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The Ineffable Name.
were all derived . The general character of ancient idolatry , renders it likely that these names were originally applied to the true Lord of the universe alone , and that when his worship degenerated into the worship of bodies in the material world , these idols were dignified with his name . There is also another and most important feature , in which all the mythological systems , and almost all the names of their deities agree . From a comparison of them , we find that they universally recognized a
triad of divine persons , and the names were mostly capable of being resolved into three and from the result of this enquiry arises a most important question—How comes it , that a doctrine so singular , and so utterly at variance with all the conceptions of uninstructed reason , as that of a trinity in unity , should have been from the beginning a fundamental religious tenet of every nation upon earth ? The answer is , a word , a sacred , ineffable , triune name , showing forth the attributes of the Almighty , and faintly shadowing the after revealed doctrine of the
Trinity , was given to man at his creation , as the bond or type of union between the spirit of God placed in man , and the spirit which created the body from dust . - This word was long preserved by man , but in process of time , in consequence of the increasing wickedness of the world , in falling away from God , was lost . The faint and uncertain recollections of it spread abroad among mankind , with the widely extended traditions of its importance and power , survived in the various and mysterious religious associationsor mysteries of the ancient world
, , of all of which this name formed the profound and inscrutable mystery ; and incessant in his endeavours to discover this mystery , and to obtain the power supposed to reside therein , man has combined , divided , and varied the different names he was in possession of , in the endeavour to arrive at the real ineffable name , and the result bas been the production of the infinite number of names , ancient history and mythology informs us of .
Can we pierce this mystery ? To the Royal Arch Mason I would say—he who seeketh rightly , he shall find . Chapter of Loyalty and Virtue , Barnstaple , No . 312 .
Freemasonry In Turkey, Persia, And Japan.
FREEMASONRY IN TURKEY , PERSIA , AND JAPAN .
fConcludcd / rom page 2 Q . J THE very small quantity of masonic information that has ever found its way to us respecting the above countries , makes every contribution the more valuable ; the following short sketch we therefore add to what has already been published by us on the subject : — A merchant of Leipsic having occasion to visit Belgrade , made himself known to some parties as a member of the Lodge Baldwin , at Leipsic ;
having visited a Mason ' s lodge at Belgrade , was entrusted in the month of August , 1847 , with a letter , in the Turkish language , by the Worshipful Master of the lodge , to be delivered on his return to Bro . Gretschel , at that time the Master of the Lodge Baldwin , in which letter Bro . G . was informed he had been elected an honorary member of the lodge ; it was accompanied with a small scarf ( query collar ) , worn by the Masters of the Turkish loclg ' , ;;; i-. i .-. meerschaum pipe howl ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Ineffable Name.
were all derived . The general character of ancient idolatry , renders it likely that these names were originally applied to the true Lord of the universe alone , and that when his worship degenerated into the worship of bodies in the material world , these idols were dignified with his name . There is also another and most important feature , in which all the mythological systems , and almost all the names of their deities agree . From a comparison of them , we find that they universally recognized a
triad of divine persons , and the names were mostly capable of being resolved into three and from the result of this enquiry arises a most important question—How comes it , that a doctrine so singular , and so utterly at variance with all the conceptions of uninstructed reason , as that of a trinity in unity , should have been from the beginning a fundamental religious tenet of every nation upon earth ? The answer is , a word , a sacred , ineffable , triune name , showing forth the attributes of the Almighty , and faintly shadowing the after revealed doctrine of the
Trinity , was given to man at his creation , as the bond or type of union between the spirit of God placed in man , and the spirit which created the body from dust . - This word was long preserved by man , but in process of time , in consequence of the increasing wickedness of the world , in falling away from God , was lost . The faint and uncertain recollections of it spread abroad among mankind , with the widely extended traditions of its importance and power , survived in the various and mysterious religious associationsor mysteries of the ancient world
, , of all of which this name formed the profound and inscrutable mystery ; and incessant in his endeavours to discover this mystery , and to obtain the power supposed to reside therein , man has combined , divided , and varied the different names he was in possession of , in the endeavour to arrive at the real ineffable name , and the result bas been the production of the infinite number of names , ancient history and mythology informs us of .
Can we pierce this mystery ? To the Royal Arch Mason I would say—he who seeketh rightly , he shall find . Chapter of Loyalty and Virtue , Barnstaple , No . 312 .
Freemasonry In Turkey, Persia, And Japan.
FREEMASONRY IN TURKEY , PERSIA , AND JAPAN .
fConcludcd / rom page 2 Q . J THE very small quantity of masonic information that has ever found its way to us respecting the above countries , makes every contribution the more valuable ; the following short sketch we therefore add to what has already been published by us on the subject : — A merchant of Leipsic having occasion to visit Belgrade , made himself known to some parties as a member of the Lodge Baldwin , at Leipsic ;
having visited a Mason ' s lodge at Belgrade , was entrusted in the month of August , 1847 , with a letter , in the Turkish language , by the Worshipful Master of the lodge , to be delivered on his return to Bro . Gretschel , at that time the Master of the Lodge Baldwin , in which letter Bro . G . was informed he had been elected an honorary member of the lodge ; it was accompanied with a small scarf ( query collar ) , worn by the Masters of the Turkish loclg ' , ;;; i-. i .-. meerschaum pipe howl ,