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The Choice Of Smyrna As A Site For A British Hospital During The Late War Has Been, Under Providence* The Means Of Planting Masonry In A Truly Rich Soil. Amongst The Civil And Military Staff Attached To The Important Station Were A Few Most Zealous Brethren, Who, Under Great Difficulties, Managed To Muster Enough To Work: As A Lodge Of Instruction, As Often A Quiet Evening Could Be Taken From The Urgent Duties Of The Hospital. One By One Brethren Were Discovered, Of Various Languages And Nationalities; But So Powerful Had Been The Social Persecution—To Turkey.
The choice of Smyrna as a site for a British hospital during the late war has been , under Providence * the means of planting Masonry in a truly rich soil . Amongst the civil and military staff attached to the important station were a few most zealous Brethren , who , under great difficulties , managed to muster enough to work : as a Lodge of Instruction , as often a quiet evening could be taken from the urgent duties of the hospital . One by one Brethren were discovered , of various languages and nationalities ; but so powerful had been the social persecution—to TURKEY .
say nothing of the priestly denunciations- —against all pf or belonging to Masons in Masonry , tjiat the greatest difficulty existed in inducing many who had been zealous in their youth so much as to acknowledge their obligation . Patience , tirne , perseverance , and individual energy did much , and the glorious principles of the Craft at last prevailed . The scattered and frightened sheep were again gathered together , and have been able to live down the attacks of the French and Italian priesthood , tinder the auspices of a few PJVks , a Lodge was properly instituted in the English language , another in French , and a third in Greek *
For the government of the Order in Turkey , a constitutional Grand Lodge was convened ; and Bro , Charles Goolden , who had up to that time worked the Degrees in English , French , German , and Italian , was unanimously called upon to preside over it . Since then the Brethren have multiplied , and Masonry has flourished , being embraced on all sides by the first merchants and most respectable inhabitants , of every nationality . A most magnificent jewel of gold and brilliants , consisting of the Turkish Star of five points ( bearing in the centre , as a monogram , G . L . T . ) , and the Crescent , has been manufactured by Bro . Spencer for the
G . M ., Bro . Goolden , of which we present an engraving to our readers , as also of the crown , mitre , turban , and breast-plate , executed for the Grand Chapter of Turkey , to which we alluded in our last . The engravings necessarily give but a faint idea of the magnificence and brilliancy of the jewels , though their fidelity to form and general appearance is vouched from the circumstance that they have been engraved by Day and Son , from a beautiful photograph , taken in his best style , by Bro . Hughes , of the Strand , whose Masonic portraits have attracted so much attention .
Summary Of News For September
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER
During the whole of the past month her Majesty , the Prince Consort , and the larger portion of the royal family , have been residing at Balmoral . The Prince of Wales has been travelling about from place to place on the Continent , and has visited the most remarkable scenes upon the Rhine , and has even partaken of the hospitality of the monks of St . Bernard . Prince Alfred did not accompany his royal parents to Scotland , but has since joined the family circle . The Duke of Cambridge has been visiting the Emperor of the French , at the camp at Chalons .
THE COURT
FOREIGN . The chief foreign topics lately upon the tapis have been the intended conference of the Emperors of the French and of Russia at Stuttgardt , the probable return of the queen-mother to Spain to be present at the approaching accouchement of the queen , the illness of the King of Prussia , and the regency of the crown prince in Sweden , in consequence of the incapacity of the reigning king . In Spain , too , there has been a threatened breaking up of the ministry , and as regards Italian
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Choice Of Smyrna As A Site For A British Hospital During The Late War Has Been, Under Providence* The Means Of Planting Masonry In A Truly Rich Soil. Amongst The Civil And Military Staff Attached To The Important Station Were A Few Most Zealous Brethren, Who, Under Great Difficulties, Managed To Muster Enough To Work: As A Lodge Of Instruction, As Often A Quiet Evening Could Be Taken From The Urgent Duties Of The Hospital. One By One Brethren Were Discovered, Of Various Languages And Nationalities; But So Powerful Had Been The Social Persecution—To Turkey.
The choice of Smyrna as a site for a British hospital during the late war has been , under Providence * the means of planting Masonry in a truly rich soil . Amongst the civil and military staff attached to the important station were a few most zealous Brethren , who , under great difficulties , managed to muster enough to work : as a Lodge of Instruction , as often a quiet evening could be taken from the urgent duties of the hospital . One by one Brethren were discovered , of various languages and nationalities ; but so powerful had been the social persecution—to TURKEY .
say nothing of the priestly denunciations- —against all pf or belonging to Masons in Masonry , tjiat the greatest difficulty existed in inducing many who had been zealous in their youth so much as to acknowledge their obligation . Patience , tirne , perseverance , and individual energy did much , and the glorious principles of the Craft at last prevailed . The scattered and frightened sheep were again gathered together , and have been able to live down the attacks of the French and Italian priesthood , tinder the auspices of a few PJVks , a Lodge was properly instituted in the English language , another in French , and a third in Greek *
For the government of the Order in Turkey , a constitutional Grand Lodge was convened ; and Bro , Charles Goolden , who had up to that time worked the Degrees in English , French , German , and Italian , was unanimously called upon to preside over it . Since then the Brethren have multiplied , and Masonry has flourished , being embraced on all sides by the first merchants and most respectable inhabitants , of every nationality . A most magnificent jewel of gold and brilliants , consisting of the Turkish Star of five points ( bearing in the centre , as a monogram , G . L . T . ) , and the Crescent , has been manufactured by Bro . Spencer for the
G . M ., Bro . Goolden , of which we present an engraving to our readers , as also of the crown , mitre , turban , and breast-plate , executed for the Grand Chapter of Turkey , to which we alluded in our last . The engravings necessarily give but a faint idea of the magnificence and brilliancy of the jewels , though their fidelity to form and general appearance is vouched from the circumstance that they have been engraved by Day and Son , from a beautiful photograph , taken in his best style , by Bro . Hughes , of the Strand , whose Masonic portraits have attracted so much attention .
Summary Of News For September
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER
During the whole of the past month her Majesty , the Prince Consort , and the larger portion of the royal family , have been residing at Balmoral . The Prince of Wales has been travelling about from place to place on the Continent , and has visited the most remarkable scenes upon the Rhine , and has even partaken of the hospitality of the monks of St . Bernard . Prince Alfred did not accompany his royal parents to Scotland , but has since joined the family circle . The Duke of Cambridge has been visiting the Emperor of the French , at the camp at Chalons .
THE COURT
FOREIGN . The chief foreign topics lately upon the tapis have been the intended conference of the Emperors of the French and of Russia at Stuttgardt , the probable return of the queen-mother to Spain to be present at the approaching accouchement of the queen , the illness of the King of Prussia , and the regency of the crown prince in Sweden , in consequence of the incapacity of the reigning king . In Spain , too , there has been a threatened breaking up of the ministry , and as regards Italian