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Masonry I'M" France.
authors of tlifein did not think them worthy of being acknowledged , the libels were , in the opinion of the cominittee ^ deserving oiily of silent contempt as the only way to treat provocations so miserable honest men / " The council adopted the report of the committee , and passed to the order of the day .
At St . Germain-en-Laye inthe Council of Kadosh called " La Bonne Foi , " the president , the W . Bro . Tanquerel , has proposed for the study of the members the following sutgect :- ~ © ve a description of physical features of a country in which Masonic principles should be the base of all institutions . " Ferouk _ Khan , late ambassador from Persia to the Emperor of the French , and who has now returned to his native country to till the post of
prime minister , was initiated into Masonry , duringhis stay in Paris , in the Lodge " Sincere Amitie . Before leaving France he presented the Brethren with his bust , and also with some elegant additions to the furniture of the Lodge . At ; - ' this Lodge , as also at the u Bonaparte" and the u Athehee Francais . " it has been determined for the future not to insert &
of candidates in the notices of meeting . This has been done in order to prevent the neophytes becoming the victims of individuals expelled from the Grand Orient and private Lodges , who ^ ' to use the words of '^ p ^ Bulletin du Grand Orient , are in the habit of going to the residences of candidates for admission to the order , and , abusing their good faith , obtain money to them intended by the donors for the widow and the orphan .
The movement to raise a fund for the benefit of the poet Lamartine has been taken up by the Masonic body . The town of Macon has taken the initiative in the national subscription , The Freemasons' Lodge of that place has thought fit to address an appeal on M . de Lamartine ' s behalf to the Lodges of France , Algeria , and the colonies , to which about thirty Lodges responded almost immediately , contributing upwards of 2 , 000 francs . Other urns will doubtless follow to swell the list . The Grand Master has also
authorized a * abscription list to be opened in the Grand Orient , at the head of which his highness has inscribed his own name for the amount of 10 s francs . M . de Lamartine has addressed the following letter to the Brethren at Macon . — "I have the honour to return you the list ( so honourable both to you and to me ) of subscribers from French and foreign Masonic Lodges . Pray assure all yean- Brethren of my gratitude . I do not speak the language , and am
unacquainted with the rites of your fraternal institution ; but through you I know its heart and its works . I see only in the secret of the Lodges a veil of modesty thrown , upon truth and charity to heighten their beauty in the eyes " of God and man . But for this modesty , you would not conceal from men the secret which your actions reveal . You are , in ray opinion , the great eclectics of the modern world . You cull from all time , all countries , all systems , all philosophers , the evident , eternal , and immutable principles of universal morality ; , and
you blend them into an infallible and . unanimously accepted dogma of fraternity . You reject everything that divides minds , and profess everything that unites hearts ; you are the manufacturers of concord . With your trowels you spread the cement of virtue about the foundations of society . Your symbols are but figures . If I am not mistaken in this interpretation of your dogmas , the curtain of your mysteries might be drawn without tho fear of revealing anything but
services rendered to humanity . The tribute of esteem and sympathy which the Miisonic Lodges of If ranee and foreign countries have been kind enough to send to mo through you gives me a right of confraternity with them . I did not require this right to esteem them ; hut this honorary confraternity now entitles me to love them as brothers , lleceive and convey to your honourable correspondents of all countries the assurance of my gratitude and respectful consideration . ' " LilMAETINE , ''
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Masonry I'M" France.
authors of tlifein did not think them worthy of being acknowledged , the libels were , in the opinion of the cominittee ^ deserving oiily of silent contempt as the only way to treat provocations so miserable honest men / " The council adopted the report of the committee , and passed to the order of the day .
At St . Germain-en-Laye inthe Council of Kadosh called " La Bonne Foi , " the president , the W . Bro . Tanquerel , has proposed for the study of the members the following sutgect :- ~ © ve a description of physical features of a country in which Masonic principles should be the base of all institutions . " Ferouk _ Khan , late ambassador from Persia to the Emperor of the French , and who has now returned to his native country to till the post of
prime minister , was initiated into Masonry , duringhis stay in Paris , in the Lodge " Sincere Amitie . Before leaving France he presented the Brethren with his bust , and also with some elegant additions to the furniture of the Lodge . At ; - ' this Lodge , as also at the u Bonaparte" and the u Athehee Francais . " it has been determined for the future not to insert &
of candidates in the notices of meeting . This has been done in order to prevent the neophytes becoming the victims of individuals expelled from the Grand Orient and private Lodges , who ^ ' to use the words of '^ p ^ Bulletin du Grand Orient , are in the habit of going to the residences of candidates for admission to the order , and , abusing their good faith , obtain money to them intended by the donors for the widow and the orphan .
The movement to raise a fund for the benefit of the poet Lamartine has been taken up by the Masonic body . The town of Macon has taken the initiative in the national subscription , The Freemasons' Lodge of that place has thought fit to address an appeal on M . de Lamartine ' s behalf to the Lodges of France , Algeria , and the colonies , to which about thirty Lodges responded almost immediately , contributing upwards of 2 , 000 francs . Other urns will doubtless follow to swell the list . The Grand Master has also
authorized a * abscription list to be opened in the Grand Orient , at the head of which his highness has inscribed his own name for the amount of 10 s francs . M . de Lamartine has addressed the following letter to the Brethren at Macon . — "I have the honour to return you the list ( so honourable both to you and to me ) of subscribers from French and foreign Masonic Lodges . Pray assure all yean- Brethren of my gratitude . I do not speak the language , and am
unacquainted with the rites of your fraternal institution ; but through you I know its heart and its works . I see only in the secret of the Lodges a veil of modesty thrown , upon truth and charity to heighten their beauty in the eyes " of God and man . But for this modesty , you would not conceal from men the secret which your actions reveal . You are , in ray opinion , the great eclectics of the modern world . You cull from all time , all countries , all systems , all philosophers , the evident , eternal , and immutable principles of universal morality ; , and
you blend them into an infallible and . unanimously accepted dogma of fraternity . You reject everything that divides minds , and profess everything that unites hearts ; you are the manufacturers of concord . With your trowels you spread the cement of virtue about the foundations of society . Your symbols are but figures . If I am not mistaken in this interpretation of your dogmas , the curtain of your mysteries might be drawn without tho fear of revealing anything but
services rendered to humanity . The tribute of esteem and sympathy which the Miisonic Lodges of If ranee and foreign countries have been kind enough to send to mo through you gives me a right of confraternity with them . I did not require this right to esteem them ; hut this honorary confraternity now entitles me to love them as brothers , lleceive and convey to your honourable correspondents of all countries the assurance of my gratitude and respectful consideration . ' " LilMAETINE , ''