Almost A Masonic Sensation.

Thereupon the most learned Masons in Boston unanimously decided , th ; t if oven Homer was some kind of ; in architect , there is not a shadow of evidence' that on . Ler

Mercury or Lumen CVIT thought that Homer was a Mason . I therefore , hereby ancl herewith caution all hig h degree mongers , and high degree hunters , to take notice thereof , ancl govern themselves accordingly . So mole it be . Boston , 11 th November 1887 .

Goethe As A Freemason.

GOETHE AS A FREEMASON .

IN Germany , as in the United States and Great Britain , those who have been the leaders of men in intellectual , moral and social life , have been Frecmaronp . Eminent examples in fche pasfc are Brothers Fichte , Herder , Wieiaiul ,

Lessing and Goethe . Greatest of them all , and ono of tho most g ifted men ever born into the world , was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . Well may we be proud of such a man as a member of the Masonio Fraternity . Like

Benjamin Franklin , he was not only actively interested m the Craffc in his youth , but as well throughout his mature years , ancl up to the period of his death , afc the ripe ago of eighty-two years . The laying * of tho Corner-stone of a

monument to Goethe , in Fairmount Park , Philadelphia , on Monday , 14 th November 1887 , with Masonic ceremonies , renders it eminently fitting that we should at this time refer to his Masonic career .

Goethe was made a Mason at the age of thirty-one years , on 23 rd June 1780 , in the Lodge Amalia , of Weimar , Saxony . Ifc was nearly two years later , on 2 nd March 1782 ,

thafc he received the Master Masons' degree , in flic same Lodge , and on the same evening with tho Dnke Carl August , afterwards Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar . Goethe has been

very happy in his Masonic biographers . Bro . i mdel gives an excellent sketch of his Craffc life , in his " History of Freemasonry ; " Bro . Herr Pietsch has published a spirited pamphlet entitled " Goethe as a Freemason ; " Bro . Stern a

similar sketch under the same title ; while Bro . Robert Freke Gould , in his recent "History of Freemasonry , " says : "Both Herder and Goethe are to bo classed among the ' writers of tho Craft . '" The Lodge Amalia was

dormant for some years , during the German wars , but was revived in 1808 , and in 1810 Goethe was chosen W . M ., but modestly declined the honour . In 1813 , a Lodge of Sorrow was held in memory of Bro . Wieland , the

philosopher and poet of the romantic school , and the translator of Shakespeare ' s plays into German , before which Lodge Goethe delivered a Masonic oration , commemorative of his Brother Mason and poet , and in the presence of Duke Carl August , and other Freemasons of the royal family .

The Lodge Amalia celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Goethe ' s initiation as a Freemisou , with great eclat , on John the Baptist's Day , 24 th June 1830 . " Goethe was then eighty-one years of age , but not too old to show his interest

in , ancl appreciation of , the occasion , wnieh he did by a Masonic poem which was read at the Festival , entitled " On the Honourable Fraternal Festival of Sfc . John ' s Dny , 1830 . " Soon after this celebration , ho wrote to his friend

and Brother Mason , Zelter , as follows respecting the Jubilee celebration : " It is very polite and complaisant of you to have celebrated your Masonic Jubilee at tho same time that I did mine . On the eve of St John ' s Day , fifty years ago ,

I was made a Mason . The Brethren of the Lodge havo celebrated this event with the greatest courtesy , and I warmly replied to the kindly sentiments expressed on my behalf . " Bro . Findel says of our distinguished Brother ,

" From the day of his initiation to the end of his life , Goethe remained attached to the Brotherhood , for he laid as a fitting oblation on its Altar the purest offerings of his intellect . "

These literary offerings were seven Masonic poems , or songs , respectively entitled , "The Lodge , " " Silence , " " Symbolism , " " The Funeral Lodge , " & c . " , which , Findel adds , "like a flash of lightning , illuminated fche innermost

recesses of our community . ' Goethe died on 22 nd March 1732 , and on the following 9 th of November , tho Lodo-e Amalia held a Lodge of Sorrow in his honour and to his memory . On this occasion Bro . Yon Fritseh said : ' * For

more than fifty years Goethe devoted himself to the Brotherhood . Each event , of importance , ouch fes ' . ival of the Lodgo , awakened a most lively interest in his mind , ' so that all speeches , songs ancl arrangements of any eonsequence were first submitted fo him for examination

Goethe As A Freemason.

