Address Upon The History Of The Antagonism And Assaults Of The Papacy Against Freemasonry And Free Government Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Address Upon the History of the Antagonism and Assaults of the Papacy Against Freemasonry and Free Government In accordance with these Statutes, gethsemane chapter OF knights rose croix No. 5, of Oakland, on Monday evening, June 24th, St. John the Baptist's Day, held an open meeting to which Master Masons specially invited by ticket united with that Chapter in Masonic commemoration of the day of the first of their Patron Saints John, to whom in common their lodges are dedicated. The lodge room of the Masonic Temple was handsomely decorated with the banners and standards of the order, and towards the East upon the triangular altar covered with a beautiful crimson velvet cloth fringed with gold, was the open Bible, the Great Light of Masonry, with the working tools, the square and compass and triangle with crossed swords. The altar was placed within a triangle of nine lights and between two Corinthian columns surmounted by two large gilt candlesticks in which were tall white wax candles burning, symbols of the two Saints John. The canopies in the East, South, West, and North were crimson, and crimson velvet coverings with gold fringe covered the pedestals in front of the chief officers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.