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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 4 of 7 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
all the profane or uninitiated . By these means he so excited the passions of the people in Crotona , that they rose in a mob , fell upon the Pythagoreans , and partly burnt and partly strangled about forty of them . Some of them fled with Pythagoras . Those who had not gone over into Greece assembled themselves at Rhegium , but the unfortunate blow which had fallen upon their brethren made them so timorous , that , although they remained true to their principles and mode of livingthey
, never formed another society , and retired entirely from public affairs . Pythagoras died soon after , and it was not long before the constitutions of the states were entirely destroyed , the traces of which were visible for centuries . The people repented when too late that they had destroyed the most disinterested of their benefactors ; and , as a reparation for their injustice , they built public monuments in honour of those they had murdered .
Ramsey , Andre Michael de—Was born at Daire , in Scotland , 16 S 6 , and died at St . Germain en Laye 1743 . He was for some time tutor to a son of the Pretender , for whom he wrote an imitation of Telemachus , under the title of Voyage de Cyrus , 1730 , which was translated into German by Claudius , 1780 . He * afterwards published several very good things , among which was a discourse upon Freemasonry , in which the Order is said to be derived from the Crusades . By this he made himself a name in the history of Freemasonryalthough his opinions have
, long been discarded . Reception , Aufnahme , Einwcihung , Weihe . Reception , Consecration , or Initiation . —This solemn ceremony should never in any Lodge be considered as the most important part of a Freemason ' s work ( although it is always a thing of importance to initiate a new member into the Order ) , much less should any Lodge when they are preparing the yearly calendar of their workdetermine that initiations should take lace on
, p certain days . Instruction and charity are the chief works of a Freemason . Initiations are only secondary to these . The day of his initiation must ever be an important epoch to a Freemason , and lead to a serious self-examination . The reflection that in one evening he has become closely united with many thousands of unknown men , is of
itself important , even if the initiated should not be able to appreciate the real spirit of the Order . He who offers himself as a candidate for initiation is not , nor can he"be immediately , received ; it requires four , eight , or twelve weeks to make the necessary inquiries before the balloting can take place . On his initiation the candidate must place himself unreservedly in the hands of the proper officer appointed to conduct him , and submit himself to every proof that is demanded from him , and make no objection to any of the ceremonies he has to go throughbut
, answer every question truly and manfully . When he arrives in the assembly of the Brethren he is asked again , and for the last time , if it is his wish to be initiated . In the moment when he is about to receive the first degree , every freedom is permitted to him either to go forward in the ceremony , or return from whence he came ; for we must admit that to enter upon an unknown undertaking is a dangerous thing . He who is in earnest will here that he holds it to be unworthof a man
prove y not to complete any undertaking which he has commenced after mature deliberation . If he does so , the assembled Brethren cheerfully and unanimously pronounce him " worthy , " and he is made a partaker of the LIGHT . The . solemn obligation taken by the candidate , and the sacred and mysterious manner in which the sacred numbers are communicated ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
all the profane or uninitiated . By these means he so excited the passions of the people in Crotona , that they rose in a mob , fell upon the Pythagoreans , and partly burnt and partly strangled about forty of them . Some of them fled with Pythagoras . Those who had not gone over into Greece assembled themselves at Rhegium , but the unfortunate blow which had fallen upon their brethren made them so timorous , that , although they remained true to their principles and mode of livingthey
, never formed another society , and retired entirely from public affairs . Pythagoras died soon after , and it was not long before the constitutions of the states were entirely destroyed , the traces of which were visible for centuries . The people repented when too late that they had destroyed the most disinterested of their benefactors ; and , as a reparation for their injustice , they built public monuments in honour of those they had murdered .
Ramsey , Andre Michael de—Was born at Daire , in Scotland , 16 S 6 , and died at St . Germain en Laye 1743 . He was for some time tutor to a son of the Pretender , for whom he wrote an imitation of Telemachus , under the title of Voyage de Cyrus , 1730 , which was translated into German by Claudius , 1780 . He * afterwards published several very good things , among which was a discourse upon Freemasonry , in which the Order is said to be derived from the Crusades . By this he made himself a name in the history of Freemasonryalthough his opinions have
, long been discarded . Reception , Aufnahme , Einwcihung , Weihe . Reception , Consecration , or Initiation . —This solemn ceremony should never in any Lodge be considered as the most important part of a Freemason ' s work ( although it is always a thing of importance to initiate a new member into the Order ) , much less should any Lodge when they are preparing the yearly calendar of their workdetermine that initiations should take lace on
, p certain days . Instruction and charity are the chief works of a Freemason . Initiations are only secondary to these . The day of his initiation must ever be an important epoch to a Freemason , and lead to a serious self-examination . The reflection that in one evening he has become closely united with many thousands of unknown men , is of
itself important , even if the initiated should not be able to appreciate the real spirit of the Order . He who offers himself as a candidate for initiation is not , nor can he"be immediately , received ; it requires four , eight , or twelve weeks to make the necessary inquiries before the balloting can take place . On his initiation the candidate must place himself unreservedly in the hands of the proper officer appointed to conduct him , and submit himself to every proof that is demanded from him , and make no objection to any of the ceremonies he has to go throughbut
, answer every question truly and manfully . When he arrives in the assembly of the Brethren he is asked again , and for the last time , if it is his wish to be initiated . In the moment when he is about to receive the first degree , every freedom is permitted to him either to go forward in the ceremony , or return from whence he came ; for we must admit that to enter upon an unknown undertaking is a dangerous thing . He who is in earnest will here that he holds it to be unworthof a man
prove y not to complete any undertaking which he has commenced after mature deliberation . If he does so , the assembled Brethren cheerfully and unanimously pronounce him " worthy , " and he is made a partaker of the LIGHT . The . solemn obligation taken by the candidate , and the sacred and mysterious manner in which the sacred numbers are communicated ,