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burg , Avhich sentence was , however , abridged b y the King of Prussia . Bahrdt wrote vrtiile in prison a history of his own life and of his Avorks . He Avas admitted a Freemason in England , and maintained the society to be a secret one of the description that our Saviour Avas desirous to establish . BALZAC , Louis Charles , an architect , and member of the
Institute of Egypt . He founded the Lodge of the Great S p hinx at Paris , and Avas the author of Masonic Canticles , among others of the hymn " Taisons nous , plus de bruit , " the music of AAdiich Avas composed b y M . Riguel . BARON , the Abbe Olivier Julien , Prior of the Cross of Corneillie , of the Grand Rite Ecossais , Second Superintendent , and in concert Avith Baron Walterstorff , founder of the Lodge " Assembly of Foreigners , " Orient de Paris .
He Avas one of the most learned and zealous members of the Craft ; and in the printed report of the proceedings which took place on the installation of the Lodge , the following remarkable passage occurs in the speech of Bro . the Abbe Baron , Avho filled the office of First Superintendent on the occasion : —• " The sublime project which inspired
the founders of our Order , was that of one day beholding amongst the inhabitants of the two hemispheres the various members of the same bod y and of the same family ; of drawing them more closel y together , and uniting them by the bonds of fraternity . Had these natural princi p les been engraven on the hearts of menfifteen millions of a new
, race Avould not haA-e disappeared from the American soil shortl y after the discovery of the new Avorld , nor would France have suffered , during a period of forty years , civil Avar and intestine division at the hands of her own children . "
BEAUCHAINE , Le Chevalier . He was one of the most fanatical Masters of the ancient Grand Lodge of France , who was not removeable . He had established his Lodge at an inn in the Rue St . Victor , where he slept , and for six francs conferred all the ranks of Freemasonry . He likewise established the order of Les Fendeurs .
BIELEFELD , De , Envoy from the court of Prussia to the Hague . He is known as a literary man , and in his " Familiar Letters , " may be found an account of the initiation of his majesty King Frederic II . of Prussia , and other curious details concerning Freemasonry . C To be Continued . J
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Concise Biographical Sketch
burg , Avhich sentence was , however , abridged b y the King of Prussia . Bahrdt wrote vrtiile in prison a history of his own life and of his Avorks . He Avas admitted a Freemason in England , and maintained the society to be a secret one of the description that our Saviour Avas desirous to establish . BALZAC , Louis Charles , an architect , and member of the
Institute of Egypt . He founded the Lodge of the Great S p hinx at Paris , and Avas the author of Masonic Canticles , among others of the hymn " Taisons nous , plus de bruit , " the music of AAdiich Avas composed b y M . Riguel . BARON , the Abbe Olivier Julien , Prior of the Cross of Corneillie , of the Grand Rite Ecossais , Second Superintendent , and in concert Avith Baron Walterstorff , founder of the Lodge " Assembly of Foreigners , " Orient de Paris .
He Avas one of the most learned and zealous members of the Craft ; and in the printed report of the proceedings which took place on the installation of the Lodge , the following remarkable passage occurs in the speech of Bro . the Abbe Baron , Avho filled the office of First Superintendent on the occasion : —• " The sublime project which inspired
the founders of our Order , was that of one day beholding amongst the inhabitants of the two hemispheres the various members of the same bod y and of the same family ; of drawing them more closel y together , and uniting them by the bonds of fraternity . Had these natural princi p les been engraven on the hearts of menfifteen millions of a new
, race Avould not haA-e disappeared from the American soil shortl y after the discovery of the new Avorld , nor would France have suffered , during a period of forty years , civil Avar and intestine division at the hands of her own children . "
BEAUCHAINE , Le Chevalier . He was one of the most fanatical Masters of the ancient Grand Lodge of France , who was not removeable . He had established his Lodge at an inn in the Rue St . Victor , where he slept , and for six francs conferred all the ranks of Freemasonry . He likewise established the order of Les Fendeurs .
BIELEFELD , De , Envoy from the court of Prussia to the Hague . He is known as a literary man , and in his " Familiar Letters , " may be found an account of the initiation of his majesty King Frederic II . of Prussia , and other curious details concerning Freemasonry . C To be Continued . J