Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No.23, And Of The "Red Apron."

As Grand Steward for the Globe Lodge in 1775 , he took an active part in the ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Hall by Lord Petre on the 1 st of May in that year , and was one of the earliest subscribers of £ 2 $ to the " Hall Loan , " instituted in 1779 to assist in paying for the building of the Hallfor which service he received the

, Freemasons' Hall Medal , a very fine facsimile of which , made by Mr . Ready , of the British Museum , is here for your inspection . The original is the property of the Nation and is preserved in the Coins and Medals Department of the grand Institution just named .

THE GLOBE LODGE A HARBINGER OF PEACE AND COXCORD . On a former occasion I ventured to express an opinion that this old lodge contributed more than any other lodge in the Craft to bring about that important event in the history of English Masonry , not inaptly described as the " Glorious

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Union of 1813 . " That opinion has since been strengthened , but before giving my reasons for it I will briefly sketch the history of the two rival societies in order that the brethren may the better be able to estimate the value of my belief . Down to the year 1813 , and for about sixty years prior to

that period , there were two Grand Lodges in London , each having many subordinate lodges under its jurisdiction in nearly every part of the civilized world . The older of these bodies was established in the year 1717 , and has been variously designated " The Grand Lodge of Free and

Accepted Masons of England , " " The Regular Grand Lodge , " "The Modern Grand Lodge , " and , later , "The Grand Lodge under the Prince of Wales , " George , Prince of Wales , afterwards King George the Fourth , having been its Grand Master from 1790 to 1813 .

The other Grand Lodge started in the year 1751 as a Grand Committee , which blossomed into a Grand Lodge two years later . This body was at lirst chiefly composed of Irish Masons , and was known as " The Grand Lodge of the Antients , " or , to give it its full description , " The Grand

Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons According to the Old Institutions . " Its members were also designated "Athole Masons , " because two Dukes of that name had presided over them as Grand Masters . For the sake of brevity and as a simple distinction these two Societies were , and still are , referred to by Masonic writers as "Antients" and

" Moderns , " the " Antients" being the organization of 1751 , and the " Moderns" that of 1717 . The regular Grand Lodge , although undoubtedly the elder as an organized body , had so altered the ceremonies and deviated from the old customs of the Craft , that , according to their opponents of 1751 , they had forfeited

their right to the title of "Antient , " while they themselves , having preserved the traditional usages and ceremonies unaltered , were the real "Antient" Masons , and no doubt there was a certain amount of truth in these allegations . A strong and bitter rivalry existed between the two

Societies for many years , promoted and fostered , I regret to say , chiefly by some of the leading Masons on both sides . In fact , it was at first a struggle for absolute supremacy on the part of the Moderns—the older and possibly more respectable community—and for existence as an organization

on the part of the Antients , who were stigmatized by their rivals as seceders , schismatics , rebels , and even still more offensive terms were applied to them .

Edicts and proclamations of non-intercourse were freely promulgated by both parties , the brethren were forbidden to visit or join the opposition lodges under severe pains and penalties , unless they consented to be re-made and pay the usual fee in conformity with the usages and customs of the

body they desired to join—in short , the famous " Kilkenny cats " were not "in it" with these two factions of the Brotherhood . In the course of years , however , the anger of the rivals became softened , they found that neither of them could gain the mastery , and as they became better acquainted by joining

each others Lodges , edicts and ex-communications for which " nobody seemed one penny the worse , " were practically disregarded , and owing to the exertions of some of the more enlightened members of both Grand Lodges , an Union , on terms mutually honourable , was finally consummated in the

year 1813 . Since this period , our Society has been known as the United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of England . The most influential member of the " Antient" Grand Lodge for about twenty-live years prior to the union above

mentioned , was Thomas Harper , a silversmith in Fleet Street , who was Junior Grand Warden of that body in 1786 , Senior Grand Warden from 1787 to 1789 , Deputy Grand Secretary from about 1792 to 1800 , and Deputy Grand Master from 1801 to 1813 , during the latter term being practically the Grand Master .

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