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The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

sin Avith the daughters of Moab . The feasts of Baal Peor or Adonis were celebrated after the manner of funerals ; and the worshippers committed a thousand dissolute actions , particularly after they were told that Adonis , whom they hacl

mourned as dead , Avas alii'e again . Origen believed Baal Peor to be the idol of turpitude . " The ' symbols of Orus , under this form , are accordingly p laced in the Tracing Board borne by the holy scarab , and will form subjects of future consideration , when we come to expatiate on the references .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries , - Copenhagen ; Corresponding Member of tke Roval Historical Society , London ; Honorary Member of the Manchester Literary Club , and of the Whitby Literarv and Philosophical Society ,

IN the February number of the MASONIC MAGAZINE , I briefly noticed the death of my gifted friend , Mr . James Gregor Grant . Here is a Sonnet of his on Rydal and Wordsworth , Avhich may giA'e those unacquainted Avith his poems some slight idea of his poetic powers : —

" Shame to the Poet—to the man—AVIIO here , Wandering Avith heart ' at leisure to be good , ' Departs without a thought that he hath stood On ground to heavenmanvirtuenature ,

, , , dear ! There is a little low-roof d cottage near , Diopp'd like a nest amidst yon circling wood , The Avhich , did all hearts venerate as they should ,

The wide earth as a temple would revere . Once did I tread that spot of favour'd ground , Led e ' en by Sim , Avhom so to hear and see Was to my heart as priceless treasure found-By WORDSWORTH led . How fresh in age was he !

Hair snoAvy-Avhite , but step ofagilebound , Amidst his OAVU ' Rydalian laurels' free !'' And of poor Southey , under his mental affliction , he sang : — " A cloud hath settled o ' er his living head

No intellectual beam shall ever quell , Until the dread Archangel's trumpetswell Tear the Avide realms and regions of the dead !

Alas ! how little did I dream or dread , When he , too , welcomed me with voice that fell On ear and heart like a melodious spell , That there , e ' en there , God's shaft would soon be sped I With glance as calm ancl gentle as his - tone , And placid paleness upon brow and cheek , Where were the troubled flashes to

bespeak ' Wild Southey flying like the heron , alone V He rose—he moved—he spoke—a thing as meek As ever boAv'd before the Eternal Throne . " Such a man as Mr . GrantAvhose lectures

, ( often freely given ) and sweet poems too little known , helped so much to civilise the North of England , AVOUICI not have been allowed to pass away from us so silently hacl not money-making been absorbing our attentionas though man did " live

, by bread alone . " It is said that glass may become so hardened by cooling it in refrigerating moulds as to become an efficient substitute for the

diamond . It Avas well remarkeclby the Earl of Derby in an address at Edinburgh lately : — " Say Avhat Ave like about the lessening of social differences , there will ahvays be a gulph not easily passed over—a difference which must make itself seen and felt—between

the cultivated and the vacant intellect . The man Avho has read little and thought little , to whom history has no meaning , ancl for Avhom literature has no existence , may prosper in business , but prepares for himself a dull existence ancl a melanchol

y old age . " NOAV no rational man expects that we shall ever all live in the same sort of houses , Avear the same sort of clothes , eat exactly the same sort of food , folloAv the same employments and studies , and

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Untitled Article 1
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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 3
THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY THORN OF GLASTONBURY. Article 4
"THE HOLY THORN." Article 10
BROTHER ELLIS'S SKETCH OF PARADISE R.A. CHAPTER , SHEFFIELD. Article 11
SONNET Article 13
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION. Article 13
AN ITALIAN COUNT. Article 16
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, No. 114, IPSWICH. A.D. 1762. Article 19
SEA-SIDE DREAMINGS. Article 22
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 22
HOW RAILWAY MATERIALS ARE TESTED. Article 24
T' SPELLIN' BEE. Article 26
DU ROLE DE LA FRANCMACONNERIE DANS L'AVENIR. Article 26
FAIRY TALES UTILISED FOR THE NEW GENERATION. Article 28
ODDS AND ENDS OF WIT AND HUMOUR. Article 30
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 37
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 39
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 47
THE OLD FRIENDS. Article 50
GOLD. Article 50
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The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

sin Avith the daughters of Moab . The feasts of Baal Peor or Adonis were celebrated after the manner of funerals ; and the worshippers committed a thousand dissolute actions , particularly after they were told that Adonis , whom they hacl

mourned as dead , Avas alii'e again . Origen believed Baal Peor to be the idol of turpitude . " The ' symbols of Orus , under this form , are accordingly p laced in the Tracing Board borne by the holy scarab , and will form subjects of future consideration , when we come to expatiate on the references .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries , - Copenhagen ; Corresponding Member of tke Roval Historical Society , London ; Honorary Member of the Manchester Literary Club , and of the Whitby Literarv and Philosophical Society ,

IN the February number of the MASONIC MAGAZINE , I briefly noticed the death of my gifted friend , Mr . James Gregor Grant . Here is a Sonnet of his on Rydal and Wordsworth , Avhich may giA'e those unacquainted Avith his poems some slight idea of his poetic powers : —

" Shame to the Poet—to the man—AVIIO here , Wandering Avith heart ' at leisure to be good , ' Departs without a thought that he hath stood On ground to heavenmanvirtuenature ,

, , , dear ! There is a little low-roof d cottage near , Diopp'd like a nest amidst yon circling wood , The Avhich , did all hearts venerate as they should ,

The wide earth as a temple would revere . Once did I tread that spot of favour'd ground , Led e ' en by Sim , Avhom so to hear and see Was to my heart as priceless treasure found-By WORDSWORTH led . How fresh in age was he !

Hair snoAvy-Avhite , but step ofagilebound , Amidst his OAVU ' Rydalian laurels' free !'' And of poor Southey , under his mental affliction , he sang : — " A cloud hath settled o ' er his living head

No intellectual beam shall ever quell , Until the dread Archangel's trumpetswell Tear the Avide realms and regions of the dead !

Alas ! how little did I dream or dread , When he , too , welcomed me with voice that fell On ear and heart like a melodious spell , That there , e ' en there , God's shaft would soon be sped I With glance as calm ancl gentle as his - tone , And placid paleness upon brow and cheek , Where were the troubled flashes to

bespeak ' Wild Southey flying like the heron , alone V He rose—he moved—he spoke—a thing as meek As ever boAv'd before the Eternal Throne . " Such a man as Mr . GrantAvhose lectures

, ( often freely given ) and sweet poems too little known , helped so much to civilise the North of England , AVOUICI not have been allowed to pass away from us so silently hacl not money-making been absorbing our attentionas though man did " live

, by bread alone . " It is said that glass may become so hardened by cooling it in refrigerating moulds as to become an efficient substitute for the

diamond . It Avas well remarkeclby the Earl of Derby in an address at Edinburgh lately : — " Say Avhat Ave like about the lessening of social differences , there will ahvays be a gulph not easily passed over—a difference which must make itself seen and felt—between

the cultivated and the vacant intellect . The man Avho has read little and thought little , to whom history has no meaning , ancl for Avhom literature has no existence , may prosper in business , but prepares for himself a dull existence ancl a melanchol

y old age . " NOAV no rational man expects that we shall ever all live in the same sort of houses , Avear the same sort of clothes , eat exactly the same sort of food , folloAv the same employments and studies , and

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