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ARGUMENT.
Thk death of Hiram, the Chief Architect, threw the workmen
of the Temple of King Solomon into great confusion; and for a
time the construction of the building was stayed, for the want of
essential plans and an expert director of the work. The period
of mourning having expired, King Solomon, upon consultation,
determined to appoint five Superintendents—one for each of the
five Departments of Architecture—and under their supervision
the building progressed. The ceremony of installing the Super-
intendents, is in this degree exhibited, instructions given, and let*
sons of virtue inculcated.