The Grand Lodge Of The Three Globes, Berlin.

to herself : the new lodge also agreed never to celebrate St . John ' s day by herself . In 1755 dissensions arose in the new lodge , AA'hich led to Avitkdrawal from the mother lodge . At the request of rhe latter , the civil authorities interdicted

the meeting of the Lrdge Concorde , but Field Marshal Lord Keith , Governor of Berlin at- that time , and Deputy Grand Master of the North German Lodges , under the Grand Lodge of England , permitted a resumption of her labours , and promised to procure for her a charter from the Grand Lodge of Eiuxlaud .

The ancient law , that a candidate for initiation " must be * * * hale and sound , not deformed or dismembered at the time of making , but no v / oman , no eunuch , " Avas singularly interpreted by the mother lodge . We are informed

that , iu December , 1775 , Liuni , a singer , Avas proposed in the mother lodge . Doubts arose in the minds of the brethren as to the propriety of initiating him , he being a eunuch . By some it AA'as considered a violation of the Ancient Constitution

'which prohibited the initiation of a maimed man . The mother Lodge therefore resolved to ask the advice of the Lodge Aholom at Hamburg . The latter replied "that eunuchs might be initiated Avithout hesitation , if otherwise possessing the

essential qualifications for making a good aud upright Mason , and if free from vices . " Liuni ivas accepted . The origin of the Grand Lodge lloyal Tori ; of Prussia dates from the year 1760 . During that

year ihe mother lodge granted a charter to the Lodge Au ; c Irois Colombes ( The Three Doves ) , from AYhich subsequently sprang the above-named Grand Lodge . In 1761 this lodge changed her name to 2-v 1 'A . viilie aux iroLc Colombes . In 1761

the Lodyo Concorde , nhich had been chartered by the mother lodge in 1747 , granted a charter for the formation of a new lodge , against the earnest remonstrance of the mother lodge . Unfriendly feelings resulted therefrom . A reconciliation ,

however , took place between the three Berlin lodges during tlie same year . The Lodge Concorde agreed to return to the mother lodge , aud abstain in future from granting charters to new lodges . The year 1761 also witnessed for the fust time the election

of a Grand Master in the mother lodge . In 17 G 2 the higher degrees of the Clermont system were introduced iu the mother lodge , aud in two of her daughter lodges . This Avas soon followed by the introduction of other higher

degrees . Dissensions resulted therefrom , and for the first time the term " system " Avas used to designate the various rites which had sprung into existence . The Lodge If Union , chartered by the mother lodge , worked according to the Scottish

Rite . Iluncl , ivith his system of Strict Obser-A'ance , became prominent in 17 C 5 , and the mother lodge gavo her adhesion to it , through the influence of Bro . Zinnendorf , ivho had been elected Master . He , hoivever , could not agree Avith

Huud as to the position he should occupy in the Order in Germany , and therefore sent a brother to Stockholm , in order to obtain the ritual of the Swedish system . Retiring from the chair the year following his election , and claiming to be vested ivith power to charter lodges , he instituted several ancl furnished them the new Masonic ritual

imported by him from Sweden , and on St . John ' s Day , 1770 , instituted a new lodge , ivhich he called the Grand Lodge of Germany . The Grand Lodge of England recognised the latter in 1773 . The Lodge De VAmitie separated from the

mother lodge in 1765 , initiated the Duke of York , the oldest brother of King George I . of England , on the 24 th day of Juno , 1767 , under the name of La Royal York de VAmitk , No . 330 , adopted tho English ritual , but also worked the higher

degrees according to the French Rite . Almost simultaneously ivith this , a Bro . Koppen severed his connection with the mother Grand Lodge , and instituted the order of the African Builders . He found a number of adherents , but finally disappeared from view , after a precarious existence of twenty years .

Dissensions naturally followed the introduction of these various rites . Brethren of one system were interdicted from holding communication with ' those of other systems . Particular signs Avere introduced in the lodges , and these clashings Avere

only harmonised Avhen Bro . Wallner ivas installed Grand Master of the united lodges , practising the Scottish Rite . Kind feelings took the place of old animosities , and when Prince Frederic August of Brunswick , - was installed National Grand Master

of the Prussian States , the mother lodge assumed the title of Grand National Mother Lodge of the Prussian States . Amicable relations ivere also restored with the Lodge Royal York . In 1783 , the National Mother Lodge cut

herself loose from the Rite of Strict Observance , declared herself independent , and in 1797 established a directory for the conduct of her business