The Book of the Chapter (Classic Reprint): Or Monitorial Instructions, in the Degrees of Mark, Past and Most Excellent Master, and the Holy Royal ... and the Holy Royal Arch (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda
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But a Monitor is within every mason's reach. It is the first book to which his attention is directed, and is Often placed in his hands by thepresiding officer, as a manual which he is recommended to study; and, accordingly, the Monitor is to many a mason, emphatically, his cede meewm. But unless he can find Something -more important in its pages than such works as those'of webb and cross con tain, he will scarcely «arise fromthe perusal with any in creased store of knowledge. Ohls'wrdt is for more light -not for a recapitulation of what he-has alreadyheard and seen, but~for a rational explanation of the meaning of that through which he has passed.
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Excerpt from The Book of the Chapter: Or Monitorial Instructions, in the Degrees of Mark, Past and Most Excellent Master, and the Holy Royal Arch
But a Monitor is within every mason's reach. It is the first book to which his attention is directed, and is Often placed in his hands by thepresiding officer, as a manual which he is recommended to study; and, accordingly, the Monitor is to many a mason, emphatically, his cede meewm. But unless he can find Something -more important in its pages than such works as those'of webb and cross con tain, he will scarcely arise fromthe perusal with any in creased store of knowledge. Ohls'wrdt is for more light -not for a recapitulation of what he-has alreadyheard and seen, but~for a rational explanation of the meaning of that through which he has passed.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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It must be acknowledged that there is no dearth of ordinary monitorial books, although I know of none exclusively appropriated to the Chapter degrees. But an experience, by no means inconsiderable, has forced upon me the conviction that the plan upon which these works have been hitherto constructed, is not such as to meet the demands of the enlarged masonic intellect of the present day. All the Monitors now extant appear to have adopted that of Thomas Smith Webb as their prototype, and, like it, have been very generally confined to the arrangement of the prayers, charges, and Scripture lessons, which are used in the several degrees, without any, or, at most, a very slight attempt to explain, by commentaries, the symbolic meaning or the historical references of the different portions of the ritual. Hence, but very little knowledge, beyond the mere working part of our institution, is to be obtained from these books; and although they are well enough for that purpose, still, as it is not the only purpose which may and ought to be effected by a Monitor, I have sought to present the masonic reader with something more in the ensuing pages.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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