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On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
ON THE SKILL OF ANCIENT MASONS IN THE SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE . BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , D . D . THE misconceptions which occasionally perplex the mind , when engaged in the study of Freemasonryare often
-, pro duced by a defective arrangement of its elementary principles . The science consists of two separate and independent divisions , Speculative and Operative Masonry ; to which may be added a third , or Spurious Freemasonry . It is only by keeping this classification distinctly in view , that any just estimate can be formed of the antiquity of the Orderor of the
, pursuits of the Fraternity , at any given period in the ancient history of the world . In the first ages , the operative and spurious branches appear to have been intimately connected ; while speculative Masonry kept aloof from both ; but at the building of Solomon's Temple , a permanent union of the speculative and operative divisions was accomplished , and
produced works which have excited the admiration of all posterity . The study of Freemasonry in its several branches , and under every designation by which it has been recognized in all ages from the creation , cannot fail to enhance the moral dignity of man , from the influence which it has ever
exercised over human institutions , whether civil or religious . The political relations which the nomadic tribes of antiquity sustained towards each other , were cemented by the awful sanction of its name , as the sacred vehicle of reli gious mysteries , and the rites of initiation conveyed privileges which constituted a bond of union amongst individuals of every
clime , and every language ; while , under another form , as a medium for the development of scientific knowledge , its influence was no less felt , by its command over the arts which dignified and adorned nations , and contributed to the necessities and elegancies of social and domestic life .
" The cloud capt towers , the gorgeous palaces , The solemn temples , " the works of the sculptor and the statuary , the painter and VOI ; . VI . 0 0
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On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
ON THE SKILL OF ANCIENT MASONS IN THE SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE . BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , D . D . THE misconceptions which occasionally perplex the mind , when engaged in the study of Freemasonryare often
-, pro duced by a defective arrangement of its elementary principles . The science consists of two separate and independent divisions , Speculative and Operative Masonry ; to which may be added a third , or Spurious Freemasonry . It is only by keeping this classification distinctly in view , that any just estimate can be formed of the antiquity of the Orderor of the
, pursuits of the Fraternity , at any given period in the ancient history of the world . In the first ages , the operative and spurious branches appear to have been intimately connected ; while speculative Masonry kept aloof from both ; but at the building of Solomon's Temple , a permanent union of the speculative and operative divisions was accomplished , and
produced works which have excited the admiration of all posterity . The study of Freemasonry in its several branches , and under every designation by which it has been recognized in all ages from the creation , cannot fail to enhance the moral dignity of man , from the influence which it has ever
exercised over human institutions , whether civil or religious . The political relations which the nomadic tribes of antiquity sustained towards each other , were cemented by the awful sanction of its name , as the sacred vehicle of reli gious mysteries , and the rites of initiation conveyed privileges which constituted a bond of union amongst individuals of every
clime , and every language ; while , under another form , as a medium for the development of scientific knowledge , its influence was no less felt , by its command over the arts which dignified and adorned nations , and contributed to the necessities and elegancies of social and domestic life .
" The cloud capt towers , the gorgeous palaces , The solemn temples , " the works of the sculptor and the statuary , the painter and VOI ; . VI . 0 0