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good could be done with them . The king then made a proclamation throughont the realm , that if any man could find or devise any course how to maintain them , to inform the king thereof , and he should be well rewarded ; whereupon Euclydes ca $ ae to the king , and sayed ' My noble sovereign , if I may have oifder and government of these — lords * sons , I will teach the liberal sciences , whereby wee
may live honestly , " and like gentlemen , provided that you will grant me power over them , by your commission , to rule them honestly , as the science ought to be ruled , ' which was immediately granted by the king and his council . And then the master , Euclydes , took to him the lords' sons , and taught them the worthy science of geometry , the craft and art of Masonry , andmystery of all manner of building , as temples , churches , courts and castles , & c . ; and Euclydes gave them charge with these following admonitions .
( To be continued . ) .
The Reported Abduction And Death Of Morgan, In The United States.
THE REPORTED ABDUCTION AND DEATH OF MORGAN , IN THE UNITED STATES .
The Masonic Fraternity of the United States has again and again been taunted with having been accessory to the abduction and death of a person named Morgan , who was said , on account of his betrayal of the secrets of the Order , to have been hurried from his home , then murdered , and his body sent over the falls of Niagara . In America
this report has been the cause of considerable reproach to the Craft , and has raised , in many quarters , immense opposition to its progress . We are most happy to have it in our power to give the following interesting article from the " Philadelphian Masonic Mirror , and Key Stone , " of January 14 , a periodical most ably conducted by Bro . Leon Hyneman , which sets the matter at rest for ever : —
" MORGAN ! !! " Great is Truth , and mighty above all things , ' is a sentiment that has been verified times unnumbered , since it was first spoken by the early patron of Royal Arch Masonry . And we are about to give another exemplification of the mighty power of Truth , which will for ever put to rest the unfounded clamour raised against the members of the Masonic Fraternity , by interested politicians , noisy
brawling demagogues , persons of bad character , who were not found worthy of admission into the Order , as well as some of the lukewarm among us , who joined in the hue and cry that was raised , in the supposed abduction of William Morgan , who , it was said , was carried forcibly away from his family and friends in the village of Batavia , in the State of New York , on the 11 th day of November , 1826 , by certain members of the Masonic Order , and who they
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good could be done with them . The king then made a proclamation throughont the realm , that if any man could find or devise any course how to maintain them , to inform the king thereof , and he should be well rewarded ; whereupon Euclydes ca $ ae to the king , and sayed ' My noble sovereign , if I may have oifder and government of these — lords * sons , I will teach the liberal sciences , whereby wee
may live honestly , " and like gentlemen , provided that you will grant me power over them , by your commission , to rule them honestly , as the science ought to be ruled , ' which was immediately granted by the king and his council . And then the master , Euclydes , took to him the lords' sons , and taught them the worthy science of geometry , the craft and art of Masonry , andmystery of all manner of building , as temples , churches , courts and castles , & c . ; and Euclydes gave them charge with these following admonitions .
( To be continued . ) .
The Reported Abduction And Death Of Morgan, In The United States.
THE REPORTED ABDUCTION AND DEATH OF MORGAN , IN THE UNITED STATES .
The Masonic Fraternity of the United States has again and again been taunted with having been accessory to the abduction and death of a person named Morgan , who was said , on account of his betrayal of the secrets of the Order , to have been hurried from his home , then murdered , and his body sent over the falls of Niagara . In America
this report has been the cause of considerable reproach to the Craft , and has raised , in many quarters , immense opposition to its progress . We are most happy to have it in our power to give the following interesting article from the " Philadelphian Masonic Mirror , and Key Stone , " of January 14 , a periodical most ably conducted by Bro . Leon Hyneman , which sets the matter at rest for ever : —
" MORGAN ! !! " Great is Truth , and mighty above all things , ' is a sentiment that has been verified times unnumbered , since it was first spoken by the early patron of Royal Arch Masonry . And we are about to give another exemplification of the mighty power of Truth , which will for ever put to rest the unfounded clamour raised against the members of the Masonic Fraternity , by interested politicians , noisy
brawling demagogues , persons of bad character , who were not found worthy of admission into the Order , as well as some of the lukewarm among us , who joined in the hue and cry that was raised , in the supposed abduction of William Morgan , who , it was said , was carried forcibly away from his family and friends in the village of Batavia , in the State of New York , on the 11 th day of November , 1826 , by certain members of the Masonic Order , and who they