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Visit To Cincinnati, Ohio.
VISIT TO CINCINNATI , OHIO .
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OP FEEEMASONBY IN THAT CITY , ITS ROOMS , & C . In company with nine other members of the Grand Consistory , 32 ° , of Kentucky , on the evening of the 29 th April , we took the mail boat
to attend the fourteenth annual re-union of the rite in that city . It has been my custom for thirteen years to meet annually with the brethren of the rite at their festival , save during the interval of the war , when the claims of duty called me to
other portions of the country . The brethren met for over twelve years in rooms such as their means permitted , meeting with opposition from the members of the higher bodies of the York rite , who presumed they knew all that Masonry would
be able to teach them . So bitter was the feeling , and so strong the prejudice against them , that when the Masonic temple in that city was being built the committee who had charge of the affair declined to even receive propositions from them to
rent or permit them to occupy any portion of the building . Now mark the change from the grain of mustard seed , planted by a few , with a poor soil , the plant has grown and flourished till it stands first among its equals . The best and
most intelligent Masons are now found enrolled under its banners ; and only about nine months since they were solicited to accept the upper story of the building at their own price . I purpose in this to give a description of the rooms and will not anticipate .
Arriving in Cincinnati the following morning , and after breakfasting at a hotel iwhose owners are Masons in feeling as well as name , we proceeded to the temple , where we found a large delegation from other States of eminent members
of the Fraternity . The day was spent pleasantly in comparing notes about the progress of the rite , canvassing ' the troubles then existing among the rival Supreme Councils , 33 ° , in the Northern Jurisdiction , & c .
Promptly at seven o ' clock , on Tuesday evening , Gibulum Lodge of Perfection , No . 30 , was called to order , and the work of conferring the grades of the rite began , and the degrees from fourth ( Secret Master ) to fourteenth ( or Perfection ) were worked
till away far into the coming day . The officers in this , as in all the bodies , were so well posted that the candidates will not soon forget the lessons taught them . Wednesday , at 2 p . m . Dalcho Council Princes
Visit To Cincinnati, Ohio.
of Jerusalem , working the fifteenth and sixteenth : grades , began its labours . Bro . Matthews ,. D . G . M . of Ohio , presides over this body . The dramatic talent required to work these degrees isof no mean order , and would do credit to the best
theatre in this or any other land . In the evening , at seven o ' clock , Bro . Robert . Gwynn , 32 ° , opened the Chapter of Rose Croix de Heredom , and worked the grades of Knights of the East and West , and Sovereign Prince of Rose Crois . For these most solemn and sublime
degrees Bro . Gwynn is especially fitted , both physically and mentally—of a grave and venerable appearance , long white flowing beard , a portly form and all the solemn tones that Nature can bestow upon a voice , and he is most admirably ,
fitted to develop all that is sublime and good in these most glorious and ( as conferred in that Jurisdiction ) Christian degrees . At ten o ' clock a . m ., on Thursday , the Consistory of S . - . P . - . R . - . S . - ., 32 ° was opened by Ills . Enoch
T . Carson , 33 ° , the Commander-in-Chief , and the grades from Grand Pontiff , No . 19 , to Knight Kadosh , or the White and Black Eagle , No . 30 , inclusive , were conferred before . dinner . A . t two p . m ., the work was continued in the thirty-first ,,
and completed in the thirty-second degree about five p . m . The victims of all this labour were brethren from
a distance , some of them having come nearly three , hundred miles to receive the degrees , which on this and similar occasions are alone permitted to makesuch rapid progress , residents of the city not being allowed , as a general thing , to receive the degrees
at these festivals . At seven o clock a lodge of Secret Masters ,, fourth degree , was opened in the Main Hall of the rite , so that those present might be proven . qualified to attend the banquet , and enjoy its rights
and privileges . At eight o ' clock the procession was formed , with , the visiting brethren at the head of the column . To the music of the grand organ two or three circuits of the hall were first made , and then by file
left and file right we found ourselves at the foot of a winding stairs , consisting of many steps , leading-, upwards to the banqueting hall . The head of the stairs is at length reached , and we see three long tables groaning beneath a load of good things .
About two hundred sat down to the repast provided under the generous catering of 111 . Bro . Charley Brown , 33 ° , the favourite of all . This
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Visit To Cincinnati, Ohio.
