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the rig ht way and consider respectability of character of greater importance than numerical strength . Some of the Lodges in the old States * mig ht in this respect follow the example of their youngest sister with great advantage .
ILLINOIS . The Grand Master , M . W . Bro . Jerome R . Gobin , after a beautiful exordium , informed the Grand Lodge of the dispensations issued to form new Lodges , some thirty-six ; and that in
conformity to the instructions of the Grand Lodge he divided the State into twelve districts , and apointed a District Deputy Grand Master in each . "In a jurisdiction as large as this , with nearly six hundred Lodges , and over tAventy-five thousand Masons ,
and the number increasing every year , some system must bo adopted to relieve the Grand Master of the great burden imposed upon him ; and I know of no plan that will accomplish this better than that of appointing District Deputies .
The correspondence alone of the Grand Master , nearly equals that of the Governor of the State . " He then recommends that the districting of the State and the appointment of Deputies be made a permanent part o . f " our organization . " It also
appears from the address that in this immense jurisdiction they have been without a Grand Lodge Hall . The Grand Master says : "" The members of the Grand Lodge have been at the mercy of others long enough , and have been compelled to
meet in places wholly unsuited for a Lodge meeting , where the Grand Lodge could not be opened in due form , nor order preserved when it was opened . Brethren , it is high time we had a hall of our own—one worthy of the Craft of this Grand Jurisdiction . "
Among the resolutions adopted are the following : — " Eesolved , That the Grand Lodge of Illinois hereby recognize the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , and extends to her the fraternal grasp of
friendship . "Resolved , That Bro . John Schofield be and is hereby appointed the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Illinois near the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , and that the proper commission be
issued . " It appears that the representation iu the Grand Lodge of this State is " unwieldly . " The delegation
Notes On American Freemasonry.
" if fully represented , would reach nearly , if not quite , eighteen hundred brothers—a number so great that no hall in the State Avould comfortably seat them . " A resolution was adopted appointin g a committee of five to devise a plan " whereby
the representation to the Grand Lodge of Illinois from the subordinate Lodges be reduced to a number convenient , and yet sufficiently numerous , to carefully and deliberately discharge the duties appertaining to annual sessions . " The total number of members , 30 , 229 ; Initiated , 3 , 971 .
Masonic Jottings.—No. 45.
MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 45 .
BY A PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTEB . AN ASSERTION . If an assertion which lately appeared in the pages of our periodical , and is made by a member
of the Craft ( for the last three years one of its most frequent contributors ) could be established , it Avould folloAv ( hat , from time immemorial , English , Masonry has not been a true Freemasonry , the small part excepted , brought into it since 1738 by the JeAV , the Mahommedan , the Parsee , and the Natural Theist .
THE FIRST LUSTRE . Does there exist evidence to show that , during the First Lustre , the Religion of the Freemasonry of the Revival Avas not altogether the same as the Religion of the Freemasonry its predecessor ?
SPIRIT 01 ? THE AGE . The Spirit of the Age obtained from the authors of the Old Lectures , first , the original Charges of 1723 ; next , the amended charges of 1738 . FIRST MODERN LODGES OP GERMANY ,
In the first Modern Lodges of Germany , the Freemasonry was the Freemasonry of the Revival , and the Religion seems to have been an exclusive ^ intolerant Christianity . FREEMASONRY OF THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE ,
ENGLISH FREEMASONRY . Bro . E . R . L ., —there is a notable distinction between the Freemasonry of the Grand Orient of France and English Freemasonry . The Freemasonry of the Grand Orient of France is a
universal Freemasonry only , of which the Religion . may be said to be natural Religion , ; whilst English Freemasonry is a particular Freemasonry , and a universal Freemasonry also ; its Religion , as a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notes On American Freemasonry.
the rig ht way and consider respectability of character of greater importance than numerical strength . Some of the Lodges in the old States * mig ht in this respect follow the example of their youngest sister with great advantage .
ILLINOIS . The Grand Master , M . W . Bro . Jerome R . Gobin , after a beautiful exordium , informed the Grand Lodge of the dispensations issued to form new Lodges , some thirty-six ; and that in
conformity to the instructions of the Grand Lodge he divided the State into twelve districts , and apointed a District Deputy Grand Master in each . "In a jurisdiction as large as this , with nearly six hundred Lodges , and over tAventy-five thousand Masons ,
and the number increasing every year , some system must bo adopted to relieve the Grand Master of the great burden imposed upon him ; and I know of no plan that will accomplish this better than that of appointing District Deputies .
The correspondence alone of the Grand Master , nearly equals that of the Governor of the State . " He then recommends that the districting of the State and the appointment of Deputies be made a permanent part o . f " our organization . " It also
appears from the address that in this immense jurisdiction they have been without a Grand Lodge Hall . The Grand Master says : "" The members of the Grand Lodge have been at the mercy of others long enough , and have been compelled to
meet in places wholly unsuited for a Lodge meeting , where the Grand Lodge could not be opened in due form , nor order preserved when it was opened . Brethren , it is high time we had a hall of our own—one worthy of the Craft of this Grand Jurisdiction . "
Among the resolutions adopted are the following : — " Eesolved , That the Grand Lodge of Illinois hereby recognize the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , and extends to her the fraternal grasp of
friendship . "Resolved , That Bro . John Schofield be and is hereby appointed the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Illinois near the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , and that the proper commission be
issued . " It appears that the representation iu the Grand Lodge of this State is " unwieldly . " The delegation
Notes On American Freemasonry.
" if fully represented , would reach nearly , if not quite , eighteen hundred brothers—a number so great that no hall in the State Avould comfortably seat them . " A resolution was adopted appointin g a committee of five to devise a plan " whereby
the representation to the Grand Lodge of Illinois from the subordinate Lodges be reduced to a number convenient , and yet sufficiently numerous , to carefully and deliberately discharge the duties appertaining to annual sessions . " The total number of members , 30 , 229 ; Initiated , 3 , 971 .
Masonic Jottings.—No. 45.
MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 45 .
BY A PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTEB . AN ASSERTION . If an assertion which lately appeared in the pages of our periodical , and is made by a member
of the Craft ( for the last three years one of its most frequent contributors ) could be established , it Avould folloAv ( hat , from time immemorial , English , Masonry has not been a true Freemasonry , the small part excepted , brought into it since 1738 by the JeAV , the Mahommedan , the Parsee , and the Natural Theist .
THE FIRST LUSTRE . Does there exist evidence to show that , during the First Lustre , the Religion of the Freemasonry of the Revival Avas not altogether the same as the Religion of the Freemasonry its predecessor ?
SPIRIT 01 ? THE AGE . The Spirit of the Age obtained from the authors of the Old Lectures , first , the original Charges of 1723 ; next , the amended charges of 1738 . FIRST MODERN LODGES OP GERMANY ,
In the first Modern Lodges of Germany , the Freemasonry was the Freemasonry of the Revival , and the Religion seems to have been an exclusive ^ intolerant Christianity . FREEMASONRY OF THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE ,
ENGLISH FREEMASONRY . Bro . E . R . L ., —there is a notable distinction between the Freemasonry of the Grand Orient of France and English Freemasonry . The Freemasonry of the Grand Orient of France is a
universal Freemasonry only , of which the Religion . may be said to be natural Religion , ; whilst English Freemasonry is a particular Freemasonry , and a universal Freemasonry also ; its Religion , as a