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Article THE FREEMASON'S LEXICON. ← Page 8 of 9 →
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The Freemason's Lexicon.
more Brethren to keep the books , and to render an account of the money which is collected in the Lodge for the relief of the poor , and to pay such sums as have been granted by the Lodge to petitioners . If there are any physicians or surgeons members of the Lodge , they are generally chosen as Almoners . AVhere there are more than one Lodge in a town , they generally form a common fund for the relief of travelling Brethren .
{ Note by the Translator . )—In all foreign Lodges it is customary , before closing the Lodge , to make a collection , not for the funds of tlie Lodge , but for the support of the poor and distressed . If such a voluntary collection was made in every English Lodge , and the produce equally divided among the four English charities , viz ., the Boys' and Girls' School , the Asylum , and the Annuity Fund , or if the produce was given unto any one of them , how much more good would be effected
than by the custom adopted by most of the English Lodges ( I have had the pleasure of visiting ) of taking a friendly and parting glass after the Lodge is closed ! Altar . —Au altar must be a most holy place to every Christian , and more especially to every true worshipper of God . It was so to the first nations who conceived the idea of a Most High being . Pligh above all the stars they conjectured was his mostele \ ated seat . They fell upon
their knees when they worshipped Him , as more emblematical of the immense distance they were removed from Him ; and they built altars , upon which they offered fruits aud other things , that the smoke might arise towards Him , as a proof of their gratitude . AA e , as enlightened Christians and Freemasons , make no offerings of fruits upon our altars , neither are they any more to be found upon tbe tops of the mountains ,
or in the depths of the caverns , but under a clouded canopy , as emblematical of the heavens , and our offerings are the hallowed obligations of a grateful and pious heart . Altenburgh . —Here we find a very ancient Lodge , viz ., St . John ' s Lodge , Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards , installed by a deputation from Leipsic , on 31 st January , 1742 , without any name . On the 17 th of September of the same year , it took the name of the Three
Tracing-boards , from the Lodge in Dresden . In 1775 , it joined the Grand Lodge at Berlin , and adopting the name of " Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards , " remained under this Grand Lodge until 1785 , and in 1788 , joined the Eclectical Union at Frankfort-on-the-Maine ; in 1801 left it again , and formed a directorium of its own , and installed two Lodges , viz ., Archimedes at the Eternal Union in Gera , and Archimedes at the Saxon Union in Schneeberg . Since then it has stood
alone . In the year 180 . 5 , it divided itself into two Lodges , viz ., St . John ' s Lodge , Earnestness to the Truth , and St . John ' s Lodge , Earnestness to Justness , under the same directorium ; but this division ceased , and the whole of the Brethren joined in one Lodge , under the name of Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards . In 1803 , it distinguished itself by forming a constitution-book of its own , which is highly valued by all other Lodges . In 1 S 04 the Lodge consecrated a new building
, for its own use , and struck a medal upon the occasion , the principal side containing Archimedes delineating , surrounded with all the Masonic tools , and his face turned towards the rising sun , and with this motto on the upper part— " Noli lurbarc circulos ; " on the lower part , " Lodge Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards . " The other side contained the front of the new hall , to which Minerva was conducting a youth ,
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The Freemason's Lexicon.
more Brethren to keep the books , and to render an account of the money which is collected in the Lodge for the relief of the poor , and to pay such sums as have been granted by the Lodge to petitioners . If there are any physicians or surgeons members of the Lodge , they are generally chosen as Almoners . AVhere there are more than one Lodge in a town , they generally form a common fund for the relief of travelling Brethren .
{ Note by the Translator . )—In all foreign Lodges it is customary , before closing the Lodge , to make a collection , not for the funds of tlie Lodge , but for the support of the poor and distressed . If such a voluntary collection was made in every English Lodge , and the produce equally divided among the four English charities , viz ., the Boys' and Girls' School , the Asylum , and the Annuity Fund , or if the produce was given unto any one of them , how much more good would be effected
than by the custom adopted by most of the English Lodges ( I have had the pleasure of visiting ) of taking a friendly and parting glass after the Lodge is closed ! Altar . —Au altar must be a most holy place to every Christian , and more especially to every true worshipper of God . It was so to the first nations who conceived the idea of a Most High being . Pligh above all the stars they conjectured was his mostele \ ated seat . They fell upon
their knees when they worshipped Him , as more emblematical of the immense distance they were removed from Him ; and they built altars , upon which they offered fruits aud other things , that the smoke might arise towards Him , as a proof of their gratitude . AA e , as enlightened Christians and Freemasons , make no offerings of fruits upon our altars , neither are they any more to be found upon tbe tops of the mountains ,
or in the depths of the caverns , but under a clouded canopy , as emblematical of the heavens , and our offerings are the hallowed obligations of a grateful and pious heart . Altenburgh . —Here we find a very ancient Lodge , viz ., St . John ' s Lodge , Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards , installed by a deputation from Leipsic , on 31 st January , 1742 , without any name . On the 17 th of September of the same year , it took the name of the Three
Tracing-boards , from the Lodge in Dresden . In 1775 , it joined the Grand Lodge at Berlin , and adopting the name of " Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards , " remained under this Grand Lodge until 1785 , and in 1788 , joined the Eclectical Union at Frankfort-on-the-Maine ; in 1801 left it again , and formed a directorium of its own , and installed two Lodges , viz ., Archimedes at the Eternal Union in Gera , and Archimedes at the Saxon Union in Schneeberg . Since then it has stood
alone . In the year 180 . 5 , it divided itself into two Lodges , viz ., St . John ' s Lodge , Earnestness to the Truth , and St . John ' s Lodge , Earnestness to Justness , under the same directorium ; but this division ceased , and the whole of the Brethren joined in one Lodge , under the name of Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards . In 1803 , it distinguished itself by forming a constitution-book of its own , which is highly valued by all other Lodges . In 1 S 04 the Lodge consecrated a new building
, for its own use , and struck a medal upon the occasion , the principal side containing Archimedes delineating , surrounded with all the Masonic tools , and his face turned towards the rising sun , and with this motto on the upper part— " Noli lurbarc circulos ; " on the lower part , " Lodge Archimedes , at the Three Tracing-boards . " The other side contained the front of the new hall , to which Minerva was conducting a youth ,