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fcssi and leaves our-souls inactive and indifferent . From thence seems the necessity of continually varying the modes , the motions , and the passions . ( To be continued . ) " "
Letters From Baron Bielfeld.
LETTERS FROM BARON BIELFELD .
[ Continued'from our last , Page 131 . J To Baron VON ST . * ** at Hamburgh . LETTER I . PREPARATORY TO THE INITIATION OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA INTO MASONRY . From my Domicil , July 20 , 173 S .. MOST VENERABLE MASTER ,
YOU behave toward me , not as a brother , but as a father mason . You are desirous that I should participate ofthe glory of receiving the Prince Royal of Prussia into our order . lam fully sensible ofthe hig h , value of this favour , and am ready to accompany you to Brunswick , and thereto regulate the reception . It appears , by the letter of the count of'Lippe Buckebourg , that the idea of
becoming a Freemason struck that great prince in a manner very singular . You cannot but admire , most venerable , the concatenationof uncommon events . It was necessary that the king of Prussia should come with a numerous retinue to Loo , to visit the Prince of Orange ; that he should be accompanied by the Prince Royal ; that at table the conversation should turn on Freemasonry ; that the king
shook ! speak of it disadvantageous !} - ; that Count Lippe should undertake its defence ; that he should not be dazzled by the authority of majesty ; but that with a noble freedom he should avow himself to be a Freemason ; that , on going out from the entertainment , the
Prince Royal should express to him in confidence , a desire of becoming a member of that Society , and that he should wish his reception to be at Brunswick , where the king his father had resolved to go , and where the concourse of strangers of every sort , during the approaching fair , would give less suspicion of the at rival ofthe brother masons who are invited- to come there to form a lod ge for that purpose ; that Count Lippe should address himself , Sir , to you , to
procure to our order this glorious acquisition , and that your friendship should induce you to remember me , that 1 also mi ght be ofthe party . Behold , most venerable , a series of remarkable incidents , which make me prophecy a favourable issue to this enterprise . You know that my present station is displeasing , and my country irksome io me . ' I resemble one of those plants which are nothing worth if not transplanted . At Hamburgh I shall ,-at most , run up to seed Z z
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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fcssi and leaves our-souls inactive and indifferent . From thence seems the necessity of continually varying the modes , the motions , and the passions . ( To be continued . ) " "
Letters From Baron Bielfeld.
LETTERS FROM BARON BIELFELD .
[ Continued'from our last , Page 131 . J To Baron VON ST . * ** at Hamburgh . LETTER I . PREPARATORY TO THE INITIATION OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA INTO MASONRY . From my Domicil , July 20 , 173 S .. MOST VENERABLE MASTER ,
YOU behave toward me , not as a brother , but as a father mason . You are desirous that I should participate ofthe glory of receiving the Prince Royal of Prussia into our order . lam fully sensible ofthe hig h , value of this favour , and am ready to accompany you to Brunswick , and thereto regulate the reception . It appears , by the letter of the count of'Lippe Buckebourg , that the idea of
becoming a Freemason struck that great prince in a manner very singular . You cannot but admire , most venerable , the concatenationof uncommon events . It was necessary that the king of Prussia should come with a numerous retinue to Loo , to visit the Prince of Orange ; that he should be accompanied by the Prince Royal ; that at table the conversation should turn on Freemasonry ; that the king
shook ! speak of it disadvantageous !} - ; that Count Lippe should undertake its defence ; that he should not be dazzled by the authority of majesty ; but that with a noble freedom he should avow himself to be a Freemason ; that , on going out from the entertainment , the
Prince Royal should express to him in confidence , a desire of becoming a member of that Society , and that he should wish his reception to be at Brunswick , where the king his father had resolved to go , and where the concourse of strangers of every sort , during the approaching fair , would give less suspicion of the at rival ofthe brother masons who are invited- to come there to form a lod ge for that purpose ; that Count Lippe should address himself , Sir , to you , to
procure to our order this glorious acquisition , and that your friendship should induce you to remember me , that 1 also mi ght be ofthe party . Behold , most venerable , a series of remarkable incidents , which make me prophecy a favourable issue to this enterprise . You know that my present station is displeasing , and my country irksome io me . ' I resemble one of those plants which are nothing worth if not transplanted . At Hamburgh I shall ,-at most , run up to seed Z z