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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 17 of 19 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Tabernacle in the wilderness is another landmark to account for the Masonic custom of building our Lodges due East and West ; and the Tabernacle and its appendages were all symbolical of corresponding events in the Christian dispensation . The H . P . was a type of Christ , and the blood of the covenant was a symbol of his blood shed upon the Cross . Wh
y need I enumerate those other landmarks of Masonry which bear an undoubted reference to Christ and Ms religion , when you are all as familiar with them as myself ? And I think , when Bro . Franco considers seriously these striking coincidences , he will find it impossible to put any other construction on the design of the Masonic system , than as a development
of the chief truths of our most holy faith , leading to the inculcation of a pure morality , and the duty of doing to others , as we would have them do to us . ' " The R . W . M . then rose and said , ' I appeal to the Brethren present , whether these are not the received doctrines of the Order , as they are inculcated in all our Lodges . '
" The Brethren responded unanimously by the usual token of concurrence , and Bro . Franco found himself in a minority of one . " When Dr . Dodd retired from office , at Christmas , 1775 , he had created amongst the Brethren a great veneration for his untiring zeal in promoting the general interests of the
Craft ; for his liberality in maintaining the hospitality of the Lodge , and for those social qualities which chastened and enlivened the banquet . He had restored the Lodge to its primitive status , and had earned golden opinions from every class of the Brethren ; and , like a successful gladiator , he was invested with the Rudis amidst the acclamations of his fellows .
" In the year 1776 , " continued my amusing companion , " I had the gratification , under a new Master , of witnessing the most magnificent spectacle it is possible to conceive ; for it realized the gorgeous descriptions of the Arabian Tales . I refer to the solemn dedication of Freemasons' Hall . * The numerous band of Grand and Past Grand officers , in full
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Tabernacle in the wilderness is another landmark to account for the Masonic custom of building our Lodges due East and West ; and the Tabernacle and its appendages were all symbolical of corresponding events in the Christian dispensation . The H . P . was a type of Christ , and the blood of the covenant was a symbol of his blood shed upon the Cross . Wh
y need I enumerate those other landmarks of Masonry which bear an undoubted reference to Christ and Ms religion , when you are all as familiar with them as myself ? And I think , when Bro . Franco considers seriously these striking coincidences , he will find it impossible to put any other construction on the design of the Masonic system , than as a development
of the chief truths of our most holy faith , leading to the inculcation of a pure morality , and the duty of doing to others , as we would have them do to us . ' " The R . W . M . then rose and said , ' I appeal to the Brethren present , whether these are not the received doctrines of the Order , as they are inculcated in all our Lodges . '
" The Brethren responded unanimously by the usual token of concurrence , and Bro . Franco found himself in a minority of one . " When Dr . Dodd retired from office , at Christmas , 1775 , he had created amongst the Brethren a great veneration for his untiring zeal in promoting the general interests of the
Craft ; for his liberality in maintaining the hospitality of the Lodge , and for those social qualities which chastened and enlivened the banquet . He had restored the Lodge to its primitive status , and had earned golden opinions from every class of the Brethren ; and , like a successful gladiator , he was invested with the Rudis amidst the acclamations of his fellows .
" In the year 1776 , " continued my amusing companion , " I had the gratification , under a new Master , of witnessing the most magnificent spectacle it is possible to conceive ; for it realized the gorgeous descriptions of the Arabian Tales . I refer to the solemn dedication of Freemasons' Hall . * The numerous band of Grand and Past Grand officers , in full