VISIT TO CINCINNATI , OHIO .
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OP FEEEMASONBY IN THAT CITY , ITS ROOMS , & C . In company with nine other members of the Grand Consistory , 32 ° , of Kentucky , on the evening of the 29 th April , we took the mail boat
to attend the fourteenth annual re-union of the rite in that city . It has been my custom for thirteen years to meet annually with the brethren of the rite at their festival , save during the interval of the war , when the claims of duty called me to
other portions of the country . The brethren met for over twelve years in rooms such as their means permitted , meeting with opposition from the members of the higher bodies of the York rite , who presumed they knew all that Masonry would
be able to teach them . So bitter was the feeling , and so strong the prejudice against them , that when the Masonic temple in that city was being built the committee who had charge of the affair declined to even receive propositions from them to
rent or permit them to occupy any portion of the building . Now mark the change from the grain of mustard seed , planted by a few , with a poor soil , the plant has grown and flourished till it stands first among its equals . The best and
most intelligent Masons are now found enrolled under its banners ; and only about nine months since they were solicited to accept the upper story of the building at their own price . I purpose in this to give a description of the rooms and will not anticipate .
Arriving in Cincinnati the following morning , and after breakfasting at a hotel iwhose owners are Masons in feeling as well as name , we proceeded to the temple , where we found a large delegation from other States of eminent members
of the Fraternity . The day was spent pleasantly in comparing notes about the progress of the rite , canvassing ' the troubles then existing among the rival Supreme Councils , 33 ° , in the Northern Jurisdiction , & c .
Promptly at seven o ' clock , on Tuesday evening , Gibulum Lodge of Perfection , No . 30 , was called to order , and the work of conferring the grades of the rite began , and the degrees from fourth ( Secret Master ) to fourteenth ( or Perfection ) were worked
till away far into the coming day . The officers in this , as in all the bodies , were so well posted that the candidates will not soon forget the lessons taught them . Wednesday , at 2 p . m . Dalcho Council Princes
Visit To Cincinnati, Ohio.
of Jerusalem , working the fifteenth and sixteenth : grades , began its labours . Bro . Matthews ,. D . G . M . of Ohio , presides over this body . The dramatic talent required to work these degrees isof no mean order , and would do credit to the best
theatre in this or any other land . In the evening , at seven o ' clock , Bro . Robert . Gwynn , 32 ° , opened the Chapter of Rose Croix de Heredom , and worked the grades of Knights of the East and West , and Sovereign Prince of Rose Crois . For these most solemn and sublime
degrees Bro . Gwynn is especially fitted , both physically and mentally—of a grave and venerable appearance , long white flowing beard , a portly form and all the solemn tones that Nature can bestow upon a voice , and he is most admirably ,
fitted to develop all that is sublime and good in these most glorious and ( as conferred in that Jurisdiction ) Christian degrees . At ten o ' clock a . m ., on Thursday , the Consistory of S . - . P . - . R . - . S . - ., 32 ° was opened by Ills . Enoch
T . Carson , 33 ° , the Commander-in-Chief , and the grades from Grand Pontiff , No . 19 , to Knight Kadosh , or the White and Black Eagle , No . 30 , inclusive , were conferred before . dinner . A . t two p . m ., the work was continued in the thirty-first ,,
and completed in the thirty-second degree about five p . m . The victims of all this labour were brethren from
a distance , some of them having come nearly three , hundred miles to receive the degrees , which on this and similar occasions are alone permitted to makesuch rapid progress , residents of the city not being allowed , as a general thing , to receive the degrees
at these festivals . At seven o clock a lodge of Secret Masters ,, fourth degree , was opened in the Main Hall of the rite , so that those present might be proven . qualified to attend the banquet , and enjoy its rights
and privileges . At eight o ' clock the procession was formed , with , the visiting brethren at the head of the column . To the music of the grand organ two or three circuits of the hall were first made , and then by file
left and file right we found ourselves at the foot of a winding stairs , consisting of many steps , leading-, upwards to the banqueting hall . The head of the stairs is at length reached , and we see three long tables groaning beneath a load of good things .
About two hundred sat down to the repast provided under the generous catering of 111 . Bro . Charley Brown , 33 ° , the favourite of all . This