Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-05-12

days in the grave, and, according to
Mohammedan belief, Mohammed
and his companions, after the fight |
from Mecca, lay hid three days in a
cave in Mount Thur. The ancient |
Jews had a Mregold code of laws,
ceremonial, moral and judicial. |
Leucippus, the founder of material
ism. assumed three things as neces-
sary for his theory: Atoms (atomos),
a void space (koinon) and combina-
ton (symploce). Plato taught that
there were three souls in man, diff
ferent from each other and occupy
ing different places: first, reason in
the brain; second, ten = in the
heart and third, desire, appetite in
the liver. This was also the opinion
of Galenus and other ancient physi-
clans, while the Arabian philosopher
Averros believed in the existence
of three souls, vegetative, sensitive
and intellectual, not separated but
united. The GnOstics divided all
nature into three kinds Of beings,
namely, hylic or material; psychic
or animal; and pneumatic or spir-
itual. They likewise distinguished
three sorts of men, material, animal
and spiritual. The first, incapable
of knowledge, inevitably lost soul
and body; the second were capable
of either salvation or damnation,
while the third, to which the GnOs-
tics themselves pretended to belong,
were saved beyond doubt. Three
wise men came from the East to
| Bethlehem to see the newly-born
redeemer and to pay him homage,
Caspar, MelchiOr and Balthasar.
There were three judge in the
Hades, namely, Eacus, Minos and
Rhadamanthus. At the entrance
of the Hades or lower world was the
dog Cerberus with three heads. The
monster GeryOn, king of Erythea,
killed by Hercules, had likewise
three heads. In FreemasOnry the
number three occurs very often:
Knight of the Three Kings; Knight
of the Triple Cross Grand Lodge of
the Three Globes. The brotherhood
of Napoleon Masonry comprised
three degrees Knight, Commander
and Grand Elect; and the last was
divided into three classes Secret
Judge, Perfect Initiate and Knight
of the Oaken Crown. The
three senses hearing, seeing and
feeling are considered peculiarly
important by Freemasons. They
also regard chalk, charcoal and clay
as emblems Offreedom, fervency and
zeal. The motto of Odd Fellows is
"Friendship, Love and Truth"
| The three cardinal virtues of Chris
tianity are Faith, Hope and Love.
A lodge of Free MasOns founded in
Paris, France, was called Ti'iaO-
sophiSts or Three Wise Men, as there
is also lodge called Heptasophists
or Seven Wise Men. When the
Israelites marched through the will
derneSs, they encamped at night
round the tabernacle, three of the
twelve tribes on each side. We
have the t,igLyph in architecture,
the tripod and he.three-st5i,lged Tyre
of the ancients. Political govern
ment consists Of three departments
or functions, legislative, executive
and judicial. The progress or I'M
provement of man is material, men
tai and moral. Animal life is
hreefOid, vegetatiVe, sensitive and
intellectual. In animals there are
three kinds of motions, the first of
which is that which must be
ascribed to the general forces of
nature as when an animal falls
down. This is a mechanic motion.
The second comprises those internal
motions which are the necessary
result of organic forces, as the circu-
latiOn of the blood, assimilation,
secretion, etc. These are called
organic, plastic, automatic. To the
third class belong those which are
subject to the appetite or desires OF
the animal and are determined
thereby, such as IOcomOtiOn, etc.
We designate them as animal, dy-
mamie, autonomic. TriHiieS or
TjfddS are found in nature every
where. There is a mineral, Vegeta-
bic and an animal kingdom. The
attractive or centripetal and the
repulsive or centrifugal forces pro-
duce the elliptical revolution of the
planets. Positive and negative
magnetism produce attraction. In
chemistry, the combination of an
acid and basis forms a neutral
body. Although having entirely
distinct and opposite properties,
acid and basis do not, like X a and
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mutually, but form n new, thru
body. The effect of the solar light
is HreefOLd, luminous, calOritic and
actinic. Heat may be conveyed or
communicated in three ways, by
conduction, convection and radia-
ton. Time is past, present und
future. Space has three extensions,
length, breadth and height or depth.
The plant has root, stem and
branches. Man consists of body,
soul and spirit. He has self-con-
sciousness, consciousness of the
world and consciousness of God. To
form a thought, three things are
necessary, a subject, an object and
an operation of the mind. Har-
mony, symmetry and unity in
nature are symbalized by triples,
triads, trinities, Representatives.
Nine, the square of three, is like
wise a significant number, although
it does not occur quite as frequently.