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The Reporter.
the President , Treasurer , and Secretary . The sub-committee met on the 25 th at the Freemasons' Tavern , to make preliminary arrangements . Individual subscriptions are limited to half a sovereign . ! TESTIMONIAL TO Bro . JOHN WHITMORE . —The Stewards of the late j ball in aid of the Aged Masons' Asylum have marked their approbation ;¦ of the valuable services rendered by Bro . Whitmoretheir Honorary
, ; Secretary , whereby the profits have exceeded any previous ball , by prej senting him with a piece of plate ; and what enhanced the value of the ; compliment was the liberality of the President of the ball-stewards , who j entertained the board in the most hospitable manner on the day of pre-( sentation .
CHAPTER OF FIDELITY , May 7 . —Bros . Rayner , Levy , Brizzi , Mullins , and Graves were exalted with the usual eclat that attends the proceedings of this excellent Chapter . The after-dinner proceedings were admirably conducted . OAK LODGE , NO . 225 . —The W . M . Bro . Pryer is continuing his interesting series of Lectures on Masonic Antiquities . On the 21 st April the previous lecture was repeated at the request of the Lodge . Several
Grand Officers were then present , and numerous visiting Brethren . The lecture occupied more than two hours in the delivery , and was listened to throughout with the most marked attention . Bro . Pryer commenced by stating , that having been requested by the Brethren to repeat the previous lecture , he with pleasure acceded to the request , but not having taken any notes on the former occasion , he would endeavour to give the various points as he best could from recollection . We regret that we
cannot give more than a statement of the principal points of his observations , but he intimated that the various subjects to which he was directing attention , would be further illustrated by him in the pages of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . Attention was then drawn to the distinction between Masonry and Freemasonry , and it was explained , that from the most remote antiquity a fraternity of builders had always existed , who were connected with the various orders of priesthood , and devoted themselves exclusively to the cultivation of science and the erection of sacred edifices . As
various religious rites were known only to the priests , they alone were capable of erecting temples adapted for their solemnization . The earliest of these fraternities appeared to be the Hiero-Laotomi , or Sacred Builders , of ancient Egypt ; they were of the first caste , connected with the government and priesthood , being , in fact , " Masons of the priestly order , " and were entirely distinct from ordinary masons and artificers , who were of inferior caste . They enjoyed considerable privileges and power , and possessed the most profound skill in architecture
, being the designers and architects employed in the construction 'Of the marvellous pyramids and temples , and other wonderful structures of ancient Egypt . The architect of the great pyramid appears to have been Eimei , who was then Grand Master or Chief of the Sacred Builders , "being described in hieroglyphics " as chief of the habitations of King Suphis . " This pyramid was built about 2300 years B . C . The Hiero-Laotomi initiated none but those who were free by birth . The
Dionysians , of Asia Minor , were next described as a body of priests , who had derived their knowledge from Egyptian sacerdotal colleges , and having devoted themselves particularly to the study of architecture , were incorporated in Asia Minor as a fraternity of builders at a very early period ,
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The Reporter.
the President , Treasurer , and Secretary . The sub-committee met on the 25 th at the Freemasons' Tavern , to make preliminary arrangements . Individual subscriptions are limited to half a sovereign . ! TESTIMONIAL TO Bro . JOHN WHITMORE . —The Stewards of the late j ball in aid of the Aged Masons' Asylum have marked their approbation ;¦ of the valuable services rendered by Bro . Whitmoretheir Honorary
, ; Secretary , whereby the profits have exceeded any previous ball , by prej senting him with a piece of plate ; and what enhanced the value of the ; compliment was the liberality of the President of the ball-stewards , who j entertained the board in the most hospitable manner on the day of pre-( sentation .
CHAPTER OF FIDELITY , May 7 . —Bros . Rayner , Levy , Brizzi , Mullins , and Graves were exalted with the usual eclat that attends the proceedings of this excellent Chapter . The after-dinner proceedings were admirably conducted . OAK LODGE , NO . 225 . —The W . M . Bro . Pryer is continuing his interesting series of Lectures on Masonic Antiquities . On the 21 st April the previous lecture was repeated at the request of the Lodge . Several
Grand Officers were then present , and numerous visiting Brethren . The lecture occupied more than two hours in the delivery , and was listened to throughout with the most marked attention . Bro . Pryer commenced by stating , that having been requested by the Brethren to repeat the previous lecture , he with pleasure acceded to the request , but not having taken any notes on the former occasion , he would endeavour to give the various points as he best could from recollection . We regret that we
cannot give more than a statement of the principal points of his observations , but he intimated that the various subjects to which he was directing attention , would be further illustrated by him in the pages of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . Attention was then drawn to the distinction between Masonry and Freemasonry , and it was explained , that from the most remote antiquity a fraternity of builders had always existed , who were connected with the various orders of priesthood , and devoted themselves exclusively to the cultivation of science and the erection of sacred edifices . As
various religious rites were known only to the priests , they alone were capable of erecting temples adapted for their solemnization . The earliest of these fraternities appeared to be the Hiero-Laotomi , or Sacred Builders , of ancient Egypt ; they were of the first caste , connected with the government and priesthood , being , in fact , " Masons of the priestly order , " and were entirely distinct from ordinary masons and artificers , who were of inferior caste . They enjoyed considerable privileges and power , and possessed the most profound skill in architecture
, being the designers and architects employed in the construction 'Of the marvellous pyramids and temples , and other wonderful structures of ancient Egypt . The architect of the great pyramid appears to have been Eimei , who was then Grand Master or Chief of the Sacred Builders , "being described in hieroglyphics " as chief of the habitations of King Suphis . " This pyramid was built about 2300 years B . C . The Hiero-Laotomi initiated none but those who were free by birth . The
Dionysians , of Asia Minor , were next described as a body of priests , who had derived their knowledge from Egyptian sacerdotal colleges , and having devoted themselves particularly to the study of architecture , were incorporated in Asia Minor as a fraternity of builders at a very early period ,