ON

THE

ORIGIN

OF

FREE-MASONRY.

BY

THOMAS

PAIME,

POSTHUMOUS

NE
PRINTED

AND

NO.

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114

WORK

WYORK
BY

ELLIOT

WALTER-STREET.

'i8ia

AND

CRISSTr

of

District

New-York"
83.

BE

of

in

September,

Remembered,

it

thirty-fifth

the

of

ihal

the

day

14th

on

of

independence

the

United

the

yeas

of

States

America,

in

this

B.

Margaret

Office,

Title

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of

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Book,

of

said

the

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has

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proprietor,

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words

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conformity

Maps,

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during

the

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to

for

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following,

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times

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the

Books,

to

the

of

Congress

by

authors

and

and

mentioned,"

United

the

Learning,

Paine."

Thomas

By

of

therein

Free-Masonry.

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and

it

to

to
an

Act

supplementary

the

Historical

of

copies

the

of

to

copies,

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and

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by

and

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CHS.

CLINTON,

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of

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and

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etors
propri-

extending

and

Prints."

other

copies,

Learning,

authors

mentioned,

Designing,

such

entitled

act,

of

of

copies

the

proprietors

also

entitled,

States,

securing

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THE

ORIGIN

FREE-MASONRY.

It
a

is

which

secret

every

thing
of

accounts

than their

three

that

that

be

can

have

society
or

who

but

few

their

secret

is

no

of them

own

other
stand;
under-

do, envelope it in mystery.

of Masons

degrees.

2d, the

real

from

but

from

collected

their

Masonry

those

classes

Free-Masons

they carefully conceal;

origin, which

and

The

understood

always

Fellow

are

distinguished into

1st, the
Craft.

Entered

3d,

the

prentice
Apter-Mason.
Mas-

The
of
and

but littlemore

knows
apprentice

entered

Masonry

ORIGIN

THE

ON

than

the

of

use

certain steps and

signsand tokens,

words, by which

covered
being dis-

recogniseeach other, without

can

by

who

person

fellow- craft is not

much

remains
served and

better instructed in

Lodge

of the

The

mason.

apprentice.It

than the entered

the Master- Mason's

is not

Masons

is

is pre-*

masonry

Pritchard,member

of

lodge in England, publisheda

Masonry Dissected; and

fore the Lord

true

of London

Mayor

made

a constituted

treatise
oath be*

that it

was

copy.

Samuel
hereunto
every

ledge
know-

concealed.

In 1730, Samuel

entitled

only in

that whatever

originof

sonry
ma-

Pritchard
annexed

is

oath that the copy

maketh
a

true

and

genuinecopy

in

particular.

In his work
examination

in

he has

given the catechism,or

questionand

answer,

of the ap-

OF

was

Mason.

fellow-craft and the Master

the
prentice,

There

FREE-MASONRY.

in his doing this

difficulty

no

as

it is

form.

mere

In his introduction he says,

of masonry

consisted

of the liberal arts and

Geometry;

on

the Tower

of Babel
first

was

handed

Mathematician

sciences,but
for

sonry
mystery of Ma-

Egyptians;

Hiram,

the

cially
espe-

buildingof

introduced, and

thence

from

excellent

and

the Master

he

Mason

Temple

municated
com-

cerned
con-

in Jerusalem."

absurdityof derivingmasonry

from

the

to the

story, the confusion

of

more

the

at

building Solomon's

builders

stitution
inoriginal

in the foundation

the art and

of the

it to

Besides

The

by Euclid, a worthy and

down

in

"

buildingof Babel, where, according

of

languagesprevented

each other,and
understanding

quently
conse-

communicatingany knowledge they

had, there is a glaringcontradiction

chronologyin

the account

he

in

gives.

pointof

Solomon's
1004
as

Temple
before

years
be

may

277

years

before

the

Euclid

till 700

the

could

communicate

Use

be

of

the

of Free

antiquityof
with

coeval

Master

the
principles,

beauteous

whole

live

to

globe,and
to

regulateby

stupendous system

rollinground

in
sonry
Ma-

the

in

-Masonry,

creation,

science, Geometry,

world, and

of

masonry

he, the sovereignarchitect raised

that master

not

Kent, publisheda treatise

Abuse

and

chapterof

it to

makes

did

Woolwich,

at

Grand

Provincial

for the county

In his

was

captainGeorge Smith, inspectorof

England, and

says

It

Academy,
Royal Artillery

entitledThe

fore
there-

era.

of Hiram.

after the time

years

In 1783

chronology, lived

Euclid

since

Hiram,

thing to

same

Euclid,

and

christian era;

in the tables of

seen

dedicated

and

built

was

the

impossiblethat
any

ORIGIN

THE

UN

6.

on

he

When,

"

masonic

commanded

lay the planetary

its laws

the

justunerring proportion,

centra! sun.5,1

FREE-MASONRY.

