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Old Antiquity.
politics may have prevailed is not unreasonable or impossible to suppose , but all the lodges , both under the old ' Grande Loclge de la France' and the ' Grand Orient , ' were plunged into ' sommeil' or inactivity by the Revolution , and only emerged from torpor and silence after the ' reign of terror' was over . That one or two bodies , quasi-Masonic , like those of the 'Philosophic Scottish Rite' and the 'Philaletes' andabove allthe
, , , ' Illumines , ' may have encouraged the revolutionary movement , is , we think , provable , but the pure Masonic Craft Lodges in Paris and the departments , to their honour , be it said , did not sympathize either with the principles or proceedings of the French Revolution . The writer unconsciously and unintentionally exaggerates an imperfect data , the number of Masons in the world , whichinstead of 6000000 may be reduced to the more modest tottle Of
, , , , 1 , 500 , 000 , and he hardly , in our opinion , does justice to the 600 , 000 Craft Masons in the United States , inasmuch as the Templar body , popular and numerous as it is , is only after all about one twenty-fourth part of Craft Masonry and of Master Masons . But having said all this , which we feel it our duty , as the Freemason , to say , we beg to remark that we are greatly pleased and flattered to think that , in such marked contrast with much we
have to wade through about Freemasonry , the Times has favoured us with an article , alike so able and so interesting , so favourable , and so fair to our Order . It is , we venture to think , a sign of the times in which we live , alike suggestive and satisfactory , and we can only commend the article to the notice of all our readers in both hemispheres , as , despite a few , perhaps , unavoidable errors , slight after all , in theory and assertion , it will alike repay careful perusal by the Masonic student and archaeologist , by all who love Freemasonry , by all who are proud to claim the name of Freemasons . "
In Memoriam:
IN MEMORIAM :
Louis NAPOLEON . CHISLEHURST , JULY 12 , 1879 . Oh ! ending sad of hopes all bri ght and fair , Oh ! close of many prayers and loving pride , A widow'd mother ' s grieving sadly there For one to stand no more in duty at her side .
We mourn him truly , deeply , one and all ; The high , the low ; and English soldiers crave With whom he nobly shared what fate might fall , Comrades in life and death , to guard his honour'd grave . Strange paradox of years ! While memory flings
Its solemn colouring over time and fame , Amid her soldiers , sailors , statesmen , kings , England will ne ' er forget Napoleon ' s name . We sigh for such a fate , in such young years ; We mourn glad powers quench'd , great gifts no more ; But yet we trust , amid our falling tears , That brave boy in his death has reached a deathless shore .
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Old Antiquity.
politics may have prevailed is not unreasonable or impossible to suppose , but all the lodges , both under the old ' Grande Loclge de la France' and the ' Grand Orient , ' were plunged into ' sommeil' or inactivity by the Revolution , and only emerged from torpor and silence after the ' reign of terror' was over . That one or two bodies , quasi-Masonic , like those of the 'Philosophic Scottish Rite' and the 'Philaletes' andabove allthe
, , , ' Illumines , ' may have encouraged the revolutionary movement , is , we think , provable , but the pure Masonic Craft Lodges in Paris and the departments , to their honour , be it said , did not sympathize either with the principles or proceedings of the French Revolution . The writer unconsciously and unintentionally exaggerates an imperfect data , the number of Masons in the world , whichinstead of 6000000 may be reduced to the more modest tottle Of
, , , , 1 , 500 , 000 , and he hardly , in our opinion , does justice to the 600 , 000 Craft Masons in the United States , inasmuch as the Templar body , popular and numerous as it is , is only after all about one twenty-fourth part of Craft Masonry and of Master Masons . But having said all this , which we feel it our duty , as the Freemason , to say , we beg to remark that we are greatly pleased and flattered to think that , in such marked contrast with much we
have to wade through about Freemasonry , the Times has favoured us with an article , alike so able and so interesting , so favourable , and so fair to our Order . It is , we venture to think , a sign of the times in which we live , alike suggestive and satisfactory , and we can only commend the article to the notice of all our readers in both hemispheres , as , despite a few , perhaps , unavoidable errors , slight after all , in theory and assertion , it will alike repay careful perusal by the Masonic student and archaeologist , by all who love Freemasonry , by all who are proud to claim the name of Freemasons . "
In Memoriam:
IN MEMORIAM :
Louis NAPOLEON . CHISLEHURST , JULY 12 , 1879 . Oh ! ending sad of hopes all bri ght and fair , Oh ! close of many prayers and loving pride , A widow'd mother ' s grieving sadly there For one to stand no more in duty at her side .
We mourn him truly , deeply , one and all ; The high , the low ; and English soldiers crave With whom he nobly shared what fate might fall , Comrades in life and death , to guard his honour'd grave . Strange paradox of years ! While memory flings
Its solemn colouring over time and fame , Amid her soldiers , sailors , statesmen , kings , England will ne ' er forget Napoleon ' s name . We sigh for such a fate , in such young years ; We mourn glad powers quench'd , great gifts no more ; But yet we trust , amid our falling tears , That brave boy in his death has reached a deathless shore .