Free Masonry - The Masonic Trowel

14 PRETENSIONS OF FREE MASONRY.
memoration of this wonderful vision, built a temple under
ground, in the same spot where it was shown to him—
which, like that, consisted of nine arches, one above another,
and dedicated the same to God. This happened in
that part of the world which was afterwards called the land
of Canaan, since known by the name of the Holy Land.
" Enoch, in imitation of what he had seen, caused a triangular
plate of gold to be made, each side of which was
a cubit long; he enriched it with the most precious stones,
and incni8ted the plate upon a stone of agate of the same
form. He then engraved upon it the same ineffable characters
which God had shown to him, and placed it on a
triangular pedestal of white marble, which he deposited in
the ninth or deepest arch.
" When Enoch's temple was completed, he received the
following command, viz. ' Make a door of stone, and let
there be a ring of iron therein, by which it may be occasionally
raised, and let it be placed over the opening of the
first arch, that the sacred matters enclosed therein may be
preserved from the universal destruction now impending/
And he did so; and none but Enoch knew of the precious
treasure which the arches contained, nor knew the right
pronunciation of the great and sacred name. 1 '
The Monitor next gives an account of Enoch's two pillars,
and the wonderful preservation of the knowledge of the
liberal arts, " particularly of Masonry/ 9 during the universal
deluge; which topic has been already noticed. I take
up the account of the Monitor relating to this ineffable
name after the deluge, in the following words: " We learn
from Holy Writ, the history of succeeding times, till the
Israelites became slaves to the Egyptians; from which
bondage they were freed under the conduct of Moses. The
same sacred book informs us that Moses was beloved of
God, and that the Most High spoke to him on Mount
Sinai. To Moses God communicated his divine law written
on tables of stone, with many promises of a renewed
alliance. He also gave him the true pronunciation of his