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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
At the Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk , Bro . Cummings Avas appointed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works for that province . We have made some comments lately on the intermixture of the Masonic body , in processions , and ^ at architectural celebrations , with foreign societies , and we stated that this last practice prevailed not only at home , but in the colonies and the United States . We have an illustration of this assertion in a city Avhere Masonry is
at the present moment in a very flourishing state—so far as numbers go—we mean the metropolitan city of New York . As all our readers know , the fourth of July is a day of great honour among the Americans , as that on which the declaration of independence of the United States was signed , and is celebrated by the United States and English citizens jointly at many foreign stations . It is the great holiday of the United States , and a grand display is always made . In
these celebrations Masonic Lodges frequently take part—and we can see no reason for such participation , as it is quite open to members of the Craft to do their duty as individual citizens in celebrating the day , without introducing the organization of an Order having no purposes , political or national , to serve . Although such participation cannot in the United States be misconstrued as having a political bearing and significance , it does harm , because it tends to diminish the regard for the Craft as an institution specially devoted to the maintenance of principles of philanthropy and brotherhood , and to the cultivation of
the higher branches of knowledge . On the last fourth of July it was determined to celebrate the day by laying the corner stone of the armoury , in the great suburb of Brooklyn , and this ceremony the Masonic fraternity was invited to perform . The following is the account of the proceedings : — u The streets Avere crowded from an early hour , and the procession having been announced to form at nine unlock , large crowds assembled about the City -hall and vicinity to see the display .
" It was near ten o ' clock when the procession formed , the military on llemsen and Montague -streets , the Masonic Fraternity on Joralemon-strcet , the Sons of Malta on Livingston-strcct , and the German Turnverem society on Schermerhorii-street . Atlantic-street was assigned to the firemen , but they did not turn out in a body . " The procession marched through Fulton-street and Fulton-avenue to
Bridge-street , Bridge to Sands-street , Sands to Fulton-street , and down Fulton-street to Hicks , Hicks to Cranberry , Cranberry to Henry , through Henry and South to the armoury , where the procession halted . ^ u Large piles of bricks nearly obstructed the site of the armoury from view . A small platform was constructed at the corner , which the officiating personages occupied , and the police kept the crowds back , and pre-VOfcv . P
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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
At the Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk , Bro . Cummings Avas appointed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works for that province . We have made some comments lately on the intermixture of the Masonic body , in processions , and ^ at architectural celebrations , with foreign societies , and we stated that this last practice prevailed not only at home , but in the colonies and the United States . We have an illustration of this assertion in a city Avhere Masonry is
at the present moment in a very flourishing state—so far as numbers go—we mean the metropolitan city of New York . As all our readers know , the fourth of July is a day of great honour among the Americans , as that on which the declaration of independence of the United States was signed , and is celebrated by the United States and English citizens jointly at many foreign stations . It is the great holiday of the United States , and a grand display is always made . In
these celebrations Masonic Lodges frequently take part—and we can see no reason for such participation , as it is quite open to members of the Craft to do their duty as individual citizens in celebrating the day , without introducing the organization of an Order having no purposes , political or national , to serve . Although such participation cannot in the United States be misconstrued as having a political bearing and significance , it does harm , because it tends to diminish the regard for the Craft as an institution specially devoted to the maintenance of principles of philanthropy and brotherhood , and to the cultivation of
the higher branches of knowledge . On the last fourth of July it was determined to celebrate the day by laying the corner stone of the armoury , in the great suburb of Brooklyn , and this ceremony the Masonic fraternity was invited to perform . The following is the account of the proceedings : — u The streets Avere crowded from an early hour , and the procession having been announced to form at nine unlock , large crowds assembled about the City -hall and vicinity to see the display .
" It was near ten o ' clock when the procession formed , the military on llemsen and Montague -streets , the Masonic Fraternity on Joralemon-strcet , the Sons of Malta on Livingston-strcct , and the German Turnverem society on Schermerhorii-street . Atlantic-street was assigned to the firemen , but they did not turn out in a body . " The procession marched through Fulton-street and Fulton-avenue to
Bridge-street , Bridge to Sands-street , Sands to Fulton-street , and down Fulton-street to Hicks , Hicks to Cranberry , Cranberry to Henry , through Henry and South to the armoury , where the procession halted . ^ u Large piles of bricks nearly obstructed the site of the armoury from view . A small platform was constructed at the corner , which the officiating personages occupied , and the police kept the crowds back , and pre-VOfcv . P