"Remove not the ancient LANDMARK which thy fathers have set."-SOLOMON. "There shall be the most perfect unity of obligation, of discipline, of working the Lodges, of making, passing, and raising, instructing, and clothing Brothers; so that but one pure unsullied system, according to the genuine LANDMARKS, laws, and traditions of the Craft, shall be maintained, upheld, and practised, throughout the Masonic world."-ARTICLES OF UNION.

"In the Grand Lodge resides the power of enacting laws and regulations for the government of the Craft, and of altering, repealing, and abrogating them, provided that they continue to preserve the ancient LANDMARKS of the Order." CONSTITUTIONS.

"You faithfully promise to obey the original laws, charges, and regulations of this ancient and honourable Institution, and to preserve the ancient LANDMARKS of the Order to the utmost of your power."-LECTURES.

"The M. W. Grand Master addressed the Brethren on the subject of the Lectures; when he stated that it was his opinion, that so long as the Master of any Lodge observed exactly the LANDMARKS of the Craft, he was at liberty to give the Lectures in the language best suited to the character of the Lodge over which he presided."-QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, Dec. 1819.

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ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO VOLUME I.

INTRODUCTION.—Error of discountenancing Masonic disquisitions, p. 1.

The Lectures of Masonry not sufficiently elucidatory, 3. Masonic

publications, even of the most objectionable kind, do no real injury to

the institution, 12. American Antimasonry, 15. Continental oppo-

nents of Masonry, 21. Gradual advancement of the Order, 30. Dearth

of Masonic writers, 32. Progress of science, 36. Opinions of Masonic

rulers, 37.

LECTURE I. (Preliminary.)

GENERAL VIEW OF THE LANDMARKS OF MASONRY FROM THE CREATION

TO THE DELUGE.-Whether the Lectures of Masonry contain any

reference to Christianity, 43. Masonry inculcates the being of at

God, 45; and the doctrine of a resurrection from the dead, 49. It

refutes infidelity, 53. Legends, 55. Deterioration of Masonry, 59.

Freemasonry of the antediluvian world, 60. Promise of a Redeemer, 62.

LECTURE II. (Preliminary.)

GENERAL View of the LandmARKS FROM THE Deluge to thE AD-

VENT OF JESUS CHRIST.-The truths of revelation preserved by Free-

masonry, 66. Appearance of the Shekinah, 67. Freemasonry the

vehicle of prophecy, 70. Its reference, 73. Erection of the taber-

nacle, 74. Banners of the tribes, 77. The high priest's pectoral, 79.

The Tau cross, 80. The grand offerings, 82. The temple of Solo-

mon, 85; and of Zerubbabel, 86. Utility of Freemasonry to several

orders of men,

88.

LECTURE III. (First Degree.)

THE REASON WHY Masons are STYLED FREEBORN.-The Lodge Lec-

tures, 95. Abraham's grand festival, 98. Settles in the land of

Canaan, 100. Ishmael born, 103. The angelic visitants, 104. Isaac

weaned, 107. Ishmael's mockery, 108. Bond and free explained, 109.

Hagar cast out, 113. The promise to Hagar, 116. The prophecy

fulfilled, 117.

LECTURE IV.

THE E. A. P. TRACING-BOARD ILLUSTRATED.—The universal language,

121. Jewish symbols, 123. Application of the symbols on the

Tracing-board, 124. Various definitions of Freemasonry, 127. Orna-

ments, furniture, and jewels, 132. An ancient Tracing-board de-

scribed, 133. The Tracing-board embodies the landmarks, 134.

Situation and extent of the Lodge, 135. East, west, and south, 138.

Reference of the pillars, 140. Holy ground, 142.
Mosaic pave-

ment, 143. The forty-seventh problem of Euclid, 144. The holy

Bible, 146. The immoveable jewelɛ, 150.

LECTURE V.

EXPLANATION OF THE TRACING-BOARD CONTINUED.-Pillars of wisdom,

strength, and beauty, 154. Their reference, 155. The blazing star,

158. The moveable jewels, 161. The point within a circle, 166.

The three great lights, 168. The theological ladder, 171. The seven

stars, 173. The working tools, 180.

LECTURE VI.

THE FORM, SITUATION, AND EXTENT OF THE LODGE.-Construction of

speculative Freemasonry, 183. Design of the three degrees, 186.

. Nature of the Lodge, 187. Form of the Lodge, 188. The square,

189. Extent, 190. Situation, 192. East and west, 193. Wor-

shipping towards the east, 194. Why our Lodges are built due east

and west, 199.

LECTURE VII.

THE GROUND OF THE LODGE.-Holy, 205. First grand offering, 208.

Abraham and Isaac, 209. The sacrifice on mount Moriah, 212.

Isaac redeemed, 214. JEHOVAH-JIREH, 215. Typical reference of

the first grand offering, 216. Its importance to Freemasonry, 219.

LECTURE VIII.

