The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Name: The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry
Author: Newton, Joseph Fort

Newton, Joseph Fort

Freemasons

Oath: in the Mysteries, 48;
  in Harleian MS, 126;
  of Apprentice, 129;
  of Fellowcraft, 132;
  of Master Mason, 133

Obelisks: meaning of, 13;
  Masonic symbols in, 33

Occultism: 60 _note_;
  and Masonry, 164

_Old Charges_: 102;
  number of, 103;
  the oldest of, 104;
  higher criticism of, 107-9;
  value of, 111;
  and English Masonry, 116;
  moral teaching of, 128-34;
  collated by Grand Lodge, 186

Oldest Mason honored: 181

Operative Masons: degrees of, 142;
  and speculative, 144;
  lodges of, 148;
  and Wren, 167 _note_;
  still working, 201 _note_

Oracles: Cessation of, 28

Orient, Grand of France: not atheistic, 261

Osiris: in trinity of Egypt, 23;
  history of, 41;
  and Isis, 43;
  death of, 44;
  resurrection of, 46;
  in Tyre, 76


Paine, Thomas: 225 _note_

Payne, George: Grand Master, 187

Philosophy: "blend of poetry, science and religion," 259;
  of Masonry, 264-68;
  of faith, 270

Pike, Albert: on symbolism of Masonry, 18;
  on Regius MS, 106;
  error of as to Guild-masonry, 158 _note_;
  on symbolism before 1717, 159;
  on Third Degree, 193;
  on atheism, 261 _note_;
  on old men and Masonry, 296 _note_

Pillars: origin of, 28;
  meaning of, 29;
  Isaac Walton on, 259 _note_

Plott, Dr: on Masonic customs, 166

Plutarch: on Square, 28;
  an initiate, 42;
  and the Mysteries, 46;
  on Pythagoras symbol, 143

Pole Star: cult of, 24

Politics: and Masons, 179;
  forbidden in Lodges, 208;
  relation of Masonry to, 245, 248

Pompeii: collegium in, 83

Pope, Alexander: _Moral Essays_ quoted, 210;
  a Mason, 263

Popes, the: and Masonry, 113, 122;
  bull of against Masonry, 211

Prayer: in Masonry, 179, 244

Preston, William: 182;
  defeated, 218

"Protestant Jesuits": Masons called, 210 _note_

Pyramids: wonder of, 13;
  loneliness of, 28

Pyramid Texts: quoted, 40


Quest, The: aspects of, 65;
  analysis of, 67;
  in Masonry, 69


Reade, Winwood: quoted, 172

Reconciliation, Lodge of: 221

_Regius MS_: oldest Masonic MS, 104;
  synopsis of, 105;
  Pike on, 106;
  Mason's points in, 128;
  and Accepted Masons, 160

Religion: of light, 14;
  decline of, 176;
  and Craft-masonry, 176;
  and Grand Lodge of England, 250;
  what is it, 251 _note_;
  in which all agree, 255;
  of nature, 258;
  what we practically believe, 293

Ritual: Old Charges part of, 128;
  growth of, 142-4;
  evolution of, 219 _note_

Rome: secret orders in, 81;
  college of architects in, 86

Rosicrucians: use Masonic symbols, 156, 157;
  and Ashmole, 163;
  distinct from Masons, 164;
  and De Quincey, 179 _note_;
  and Third Degree, 190

Royal Arch Masonry: 220 _note_

Ruskin, John: quoted, 7, 8;
  on light, 14 _note_;
  on the church, 250


St. John's Day: 181;
  origin of, 183, _note_

Sayer, Anthony: first Grand Master, 182

Schaw Statutes: 123

Sciences;
  the seven, 195;
  in Cooke MS, 108

Scott, Leader: quoted, 72;
  on Cathedral Builders, 87;
  on Comacines and Masonry, 111

Scott, Sir Walter: on the word cowan, 138 _note_;
  a Mason, 232

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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Newton, Joseph Fort

