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On Freemasonry.
ameneto built a propylon and an avenue of sphynxes ; and Ramses III . added a side temple , and enriched its walls with many sculptures . This was the monarch whose daughter was married to King Solomon . The great temple at Ypsambul , with its gigantic statues and rich ornaments , was erected , according to the above authority , by
Amon-me-Ramses , 160 years before the temple at Jerusalem . Egyptian architecture , in its palmy state , was so sublime , that modern writers are struck with astonishment and awe at contemplating its vast remains . Denon says , — " With the Egyptians , the idea of the immortality of God is presented in the eternity of his temples . I have not words to express
my feelings , as I stood beneath the portico of Tentyra , and thought upon that nation of men who were capable of conceiving , executing , decorating , and enriching this edifice with every thing that could speak to the eye and to the soul . " Champollion exclaims , — " Imagination sinks abashed at the foot of the 140 columns of the hypostyle Hall of
Carnac or Amnion . " To give some idea of the vastness of this latter temple , it may only be necessary to state , that each of these 140 columns was of the same diameter , and not much inferior in altitude to the monument near London Bridge . What an immense idea must we form of the genius , as well as of the population and resources of a country which was capable of erecting such stupendous buildings !
The science cultivated in the Lodges of our ancient Brethren in Egypt , was not confined to the erection of massive edifices and colossal statues , but extended to the more delicate arts of tasteful decoration . Belzoni enumerates , amongst the arts of the Egyptians , gilding , engraving of gems , enamelling , varnishing , embroidery , drawing ,
painting , tinting , & c . Their knowledge of gilding is evidenced from the mummy cases now in the British Museum . " The skill of the Egyptians , " says Mr . Wilkinson , " in compounding metals is abundantly proved by the vases , mirrors , arms , and implements of bronze , discovered at Thebes , and other parts of Egypt ; and the numerous methods they adopted
for varying the composition of bronze , by a judicious admixture of alloys , are shown in the many qualities of the metal . They had even the secret of giving to bronze or brass blades a certain degree of elasticity ; which probably depended on the mode of hammering the metal , and the just proportion of peculiar alloys . " We find also on the monuments of Egypt , specimens of chairs and sofas of supe-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
ameneto built a propylon and an avenue of sphynxes ; and Ramses III . added a side temple , and enriched its walls with many sculptures . This was the monarch whose daughter was married to King Solomon . The great temple at Ypsambul , with its gigantic statues and rich ornaments , was erected , according to the above authority , by
Amon-me-Ramses , 160 years before the temple at Jerusalem . Egyptian architecture , in its palmy state , was so sublime , that modern writers are struck with astonishment and awe at contemplating its vast remains . Denon says , — " With the Egyptians , the idea of the immortality of God is presented in the eternity of his temples . I have not words to express
my feelings , as I stood beneath the portico of Tentyra , and thought upon that nation of men who were capable of conceiving , executing , decorating , and enriching this edifice with every thing that could speak to the eye and to the soul . " Champollion exclaims , — " Imagination sinks abashed at the foot of the 140 columns of the hypostyle Hall of
Carnac or Amnion . " To give some idea of the vastness of this latter temple , it may only be necessary to state , that each of these 140 columns was of the same diameter , and not much inferior in altitude to the monument near London Bridge . What an immense idea must we form of the genius , as well as of the population and resources of a country which was capable of erecting such stupendous buildings !
The science cultivated in the Lodges of our ancient Brethren in Egypt , was not confined to the erection of massive edifices and colossal statues , but extended to the more delicate arts of tasteful decoration . Belzoni enumerates , amongst the arts of the Egyptians , gilding , engraving of gems , enamelling , varnishing , embroidery , drawing ,
painting , tinting , & c . Their knowledge of gilding is evidenced from the mummy cases now in the British Museum . " The skill of the Egyptians , " says Mr . Wilkinson , " in compounding metals is abundantly proved by the vases , mirrors , arms , and implements of bronze , discovered at Thebes , and other parts of Egypt ; and the numerous methods they adopted
for varying the composition of bronze , by a judicious admixture of alloys , are shown in the many qualities of the metal . They had even the secret of giving to bronze or brass blades a certain degree of elasticity ; which probably depended on the mode of hammering the metal , and the just proportion of peculiar alloys . " We find also on the monuments of Egypt , specimens of chairs and sofas of supe-