THE GROUND OF THE LODGE CONTINUED.-Some account of King

David, 223. Removal of the tabernacle, 224. David forms an

alliance with Hiram, King of Tyre, 225. The threshing-floor of

Araunah, 226. David numbers the people, 227. God's displeasure

announced, 228. The three calamities, 229. The angel on the

threshing-floor, 230. The plague ceases, 231. Second grand offering,

233. The site of the temple revealed, 234.

LECTURE IX.

THE SUPPORT OF THE LODGE.-Morality of the Order, 237. Similarity

of a Mason's Lodge to the temple at Jerusalem, 238; explained, 240.

Triad references largely enumerated, 242. Universal veneration for

the number three, 248. Symbolical nature of this number, 251.

Applied to the Deity, 255. Chinese triad society, 257. The Trinity,

259. The numbers four and ten, 263.

LECTURE X.

THE COVERING OF THE LODGE.-Antiquity of the Landmarks, 266.

Antediluvian Masonry, 267. Masonry after the flood, 268. Jacob

and Esau, 270. Jacob at Luz, 272. The Ladder, 273. God cove-

nants with Jacob, 276. Jacob wrestles with an angel, 280. Some

account of Joseph, 283. Mourning for Jacob, 285.

LECTURE XI.

THE TWELVE GRAND POINTS.-Twelve signs, 288. Masonic lectures

fluctuate, 289. Passage of Jordan, 290. Twelve stones, 293. Two

pillars, 295. The Israelites enter Canaan, 296. Extermination of

the Canaanites, 298. The Israelites forsake God, 300. Inscribed

pillars at Ebal, 302. Masonic references to the twelve tribes, 305.

The twelve points explained, 306.

LECTURE XII.

THE HIGHEST OF HILLS AND THE LOWEST OF VALLEYS.-Coincidence

between the true and the spurious Freemasonry, 318. Mountains

and valleys esteemed holy, 320. Moriah, Horeb, Sinai, ib. Why

Masons assembled in such situations, 322. Practice before the flood,

325; and after, 326. Jehovah appears on mountains, 327. Custom

of planting groves on hills, 330. Orgies of Baal Peor, 332. Conse-

crated hills amongst the Jews, 334. The kingdom of the BRANCH

on a mountain, 336. Meetings of the fraternity of Masons, 338.

Opinions of the early Christian Masons, 342. Valley of Jehosaphat,

343. Crypts in cathedrals, their primitive use, 346. Science of the

Freemasons, 347. Cowan, meaning of the word, 349. Who were

admitted Masters, 353.

LECTURE XIII.

DELIVERANCE OF THE ISRAELITES FROM THEIR EGYPTIAN BONDAGE.—

Birth and education of Moses, 357. The Israelites cruelly treated,

358. Pharaoh follows them, 360. Whether they went out of Egypt

armed, 361. How they worked, 363. They never rebelled, 365.

Spoil of the Egyptians, 366. How they were said to be harnessed,

367. Objections, 369. Battle with the Amalekites, 370. The Red

Sea dried up, 373. The Israelites march through it, 374. The

Egyptians overwhelmed, 376.

LECTURE XIV. (Second Degree.)

ON THE SYMBOLICAL REFERENCES CONTAINED
IN THE MASONIC

LECTURES.-Freemasonry an allegorical system, 384. Necessity of

Investigation, 385. Every Landmark a type of some great event,

386. Primitive Freemasonry, what, 387. Legendary lore, 388.

How the spurious Freemasonry originated, 390. Jewish and Chris-

tian legends, 393. Traditions of the Jews, 394. Mythology of

heathen nations, 396. Proverbs of Solomon, 397. Parables of Jesus

Christ, 398. Legends of Freemasonry, 399.

LECTURE XV.

ON THE NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORKMEN AT THE

BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.-Anderson's statement, 402. Distri-

bution of the workmen, 403. Objection, 404. Statement of Josephus,

407. Other statements, 408. The traditions of Masonry, 409.

Number of the workmen, 410. Tyre, 412. The Tyrians introduce

Freemasonry into Europe, 413. The Apprentices, 414. Tyre an

independent kingdom, 416. Solomon incapable of building without

foreign aid, 419. Arrangement in the quarries, 420. The Lodges of

the several degrees, 421; in the forest, 422; and in the quarries, 424

Preparation of the materials, 426. Arrangement on Moriah, 428.

-Mason's marks, 429. Princes of the tribes, 430. Origin of Masonic

Freedom, 433. Payment of wages, 435. How arranged, 436.

Division of labour, 437. Labour and Refreshment, 438.

LECTURE XVI.

THE FELLOWCRAFT'S TRACING BOARD EXPLAINED. Plan of the

temple, 441. Its magnificence, 442. Details on the Tracing-board,

443. The middle chamber, 444. The two pillars, 447; described,

448. Ornamented with hieroglyphics, 449. Their names, 450. The

porch, 451. The winding staircase, ib. The emblem of plenty, 452.

The steps, 453. Their symbolical reference, 454. Cochleus, 456.

Decorations, 457.

LECTURE XVII.

SYMBOLICAL REFERENCE OF THE TWO PILLARS.-The pillar of a cloud

and of fire, 462. Directed the Israelites in their wanderings, 463.