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Article FREEMASONRY IN TURKEY, PERSIA, AND JAPAN. ← Page 3 of 3 Article FREEMASONRY IN CORK. Page 1 of 5 →
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Freemasonry In Turkey, Persia, And Japan.
" We expect Bro . Arthur Schulze to pass through here shortly , when he shall likewise receive a jewel , and a translation of his certificate . Should it happen that at your meeting a desire may he evinced to make further members of our lodge honorary members of yours , I would beg to submit to your kind remembrance Bro . Haffers Tahir Ileni , my successor . On the 12 th September , being next Sunday eight days , we shall have a great working dayand initiate several candidates those
, ; among admitted will be your countryman , Wilhelm Anton Schulze , whom I have known upwards of eight years , and consider worthy of being received into our Order . We have during the last two months already considered him a member , and it requires only the ceremony to be enabled to designate him a brother . As he speaks Servian well , and has taken great pains to learn Turkish , we have already nominated him our corresponding secretary and German interpreter to the Lodge Alikotsch ; we shall be
able hereafter to correspond with you much more easily . I shall be able to write you more at length on the subject , and hope you will gratify us with a full account of the opening of your new hall . The brethren ( Bektaschia ) unite with me in congratulations , but more especially I offer you my friendship by the holy numbers that unite us , 3 x 3 , 1 dede , 2 rheber , 3 murith ( the three degrees ?) " And am in the name of the Lodge Alikotsch , Bel
Or . grade . 3 " Your brother , 18 x 47 . g " T . TANI IsMAEL TsCHOLAK MEHEMED SAEDE . " QHere follow the Turkish signatures and seal . The jewel is a white marble stone with blood-red spots , which are to remind the wearer of the founder of Masonry in Turkey , Aw , who suffered the punishment of death for the introduction ; it is worn by a white cord round the neck , as also a small brown collar with figures on it . —C ]
Freemasonry In Cork.
FREEMASONRY IN CORK .
QUEEN VICTORIA , THE MASONS DAUGHTER . — COLONEL CHATTERTON , THE GALLANT SOLDIER-MASON . To have merged the following most heart-stirring events into the general provincial intelligence , would have been to curtail them of their fair proportions ; we give the reports as sent , without any remarks of our own , they speak for themselves . The Irish nation has been lavish of its chivalric loyalty and personal devotion to its sovereiladand
gn y , the brethren of Cork have addressed her Majesty , and received a most gracious reply . THE QUEEN ' S VISIT . Cork , August 3 , 1849 . —The masonic address , which was very beautifully illuminated with masonic emblems , and on vellum , was presented to her Majesty by the Provincial Grand Master , Colonel Chatterton , and was as follows : —
To the Queen ' s most Excellent Majesty . ¦ The humble address of Colonel James Charles Chatterton , K . H ., Provincial Grand Master , the Grand Officers and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Province of Munster .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In Turkey, Persia, And Japan.
" We expect Bro . Arthur Schulze to pass through here shortly , when he shall likewise receive a jewel , and a translation of his certificate . Should it happen that at your meeting a desire may he evinced to make further members of our lodge honorary members of yours , I would beg to submit to your kind remembrance Bro . Haffers Tahir Ileni , my successor . On the 12 th September , being next Sunday eight days , we shall have a great working dayand initiate several candidates those
, ; among admitted will be your countryman , Wilhelm Anton Schulze , whom I have known upwards of eight years , and consider worthy of being received into our Order . We have during the last two months already considered him a member , and it requires only the ceremony to be enabled to designate him a brother . As he speaks Servian well , and has taken great pains to learn Turkish , we have already nominated him our corresponding secretary and German interpreter to the Lodge Alikotsch ; we shall be
able hereafter to correspond with you much more easily . I shall be able to write you more at length on the subject , and hope you will gratify us with a full account of the opening of your new hall . The brethren ( Bektaschia ) unite with me in congratulations , but more especially I offer you my friendship by the holy numbers that unite us , 3 x 3 , 1 dede , 2 rheber , 3 murith ( the three degrees ?) " And am in the name of the Lodge Alikotsch , Bel
Or . grade . 3 " Your brother , 18 x 47 . g " T . TANI IsMAEL TsCHOLAK MEHEMED SAEDE . " QHere follow the Turkish signatures and seal . The jewel is a white marble stone with blood-red spots , which are to remind the wearer of the founder of Masonry in Turkey , Aw , who suffered the punishment of death for the introduction ; it is worn by a white cord round the neck , as also a small brown collar with figures on it . —C ]
Freemasonry In Cork.
FREEMASONRY IN CORK .
QUEEN VICTORIA , THE MASONS DAUGHTER . — COLONEL CHATTERTON , THE GALLANT SOLDIER-MASON . To have merged the following most heart-stirring events into the general provincial intelligence , would have been to curtail them of their fair proportions ; we give the reports as sent , without any remarks of our own , they speak for themselves . The Irish nation has been lavish of its chivalric loyalty and personal devotion to its sovereiladand
gn y , the brethren of Cork have addressed her Majesty , and received a most gracious reply . THE QUEEN ' S VISIT . Cork , August 3 , 1849 . —The masonic address , which was very beautifully illuminated with masonic emblems , and on vellum , was presented to her Majesty by the Provincial Grand Master , Colonel Chatterton , and was as follows : —
To the Queen ' s most Excellent Majesty . ¦ The humble address of Colonel James Charles Chatterton , K . H ., Provincial Grand Master , the Grand Officers and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Province of Munster .