Freemasons and the Bible

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 118, 28 March 1891, Page 4

Freemasons and the Bible

c TJb'eiVaTe'ft-' very great' number of I !^reeuiaßv>ns who are quite unaware of _ G the, ; object for !whiotx< '•■the .order of : o Freemasonry was ."formed,: btitJeYery , - JFreemaspn pt ''■; upij' who. ' haß vjwatbhed the public procession 61' the Order^must be aware that the most .impprtaut feature jpf all is the open which everyone can see as^the ; .'precession marches along, i: f Sir "■'ilobert Stout is- not a Bible believer; ' the ' .Grraud" Orient j commenced in atheistic : France, 'doea" not' believe in the Bible. FfeeitiasOnry is intimately *'. "cqnnected :wjth^,the Old Testament _^ histpry f of 'Bible, theiefore/a icnan ;W.ho does' not: 'believe : that, history ,~ .utterly ;f ails in '.realising what the outF. reeniasqnry i willbe. : FreeO j masons have, a „;solemn.aud worldim port aut^. duty J; ,to/ perform-T-np less, -^-it-is-said^than tollocate the position f; 6f)thej Art? of , the- Coyenaiit,'- a nd re- ;.':. ■JCdyfiVii%-(.' Sir. . Robert ;^Stftut nuMoubt would- deny that there ever was 'such ■ 7-ttn "ark^audif th'ere v"was", it 'had 'hot ;r; the^^ aniraculoiiskpropertie's attri b.uted to it in the Bible* There., are many -y ho believe; and-rauch correspondence '■'-bSs' )f 'taken" placed in I'-sbißß . English -- ipapers,' ihat ; eventually, this ark/will i be iu'uearthed at \Tara in Ireland. At ; io"pre'B : ent however;,- the- spot-indicated is <i f?apecially£protect'e[d byiian-Act passed by the British Parhamentj; and until "^Kat'is ,r6pealed;,7)"f atneiided, no steps n 'can"be tak^n t6 prove '-'thV-truth, or '^falsity: 'bi'the^feug'gestion., In the • I! aiiual& of ;: tho Fb'urV, Master 8 Viif'the old Irish legendajandin-tb.Vold'' lrish :th«7place^w,here "several thi|igß 3T^aketf 7 out of Solomoii's '.Temple I'are " deposited as i- g'ive'u; '• r witH ; f the dimeu'■"Wo'iis 1 and -bth^'r 'details 0 of : tH-o' : place "^conc'ealirigi them. 10 ''•■•■- ■'■■■■■■■ '■ .