The History Of Freemasonry

THE HISTORY of FREEMASONRY

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AND CONCORDANT ORDERS . ILLUSTRATED . WRITTEN BY A BOARD OF EDITORS . HENRY LEONARD STILLSON , Editor-in-Chief . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , Consulting Editor . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . —SUITEEMEMTAL OP THE Divisions iu THIS AVORK . © ait \ .

ANCIENT MASONRY . —THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES , COGNATE ORDEKS OI' CHIVALRY , ANU THE " OLD ClIAKGES" OK FREEMASONS . ( Introductory to the Perfected Organization of Modern Times . ) Complete in three Divisions . INTRODUCTION . —THE SIX THEORIES OF THE MYSTERIES .

DIVISION I . THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES . A Treatise on the Eastern European , African , and Asiatic Mysteries ; tho Occultism of the Orient ; the 'Western European Architects and Operative Masons in Britain , commonly called the Antiquities and Legendary Traditions of thc Craft to thc close of the Operative Period in 1717 . Complete in four chapters .

DIVISION II . THE COGNATE ORDERS . A comprehensive History of tho Knights Templars and the Crusades ; their patronage by thc Sec of Rome and subsequent anathema ; the connection of these , if any , with the present Degrees of Knights Templar in the United States and Great Britain ; the Execution of Jacques tie Molai , Grand Master , and Supplemental Historic Notes . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION in . THE DOCUMENTARY EARLY HISTORY OI ? THE FRATERNITY . The Ancient British MSS . ; Kalendar of " Old Charges , " and comments thereon ; the Regius MS ., or Halliwell Poem ; Legend of " The Pour Crowned Martyrs ; " the Cooke MS ., as annotated by G . XV . Speth ; tho Grand Lodge MS . of 1583 , with various readings of "Old Charges ; " the " Additional Articles , " etc . Complete in three chapters .

pact 2 . COSMOPOLITAN FREEMASONRY . —CRAFT , CAPITULAR , CRYPTIC ( " Masonry without Respect to Creed , Clime , or Color . " ) Complete in twelve Divisions . INTRODUCTION . —THE AMERICAN RITE OF FREEMASONRY . DIVISION IV . NORTH , CENTRAL , AND SOUTH AMERICA . Lodges in America under thc English Constitution , 17 * 33-1830 . Complete in three chapters .

DIVISION V . FIRST MERIDIAN . History of tho Colonial and Revolutionary Period and Atlantic Slope : Thc Grand Lodges of Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , District of Columbia , Virginia , "West Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , and Florida . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION VI . SECOND MERIDIAN . 1 . History of the Eastern Mississippi Valley and the Lakes , The Grand Lodges of Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Illinois : Wisconsin , Kentucky , Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi ,

and Louisiana . II . History of the Western Mississippi Valley : Thc Grand Lodges of Texas , Arkansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Iowa , Dakota , North Dakota , Nebraska , Kansas , and the Indian Territory . Each part complete in ono chapter .

DIVISION VII . THIRD MERIDIAN , History of the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountains to Mexico : The Grand Lodges of California , Oregon , "Washington , Idaho , Montana , Nevada , Utah , AVyoming , Arizona , Colorado , New Mexico ; Freemasonry in the Hawaiian Islands , Alaska , Mexico , and Central America . Complete in . one chapter .

DIVISION vm . EARLY AMERICAN MASONIC HISTORY . The First Glimpses of Freemasonry in North America . Complete in one chapter .

