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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times,
gaudy scenery which is spread in such rich profusion over the face of nature ; proclaim , as with the voice of angels , the existence of these grand Masonic pillars at that period to contrive , to support , and to adorn the august bodies which occupy the regions of universal space . By a series of illustrations equall y simple and
comprehensive , the doctrine of creation was preserved in all its beauty and purity , not only before the invention of letters , but until the period when it was placed on permanent record by Moses , in the Pentateuch ; where this event opens with unequalled sublimit y , the Scriptures ofthe Old Testament ; and though related by the legislator with brief and simple
pathos , is yet perfectl y intelligible to any ordinary capacity . " In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth . And the earth was without form and void : and darkness was upon the face of the deep ; and the S pirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . And God said , let there be Light , and there was Light . "
I shall now attempt to shew that the Cosmogonies , which formed a part of the lectures delivered at the initiation of candidates into the Spurious Fremasonry of ancient times , were derived from a tradition of the creation of the world , transmitted with different degrees of fidelity in these remarkable institutions ; which will constitute a powerful illustration of that great truth , embodied in genuine Free-
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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times,
gaudy scenery which is spread in such rich profusion over the face of nature ; proclaim , as with the voice of angels , the existence of these grand Masonic pillars at that period to contrive , to support , and to adorn the august bodies which occupy the regions of universal space . By a series of illustrations equall y simple and
comprehensive , the doctrine of creation was preserved in all its beauty and purity , not only before the invention of letters , but until the period when it was placed on permanent record by Moses , in the Pentateuch ; where this event opens with unequalled sublimit y , the Scriptures ofthe Old Testament ; and though related by the legislator with brief and simple
pathos , is yet perfectl y intelligible to any ordinary capacity . " In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth . And the earth was without form and void : and darkness was upon the face of the deep ; and the S pirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . And God said , let there be Light , and there was Light . "
I shall now attempt to shew that the Cosmogonies , which formed a part of the lectures delivered at the initiation of candidates into the Spurious Fremasonry of ancient times , were derived from a tradition of the creation of the world , transmitted with different degrees of fidelity in these remarkable institutions ; which will constitute a powerful illustration of that great truth , embodied in genuine Free-