Hiram Lodge.

ceedings and under tho supervision of the Grand Lodge .

Thus matters continued till 14 th October 1 / 89 , when the following Ordinance was adopted in Grand Lodge . " 3 . Ordered . That all the Lodges that havo alre / idij or shall hereafter deposit thoir Charters with the Grand Lodgo , in obedience to the Constitution , establishing the Grand

Lodge in that State ( an admission of record that somo Lodges had nofc given up their Charter , bnt wero still existing and working under their former ones ) , "be , and

they are , fully authorised to proceed in all business nnd duties of regular established Lodges , until they shall receive new Charters from the Lodge . " Proc . 1789 , p Go . This was a confirmation or visible evidence of tbo rights

of Lodges that bad for the time being no Charter in possession to vouch for their legality or authority . It was perhaps also intended as an inducement to Lodges to deliver up their old Charters and accept tho new ones proposed in their stead , fixing their legal status in advance . The formation of the Ordinance was ample , apt for tho occasion , and sufficient if limited to the firsfc use suggested .

There is clearly no prohibition in it , and no negative upon auy Lodge . Ifc did express a clear purpose , aud one which was demanded by the evident circumstance of the time , and there is nothing in the fact , iu the circumstance , or iu the language of the ordinance to carry its meaning beyond the purpose expressed .

Still ifc appears tbat Hiram Lodge did not deliver up its old Charter , and did not accept the new one , and yet it is plain and important to observe that she was recognised as a lawful Lodge , existing ancl working lawfully , a part of the Grand Lodge , and discharging certain duties of functional

relations to it and under it , and evidently holding itself amenable to those duties , for it appears ( Proc . 1790 , p 64 ) that on 14 th May 1790 she is reported as paying into the funds of the Grand Lodge " for initiations " the sum of "eighteen shillings . "

These things seem to have continued . The Grand Lodge organised , and performing tanto quanta the functions of such a body . Hiram Lodge ( and apparently others ) , constituent parts of ifc , owing allegiance to it , ancl performing duties under it , bufc under its and their own ancient charters , and not under Grand Lodgo charters .

these exceptional relations existed , bnt with harmon *) of working and purpose , and were tolerated for reason ;' quite apparent upon the circumstances of ( heir existence but are nofc anywhere openly and " eo nomine " exprt ' rv . ed .

The fact of their continuance for a year and a quarter is of the record . At the end of that time , or on 15 th October 1790 , fche Grand Lodgo took another stop , and passed a resolve which became not only a rule for future action , determining tho relation of tho Lodges to if , but , it . saei / is

to us , moat significantly revealing the whole state ol : iaels which caused iti adoption . It is this , " Resolved that the Right Worship ful Grand Master for the time being , iss ae new charters to all the regularly constituted Lodges in this State , npon their former charters beiny produced to horo ;

which new charters being issued as is provided in and by the Constitution , all such former charters may be returned by the Grand Secretary to the Lodges from which they were received ( if requited ) , being first

registered with snch new charters by the Grand Secretary in the records of this Lodge , and such register certified ou the back of said former charter . "

Under tins resolution the relations of Hiram 1 : : and tho Grand Lodge , " inter ?; esc , ' were pr . udicaliy defined and established , and , as then fixed , continued iero ' siativc'y ( o the

time of the present difficulty , although the charter of affiliation was perhaps not taken out fill the year 1790 , tdx years later . The meaning of this resolution In its several parts , in the j light of tho history given from tho record :, ' r . f tho G : v . * : !

Lodge , aud as wc have seen it , is nofc diflieub to understand . Grand Lodgo Masonry wiu * you : ; g , and Irving to gel foothold and consolidation .

