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The Life Of Bro. George Oliver, D.D.

information in relation to Masonic usages . Dr . Oliver was initiated by his father in the year 1801 , in St . Peter ' s Lodge , in the city of Peterborough . Ho was at that time but nineteen years of ago , and was

admitted by dispensation during his minority , according to the practice then prevailing , as a Lewis , or tho son of a Mason . Under the tuition of his father , ho made much progress in the rites and ceremonies then in use among the lodges . He

read with great attention every Masonic book within his reach , and began to collect that store of knowledge which he afterwards used with so much advantage to the Craft . Soon after his appointmentasheadmaster

of King Edward ' s Grammar School at Grimsby , he established a lodge in the borough , the chair of which ho occupied for fourteen years . So strenuous were his exertions for the advancement of Masonry , that in 1812 he was enabled to lay the

first stone of a Masonic hall in the town where three years before there had been scarcely a Mason residing . About this time ho was exalted as a

Royal Arch Mason in the Chapter attached to the Rodney Lodge at Kingston-on-Hull . In Chapters and Consistories connected with the same lodge he also received the high degrees and those of Masonic knighthood . In 1813 , ho was appointed a Provincial Grand Stewardin 1810 Provincial

, Grand Chaplain , and in 1832 Provincial Deputy Grand Master , of the Province of Lincolnshire . These are all the official honours that he received , except that of Past Deputy Grand Master conferred as an honorary title by the Grand Lodge of

Massachusetts . In 1810 , Dr . Crucefix had undeservedl y incurred the displeasure of the Grand Master , the Duke of Sussex . Dr . Oliver , between whom and Dr . Crucefix there had always been a warm personal friendship , assisted in a public

demonstration of the Fraternity in honour of his friend and brother . This involved him in tho odium , and caused the Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire , Brother Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt , to request the resignation of Dr . Oliver as

his deputy . He complied with the resignation , and after that time withdrew from all active participation in the labours of the lodge . The transaction was not

considered by any means as creditable to the independence of character or sense of justice of the Provincial Grand Master , and tho Craft very generally expressed their indignation of the course which he had pursued and their warm appreciation of the

Masonic services of Dr . Oliver . In 1841 , this appreciation was marked by tho presentation of an offering of plate , which had been very generally subscribed for by tho Craft throughout tho kingdom . Dr . Oliver ' s first contribution to the

literature of Freemasonry , except a few Atasonic sermons , was a work entitled " The Antiquities of Freemasonry , comprising Illustrations of the Five Grand Periods of Masonry , from the Creation of the World to the Dedication of King Solomon ' s Temple" which was published

, in 1823 . His next production was a little worlc entitled " Tho Star in tho East , " intended to show , from the testimony of Masonic writers , tho connection between Freemasonry and Religion . In 1841 , he published twelve lectures on the "Signs

and Symbols" of Freemasonry , in which he wont into a learned detail of the history and signification of all the recognized symbols of the Order . His next important contribution to Freemasonry was "Tho History of Initiationin twelve

, lectures , comprising a detailed account of the Rites and Ceremonies , Doctrines and Discipline , of all the Secret and Mysterious Institutions of the Ancient World , " published in 1840 . Tho professed object of the author was to show the

resemblances between these ancient systems of initiation and the Masonic , and to trace them to a common origin , a theory which under some modification has been very generally accepted by Masonic scholars . Following this was "The Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry , " a highly

interesting work , in which ho discusses the speculative character of the Institution .-A "History of Freemasonry from 1829 to 1840 , " has proved a valuable appendix to the work of Preston , an edition of which he had previously edited in the former

year . His next and his most important , most interesting , and most learned production was his "Historical Landmarks and other Evidences of Freemasonry Explained . " No work , with such an amount of facts in reference to the Masonic system , had ever before been published by any author . It

