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Symbol Of Glory*
point or phasis of the Order , while , in fact , Freemasonry is cosmopolitical , and embraces the whole region of poetry and philosophy , science and morals . " " AAliilc these shades of difference agitate the members of the society , we are no longer surprised that tho uninitiated should wander so much out of their way to satisfy their curiosity as to the real
design of the Order . AVliat is Masonry 1 This is the great and important question which has puzzled the heads of all the uninitiated from the day of its first establishment to our own most curious times . AVhat is Masonry 1 I could give fifty definitions of it if I chose to be communicative ; but I should consider myself * ' courteous overmuch , ' were I to furnish the cowan with too great
a portion of information at once . He would be gorged into a plethoric habit of mind , whicli would set him cackling like a young pullet after she had laid her first egg , and hops round the farmyard in an ecstacy of joy to tell her companions what a feat she has done . I shall give him only the one definition at presentand he
, may muse and meditate upon it at his leisure . Freemasonry is a triangle upon a triangle , placed in the centre towards the rising of the sun ; chequered with the opus Grecanicum , circumscribed with scroll work , permeating through the sephiroth , and graduating to a perfect heptad . There ! Let the cowan digest that , and I will then impart some further instruction to edify his mind . " We
ardently recommend this definition to the uso of brethren , who may be persecuted by the impertinent inquisitiveil ess of strangers to the Order , as a sharp and decisive clincher to profane curiosity , and a portable extinguisher for idle or sneering interrogations . " An ancient objection against the Order was , that the Freemasons , in their Lodges , ' raise the devil in a circle , and when they have done with himthey lay him again with a noise or a hush as
, they please . ' Others diverted themselves with the story of an old woman between the rounds of a ladder ; or with the cook ' s red-hot iron or salamander , for making the indelible character on the new made Mason in order to give him the faculty of taciturnity . We can vouch for the fact , that many a well-intentioned but thin-skinned cowan is debarred from seeking initiation to tho Order by the
terrors of the gridiron , supposed to be used ' for making the indelible character on the new-made Mason , in order to give him the faculty of taciturnity . " In the letter of dedication introductory to the third lecture , we find these just and serious words of advice which cannot be too deeply weighed by sincere Masons : — " A true knowledge of the
science will not be acquired by indolence and apathy , nor by a mere acquisition of its signs , and tokens , and technicalities . These are but the keys to our treasure . The cabinet must be opened , and its contents examined carefully , and with an ardent desire to profit by the materials which are deposited there . If a Brother be desi-
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Symbol Of Glory*
point or phasis of the Order , while , in fact , Freemasonry is cosmopolitical , and embraces the whole region of poetry and philosophy , science and morals . " " AAliilc these shades of difference agitate the members of the society , we are no longer surprised that tho uninitiated should wander so much out of their way to satisfy their curiosity as to the real
design of the Order . AVliat is Masonry 1 This is the great and important question which has puzzled the heads of all the uninitiated from the day of its first establishment to our own most curious times . AVhat is Masonry 1 I could give fifty definitions of it if I chose to be communicative ; but I should consider myself * ' courteous overmuch , ' were I to furnish the cowan with too great
a portion of information at once . He would be gorged into a plethoric habit of mind , whicli would set him cackling like a young pullet after she had laid her first egg , and hops round the farmyard in an ecstacy of joy to tell her companions what a feat she has done . I shall give him only the one definition at presentand he
, may muse and meditate upon it at his leisure . Freemasonry is a triangle upon a triangle , placed in the centre towards the rising of the sun ; chequered with the opus Grecanicum , circumscribed with scroll work , permeating through the sephiroth , and graduating to a perfect heptad . There ! Let the cowan digest that , and I will then impart some further instruction to edify his mind . " We
ardently recommend this definition to the uso of brethren , who may be persecuted by the impertinent inquisitiveil ess of strangers to the Order , as a sharp and decisive clincher to profane curiosity , and a portable extinguisher for idle or sneering interrogations . " An ancient objection against the Order was , that the Freemasons , in their Lodges , ' raise the devil in a circle , and when they have done with himthey lay him again with a noise or a hush as
, they please . ' Others diverted themselves with the story of an old woman between the rounds of a ladder ; or with the cook ' s red-hot iron or salamander , for making the indelible character on the new made Mason in order to give him the faculty of taciturnity . We can vouch for the fact , that many a well-intentioned but thin-skinned cowan is debarred from seeking initiation to tho Order by the
terrors of the gridiron , supposed to be used ' for making the indelible character on the new-made Mason , in order to give him the faculty of taciturnity . " In the letter of dedication introductory to the third lecture , we find these just and serious words of advice which cannot be too deeply weighed by sincere Masons : — " A true knowledge of the
science will not be acquired by indolence and apathy , nor by a mere acquisition of its signs , and tokens , and technicalities . These are but the keys to our treasure . The cabinet must be opened , and its contents examined carefully , and with an ardent desire to profit by the materials which are deposited there . If a Brother be desi-