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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 8 of 12 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
1813 . In the seventieth year of his age he was initiated into the Order , in the Lodge Amalia in Weimar ; shortly after his initiation he gave a lecture in this lodge upon tbe object and the spirit of Freemasonry . This remarkable lecture , so consonant to the spirit of Freemasonry , is printed in the " Analecta , " published by the Lodge Amalia in 1810 , but which are not sold publicly . A few months before his death he celebrated his eightieth birth-day , on which occasion the Lodge Amalia
caused a medal to be struck , the obverse containing his bust , with the single name Wieland ; reverse , a wreath of flowers , within which is a sphinx , resting upon three points , and holding a triangle in its hand ; inscription— " The M > XX birth-day , by the Lodge Amalia , d V Sept .
MDCCCXII . Wie . n . Vienna . —Here were the following St . John ' s Lodges : —Zu der 3 Adlern ; Zu der 3 Herzen , founded from London about 1750 ; Zur Gekronten Hoffnung ; Zum Leiligen Joseph , founded by the National Grand Lodge , Berlin ; Zu der 3 Feuern ; Zum Palmbaum ; Zur Wahrheit ; Zur . Wahren Eintrach ; Zur Wohlthatigkeit : Zur Bestandigkeit . In the year 1784 the well known order upon Freemasonry of the Czar Joseph II . was publishedafter which there were founded
, here , on the 22 nd April , 1784 , a National Grand Lodge , and a Provincial Grancl Lodge of Austria . Of the above named ten St . John ' s Lodges these , ] , Zum Palmbaum—2 , Zu der 3 Adlern—3 , Zur Wahren Eintracht , united and formed one St . John ' s Lodge , Zur Wahrheit . The other three lodges , 1 , ZurGekronten Hoffnung—2 , Zur Wohlthatigkeit—3 , Zu der 3 Feuern , are united under the name of the St . John ' s Lodge Zur Gekronten Hofrhung . The other lod were closedand
ges , in the year 1801 the National Grand Lodge , Provincial Grand Lodge , ancl the two newly formed St . John ' s Lodges were also closed . Wilhelm der Dritte . —William III ., King of England , Prince of Orange , born 14 th November , 1650 , and died 19 th March , 1702 . He succeeded his father-in-law James II . on the English throne . In Anderson ' s Constitution Book it is said of him , that he was secretly initiated
into Ireemasonry , ancl afterwards confirmed the election of Sir Christopher Wren as Grand Master . Wilhelmsbad . —In the year 1782 there was held in this city a very celebrated convention of Freemasons . For a long period antecedent to this time the German , Bohemian , Hungarian , French , and Swedish lodges all held different opinions as to what Freemasonry really was . Some considered it merely an abstract science ; others the knowledge of the purest moralityand . others a mixture of a peculiar kind of
; very learning , history , ancl science . These different opinions had originated the convention at Lyons in 1778 . The German united lodges , under the Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick , the so called Strict Observance , also wished to have a consultation among themselves , and to enquire how far their conduct as Masons up to this time , ancl their dependence upon the Knights Templar system was correct or not ; and in case that they had been led into errorto determine what their conduct should be for the
, future . The noble Grancl Master of the united lodges , Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick , whose memory will ever live amongst Freemasons as an highly honourable and deserving member of the Craft , sent a circular from Brunswick , on the 9 th September , 1780 , to all the lodges which wrought with him , and through him were united in one chain ; in order to invite all the members of the high degrees to a convention , to be helcl in Wilhelmsbad ; this circular was followed by a second , and two months
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
1813 . In the seventieth year of his age he was initiated into the Order , in the Lodge Amalia in Weimar ; shortly after his initiation he gave a lecture in this lodge upon tbe object and the spirit of Freemasonry . This remarkable lecture , so consonant to the spirit of Freemasonry , is printed in the " Analecta , " published by the Lodge Amalia in 1810 , but which are not sold publicly . A few months before his death he celebrated his eightieth birth-day , on which occasion the Lodge Amalia
caused a medal to be struck , the obverse containing his bust , with the single name Wieland ; reverse , a wreath of flowers , within which is a sphinx , resting upon three points , and holding a triangle in its hand ; inscription— " The M > XX birth-day , by the Lodge Amalia , d V Sept .
MDCCCXII . Wie . n . Vienna . —Here were the following St . John ' s Lodges : —Zu der 3 Adlern ; Zu der 3 Herzen , founded from London about 1750 ; Zur Gekronten Hoffnung ; Zum Leiligen Joseph , founded by the National Grand Lodge , Berlin ; Zu der 3 Feuern ; Zum Palmbaum ; Zur Wahrheit ; Zur . Wahren Eintrach ; Zur Wohlthatigkeit : Zur Bestandigkeit . In the year 1784 the well known order upon Freemasonry of the Czar Joseph II . was publishedafter which there were founded
, here , on the 22 nd April , 1784 , a National Grand Lodge , and a Provincial Grancl Lodge of Austria . Of the above named ten St . John ' s Lodges these , ] , Zum Palmbaum—2 , Zu der 3 Adlern—3 , Zur Wahren Eintracht , united and formed one St . John ' s Lodge , Zur Wahrheit . The other three lodges , 1 , ZurGekronten Hoffnung—2 , Zur Wohlthatigkeit—3 , Zu der 3 Feuern , are united under the name of the St . John ' s Lodge Zur Gekronten Hofrhung . The other lod were closedand
ges , in the year 1801 the National Grand Lodge , Provincial Grand Lodge , ancl the two newly formed St . John ' s Lodges were also closed . Wilhelm der Dritte . —William III ., King of England , Prince of Orange , born 14 th November , 1650 , and died 19 th March , 1702 . He succeeded his father-in-law James II . on the English throne . In Anderson ' s Constitution Book it is said of him , that he was secretly initiated
into Ireemasonry , ancl afterwards confirmed the election of Sir Christopher Wren as Grand Master . Wilhelmsbad . —In the year 1782 there was held in this city a very celebrated convention of Freemasons . For a long period antecedent to this time the German , Bohemian , Hungarian , French , and Swedish lodges all held different opinions as to what Freemasonry really was . Some considered it merely an abstract science ; others the knowledge of the purest moralityand . others a mixture of a peculiar kind of
; very learning , history , ancl science . These different opinions had originated the convention at Lyons in 1778 . The German united lodges , under the Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick , the so called Strict Observance , also wished to have a consultation among themselves , and to enquire how far their conduct as Masons up to this time , ancl their dependence upon the Knights Templar system was correct or not ; and in case that they had been led into errorto determine what their conduct should be for the
, future . The noble Grancl Master of the united lodges , Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick , whose memory will ever live amongst Freemasons as an highly honourable and deserving member of the Craft , sent a circular from Brunswick , on the 9 th September , 1780 , to all the lodges which wrought with him , and through him were united in one chain ; in order to invite all the members of the high degrees to a convention , to be helcl in Wilhelmsbad ; this circular was followed by a second , and two months