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Article SKETCH OF AN OLD LODGE AT FALMOUTH.* ← Page 2 of 2 Article ANTI-MASONRY.* Page 1 of 3 →
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Sketch Of An Old Lodge At Falmouth.*
Feb . 23 rd , 1780 ,-by authority of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Duke ot Manchester . Colonel Rogers ( au American officer ) was relieved , with a sufficient sum to carry him to London , July 12 th , 1780 . The minutes frequently speak of pecuniary aid being sent to prisoners of Ai * ar at the Castle . Feb . 12 th , 1873 , £ 25 was subscribed by the lodge to assist in building the Freemasons' Hall , London , by virtue of Avhich the Master , for the time being , AA'as empowered to Avear a silver medal , indicative of the fact , and which Avas presented by the Grand Lodge . Alashoweverthe medal
, , is non est , aud no living member has any knowledge of its whereabouts , and did not know it once belonged to the lodge until our search in the minutes revealed the information . Two guineas , voted to a member in distress , is recorded to be presented to him " in the most private and delicate manner " ( May 1 st , 1786 ) . May 10 th , 1787 , Mr . Richard Williams was " to be initiated gratis , " for painting the portraits of the Past Masters ! Several copies of Bro . the Rev . J . Inwood ' s sermons , Linnecear ' s Avorks , etc .,
\ i * ere ordered by the lodge , the members being anxious for more light , and not aA'erse'to paying for it . May 1 st , 1799 , tho Brethren attended their Lodge of Instruction , and " continued at work seven hours . " In 1801 , Finch ' s work was ordered . He Avas the noted Masonic charlatan of Canterbury . In 1809 , the lodge took part in a Grand procession , in honour of the fiftieth year of the reign of his Majesty George III ., and then distributed many pounds amongst the poor of the town . In 1814120 poor
, persons were " fed for some time , " at the expense of the lodge . Two visitors acted as interpreters at the initiation of a Spaniard , in 1820 . Of late years the lodge has piw'ed itself worthy of its eventful history , but its deeds having been chronicled , we only say , "hearty good wishes " to lodge and members .
Anti-Masonry.*
ANTI-MASONRY . *
\\/ HATEVER may haA'e been the origin of the Institution of : Freemasonry , whether of comparatively near or more remote antiquity , it is well settled that opposition to it has arisen in every country wherein the Order has existed . The reason of this is not inherent in the Institution itself , but rather in that quality in tile character of man which so readily prompts him to look Avith a jealous eye upon anything in which he cannot freely participate .
Shrouded in so much of secrecy as was necessary to protect it against evil and designing men , it also acquired an air of mystery which the curious have not been able to penetrate , nor the envious to dispel . Possibly the occasions of assembling together as Masons may bai-e been used for other purposes than those strictly Masonic ; civil governments may have been discussed , oppressions denounced , injustice censured , tyrannies , civil and reli gious , reproached ; but these things are not permitted in Lodges , neither
are they necessary in any country Avhere right prevails over Avrong , nor "in Avhich political or civil libert y is the very end and scope of the constitution "—certainly not in any country governed by " those equitable rules of action by Avhich the meanest individual is protected from the insults and oppression of the greatest . " If Masonry in any country ever did exceed the rules of conduct permitted by Masonic law , tliey found ample excuse for it in the unreasonable jealousies and restraints to Avhich they AA'ere subjected , by bigotry aud superstition on the one hand , by blind-and oppressive tyranny on the other . In the early history of the Order , as an operative society , tho Masons AA-ere
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketch Of An Old Lodge At Falmouth.*
Feb . 23 rd , 1780 ,-by authority of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Duke ot Manchester . Colonel Rogers ( au American officer ) was relieved , with a sufficient sum to carry him to London , July 12 th , 1780 . The minutes frequently speak of pecuniary aid being sent to prisoners of Ai * ar at the Castle . Feb . 12 th , 1873 , £ 25 was subscribed by the lodge to assist in building the Freemasons' Hall , London , by virtue of Avhich the Master , for the time being , AA'as empowered to Avear a silver medal , indicative of the fact , and which Avas presented by the Grand Lodge . Alashoweverthe medal
, , is non est , aud no living member has any knowledge of its whereabouts , and did not know it once belonged to the lodge until our search in the minutes revealed the information . Two guineas , voted to a member in distress , is recorded to be presented to him " in the most private and delicate manner " ( May 1 st , 1786 ) . May 10 th , 1787 , Mr . Richard Williams was " to be initiated gratis , " for painting the portraits of the Past Masters ! Several copies of Bro . the Rev . J . Inwood ' s sermons , Linnecear ' s Avorks , etc .,
\ i * ere ordered by the lodge , the members being anxious for more light , and not aA'erse'to paying for it . May 1 st , 1799 , tho Brethren attended their Lodge of Instruction , and " continued at work seven hours . " In 1801 , Finch ' s work was ordered . He Avas the noted Masonic charlatan of Canterbury . In 1809 , the lodge took part in a Grand procession , in honour of the fiftieth year of the reign of his Majesty George III ., and then distributed many pounds amongst the poor of the town . In 1814120 poor
, persons were " fed for some time , " at the expense of the lodge . Two visitors acted as interpreters at the initiation of a Spaniard , in 1820 . Of late years the lodge has piw'ed itself worthy of its eventful history , but its deeds having been chronicled , we only say , "hearty good wishes " to lodge and members .
Anti-Masonry.*
ANTI-MASONRY . *
\\/ HATEVER may haA'e been the origin of the Institution of : Freemasonry , whether of comparatively near or more remote antiquity , it is well settled that opposition to it has arisen in every country wherein the Order has existed . The reason of this is not inherent in the Institution itself , but rather in that quality in tile character of man which so readily prompts him to look Avith a jealous eye upon anything in which he cannot freely participate .
Shrouded in so much of secrecy as was necessary to protect it against evil and designing men , it also acquired an air of mystery which the curious have not been able to penetrate , nor the envious to dispel . Possibly the occasions of assembling together as Masons may bai-e been used for other purposes than those strictly Masonic ; civil governments may have been discussed , oppressions denounced , injustice censured , tyrannies , civil and reli gious , reproached ; but these things are not permitted in Lodges , neither
are they necessary in any country Avhere right prevails over Avrong , nor "in Avhich political or civil libert y is the very end and scope of the constitution "—certainly not in any country governed by " those equitable rules of action by Avhich the meanest individual is protected from the insults and oppression of the greatest . " If Masonry in any country ever did exceed the rules of conduct permitted by Masonic law , tliey found ample excuse for it in the unreasonable jealousies and restraints to Avhich they AA'ere subjected , by bigotry aud superstition on the one hand , by blind-and oppressive tyranny on the other . In the early history of the Order , as an operative society , tho Masons AA-ere