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Montana Freemason April 2017 Volume 93 Number 1 Montana Freemason April 2017 Volume 93 Number 1
The Montana Freemason is an official publication of
the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of
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permission of The Montana Freemason Magazine. of Montagu) passing the scroll of the Constitutions
to the next (Philip, Duke of Wharton). Both Grand
Masters are supported by their officers.

In the background is a depiction of the parting of the
Red Sea. Recalling the successful flight of the Israelites
from the Egyptians to the promised land. This might
signify here the survival of a tradition that had been in
danger, but was now entering a time of security. The
pillars depict the five orders of architecture introduced
to England by Inigo Jones and may also allude to the
five monarchs who supports the rebuilding of St Paul’s
Cathedral by Sir Christopher Wren between 1675 and
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Reid Gardiner, Editor In the foreground is the Greek word Eureka
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meridian height is allegorized in the figure of Apollo
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compensation is permitted for any article or photographs, or The overall impression is one of great triumph
other materials submitted for publication. All photographs on many levels: the philosophical and scientific,
must be identified as to who took the photo and the names of organizational and traditional, and the spiritual and
the individuals who may appear in the photo. E-mail all photos transcendent. These various elements combine to
and articles to the address above. present Anderson’s view of history as the careful
unfolding of a divine plan.

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