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Article THE FREEMASONS' CALENDAR, 1775. ← Page 4 of 4
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The Freemasons' Calendar, 1775.
read y and willing to satisf y them more particularl y in regard to what they had explained . U pon this the brethren were discharged , and the town secretary ivas appointed to attend the lod ge . He was accordingly initiated ; and on his return to the Stadt-house gave such a satisfactory account in favour of the society , that in a short time after the whole body of the magistracy became Free and Accepted Masons . In 1738 a lodwas instituted at the in which William
ge Hague , IV . Innce of Orange , was accepted . In 1740 , Masonry was most furiously attacked b y the Dutch clergy , who resolved at all events to suppress the society , but their endeavours proved abortive . The folloiving anecdote ivill show to what a pitch they carried their malice : I wo young officers of good families , who were Masons , applied to the minister of the parish , in ivhich they resided , to examine them in
certain points of religion , according to the Heidelberg Catechism , and then to grant them a certificate to entitle them to receive the Holy Sacrament . After the examination was over , and the priest satisfied m regard to their capacity , he asked them , If they were Free-masons ? Being answered in the affirmative , he refused to grant them certificates ihis transaction raised an uproar in Holland , and numbers of pamphlets were published both for and against Masonry . At last the grand assembl of the States General
y took it into their consideration , and ordered , that for the future , no clergyman should ask , either that or any other question concerning Masonry , in the execution of his ecclesiastical duty ; and commanded the clergyman , before whom the two officers had been examined , immediatel y to grant them certificates . I his proved a favourable introduction to the progress of Masonry in Holland . In a few years a number of lodges were constituted the
throughout Seven United Provinces ; some under the patronage of England , and others under that of Scotland . The lodges at present in Holland , under the constitution of England , are the following , viz . FLUSHING , province of ZEELAND . Loge Soleil , constituted in 1769 . Meets the second and fourth Friday in every month . ROTTERDAM . Royal Frederic , constituted in 1762 . Meets the third Monday in each month .
British Union , constituted in 1764 . Meets every other Saturday Le Victoire , constituted in 1768 . Meets the first and third Tuesday in every month . In the year 1756 , a Grand Lodge was instituted at the Hague , by the assistance of the other lodges from the various provinces . This Lodge is called the Grand Lod ge of Freemasons for the Seven United Provincesand is empowered to constitute lod in Holland
, ges and in all the various settlements thereto belonging . The lodges under the sanction of this Grand Lodge are now very numerous ; and in all probability will still increase . A more particular description of them will therefore appear in our next year ' s Calendar . "
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The Freemasons' Calendar, 1775.
read y and willing to satisf y them more particularl y in regard to what they had explained . U pon this the brethren were discharged , and the town secretary ivas appointed to attend the lod ge . He was accordingly initiated ; and on his return to the Stadt-house gave such a satisfactory account in favour of the society , that in a short time after the whole body of the magistracy became Free and Accepted Masons . In 1738 a lodwas instituted at the in which William
ge Hague , IV . Innce of Orange , was accepted . In 1740 , Masonry was most furiously attacked b y the Dutch clergy , who resolved at all events to suppress the society , but their endeavours proved abortive . The folloiving anecdote ivill show to what a pitch they carried their malice : I wo young officers of good families , who were Masons , applied to the minister of the parish , in ivhich they resided , to examine them in
certain points of religion , according to the Heidelberg Catechism , and then to grant them a certificate to entitle them to receive the Holy Sacrament . After the examination was over , and the priest satisfied m regard to their capacity , he asked them , If they were Free-masons ? Being answered in the affirmative , he refused to grant them certificates ihis transaction raised an uproar in Holland , and numbers of pamphlets were published both for and against Masonry . At last the grand assembl of the States General
y took it into their consideration , and ordered , that for the future , no clergyman should ask , either that or any other question concerning Masonry , in the execution of his ecclesiastical duty ; and commanded the clergyman , before whom the two officers had been examined , immediatel y to grant them certificates . I his proved a favourable introduction to the progress of Masonry in Holland . In a few years a number of lodges were constituted the
throughout Seven United Provinces ; some under the patronage of England , and others under that of Scotland . The lodges at present in Holland , under the constitution of England , are the following , viz . FLUSHING , province of ZEELAND . Loge Soleil , constituted in 1769 . Meets the second and fourth Friday in every month . ROTTERDAM . Royal Frederic , constituted in 1762 . Meets the third Monday in each month .
British Union , constituted in 1764 . Meets every other Saturday Le Victoire , constituted in 1768 . Meets the first and third Tuesday in every month . In the year 1756 , a Grand Lodge was instituted at the Hague , by the assistance of the other lodges from the various provinces . This Lodge is called the Grand Lod ge of Freemasons for the Seven United Provincesand is empowered to constitute lod in Holland
, ges and in all the various settlements thereto belonging . The lodges under the sanction of this Grand Lodge are now very numerous ; and in all probability will still increase . A more particular description of them will therefore appear in our next year ' s Calendar . "