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The Freemason's Lexicon.
THE FREEMASON'S LEXICON .
{ Continued from page 308 , v . i . ) Aitfhebitng einer Lege . —Prohibiting a Lodge to assemble , or striking a Lodge off from the Grand Lodge List . It is an event of a very rare occurrence that a Lodge is struck off the list or prohibited from assembling . This may be done by command of the State ; and when this is the case , the Brethren are bound to obey the law without
murmuring- or complaining that their sphere of usefulness is circumscribed . But when a Lodge is struck off from the list of the Grand Lodge , under which it held its warrant , it must be because it has fallen into irregularity , or has violated the rules of the Craft to such a degree , as to bring down upon it the greatest punishment the Grand Lodge can in & ict . Auge der Vorschung . —Eye of Providence ; a symbol of the W . M . As the eye of the Great Architect of heaven and earth is incessantl
y upon all his works , so should the eye of the W . M . be upon every thing which passes in his Lodge . Aiigenlicht . —Eyesight . He who has been temporally deprived of his sight is reduced to the condition of a new-born babe , or of one of those unfortunate individuals whose natural infirmity renders the presence of a conductor indispensibly necessary ; but when there are no outward objects to distract his attention , it is then that with eye of
reflection he probes into the deepest and darkest recesses of his own heart , and discovers his natural imperfections and impurities much more readily than he could possibly have done had he not been deprived of his sight . This short deprivation of sight has kindled in his heart a
spark of the brightest and the purest flame . "The people which sat in darkness saw a great light , " Matt . c . iv ., 16 . We must further admit that those who have been deprived of their sight , and who have hopes of being restored to it , strive most industriously and diligently to obtain it ; that they have no greater desire , and that they will most readily pledge themselves to do all that can be required of them , in order to obtain that inestimable blessing . A man who has been deprived of his sight may be introduced into
places where he is surrounded by the strangest and the rarest objects , without a possibility of his becoming a traitor . At the same time , those who are in possession of their sight cannot feel the care of their guides so much as those who are hoodwinked , and who feel that without the constant attention of their conductors , they would be much more helpless than they now are ; but however many proofs of attention and care they may receive , there is still something left to wish for ; and to the
question , What is your chief desire , the answer will ever assuredly be , " Light ' . ' August Wilhelm , Prince of Russia , born 9 th August 1729 , and died 22 nd June 1758 . He was a brother of Frederick the Great , and father to Frederick Wilhelm II . As a Member of the Order , he belonged to the Grand Lodge at the Three Globes , Berlin . Auvergne . —A . province in France , in which the higher degrees of
Freemasonry were formerly much cultivated , particularly among the clergy in the cloisters of Clermont , the capital of the province . Clermont had a bishop of its own , and in former times the Maltese Knights had a tongue here .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Lexicon.
THE FREEMASON'S LEXICON .
{ Continued from page 308 , v . i . ) Aitfhebitng einer Lege . —Prohibiting a Lodge to assemble , or striking a Lodge off from the Grand Lodge List . It is an event of a very rare occurrence that a Lodge is struck off the list or prohibited from assembling . This may be done by command of the State ; and when this is the case , the Brethren are bound to obey the law without
murmuring- or complaining that their sphere of usefulness is circumscribed . But when a Lodge is struck off from the list of the Grand Lodge , under which it held its warrant , it must be because it has fallen into irregularity , or has violated the rules of the Craft to such a degree , as to bring down upon it the greatest punishment the Grand Lodge can in & ict . Auge der Vorschung . —Eye of Providence ; a symbol of the W . M . As the eye of the Great Architect of heaven and earth is incessantl
y upon all his works , so should the eye of the W . M . be upon every thing which passes in his Lodge . Aiigenlicht . —Eyesight . He who has been temporally deprived of his sight is reduced to the condition of a new-born babe , or of one of those unfortunate individuals whose natural infirmity renders the presence of a conductor indispensibly necessary ; but when there are no outward objects to distract his attention , it is then that with eye of
reflection he probes into the deepest and darkest recesses of his own heart , and discovers his natural imperfections and impurities much more readily than he could possibly have done had he not been deprived of his sight . This short deprivation of sight has kindled in his heart a
spark of the brightest and the purest flame . "The people which sat in darkness saw a great light , " Matt . c . iv ., 16 . We must further admit that those who have been deprived of their sight , and who have hopes of being restored to it , strive most industriously and diligently to obtain it ; that they have no greater desire , and that they will most readily pledge themselves to do all that can be required of them , in order to obtain that inestimable blessing . A man who has been deprived of his sight may be introduced into
places where he is surrounded by the strangest and the rarest objects , without a possibility of his becoming a traitor . At the same time , those who are in possession of their sight cannot feel the care of their guides so much as those who are hoodwinked , and who feel that without the constant attention of their conductors , they would be much more helpless than they now are ; but however many proofs of attention and care they may receive , there is still something left to wish for ; and to the
question , What is your chief desire , the answer will ever assuredly be , " Light ' . ' August Wilhelm , Prince of Russia , born 9 th August 1729 , and died 22 nd June 1758 . He was a brother of Frederick the Great , and father to Frederick Wilhelm II . As a Member of the Order , he belonged to the Grand Lodge at the Three Globes , Berlin . Auvergne . —A . province in France , in which the higher degrees of
Freemasonry were formerly much cultivated , particularly among the clergy in the cloisters of Clermont , the capital of the province . Clermont had a bishop of its own , and in former times the Maltese Knights had a tongue here .