Papers On The Great Pyramid.

no trust in an . All-Good Providence ; nor taught the dependence of earthly authority upon tho " Most High who ruleth in the kingdom of men . " * This is the highest conception of the Deity and the unending theme of the Prophets of Israel ; as it was also the great truth which their nation was destined to manifest to the world . By the very nature of the case , this doctrine constitutes a subject for higher mysteries than those which I have endeavoured to illustrate by Great Pyramid Science .

Its proof being found in history must have given rise to other and later traditions than are found in the E . A ., F . C ., and M . M . degrees , ancl being but acquainted with the ritual and tradition thus far ancl no further , I cannot , even if it were permitted me , so handle the subject as to make thc references direct and intelligible to the instructed . Tet my slight acquaintance with Masonic writings has convinced me of the existence of certain teachings with regard to the symbolism of figuresancl its origin aud import

, , that I canuot conclude these papers without some remarks on Great Pyramid teachings which may serve to explain , or at least obtain an interest for , tho peculiar significance of the Divine attribute in the M . M . degree . It is in this light , then , that we must consider the theory that the passages of the Great Pyramid have a historical import , and record the duration of certain eras on the scale of a Pyramid inch tp the year . If readers will refer to the lengths of the

passages as given on page 444 ( March Number ) ancl also to the brief remarks on this subject in the May Number , they will see that this theory requires that human history , or such part thereof as maybe there referred to , should be divided into three grand epochs : the first covering a period of 986 ; the second , 1542 years ; and the third , 1881 J nearly . On these data and in the confusion prevailing in ancient chronology , Professor Smyth ancl his fellow workers and believers in Great Pyramid truths have adopted a chronology which I have A'entured to dispute as neither consistent -with history nor agreeable with those Scriptures to the truth of which they maintain the

Pyramid was intended as a -witness . Tet it does not necessarily follow that because they may be , and I believe are , mistaken in applying the data in the maimer they do , therefore the theory of chronological signification in the passages is wrong also . On the measurement's of the passages , there is of course agreement ; the Professor ' s careful measures being accepted and corroborated . But it is the appbeation of those measures to the historical events , which they have hitherto been assumed to indicate , that I have

called in question , aud shown that the Scriptures themselves point to . a different application . For , whereas the first length of 986 inches is divided by the lines ruled on the sides of the passage into two lengths of 358 inches ancl 628 , there were also , to follow the text of the Scriptures literally , 358 years from the Flood to Abraham , and 628 years from Abraham to Moses ; ancl the next length of 1542 inches would therefore require to represent a like number of . years between Moses and Christ . The next length would

then cover a period on the verge of completion , aud mark 1881-2 as tbe beginning of a new dispensation . On this point much misrepresentation has been made of Pyramid teaching , ancl its believers arc credited with following Mother Shipton in an insane bebef that the end of the world is at hand ; or , on the other hand , that the millenium is about to commence . Neither the one nor the other may take place . The years may pass by , ancl the signs of the times be apparent only to a few . But this is not the place to discuss

the subject , even were I so inclined . I would not have referred to it , but that the theory requires that the last length of 1881- ' - inches should also mark an epoch and typify a new turning-point in the world ' s history . Suffice it for us that Providence is over all , ancl that whatsoever is hidden in the counsels of God shall be revealed in His own good time . For nearly eighty years was Israel ignorant of the mission of Moses , and for thirty years was the world unaware of the life of Him we own as Lord . Not for us then is it to say " this shall be " or " that shall occur . " Of what is in the future may be a subject for faith ancl hope ; but of what lies in the past only can we expect to possess knowledge . It is not therefore for any to say , I will wait and see what 1882 may bring