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Why We Have Anti-Masonic Conventions In America.
"hellhounds of religious persecution" ever getting loose in tbe United States . Fools and knaA'es may , however ,, still continue to consjire and plot here or there ( even inside of our OAVII Masonry ) , either to reA'iye . old religious : hatred or-to perpetuate existing prejudices ; , but nevertheless ,, Avith our own inspired Masonic poet the friends of justice and humanity can now . rationally exclaim , — . . ' " - . ' . ' : ¦ " For a' thatand a'that
, , ' - ¦ -- ' , . It ' s comin' yet , for a' that , ... ; . ; . „ . ¦ ¦' - ' . . That man to man the warld o ' er Shall brothers be for a' that , "
Masonic Notes And Odds.
MASONIC NOTES AND ODDS .
\ - : . -: . '¦ ; " ::. ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ -BT Blid . AVJI . JAJIES HUGH & JST , J " ¦ m - ^'; ' V ;" <« " ' <¦¦• ¦¦ "WV-A » V < n . -i '; .... ; ; . , _ , - ¦ -. -jasleir . il y . ^} - \^ \ A \ . Jv ^ . v-ip TT is interesting to come across any information about our Masonic ancestors , and ' - *• therefore the following account of . Dr . Desaguliers F . E . S ., will be most Avelcome . We notice ¦ the statements when reading " The Huguenots , " by Samuel Smiles , ancl consider them fuller , than any Ave haA'e yet seen as to that celebrated man ancl
distinguished Freemason . We shall never knoAV IIOAV much Ave are indebted to the tAvo ministers , the Eev . Dr . Desaguliers and the Rev . Dr . James Anderson , but Ave shall not . err in attributing to their fostering care ancl Avise suggestions the main success , of , the- revival of the Craft A . D . 1717 . Tbe first named Avas most active iu the discharge of his official duties Masonically , both at home and abroad , and to him the Grand . Lodge of Scotland owe their knoAvledge of-what may be termed " modern
Freemasonry , " as Dr . Desaguliers visited that Grand Lodge in 1721 , and doubtless to him was due the subsequent degrees practised in that country , according to the usage then in . England . ' . - He became , an Asst . President or Grand Master pro tern ., at sjiecial Grand Lodges , and fei'l'if . 'aiiy , were of so' much use in perfecting . tho modern Masonic system as he Avas . It is much to be regretted that none of his orations delivered to tbe Craft have' been , preserved . Tho following is the account of the learned Dr . already referred to : — - - -
"Dr . Desaguliers was another refugee AVIIO achiwed considerable distinction in England as a teacher of mechanical philosophy . His father , Jean des Aguliers , was pastor . of a . Protestant congregation at Aitre , near Eochelle , from which he fled about the period of the Bevoeation , His child , the future professor , is said to have been carried on . board the shi p by Avbieb be escaped concealed in a barrel . The pastor first tbdk'refuge in Guernsey , from Avheice be proceeded to England , took orclers in the Established Churchaid became minister of -the French chapel in Svrallow StreetLondon .
, , This charge he subsequently resigned , and established a school at Islington , at AA'hich his son recerred his first education . From thence the young man proceeded to Oxford , inatriciilatiiig at Christ Church , Avhere lie obtained the degree of B . A ., and took deacons ' orders .. Being drawn to tho study of natural philosophy , be shortly after began to deliver lectures , at Oxford on hydrostatics and optics , to AA'hich he afterwards added mechanics . 'His fame as a lecturer having reached London , Desaguliers was pressing !)'
invited thither : and be accordingly removed to the metropolis in 1713 . His lectures were iiuch admired , and he bad so happy a knack-of illustrating tbem by experiments fiat he was invited by the Eoyal Society to be their demonstrator . He was afterwards ajipointed curator of the Society , and in the course of bis connection Avitb it communicated a vast number of curious and valuable papers , which Avere printed in the transactions . . The Duke of ¦ Chandos gaA'e Desaguliers tbe church living of Ed geAvare ; aid tbe'ting ( before whom he-gave lectures at Hampton Court ) presented him -with' a
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Why We Have Anti-Masonic Conventions In America.
