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Article THE FREEMASONS' CALENDAR, 1775. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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The Freemasons' Calendar, 1775.
In consequence of this event , Masonry began to flourish through all the Prussian Dominions , under the Royal auspices , and several other lodges were constituted . No lodges , however , appear to have been established in Prussia , under the English constitution , previous to the year 1767 , when a patent was obtained from the Duke of Beaufort , then Grand Master of England , to constitute a lodge at Berlin , under the appellation of La lioyale York ; ivhich name was adopted in honour of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York , who was there initiated into Masonry while on his travels .
In 1769 a lodge was constituted at Brunswick hy virtue of a patent from England , which may properly be called the chief lodge in this part of Germany . The work of Masonry is here conducted alternately in the French and German languages , agreeably to the English forms . This lodge was instituted a Grand Lodge in the end of the year 1770 , on which occasion a very numerous and splendid company of Masons attended . The annual contributions of the members
of this lodge for charitable purposes are very extensive , and a school is supported solel y at their expense , where a number of young persons are educated in every branch of useful learning by the ablest masters . His Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick generously consented to be the patron of this lodge , and accepted the office of Master ; since which time he has received a deputation from England , empowering him to preside as Provincial Grand Master over all the lodges in
Lower Saxony . Under his Highness a Deputy Grand Master is appointed to superintend the government of the lodges . The Freemasons of Germany , a few years ago , obtained a charter , empowering them legally to convene then- lodges , and to transact the business of their society , from the King of Prussia , who accepted the office of Grand Master , the Elector of Saxony , and the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia . This charter was afterwards ratified and confirmed by the greatest Mason in Europe , the late Emneror
himself . These crowned heads had long experienced the utility of the society , _ in relieving the poor and needy in their sundry dominions ; in erecting schools and seminaries of learning for fatherless and deserted children ; and in establishing funds for the support of those parents , whose narrow circumstances would not permit them to provide for their offspring , or give them such an education as was necessary to render them fit and useful members of society .
Immediately after this charter was obtained , Masonry assumed a new form in Germany . The greatest part of the lod ges annihilated all their foreign constitutions , and erected a new Grand Lodge at Berlin , where a fresh code of laws and regulations were formed . This lodge assumed the name of the Mother-Lodge , and granted constitutions under the general title of Stride Observance . Several lodges were constituted in different provinces , and a Provincial Grand Lodge nominated for each All the
province . transactions of the subordinate lodges in each district were sent to the Provincial Lodge , and from thence transmitted to the Grand Lodge at Berlin at stated times . Printed copies of the laws and regulations of this new establishment were delivered to all the Provincial Lodges , who distributed them among the lodges in the several provinces under their jurisdiction . By these laws it was enacted , That no person should be made a Free and Accepted Mason , unless his character was unimpeachable , and his
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Calendar, 1775.
In consequence of this event , Masonry began to flourish through all the Prussian Dominions , under the Royal auspices , and several other lodges were constituted . No lodges , however , appear to have been established in Prussia , under the English constitution , previous to the year 1767 , when a patent was obtained from the Duke of Beaufort , then Grand Master of England , to constitute a lodge at Berlin , under the appellation of La lioyale York ; ivhich name was adopted in honour of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York , who was there initiated into Masonry while on his travels .
In 1769 a lodge was constituted at Brunswick hy virtue of a patent from England , which may properly be called the chief lodge in this part of Germany . The work of Masonry is here conducted alternately in the French and German languages , agreeably to the English forms . This lodge was instituted a Grand Lodge in the end of the year 1770 , on which occasion a very numerous and splendid company of Masons attended . The annual contributions of the members
of this lodge for charitable purposes are very extensive , and a school is supported solel y at their expense , where a number of young persons are educated in every branch of useful learning by the ablest masters . His Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick generously consented to be the patron of this lodge , and accepted the office of Master ; since which time he has received a deputation from England , empowering him to preside as Provincial Grand Master over all the lodges in
Lower Saxony . Under his Highness a Deputy Grand Master is appointed to superintend the government of the lodges . The Freemasons of Germany , a few years ago , obtained a charter , empowering them legally to convene then- lodges , and to transact the business of their society , from the King of Prussia , who accepted the office of Grand Master , the Elector of Saxony , and the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia . This charter was afterwards ratified and confirmed by the greatest Mason in Europe , the late Emneror
himself . These crowned heads had long experienced the utility of the society , _ in relieving the poor and needy in their sundry dominions ; in erecting schools and seminaries of learning for fatherless and deserted children ; and in establishing funds for the support of those parents , whose narrow circumstances would not permit them to provide for their offspring , or give them such an education as was necessary to render them fit and useful members of society .
Immediately after this charter was obtained , Masonry assumed a new form in Germany . The greatest part of the lod ges annihilated all their foreign constitutions , and erected a new Grand Lodge at Berlin , where a fresh code of laws and regulations were formed . This lodge assumed the name of the Mother-Lodge , and granted constitutions under the general title of Stride Observance . Several lodges were constituted in different provinces , and a Provincial Grand Lodge nominated for each All the
province . transactions of the subordinate lodges in each district were sent to the Provincial Lodge , and from thence transmitted to the Grand Lodge at Berlin at stated times . Printed copies of the laws and regulations of this new establishment were delivered to all the Provincial Lodges , who distributed them among the lodges in the several provinces under their jurisdiction . By these laws it was enacted , That no person should be made a Free and Accepted Mason , unless his character was unimpeachable , and his