The Household Masonic Library ...Masonic Publishing Company, 1874 |
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626 Broadway Absence Accepted Mason Ahiman Rezon Aholiab ancient Fraternity Anno appointed Architect Architecture Assyria Augustan Style Bishop of Salisbury Brethren Brother Buildings built call'd Candidate Charges Charles CHORUS chuse City Congregations Constitutions Craft Craftsmen cultivated curious Deputy Grand-Master duly Earl Egypt employ'd encourag'd encouraged England English Lodges erected ev'ry Father Feast Fellow Fellow-Craft finish'd Foot Free Free-Mason Freemasonry Geometry and Masonry George Oliver glorious Gothick Grand Design Grand Master Grand-Lodge Grand-Master Grand-Wardens Greece Hiram Hiram Abif Honour Inigo Jones John King Solomon last Grand-Master learned London Lord Mason's heart Masonic Library Masonry Masons true Master and Wardens Master or Warden Master-Mason Members mighty Nations Noah noble Number Order Palace particular Lodge Peace present preserv'd Prince Pythagoras Quarterly Communication rais'd Regulations Reign reviv'd Right Worshipful Royal Art Saxon Shinar Solomon's Temple Song sonry Stone Temple true Masons unfold the Royal Usages Vitruvius Zerubbabel
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Էջ 18 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Էջ 52 - ... nobly born, or a gentleman of the best fashion, or some eminent scholar, or some curious architect, or other artist, descended of honest parents, and who is of singular great merit in the opinion of the lodges.
Էջ 12 - The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
Էջ 50 - A mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law; and if he rightly understands the art, he will never be a stupid atheist, nor an irreligious libertine.
Էջ 54 - If any complaint be brought, the Brother found guilty shall stand to the award and Determination of the Lodge, who are the proper and competent Judges of all such Controversies, (unless you carry it by Appeal to the Grand Lodge...
Էջ 70 - ... and that such alterations and new regulations be proposed and agreed to at the third Quarterly Communication preceding the annual Grand Feast; and that they be offered also to the perusal of all the brethren before dinner, in writing, even of the youngest apprentice ; the approbation and consent of the majority of all the brethren present being absolutely necessary to make the same binding and obligatory...
Էջ 55 - You shall be cautious in your words and carriage, that the most penetrating stranger shall not be able to discover or find out what is not proper to be intimated ; and sometimes you shall divert a discourse, and manage it prudently, for the honour of the worshipful Fraternity.
Էջ 50 - So that if a Brother should be a Rebel against the State, he is not to be...
Էջ 52 - These rulers and governors, supreme and subordinate, of the ancient lodge, are to be obeyed in their respective stations by all the brethren, according to the old charges and regulations, with all humility, reverence, love, and alacrity.
Էջ 53 - None shall discover envy at the prosperity of a Brother, nor supplant him, or put him out of his work, if he be capable to finish the same ; for no man can finish another's work so much to the Lord's profit, unless he be thoroughly acquainted with the designs and drafts of him that began it.