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deep orange ; but the two innermost walls were most gloriously decorated ; for " the battlements of that nearest the palace were covered with burnished gold , and the next to it with p lates of silver . That of tho Sun ivas symbolised by the circular wall of gold , the Moon by that adorned with silver ; and the planets , Mercury , Venus , Mars , Jupiter and Saturn , were intended to be typified by the remaining walls . " Thus the king took his residence within the Sun ' s discwhich was
up , here placed in the centre of the System . However mythological this account may appear , it is strictly in accordance with the Persian system . In the figurative diction of the eastern nations , the king was the representative of the deity ; and according to Hyde , the throne of God was seated in the Sun . In this palace therefore , the residence of the monarch was placed in the centre of that luminary . For the particular illustrations bwhich the author has illuminated
y this striking emblem , so interesting to the Free ancl Accepted Mason , we refer to the Lecture itself , from which we make no quotation , because it is , in all its parts , equally excellent , and we know not where to select . The Rev . Dr . is no less happy in his Lecture on the Masonic Apron . " The great design of the Apron is to point out a figurative division of the human body into two distinct parts ; separating the noble portion seat oi
which contains the Head ancl tlie Heart , as me reason anu me affections , from the more base ancl corporal parts , which are merely intended to perform the carnal functions of nature ; and while the spiritual man stands erect ancl open to the view , the natural man is veiled in obscurity , that no impediment may interrupt the speculative avocations ancl pursuits of . Masonry . The I' reemason thus clothed is a striking emblem of truth , innocence , and integrity ; for the parts only which the conservators of these virtues are supposed to be in
opeare ration , while exploring the hidden mysteries of the science , in the tiled recesses of the Lodge . "—p . 193 . ... That celebrated antiquary , the late Mr . Douce , has indulged m some ingenious speculations on the etymology of the Apron . He says , " Minsheu and others conceived that this word was derived from afore one ; an etymology that perfectly accords with the burlesque of Dean SwiftIt has been also deduced from the Greek
manner . words 7-7 * 0 ancl ncgi ; the Latin porro and operio , & c . Skinner , with more plausibility , has suggested the Saxon aporun . After all , an apron is no more than a corruption of a napron , the old genuine orthography Thus in the mem / adventure of the pardonere and tapslcre ;
. . " and therewith to wepe She made , ami with her liii / nim feir nnd white ywash Sw \) iid soft hir even of leris that ahc outlasll AsKtcteasany mylstone . " , ¦ " ¦ Urry's Chaucer , 594 . We are favoured with a most important Lecture on the Government of the 1 . odge , which we should have much pleasure in presenting to our readers entirefor it is text for the anxious Mason to dwell upon as
; a a sound , pure , and ennobling principle , from whence inferences may be deduced for the regulation of life and its appropriate duties . It would vecal many from apathy to action , ancl lead others from darkness to light . Many additional rules have been subjoined to this Lecture which wc recommend to the consideration of every well wisher to l'rceniasoury ; and particularly to all who arc ambitious ot oflice ; for the ruths which the author , with a view to the best interests ot Masonry ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Signs And Symbols.*
deep orange ; but the two innermost walls were most gloriously decorated ; for " the battlements of that nearest the palace were covered with burnished gold , and the next to it with p lates of silver . That of tho Sun ivas symbolised by the circular wall of gold , the Moon by that adorned with silver ; and the planets , Mercury , Venus , Mars , Jupiter and Saturn , were intended to be typified by the remaining walls . " Thus the king took his residence within the Sun ' s discwhich was
up , here placed in the centre of the System . However mythological this account may appear , it is strictly in accordance with the Persian system . In the figurative diction of the eastern nations , the king was the representative of the deity ; and according to Hyde , the throne of God was seated in the Sun . In this palace therefore , the residence of the monarch was placed in the centre of that luminary . For the particular illustrations bwhich the author has illuminated
y this striking emblem , so interesting to the Free ancl Accepted Mason , we refer to the Lecture itself , from which we make no quotation , because it is , in all its parts , equally excellent , and we know not where to select . The Rev . Dr . is no less happy in his Lecture on the Masonic Apron . " The great design of the Apron is to point out a figurative division of the human body into two distinct parts ; separating the noble portion seat oi
which contains the Head ancl tlie Heart , as me reason anu me affections , from the more base ancl corporal parts , which are merely intended to perform the carnal functions of nature ; and while the spiritual man stands erect ancl open to the view , the natural man is veiled in obscurity , that no impediment may interrupt the speculative avocations ancl pursuits of . Masonry . The I' reemason thus clothed is a striking emblem of truth , innocence , and integrity ; for the parts only which the conservators of these virtues are supposed to be in
opeare ration , while exploring the hidden mysteries of the science , in the tiled recesses of the Lodge . "—p . 193 . ... That celebrated antiquary , the late Mr . Douce , has indulged m some ingenious speculations on the etymology of the Apron . He says , " Minsheu and others conceived that this word was derived from afore one ; an etymology that perfectly accords with the burlesque of Dean SwiftIt has been also deduced from the Greek
manner . words 7-7 * 0 ancl ncgi ; the Latin porro and operio , & c . Skinner , with more plausibility , has suggested the Saxon aporun . After all , an apron is no more than a corruption of a napron , the old genuine orthography Thus in the mem / adventure of the pardonere and tapslcre ;
. . " and therewith to wepe She made , ami with her liii / nim feir nnd white ywash Sw \) iid soft hir even of leris that ahc outlasll AsKtcteasany mylstone . " , ¦ " ¦ Urry's Chaucer , 594 . We are favoured with a most important Lecture on the Government of the 1 . odge , which we should have much pleasure in presenting to our readers entirefor it is text for the anxious Mason to dwell upon as
; a a sound , pure , and ennobling principle , from whence inferences may be deduced for the regulation of life and its appropriate duties . It would vecal many from apathy to action , ancl lead others from darkness to light . Many additional rules have been subjoined to this Lecture which wc recommend to the consideration of every well wisher to l'rceniasoury ; and particularly to all who arc ambitious ot oflice ; for the ruths which the author , with a view to the best interests ot Masonry ,