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America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
Our latest coiTespondence announces , that there is a dearth of Masonic intelligence . AA e have received some numbers of the American Alasonic Register , published at Albany , from which we make the following extracts : — "No . 18 . —Jan . 1 . —First Prize Address hy the Rev . Salem Town , Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter , New York , So pure and excellent is this Addressthat we shall probablyat a
, , future period , give it in sections . It may well be termed a "First Prize Address ; " the Rev . Brother has availed himself of his privilege , as a Mason , to illustrate the sections of our noble Order , and then to moralize on each in conformity with his duty as a minister ; he may take rank with those other Masonic worthies who hold forth truth as the glass by which Masons and anti-Masons may each observe the reflection of their own features . His concluding words have
much point : — *¦ The moral soundness of our creed , in the abstract , needs no comment . It is known and admitted to be faultless . Our public profession is , in theory , unapproachable , and the world will now hold us responsible , individually and collectively , to sustain the purity of the one , and live up to the spirit of the other . ' "Jan . 8 . —This number , containing the Second Prize Address , we regret is not come to hand . '
"Jan . 15— -22 . —The Third Prize Address , by Comp . Blanchard Powers . The author of the Third Prize Address has entered into the arena of Christian Masonry , and has handled his subject with great force and acuteness . The thesis is highly creditable to him , and the Masonic world across the * Atlantic will appreciate his services . In due time we trust to lay before our readers copious draughts from the refreshing stream .
" Jan . 28 . —The Grand Lodge of Alabama was held on 6 th Dec , 1841 , at the Grand Lodge-room , in the city of Tuskaloosa ; a large number of Lodges were represented . ' ¦ It was resolved , that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of raising funds to endow an academy of high literary character , under the patronage of this Grand Lodge . Many charters were issued for new Lodges . " The Brethren were congratulated on the victory which the Order has achieved over its malevolent enemies .
" Communications were received from . Brethren in the United States , proposing to publish Masonic periodicals , and that Grand Secretaries should urge the encouragement of such publications , as having a . most beneficial tendency to impart information to the unenli g htened .
" The Grand Lodge elected M . AV . Ed . Hearndon Gainsville , G-M and the other Grand Officers . " The circular of die Grand Lodge of Texas was highly gratifying .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
Our latest coiTespondence announces , that there is a dearth of Masonic intelligence . AA e have received some numbers of the American Alasonic Register , published at Albany , from which we make the following extracts : — "No . 18 . —Jan . 1 . —First Prize Address hy the Rev . Salem Town , Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter , New York , So pure and excellent is this Addressthat we shall probablyat a
, , future period , give it in sections . It may well be termed a "First Prize Address ; " the Rev . Brother has availed himself of his privilege , as a Mason , to illustrate the sections of our noble Order , and then to moralize on each in conformity with his duty as a minister ; he may take rank with those other Masonic worthies who hold forth truth as the glass by which Masons and anti-Masons may each observe the reflection of their own features . His concluding words have
much point : — *¦ The moral soundness of our creed , in the abstract , needs no comment . It is known and admitted to be faultless . Our public profession is , in theory , unapproachable , and the world will now hold us responsible , individually and collectively , to sustain the purity of the one , and live up to the spirit of the other . ' "Jan . 8 . —This number , containing the Second Prize Address , we regret is not come to hand . '
"Jan . 15— -22 . —The Third Prize Address , by Comp . Blanchard Powers . The author of the Third Prize Address has entered into the arena of Christian Masonry , and has handled his subject with great force and acuteness . The thesis is highly creditable to him , and the Masonic world across the * Atlantic will appreciate his services . In due time we trust to lay before our readers copious draughts from the refreshing stream .
" Jan . 28 . —The Grand Lodge of Alabama was held on 6 th Dec , 1841 , at the Grand Lodge-room , in the city of Tuskaloosa ; a large number of Lodges were represented . ' ¦ It was resolved , that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of raising funds to endow an academy of high literary character , under the patronage of this Grand Lodge . Many charters were issued for new Lodges . " The Brethren were congratulated on the victory which the Order has achieved over its malevolent enemies .
" Communications were received from . Brethren in the United States , proposing to publish Masonic periodicals , and that Grand Secretaries should urge the encouragement of such publications , as having a . most beneficial tendency to impart information to the unenli g htened .
" The Grand Lodge elected M . AV . Ed . Hearndon Gainsville , G-M and the other Grand Officers . " The circular of die Grand Lodge of Texas was highly gratifying .