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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 9 of 11 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
tion of the York Builders' Huts , in the year 926 , as Anderson states in his well-known Book of Constitution for the Grand Lodge of London' . ; In the Builder ' s Huts , men ivho were not operative masons , were initiated and admitted , and from this epoch there was in this work , more than any other , a twofold object in view ; viz . actually to build , and'to promote every other thing which was calculated to prove beneficial to mankind . The number of the British Huts which regarded themselves
as a free , yet , at the same time , as a self-limited corporation , and the great number of men of rank and education who caused themselves to be initiated into this Society of Freemasons , gave it in the lapse of centuries , both credit ancl influence in the civil disturbances of England ; and it was those disturbances which first changed that which was originally a mere occupation , into that which Freemasonry finally became ; and continues to be in the present day . The Worshipful members , who
were not operative masons or architects , united more closely with each other , maintaining , it is true , the ancient ceremonies of the Builders ' Huts , but separating themselves more and more from the common and less cultivated workmen .
Gcsell , oder der zweite Grad im Orden . Fellow Craft , or the Second ; Degree in the Order . —This can only be obtained by those who , ' as apprentices , have proved their zeal and fidelity , and who , by . passing through an examination , show that they are in possession'of the he ' ce ' s- sary Masonic information : ' ;; '" ' ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦•• ' '" " Geslalt der Loge : Form of the Lodge . —It should' be an pblon *' square I :. I , should reach from east to west from ' north to , so , ' uih ';' 1
up to the clouds and ' tb the' centre of the , earth . .. 'The limits' of'its influence are not formed by four ' straight , iin . es , ' Pr by two , squares , placed Opposite to each other ,. but ^ are extended ; to the utmost bounds of the habitable globe . " The Lodges must ' therefore do' ' more than . give , their work-places the form of a long , square ! JJut'if the , Brethren are asseiiibleil'iri a long square , let them lift their spirits to die . contemplation of the Most Hihadmire Himin the wonders of natureand extend
. g , , , , as far as in them lies , good and perfect gifts into every clime . "' . ; TGesundheiten . Wealths pr Toasts . —As toasts are used at family and other festive meetings , so are . they also at Masonic festivals . The first is always the head of the government of the country , then the welfare of" the Chiefs of the Order , as also the healths of the visiting Brethren , shouldthere be any .. The last toast , is generally replied to by one of the visitors . The Brother whose duty it isas a visitorto return thanks
, , , must . be extremely careful not to say too much , or he is easily , led away into , an extemporaneous lecture to which it is not so easy to find a becoming entl ; the opposite fault of repeating a few set phrases , like a parrot , ought to be equally as carefully guarded against . If bpth ' bld and young members are at the same table , the young never attempt'to press before the old . And before the close , the toast , which is so deal- to every good Mason , should never be omitted ; viz . " our sick ancl afflicted ¦
Brethren , " neither ought the serving brethren ever to be forgot . , '' Giclitel , Gichielianer oder . TEhgelsbriider . Giclitelians , or . ¦ . Angels ' - TBrethren . —John George Gichfe ' l " was born oh the 14 th of ; March , 16 . 38 , at Regensberg , ivas an advocate , then sunk into a ' religious fanatic )' probably-through his adhering to Jacob Boehm , whose writings he-published in 1682 , and gathered together jn Holland a small sect . , . He was prpsecuted . " pilloried , and died at Amsterdam in 1710 ; but his disciples are not dead , and are known by the name of Gichtelians , or Angels '< Bre-
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
tion of the York Builders' Huts , in the year 926 , as Anderson states in his well-known Book of Constitution for the Grand Lodge of London' . ; In the Builder ' s Huts , men ivho were not operative masons , were initiated and admitted , and from this epoch there was in this work , more than any other , a twofold object in view ; viz . actually to build , and'to promote every other thing which was calculated to prove beneficial to mankind . The number of the British Huts which regarded themselves
as a free , yet , at the same time , as a self-limited corporation , and the great number of men of rank and education who caused themselves to be initiated into this Society of Freemasons , gave it in the lapse of centuries , both credit ancl influence in the civil disturbances of England ; and it was those disturbances which first changed that which was originally a mere occupation , into that which Freemasonry finally became ; and continues to be in the present day . The Worshipful members , who
were not operative masons or architects , united more closely with each other , maintaining , it is true , the ancient ceremonies of the Builders ' Huts , but separating themselves more and more from the common and less cultivated workmen .
Gcsell , oder der zweite Grad im Orden . Fellow Craft , or the Second ; Degree in the Order . —This can only be obtained by those who , ' as apprentices , have proved their zeal and fidelity , and who , by . passing through an examination , show that they are in possession'of the he ' ce ' s- sary Masonic information : ' ;; '" ' ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦•• ' '" " Geslalt der Loge : Form of the Lodge . —It should' be an pblon *' square I :. I , should reach from east to west from ' north to , so , ' uih ';' 1
up to the clouds and ' tb the' centre of the , earth . .. 'The limits' of'its influence are not formed by four ' straight , iin . es , ' Pr by two , squares , placed Opposite to each other ,. but ^ are extended ; to the utmost bounds of the habitable globe . " The Lodges must ' therefore do' ' more than . give , their work-places the form of a long , square ! JJut'if the , Brethren are asseiiibleil'iri a long square , let them lift their spirits to die . contemplation of the Most Hihadmire Himin the wonders of natureand extend
. g , , , , as far as in them lies , good and perfect gifts into every clime . "' . ; TGesundheiten . Wealths pr Toasts . —As toasts are used at family and other festive meetings , so are . they also at Masonic festivals . The first is always the head of the government of the country , then the welfare of" the Chiefs of the Order , as also the healths of the visiting Brethren , shouldthere be any .. The last toast , is generally replied to by one of the visitors . The Brother whose duty it isas a visitorto return thanks
, , , must . be extremely careful not to say too much , or he is easily , led away into , an extemporaneous lecture to which it is not so easy to find a becoming entl ; the opposite fault of repeating a few set phrases , like a parrot , ought to be equally as carefully guarded against . If bpth ' bld and young members are at the same table , the young never attempt'to press before the old . And before the close , the toast , which is so deal- to every good Mason , should never be omitted ; viz . " our sick ancl afflicted ¦
Brethren , " neither ought the serving brethren ever to be forgot . , '' Giclitel , Gichielianer oder . TEhgelsbriider . Giclitelians , or . ¦ . Angels ' - TBrethren . —John George Gichfe ' l " was born oh the 14 th of ; March , 16 . 38 , at Regensberg , ivas an advocate , then sunk into a ' religious fanatic )' probably-through his adhering to Jacob Boehm , whose writings he-published in 1682 , and gathered together jn Holland a small sect . , . He was prpsecuted . " pilloried , and died at Amsterdam in 1710 ; but his disciples are not dead , and are known by the name of Gichtelians , or Angels '< Bre-