OF

iZ

But,
to

this

remain

will

of it cannot

who

phrase,Smith

the

fellow-craft and

with

thereto

belonging;they

thingsof

dedication

Masons,

privateand

art.

whence
"

Now,

are

well

Temple

they derive
says

he, be

ant
ignor-

are

It is not

"

Free- Masonry

mysteries

attainable

Doctor

las

Dodd,

in his oration

at

Hall, London,

variety of stages.

informed

interior records

of Solomon's
from

unfortunate

of Free-Mason's

says he,

the

capacity."

every

Masonry through

traces

own

but

by

into

not

Chaplain of Masonry,

Grand
the

nor

course,

learned

The

work,

all the

are

with

for
apprentice,

barely initiated

that is entrusted

will

inferior classes,

the entered
of his

cant
des-

this last part of

By

the two

page

to

ever

Honoured

are

means

that is

and

it,and those who

he says in the next

one

sacred,

betrayit,"

the

every

it is

reveal

not

liberty
publicly

at

not

am

curtain,and openly

head,

those

so;

he,

the

undraw

on

trust

continues

is

many

an

from

their

that the building

importantera,

mysteriesof

itremembered

their

that this

ON

took

great event

The Christian

THE

ORIGIN

placeabove
and

era,

years

before

consequentlymore

than

1000

century before Homer, the firstof the Grecian

Poets, wrote;

and

five centuries

above

Pythagorasbroughtfrom
system of trulymasonic

But

"

For

remote

thence

from

the

of

periodis, we

to

owe

the wise

of its many

some
Israel,

date not

of

commencement

itselfis coeval with man,

"

our

and

art.

ous
glori-

mysticforms

distant,the
We

of the

world.

most

celebrated

deduce

most

the great subject

of it.

in the
he, its footsteps

trace, continues

We

most

the

sublime

the
hieroglyphicceremonies, yet certainly

and
art

his

instruction to illuminate

this

as

though it might
King

east

world.

western

our

the

before

remote

find it among

civilizers of the

it regularly
from

the

of Egypt, the
kingsand priests
of
philosophers

and

nations

the first and

East.

the firstastronomers

plainsof Chaldea, to

and the

ages

Rome."

wise

and

We
on

mystic

sages of Greece,

these reports and declarations of Masons

From
of

the

that

FREE-MASONRY.

OF

in the

highestorder

Masonry,

laysclaim

to

from

different from, and

manner

with, the
call the bible

which

book

from

some

(asI

cient
an-

uncon^

that book.

then

come

this

very

of,and
religion
whollyindependent

To

connected
un-

the christians

the natural result from

and

is,that Masonry is derived

ftected with

see

publiclydeclaringso,

divine communication

some

in

the creator

without

we
institution,

shall shew

at

to

once

from

the

point,Masonry

the customs,

ceremonies,

and chronology of Masonry)

hieroglyphics

derived, and

is the remains

the ancient Druids

the

and

who

great luminary,as
great invisible

In

of
of, the religion

like the

magi

of Persia

in Egypt, were
priestsof Heliopolis

Priests of the Sun.

time

is

without

They paid worshipto

this

the great visible agent of

first cause,

whom

they styled,

limits.

Masonry

many

of the ceremonies
B

of the

Druids

ORIGIN

THE

ON

10

preservedin

arc

least without
is still the

his

and

state,
original

the sun,

is the great emblematical

Masonic

Lodges

central

also

the breast in their

pendant on

It is the

they wear

and

of
of

ornament

dresses.

their aprons,

figureon

at

sun

the form

image, in

and Masonic

the

them

With

parody.

any
sun

their

lodgesand

it
in

their processions.

