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The Domical Form Of Building.
beam , when seen in a brilliant effect of sunlight . It seems that the most beautiful crowning of the dome is a statue , or group of statues , genii or winged beings , some graceful animal or bird , some small cyclostylar shrine of four or five columns , or some regular geometrical figure . The ancient Romans built but one domemaking no
ex-, terior one to cover and protect the inner one . The vault seen without was the vault seen within ; but the modern European architects turn two domes , an inner and an outer . This , however , is a matter of mechanical detail into which architects only enter and find interesting ; it does not affect the dome as a feature of beauty . The grandest of all domical
forms , according to Mr . Huggins , and the noblest possible crowning to an architectural pile is , a dome approaching the hemisphere . The most considerable amount of taste ancl judgment is required in harmoniously joining together the dome ancl the structure it surmounts . The domes of the Byzantine architectswhich are expressive of such solemn
, shades of character , and ivhich were such an essential , predominant , and lawgiving feature in their architecture—nay , to such an extent as to be the nucleus out of which the rest grew—are indebted for their universally admired beauty quite as much to the employment of the curvature below among the gables , as well as to their excellent form and
proportion , and their admirable connection with the substratum . Mr . Huggins believes that the most excpiisite embodiment of combined grace and grandeur is when tho dome is received by the rotunda , when round the rotunda there is a continuous Corinthian colonnade , behind which rises the attie , whence the dome immediately springs , and so forms one whole out of the Etruscan round temple , the Greek peristyle , and the Roman dome .
Progress Of Freemasonry In Germany
PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY IN GERMANY IN 1859 .
BY BEO . I . G . P . [ The following paper is translated from our able German contemporary , Die BauMllle . We reprint it as a matter of interest , without , of course , endorsing all the peculiar opinions put forward . " '
THE league of Freemasonry , the bond of bonds , has the same problem to resolve , the like mission to fulfil , in a collective sense , as the individual Mason , namely—the attainment of the greatest degree of perfection . To remain stationary is a stop in a backward direction ; and an obstinate adhesion to the same position is an act of treachery to himself as well as
a sin against the everlasting order of Nature . Hence the admonition to the brethren , " Examine aud know yourselves - " an injunction not onl y to the individual Mason , but to the whole body corporate of Freemasons , who support the principles of self examination and self elevation , ancl whose motto is " wisdomstrengthancl beauty , " as emblazoned in the
, , Masonic banner . The light of reason must guide the corporate bod y , as well as each individual , on the road towards a perfect development , so that by a steady and regular progress all may arrive at this enviable jioint of ambition the utmost possible state of perfection . As the individual Mason is bound from time to time to undergo self
examination , so must the general bond of Freemasonry , as a whole have its stated periods for the same purpose , to judge how much nearer the brethren are approaching the object in view — -the greatest possible state of perfection , as before mentioned .
In reviewing the last year , taking one thing with another , the brotherhood has cause to rejoice ; a peaceful course of life , and continuous labour , having been the characteristics of the German society of Freemasonry . This assumption is supported by the reports of the internal working of the Lodges , as well as the external progress of Masonry throurdi the literary activity which has been displayed by several ° of the brethren in Germany . The spiritual nature of the works of the various Lodges of our fatherland all testify to the hi"h
position at which the bod y of German Freemasonry has now arrived . In respect to this there is only Franco to be compared with us , as appears by "Le Monde Maconniquef the contents of ivhich are of the highest interest . Still we rank above that nation , while England and America ( the German " Triangel" excepted ) bear no comparison with us in
Germany . This statement becomes the more convincing , when we refer to the Masonic literature of the past year , which has given birth to several more works of importance than 1858 . We have only to allude to the " Lecture on Freemasonry to Serious Non-Masons , " a book which is destined to live in futureand has met with a present reception highly flattering
, to the author . There is also Bro . Winzer ' s work " On the Brotherhoods of the German Middle Ages , " replete with researches as to the origin of Freemasonry ; Bro . W . Keller ' s " History of Freemasonry in Germany , " which is very lucid on the subject , and has been alluded to in our correspondence ; the " State of Freemasonry in Hanover , " with a
history of the three Lodges there ; together with other interesting volumes alluded to from time to time in Die Bauhiitte . The number of the members of the Craft , as well as thc Masonic Lodges , has considerably increased . There has been no less than nine fresh Lodges inaugurated , viz ., at EisenachZeitzFrankenstein in SilesiaSpandauLeer
, , , , , Rudolstadt , Essen , Swabian-Halle , ancl Linclerhausen , Wo have also news of the formation of several Masonic clubs , for instance , those in Ludwigslust , Pfortzheim , Nordheim , Eilenburg , Cawen , the Voigtland Travellers' Club , & c , in which the true spirit of activity reigns within and without , much to the credit of the united brethren . Two
