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Statistical Account Of Freemasonry In The United States Of America.
Royal Arch Masons ) being the Grand Hig h Priest and other officers of the Grand Chapters . The Grand Lodge then acknoAvledged only four degrees in Masonry , Entered Apprentice , FCIIOAV CraftMaster Mason and Royal Arch
, Mason . As late as the year 1817 a number of Royal Arch Masons applied to Concordia Lodge , No . 67 , Philadelphia , for the use of its AA'arrant to open a chapter , which request Avas granted . TEMPLAR MASONRY in the United
States , especially during the past tAVO years ( concerning Avhich statistics cannot yet to any large extent be gathered ) has met Avith large favor . The first Grand Commandery of Knights Templar organized was that of
Pennsylvania , on May 12 , 1797 ; ( 2 ) Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island , May 6 , 1805 ; ( 3 ) New York , June 18 , 1814 ; ( 4 ) Virginia , November 27 , 1823 ; ( 5 ) Vermont , January 17 , 1824 : and last of all , the Grand
Commandery of Arkansas , March 23 , 1872 . In the year 1860 there Avere 22 Grand Commanderies , 179 subordinate Commanderies , and 7 , 808 Sir Knights . In the year 1872 , there were 29 Grand Commanderies , 464 subordinate
Commanderies and 36 , 536 Sir Knights . This shows a rapid groAvth in tAvelve years . 4 , 405 members were knighted in a single year—1871 . All of these Grand Commanderies are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment
of the United States , R . E . Sir J . Q . A . Fellows , Grand Master . This grand body holds triennial conclaves—the next one will take place at NBAV Orleans , Louisiana , on December 1 , 1874 .
To recapitulate : —according to the latest published proceedings there are in the United States 556 295 Master Masons , 117 , 971 Royal Arch Masons , and 36 , 536 Knights Templar—a splendid Masonic arraybut only an empty
, pageant , unless these large bodies are actuated by genuine Masonic charity . The Avriter may , in a future article , describe the nature and number of the Masonic Charities of America .
Time's Warning
TIME'S WARNING
NEW TEAK ' S PAY . Hush'd is the song of other days , Still is the voice of ancien ( praise , Cold is the heart so warm and true ,. Sad is the change for me—for you . Ah ! old friendthis New Year ' s Day
yes , , Recalls old seasons fled away ; The joyous room , the classic greeting , The happy looks , the festive meeting . Still is that room , afar that scene , Amid the things that once have been , We ' re colder , wiser far to-day , And sentiment it does not pay !
No , Time which changes all things here—The fond , the merry , the severe , Has flung a shade o'er heart and brow , And alter'd things and persons now .
And yet amid setlater life , Amid each onward care and strife , Amid each pleasure and each pain , Would we were yet but young again ! For youth has magic in its glance , Youth still can credit life ' s romance , Youth still on all of earth can fling
The magic spray of early spring . But Youth ' s soft voice is heard to-day , As a new year meets us on our way ; Saying , in accents faint and low , " Dear me how old is long ago . ' Yes , old indeed , to me—to you ,
AVho still the path of life pursue ; But yet how little youth does care For what has once been fond and fair . Youth recks not now of hastening hours , Youth heeds not now its wasting pow ' rs , Youth loves to court , and seeks to rhyme , " And minds not me , " quoth Father Time .
" And yet how vain for youth to try To bid to Time a long good-bye , For here I am with each new year , With my tale of joy , my tones of fear . " " Why will not youth to me attend ? I ' m sure I treat youth as a friend , Alas ! in vain I speakI sigh
, , Youth glides almost unconscious by . " "A few more years , and youth must see A difference great , indeed , in me , For as youth turns my glittering page He meets me soon in tottering age . " " What has youth done with all my days ?
My golden hours , my dazzling rays ? And now the end is drawing near , While all is dark , and cold , and drear . " " List to my message pleasant youth , List to my sober words of truth , Turn not from my warning voice away , With which I greet thee , this New Year's day . " W .
