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Article THE FREEMASON'S LEXICON. ← Page 5 of 7 →
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The Freemason's Lexicon.
of the crusades in the Holy Land , and none but the olcl German nobility were admitted into it . They wore a white mantle with a black cross from which they derived the name of the Knights of the Cross . After they hacl ceased to maintain the Christian reli gion against the infidels , they made great conquests in Germany , and the whole country , from the Oder to the Gulf of Finland , was subjected to them ; but they afterwards lost it by degrees , so that , for many years , tbe poiver of this Order has been quite extinguished . The Grand Master had his residence in Marienberg , in Prussia .
Dieuende Bruder . Serving Brethren . —These are generally poor citizens , of good character , ivhose business allows them to serve in the Lodge , for which they receive a small salary . They are initiated into the Order with all the ceremonies of the Craft . If they are to cerve in the higher degrees , they must be regularly admitted into them , ancl they eventually take them all . It is seldom that they know more of the Order than its ceremonies , ivhich is neither the fault of the Loclge or the
Brethren , but their own education . They are respected by the whole Brethren as a Brother , ancl must also always be addressed as such . Their duties consist in assisting at the ceremonies , inviting the Brethren to labour , waiting at the table , and doing other small services . Directorium . Direction , or Management . —According to tlie constitution of the Order , the management is placed in the hands of the M . M . ivith the W . M . ancl officers of the Locl at their headancl
, ge ; they have the power of deciding in all disputed cases . In modern times , many Lodges have elected their own Directorium ; and have delegated unto it the executive power of the Loclge . In England , generally , a committee of the officers , and part of the Brethren , form the Directorium in the Grand Loclge , the Board of General Purposes . Such boards are found attached to all Grand Lodges , as in London , Berlin , Hamburgh , Dresden , & c .
" Dispensation . —AVhen a Brother has failed in performing his duties , and Brotherly remonstrances fail in bringing him into the path of duty , the first punishment is a dispensation from attending the labours of the Loclge . This can be pronounced either for a definite or an indefinite period ; and if this fails in producing the desired effect , the next punishment is exclusion and proscription . Doll Frederick Wilhelm , statuary and professor , in Gotha . When he died , in his 66 th year , on the 30 th March , 1-816 , one of the most celebrated artists of modern times , he was a member of the Loclge Ernst zum Compas , in Gotha .
Drei- Three . —A sacred number in Freemasonry , with which all labour is commenced ancl finished . This number reminds us of the Three Great Lights , the Three kingdoms of Nature , the Holy Trinity , or of the words of Christ : "AVhere two of you are assembled in my name , there will I be in the midst of you . " AVe may also consider ourselves as the third party in Unity and Love , whose duty it is to exercise those two cardinal virtues . The Christian can also take the number three as the grand distinguishing doctrine of his faith . Furthernatural
, bodies are divided into three kingdoms . Treble were the origins of material nature , salt , sulphur , and quicksilver . There are three principal parts in a man , body , soul , and spirit . Faith , love , and hope , support and adorn life . A legal sentence is commonly composed of three parts , & c . Dreicck oder Triangel . Three cornered , or Triangle . —A geometrical
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Lexicon.
of the crusades in the Holy Land , and none but the olcl German nobility were admitted into it . They wore a white mantle with a black cross from which they derived the name of the Knights of the Cross . After they hacl ceased to maintain the Christian reli gion against the infidels , they made great conquests in Germany , and the whole country , from the Oder to the Gulf of Finland , was subjected to them ; but they afterwards lost it by degrees , so that , for many years , tbe poiver of this Order has been quite extinguished . The Grand Master had his residence in Marienberg , in Prussia .
Dieuende Bruder . Serving Brethren . —These are generally poor citizens , of good character , ivhose business allows them to serve in the Lodge , for which they receive a small salary . They are initiated into the Order with all the ceremonies of the Craft . If they are to cerve in the higher degrees , they must be regularly admitted into them , ancl they eventually take them all . It is seldom that they know more of the Order than its ceremonies , ivhich is neither the fault of the Loclge or the
Brethren , but their own education . They are respected by the whole Brethren as a Brother , ancl must also always be addressed as such . Their duties consist in assisting at the ceremonies , inviting the Brethren to labour , waiting at the table , and doing other small services . Directorium . Direction , or Management . —According to tlie constitution of the Order , the management is placed in the hands of the M . M . ivith the W . M . ancl officers of the Locl at their headancl
, ge ; they have the power of deciding in all disputed cases . In modern times , many Lodges have elected their own Directorium ; and have delegated unto it the executive power of the Loclge . In England , generally , a committee of the officers , and part of the Brethren , form the Directorium in the Grand Loclge , the Board of General Purposes . Such boards are found attached to all Grand Lodges , as in London , Berlin , Hamburgh , Dresden , & c .
" Dispensation . —AVhen a Brother has failed in performing his duties , and Brotherly remonstrances fail in bringing him into the path of duty , the first punishment is a dispensation from attending the labours of the Loclge . This can be pronounced either for a definite or an indefinite period ; and if this fails in producing the desired effect , the next punishment is exclusion and proscription . Doll Frederick Wilhelm , statuary and professor , in Gotha . When he died , in his 66 th year , on the 30 th March , 1-816 , one of the most celebrated artists of modern times , he was a member of the Loclge Ernst zum Compas , in Gotha .
Drei- Three . —A sacred number in Freemasonry , with which all labour is commenced ancl finished . This number reminds us of the Three Great Lights , the Three kingdoms of Nature , the Holy Trinity , or of the words of Christ : "AVhere two of you are assembled in my name , there will I be in the midst of you . " AVe may also consider ourselves as the third party in Unity and Love , whose duty it is to exercise those two cardinal virtues . The Christian can also take the number three as the grand distinguishing doctrine of his faith . Furthernatural
, bodies are divided into three kingdoms . Treble were the origins of material nature , salt , sulphur , and quicksilver . There are three principal parts in a man , body , soul , and spirit . Faith , love , and hope , support and adorn life . A legal sentence is commonly composed of three parts , & c . Dreicck oder Triangel . Three cornered , or Triangle . —A geometrical