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
THE INITIATION OF PRINCE ARTHUR INTO FREEMASONRY. Article 2
THE AREA ROUND ST. PAUL'S. Article 3
THE OLD MASONIC POEM. Article 3
BOOKSTORE PRIORY. Article 5
THE LIFE OF BRO. GEORGE OLIVER, D.D. Article 8
THE NEW MORALITY, 1874. Article 11
A COOL PROPOSAL. Article 12
ROYAL ARCH ADDRESS. Article 14
MODERN MEANINGS TO OLD WORDS. Article 17
ROMAN CATHOLICISM AND FREEMASONRY.—THE CHATHAM OUTRAGE. Article 17
THE MYSTIC TIE. Article 21
PUZZLES. Article 21
Reviews. Article 24
WEARING THE MASONIC EMBLEMS. Article 25
SYMBOL LANGUAGE. Article 26
FREEMASONRY AS A CONSERVATOR OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. Article 26
A SPEECH BY MARK TWAIN. Article 29
READING MASONS AT HOME AND ABROAD. Article 30
Our Archaeological Corner. Article 30
Questions and Answers. Article 31
Monthly Odds and Ends. Article 31
TOO GOOD TO BE LOST. Article 32
ADVICE . Article 32
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The Life Of Bro. George Oliver, D.D.

information in relation to Masonic usages . Dr . Oliver was initiated by his father in the year 1801 , in St . Peter ' s Lodge , in the city of Peterborough . Ho was at that time but nineteen years of ago , and was

admitted by dispensation during his minority , according to the practice then prevailing , as a Lewis , or tho son of a Mason . Under the tuition of his father , ho made much progress in the rites and ceremonies then in use among the lodges . He

read with great attention every Masonic book within his reach , and began to collect that store of knowledge which he afterwards used with so much advantage to the Craft . Soon after his appointmentasheadmaster

of King Edward ' s Grammar School at Grimsby , he established a lodge in the borough , the chair of which ho occupied for fourteen years . So strenuous were his exertions for the advancement of Masonry , that in 1812 he was enabled to lay the

first stone of a Masonic hall in the town where three years before there had been scarcely a Mason residing . About this time ho was exalted as a

Royal Arch Mason in the Chapter attached to the Rodney Lodge at Kingston-on-Hull . In Chapters and Consistories connected with the same lodge he also received the high degrees and those of Masonic knighthood . In 1813 , ho was appointed a Provincial Grand Stewardin 1810 Provincial

, Grand Chaplain , and in 1832 Provincial Deputy Grand Master , of the Province of Lincolnshire . These are all the official honours that he received , except that of Past Deputy Grand Master conferred as an honorary title by the Grand Lodge of

Massachusetts . In 1810 , Dr . Crucefix had undeservedl y incurred the displeasure of the Grand Master , the Duke of Sussex . Dr . Oliver , between whom and Dr . Crucefix there had always been a warm personal friendship , assisted in a public

demonstration of the Fraternity in honour of his friend and brother . This involved him in tho odium , and caused the Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire , Brother Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt , to request the resignation of Dr . Oliver as

his deputy . He complied with the resignation , and after that time withdrew from all active participation in the labours of the lodge . The transaction was not

considered by any means as creditable to the independence of character or sense of justice of the Provincial Grand Master , and tho Craft very generally expressed their indignation of the course which he had pursued and their warm appreciation of the

Masonic services of Dr . Oliver . In 1841 , this appreciation was marked by tho presentation of an offering of plate , which had been very generally subscribed for by tho Craft throughout tho kingdom . Dr . Oliver ' s first contribution to the

literature of Freemasonry , except a few Atasonic sermons , was a work entitled " The Antiquities of Freemasonry , comprising Illustrations of the Five Grand Periods of Masonry , from the Creation of the World to the Dedication of King Solomon ' s Temple" which was published

, in 1823 . His next production was a little worlc entitled " Tho Star in tho East , " intended to show , from the testimony of Masonic writers , tho connection between Freemasonry and Religion . In 1841 , he published twelve lectures on the "Signs

and Symbols" of Freemasonry , in which he wont into a learned detail of the history and signification of all the recognized symbols of the Order . His next important contribution to Freemasonry was "Tho History of Initiationin twelve

, lectures , comprising a detailed account of the Rites and Ceremonies , Doctrines and Discipline , of all the Secret and Mysterious Institutions of the Ancient World , " published in 1840 . Tho professed object of the author was to show the

resemblances between these ancient systems of initiation and the Masonic , and to trace them to a common origin , a theory which under some modification has been very generally accepted by Masonic scholars . Following this was "The Theocratic Philosophy of Freemasonry , " a highly

interesting work , in which ho discusses the speculative character of the Institution .-A "History of Freemasonry from 1829 to 1840 , " has proved a valuable appendix to the work of Preston , an edition of which he had previously edited in the former

year . His next and his most important , most interesting , and most learned production was his "Historical Landmarks and other Evidences of Freemasonry Explained . " No work , with such an amount of facts in reference to the Masonic system , had ever before been published by any author . It

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