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Statistical Account Of Freemasonry In The United States Of America.
Royal Arch Masons ) being the Grand Hig h Priest and other officers of the Grand Chapters . The Grand Lodge then acknoAvledged only four degrees in Masonry , Entered Apprentice , FCIIOAV CraftMaster Mason and Royal Arch
, Mason . As late as the year 1817 a number of Royal Arch Masons applied to Concordia Lodge , No . 67 , Philadelphia , for the use of its AA'arrant to open a chapter , which request Avas granted . TEMPLAR MASONRY in the United
States , especially during the past tAVO years ( concerning Avhich statistics cannot yet to any large extent be gathered ) has met Avith large favor . The first Grand Commandery of Knights Templar organized was that of
Pennsylvania , on May 12 , 1797 ; ( 2 ) Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island , May 6 , 1805 ; ( 3 ) New York , June 18 , 1814 ; ( 4 ) Virginia , November 27 , 1823 ; ( 5 ) Vermont , January 17 , 1824 : and last of all , the Grand
Commandery of Arkansas , March 23 , 1872 . In the year 1860 there Avere 22 Grand Commanderies , 179 subordinate Commanderies , and 7 , 808 Sir Knights . In the year 1872 , there were 29 Grand Commanderies , 464 subordinate
Commanderies and 36 , 536 Sir Knights . This shows a rapid groAvth in tAvelve years . 4 , 405 members were knighted in a single year—1871 . All of these Grand Commanderies are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment
of the United States , R . E . Sir J . Q . A . Fellows , Grand Master . This grand body holds triennial conclaves—the next one will take place at NBAV Orleans , Louisiana , on December 1 , 1874 .
To recapitulate : —according to the latest published proceedings there are in the United States 556 295 Master Masons , 117 , 971 Royal Arch Masons , and 36 , 536 Knights Templar—a splendid Masonic arraybut only an empty
, pageant , unless these large bodies are actuated by genuine Masonic charity . The Avriter may , in a future article , describe the nature and number of the Masonic Charities of America .
Time's Warning
TIME'S WARNING
NEW TEAK ' S PAY . Hush'd is the song of other days , Still is the voice of ancien ( praise , Cold is the heart so warm and true ,. Sad is the change for me—for you . Ah ! old friendthis New Year ' s Day
yes , , Recalls old seasons fled away ; The joyous room , the classic greeting , The happy looks , the festive meeting . Still is that room , afar that scene , Amid the things that once have been , We ' re colder , wiser far to-day , And sentiment it does not pay !
No , Time which changes all things here—The fond , the merry , the severe , Has flung a shade o'er heart and brow , And alter'd things and persons now .
And yet amid setlater life , Amid each onward care and strife , Amid each pleasure and each pain , Would we were yet but young again ! For youth has magic in its glance , Youth still can credit life ' s romance , Youth still on all of earth can fling
The magic spray of early spring . But Youth ' s soft voice is heard to-day , As a new year meets us on our way ; Saying , in accents faint and low , " Dear me how old is long ago . ' Yes , old indeed , to me—to you ,
AVho still the path of life pursue ; But yet how little youth does care For what has once been fond and fair . Youth recks not now of hastening hours , Youth heeds not now its wasting pow ' rs , Youth loves to court , and seeks to rhyme , " And minds not me , " quoth Father Time .
" And yet how vain for youth to try To bid to Time a long good-bye , For here I am with each new year , With my tale of joy , my tones of fear . " " Why will not youth to me attend ? I ' m sure I treat youth as a friend , Alas ! in vain I speakI sigh
, , Youth glides almost unconscious by . " "A few more years , and youth must see A difference great , indeed , in me , For as youth turns my glittering page He meets me soon in tottering age . " " What has youth done with all my days ?
My golden hours , my dazzling rays ? And now the end is drawing near , While all is dark , and cold , and drear . " " List to my message pleasant youth , List to my sober words of truth , Turn not from my warning voice away , With which I greet thee , this New Year's day . " W .