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Article THE FREEMASONS LEXICON.* ← Page 6 of 13 →
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The Freemasons Lexicon.*
Broener , Johan Cart ' . —John Charles Broener , senator and bookseller in Frankf ' ort-on-the Main , where he was born 4 th June , 1738 , and died 22 nd March , 1812 . One of the most active Freemasons , and for many years Provincial G . M . of English Provincial Grand Lodge at Franftforton-the-Main . A medal with the following inscription shows how highly ibis Brother was prized . Obverse , Broener ' s bust , name , and birthday , reversea chainand in it the wordsTo the R . W . G . M . ' s 50 th F . M .
, , , Jubilee , dedicated by the Brethren of the Union in the Orient at Frankfort , A . M . 4 th June , 5 S 09 . Bruder und Brudername . Brother and Brothers name . Operative Masonry is not a brotherhood , but Freemasonry is ; the latter has this in common with many spiritual orders , even Protestant clergymen call each other brother in Germany , Herr Bruder , or Mr . Brother . Freemasonry leaves the Mr . out . In the Orders of Knightood the Knihts
g do not call each other Brother . In the Lodge , Masons always call each other Brother , and the poorest among them , even the serving Brethren , dare hot address them by any other title , although they may fill the highest offices in the state , or even be monarchs . Out of the Lodge , in the presence of strangers , the word Brother may be dropped ; but when a Brother meets a Brother even out of the Lodge , and no other person is presentthen the title of Brother must not be omitted . It must be
, much more agreeable to every Brother to be called by that endearing name than to be addressed by the title of your excellency or Mr ., as well in the Lodge as out of it when no strangers are present . No one hath a Brother except he be a Brother himself . Bruderliebe . Brotherly Love . —This can be manifested in
innumerable opportunities not only in the Lodge but also out of it . It is acknowledged by the nearly imperceptible pressure of the hand as much as by the vindication of an innocently accused absent Brother on the throne . It is an essential element to bind the Brethren unto each other ; we have pledged ourselves to exercise it , and it is ' one of the greatest duties of a Free and Accepted Mason to deny it unto no ihan , more especially to a Brother Mason . To exercise brotherl y love , or to feel
deeply interested in the welfare of others is a source of the greatest happiness in every situation in life . The king upon his throne would find his situation insupportable if his subjects showed their regard ' unto him through fear alone ' ancl ' . ' not through love , and so ivould those also who have a superabundance ' of worldly possessions . Even iri -Paradise we will desire to be beloved ; He who does not find his heart warmed with love towards all mankind should never strive to be made a Freemason , for
he cannot exercise brotherly love . Neither do those prove true brotherly love , who only exercise'it at ' 'the banquet , and mustfirst be warmed with wine before their liearts ^ Avin sympathise with the' distressed . A good father loves his children not . only iri the house , but out of . it also , Bruckenbruder , Freres'Pdntifes oder Ffef . es 'du ' poht . ¦ Brethren of the , Bridge or Bfidges . ^ -rThis Qrdw existed iri , the twelfth and thirteenth centuryand' tlie Brethren Avereiri'the : noblest ' sense of the ivordsthe
, , first foresters , gamekeepers , military escorts , troopers , and police-officers , as well as the . revivors , or rather , ' Creators of domestic , trade and of architecture . They , as well as the Kni g hts of the Temple and of Malta were engaged in protecting aud providing for travellers whether they were sick or well , and in escorting them ivith their arms in their hands , and in erecting and keeping in repair bridges , roads , and ferries . To enable them the better to devote their whole lives to this
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons Lexicon.*
Broener , Johan Cart ' . —John Charles Broener , senator and bookseller in Frankf ' ort-on-the Main , where he was born 4 th June , 1738 , and died 22 nd March , 1812 . One of the most active Freemasons , and for many years Provincial G . M . of English Provincial Grand Lodge at Franftforton-the-Main . A medal with the following inscription shows how highly ibis Brother was prized . Obverse , Broener ' s bust , name , and birthday , reversea chainand in it the wordsTo the R . W . G . M . ' s 50 th F . M .
, , , Jubilee , dedicated by the Brethren of the Union in the Orient at Frankfort , A . M . 4 th June , 5 S 09 . Bruder und Brudername . Brother and Brothers name . Operative Masonry is not a brotherhood , but Freemasonry is ; the latter has this in common with many spiritual orders , even Protestant clergymen call each other brother in Germany , Herr Bruder , or Mr . Brother . Freemasonry leaves the Mr . out . In the Orders of Knightood the Knihts
g do not call each other Brother . In the Lodge , Masons always call each other Brother , and the poorest among them , even the serving Brethren , dare hot address them by any other title , although they may fill the highest offices in the state , or even be monarchs . Out of the Lodge , in the presence of strangers , the word Brother may be dropped ; but when a Brother meets a Brother even out of the Lodge , and no other person is presentthen the title of Brother must not be omitted . It must be
, much more agreeable to every Brother to be called by that endearing name than to be addressed by the title of your excellency or Mr ., as well in the Lodge as out of it when no strangers are present . No one hath a Brother except he be a Brother himself . Bruderliebe . Brotherly Love . —This can be manifested in
innumerable opportunities not only in the Lodge but also out of it . It is acknowledged by the nearly imperceptible pressure of the hand as much as by the vindication of an innocently accused absent Brother on the throne . It is an essential element to bind the Brethren unto each other ; we have pledged ourselves to exercise it , and it is ' one of the greatest duties of a Free and Accepted Mason to deny it unto no ihan , more especially to a Brother Mason . To exercise brotherl y love , or to feel
deeply interested in the welfare of others is a source of the greatest happiness in every situation in life . The king upon his throne would find his situation insupportable if his subjects showed their regard ' unto him through fear alone ' ancl ' . ' not through love , and so ivould those also who have a superabundance ' of worldly possessions . Even iri -Paradise we will desire to be beloved ; He who does not find his heart warmed with love towards all mankind should never strive to be made a Freemason , for
he cannot exercise brotherly love . Neither do those prove true brotherly love , who only exercise'it at ' 'the banquet , and mustfirst be warmed with wine before their liearts ^ Avin sympathise with the' distressed . A good father loves his children not . only iri the house , but out of . it also , Bruckenbruder , Freres'Pdntifes oder Ffef . es 'du ' poht . ¦ Brethren of the , Bridge or Bfidges . ^ -rThis Qrdw existed iri , the twelfth and thirteenth centuryand' tlie Brethren Avereiri'the : noblest ' sense of the ivordsthe
, , first foresters , gamekeepers , military escorts , troopers , and police-officers , as well as the . revivors , or rather , ' Creators of domestic , trade and of architecture . They , as well as the Kni g hts of the Temple and of Malta were engaged in protecting aud providing for travellers whether they were sick or well , and in escorting them ivith their arms in their hands , and in erecting and keeping in repair bridges , roads , and ferries . To enable them the better to devote their whole lives to this