-
Articles/Ads
Article FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. ← Page 3 of 3 Article MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Page 1 of 9 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasons' Repository.
Whose midnight revels by a forest side ^ Or fountain some belated peasant sees , Or dreams he sees , while over-head the moon Sits arbitress , and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course , they on their mirth and dance Intent , with jocund music charm his ear ;
At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds . Thus incorporeal Spi ' rits to smallest forms ¦ Reduc ed their shapes immetue , and were at large . Though without number still amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like tbetnselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim .
In closs recess and secret conclave sat A thousand Demi-gods on golden-seats , Frequent and full . This passage embraces another principle—thatthe . man , whose pur-> suits and objects are steady , durable , and great , will ever be open tp generous impresssions , his habits of life and character will take their
colouring from those objects , and his actions and opinions afford an example of uniformity , firmness , and consistency . B MAS 0 N 1 CUS ,
Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
CHELMSFORD GRAND LODGE MEETING .
\]{ TE trust our indulgent readers will not think the two following ** articles out of place .-WWe are desirous of rendering our Monthly Miscellany an authentic record of public arid important events in Masonry ; and we shall ever conceive it no less a duty , to be early in our various communications . To enter into a detail of the reasons wh y these interesting articles have not been inserted before must be
unnecessary , while our numerous friends recollect the unavoidable difficulties and delays which attend the acquisition of accurate information . Hoping this may . be a sufficient apology , we beg leave , as an ex-, planatory introduction to the first article , to notice that the Grand Lodge of England has the regulation of all the Lodges , which receive their Constitutions ' to assemble as Masons under its sanction . These
Lodges are as numerous , as they are distant , in every quarter of the world . For the purpose of free access and communication , & c . different countries , counties , & c . are divided into districts , denominated provinces : in every province there is a Grand Lodge , called a Provincial Grand Lodge , presiding over , and in part consisting of the representatives of the respective Lodges of the division or province : over this Provincial Grand Lodge presides the Provincial Grand Master , the representative in the . Grand Ledge of all the Lodges in
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasons' Repository.
Whose midnight revels by a forest side ^ Or fountain some belated peasant sees , Or dreams he sees , while over-head the moon Sits arbitress , and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course , they on their mirth and dance Intent , with jocund music charm his ear ;
At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds . Thus incorporeal Spi ' rits to smallest forms ¦ Reduc ed their shapes immetue , and were at large . Though without number still amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like tbetnselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim .
In closs recess and secret conclave sat A thousand Demi-gods on golden-seats , Frequent and full . This passage embraces another principle—thatthe . man , whose pur-> suits and objects are steady , durable , and great , will ever be open tp generous impresssions , his habits of life and character will take their
colouring from those objects , and his actions and opinions afford an example of uniformity , firmness , and consistency . B MAS 0 N 1 CUS ,
Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
CHELMSFORD GRAND LODGE MEETING .
\]{ TE trust our indulgent readers will not think the two following ** articles out of place .-WWe are desirous of rendering our Monthly Miscellany an authentic record of public arid important events in Masonry ; and we shall ever conceive it no less a duty , to be early in our various communications . To enter into a detail of the reasons wh y these interesting articles have not been inserted before must be
unnecessary , while our numerous friends recollect the unavoidable difficulties and delays which attend the acquisition of accurate information . Hoping this may . be a sufficient apology , we beg leave , as an ex-, planatory introduction to the first article , to notice that the Grand Lodge of England has the regulation of all the Lodges , which receive their Constitutions ' to assemble as Masons under its sanction . These
Lodges are as numerous , as they are distant , in every quarter of the world . For the purpose of free access and communication , & c . different countries , counties , & c . are divided into districts , denominated provinces : in every province there is a Grand Lodge , called a Provincial Grand Lodge , presiding over , and in part consisting of the representatives of the respective Lodges of the division or province : over this Provincial Grand Lodge presides the Provincial Grand Master , the representative in the . Grand Ledge of all the Lodges in