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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
Ave detest hypocrisy and quackery—works of piety and humanity are our duty and delight . Our customs and secrets Ave are bound not to disclose . They are , however , contrary neither to Divine nor human laws . Send one of your bench of magistrates to become initiated , and he Avill confirm our assertions . " This language and openness pleased the magistracy : the secretary of state was selected for
initiation , and the report he afterwards made Avas so satisfactory that nearly all the members of the magistracy embraced the Order . From that period furthermore the Order has continued to flourish in Holland without any obstacle—nay , with continually increasing vigour ; and distinguishes itself by its charitable works , amongst which the Institution for tbe Blind , founded in 180 S , is so well
known . In 1816 , Prince Wilhelm Friedrich Karl undertook the office of National Grand Master . On the 6 th June , 1841 , the twenty-fifth year of his hi gh dignity Avas celebrated with much ceremony . In 1830 , Avhen the former Austrian Netherlands separated from Hollandand tbe kingdom of Belium was foundedthere arose a
, g , Grand Orient Belgique . Freemasonry may be said to be in Belgium a centre round Avhich liberals of all shades congregate ; and it receives the esteem and good Avishes of the people in grateful acknowledgment of its active philanthropy ; the more , therefore , is it hated by the priesthood , which refuses to Freemasons , most determinately , the last consolations of the Catholic Church , and its benediction to their
marriages . Still Lodges continue to increase , ancl may be found even in the A'illages . The Dutch have Colonial Lodges in Surinam ( Guyana ) St . Eustache , and St . Martin , in the West Indies . VI . SAVITZEELAND . In this country the history of the Order may be divided into three periods—the first , from 1737 to 1803 ; the second , from 1 S 03 to 1844 ; the third , from 1844 to the present time .
The English Provincial Grand Master , Stanhope , Earl of Chesterfield , founded by virtue of a constitution from the then Grand Master , the Duke of Montagu , the first Lodge at Geneva , in 1737 ; and the 2 nd February , 1739 , a second in Lausanne ; and at the latter place a Masonic Supreme Directory , under the name Directoire National Helvetique Roman . It is curious that under the freest constitutions we find the earliest jealousies of Masonic labours so
; , in 1745 , a prohibition against them was issued by the Council of Berne , and renewed in 1782 , without , however , hindering their progress . Freemasonry flourished freel y in all the Protestant cantons ; but in the Catholic ones , the priests , instigated by the Papal bulls , threAV what obstructions they could in its Avay . The Lodges erected 1766 at Basleand 1772 in Zurichrestricted
, , , themselves to the three first degrees of the severest observance . In 1775 , owing to the influence of the German superiors , the hi gher degrees were introduced , and in Basle ; the Old Scottish Directory , instituted by which two Lodges were erected in 1780 and 1791 , at
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
Ave detest hypocrisy and quackery—works of piety and humanity are our duty and delight . Our customs and secrets Ave are bound not to disclose . They are , however , contrary neither to Divine nor human laws . Send one of your bench of magistrates to become initiated , and he Avill confirm our assertions . " This language and openness pleased the magistracy : the secretary of state was selected for
initiation , and the report he afterwards made Avas so satisfactory that nearly all the members of the magistracy embraced the Order . From that period furthermore the Order has continued to flourish in Holland without any obstacle—nay , with continually increasing vigour ; and distinguishes itself by its charitable works , amongst which the Institution for tbe Blind , founded in 180 S , is so well
known . In 1816 , Prince Wilhelm Friedrich Karl undertook the office of National Grand Master . On the 6 th June , 1841 , the twenty-fifth year of his hi gh dignity Avas celebrated with much ceremony . In 1830 , Avhen the former Austrian Netherlands separated from Hollandand tbe kingdom of Belium was foundedthere arose a
, g , Grand Orient Belgique . Freemasonry may be said to be in Belgium a centre round Avhich liberals of all shades congregate ; and it receives the esteem and good Avishes of the people in grateful acknowledgment of its active philanthropy ; the more , therefore , is it hated by the priesthood , which refuses to Freemasons , most determinately , the last consolations of the Catholic Church , and its benediction to their
marriages . Still Lodges continue to increase , ancl may be found even in the A'illages . The Dutch have Colonial Lodges in Surinam ( Guyana ) St . Eustache , and St . Martin , in the West Indies . VI . SAVITZEELAND . In this country the history of the Order may be divided into three periods—the first , from 1737 to 1803 ; the second , from 1 S 03 to 1844 ; the third , from 1844 to the present time .
The English Provincial Grand Master , Stanhope , Earl of Chesterfield , founded by virtue of a constitution from the then Grand Master , the Duke of Montagu , the first Lodge at Geneva , in 1737 ; and the 2 nd February , 1739 , a second in Lausanne ; and at the latter place a Masonic Supreme Directory , under the name Directoire National Helvetique Roman . It is curious that under the freest constitutions we find the earliest jealousies of Masonic labours so
; , in 1745 , a prohibition against them was issued by the Council of Berne , and renewed in 1782 , without , however , hindering their progress . Freemasonry flourished freel y in all the Protestant cantons ; but in the Catholic ones , the priests , instigated by the Papal bulls , threAV what obstructions they could in its Avay . The Lodges erected 1766 at Basleand 1772 in Zurichrestricted
, , , themselves to the three first degrees of the severest observance . In 1775 , owing to the influence of the German superiors , the hi gher degrees were introduced , and in Basle ; the Old Scottish Directory , instituted by which two Lodges were erected in 1780 and 1791 , at