"What is Masonry?

"A beautiful System of Morality, veiled in allegory
and illustrated by Symbols."

GRIMSBY:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,
BY BRO. SKELTON.

MDCCCXXVI.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

PRINCE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, DUKE OF SUSSEX;

EARL OF INVERNESS; BARON OF ARKLOW;

KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER;

PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS,

MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE; COLONEL OF THE

HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY;

M. W. GRAND MASTER OF MASONS,

&c. &c. &c.

THESE LECTURES,

ARE INSCRIBED

WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE

MOST PROFOUND RESPECT AND ATTACHMENT,

BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S

OBLIGED

AND MOST DEVOTED

HUMBLE SERVANT,

GEORGE OLIVER.

CONTENTS.

Preface vii

List Of Subscribers xxiii

Lecture I. Introduction 1

Lecture II. On the All-Seeing Eye 21

Lecture III. On the Serpent 37

Lecture IV. On the Cherubim 57

Lecture V. On the Deluge 77

Lecture VI. On the Mysterious Darkness of the

Third Degree 104

Lecture VII. On the Three Pillars, "Wisdom,

Strength, and Beauty, 124

Lecture VIII. On the Masonic Ladder, 140

Lecture IX. On the Point within a Circle, 161

Lecture X. On the Masonic Apron, 183

Lftture XI. On the Government of the Lodge, .. 200

Lecture XII. Conclusion of the Course, 215