At

what
this

the

wras
religion

of
labyrinth
ascribed

unrecorded
the

to

times.

from

by

whence

through

Zoroaster

and

reduced

the

the

after-

law-

signsof

12

giver

of

Pythagorasbroughtit into

worship of

agent of

Egyptians, the

ancient

Dr.

alreadyquoted from

passage

The

sun

these matters

It is to

It is generally

by the apparent prosystem regulated

gress

of the

Zodiac

tion,
na-

firstestablished,is lost in

Babyloniansand Chaldeans,
wrards to

in what

or
period of antiquity,

the

sun

Dodd

the

Persia,
Greece,

refers in the

his oration.

as

the

great invisible firstcause,

great visible
time with-

FREE-MASONRY.

OF

1.1

limits, spread itself over

out

Africa, from

considerable part

thence

of Asia

and

Rome,

throughall ancient

to

Greece

and

and into Britain

Gaul

Ireland.

and

Smith, in his chapteron

in
the

Britain,says, that,

obscuritywhich

circumstances

about

Britain

into

sonry
Ma-

Notwithstanding

Free-Masonry

that

prove

"

Antiquityof

envelopes Masonic

various

in that country,
to

the

1030

history
bute
contri-

ced
introdu-

was

years

before

Christ."

It cannot
Smith

in its present state

Masonry

The

here alludes to.

in Britain

from

be

them

that

Masonry

has put the child in the

It sometimes
conversation
serves

and

this is the

is descended.

place of

happens ns

that

that

flourished

periodhe speaks of, and

the

at

Druids

person

to unravel
case

what
with

that

it is

Smith

the parent.

well in

writingas

lets slip
an

in

expression

he intends to conceal,

Smith,

for in the

same

ORIGIN

THE

ON

Druids, when

The

chapterhe

says,

mitted any

used
thingto writing,

"

and

of

feet remains

bold

am

the Greek

that the most

to assert

the customs

and

be

found

are

mankind.

My

brethren, says he, may

to

with

greater

lo

trace

at

to
to explain
liberty

is

the

be able
I

than

exactness

am

public,"

from

confession

of

existing
among

that

This

per.

ceremonies

the Masons

them

phabet,
al-

the#Druids' rites and ceremonies

preservedin

are

theycom-

Master

Mason
t

without

it
intending

to

public,that Masonry
of the Druids;

keepingthis a

secret

be

so

understood

is the remains
the

reason

by

the

of the

ligion
re-

for the Masons

I shall explainin the

course

of this work.

As

the

of the Creator
study and contemplation

in the works

of the creation of which

great visible agent of that

the

visible
their

objectof

the adoration

rites
religious
to

and

the

Being,was
of

of the

as

the

Druids,

ceremonies

the apparent progress

sun

had
sun

all

ence
refer-

through

FREE-MASONRY.

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the twelve

earth.

the

upon

with
the

of
representation

in

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upwards

this

pounds sterling.

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earth,

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most

the Zodiac

ing,
magnificentbuild-

of 12,000

of this

roof

in

burnished

is

Work.

Mosaic

probabilitythe highestpiece of

roof, a

Lodges

of the

variegatedface

speaking of

Smith,

or

same

the floor

and

fields,London, is
cost

Temples

sun,

the

adopt

Hall,in great Queen-street,Lin-

Masons

and

all

or
by carpeting

Inn

colns

Masons

roof of their

is ornamented

Free

Zodiac, and his influence

The

practices.The

either

the

signsof

13

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ON

14

"

he
givingthis description

After

emblematical
the

to

meaning

the real

as

the

universe, so

the

friend

have

of

placedin the

center

in order

masons,

persecutionof

always spoken in

figureof

the

upon

The

sun

the

the

are

of

light,

of the vicissitud

the

scientific

why

reason

the

protect themselves

to

the

christian

church,
of the

mysticalmanner

in their

like the

lodges,or,
is

been

mason,

lent
si-

subject.

Lodges

purpose,

tinues
con-

of this beautiful hall.'*-

Lalande, who

astronomer

know,

cause

hence

man;

knows

the

all

the

is the

sun

is the fountain

sun

only

The
from

We

of

day and night,the parent of vegetation,

Free-Mason
is

emblematical

the

of the seasons,
of

is well known

sun

is situated in the center

sun

he, that the

source

The

"

says,

Free-Mason;
inquisitive

Masonry.

of real

center

sun

of the

and
enlightened

and

the

ORIGIN

THE

of the

Masons,

constructed

in

with the apparent motion

if built for the

manner

of the

to
sun.

pond
corres-

They

OF

East

situated

are

FREE

place is always in
of

Entered

an

other

many

is

A.