"hellhounds of religious persecution" ever getting loose in tbe United States . Fools and knaA'es may , however ,, still continue to consjire and plot here or there ( even inside of our OAVII Masonry ) , either to reA'iye . old religious : hatred or-to perpetuate existing prejudices ; , but nevertheless ,, Avith our own inspired Masonic poet the friends of justice and humanity can now . rationally exclaim , — . . ' " - . ' . ' : ¦ " For a' thatand a'that
, , ' - ¦ -- ' , . It ' s comin' yet , for a' that , ... ; . ; . „ . ¦ ¦' - ' . . That man to man the warld o ' er Shall brothers be for a' that , "
Masonic Notes And Odds.
MASONIC NOTES AND ODDS .
\ - : . -: . '¦ ; " ::. ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ -BT Blid . AVJI . JAJIES HUGH & JST , J " ¦ m - ^'; ' V ;" <« " ' <¦¦• ¦¦ "WV-A » V < n . -i '; .... ; ; . , _ , - ¦ -. -jasleir . il y . ^} - \^ \ A \ . Jv ^ . v-ip TT is interesting to come across any information about our Masonic ancestors , and ' - *• therefore the following account of . Dr . Desaguliers F . E . S ., will be most Avelcome . We notice ¦ the statements when reading " The Huguenots , " by Samuel Smiles , ancl consider them fuller , than any Ave haA'e yet seen as to that celebrated man ancl
distinguished Freemason . We shall never knoAV IIOAV much Ave are indebted to the tAvo ministers , the Eev . Dr . Desaguliers and the Rev . Dr . James Anderson , but Ave shall not . err in attributing to their fostering care ancl Avise suggestions the main success , of , the- revival of the Craft A . D . 1717 . Tbe first named Avas most active iu the discharge of his official duties Masonically , both at home and abroad , and to him the Grand . Lodge of Scotland owe their knoAvledge of-what may be termed " modern
Freemasonry , " as Dr . Desaguliers visited that Grand Lodge in 1721 , and doubtless to him was due the subsequent degrees practised in that country , according to the usage then in . England . ' . - He became , an Asst . President or Grand Master pro tern ., at sjiecial Grand Lodges , and fei'l'if . 'aiiy , were of so' much use in perfecting . tho modern Masonic system as he Avas . It is much to be regretted that none of his orations delivered to tbe Craft have' been , preserved . Tho following is the account of the learned Dr . already referred to : — - - -
"Dr . Desaguliers was another refugee AVIIO achiwed considerable distinction in England as a teacher of mechanical philosophy . His father , Jean des Aguliers , was pastor . of a . Protestant congregation at Aitre , near Eochelle , from which he fled about the period of the Bevoeation , His child , the future professor , is said to have been carried on . board the shi p by Avbieb be escaped concealed in a barrel . The pastor first tbdk'refuge in Guernsey , from Avheice be proceeded to England , took orclers in the Established Churchaid became minister of -the French chapel in Svrallow StreetLondon .
, , This charge he subsequently resigned , and established a school at Islington , at AA'hich his son recerred his first education . From thence the young man proceeded to Oxford , inatriciilatiiig at Christ Church , Avhere lie obtained the degree of B . A ., and took deacons ' orders .. Being drawn to tho study of natural philosophy , be shortly after began to deliver lectures , at Oxford on hydrostatics and optics , to AA'hich he afterwards added mechanics . 'His fame as a lecturer having reached London , Desaguliers was pressing !)'
invited thither : and be accordingly removed to the metropolis in 1713 . His lectures were iiuch admired , and he bad so happy a knack-of illustrating tbem by experiments fiat he was invited by the Eoyal Society to be their demonstrator . He was afterwards ajipointed curator of the Society , and in the course of bis connection Avitb it communicated a vast number of curious and valuable papers , which Avere printed in the transactions . . The Duke of ¦ Chandos gaA'e Desaguliers tbe church living of Ed geAvare ; aid tbe'ting ( before whom he-gave lectures at Hampton Court ) presented him -with' a