The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
KING soLoMoN,s TEMPLE
May Be Rebuilt in Boston by Masonic
Order.

Boston, MasS--WII KING Solomon 3
temple. famed in the Bible and histo-
rvry, rise again?
Masons all over the world, who be-
lieve that the author of the proverbs
founded freemasonry, are talking OF
the plan of members of the order here,
TO raise upon its old foundations the
temple, TO take its phase as the eighth
modern wonder of the world.
The proposition has reused so much
interest in England that the cost for
wages of the original temple has been
computed The figures are staggering
see, 10000!
1t has been computed that etch mem
Der of the kings levy who worked on
the temple was paid about $3.50 a
week Their weekly wages would be
$4,000, and for the three years $l2,-
500, 600. This labor account alone is
appalling, yet Masons here believe
that the work can be done again.
solomon raised his levy of 100000
skilled men and worked them in three
shifts He also was assisted by an
other force of between 1000 and So
600 men, all under $500 foremen, who
cut stone in the puarries and carried
it down to the site of the temple.
The undertaking of such a wark TO-
day would create a new crisis IN the
labor world. Yet it may be done.
King Solomon, according to Masonic
traditions, was the first grand master
of the craft of the Masonic order. The
site of the temple thougQh all history
has been regarded sacred. Now the
great stratum of stone which was the
temple foundation supports the Ha-
rem Esh- Shereet mosque, holy to Mo
hammedans.
This mosque would have to be
bought. and all the roll of solomon s
men, all the treasure like that of
King solomon S mines, and all the com
maud that was a kings would have to
be employed to rear the new and nigh
ty structure.
In place of Adoniram, who was
/ Solomon right hand man, high sal
aried architect and archaeologist would
be employed
/ Instead of calling on King Hiram
of Tyre, rs solomon did, for his heav..-
/ timbers of cedar, woodmen would have
/ to scour the forests of the world to
furnish beams such rs Solomon got at
( Lebanon.
/ The historian Josephus describes the
temple so infinitely that. with the
aid of the Bible, scholars, of today
have pretty fair idae of what il was
like. 1t was at oncp palace, Temple
a.. f.,tlcss It's wis were of stone.
ar o-culd withstar 5ae onsiaughts OF
a -. * lirc.cr- field artillery
'''., *:eo. ans c, zcns Of Sllon,
VA. 10 VT. Le}a'.'. and der"sta'' !
rsa~s ore more skillful than our
rcou.e.' as IL Bible tells us. For this
Il of ecdars for the temple, " for The
pconle.' as the Bible tells us. Fol
this work Solofon sent King Hiram OF
Tyre annually great stores of grain
flour. barely. oil and wine. Solomon 5
levy of 10000 artisans was bossed by
300 men. and there wede Alison also
rocco unskilled worl1men to do the
1eavy work.
There were at least $4,000 mel
working on the emple for three years
according to the late DR.. Schick, th'
noted German achaeologist-
In the accounting of wages palt
to the men, totaIing 266,50o,00o, no ac
count is taken of the carvers, gilders
ar1ista. workers in precious stones, an'
the ostermers who made the vest
ments of the horde of priests who hv
"a and did their duties in the sacre'
! structure.
There were thousands of SACRED
/ lothing outfits. hundrends of thous
, nds of golden tassels and other cost
v eauipment for sacrifices and cefe
cries
stables were built for the animals t
be sacrificed gold vessels holding hog
heads each were for drenching the a
ter after the rites, and the molte
! sea so-called from It's size, contalnln
-nough waited for a swimming pool.
viii this towereing building 0
81 wealth and holiness, be duplicated
I this day and age! Masons here sa
I so. and the numbers of their orde eve
I all the lands of the earth, supper
! tehir zetl They are even talkin
I about forming a company to tax
B charge of the work.