circumstances are worthy of note , and we hope will lead to favourable results , namely , the establishment- of a "Widows and Orphans' Relief Society" at Heidelberg , and the choice and . formal installation of our most worthy brother , Prince William of Baden , as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge , " Royal York , " in Berlin . The customary May festivals took place at Kosenland and Heidelberg , aiidbecamethecentre of attraction for the brethren of various distant Lodges ,
members of clubs in Loben , Miinden , Wolfenbiittel , & c . It is p leasing to reflect that our bond of Freemasonry has not been subjected to any persecution in the past year , unless it be some partial manifestation of clerical intolerance , like that exhibited in Goslar , Aix la Chapelle , ancl Coblentz , when the episcopalian mandates , in the shape of pastoral
letters to the people , were re-echoed by some of the newspapers . On the part of the brotherhood , no inducement whatever has been offered for complaint , or ill will on the part of the authorities . Everywhere in the Lodges of our fatherland , there has been but one feeling in . favour of cooperation for the common good , and the building up of
the invisible temple of man ' s happiness . It has , however , been a source of grief to every true Mason to observe the conflicting state of the political world in distant places , which was only relieved by the joyful proceedings at thc " Schiller" festivals , in which the brethren , within ancl without the Lodges , took such a lively interest . It only
remains for us to notice the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Masonic Lodges iu Schnecberg and Fraiikenthai , and the Freemasons' jubilees , ivhich take place at Buthersbuch in Osnabriick , Steffner in Merscberg , Lichtenfels in Turgau , Eger in Chemnitz , Polick in Rostock , Sachsc in Altonburg , Auschiitz in Leipzig ; and the
"Regeneration Festival" of Hie " Baldwin" Lodge . In addition , we may allude to those other events . of importance , the union of the four Hessian Lodges , formerly belonging to the Eclectic Bond of Fraternity , with the Grand Lodge of Darmstadt ; the discussion of thc grand question , " whether non-Christians can bo accepted as Freemasons , or not , " resuscitated through a petition to the Grand National Maternal Lodge of the Three World Circles , by Brothers Lcvisohn and Gunossen , and the motion of Brother
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The Domical Form Of Building.
beam , when seen in a brilliant effect of sunlight . It seems that the most beautiful crowning of the dome is a statue , or group of statues , genii or winged beings , some graceful animal or bird , some small cyclostylar shrine of four or five columns , or some regular geometrical figure . The ancient Romans built but one domemaking no
ex-, terior one to cover and protect the inner one . The vault seen without was the vault seen within ; but the modern European architects turn two domes , an inner and an outer . This , however , is a matter of mechanical detail into which architects only enter and find interesting ; it does not affect the dome as a feature of beauty . The grandest of all domical
forms , according to Mr . Huggins , and the noblest possible crowning to an architectural pile is , a dome approaching the hemisphere . The most considerable amount of taste ancl judgment is required in harmoniously joining together the dome ancl the structure it surmounts . The domes of the Byzantine architectswhich are expressive of such solemn
, shades of character , and ivhich were such an essential , predominant , and lawgiving feature in their architecture—nay , to such an extent as to be the nucleus out of which the rest grew—are indebted for their universally admired beauty quite as much to the employment of the curvature below among the gables , as well as to their excellent form and
proportion , and their admirable connection with the substratum . Mr . Huggins believes that the most excpiisite embodiment of combined grace and grandeur is when tho dome is received by the rotunda , when round the rotunda there is a continuous Corinthian colonnade , behind which rises the attie , whence the dome immediately springs , and so forms one whole out of the Etruscan round temple , the Greek peristyle , and the Roman dome .
Progress Of Freemasonry In Germany
PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY IN GERMANY IN 1859 .
BY BEO . I . G . P . [ The following paper is translated from our able German contemporary , Die BauMllle . We reprint it as a matter of interest , without , of course , endorsing all the peculiar opinions put forward . " '
THE league of Freemasonry , the bond of bonds , has the same problem to resolve , the like mission to fulfil , in a collective sense , as the individual Mason , namely—the attainment of the greatest degree of perfection . To remain stationary is a stop in a backward direction ; and an obstinate adhesion to the same position is an act of treachery to himself as well as
a sin against the everlasting order of Nature . Hence the admonition to the brethren , " Examine aud know yourselves - " an injunction not onl y to the individual Mason , but to the whole body corporate of Freemasons , who support the principles of self examination and self elevation , ancl whose motto is " wisdomstrengthancl beauty , " as emblazoned in the
, , Masonic banner . The light of reason must guide the corporate bod y , as well as each individual , on the road towards a perfect development , so that by a steady and regular progress all may arrive at this enviable jioint of ambition the utmost possible state of perfection . As the individual Mason is bound from time to time to undergo self
examination , so must the general bond of Freemasonry , as a whole have its stated periods for the same purpose , to judge how much nearer the brethren are approaching the object in view — -the greatest possible state of perfection , as before mentioned .