East and

Q.

Why

A.

Because

not

than

more

which
be

to

the East.

is the

is not

answer

be

and

all churches

among

chapelsare

or

so.

is mere

which

the

to

answer

the

remove

But

asked

catechismal

question. It

all churches

does

no

and

chapels

Apprenticeis not

mysteriesof Masonry,

to
questions

any

form',

questiona point further,

the Entered

as

which

direct

lead thereto.

would

Q.

Where

A.

In the East.

Q.

Why

A.

As

the

In the examination

West.

initiated into the druidical

he

Master's

situated ?

Lodge

is, why ought

so?

The

so?

answrer,
an

West.

and

questionsasks him,

How

This

15

Apprentice,the Master,

Q.

ought to

MASONRY.

stands

your

Master?

so?
the

sun

rises in the East

day, -so the Master

stands

and

in the East

opens-

(with.

THE

ON

16

his

righthand

his left breast,beinga

upon

and

the square

about

ftnd

set

his

at

Q.

men

Where

In the West.

Q.

What

A.

As

the

necks)
from

the

it is proper
reference
and

not

to

to

any

observed

christian
and

breasts,being

rule about

their
men

their wages.

is

sun

or

mentioned,

the time of

to

religiousdruidical
have

Lodges East
in the

with

and

rite

respect

but

labour,
or

mony,
cere-

to

the

I have already

West.

chapteron

that
religion,

West

(with

dismiss the

lodge,and

labour

it would

situation of

close the

observe, that in this placeit has

onlyto

as

East

plumb,

of the

name

to

the west

their left

labour, payingthem

Here

in

stand

upon

close the

to

in the West

sets

sun

the level and

sign,and

lod$

the

open

Wardens?

is their business

the Wardens

so

neck) to

stand your

their right hands

a

his

sign,

work.

A.

Jay,

ORIGIN

the

originof

the

the situation of churches

is taken

from

the

worship of

the

which

sun

church

is

rises in the East.

their dead

bury

never

and

supposed

to

called fixed
the

moveable

The

Master

FREEMASONRY.

OF

christians

the north side of

on

Mason's

The

Lodge alwayshas, or

have, three windows,

which

them
to distinguish
lights,

lightsof

the

How

A.

East, west,

are

A.

To

Q.

Why

A.

Because

are

from
moon.

Apprentice

situated?
they (thefixed lights)

Q.

What

the

and

sun

asks the Entered

Q.

are

their

the
light

to

men

the

uses

there

are

south.

and

no

and

in
lights
darts

sun

from

their work.

the North

no

from

rays

thence.

This

among

that the christian

and

the

The

the
origin,

St. John's

must

have

ancient

one

ship
wor-

sun.

highfestivalof

theycall
mason

and Masonry
religion

common

same

of the

other instances shews

numerous

know

the

day ;
that
C

masons

but every

is

on

the

day

enlightened

holding their festivalon

this day has

reference

no

John, and

that it is

of

holding it

cause

the

least

at

or

time
the
to

that

day by

of

As

festival

of

year,

numerical

there

that

on

this

true

they

call

Masons,

were

die

before

existed,

ever

person

is what

June, and

The

is then

sun

with

of the

same

longest day,
every

day,

centuries

day

refer

must

with

John,

on

like

taken

honour

of the sun,

greatestheightin

which
our

thing with respect

to

the

at

mer
sum-

for

appear
The

Leapyear,
the

day,

has then

same

of June
and

is

it is in

arrived at his

hemisphere, and
St.

is not

the

on

24th

day;

some

cal
astronomi-

shortest

the

for midsummer

always

noon,

therefore

day, and

arrived

height.

of

account

is called midsummer

respect to his meridional

altitude,or heightat high

be

disguisethe

to

unconnected
totally

solstice,and

days to

called St..

is,that the day called St. John's day

case

day.

the person

this

on

John, if such

cause

is the 24th

only

name.

holding their

The

to

Druids, many

St.

some

ORIGIN

THE

ON

IS

not

any

John, that this annual

On

Britain.
the

on

fires

the

of St. John's

eve

the

John

St.

to

This

reference

to

the

languagebe

in

that

on

to

and

books

light

have

day

no

is

at

in

might

arrived

have

said

is,

that

cal
emblemati-

elevation, and

highest summer

common

which

sun

can

it has

but

day,

the Irish

day,

the tops of the hills.

reference

his

respect

they flourished

the time

at

of midsummer

eve

on

with

case

in Ireland, where
stillpractised

flourished

Druids

the remembrance

this is the

and
origin,

custom

to a

day.

outlive

will often

Customs
of their

midsummer

on

Druids,

the

from

taken

festival of the Masons,

is celebrated

19

FREE-MASONRY.

