The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-19


in prosperity and science. Sculpture
in marble, and the Doric and Ionic
Orders, were the result Of their iugc'
nuitY." 1--WE know says a learned
Encyclopedias, "that the Dionysiacs O
Iou:ca," (Which place. has, according
to lIcrolotus, always been celebrated
for the genius Gifts inhabitants) "wcrC
a great corporation Of architects and
engineers, who undertook, and even
monopoli=ed, the building of Temples,
Stadiums and Theatres. precisely as The
Fraternity Of lGusOns are kno,cn TO haze,
in tic middle ages, moHopoii=cd The
building of Cathedrals and COnvsntuaI
Churches. Indeed the Dionysiacs re.
scmbled tho mystical fraternity, now
called Free Masons, in many imp1r-
tant particulars. They ollO@cd no
strangers to interfere in their cmploy'
mcut; recognized each other by signs
and tokens; they protested certain
mysterious doctrines: and they called
all other men profanc, because not ad'
miItel to these mysteries"
The testimony Of history is,that they
subsequently, supplied IOuia, aud the
surrounding country, as far as the
lIellcspont, with theatrical apparatus,
by contract. They also pruc,iced their
urt in Syria, Persia and India, and
about 800 years before Christ consid-
cradle number Of them were incorpora.
ted by command of the Kings of Per-
gamus, who assigned to them Tcos as
u settlement. 1t was this fraternity,
whether called Greeks, Tyrians or
Phrnicians, who built the Temple at
Jerusalem. That stupendous work,
under God, was tho result ofthcir &C.
MUS and scientific skill. And this be-
ing true, from them are we, as fra
tcrnity, lincally descended.
Hence the answer Of our English
brethren of the 18th century, to the
inquiry Of Henry the 9th, that Mason.
ry was brought westerly by the PhGni.
clans, indicated with great accuracy
the probable origin of theirinstitution.
They might indeed have said to
him that long anterior to the advent Of
Christianity, the mountains Of Julcu
and the plains Of Syria, the deserts oil
India and the valley of the Nile, were
chcCred by its presence and cnlivcucd
by its song; that more than thOus.
and years before the coming of the
Son Of Man, u little company Of "Cm.
ming IIOrLmen," from the ncighbor-
ing city Of Tyre, were assembled on
the pleasant Mount Of Nloriah. ut the
call Of the wise King of Israel, and
there erected, out Of their great skill IA
mighty cdiGce, whose splendid and IN.
rivallGd perfection, and whose gran.
dcur and sublimity, have been the al-
miration and theme Of all succeeding
ages. They might have said to him
that this was tho craft.work of n fra
tcrnity to whose genius and discover
lee, aud to whose matchlcss skill and
ability, the wisest Of men in oil ages
have bowed with respect. They
might have said to him, that having
finished that great work, and filed all
Judca with Temples and palaces and
walled ci,ics;-haviug enriched and
beautiticd Azor, Gozarra and palmy
RI with the results Of their genius,
these cunning workmcn' in after
times, passing through the EssOniau
associations, and liualy issuing out of
the mystic halls Of the "CoVcgia .irii-
Geum' of Rome, burst upon the clark
ages" of tho world, like bright star
pccring through black cloud, and,
under the patronage of the church,
produced those splendid monuments OF
genius, which set ut defiance the high
est attachments of modern art. And.
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