This is on page one astronomy and masonry. I'm just going to read the entire thing too. So first Corinthians 2441 one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for star differ from star and glory. Eclicyaste twelve twelve of making many books no end and much reading awareness of the flesh. There are two distinct sciences of masonry the speculative or theoretical and the operative or practical. The former being a mental knowledge the latter merely parrot taught formula. There are likewise two distinct sciences of astronomy the theoretical and the practical. The theoretical being a mental study interpreting the celestial written mysteries of the ancients of the earth the latter a mechanical operation looking through a long tube and dotting a rhythmical truce on paper. That's pretty funny how he puts that. operative mason's are led to believe that their order in ancient ages consisted of workmen with aprons, mallets, compasses and squares and their intellectual occupation was in chipping stones and spreading mortar. These operative laborers nevertheless finally cherish the belief that somehow or otherwise divine right they are descendants of those biblical men that were employed in building the temple of Solomon but as will be speedily shown masons of this age and their predecessors had nothing whatever to do with any Solomon or any temple. It was the intellectual theoretical masons that from time immemorial erected the splendid edifice yearly dedicated to Solomon. It's continuing on. These intellectual masons built the dwelling of the sun using wrought stones made ready for the building and when occupied in their work there was not heard any sound of hammer or axe or any tool of iron. The gems of heaven were the precious stones where with the temple was erected. These gems are stones of heaven were known by speculative masons as rocks. The polar star being the rock of ages. This is really important part. Trust ye in the Lord forever for the Lord Jehovah is the rock of ages. This polar star is the rock or mountain Olympus of the Latins and was so high that no bird could fly to the top nor were clouds ever seen upon its summit. This polar star is the Mount Miru of the Buddhists and the Mount Zion of the Hebrews. In quotes, they that trust in the Lord shall be his Mount Zion which cannot be removed but stand at fast forever. David says, Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. From our world nothing can be higher than the polar star. It is the pivot or point or axis on which the earth performs its diurnal and annular motion. All the other visible brilliance, brilliance of heaven appeared to us as moving in circles of greater or lesser magnitude, but the polar star stand at fast forever. David exclaims, Hear me, my brethren, I had my heart to build in house of rest and for the footstool of our God and thus set the Lord the heaven my throne and the earth my footstool, where the house ye build unto me and where the place of my rest. Solomon at the dedication of the temple, temple says, Well, God indeed dwell on the earth, behold the heaven and heaven of, let me reread that, well, God indeed dwell on the earth behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. How much less this house that I have builded, safe us or seepheus means rock seepheus is seated in the highest heaven and he has Mount Olympus or the polar star for his footstool. Nothing can be more perplexing or mysterious to the uninitiated than the figurations on the celestial globes and atlases. The various divisions and subdivisions of unnatural objects constituting pictured heaven plainly indicate that mystery or mysteries of some kind were intended and the concealments of some important truths the object desired. If the hidden or lost mysteries of intellectual masonry do not relate to the heavens to what can they relate. The pictured heaven with its various constellations is with trifling variations the same as that depicted before the period set down for the birth of the Savior. What mean these pictured heavenly figures? Why from generation to generation if they've been so religiously preserved? I'm looking at a celestial chart we see the picture of a perfect ram called aries but when pointed out among the stars it resembles a kangaroo as much as a ram. In fact the stars do not portray any figures or semblance of terrestrial objects. The next in order to the ram is the picture of a half bull but why the whole ram in the half bull then look at the sign capricornus half a goat the other half a fabulous fish then there is seedis with a tail like capricornus and the seedis or whale has a trunker probiscus and is two feet dabbling in the rivers erudanus and getting.