OF

the

at

top of the hill.

As
us

what

Temple

improbablethat
have

Temple,
many
or

masons

of Solomon's

ways
may

to

been
for the

at

some

derived

from

worship of

centuries

before

before the Israelites

came

of masonry

tell

Jerusalem, it is
masonic
the
the
the
out

ceremonies

buildingof
sun

no

was

that

in practice

temple existed,
of

Egypt.

And

learn from

we

the

ORIGIN

THE

ON

S3

Kings,chap.22, 23, that

was

performedby the

however,
with the

much

with

which

Druids, who

class of

them,

their

art

or

Jews

temple, the

on

to

frame
the

not

the timber

not

for

King

Hiram,

Hiram)
among

"

1
us

for

of

know

buildingof
how

to

was

that

the

any
this

square

obligedto

Tyre, (Zidon)to

thou

rupted.
cor-

historyof

improversof

the

send

procure

knonvest, (says Solomon

Kings,chap. 5,
any

be

beginningand carrying

work, and Solomon

workmen;
to

did

general,

elsewhere, that

or

in the

Even

science.

moral

and

astronomy, fellinto

in the

in the bible
or

the

main
rehistorically

certain it would

the inventors

they were

done

was

of science in

read

not

is,

the contrary, were

on

upon

hands, it is almost
do

that

and

founded
religion

Jews, whether

and

Jews,

It

rality,
moreligious

wise, learned

astronomy,

We

one

were

sun

performed by

was

all accounts

The

men.

of
ignorant
and if a

by

the

temple.

doubted, if it

it

Kings,

worshipof

Jews in that

be

to

the

scientific purityand

same

of

the Jewish

historyof

can

v.

6)

that there

skill to hem

is

timber

FREE-MASONRY.

OP

the

like unto

Zidonians."

properlyHiram's

more

and

if the

Masons

to

of the

the Jews.
sun

derive

put down

burned

incence

planetsand

to

the

at

and

burned

to

host
M

v.

kings

enteringin

which
corruption,

of
had

builded for

Zidonians
did the

the
and

worship

prieststhat

the

he

and

the

moon,

And

"

took

had

King

and

away

given to

it
the

the

of the house

of the

of the

with

fire,v.

before

lem,
Jerusa-

the

on

"

5,

v.

of heaven."

of Judah

chariots

were

the

to

sun,

13, and the high placesthat

which

thing from

return

the

unto

the

Solomon's,

Idolatrous

all the

is said at the 11th

sun

was

Temple.

all the

horses that the

than

any

kings,chap.23,

Josiah

Temple

it to the Zidonians

But

"

in this

It is said,2

This

Temple

buildingof it,they owe

not

21

sun

were

righthand

Solomon

Astoreth,the

the

of the mount

king of

abomination

(thevery peoplethat

Lord,

built the

Israel
of the

temple)

king defile.

Besides

these

things,the

descriptionthat

on

the

several

of

large scale,those

son's
Ma-

of

distribution
says that the

He

Lodge.

ple,
of this Tem-

the decorations

Josephus givesof
resemble

ORIGIN

THE

ON

22

parts of

the

of

Temple

Jews

the

the parts most

representedall nature, particularly

apparent of it,as the

the

zodiac, the

the

system

of the

world

Smith

revealed

in

World;

of the
we

led

are

from

him

mankind

to

his

exercise

to

as

t It may

speakingof

Lodge

the

not

be

improper

called the law of Moses, could

the

time

things in
in 1

of

cherubims,

we

are

social virtues

here
not

to

7.

that he carved

that

is

tation
represenof

nature

worship
moved
become

which

of the world.

observe, that the law

have

Solomon

and

Lodge

thereby also

been

Here

in existence

is the

above, and in earth beneath.

