Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-02-04
Correspondence.
The Bible, Astronomy. and Free Ma
sonry.
500 Broadway, n. r.,
Jan. goth, 1869.

| the t'ie oi tIls paper Includes th'
trinity of my highest admiration
They are the three supports of tri
pod-altar, on which lay my best sci
cntlfic offerings. If either be wsnt.
ing. my altar totters for want ofsup-
port. Either may be beautiful, viewe,l
separately, but it is only bcdttiful
fragment Of a grand and harmonious
supers,ructure. Both separstely and
united, they may be compared to
Wisdom, Strength and Beauty.
The Bible contains some OF the most
important and sublime records of an
cicnt Masonry. This is among the
first moral lessons taught to the Enter
cd Apprentice. and as he advances,
step by step, ne learns more and more,
until he fully realizes that without the
teachings of the craft. no one can full
ly understand many of the teachings
of the Bible. Their harmony is unde-
nIable, and TO him. the antiquity of
one nrovcs tho ,,,;or;,v osho,h Tho
unin;f;a,ed nav stud,- IN pulo ,,,l
he has memorizcd it from the Penta-
tench to the Apocalypse, and not dis
covcr a,,. yos,;e,oa of >f .,.h,;,o
he who has taken the Thirty Third"
car f;,d ~ ,~.o,. ,l co,s,a ~
abpos, .v.r, ra,,o -, ,,a oId Taa,,
mon, IL. l,,o,rs tha, ,beyo ,rac oro
tlc resrl, or dcs;,,, ,ha,. co,rnt i.
coincidonccs such Nc rosul, fr,m ..cm-
mo chance, or accident, If III 10
him there i. even moro Astronomy in
The Rihlc hiddon ,h.ro ~, !. Mason.
r. j., Il, nay ~. snrnrisad Inn, viii
b,.,tor r,dor.,ord ho,, ,L;.. .a,. Ia
truo ,bon a,c wLn ho- ,-ar ,,oo,,
brouoht Ia the ,rua ligh,
Tho r.,d.r p,ut ~, o,orr.l ,r;.h No
4 I do,l;,. !, na;n, III. .aa /,
,bo pnJ. a,l chow ,l.a;. .,nt;aa,;o
i ~. ,t,.or 7, IL o, e,J
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,h. c,,.ror, tch.h.. w ,,t,
dpd i ,nu., hc MIN ,ha vr;,nr. ~ ~.
HihIc n., ma ~, hof,r. ho ~
rationale, dn,h;. ha ,or., H., Ioarn
,b.;r ,,a,;,o. ~ ,h;- .ar,. rha,
,Le;r m,,;,.s wor,. ,,o,,,i ouI s,,,no;o..
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H., ta,.,;a, H.; ,
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F
Soo 'i''i'9'' ~ ''ie hcN :" lits hho"i-
edge But strait is the way, and mar
row is the gate. lie that cntcreth not
hv the door INT cl;mha,h M some 9TH.
~ : ~ 80 . ~"
ptr. cannot snow the relationship
between the Bible and Free Masonry,
silence has
boo, Io;j ~, ~. H.. ono; H.
~,
p'"'' ~ -Ne'io''''i'S w '''eie-
fore illustrate IN episode IN the Old
Testament which has long been apuz-
zIe To learned divine. apl q weano, !,
,a.t.,. ,;..,,
'"' '''' ''''''7' -'.'i"e',
JONAH ANp THE FISH.
Experience has taught me the i'm
portance of learning the original mean
IN, Of n-oror . a. aII 49,,
''o" 'o"''s' III '''o' " nave 'o'ie''
understanding OF the text. Let US
therefore examine the name Jonah 1t
is compounded of three names. to wit
!, the one or the sun Ox, the being;
Is, the fire. I-ON-Es, the sun being
fire, or the one being of fire. In Greek,
like the name John it is spelled LAoS-
=. } is modern letter, obtained from
the latin and substituted for 1, not on
lv in this, but numerous other cases.
The English formerly spelled John,
IoHN, and persons who have travelled
in Europe inform me that in London
may be seen to this day, signs with the
ancient style of spelling.
In the New Testament, this name is
rendered Jonas, which approaches
nearer to the sound in the original
Greek. than Jonah. Before the addi-
ton of the vowel points" to the He
brew, about A. ID. $50, the name Jeho-
vah was written thus, I-h-r-h. This is
the mysterious, unpronounccable and