The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

SUPPLEMENTAL ENCYCLOPAEDIAand from there to Ekron. In 1115 B. C. it was taken tothe land of Beth-shemesh, and from there to Kirjath-jearim,a city of the Gibeonites, about nine miles northeast ofJerusalem, and placed in the house of Abinadab, a Levite(I. Sam. iv.-vii.). In 1045 B. C. the ark was taken tothe house of Obed-edom, a Gentile (II. Sam. vi.-x.), andin the same yearit was carried under King David's instructionsto Jerusalem, where it was placed in a temporarytabernacle (I. Chron. xv., xvi.).Athelstan An able Anglo-Saxon king of England,born about 895 A. D.., was the natural son of Edward theElder, and a grandson of Elfred the Great. He began toreign in 925, and was the first actual sovereignof allEngland. On the death of Sigtric, king of Northumbria,Athelstan annexed that country. A league was formedagainst him by the Welsh, Scots and Picts, whom he defeatedin a great battle at Brunenburg, in 937. He reignedover nearly all the island, except Scotland and Wales. Hepromoted learning and civilization, and was reputed oneof the wisest of the Anglo-Saxon kings. He died withoutissue October 27, 940, and was succeeded by his brotherEdmund.Athanasius Saint, a celebrated Greek Father of thechurch, was born at Alexandria about A. D. 296. Hiseducation was directed by Alexander, archbishop of Alexandria.After he had been ordained as a deacon he was appointeda member of the General Council of Nice (A. D.325), in which 'ie distinguished himself by his eloquence,learning, and zeal against Arianism (a denial that the Sonwas co-essential and co-eternal with the Father).Bacchus (Gr., Dionysus) The youthful and beautifulHe taught mengod of wine, said to be the son of Jupiter.the culture of the vine, and first produced from grapesan intoxicating drink. His worship was spread over many1 66