Kings, chap. 6,

the wonders

buildingthis Temple.

heaven

to him

of the great Architect

servants

the

great original,and

and

and

moral

all

Every

Templef

when

says,

from

her

mighty works;

this

it discovers

in which

contemplate

those

by

These, in

from

drawn

enteringMason,

to an

there

retraced

was

of the Zidonians.*

calls the abomination

however,
tiling,

that

Josiah, in his ignorance,

what

are
probability,

planets,

earth, the elements, and

ingenious emblems.

numerous

the

the moon,

sun,

made

at

likeness

of

we

read

cherubs

and

And

all the walls of the house

round

FREE-MASONRY.

OF

23

appliedto Masonry, still refers

of the sun,
the

by

however

Jews,

worship

misunderstood

corruptedor

and

the

to

the

consequently to

religion

of the Druids.

Another

circumstance

is derived

priorto,

from

the Masons
make

They

the christian era,

numerically
the

of

Grand

Master

follows

that he made

ledges of

cherubims;
Moses.

system,

use

counting

of what

they reckon

then

of

of their

months

Egyptians did,

at

the

Duke

de

Masonry

is called

their

I have

by

ligion,
re-

me

time

cord
re-

the

Chartres

in France.

and

It

late
was

begins

with cherubims

about

the

of

no

Lodge

Orleans,

Duke

ancient

in the records

now.

French

sonry
that Ma-

method

ancient

the

as

Quakers do

of

as

and

shews

with, the christian

chronology,or

by

used

Lodges.

as

some

and unconnected

is the

time,

which

molten
it

were

and
sea,

palm-trees,and
placed on

ornamented

open

twelve
with

all this is contrary to the law

flowers, and

oxen,

and

that

lions, oxen
called the law

and
of

Le

"

trentieme

ORIGIN

THE

ON

24

jour du sixieme

la V. L.

cinqmil septcent

is, The

thirtieth

hundred
in

Englishbooks

L.

of

christians

A.

But

D.

of

of the
seven

I observe

what

that

L.

V.

the

By

of the

year

L. refers to the

is,to

A.
the

Lodge, as

in the

mean

A. L. like V.

chronological
era,

that

treize"

thousand

L. and not

in the year

by

de

sons
Masonry, the English Ma-

the initials A.

they mean

Lord.

Lodge, five

seventy-three.By

and

use

soixante

of the sixth month

day

year of the venerable

de Van

mots

same

supposed time

the

of the Creation.

Though
ceremonies

and

Egyptians,it is
chronology
church
the

as

the

have taken many

the Masons

would

from
soon

they have
If

have

them

sent

the

Chinese, goes many

The

not

thence.

chronologyof

the bible

the ancient

from
hieroglyphics
certain

of their

taken

their

they had,
to

the stake

Egyptians,like
thousand

the

years

that of

beyond

chronology.

of
religion

the

Druids, as

before

said,

FREE

OF

the

was

same

ancient

the

priestsof Egypt

The

professorsand

25

religionof

the

as

Egyptians*

-MASONRY.

of science, and

teachers

the

the

same

ancient German

or

Europe, who

have their

order of men,

Teutonic

in

Druids

The

sun.

a wise
signifies

Druid
called

were

of

many

our

says

Teutones,

The

above

in

and
history,

universal Nature

and

to

derive

tinguished
dis-

brated
cele-

once

this

Isis,theo*

and

supreme

Being

the
physically,

of the

are
passage)

and

sun

influence all nature

experiencedbrethren
note

thing*

In their system,
fertility.

the
celestial luminaries,

they

all others for its antiquities,

ing,
learn-

the
represented
logically

in

we

was

hero-gods,Osiris
principal

whose

same

Smith, from whence

opulence,and
their

In Persia

man.

hath alwaysborne
mysteries,
rank

the
mans
Ger-

the
magi,which signifies

Egypt,

"

were

from

name

city

language;the

being ancientlycalled
word

were

the

that is, of
of Heliopolis,
styledpriests

of

the

were

was

two

the moon,

actuated.

and

great

by
The

society(saysSmith
well informed

what

THE

ON

26

these
affinity

why they are

In
their

the

whieh,

is
publicprocessions,
the Druids

white

The

cotton.

white

wore
priests

of

and

As

those who

true

earliest ages,

Lodges,

but

badge

secrets

of

secrets

have

constituted

Masonry
been

to

from

the

at

offices.

wore

snow-

other

most

Masons,

we

the first

were

of innocence.

