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the poor of the town . It has caused a new building to be erected to hold its future meetings in . FREIBURG , GLADBACH , OFFENBACH , QUEDLINOBURG , WALDENBURG , WOLFENBUTTEL , —New lodges have been established in all the above places .
GREAT GLOGAN . — The accidental destruction by fire of a large house adjoining the Masons' hall , has enabled the Freemasons to entertain the project of extending their premises , and disposing of 27 , 000 thalers ( 4050 / . ) in building suitable apartments ; 3 ,-500 thalers were very soon subscribed as a loan not bearing interest . The lodge circular is headed with an engraving , shewing the intended elevation of the building .
HAMBRO ' . —The new Book of Constitutions has been published and circulated , with an introductory address , stating , among other remarks , that the intention of Freemasonry is " not to create a church within the church nor a state within the state , " but the intentions of Freemasonry are to " consolidate all the better and kinder feelings of man , to improve the inferior passions , to elevate , enable , and to induce him to regard virtue as a virtue , and to love all who entertain the same feelings . " The R . W . Grand MasterBro . D . A . Cordershas heen compelled to resign
, , the chair from a severe infliction , which has nearly deprived him of sight , and prevented entirely his either reading or writing . The Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Buck , hacl previously intimated his intention of resigning , but on the inconvenience being pointed out to him of the principal grand officer leaving the government at the same time , he allowed himself to be elected to the Grand Master ' s chair . Bro . Dr . Grapengieser was appointed Deputy Grand Master .
The Lodge Brothers Love , on the Elbe , at the meeting in January 1846 , being the centenary of the birth of Pestakazi , decided upon founding a school , to be named after him , for the reception of deserted children , or others likely to be led astray for want of a home . The public were much pleased with the announcement , and two concerts given in aid of the
funds were liberally supported : a subscription list oi between four and five thousand marks p . . has been made . The fancy fair for the same purpose produced five thousand marks ; indeed so rapidly has the scheme progressed , that the school was opened on the 1 st of August last . The committee of management consists of the Master , eight members of the lodge , and eight subscribers not members . The ground on which the institution has been erected is freehold . In the Grand Lodge circularsunder date August 51847 the entire
, , , correspondence with the Grand Lodges of Prussia is published , stating that the united Prussian Grancl Masters met on the 15 th of May ; and the letter , informing the Grand Lodge of Hambro' of the decision , is dated June 15 . The Grand Lodge Royal York sent circulars ( they say ) to all her subordinate lodges , " requesting that in future they will ascertain that visitors are provided with properly attested certificates from a recognized Grand Lodgeand nothing more . " That at a meeting of the
, three Grand Masters of the Prussian lodges , with the Prince of Prussia , protector , in the chair , it was decided that the non-admission of not Christian brethren was a mistake , and that the words had crept into the laws subsequently to 1808 in error , and should be altered at the next revision of the statutes ; but thatin the meantime the Royal York Grand Lodge had issued the above circular , and that the Grand Lodge of the VOL . vi . o
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the poor of the town . It has caused a new building to be erected to hold its future meetings in . FREIBURG , GLADBACH , OFFENBACH , QUEDLINOBURG , WALDENBURG , WOLFENBUTTEL , —New lodges have been established in all the above places .
GREAT GLOGAN . — The accidental destruction by fire of a large house adjoining the Masons' hall , has enabled the Freemasons to entertain the project of extending their premises , and disposing of 27 , 000 thalers ( 4050 / . ) in building suitable apartments ; 3 ,-500 thalers were very soon subscribed as a loan not bearing interest . The lodge circular is headed with an engraving , shewing the intended elevation of the building .
HAMBRO ' . —The new Book of Constitutions has been published and circulated , with an introductory address , stating , among other remarks , that the intention of Freemasonry is " not to create a church within the church nor a state within the state , " but the intentions of Freemasonry are to " consolidate all the better and kinder feelings of man , to improve the inferior passions , to elevate , enable , and to induce him to regard virtue as a virtue , and to love all who entertain the same feelings . " The R . W . Grand MasterBro . D . A . Cordershas heen compelled to resign
, , the chair from a severe infliction , which has nearly deprived him of sight , and prevented entirely his either reading or writing . The Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Buck , hacl previously intimated his intention of resigning , but on the inconvenience being pointed out to him of the principal grand officer leaving the government at the same time , he allowed himself to be elected to the Grand Master ' s chair . Bro . Dr . Grapengieser was appointed Deputy Grand Master .
The Lodge Brothers Love , on the Elbe , at the meeting in January 1846 , being the centenary of the birth of Pestakazi , decided upon founding a school , to be named after him , for the reception of deserted children , or others likely to be led astray for want of a home . The public were much pleased with the announcement , and two concerts given in aid of the
funds were liberally supported : a subscription list oi between four and five thousand marks p . . has been made . The fancy fair for the same purpose produced five thousand marks ; indeed so rapidly has the scheme progressed , that the school was opened on the 1 st of August last . The committee of management consists of the Master , eight members of the lodge , and eight subscribers not members . The ground on which the institution has been erected is freehold . In the Grand Lodge circularsunder date August 51847 the entire
, , , correspondence with the Grand Lodges of Prussia is published , stating that the united Prussian Grancl Masters met on the 15 th of May ; and the letter , informing the Grand Lodge of Hambro' of the decision , is dated June 15 . The Grand Lodge Royal York sent circulars ( they say ) to all her subordinate lodges , " requesting that in future they will ascertain that visitors are provided with properly attested certificates from a recognized Grand Lodgeand nothing more . " That at a meeting of the
, three Grand Masters of the Prussian lodges , with the Prince of Prussia , protector , in the chair , it was decided that the non-admission of not Christian brethren was a mistake , and that the words had crept into the laws subsequently to 1808 in error , and should be altered at the next revision of the statutes ; but thatin the meantime the Royal York Grand Lodge had issued the above circular , and that the Grand Lodge of the VOL . vi . o