THE

BOOK OF THE LODGE,

AND

Officer's Manual;

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A CENTURY OF APHORISMS,

CALCULATED

FOR GENERAL INSTRUCTION, AND THE IMPROVEMENT
A MASONIC LIFE.

BY

THE REV. G. OLIVER, D.D.

DEHLO

AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS," "THE HISTORY OF INITIATION,'
ANTIQUITIES OF FREEMASONRY," STAR IN THE EAST," ETC.

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PAST D.G.M. OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.;

PAST D. P.G.M. FOR LINCOLNSHIRE ;

Honorary Member of the Bank of England Lodge, London; the Royal Cumberland Lodge,
Bath; the Witham Lodge, Lincoln; the Lodge of Light, Birmingham; St. Peter's Lodge,
Wolverhampton; the Shakspeare Lodge, Warwick; the Elloe Lodge, Spalding;

the Albany Lodge, Newport, Isle of Wight; St. Peter's Lodge, Peterborough ;

the Royal Standard and Hope Lodges, Kidderminster; the Rising

Star Lodge, Bombay; St. George's Lodge, Montreal; Lodge of

Social Friendship, Madras; Australasian Lodge, Mel-
bourne, New South Wales; the Antiquarian
Society of Scotland, &c. &c.

Αθηνων των Θεοδμητων.—SOPHOCLES.

Græcos Teletas ac Mysteria taciturnitate parietibusque clausisse.-Varro.

With an Emblematical Frontispiece.

LONDON:

R. SPENCER, 314, HIGH HOLBORN.

1856.

223.9.11.

ΤΟ

CHARLES WELLINGTON OLIVER,

OF BATH.

MY DEAR SON,

THE accounts which have reached my ears respecting your zeal in behalf of Masonry, accompanied by a strict attention to constitutional authority in working the details, and a ready obedience to the edicts of the Grand Lodge, have been exceedingly gratifying.

To express my entire concurrence with the judicious course you have pursued, I dedicate to you this new Edition of a well-known Work, where you will find many maxims and precepts which may confirm your adherence to the laws and usages of the Craft, and elevate the tone of your Masonic life.

Believe me to be

Your affectionate Father,

GEO. OLIVER, D.D.

BANK STREET, Lincoln,

Nov. 5, 1855.