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The Revelations Of A Square.
who built our matchless churches and cathedrals , received it , and transmitted it faithfully to us . ' " ' The argument appears clear and decisive , ' said the R . W . M ., * ancl if Bro . Franco does not see it in the same light , perhaps he would have the kindness to state his peculiar opinionsas I am curious to hear what can be said on
, the opposite side of the question . ' " Bro . Franco , being thus appealed to , put the objection in another form . ' I argue , ' said he , ' as an humble follower of Jesus , who was born a Jew and died a Jew . During his lifetime he publicly acknowledged that Moses , and the prophets , and the kings of Israel , were his predecessors in the great
scheme which he himself accomplished . But while I believe in Jesus , I cannot close my eyes to the fact that these very predecessors were the original founders of Freemasonry , and therefore , though adopted by Christians , it has no claim to a Christian origination . ' " Dr . Sequiera then rose , " said the Square , " and submitted to the chair that the argument used by Bro . Franco was not sustainable . ' Christ , ' he said , 'had no predecessors . He himself asserted that he existed before Abraham ; and our
great patron and parallel , St . John , says that he was not only before the worlds , but that he was the maker of them . It is evident , therefore , that this Divine Being was anterior to Solomon , or Moses , or Abraham , or Noah , or Adam , the first created man . I consider it an open question , ' he continued , ' whether the origin of Masonry may be dated from the
building of Solomon ' s Temple , or from some earlier period ; but , at all events , it cannot be an institution exclusively Jewish , —because the Mosaic dispensation itself was not that universal religion which it was predicted should ultimately ' cover the earth as the waters cover the sea . ' That system was only intended by the Most Hih to be temporaryand
g , was strictly limited to the period when ' the sceptre should depart from Judah , ' and the Messiah be commissioned to usher in a more perfect dispensation , which , in God ' s good time , should supersede every other system , and bring all mankind into the sanctuary of Christ . ' " Bro . Franco explainedand expressed his curiosity to
, know with what propriety , under these circumstances , Freemasonry can be termed an universal institution . " ' For this reason , ' said Capt . Smith , ' because it is an appendage to an universal religion , of which those of the Patriarchs and Jews were only types and symbols , and were
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The Revelations Of A Square.
who built our matchless churches and cathedrals , received it , and transmitted it faithfully to us . ' " ' The argument appears clear and decisive , ' said the R . W . M ., * ancl if Bro . Franco does not see it in the same light , perhaps he would have the kindness to state his peculiar opinionsas I am curious to hear what can be said on
, the opposite side of the question . ' " Bro . Franco , being thus appealed to , put the objection in another form . ' I argue , ' said he , ' as an humble follower of Jesus , who was born a Jew and died a Jew . During his lifetime he publicly acknowledged that Moses , and the prophets , and the kings of Israel , were his predecessors in the great
scheme which he himself accomplished . But while I believe in Jesus , I cannot close my eyes to the fact that these very predecessors were the original founders of Freemasonry , and therefore , though adopted by Christians , it has no claim to a Christian origination . ' " Dr . Sequiera then rose , " said the Square , " and submitted to the chair that the argument used by Bro . Franco was not sustainable . ' Christ , ' he said , 'had no predecessors . He himself asserted that he existed before Abraham ; and our
great patron and parallel , St . John , says that he was not only before the worlds , but that he was the maker of them . It is evident , therefore , that this Divine Being was anterior to Solomon , or Moses , or Abraham , or Noah , or Adam , the first created man . I consider it an open question , ' he continued , ' whether the origin of Masonry may be dated from the
building of Solomon ' s Temple , or from some earlier period ; but , at all events , it cannot be an institution exclusively Jewish , —because the Mosaic dispensation itself was not that universal religion which it was predicted should ultimately ' cover the earth as the waters cover the sea . ' That system was only intended by the Most Hih to be temporaryand
g , was strictly limited to the period when ' the sceptre should depart from Judah , ' and the Messiah be commissioned to usher in a more perfect dispensation , which , in God ' s good time , should supersede every other system , and bring all mankind into the sanctuary of Christ . ' " Bro . Franco explainedand expressed his curiosity to
, know with what propriety , under these circumstances , Freemasonry can be termed an universal institution . " ' For this reason , ' said Capt . Smith , ' because it is an appendage to an universal religion , of which those of the Patriarchs and Jews were only types and symbols , and were