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

SUPPLEMENTAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA.Jethro "Moses' father-in-law," a shepherd prince orof Midian. When the Hebrews were at MountpriestSinai he visited Moses, gave him some wise counsel as tothe government of the tribes, and then returned to his ownpeople. Jethro was a worshiper of God, and some inferthat he was a descendant of Abraham through Midian.Jones, Inigo One of the most celebrated of Englisharchitects and hence called the Vitruvius of England. Hewas born at London July 15, 1573, and died June 21, 1652,in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was successivelythe architect of three kings James I., Charles I. andand during his long career superintended theCharles II.,erection of many of the most magnificent public and privateedifices in England, among which was the old churchof St. Paul's. He was elected Grand Master under JamesI. in 1607. During his administration several learnedmen were initiated into the Order, and the society considerablyincreased in consequence and reputation. TheCommunications of the Fraternity were established, andthe annual festivalsJopparegularly observed.One of the most ancient seaports in the world.It was a border town of the tribe of Dan, on the coast ofthe Mediterranean Sea, about thirty-five miles northwestof Jerusalem. Here, according to the classical myth, itwas that Andromeda was chained to the rock, and expoesdto the sea monster; a story that has been supposedto shadow out in an obscure way, the early intercoursebetween Greece and Syria. Its harbor i?shoal and unprotected from the winds; but on accountof its convenience to Jerusalemit became theprincipal port of Judea and is still the great landingplaceof pilgrims. Here the materials for building boththe first and the second temple, sent from Lebanon andTyre, were landed. Joppa was twice destroyed by theRomans. It attained its highest prosperity in the timesof the Crusades, when it became the principal land-183