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Article FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. ← Page 10 of 10
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Freemasonry In England.
In 1793 , a piece of ground belonging to the city of London , situated in St . George ' s Fields was hired on lease , on which was erected a commodious school house , at the expense of £ 2 , 500 ; this lease expiring in 1854 , an elegant building has been erected at Wandsworth which reflects great credit to the Craft , and more particularly , ou those brethren whose benevolent exertions and enlightened management its prosperity may be attributed , under whose watchful care no doubt its usefulness will be further extended .
The Duke of Cumberland continued Grand Master till his death in 1790 , an event much regretted , as his administration conferred many permanent benefits on the Society . On the 10 th of February , 1790 , regular intimation was given to the Grand Lodge that His Eoyal Highness Prince Edward , Duke of Kent , while on his travels had been regularly initiated into Masonry in the
Union Lodge at Geneva , and also that His Eoyal Highness , Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex had been initiated into the Order at a Lodge at Berlin . The Grand Lodge in testimony of their sensibility of the honour conferred by the initiation of these royal personages unanimously resolved that each of them should be presented with an apron lined with blue silk
, and rank as Past Grand Masters . Thus Freemasonry in England again became supported by royalty , and although much altered in its local system of government . since it last sought that protection , enough is left of the ancient forms to prove its genuine antiquity , whilst the government is sufficiently progressive to render it of great utility in the present age . Its conclaves no longer
requiring the protection , of some magnate to defend it against the unprovoked attacks of ignorance and fanaticism , seeks only to court the patronage of the virtuous and influential for the support of its charities , and by giving as much publicity as possible to its proceedings , to prove to the world the happy and beneficial effect it produces wherever it is established , and the genuine principles inculcated . For many ages may this usefulness be
extended , and although pre-eminently conservative , sufficiently progressive to keep pace with modern institutions . The divine origin it claims is sufficiently proved by the benefits it has conferred on mankind from the remotest periods when the minds of men were steeped in the greatest darkness down to the present age of enlightenment , and the worst its enimies can say , is thatit still takes the lead in moraland social
improve-, , ments . { To le continued . ' )
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In England.
In 1793 , a piece of ground belonging to the city of London , situated in St . George ' s Fields was hired on lease , on which was erected a commodious school house , at the expense of £ 2 , 500 ; this lease expiring in 1854 , an elegant building has been erected at Wandsworth which reflects great credit to the Craft , and more particularly , ou those brethren whose benevolent exertions and enlightened management its prosperity may be attributed , under whose watchful care no doubt its usefulness will be further extended .
The Duke of Cumberland continued Grand Master till his death in 1790 , an event much regretted , as his administration conferred many permanent benefits on the Society . On the 10 th of February , 1790 , regular intimation was given to the Grand Lodge that His Eoyal Highness Prince Edward , Duke of Kent , while on his travels had been regularly initiated into Masonry in the
Union Lodge at Geneva , and also that His Eoyal Highness , Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex had been initiated into the Order at a Lodge at Berlin . The Grand Lodge in testimony of their sensibility of the honour conferred by the initiation of these royal personages unanimously resolved that each of them should be presented with an apron lined with blue silk
, and rank as Past Grand Masters . Thus Freemasonry in England again became supported by royalty , and although much altered in its local system of government . since it last sought that protection , enough is left of the ancient forms to prove its genuine antiquity , whilst the government is sufficiently progressive to render it of great utility in the present age . Its conclaves no longer
requiring the protection , of some magnate to defend it against the unprovoked attacks of ignorance and fanaticism , seeks only to court the patronage of the virtuous and influential for the support of its charities , and by giving as much publicity as possible to its proceedings , to prove to the world the happy and beneficial effect it produces wherever it is established , and the genuine principles inculcated . For many ages may this usefulness be
extended , and although pre-eminently conservative , sufficiently progressive to keep pace with modern institutions . The divine origin it claims is sufficiently proved by the benefits it has conferred on mankind from the remotest periods when the minds of men were steeped in the greatest darkness down to the present age of enlightenment , and the worst its enimies can say , is thatit still takes the lead in moraland social
improve-, , ments . { To le continued . ' )