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Our Architectural Chapter.
Lodge at the Cape of Good Hope named L > e Goede Hoop , situated in « ardemm Bouquet-street , Cape Town . The buildings are so considerable in comparison with others in the city , that they are at present occupied by the lower house of theSouthAfrican parliament , the House of Assembly ; the first instance , probably , in modern times of a
parliament meeting in a building dedicated to Masonic rites and decorated with Masonic emblems . On the completion of new public buildings the Lodge "will lose these tenants . This Lodge was founded in 1776 , but we do not know the date of the buildings . We have no detailed description of them , but
understand them to be of the usual character of a continental Lodge with several fair sized apartments on the ground floor , and rooms for the Tyler , ai . d situated in a garden , or grounds , which ensures privacy for the building , and which can be used by the members . This is not an uncommon arrangement of the foreign Lodges where they have their
own building , and might be advantageously adopted here . Sometimes entertainments are given in the grounds to the families of members ; and in summer time the members spend the evenings occasionally in the gardens , which become a customary resort for conversation or reading , as well as the Lodge rooms or library . The building is kept
clear of the plantations , but otherwise tho grounds are planted so as to screen the inside from observation . The building being isolated , can be kept well tyled from the exterior . De Goede Hoop not having been invited at a proper time by the Grand Lodge of England , has not come under its jurisdiction , but remains under that of the Groot Oost , or Grand Orient of the
Netherlands , and is worked on the French ritual with three symbolic degrees , and four high degrees rising to Rose Croix . There is , however , only one Chapter for the two Lodges . The other Lodge , a more modern one , is named De Goede Trouw ( Good Faith , or in older English , Good Trow ) . It is much to be regretted that many Lodges remain m om
colonies under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orients of France and Holland , contrary to the comity of Masonic law , which , by the judicious action of Grand Lodge , might be united to the national jurisdiction . The continuance of these two important Lodges at the Cape under Netherlands jurisdiction does not arise from any
indisposition to English associations or to the Grand Lodge of England , for in the Lodge under English jurisdiction a considerable number of the Officers and Brethren are Hollanders . The members of the Lodges under the two jurisdictions likewise unite in a Freemasons' education fund , which has been supported for some . years , The cause of the in-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Our Architectural Chapter.
Lodge at the Cape of Good Hope named L > e Goede Hoop , situated in « ardemm Bouquet-street , Cape Town . The buildings are so considerable in comparison with others in the city , that they are at present occupied by the lower house of theSouthAfrican parliament , the House of Assembly ; the first instance , probably , in modern times of a
parliament meeting in a building dedicated to Masonic rites and decorated with Masonic emblems . On the completion of new public buildings the Lodge "will lose these tenants . This Lodge was founded in 1776 , but we do not know the date of the buildings . We have no detailed description of them , but
understand them to be of the usual character of a continental Lodge with several fair sized apartments on the ground floor , and rooms for the Tyler , ai . d situated in a garden , or grounds , which ensures privacy for the building , and which can be used by the members . This is not an uncommon arrangement of the foreign Lodges where they have their
own building , and might be advantageously adopted here . Sometimes entertainments are given in the grounds to the families of members ; and in summer time the members spend the evenings occasionally in the gardens , which become a customary resort for conversation or reading , as well as the Lodge rooms or library . The building is kept
clear of the plantations , but otherwise tho grounds are planted so as to screen the inside from observation . The building being isolated , can be kept well tyled from the exterior . De Goede Hoop not having been invited at a proper time by the Grand Lodge of England , has not come under its jurisdiction , but remains under that of the Groot Oost , or Grand Orient of the
Netherlands , and is worked on the French ritual with three symbolic degrees , and four high degrees rising to Rose Croix . There is , however , only one Chapter for the two Lodges . The other Lodge , a more modern one , is named De Goede Trouw ( Good Faith , or in older English , Good Trow ) . It is much to be regretted that many Lodges remain m om
colonies under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orients of France and Holland , contrary to the comity of Masonic law , which , by the judicious action of Grand Lodge , might be united to the national jurisdiction . The continuance of these two important Lodges at the Cape under Netherlands jurisdiction does not arise from any
indisposition to English associations or to the Grand Lodge of England , for in the Lodge under English jurisdiction a considerable number of the Officers and Brethren are Hollanders . The members of the Lodges under the two jurisdictions likewise unite in a Freemasons' education fund , which has been supported for some . years , The cause of the in-