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Excerpt from Lectures on the Philosophy of Freemasonry
Upon settlement of the controversy with the Grand Lodge of Moderns, Preston, restored to all his honors and dignities, at once resumed his Masonic activities. Among other things, he organized a society of Masonic scholars, the first of its kind. It was known as the Order of the Harodim and included the most distin guished Masons of the time. Preston taught his lec tures in this society, and through it they came to Amer ica, where they are the foundation of our Craft lectures. Unhappily at the Union in England in 1813 his lectures were displaced by those of Hemming, which critics con cur ih pronouncing much inferior. But Preston was ill at the time and seems to have taken no part whatever in the negotiations that led to the Union nor in the Union itself. He died in 1818, at the age of 76, after a lingering illness. A diligent and frugal life had en abled him to lay by some money and he was able to leave £800 for Masonic uses, £500 to the Freemason''s charity for orphans - for which, left an orphan himself before the age of twelve, he had a natural sympathy and £300 to endow the so-called Prestonian lecture - an annual lecture in Preston''s words verbatim by a lec turer appointed by the Grand Lodge. This lecture is still kept up and serves to remind us that Preston was the first to insist on the minute verbal accuracy which is now a feature of our lectures. It should be noted also that in addition to his lectures, Preston''s book, Illustrations of Masonry, has had great in?uence. It went through some twenty editions in England, four or five in America, and two in Germany.
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Upon settlement of the controversy with the Grand Lodge of Moderns, Preston, restored to all his honors and dignities, at once resumed his Masonic activities. Among other things, he organized a society of Masonic scholars, the first of its kind. It was known as the Order of the Harodim and included the most distin guished Masons of the time. Preston taught his lec tures in this society, and through it they came to Amer ica, where they are the foundation of our Craft lectures. Unhappily at the Union in England in 1813 his lectures were displaced by those of Hemming, which critics con cur ih pronouncing much inferior. But Preston was ill at the time and seems to have taken no part whatever in the negotiations that led to the Union nor in the Union itself. He died in 1818, at the age of 76, after a lingering illness. A diligent and frugal life had en abled him to lay by some money and he was able to leave £800 for Masonic uses, £500 to the Freemason''s charity for orphans - for which, left an orphan himself before the age of twelve, he had a natural sympathy and £300 to endow the so-called Prestonian lecture - an annual lecture in Preston''s words verbatim by a lec turer appointed by the Grand Lodge. This lecture is still kept up and serves to remind us that Preston was the first to insist on the minute verbal accuracy which is now a feature of our lectures. It should be noted also that in addition to his lectures, Preston''s book, Illustrations of Masonry, has had great in?uence. It went through some twenty editions in England, four or five in America, and two in Germany.
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.
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