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December to February , 1854 , I was witness to this pressure upon the bounty of the New York Lodges , the throng being sometimes so great as to render it difficult to pass into the Lodge . It was manifestly impossible to relieve the multitude with any due regard to real merit , and the result was , that however benevolent the Brethren were ( and none are more benevolent than the Masons of New York ) , impositions were tolerated while real merit was overlooked . By the establishment of Lodges of Relief , however , every case receives its special and proportionate attention ; and the purposes of real charity are maintained . Then there are three of these bodies ; the oldest , Liuisiania Relief Lodge , No , 1 , being at New Orleans ; the second ., at New York ; the third , at San Francisco , California . Triumphant success having followed this plan thus far , it is presumed that similar bodies will be organized in the other large cities of the Union . The rituals or catechisms used in the American Lodges , differ considerably ,
as they wereprepared by different persons , although all the means of recognition agree in the main . One large class of lecturers derive their instruction from John Barney , a pupil of Thomas Smith Webb , who was himself a pupil , as I have some authority for asserting , of William Preston ' s . This work is used mostly in the north western states , and is promulgated by Blanchard , Youngs , and others . Another class , even larger in number , extend their operations through the southern states , and claim their descent from Jeremy L . Cross , a lecturer of note thirty years since . There is a close resemblance between our rituals and those of bur Irish Brethren ' hut
your English work of 1818 is very novel to us . It would not be practicable to make such changes in the American work , as those of Dr . Heihmihg ' s . A general idea of our system might be safely conveyed in this , that Ave pass hastily , too hastily , over the first and second Degrees , and devote great pains to making the third as impressive as possible . In fact , the Master ' s
degree , in . our Lodges , Avhen worked in our best style , is very fine . In Philadelphia , there is a style of Avork peculiar to itself , and not acknoAAdedged as genuine in other states , although Ave acknoAvledge those Avho Avork it as good Masons . No manuscripts are ever allowed to be used in our Lodges . I have intelligence of a iicav periodical , commenced in May , at New York , under the title of The Masonic Craftsman , published by Bro . F . G . Tisdall , but have not seen a copy . Bro . T . is abundantly able to make a good journal , and doubtless will ; he has been for a considerable period assistant editor of The Masonic Mirror and Keystone , at Philadelphia , arid is unquestionably a terse and vigorous Avriter . I believe The Craftsmhn \& to he a semi-monthl y , and at one dollar per annum . The neAvs from all quarters of the great West , of floods , hurricanes , and other calamities , lead us to humble ourselves , and deprecate the avenging wrath of Almighty God .
MASONIC KEGISTTCIt . Grand Lod < je of Iowa . Elected June ,- 1858 , J . It . llartsock , Grand Master ; John j . Adams , D . G . M . ; John Scott , S . G . W . ; E . A . Guilbert , hG . W . ; Love !! White , G . Treas . ; T . S . Parvin , G . Sec . Orand Lodge of Wisconsin . Elected June , 1858 , Luther M . Tracy , Grand f aster ; G . Ih Worth , D . G . M . ; Lyman M . Strong , S . G . W . ; Algernon V Wood , J . G . W . - Samuel S . Daggett , G . Treas . ; John Warren Hunt , •''•/ J ., G . Sec .
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December to February , 1854 , I was witness to this pressure upon the bounty of the New York Lodges , the throng being sometimes so great as to render it difficult to pass into the Lodge . It was manifestly impossible to relieve the multitude with any due regard to real merit , and the result was , that however benevolent the Brethren were ( and none are more benevolent than the Masons of New York ) , impositions were tolerated while real merit was overlooked . By the establishment of Lodges of Relief , however , every case receives its special and proportionate attention ; and the purposes of real charity are maintained . Then there are three of these bodies ; the oldest , Liuisiania Relief Lodge , No , 1 , being at New Orleans ; the second ., at New York ; the third , at San Francisco , California . Triumphant success having followed this plan thus far , it is presumed that similar bodies will be organized in the other large cities of the Union . The rituals or catechisms used in the American Lodges , differ considerably ,
as they wereprepared by different persons , although all the means of recognition agree in the main . One large class of lecturers derive their instruction from John Barney , a pupil of Thomas Smith Webb , who was himself a pupil , as I have some authority for asserting , of William Preston ' s . This work is used mostly in the north western states , and is promulgated by Blanchard , Youngs , and others . Another class , even larger in number , extend their operations through the southern states , and claim their descent from Jeremy L . Cross , a lecturer of note thirty years since . There is a close resemblance between our rituals and those of bur Irish Brethren ' hut
your English work of 1818 is very novel to us . It would not be practicable to make such changes in the American work , as those of Dr . Heihmihg ' s . A general idea of our system might be safely conveyed in this , that Ave pass hastily , too hastily , over the first and second Degrees , and devote great pains to making the third as impressive as possible . In fact , the Master ' s
degree , in . our Lodges , Avhen worked in our best style , is very fine . In Philadelphia , there is a style of Avork peculiar to itself , and not acknoAAdedged as genuine in other states , although Ave acknoAvledge those Avho Avork it as good Masons . No manuscripts are ever allowed to be used in our Lodges . I have intelligence of a iicav periodical , commenced in May , at New York , under the title of The Masonic Craftsman , published by Bro . F . G . Tisdall , but have not seen a copy . Bro . T . is abundantly able to make a good journal , and doubtless will ; he has been for a considerable period assistant editor of The Masonic Mirror and Keystone , at Philadelphia , arid is unquestionably a terse and vigorous Avriter . I believe The Craftsmhn \& to he a semi-monthl y , and at one dollar per annum . The neAvs from all quarters of the great West , of floods , hurricanes , and other calamities , lead us to humble ourselves , and deprecate the avenging wrath of Almighty God .
MASONIC KEGISTTCIt . Grand Lod < je of Iowa . Elected June ,- 1858 , J . It . llartsock , Grand Master ; John j . Adams , D . G . M . ; John Scott , S . G . W . ; E . A . Guilbert , hG . W . ; Love !! White , G . Treas . ; T . S . Parvin , G . Sec . Orand Lodge of Wisconsin . Elected June , 1858 , Luther M . Tracy , Grand f aster ; G . Ih Worth , D . G . M . ; Lyman M . Strong , S . G . W . ; Algernon V Wood , J . G . W . - Samuel S . Daggett , G . Treas . ; John Warren Hunt , •''•/ J ., G . Sec .