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tohian lecturer , will make it a sine qua nan that it should be delivered in its integrity ; or that some Brother will move in Grand Lodge that it shall be so delivered . We are aware that the labour of getting up the lecture by the Brother who may be entrusted with the task will be great , but there are those amongst us whose love for the science w ould enable them easily to overcome all difficulties ; and
if Bro . Preston ' s lecture be in existence in its entirety ( as we are informed it is ) , it is most desir ^ opportunity of becoming acquainted with it , prior to the settlement of a uniform system as now contemplated % the representatives ^ ^ ^ e ^^ two existing systems ; and that au authorized Lodge of prom ulgation should be formed ^ without which their labours will be useless , and only result in the introduction of a . third system , instead of bringing into closer union the advocates and disseminators of the other two .
Preston , in his remarks on the te ^ that- — "In twelve sections of which the lecture consists , every circumstance that respects governhient and system , ancient lore and deep research , curious invention and- ingenious discovery , is collected and accurately
traced ; while the mode of practising our rites , on public as well as private occasions , is satisfactorily explained . To a complete knowledge of this lecture few attain ; hut it is an infallible truth , that he who acquires by merit the mark of pre-eminence to which this degree entitles him receives a reward which amply compensates for all his past diligence and assiduity . "
Passing over the two first sections ( merely noticing that whereas in the two first degrees an assembly of Masons is spoken of as a " Lodge , " in the third it is termed a " Chapter " of Master Masons ) we find four sections devoted to the illustration of the historical traditions of the Order , and the remaining six treating of the government of the fraternity , the qualifications of its rulers , and the ceremonies of installation , constitution , consecration , dedication , & c .
We arfe convinced that to every Master Mason who takes the slightest interest in the Craft further information on all these points would be of the greatest interest , and the promulgation of Bro . Preston ' s lectures an inestimable boon ; for , beautiful as the degree
is , it might be much enhanced in value by the light which would be thereby thrown upon it . Our American Brethren add to the solemnities of this degree ( as well as to the others ) by quotations from the Holy Scriptures , giving in it the following sublime picture of the infirmities of age by our Grand Master Solomon , from the last chapter of Ecclesiastes : —
" Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth , while the evil days come not , nor the years draw nigh , when thou shalt say , I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun , or the light , or the moon , or the stars , be not darkened , nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble , and the strong men shall bow themselves , and the grinders cease because they are few , and those that look out
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¦ Umfobmity Oe Working.
tohian lecturer , will make it a sine qua nan that it should be delivered in its integrity ; or that some Brother will move in Grand Lodge that it shall be so delivered . We are aware that the labour of getting up the lecture by the Brother who may be entrusted with the task will be great , but there are those amongst us whose love for the science w ould enable them easily to overcome all difficulties ; and
if Bro . Preston ' s lecture be in existence in its entirety ( as we are informed it is ) , it is most desir ^ opportunity of becoming acquainted with it , prior to the settlement of a uniform system as now contemplated % the representatives ^ ^ ^ e ^^ two existing systems ; and that au authorized Lodge of prom ulgation should be formed ^ without which their labours will be useless , and only result in the introduction of a . third system , instead of bringing into closer union the advocates and disseminators of the other two .
Preston , in his remarks on the te ^ that- — "In twelve sections of which the lecture consists , every circumstance that respects governhient and system , ancient lore and deep research , curious invention and- ingenious discovery , is collected and accurately
traced ; while the mode of practising our rites , on public as well as private occasions , is satisfactorily explained . To a complete knowledge of this lecture few attain ; hut it is an infallible truth , that he who acquires by merit the mark of pre-eminence to which this degree entitles him receives a reward which amply compensates for all his past diligence and assiduity . "
Passing over the two first sections ( merely noticing that whereas in the two first degrees an assembly of Masons is spoken of as a " Lodge , " in the third it is termed a " Chapter " of Master Masons ) we find four sections devoted to the illustration of the historical traditions of the Order , and the remaining six treating of the government of the fraternity , the qualifications of its rulers , and the ceremonies of installation , constitution , consecration , dedication , & c .
We arfe convinced that to every Master Mason who takes the slightest interest in the Craft further information on all these points would be of the greatest interest , and the promulgation of Bro . Preston ' s lectures an inestimable boon ; for , beautiful as the degree
is , it might be much enhanced in value by the light which would be thereby thrown upon it . Our American Brethren add to the solemnities of this degree ( as well as to the others ) by quotations from the Holy Scriptures , giving in it the following sublime picture of the infirmities of age by our Grand Master Solomon , from the last chapter of Ecclesiastes : —
" Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth , while the evil days come not , nor the years draw nigh , when thou shalt say , I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun , or the light , or the moon , or the stars , be not darkened , nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble , and the strong men shall bow themselves , and the grinders cease because they are few , and those that look out