ABSTRACT

The Rev. Haskett Smith prepared a paper on the relation of the Druses to Freemasonry, which was published in the Ars Quator Coronatum of Jan. 2, 1891. In this paper he advanced two propositions:

That the Druses are none other than the original subjects of Hiram, King of Tyre, and that their ancestors were the builders of King Solomon's Temple.

That, to this very day, the Druses retain many evident tokens of their close and intimate connection with the Ancient Craft of Freemasonry.