Lodges wore proud and fenaoioia * of llieii * okl-limr * : o ; 1 Provincial Charters , especially of MI eh ' is C : I :-: I ; IHI--: 1 fy-joo the authority of tho Grand J . oogo of Hoghmd . Graud Lodge was nmbitiou :- * for naivoisoiiy aio . l exclusivcucss winhiu its territorial iuri- 'diotion , arid so

desired the allegiance aud constituency of all subordinate .-:. Lodges had been , under their old Charters , haopy aud

Hiram Lodge.

successful , and increased in members and influence . They did not fee ! a ay n : ed of Graud Lodge , and were doubtless suspicious ui : its power as trenching upon their independency .

In fact , experience showed a reluctance on tho part of Lodges to surrender their old Charters . Some had delayed—somo bad neglected almost altogether—to be interested in Grand Lodge . A Lodgo in Danbury , formed

before the Grand Lodgo was constituted , had in 1796 " neither applied for nor received a Charter under this ( Grand Lodge ) jurisdiction " ( Proc . p 78 ) , and did not acknowledge the jurisdiction until the latter part of 1797

( Proc . p 9 * 2 ) . It was not until 1797 that a Lodge m Guilford , chartered by fcho Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , came forward and asked thafc its Massachusetts Charter

might be recognised , aud a new ono granted them m the samo way and manner as to other regularly-established Lodges within thoir jurisdiction . ( Proc . p 86 ) . JUSTITIA ( To be continued ) .

Masonry And Women.

MASONRY AND WOMEN .

I 1 ROM the earliest times the Craffc have been opposed to the admission of women within the portals of the Lodge-room . Considerable prejudice has been created iQ'ainsfc tho Order on this account . Afc the recent

Anti-Secret Society gathering iu Chicago , the snivelling Blanchard crowd insinuated that something peculiarly immoral must be going on , since women were nofc permitted to share the secrets , and unite iu the mystic ceremonies . It

is not the first time we have heard such malignant insinuations . In tins age of the world , when so much literature of Masonry is in nearly every free library , only a sneaking hypocrite could indulge in such hints and inuendoes .

Any one may easily learn thafc its principles inculcate the hi g hest code of honour to every daughter of Eve . Thafc ifc regards woman as the helpmate of man , his best friend and

ally in trouble , the bright guiding star iu his earthly career , the guardian angel when the tempter is near , and when he enters the valley and shadow oi death , mourns most deeply his loss .

Then it is not only the special aim of Masonry to exalt the character of woman , bufc all who have passed into fcho my .-tic circle know how it surround- ; and protects the honour of each brother , food the . sanctity of his home . The

. Mas >? i ' s v . 'i ' c , mother , sister , daughter , are specially sicred in tlie eyes of the Brotherhood . No libertine , no jester afc a woman ' s virtue can be . a true Mason . The neophyte is

t night ! o hate and shun blasphemy , obscenity , drunkenness and licentiousness , as he would somo deadly thing ; to keep out all coar-oj and impure thoughts from thymine ! as he would solders and cob . vebs from his bedromi . There

are bad Masons as there arc bad members in the church , bufc what we iiis ' st on , as ono of the chief excellencies of the Older , is the way if upholds woman , guards her purity , ¦ ¦ dories in her society , aod when falsely accused or in

trouble comes to ber rescue , il within our power . Women arc excluded from our Lodge-rooms , because wc are nnder obligation to preserve Masonry as ifc came

ori g inally from the ILramites of the Temple . Those hard wmkers ' iu stone and timber banded together as a secret order fco preserve the Mysteries of the Craffc , and help each

other iu iioed . Women are nofc include-. ! , for the duties of lhe Crufr aro uot ud-. ioled fo her strength , and tho rule is continued merely as * an aaciei . fc landmark . Still wo recognize she can help in our deeds o ! lovo and charity ; she can go with u-: to iho bedsida of s ck . aess , and help smooth the ( iillovv of tho dy ing , and cons > h > . the bereave ! and afflicted . To the into if isam , woman is a pure , holy , ex ilted being , the aniroi of his household , tho holiest gift the Creator has kslovrcd upon m : \ . \ i . — I'J . vcIiang'i .

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