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History Of Masonry.

with strong arches , upon which many beautiful piazzas were erected , with lofty colonades on each side . Between the columns a spacious walk led from Zion castle to the temple , where men of business met ; the house of the forest of Lebanon , built upon four rows of cedarpillars , being a summer-house to retire to from the fatigue of business ; with a watch-tower that looked on the road to Damascus :

several cities on the road between Jerusalem and Lebanon ; many storehouses west of the Jordan , and several store-cities east of that river , well fortified ; and last of all Tadmor , in the desart towards Syria * , one days journey from the Euphrates , and six from Babylon , called in later times by the Greeks Palmyra , with a lofty palace in it . All theseand many more public workswere finished in the short

, , space of thirteen j'ears after the temple , by the care of 550 Masters of works : for masonry was cultivated throughout all the kingdom of Israel , and many Lodges were constituted under Grand Master Solomon ; who , as the old constitutions relate , annually assembled a Grand Lodge at Jerusalem , to preserve the cement of the Fraternitj * , and transmit their affairs to the latest posterity .

Even during his idolatry , this prince built some curious temples to . Chem . och , Moloch , and Ashtaroth , the gods of his concubines , till about three years before he died , when he composed his penitential song , the Ecclesiastes ; and fixed the true motto on all earthly glory , viz . Vanity of vanities , all is vanity , without the fear of God , and the keeping of his commands ; which is tbe w / jo / e duty of man I and died aged 58 years .

Many of Solomon ' s Masons , before he died , began to travel ; and carried with them their skill and taste in architecture , with the secrets of the Fraternity , into Syria , Lesser Asia , Mesopotamia , Scythia , Assyria , ChaMa . a , Media , Bactria , India , Persia , Arabia , Egypt , and other parts of great Asia and Africa ; and probably also into Europe ; though we have no history early enough to assure us as yet of the transactions pf Greece and I taly . The tradition isthat they travelled to Hercules ' s

, p illars on the west , and to China on the east : and the old constitutions affirm , that one called Ninus , who had been at the building of Solomon ' s temple , carried the art into Germany and Gaul . In many places being highly esteemed , they obtained special privileges ; and because they taught their liberal art only to the free-born , they were called Free Masons ; constituting lodges in the places

where they built stately piles , by the encouragement of the great and wealthy , who soon requested to be accepted as Members of their Lodges , and Brothers of the Craft ; till by merit those free and accepted masons came to be Masters and Wardens . Even princes and potentates became Grand Masters , each in his own dominion , in imitation of King Solomon ; whose memory , as a mason , has been duly revered , and will be , till architecture shall be consumed in the general conflagration , ( To be continued . )

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LONDON: Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY . Article 4
ON THE PRESENT STATE OF FREEMASONRY. Article 7
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 10
CHARACTER OF BERNARD GILPIN, Article 14
THE KHALIF AND HIS VISIER, AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 18
ANECDOTES OF HENRI DUC DE MONTMORENCI. Article 20
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCES OF GRATITUDE. Article 24
EXTRACTS FROM A CURIOUS MANUSCRIPT, CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD OF HENRY VIII. Article 25
BON MOT. Article 27
THE STAGE. Article 28
CHARACTER OF LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH. Article 29
A THIEF RESCUED BY AN ELEPHANT. AN AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE. Article 31
ANECDOTES OF THE LIFE OF THEODORE, KING OF CORSICA*. Article 32
ORIGIN OF ST. JAMES'S PALACE. Article 33
THE UNION OF LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN, A SERMON, Preached in St. Andrew's Church, New Town, Edinburgh, Article 34
ACCOUNT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL GENIUS, Article 42
PHYSIOGNOMICAL SKETCHES. Article 47
CURIOUS METHOD OF PROTECTING CORN. Article 50
ON COMPASSION. Article 50
ON MODESTY, AS A MASCULINE VIRTUE. Article 53
SOME ACCOUNT OF BOTANY BAY, Article 55
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE . Article 56
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 58
ON POVERTY. Article 60
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. Article 61
POETRY. Article 64
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, A SKETCH. Article 67
TO INDUSTRY. Article 67
WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER, Article 68
PORTRAIT OF AN HYPOCRITE. Article 68
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 69
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 69
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History Of Masonry.

with strong arches , upon which many beautiful piazzas were erected , with lofty colonades on each side . Between the columns a spacious walk led from Zion castle to the temple , where men of business met ; the house of the forest of Lebanon , built upon four rows of cedarpillars , being a summer-house to retire to from the fatigue of business ; with a watch-tower that looked on the road to Damascus :

several cities on the road between Jerusalem and Lebanon ; many storehouses west of the Jordan , and several store-cities east of that river , well fortified ; and last of all Tadmor , in the desart towards Syria * , one days journey from the Euphrates , and six from Babylon , called in later times by the Greeks Palmyra , with a lofty palace in it . All theseand many more public workswere finished in the short

, , space of thirteen j'ears after the temple , by the care of 550 Masters of works : for masonry was cultivated throughout all the kingdom of Israel , and many Lodges were constituted under Grand Master Solomon ; who , as the old constitutions relate , annually assembled a Grand Lodge at Jerusalem , to preserve the cement of the Fraternitj * , and transmit their affairs to the latest posterity .

Even during his idolatry , this prince built some curious temples to . Chem . och , Moloch , and Ashtaroth , the gods of his concubines , till about three years before he died , when he composed his penitential song , the Ecclesiastes ; and fixed the true motto on all earthly glory , viz . Vanity of vanities , all is vanity , without the fear of God , and the keeping of his commands ; which is tbe w / jo / e duty of man I and died aged 58 years .

Many of Solomon ' s Masons , before he died , began to travel ; and carried with them their skill and taste in architecture , with the secrets of the Fraternity , into Syria , Lesser Asia , Mesopotamia , Scythia , Assyria , ChaMa . a , Media , Bactria , India , Persia , Arabia , Egypt , and other parts of great Asia and Africa ; and probably also into Europe ; though we have no history early enough to assure us as yet of the transactions pf Greece and I taly . The tradition isthat they travelled to Hercules ' s

, p illars on the west , and to China on the east : and the old constitutions affirm , that one called Ninus , who had been at the building of Solomon ' s temple , carried the art into Germany and Gaul . In many places being highly esteemed , they obtained special privileges ; and because they taught their liberal art only to the free-born , they were called Free Masons ; constituting lodges in the places

where they built stately piles , by the encouragement of the great and wealthy , who soon requested to be accepted as Members of their Lodges , and Brothers of the Craft ; till by merit those free and accepted masons came to be Masters and Wardens . Even princes and potentates became Grand Masters , each in his own dominion , in imitation of King Solomon ; whose memory , as a mason , has been duly revered , and will be , till architecture shall be consumed in the general conflagration , ( To be continued . )

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