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Freemasonry In The 46th Regiment.
have deserted him . How often , amid the horrors of war , have desolation and death been averted by the grasp of Masonic brotherhood ! Its influence is felt equally by the soldier and the civilian . Several of our regiments have lodges attached to them ; and
the annals of one , No . 227 , under the Grand Lodge of Ireland , held hy the distinguished 46 th , furnish facts alike honourable to the Craft and the human heart . During the services of the above regiment in America , General Washington was initiated into Masoniy in their Lodge . Well can we imagine the gush of holy feeling with which his benevolent mind , so deeply imbued
with the love of his fellow creatures , received the sublime tenets of our Order . That the impression ivas of a highly wrought character , his after conduct proved ; for when war broke out between the States and the Mother Country , and he became divided from the brothers of his adoption ; in feeling—iu communion of soul , he was their brother still . The Masonic chest of the
46 th , by the chance of war , fell into the hands of the Americans : they reported the circumstance to General Washington , who embraced the opportunity of testifying his estimation of Masonry in the most marked and gratifying manner ; hy directing that a guard
of honour , under the command of a distinguished officer , should take charge of the chest , with many articles of value belonging to the 46 th , and return them to the regiment . The surprise , the feeling of both officers and men may be imagined , when they perceived the flag of truce that announced this elegant comp liment from their noble oj ^ . onent , hut still more noble Brother .
It was a scene of moral beauty ; a . triumphant vindication of the purity of Masonic princip les . The guard of honour with their flutes playing a sacred march- —the chest containing the constitution and implements of the craft borne aloft , like another ark of the covenant , equally by Englishmen and Americans , who , lately engaged in the strife of war , now marched through the enfiladed
ranks o [ the gallant regiment , that with presented arms and colours hailed the glorious act by cheers , which the sentiment rendered sacred as the hallelujahs of an angel ' s song . This lodge offers another proof of the excellence and useful influence of Masonry , nearly as distinguished as the former .
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Freemasonry In The 46th Regiment.
have deserted him . How often , amid the horrors of war , have desolation and death been averted by the grasp of Masonic brotherhood ! Its influence is felt equally by the soldier and the civilian . Several of our regiments have lodges attached to them ; and
the annals of one , No . 227 , under the Grand Lodge of Ireland , held hy the distinguished 46 th , furnish facts alike honourable to the Craft and the human heart . During the services of the above regiment in America , General Washington was initiated into Masoniy in their Lodge . Well can we imagine the gush of holy feeling with which his benevolent mind , so deeply imbued
with the love of his fellow creatures , received the sublime tenets of our Order . That the impression ivas of a highly wrought character , his after conduct proved ; for when war broke out between the States and the Mother Country , and he became divided from the brothers of his adoption ; in feeling—iu communion of soul , he was their brother still . The Masonic chest of the
46 th , by the chance of war , fell into the hands of the Americans : they reported the circumstance to General Washington , who embraced the opportunity of testifying his estimation of Masonry in the most marked and gratifying manner ; hy directing that a guard
of honour , under the command of a distinguished officer , should take charge of the chest , with many articles of value belonging to the 46 th , and return them to the regiment . The surprise , the feeling of both officers and men may be imagined , when they perceived the flag of truce that announced this elegant comp liment from their noble oj ^ . onent , hut still more noble Brother .
It was a scene of moral beauty ; a . triumphant vindication of the purity of Masonic princip les . The guard of honour with their flutes playing a sacred march- —the chest containing the constitution and implements of the craft borne aloft , like another ark of the covenant , equally by Englishmen and Americans , who , lately engaged in the strife of war , now marched through the enfiladed
ranks o [ the gallant regiment , that with presented arms and colours hailed the glorious act by cheers , which the sentiment rendered sacred as the hallelujahs of an angel ' s song . This lodge offers another proof of the excellence and useful influence of Masonry , nearly as distinguished as the former .