The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

104 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
thereon ; it is clearly mentioned several times in
the Egyptian Ritual. All the attributes hitherto
associated with Set of the South were appropriated
and given to Horus of the North, and this Cult
lasted at least three hundred thousand years.
This Deity as the God of Israel was Jashal-El ;
the God of Jashar-Ieshurun or Baali ; and the
other forms of the name, El-Eloun, Edoni
(Phoenician) at first, then changing, with the
changing
of the Stellar to the Solar Cult or
Eschatology of Egypt. This gives the answer to
the question.
The jealousies of the different sects of Chris-
tianity have led to a display of bitterness and
hatred which have been the means of alienating
thousands who believe that brotherly love and
charity should be the principles of Christianity.
Yet all these various denominations work under the
banner of Christianity. The Church must obliterate
its schisms, and if the Brotherhood of Freemasonry
helps it to do so, then well indeed will it be. One
looks back with horror to the days not long passed
when men were burnt and tortured to the honour
and glory of God under the name of Christianity.
The Church must get rid and free itself from its
despotism, its lack of that great virtue, Charity,
and its badly-concealed hatred of all who have
differed from its dogmas.
Until this has been really accomplished it will