Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1851-07-23
Number 81.


plains of Shinar the original scat OF the human race those
gagged in the erection the OF Babel when dispersed by
regions. One division passed the south the
fertile valley of the Nile and founded Egypt
Another passed the west and became the fathers PhT.
ncian; another the who in India aud Persia established
their aboes These parties carried with them. all the kowi
preserve these the brotherhood formed bound ogehcrby
the strongest ties To peVen, imposition and intrusion
and ceremonies
introduced Here may properly date the origin OF the craft.
in Egypt, the Indies and Phoenca Twelve least
before the Christian Era these introduced into
Asia Minor; Grccan ona and into Greece itself under the
name Of mysteries Some two centuries after mem
bers of this fraternity sent by Hiram King of Tyre under
the temple of God Mount Morah Josephus confirms this
der Here closes the history first age of In
building Temple the auspices of solomon onr
order received perfect il hitherto nos.
see The various branches previously existing in
many coupons heather mythology and brouah, nn
der an improved system of Government. Solomon became
deeply interested in the mystic scenes rites and abore
place the institution foundation which withstand
the lapse of time He also designed means of
perpetuang, and spreading the knowledge true God to
the eni of the world refer to this epoch for tho
origin some of the distinguishing the present
institution In the second stage of its existence after Solomon.
for centuries brightly shonc but then waned 1t is
we'll known hat when the Temple completed workmen
were emp oyei in Jerusalem and the adjacent countries
number of years Solomon built palace for himself another
for his EgyP'an Queen the palace of the Forest the Senate
house called Milo, surrounded the city with walls He built
Iadmo in the Wilderness Ezon Gebcr, and Baa, After tho
spreading the institution of the mystic in every part Asa
Africa. and Europe Traces of it here there
NJ
in the P,hagoan mysteries southern Italy the Eusinan
of Greece, the Lberaa of Rome the Epen Jews
ing the decline the true light of
masonry gmmered in its socket Feebly and eeby
born adversary made all nations people, and languages
before it, until the Pickering of the dying fame porenous
decay; and nothing earthly could have saved
1t from utter extinction, IT, at the critical when
parting hight made last expiring effort for renewed existence
of Jews who took charge of the osaken institutions cher.
shed 1t in their BOSOM until its began i.
Tighten narrow and restricted path terminating last in the
broad and glorious blaze Of spndo which
the personal the Lord
Christ"
At the of the third period of existence the
christian dispensation, received additional
and increased impulse The degrees ofKng hood, by ma.
tradition attributed Christ and his Apostles was
paonzed extensively by the early christians great
's sa Of e
tine zeaonsy cherished and patronzed
pire belonged the order 1t is organizations
Of the architects the previous part oe ages who were
Literally encouraged by the popes, and the of
Christian Europe erecting Churches and other eGce of n
magnificent and beauty that 1ey have m
command the admiration Of every behoI h ceased ,
order from that time until the present, need discussed:
N and the prominent taken by members Church.
es is fact familiar to reader History
One more argument would before leaving this sub
which do recoect seeing used This is derived
the next subject which propose consider wide d
versay prevalent, of necessity very remote or
ign For instance the of sacrifice Superior being
quently have had its Of tn,
human If not how could have to the
ends OF the earth! Men have with them
as they divergel from the and first
abode Particular rites and institutions peculiar particular
and extended only the
which
when they and before they sections But
masonry is found among all the Of the globe
ly must have existed when these in one
winch been the
of Babel How venerable then the antiquity of our ins,
tuition! Commencing the creation, down 10 s
through sixty generations unmpaed by all beauty
and youth Change and decay all
the other marks and like some
mighty COLOSSUS, head above run unhaned
by the convusons of the world looks wrecks OF
forty What revolutions have swept the world
Babylon and Nnevah with their walls and towers have
m oF m m T & & and bs ifi present ansAs
and the mighty Pyramids which masonry helped to
crmblng in decay Classic has risen 10 the sn
mt OF greatness and power listened to the eloquence
themes the sublmy poets the na,ims ne
statesmen, and the noble teachings of pilosophe
ome the city OF hills amid Of battle and
heks Of expiring nations and her .ceptre over
Caesars, how has changed Wasted and almost desol..
the proud capitol and splendid edfces courts and nal
have fallen dust Athens Sparta are in deso
aton the farhenon, the Porch the Forum the Grove
ed undestroyed amid the changes of all ,bnes
earthly around
Like tall cliff tina: its awful form,
Sxe's 1h. from tn the vale and midway leaves the Storm
Eternal Sunshine settles its head"
"a IN he second place. permit call attention to
the universal diffusion Of the order this part has heep
anticipated 1t Will not detain long. More than three thou
Egypt Palestine, Phnnicia ona Greece Babylon ana Ind
At the dispersion the architects Babel travelled m
countries spreading where their institution and the Who'll
continent OF ASA and Africa basked under neir shade The