¦ md approval . '" Bro . Pietsch , in his sketch of Goethe as a ' ¦ ' reemnsen , gives his application iu full for initiation and ¦ nombcrsiii p in the Fraternity , and also tho text of a Masonic address delivered by him before tho Lodge . 'Vmalia .

If the life of Goethe was eminently Masonic , so was his death , lor the last words ho uttered were those words of iYiliest Mnsonic impor t , to Freemasons , both before and - ¦ . inee— ' * more Light ! " Goethe awoke to immortality to havo his nrayer answered .

The very spirit of our Fraternity was exemplified in Goethe ' s wonderful career . Tho universality of Masonry was paralleled by the universality of his genius . He was an artist , a student of architecture , an idyllist , an allegorisf , a novelist and a philosophic poet and dramatist . He

was as ¦ iudnstnoim ' as though he had received f ' ow or no intellectual g ifts from the Creator . A Hercules in stature , an Apollo in counteinuice , a favourite of fortune who was not spoiled by his advantages , ho was in literature fcho ooer of Shakespeare , like him a universal genius and a

citizen of the world , belonging not merely to his own country , bufc claimed , honoured and having his books read by till civilised peoples , each in their own language . Like Shakespeare , also , lie was an admirable delineator of female character , and the lasfc line ho ever penned—the conclusion of the second parfc of hi : ; Ft'list , roads

The over womanly draws us on . Goethe merits especial praise for his redemption of fcho old Faust legend from its usual finale , ancl his making Lig ht , triumph over Darkness , good over evil . Mephistopheles claims Faust's soul , and summons his devils to

assist him in securing ifc ns his prey . Angels como to Faust ' s rescue ^ and scatter roses through tho air to purify it . Mephistopheles himself is for the moment entranced by the beauty of the angels , ho neglects his purpose , and fails to seize the immortal p . ; rt of Faust , which the angels bear aloft to Paradise , singing as they go :

This member of tlie upper spheres We rescue from the Devil , Fov whoso strives and perseveres May be redeemed from . evil . Such a man is worthy of a statue , and Freemasons of

all others might appropriately ana lovingly , as they did , lay tho corner-stone of the monument to his memory now in course of erection by his German brethren and admirers iu Fairmount Park . —Kcyslono .

List of Lodges for which warrants have been granted by the Most Worshipfnl Grand Master since the lasfc Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2215—The Anfiehl Lodtre . Liverpool . 2210—Tho E ^ eiton Lodge , y win ton , near Manchester . 2217—Tho Windermeio Lodge , Windermere . 221 S—Tho Rickmansuorrh Lodge , lliekmansworth . 2219—The Lode /; Mandalay , Mandnhry , Upper Bnrmah .

2220—Tho Albion Lodge , Woodstock , South Africa , W . D . 2221—The To Awrtimuu Lodge . To Aw . vmufcu , Aneklnnd , N . Z . 2222—Tho Frederick West Lodgo , Ea--t Molesey , Surrey . 2223—The Monaro Lodgp , Oooma , N . S . W . 2221—Tho Fairfield Lodgo , Long Eaton , Derbyshire .

2225—The Perak Jubilee Lodge , Taiping , Perak , Malay Peninsula . 222 (>—The St , D . will ' s Lodge , iUivreaicy , Monmouthshire . 2227-The White Horse Lodge , Westbiuy , Wiltshire . 2228—Tlio Dene Lodge , Cookham , Berks-hire .

2229—The Laihum Lodge , Liverpool . 2230--Tl , e-Centennial Lodge , Sidney , N . S . W . 2231— The Talbot- , Lodge , Stretford , Lancashire , W . D .

2232—Tho Stella Lodge , Vrybnrg , Sonth Africa . 2233—Tlie Old Westminsters' Lodgo , ltegent Street . 2234—Tho Onslow Lodgo , Guildford , Surrey . | 2235—The Poifc CnrUs- Lodge , Gladstone , Qtieenslaticl .

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