-
Articles/Ads
Article CORRESPONDENCE. Page 1 of 2 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
i Hist * i [ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ' ]
MASONIC HALLS IN THE AVEST INDIES . TO TUB EDITOR 01 ? TUB FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —It is long since you announced any tidings concerning the Harmonic Lodge , No . 58 , and I do think , that being our rcpresentative in England , you should be informed of every matter of "
interest to us . I therefore take this liberty , under the full impression that the contents hereof will be gratifying not only to you , but to many of our former members now resident in your city , as well as many readers of your Magazine , who have often visited us and been received with true Masonic spirit . Now that the subject before Grand Lodge in relation to the entire consecration of a suitable locality for Masonic purposes onlis so rifeit may be
y , the means of strengthening the arguments on one side , to epiote instances where Lodges have buildings and rooms devoted to work in the royal art . I have frequently noticed in some letters from your correspondents allusions to the AVest Indies and Continent , I therefore wish to add to thc catalogue the building at present occupied by us , and at same time give a brief detail of the proceedings connected therewith .
Thc building is of three storeys , facing the harbour , by ivhich means thc sign "Masonic Hall" can be plainly visible to tho many brethren mariners who so frequently arrive at this port for commercial purposes . 'The Lodge is held in the upper storey , the room being forty-nine feet long by eighteen and a half feet wide ; at the west there are two apartments , as mentioned in Oliver's "Book of the Lodge . " The entrance is angular . The sides of the room are painted blue , and between the windows
on the south , and along the partition at the north , are depicted various Masonic emblems . The dais occupies the whole width of the room , and extends ten feet towards the west . In thc centre thereof is the seat for thc AVorshipful Master , and chairs on each side of him for twelve Past Masters . Over the Master ' s and AVardens' chairs are canopies with draperies of blue velvet , trimmed with white fringes ; in the caps of the canopy for the AVorshipful Master there is the all-seeing eye with rays ; on that of the
Senior AVarden the level ; and on that of the Junior AVarden the plumb . Above the door in the north west , arc the rough ashlar , chisel , and mallet ; the whole arranged with exceedingly good taste . The members' seat arc on platforms , two inches lower than that of the Junior AVarden . Thc 3 o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
i Hist * i [ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ' ]
MASONIC HALLS IN THE AVEST INDIES . TO TUB EDITOR 01 ? TUB FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —It is long since you announced any tidings concerning the Harmonic Lodge , No . 58 , and I do think , that being our rcpresentative in England , you should be informed of every matter of "
interest to us . I therefore take this liberty , under the full impression that the contents hereof will be gratifying not only to you , but to many of our former members now resident in your city , as well as many readers of your Magazine , who have often visited us and been received with true Masonic spirit . Now that the subject before Grand Lodge in relation to the entire consecration of a suitable locality for Masonic purposes onlis so rifeit may be
y , the means of strengthening the arguments on one side , to epiote instances where Lodges have buildings and rooms devoted to work in the royal art . I have frequently noticed in some letters from your correspondents allusions to the AVest Indies and Continent , I therefore wish to add to thc catalogue the building at present occupied by us , and at same time give a brief detail of the proceedings connected therewith .
Thc building is of three storeys , facing the harbour , by ivhich means thc sign "Masonic Hall" can be plainly visible to tho many brethren mariners who so frequently arrive at this port for commercial purposes . 'The Lodge is held in the upper storey , the room being forty-nine feet long by eighteen and a half feet wide ; at the west there are two apartments , as mentioned in Oliver's "Book of the Lodge . " The entrance is angular . The sides of the room are painted blue , and between the windows
on the south , and along the partition at the north , are depicted various Masonic emblems . The dais occupies the whole width of the room , and extends ten feet towards the west . In thc centre thereof is the seat for thc AVorshipful Master , and chairs on each side of him for twelve Past Masters . Over the Master ' s and AVardens' chairs are canopies with draperies of blue velvet , trimmed with white fringes ; in the caps of the canopy for the AVorshipful Master there is the all-seeing eye with rays ; on that of the
Senior AVarden the level ; and on that of the Junior AVarden the plumb . Above the door in the north west , arc the rough ashlar , chisel , and mallet ; the whole arranged with exceedingly good taste . The members' seat arc on platforms , two inches lower than that of the Junior AVarden . Thc 3 o