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The Temple was dedicated on five occasions
:
1st. B .C . 1004, 15th day of Tishri (Ethanim
and Abib) (1 Kings viii . 2-62) .
2d . B .C . 726, when purified from the abominations
of Ahaz .
3d . B.C . 516 3d Adar, upon completion of
Zerubbabel's Temple .
4th . B .C . 164, 25th Kislev, after the victory
of Judas Maccabaeus over the Syrians, the
service lasted eight days .
5th . B .C . 22, upon completion of Herod's
Temple .
The three Temples were destroyed on the
same day and month of the year . The "threefold
destruction" of the Temple took place on
the 9th Ab, or fifth ecclesiastical month . The
destruction of the Solomonian Temple, by
Nebuchadnezzar, took place B .c . 588, or four
hundred and sixteen years after dedication .
The taking of the city of Jerusalem by Titus
is commemorated as a fast day on the 17th
Tamuz .
Passover, 14th Nisan ; "Little" Passover,
15th Iyar .
Pentecost, or "First Fruits," commemorating
the giving of the law on Mount Sinai,
6th Sivan .
Great Day of Atonement, 10th Tishri .
Feast of Tabernacles, 15-21 Tishri .
Fast for commencement of siege of Jerusalem
by Nebuchadnezzar, 10th day of Tebeth .
Feast of Purim, 14th and 15th Adar .
King Cyrus liberated the Jews, B .C. 538 .
King Darius confirmed the decree, B.C . 520.
(See Cyrus .)
Hebrew Faith . See Talmud .
Hecart, Gabriel Antoine Joseph . A
French Masonic writer, who was born at Valenciennes
in 1755, and died in 1838 . He made
a curious collection of degrees, and invented a
system of five, namely : 1 . Knight of the Prussian
Eagle ; 2 . Knight of the Comet; 3. The
Scottish Purifier ; 4 . Victorious Knight ; 5 .
Scottish Trinitarian or Grand Master Commander
of the Temple . This cannot be called
a Rite, because it was never accepted and
practised by any Masonic authority . It is
known in nomenclatures as Hecart's system .
He was the author of many dissertations and
didactic essays on Masonic subjects . He at
one time proposed to publish his collection of
degrees with a full explanation of each, but did
not carry his design into execution. Many of
them are cited in this work .
Height of the Lodge. From the earth to
the highest heavens . A symbolic expression .
(See Form of the Lodge .)
Heldmann, Dr. Friedrich. He was a
professor of political science in the Academy
of Bern in Switzerland, and was born at
Margetshochheim, in Franconia, November
24, 1770 . He was one of the most profound
of the German investigators into the history
and philosophy of Masonry . He was initiated
into the Order at Freiburg, in 1809, and, devoting
himself to the study of the works of
Fessler and other eminent scholars, he resolved
to establish a system founded on a collation of
all the rituals, and which should be more in
accordance with the true design of the Institution
. For this purpose, in 1816, he organized
the Lodge zur Brudertreue at Aarau, in
Switzerland, where he then resided as a professor.
For the Lodge he prepared a Manual,
which he proposed to publish . But the Helvetian
Directory demanded that the manuscript
should be given to that body for
inspection and correction, which the Lodge,
unwilling to submit to such a censorship, refused
to do . Heldmann, being reluctant to
involve the Lodge in a controversy with its
superiors, withdrew from it . He subsequently
published a valuable work entitled Die drei
altesten geschichtlichen Denkmale der deutschen
Freimaurerbruderschaft ; i . e ., The three oldest
Memorials of the German Masonic Brotherhood,
which appeared at Aarau in 1819. In
this work, which is chiefly founded on the
learned researches of Krause, the Constitutions
of the Stone-Masons of Strasburg were
published for the first time.
Heler, A . A tiler or tegulator . From the
Anglo-Saxon " helan ." Also written "Hillyar"
and "Hilliar."
Helmet . A defensive weapon wherewith
the head and neck are covered . In heraldry,
it is a mark of chivalry and nobility . It was,
of course, a part of the armor of a knight, and
therefore, whatever may be the head covering
adopted by modern Knights Templars, it is
in the ritual called a helmet .
Helmets, To Deposit . In Templar ritualism,
to lay aside the covering of the head .
Helmets, To Recover . In Templar ritualism,
to resume the covering of the head .
Help . See Aid and Assistance .
Hemming, Samuel, D .D . Previous to
the union of the two Grand Lodges of England
in 1813, the Prestonian system of lectures was
practised by the Grand Lodge of Modern
Masons, while the Atholl Masons recognized
higher degr ees, and varied somewhat in their
ritual of the lower . When the union was consummated,
and the United Grand Lodge of
England was organized, a compromise was
effected and Dr. Hemming, who was the
Senior brand Warden, and had been distinguished
for his skill as the Master of a Lodge
and his acquaintance with the ritual, was appointed
to frame a new system of lectures .
The Prestonian system was abandoned, and
the Hemming lectures adopted in its place,
not without the regret of many distinguished
Masons, among whom was Dr. Oliver. Among
the innovations of Dr. Hemming, which are to
be regretted, are the abolition of the dedication
to the two Saints John, and the substitution
for it of a dedication to Solomon . Some other
changes that were made were certainly no
improvements .
Henrietta Maria. The widow of Charles
I ., of England . It is asserted, by those who support
the theory that the Master's Degree was
invented by the adherents of the exiled house
of Stuart, and that its legend refers to the
death of Charles I. and the restoration of his