Smith,

in the

great number

of

kept

their

care

all strangers.

handed
imperfectly

oral tradition

undiscovered

assiduous

with

he

God, imitate their apparel,

Egyptians,continues

"The

by

Osiris

garments.

the

assume

in their

solemn

and

the

worshippersof

see

leather apron,

Grecian

of
regardthe principles

us

we

apparelled in white

were

Priests

Egyptian

white

as

in

the Mafcons

of their sacrifices and

the time

The

Lodges."

apparel of

of

and

Masonry,

to

in all Masonic

used

Lodges, part

"

bear

symbols

speakingof

says,

ORIGIN

only, and ought to

These

down
be

to

kept

labourers,crafts-men, and

till by good behaviour,

and long
apprentices,

OF

study, they

Masters
the

ever

become

and

of

to

have

there be between

signsof

found

in that

reference

the

idiots as

But

from

was

connection
the

be not

in
on

can

and

sun

Every thingused
to

the

it is used; and

use

thing
some-

much

Lalande.

among

not

are

whom

scientific men,

an

to

to
are

be such

out
signswith-

purpose.

in
disappointed
In

as

subject and

we

of astronomical

astronomical

some

pedia,
Encyclo-

information

for what

Free- Masons,

make

to

or

knowledge

Zodiac,if there

very learned and

many

the French

much

reference

for which

suppose

is seldom

in its origin,
that has
or
institution,

has
hieroglyphic,

purpose

astronomy.

to

which

institution and

any
the

metry
Geo-

therebyqualified

his great

from

expected

originof Masonry

twelve

acquaintedin

Free-Masonry,written by

Lalande, in

astronomy,

EnglishMasons."

the head

the astronomer

the

Wardens,

with

case

Under

better

the liberal arts, and

and
for

FREE-MASONRY,

speakingof

my

tion
expecta-

the

originof

THE

ON

28

Masonry,

he says

perdy comme

ORIGIN

L?

"

la

de
origin*

d'autres,dans

tant

maqonerie se

Vobscurite des

temps;" that is,the originof

masonry,

others, loses itself in the

obscurity of

When

Lalande
This

Mason, and

to

Masons

by

The
any
the

respectingthe
they are

societyof

Masons

of

name

supposed

have

to

these

Druids;
a

reason

for

name,

to

now

come

used

be

must

takingthat

take the

who

was.

which

origin,and
is

he

ment
the embarrass-

from
under

There

conceal.

in Dublin

him
are

of their

disclosure

enquiryfound

on

Masons

which

time.

I supposed
expression,

saved

passingover

sworn

this

to

came

like many

speak of

the

of secresy

cause

the Masons.

natural

new

of secresy

source

over-runs
religion

of
professors

of the old.

We

the
see

new

former

become

When

religion,

the persecutors

this in all the instances that

historybrings before
Priest and

is fear.

Shaphan

us.

the

When

Hilkiah

the

scribe, in the reign

OF

of

FREE-MASONRY.

kingJosiah, found,

29

pretendedto find,the

or

law, called the law of Moses,

after the time
the 2d

from

that such

Book

law

the

national

continual

in

made

the Protestant
Roman

death

instances

for

have

we

obliged to

case

in

admit

question,and
the

over-ran

catholic

that when

of the
religion

Gaul, Britain,and

became

the

meet

in

all christian

in Engreligion
land

the

it
religion,
be found
in

case

respect

Druids

in

secret

and

to

their

under

all
we

the
ligion
re-

Italy,

Ireland,the Druids

of persecution.This
subject

attached

to

the christian

and necessarily
obligesuch
naturally

remained

the

knowledge of,

it with

ancient

religion
were

priestto

been

any

priestsof

Jews

Catholic

this has

As

are

fore
be-

that law

christian

the

the
religion,

the

England.

the

When

When

appear

known

all the

and put
religion,

over-ran

was

or
practised

subjectof persecutionin

countries.

not

of Josiah; he established

the Jewish

over-ran

does

years

Kings, chapters22, 23,

ever

death.

to

sun

of

was

the time
as

Moses, and it

of

thousand

would

of them

as

religionto
original
the strongest

injunc-

ON

30

tions

of

false

of

them

the

the

this

brother

might

of

the

institution

new

took

name,

thus

Druids,

of

the

from

and

which,
that

the

expose

destruction

to

"c.

safety depended

Their

secresy.

religion

Druid,

ORIGIN,

THE

to

avoid
and

Mason,

and

rights

Druids.

s.

lives

the

of

many

remains

preserved,
the

it,

upon

of

arose

of

name

practised,
ceremonies

under

of