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Article LADY MASONRY, OR MASONRY OF ADOPTION.* Page 1 of 6 →
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Lady Masonry, Or Masonry Of Adoption.*
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duties of t ^ proof of this , andMaach Asa ^ governed the kingdom of Judah , and the people were happy ; Tbuis there was no bisection that females should participate , to a certain degree , in the Masonic Mysteries , as also in the works of philanthropy which so eminently characterize our Order j these are the motives that have served as bases for the foundation of Lodges
of Adoption . TheVWorshipful Master of the Lodge La Jerusalem des Vallees Egyptiennes , M . J . S . Boubee , and who may be called the father of French Masonry , places the origin of Masonry of Adoption in the seventeenth century , and names as its author the widow of Charles L
of England , daughter of Henry TV ., and sister of Louis XIII . of France . This princess returned to France after the tragical death of her husband ; and one of her greatest pleasures was to recount to the King of France the heroic efforts made in England by the
" children of the widow" ( Freemasons ) to re-establish her son upon the throne . The queen made known to the ladies of the court the words and signs which formed their bond of union , and thus she instructed them in some of the mysteries of the institution , of which she had been proclaimed the protectress after the death of Charles I .
* Translated from " Precis sur U Franc-MaQOimerie , son Origine , son Histoxre , sies Doctrines , et Opinions diverses sur cette ancienne et ce'lebre Institution ; par Le Chevalier Ce ' sar Moreau , de Marseilles ( 33 eme . Grand Inspecteur-G 6 n £ ral ) Ledoyen , Libraire-Editeur , an Palais Royal , Paris .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Lady Masonry, Or Masonry Of Adoption.*
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Written at great U ^ m laying before th ^ ?
atye 0 > ence onff ^ : / v /; - " j- ' : ¦"" E ' ' ' " I " ' ' " « '' ' ' " v ; , ;^ | 4 fc : ? f-iwitgr ;\ te € i > i : -jfcialEeflir ^ lsMEtib 1 - v ? ig- ; -= . ; t ^ Baiaf :: . ; . ^ MGBfcScwcu ^; ^ . ^ p ^ , ;/; JSfefll-p ^ tEota ;; -- \ 03 p "" dtiiaid . y liasenryf Some anthers eare ^ the rites of Geres , % ^^ the } institute giex ^ foniale congregations of Eoman E ^
In ona b ^ Itfegr ^ and 3 ? iot , it is sie ^ in Greece females ofi & ciat ^ th $ ^ ra < Aes of ^^ of 1 $ /^ with ( M
duties of t ^ proof of this , andMaach Asa ^ governed the kingdom of Judah , and the people were happy ; Tbuis there was no bisection that females should participate , to a certain degree , in the Masonic Mysteries , as also in the works of philanthropy which so eminently characterize our Order j these are the motives that have served as bases for the foundation of Lodges
of Adoption . TheVWorshipful Master of the Lodge La Jerusalem des Vallees Egyptiennes , M . J . S . Boubee , and who may be called the father of French Masonry , places the origin of Masonry of Adoption in the seventeenth century , and names as its author the widow of Charles L
of England , daughter of Henry TV ., and sister of Louis XIII . of France . This princess returned to France after the tragical death of her husband ; and one of her greatest pleasures was to recount to the King of France the heroic efforts made in England by the
" children of the widow" ( Freemasons ) to re-establish her son upon the throne . The queen made known to the ladies of the court the words and signs which formed their bond of union , and thus she instructed them in some of the mysteries of the institution , of which she had been proclaimed the protectress after the death of Charles I .
* Translated from " Precis sur U Franc-MaQOimerie , son Origine , son Histoxre , sies Doctrines , et Opinions diverses sur cette ancienne et ce'lebre Institution ; par Le Chevalier Ce ' sar Moreau , de Marseilles ( 33 eme . Grand Inspecteur-G 6 n £ ral ) Ledoyen , Libraire-Editeur , an Palais Royal , Paris .