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Article THE FREEMASON'S LEXICON. ← Page 3 of 8 →
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The Freemason's Lexicon.
1765 . Translated into German by Claudius under the title , Irrthumen und Wahrheit . ( Error and Truth . ) Hamburg , 1782 . His doctrine , called also his system , is mystical , theosophical , and crept into the French Lodges of the Philalethen , svhere it svas also called Ordre divin . The merits of this Order svere discussed at the Williambader Convention in connexion svith the Chevaliers Bienfaisant . Maucrkrone . Wall-Crown . —With the Romans this svas a crosvn of
gold , the ribs of which svere like the ribs of a wall , and svhich svas given to the soldier svho , at a siege , svas the first upon the enemy ' s svall . The gods under svhose especial protection a city svas placed svore a similar crosvn . The svall-crosvn has nothing to do svith Freemasonry , and is only introduced on account of the similarity of its name .
Mecklenburgh . —In Mecklenburgh Schsverin as svell as in Mecklenburg Strelitz , Freemasonry enjoys the protection of the government , and there are large and respectable Lodges in Rostock , Schsverin , Gestrosv , andNesv Brandenburgh . Charles , Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz , svho died in 181 ( 5 , ss'as a member of the Order and English Provincial G . M . In svhich character he founded the Lodge , Bond of Peace , in Nesv Brandenburg one year before his death .
Meister . Master . —He svho has attained the third degree in Freemasonry , is a Master , and svhere they tlo not svork in the so-called high degrees , has obtained the summit of his profession . None but F . C . svho have been proved and found svorthy can obtain this degree . The clothing of a M . M . is blue , as a resvard of his fidelity and truth . As a M . M . he has a voice in all the consultations of the officers of the Lodge , and he may , if possessed of sufficient Masonic skill , be appointed
to any office in the Lodge , even that of W . M . Meister von Stuhl , ( Alaster of the Chair ) in English , P . M . or W , M . This is the highest preferment a Mason can obtain in St . John ' s Masonry , through the three degrees of svhich every candidate for the P . AI . degree must have passed . If there are members in the Lodge who have the higher degree they are generally elected W . M . ; but although it is by no means necessary to possess those degrees to enable a Brother to be elected to the chairit is absolutel that he should be a man of good
, y necessary , nay , unblemished moral character and extensive Masonic information , he is then elected b y his Bro . A'l . M . ' s for one year or for life ( in Germany and Holland ) . The greatest care and caution ought to be used by the Brethren at this election to prevent the Lodge being injured by the election of an improper person ; for , in small cities especially , the public is speedily asvare svho stands at the head of the Lodge , and if he is not
a nigniy respectable man the Brethren svho elected him have much to anssver for . He must also be svell acquainted svith the Order , its doctrines , its secrets , its history and constitution , and must possess the posver of communicating his osvn reflections upon all these subjects in a clear and comprehensive form unto the Brethren . He should also be able , upon occasion , to deliver a logical discourse upon the Craft extemporaneously . The duty frequently devclves upon him alone to fix the labour of the Lodgeantl to form every Brother into such a Freemason
, as the statutes of the Order requires . 11 is quite easy to be a W . M . as too many are , but most difficult to be such an one as the Order requires . W . M ' s . in general think they have done their duty by reading distinctly the Ritual . But he svho svisbes to do his duty faithfully must remember he sits in a chair svhich ss'as formerly called in England the seat of King Solomon . Meusch , der Heine , The Pure Man , or the Prepared Man . —A
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Lexicon.
1765 . Translated into German by Claudius under the title , Irrthumen und Wahrheit . ( Error and Truth . ) Hamburg , 1782 . His doctrine , called also his system , is mystical , theosophical , and crept into the French Lodges of the Philalethen , svhere it svas also called Ordre divin . The merits of this Order svere discussed at the Williambader Convention in connexion svith the Chevaliers Bienfaisant . Maucrkrone . Wall-Crown . —With the Romans this svas a crosvn of
gold , the ribs of which svere like the ribs of a wall , and svhich svas given to the soldier svho , at a siege , svas the first upon the enemy ' s svall . The gods under svhose especial protection a city svas placed svore a similar crosvn . The svall-crosvn has nothing to do svith Freemasonry , and is only introduced on account of the similarity of its name .
Mecklenburgh . —In Mecklenburgh Schsverin as svell as in Mecklenburg Strelitz , Freemasonry enjoys the protection of the government , and there are large and respectable Lodges in Rostock , Schsverin , Gestrosv , andNesv Brandenburgh . Charles , Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz , svho died in 181 ( 5 , ss'as a member of the Order and English Provincial G . M . In svhich character he founded the Lodge , Bond of Peace , in Nesv Brandenburg one year before his death .
Meister . Master . —He svho has attained the third degree in Freemasonry , is a Master , and svhere they tlo not svork in the so-called high degrees , has obtained the summit of his profession . None but F . C . svho have been proved and found svorthy can obtain this degree . The clothing of a M . M . is blue , as a resvard of his fidelity and truth . As a M . M . he has a voice in all the consultations of the officers of the Lodge , and he may , if possessed of sufficient Masonic skill , be appointed
to any office in the Lodge , even that of W . M . Meister von Stuhl , ( Alaster of the Chair ) in English , P . M . or W , M . This is the highest preferment a Mason can obtain in St . John ' s Masonry , through the three degrees of svhich every candidate for the P . AI . degree must have passed . If there are members in the Lodge who have the higher degree they are generally elected W . M . ; but although it is by no means necessary to possess those degrees to enable a Brother to be elected to the chairit is absolutel that he should be a man of good
, y necessary , nay , unblemished moral character and extensive Masonic information , he is then elected b y his Bro . A'l . M . ' s for one year or for life ( in Germany and Holland ) . The greatest care and caution ought to be used by the Brethren at this election to prevent the Lodge being injured by the election of an improper person ; for , in small cities especially , the public is speedily asvare svho stands at the head of the Lodge , and if he is not
a nigniy respectable man the Brethren svho elected him have much to anssver for . He must also be svell acquainted svith the Order , its doctrines , its secrets , its history and constitution , and must possess the posver of communicating his osvn reflections upon all these subjects in a clear and comprehensive form unto the Brethren . He should also be able , upon occasion , to deliver a logical discourse upon the Craft extemporaneously . The duty frequently devclves upon him alone to fix the labour of the Lodgeantl to form every Brother into such a Freemason
, as the statutes of the Order requires . 11 is quite easy to be a W . M . as too many are , but most difficult to be such an one as the Order requires . W . M ' s . in general think they have done their duty by reading distinctly the Ritual . But he svho svisbes to do his duty faithfully must remember he sits in a chair svhich ss'as formerly called in England the seat of King Solomon . Meusch , der Heine , The Pure Man , or the Prepared Man . —A