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Initiation Of A Lady.
were members , having arranged to hold , AFTER one of their assemblages . a Lodge Meeting for ladies ( fete d ' adoption ) previously to adjourning , notice was given to the Master ( Bro . Cttvelicr de Trie ) , that a staff officer , in full regimentals , was anxious to take part in the forthcoming ceremony . A certificate had been demanded , and was submitted , but appeared to belong to a Ladies' Lodge ( much to the astonishment and consternation of the Venerable , " and all present )
addressed to Madame Faintraille , Adjutant or Captain . He recollected , however , that this lady , by her conduct ami talents , had earned this extraordinary distinction , and doubted not that the officer mentioned was the lady , and was irrepressibly seized with the overpowering impulse of making her a Freemason ; and suggested it to the Lodge , saying , " As the first consul has seen fit in the deeds of this lady to swerve from the usual course , by making no difference in her sex , I do
not see that we can err by following the example . " Many objected , having the fear of the Grand Orient ( Grand Lodge ) , before their eyes ; but the eloquence of the Venerable , and the example of the first consul , induced the majority to consent . Preparations were immediately commenced to receive the female adjutant into the brotherhood , with every possible and cautious form , consistent with her sex . The ceremony passed off with honour to all parties ; and at its conclusion the Lodge of Adoption was opened . H . F .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
A LADY ' S OPINION OF MASONRY . IT is a libel on the character of woman to attaint her of disaffection to Freemasonry . That she may reproach those who disgrace it , that she may even doubt its power , finding that so many men want the moral courage to acquaint themselves with its stringent principles , is not improbable : but that she can regard so glorious a profession with indifference is impossible ; and the following pleasing circumstance is a case in point .
In the maiden city of Londonderry , Freemasonry had , for so many years lapsed into desuetude , that its inhabitants were indebted to occasional reports from the Cork , Limerick , and Dublin papers , for the recollection that the order existed . In His good season , however , Providence willed the hour when Freemasonry should revive , which it has done in the person of Brother Alexander Grant , whose retirement from Indiaon account of ill healthled him to seek for its restoration
, , in his native city . He had won high honours in the far East , and was Grand Secretary of the Province of Bengal . A good name was his passport , and the good wishes of all his reward . Such a Mason could not be idle . On reaching Derry he sought in vain fora Lodge , bui " lateat scintillula forsan" thought Grant ; and so gently went he to work , that he did elicit a spark ; the spark produced a restorative influence ; the light again illumined the Masonic darkness
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Initiation Of A Lady.
were members , having arranged to hold , AFTER one of their assemblages . a Lodge Meeting for ladies ( fete d ' adoption ) previously to adjourning , notice was given to the Master ( Bro . Cttvelicr de Trie ) , that a staff officer , in full regimentals , was anxious to take part in the forthcoming ceremony . A certificate had been demanded , and was submitted , but appeared to belong to a Ladies' Lodge ( much to the astonishment and consternation of the Venerable , " and all present )
addressed to Madame Faintraille , Adjutant or Captain . He recollected , however , that this lady , by her conduct ami talents , had earned this extraordinary distinction , and doubted not that the officer mentioned was the lady , and was irrepressibly seized with the overpowering impulse of making her a Freemason ; and suggested it to the Lodge , saying , " As the first consul has seen fit in the deeds of this lady to swerve from the usual course , by making no difference in her sex , I do
not see that we can err by following the example . " Many objected , having the fear of the Grand Orient ( Grand Lodge ) , before their eyes ; but the eloquence of the Venerable , and the example of the first consul , induced the majority to consent . Preparations were immediately commenced to receive the female adjutant into the brotherhood , with every possible and cautious form , consistent with her sex . The ceremony passed off with honour to all parties ; and at its conclusion the Lodge of Adoption was opened . H . F .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
A LADY ' S OPINION OF MASONRY . IT is a libel on the character of woman to attaint her of disaffection to Freemasonry . That she may reproach those who disgrace it , that she may even doubt its power , finding that so many men want the moral courage to acquaint themselves with its stringent principles , is not improbable : but that she can regard so glorious a profession with indifference is impossible ; and the following pleasing circumstance is a case in point .
In the maiden city of Londonderry , Freemasonry had , for so many years lapsed into desuetude , that its inhabitants were indebted to occasional reports from the Cork , Limerick , and Dublin papers , for the recollection that the order existed . In His good season , however , Providence willed the hour when Freemasonry should revive , which it has done in the person of Brother Alexander Grant , whose retirement from Indiaon account of ill healthled him to seek for its restoration
, , in his native city . He had won high honours in the far East , and was Grand Secretary of the Province of Bengal . A good name was his passport , and the good wishes of all his reward . Such a Mason could not be idle . On reaching Derry he sought in vain fora Lodge , bui " lateat scintillula forsan" thought Grant ; and so gently went he to work , that he did elicit a spark ; the spark produced a restorative influence ; the light again illumined the Masonic darkness