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Correspondence.
Hope ( Augusta zur gekronten Hoffnung ) , both of which have decayed . In the dukedom HILDBURGHAUSEN , the Lodge Karl of the Wreath of Rue ( Karl zum Eautenkranze ) was founded in 1787 . As this sprig of rue , tin-own across the black ancl yellow bars of the escutcheon , is the principal cognizance of all the Saxon houses , and
will consequently be an inheritance of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , from Prince Albert ; and as the Order may entertain hopes that the young and promising prince , when of sufficientl y ripe age , will tread in the steps of his royal and ducal ancestry , and join and patronize our Order , we may expect new-founded Lodges in England to fix upon this denomination ; it would therefore be a subject well worthy the inquiryto learn whence this curious bearing took its
, orig in : the subject has engaged the attention of some of the most profound German heralds and archaeologists , but it is too long for explanation at present . In the dukedom of SAXE COBUBG-GOTUA , Masonry has lately sprung into new life , by the founding , in 1816 , of the Lodge Ernst for TruthFriendshipand Right ( Ernst for WahrheitFreundschaft
, , , , und Recht ) . In Hamburg , Schroder , the famous dramatist and manager , first carried back the observances of the Order , whieh had been previously conducted , according to the strictest ancient rules , into the principles of the earliest English Grand Lodge , and worked out the
simple and valuable ritual called after his name , and which many working Lodges have received as their guide . He founded also two hospitals , for the better description of invalids , who pay small sums for their nursing and diet . In 1811 he withdrew the Hamburg Grand Lodge from its unit y with , and dependence upon , England . In Frankfort-on-the-Main , the first Lodge of the Three Thistles ( zu den drei Disteln ) was founded in 1742 and in 1766 there was
, constituted from London , a Provincial Lodge for Franken and Upper and Lower Rhine . All these ceased after the death of G . M . Gogel , and a union was effectuated with the provincial Lodge in Wetzlar , for the founding the Mother Lodge of the Eclectic Union ( des eclectischen Bimdes ) , which took for its motto , "Tolerance , ancl the removal of all Mysticism and Sectary-feeling . '' Of the two
Lodges founded hi Frankfort , by the Jews , one stands under English observance , the other under the G . O . of France . In AUSTRIA , Freemasonry was first introduced in 1744 , and strictly forbidden by Maria Theresa in 1764 , because the G . M . had refused to communicate to her the secrets of the Order ; but on the representations of her husbandFranz I . of Luxemburgagain tolerated ,
, , and since 1 st Dec . 1785 , under certain conditions , acknowledged ancl protected by the liberal Joseph II . Grand Lodges were then formed at Wien and Prague . Leopold II . ( 1790 ) and Franz II . renewed the interdictions , ancl the latter made a proposition , in 1794 , to the Imperial diet at Regensburg , to prohibit tho Order throughout Germany . This , how-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
Hope ( Augusta zur gekronten Hoffnung ) , both of which have decayed . In the dukedom HILDBURGHAUSEN , the Lodge Karl of the Wreath of Rue ( Karl zum Eautenkranze ) was founded in 1787 . As this sprig of rue , tin-own across the black ancl yellow bars of the escutcheon , is the principal cognizance of all the Saxon houses , and
will consequently be an inheritance of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , from Prince Albert ; and as the Order may entertain hopes that the young and promising prince , when of sufficientl y ripe age , will tread in the steps of his royal and ducal ancestry , and join and patronize our Order , we may expect new-founded Lodges in England to fix upon this denomination ; it would therefore be a subject well worthy the inquiryto learn whence this curious bearing took its
, orig in : the subject has engaged the attention of some of the most profound German heralds and archaeologists , but it is too long for explanation at present . In the dukedom of SAXE COBUBG-GOTUA , Masonry has lately sprung into new life , by the founding , in 1816 , of the Lodge Ernst for TruthFriendshipand Right ( Ernst for WahrheitFreundschaft
, , , , und Recht ) . In Hamburg , Schroder , the famous dramatist and manager , first carried back the observances of the Order , whieh had been previously conducted , according to the strictest ancient rules , into the principles of the earliest English Grand Lodge , and worked out the
simple and valuable ritual called after his name , and which many working Lodges have received as their guide . He founded also two hospitals , for the better description of invalids , who pay small sums for their nursing and diet . In 1811 he withdrew the Hamburg Grand Lodge from its unit y with , and dependence upon , England . In Frankfort-on-the-Main , the first Lodge of the Three Thistles ( zu den drei Disteln ) was founded in 1742 and in 1766 there was
, constituted from London , a Provincial Lodge for Franken and Upper and Lower Rhine . All these ceased after the death of G . M . Gogel , and a union was effectuated with the provincial Lodge in Wetzlar , for the founding the Mother Lodge of the Eclectic Union ( des eclectischen Bimdes ) , which took for its motto , "Tolerance , ancl the removal of all Mysticism and Sectary-feeling . '' Of the two
Lodges founded hi Frankfort , by the Jews , one stands under English observance , the other under the G . O . of France . In AUSTRIA , Freemasonry was first introduced in 1744 , and strictly forbidden by Maria Theresa in 1764 , because the G . M . had refused to communicate to her the secrets of the Order ; but on the representations of her husbandFranz I . of Luxemburgagain tolerated ,
, , and since 1 st Dec . 1785 , under certain conditions , acknowledged ancl protected by the liberal Joseph II . Grand Lodges were then formed at Wien and Prague . Leopold II . ( 1790 ) and Franz II . renewed the interdictions , ancl the latter made a proposition , in 1794 , to the Imperial diet at Regensburg , to prohibit tho Order throughout Germany . This , how-