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Our Architectural. Chapter.
we should have 5 8 5 8 . What say our American Brethren to such a notion as this ? Reverting to Lodges and Lodge furniture , our Grand Superintendents of Works may take council with the Grand Organists . In consequence of . late French inventions , the harmonium has been , much improved and much cheapened , and it is not only getting into use in private houses at home and in the colonies , but likewise into small
country churches . The harmonium can indeed uoav be had new at as Ioav a price as live pounds . The harmonium , for Craft purposes , is a better instrument than the piano , and though it is not every Lodge that can afford an organ , the Grand Superintendents will'find - there
are many Lodges vrhieh can afford an harmonium , and should take measures accordingly . An harmonium will bring the skill of the Organist to bear , and improve a valuable school ' of musicians . Those who witness the effect of the organ in the Freemasons' Hall , and in some Provincial Grand Lodges , and in a few private Lodges at installations , know how . much it enhances the dignity and solemnity of such ceremonies . The Grand Superintendents of Works , before they can effect this improvement , must first know what Lodge-rooms there are in their provinces , and we suspect few know that .
Were the Grand Superintendents to take advantage of the facilities for better decoration now afforded , it would be one means of promoting a taste for the higher Masonry , which cannot be practised Avithout an extent of appliances corresponding with the variety of the ceremonies , and the many epochs of history , and consequentlv of
architecture , to which they refer . To the men of cultivated minds , who practise in France , and afford to the Grand Orient services such as the Grand Superintendents in England ought to afford , it is a labour of love to furnish the Chapters with suitable arenas for the celebration of their mysteries . Men of attainments , like James Fergusson , might emulate his achievements at the Crystal Palace in the Assyrian style , the Ponipoiaii house of Digby Wyatt , the Alhambra court of Owen Jones , or the Saracenic circus of Mr . Lewis iu
Leicester-square . I hose Avould be fine studies for young architects , in which they might produce , on a considerable scale , if only by temporary means , some of the remarkable effects which the varied resources of architecture afford . Such indeed are but some of the rewards with which architecture and Masonry would be endowed by the restoration of their time honoured alliance .
Namk and NUiAiiwu of Lodges . —Every Lodge has a name and immbei \ $ \ vhich arc inserted in the body of the warrant . The former i ^ , chosen by the Brethren themselves , subject , however , to the veto of the Grand Master , who is empowered to prevent the adoption of any improper or inapplicable designation . The name , ot a Lodge being once registered in the drand Lodge books , cannot be changed at pleasure ; and any desired alteration must be submitted to the Grand Master , who alone possesses the poAvor of authorising it . The number usually depends mi the routine of seniority , and it is that alone Avhich determines the precedency ot Lodges ,--Dr . Oliver ,
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Our Architectural. Chapter.
we should have 5 8 5 8 . What say our American Brethren to such a notion as this ? Reverting to Lodges and Lodge furniture , our Grand Superintendents of Works may take council with the Grand Organists . In consequence of . late French inventions , the harmonium has been , much improved and much cheapened , and it is not only getting into use in private houses at home and in the colonies , but likewise into small
country churches . The harmonium can indeed uoav be had new at as Ioav a price as live pounds . The harmonium , for Craft purposes , is a better instrument than the piano , and though it is not every Lodge that can afford an organ , the Grand Superintendents will'find - there
are many Lodges vrhieh can afford an harmonium , and should take measures accordingly . An harmonium will bring the skill of the Organist to bear , and improve a valuable school ' of musicians . Those who witness the effect of the organ in the Freemasons' Hall , and in some Provincial Grand Lodges , and in a few private Lodges at installations , know how . much it enhances the dignity and solemnity of such ceremonies . The Grand Superintendents of Works , before they can effect this improvement , must first know what Lodge-rooms there are in their provinces , and we suspect few know that .
Were the Grand Superintendents to take advantage of the facilities for better decoration now afforded , it would be one means of promoting a taste for the higher Masonry , which cannot be practised Avithout an extent of appliances corresponding with the variety of the ceremonies , and the many epochs of history , and consequentlv of
architecture , to which they refer . To the men of cultivated minds , who practise in France , and afford to the Grand Orient services such as the Grand Superintendents in England ought to afford , it is a labour of love to furnish the Chapters with suitable arenas for the celebration of their mysteries . Men of attainments , like James Fergusson , might emulate his achievements at the Crystal Palace in the Assyrian style , the Ponipoiaii house of Digby Wyatt , the Alhambra court of Owen Jones , or the Saracenic circus of Mr . Lewis iu
Leicester-square . I hose Avould be fine studies for young architects , in which they might produce , on a considerable scale , if only by temporary means , some of the remarkable effects which the varied resources of architecture afford . Such indeed are but some of the rewards with which architecture and Masonry would be endowed by the restoration of their time honoured alliance .
Namk and NUiAiiwu of Lodges . —Every Lodge has a name and immbei \ $ \ vhich arc inserted in the body of the warrant . The former i ^ , chosen by the Brethren themselves , subject , however , to the veto of the Grand Master , who is empowered to prevent the adoption of any improper or inapplicable designation . The name , ot a Lodge being once registered in the drand Lodge books , cannot be changed at pleasure ; and any desired alteration must be submitted to the Grand Master , who alone possesses the poAvor of authorising it . The number usually depends mi the routine of seniority , and it is that alone Avhich determines the precedency ot Lodges ,--Dr . Oliver ,