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Freemasonry In Europe During The Past Century.
of ivhich Germany was composed , it Avas not to be expected that one system of Masonry , or one general law upon the subject ivould be sanctioned . All the people , therefore , who speak the German language will come under the present heading . Hoivever much they may be divided upon general matters , the language isone common bond of union , and wherever it is spoken on the Continent , is understood to be included under the term " Germany . "
HAMBRO' PRUSSIA . A warrant was granted from London in the year 1740 , for the purpose of forming a Grand Lodge in Hambro ' , in which place the first Masonic meeting had been held in 1737 . Seventy years elapsed without any necessity being found for dividing the inteiest , but the political affairs of 1811 compelled the Grand Lodge of Hambro' to sever the connexionand declare itself independenthaving at that time five
, , subordinate Hambro' Lodges , and a number in various other localities . Up to a comparatively recent period , a strange mode of workings and ceremonials had been introduced into the Hambro' Lodges , anel those under its controul , called the Strict Observance ; but the indefatigable spirit of that well-known philanthropist , and highly esteemed mason , Bro . Schroeder , could not countenance the disfigurement of Freemasonry by such innovations , and he gently , yet successfully , introduced
such reforms , as Avere needed to reinstate the pure anel holy doctrines of the Order ; they have likeiA'ise been adopted by tbe Lodges in Saxony , Brunswick , Mecklenberg , AAlrtenberg , & c . The manner of ivork is , what is by us understood as Craft Masonry ; higher degrees are obtainable , for whicli different arrangements are made . Several charitable institutions were founded by the masonic body of Hambro ' , principally suggested by Schroeder . Many Lodges exist in Hambro' independent , and unconnected with the one of which we have been speaking , they are under the command of either one of the Prussian Orients , or Saxon
Lodge . One of the first events of the Hambro' Lodge Avas the Initiation of Frederick the Great , while CroAvn Prince , ( see vol . x ., page 502 ) , a lengthened account of which we have given , as extracted from Campbell ' s Life and Times of Frederick the Great . This monarch , in the year 1740 , authorised the establishing of a Grand Loelge in Prussia , under the title of the Grand Loelge of the Three Globes , —in 1744 it commenced extending its powers by the formation of Lodges , —
two other Grand Lodges exist ( with the above named ) in Berlin—the Royal York , founded 1752 , and tbe National Lodge of 1770 , this last holding its patent from the Grand Lodge of England . The Royal patronage and support has at all times been given to the Freemasons in Prussia , and every sovereign since Frederick the Great has been a member of the Order . No Lodge dare exist in the kingdom , unless under warrant of one or other of the Grand Lodges , and no
candidate can be received under the age of tAventy-five . It is said that the late king ivas initiated by the Emperor of Russia ( Alexander ) in Paris . The Latomia , No . I ., page 34 , remarks , " It is strange that the Freemasonry of one of the most enlightened countries in Europe , should be the most intolerant on tlie earth , and in preventing tlie -admission of Jeivs into its halls , place itself in an insulated position as regards the Freemasonry of the world , it ivould lead one to suppose that the Prussians regarded Freemasonry as an entirel y Christian institution , ice cannot trace any reason for this . They decline not only to initiate the members of the Jewish faith , but refuse admission as visitors to
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Freemasonry In Europe During The Past Century.
of ivhich Germany was composed , it Avas not to be expected that one system of Masonry , or one general law upon the subject ivould be sanctioned . All the people , therefore , who speak the German language will come under the present heading . Hoivever much they may be divided upon general matters , the language isone common bond of union , and wherever it is spoken on the Continent , is understood to be included under the term " Germany . "
HAMBRO' PRUSSIA . A warrant was granted from London in the year 1740 , for the purpose of forming a Grand Lodge in Hambro ' , in which place the first Masonic meeting had been held in 1737 . Seventy years elapsed without any necessity being found for dividing the inteiest , but the political affairs of 1811 compelled the Grand Lodge of Hambro' to sever the connexionand declare itself independenthaving at that time five
, , subordinate Hambro' Lodges , and a number in various other localities . Up to a comparatively recent period , a strange mode of workings and ceremonials had been introduced into the Hambro' Lodges , anel those under its controul , called the Strict Observance ; but the indefatigable spirit of that well-known philanthropist , and highly esteemed mason , Bro . Schroeder , could not countenance the disfigurement of Freemasonry by such innovations , and he gently , yet successfully , introduced
such reforms , as Avere needed to reinstate the pure anel holy doctrines of the Order ; they have likeiA'ise been adopted by tbe Lodges in Saxony , Brunswick , Mecklenberg , AAlrtenberg , & c . The manner of ivork is , what is by us understood as Craft Masonry ; higher degrees are obtainable , for whicli different arrangements are made . Several charitable institutions were founded by the masonic body of Hambro ' , principally suggested by Schroeder . Many Lodges exist in Hambro' independent , and unconnected with the one of which we have been speaking , they are under the command of either one of the Prussian Orients , or Saxon
Lodge . One of the first events of the Hambro' Lodge Avas the Initiation of Frederick the Great , while CroAvn Prince , ( see vol . x ., page 502 ) , a lengthened account of which we have given , as extracted from Campbell ' s Life and Times of Frederick the Great . This monarch , in the year 1740 , authorised the establishing of a Grand Loelge in Prussia , under the title of the Grand Loelge of the Three Globes , —in 1744 it commenced extending its powers by the formation of Lodges , —
two other Grand Lodges exist ( with the above named ) in Berlin—the Royal York , founded 1752 , and tbe National Lodge of 1770 , this last holding its patent from the Grand Lodge of England . The Royal patronage and support has at all times been given to the Freemasons in Prussia , and every sovereign since Frederick the Great has been a member of the Order . No Lodge dare exist in the kingdom , unless under warrant of one or other of the Grand Lodges , and no
candidate can be received under the age of tAventy-five . It is said that the late king ivas initiated by the Emperor of Russia ( Alexander ) in Paris . The Latomia , No . I ., page 34 , remarks , " It is strange that the Freemasonry of one of the most enlightened countries in Europe , should be the most intolerant on tlie earth , and in preventing tlie -admission of Jeivs into its halls , place itself in an insulated position as regards the Freemasonry of the world , it ivould lead one to suppose that the Prussians regarded Freemasonry as an entirel y Christian institution , ice cannot trace any reason for this . They decline not only to initiate the members of the Jewish faith , but refuse admission as visitors to