In reviewing the last year , taking one thing with another , the brotherhood has cause to rejoice ; a peaceful course of life , and continuous labour , having been the characteristics of the German society of Freemasonry . This assumption is supported by the reports of the internal working of the Lodges , as well as the external progress of Masonry throurdi the literary activity which has been displayed by several ° of the brethren in Germany . The spiritual nature of the works of the various Lodges of our fatherland all testify to the hi"h
position at which the bod y of German Freemasonry has now arrived . In respect to this there is only Franco to be compared with us , as appears by "Le Monde Maconniquef the contents of ivhich are of the highest interest . Still we rank above that nation , while England and America ( the German " Triangel" excepted ) bear no comparison with us in
Germany . This statement becomes the more convincing , when we refer to the Masonic literature of the past year , which has given birth to several more works of importance than 1858 . We have only to allude to the " Lecture on Freemasonry to Serious Non-Masons , " a book which is destined to live in futureand has met with a present reception highly flattering
, to the author . There is also Bro . Winzer ' s work " On the Brotherhoods of the German Middle Ages , " replete with researches as to the origin of Freemasonry ; Bro . W . Keller ' s " History of Freemasonry in Germany , " which is very lucid on the subject , and has been alluded to in our correspondence ; the " State of Freemasonry in Hanover , " with a
history of the three Lodges there ; together with other interesting volumes alluded to from time to time in Die Bauhiitte . The number of the members of the Craft , as well as thc Masonic Lodges , has considerably increased . There has been no less than nine fresh Lodges inaugurated , viz ., at EisenachZeitzFrankenstein in SilesiaSpandauLeer
, , , , , Rudolstadt , Essen , Swabian-Halle , ancl Linclerhausen , Wo have also news of the formation of several Masonic clubs , for instance , those in Ludwigslust , Pfortzheim , Nordheim , Eilenburg , Cawen , the Voigtland Travellers' Club , & c , in which the true spirit of activity reigns within and without , much to the credit of the united brethren . Two
circumstances are worthy of note , and we hope will lead to favourable results , namely , the establishment- of a "Widows and Orphans' Relief Society" at Heidelberg , and the choice and . formal installation of our most worthy brother , Prince William of Baden , as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge , " Royal York , " in Berlin . The customary May festivals took place at Kosenland and Heidelberg , aiidbecamethecentre of attraction for the brethren of various distant Lodges ,
members of clubs in Loben , Miinden , Wolfenbiittel , & c . It is p leasing to reflect that our bond of Freemasonry has not been subjected to any persecution in the past year , unless it be some partial manifestation of clerical intolerance , like that exhibited in Goslar , Aix la Chapelle , ancl Coblentz , when the episcopalian mandates , in the shape of pastoral
letters to the people , were re-echoed by some of the newspapers . On the part of the brotherhood , no inducement whatever has been offered for complaint , or ill will on the part of the authorities . Everywhere in the Lodges of our fatherland , there has been but one feeling in . favour of cooperation for the common good , and the building up of
the invisible temple of man ' s happiness . It has , however , been a source of grief to every true Mason to observe the conflicting state of the political world in distant places , which was only relieved by the joyful proceedings at thc " Schiller" festivals , in which the brethren , within ancl without the Lodges , took such a lively interest . It only
remains for us to notice the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Masonic Lodges iu Schnecberg and Fraiikenthai , and the Freemasons' jubilees , ivhich take place at Buthersbuch in Osnabriick , Steffner in Merscberg , Lichtenfels in Turgau , Eger in Chemnitz , Polick in Rostock , Sachsc in Altonburg , Auschiitz in Leipzig ; and the
"Regeneration Festival" of Hie " Baldwin" Lodge . In addition , we may allude to those other events . of importance , the union of the four Hessian Lodges , formerly belonging to the Eclectic Bond of Fraternity , with the Grand Lodge of Darmstadt ; the discussion of thc grand question , " whether non-Christians can bo accepted as Freemasons , or not , " resuscitated through a petition to the Grand National Maternal Lodge of the Three World Circles , by Brothers Lcvisohn and Gunossen , and the motion of Brother