Freemasons

Oath: in the Mysteries, 48;
  in Harleian MS, 126;
  of Apprentice, 129;
  of Fellowcraft, 132;
  of Master Mason, 133

Obelisks: meaning of, 13;
  Masonic symbols in, 33

Occultism: 60 _note_;
  and Masonry, 164

_Old Charges_: 102;
  number of, 103;
  the oldest of, 104;
  higher criticism of, 107-9;
  value of, 111;
  and English Masonry, 116;
  moral teaching of, 128-34;
  collated by Grand Lodge, 186

Oldest Mason honored: 181

Operative Masons: degrees of, 142;
  and speculative, 144;
  lodges of, 148;
  and Wren, 167 _note_;
  still working, 201 _note_

Oracles: Cessation of, 28

Orient, Grand of France: not atheistic, 261

Osiris: in trinity of Egypt, 23;
  history of, 41;
  and Isis, 43;
  death of, 44;
  resurrection of, 46;
  in Tyre, 76


Paine, Thomas: 225 _note_

Payne, George: Grand Master, 187

Philosophy: "blend of poetry, science and religion," 259;
  of Masonry, 264-68;
  of faith, 270

Pike, Albert: on symbolism of Masonry, 18;
  on Regius MS, 106;
  error of as to Guild-masonry, 158 _note_;
  on symbolism before 1717, 159;
  on Third Degree, 193;
  on atheism, 261 _note_;
  on old men and Masonry, 296 _note_

Pillars: origin of, 28;
  meaning of, 29;
  Isaac Walton on, 259 _note_

Plott, Dr: on Masonic customs, 166

Plutarch: on Square, 28;
  an initiate, 42;
  and the Mysteries, 46;
  on Pythagoras symbol, 143

Pole Star: cult of, 24

Politics: and Masons, 179;
  forbidden in Lodges, 208;
  relation of Masonry to, 245, 248

Pompeii: collegium in, 83

Pope, Alexander: _Moral Essays_ quoted, 210;
  a Mason, 263

Popes, the: and Masonry, 113, 122;
  bull of against Masonry, 211

Prayer: in Masonry, 179, 244

Preston, William: 182;
  defeated, 218

"Protestant Jesuits": Masons called, 210 _note_

Pyramids: wonder of, 13;
  loneliness of, 28

Pyramid Texts: quoted, 40


Quest, The: aspects of, 65;
  analysis of, 67;
  in Masonry, 69


Reade, Winwood: quoted, 172

Reconciliation, Lodge of: 221

_Regius MS_: oldest Masonic MS, 104;
  synopsis of, 105;
  Pike on, 106;
  Mason's points in, 128;
  and Accepted Masons, 160

Religion: of light, 14;
  decline of, 176;
  and Craft-masonry, 176;
  and Grand Lodge of England, 250;
  what is it, 251 _note_;
  in which all agree, 255;
  of nature, 258;
  what we practically believe, 293

Ritual: Old Charges part of, 128;
  growth of, 142-4;
  evolution of, 219 _note_

Rome: secret orders in, 81;
  college of architects in, 86

Rosicrucians: use Masonic symbols, 156, 157;
  and Ashmole, 163;
  distinct from Masons, 164;
  and De Quincey, 179 _note_;
  and Third Degree, 190

Royal Arch Masonry: 220 _note_

Ruskin, John: quoted, 7, 8;
  on light, 14 _note_;
  on the church, 250


St. John's Day: 181;
  origin of, 183, _note_

Sayer, Anthony: first Grand Master, 182

Schaw Statutes: 123

Sciences;
  the seven, 195;
  in Cooke MS, 108

Scott, Leader: quoted, 72;
  on Cathedral Builders, 87;
  on Comacines and Masonry, 111

Scott, Sir Walter: on the word cowan, 138 _note_;
  a Mason, 232

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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

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