to some of the examples I have seen , that they are identically the same . Not having been in Egypt , nor well-versed in works on that country , I cannot undertake lo say anything about it , but I think some of your readers , who know the books , might make trial and see how many figures they can identify in their knowledge of signs . Even if the suggestion turns out to be " a wild goose
" chase " I throw it out for those who would enter upon a new field of inquiry which may prove richer than expected . Make any use of this , and put some name to it for me . GNOSIS .
Notices To Correspondents.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS .
To THE PUIII . IC PRESS , EOTII ENGLISH AND FOREIGN . — The rcserr'alion of the rights of reproduction , or translation , which we claim for our cov tents , we desire may be construed in the most liberal manner . If our contemporaries can find -matter in our pages which they would transfer to their own , so long as they willauotc it as extracted'from THE MASONIC Ex AIVIIKEE , they are heartily welcemc lo republish it and will have cur lhanl-s for so doing . ll'e promise reciprocity .
IVhcre we auotc we will always mention our informant by its recognised title . Our r csci-z'aiion of rights extends only to those "who would itse our information , and deprive its of the credit of its publicity , by inserting such matter without acknowledgment . ALL communications intended for publication in the ensuing month ' s issue must reach the Editor , Bro . Matthew Cooke , 13 , Harpur Street , Red Lion Square , London , W . C , not
later than the 2 . 0 th . day of the current month . The rules under which such communications will be received are set forth at the head of the correspondence department , and no deviations from them can , under any circumstances whatever , be permitted .
No notice will be taken of anonymous communications . A letter without a signature will not be read . Rejected articles or letters caunot be returned and all who send papers arc advised io hcep copies oj them as those unused will he destroyed . "We must require that all matter intended for the printer ' s hands "be written in a legible and clear hand and on one side of the
paper only , for no greater impediment can be thrown in the way of a compositor than "backed copy . " A neglect of these necessary rules will entail the rejection of all communications not conforming to the recognised practice . WE have received so many letters containing information , expressions of commendation , and advice , that we take this method , while thanking ' each individual personally , to reply to all . In the olden time Petrarch , ( Ep . 17 , sine lit . ) , tints de-
Notices To Correspondents.
scribes venality and corruption . "The good are humbled and ' " the wicked exalted . We sec eagles creeping and asses flying ; " foxes in gilded coaches , crows on high towers , doves on dung" hills , wolves unchained and lambs fettered . " And in our own time the parallel is equally obvious , for in Tom Brown ' s Schooldays , ( chap , ix ., ) the author ssys : — " If the angel Gabriel were " to come down from Heaven , and head a successful rise against .
" the most abominable and unrighteous vested interest which this "poor old world groans under , he would most certainly lose ' "his character for many years , probably for centuries , not only "with upholders of said vested interest , hut with the respectable " mass of the'f people whom he had delivered . They wouldn't " ask him to dinner , or let their names appear with his in the '' papers ; they would be very careful how they spoke of him in
" the Palaver , or at their clubs . What can we expect , then , " when we have only poor gallant blundering men like Kossuth , " Garibaldi , Mazzini , and righteous causes which do not triumph " in their hands ; men who have holes enough in their armour ,. " God knows , easy to be hit by respectabilities , sitting in their ' ' lounging chairs , and having large balances at their bankers ? "
Ar00401
* ~ "T O MASONIC STUDENTS . —It is proposed to hold , - * - during the season , a SERIES OF MEETINGS for the Discussion of M asonic Topics , and the Reading of Essays , or Papers , on any branch of the Subject . Tea and Coffee provided . Smokers to find their own weed . Brethren willing to join the friendly circle are requested , in the first instance , to forward tlieir names and addresses to the Editor of THE MASONIC EXAMINER . Nearly Ready . Price Two Shillings and Sixpence .
"THE Statutes of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of J - ROYAL ARK—MARINERS . Together with a brief Historical sketch of the Order , to lire present time . Applications for copies to be addressed to the Grand Scribe , Bro . M . A . Lowenstark , 1 , Devereux , Court , Temple , W . C . Best Manchester Suburban Weekly Newspaper . Price One Penny . Published Every Saturday Morning . THE HULME AND STRETFORD EXPRESS .
( Established June , 1 S 6 S . ) THE only newspaper published in Hulme , population 100 , 000 . A Neutral High-class Journal , in ' wliich the cause of freedom , religious , and social advancement is strongly supported , unconnected with any-party . Gives prominence to local news and all the general news of the week . Masonic paragraphs appear in its columns of local importance . Correspondents' letters receive attention : Edited by Bro . J . W . MASON . Office : Opposite Hulme Town Hall , Strctford Road , Manchester . TO BRETHREN IN , AND VISITING LONDON . —
J- THE ALBION HOTEL , for Gentlemen , Vernon Place , Bloomsbury , W . C . Newly built , and replete witli every accommodation . Central for business or pleasure . Bed and Breakfast , Three Shillings and Sixpence . W . YOUNG , Proprietor .
- -THE NEW LIBRARY PIANOFORTE , combining a - * - complete pedestal writing-table , a lever at the end of the key-board to raise or lower the musical pitch of tlie instrument at the option of the per-, former . 'The pedestal forms an admirable preservative lor bound or unbound music , or writing materials , & c . Manufactured and Patented by COLLARD MOUTR 1 E , 77 , Southampton Row , Russell Square , W . C . Selected by her Majesty's Commissioners , and cxhiLilcd in the International Exhibition , South Kensington , 1871 . T 3 R 0 S . A . D . LOEWENSTARK & SONS ( Established
J- * 18 . 14 ) , WATCHMAKERS , JEWELLERS , and MEDALLISTS . Manufacturers of Masonic Jewels , Banners , Clothing , and Furniture for every Degree . Naval and Military War Medals , Clasps , Bars , and Ribbons ( miniature and regulation sizes ) . English and Foreign Orders of Knighthood and Decorations , r , Devcreux Court , Essex Street , Strand , London , W . C . Wholesale , Retail , and for Exportation . READY FOR PRESS , Price Three Shillings and Sixpence ,
"MOTES ON THE SCIENTIFIC AND RELIGIOUS -L ^ MYSTERIES OF ANTIQUITY ; tlie Gnosis and Secret Schools of the Middle Ages , Modern Rosicrucianism ; and the various Rites and Degrees of Free and Accepted Masonry . Your name as a subscriber is requested by the Author , BRO . JOHN YARKER , 43 , Chorlton Road , Manchester . London : Printed by UAMCEX & Co ., Drury House Printing Office , Drury Court , St . Mary-le-Strnnd , tor Ilro . Matthew Cooke ; and published by him at 13 , Harpur Street . Red Lkm Square , W . C , ill the County of , Middlesex . —Monday , October 2 nd , 1371 .