DIVISION IX . BRITISH AMERICA . Outline history ot the Grand Lodgo of Canada , in the Prosdncc of Ontario . Freemasonry in tho North—the Grand Lodges of Quebec , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , Manitoba , and British Columbia . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION X . OTIIEB . COUNTRIES . Outline History of Freemasonry in Continental Europe . Freemasonry in Australasia and New Zealand-Grand Lodges of tho Southern Sun . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION XI . THE MORGAN EXCITEMENT , Au exhaustive Account of that Historic Affair in tho United States , treating of its Civil , Social , Political , and Masonic Aspects , as well as of the Deportation of "William Morgan ; written from a Masonic stand-point . Complete in two chapters .:

DIVISION XII . MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE . A comprehensive History of the Origin and Development oi Masonic Law : The relation of Governing Bodies to one another ; the relation of Grand Lodges to their Constituent

Lodges , and to individval members of the Craft : tho relation of Lodges to one another , to their members , and oi Masons to ono another ; the Origin and Uso of public Masonic Forms and Ceremonies ; and the customs and peculiarities of the Craft in general . Complete in one chapter .

DIVISION XIII . THE CAPITULAR DEGREES . ihe Royal Arch as a Separate Degree in England and othei parts of the British Empire . The Mark Master Mason ' s Degree as evolved in the United Kingdom . The several Grand Chapters , and the Royal Arch systems of England , " •elaua , aud Scotland , including Mui'ls Masonry . Mason ' s

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Marks , and tho Past Degree . The Grand Chapters of Canada , Nova Scotia , Quebec , and New Brunswick . Tho General Grand Royal Arch Chapter , its origin , powers , and jurisdiction . State Grand Chapters , including tho Independent Grand Chapters of Pennsylvania , Virginia , and West Virginia ; separately considered , and in alphabetical order , together with all Chapters holding charters from the General Grand Chapter . Tho Order of High Priesthood . Complete in threo chapters . DIVISION XIV .

THE CRYPTIC DEGREES . The Council of Royal , nnd Select , and Super-Excellent Masters ; together with a comprehensive sketch of its rise anil organization ; Government by a General Grand Council , Grand Councils , and Councils ; including the Independent Grand Councils , and those of Canada and England . Complete in two chapters . DIVISION XV .

EULOGIUM OF THE ANCIENT' CRAFT . Thc relation of the Symbolic , Capitular , and Cryptic Degrees to one another and to Ancient Craft Masonry ; comprising the Foundation , the Superstructure , and Ornaments of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons . I . The Physical , the Spiritual , the Celestial , these threo intertwining , ever blending in perfect harmony . II . Freemasonry , the Conservator of Liberty and of tho Universal Brotherhood of Man . Each part complete in one chapter . lDait 3 .

CONCORDANT ORDERS . —THE CHIVALRIC DEGREES . Complete in two Divisions . DIVISION XVI . KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND ALLIED ORDERS . The Knights Templar of the United States of America , and Government by a Grand Encampment , Grand Commanderies , and Commanderies . The Ethics ancl Ritual of American Templary . Complete in three chapters ; to which is added "In Memoriam , " MacLeod Mooro . DIVISION XVII .

BRITISH TEMPLARY * . A history of thc Modern or Masonio Templar Systems , with a Concise Account of the Origin of Speculative Freemasonry , and its Evolution since the Revival , A . D . 1717 . Complete in seven chapters . part 4 .

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY , AND THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . . Complete in two Divisions . DIVISION XVIII . SCOTTISH DEGREES , & ° . to 33 ° , INCLUSIVE . History of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of "Freemasonry ; its Government by Supreme Councils , Consistories , Chapters of Roso Croix , Councils of Princes of Jerusalem , and Lodges of Perfection . Complete in one chanter .

DIVISION XIX . THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . I . The History and Government of the Society in Europe and America ; copies of Patents and other particulars . II . The Royal Order of Heredom of Kilwinning . Each pari complete in . one chapter .

part 5 . MISCELLANEOUS RITES AND ORDERS , AND STATISTICAL DIVISION Complete in two Divisions . DIVISION XX . OTHER RITES AND ORDERS . I . Tho Order of the Eastern Star , comprising a sketch of its origin , rise , teachings , and present condition . II . Thc Rosicrucian Society . Each part complete in one chapter . III . Masonic Dates and Abbreviations used in this work .

DIVISION XXI . STATISTICS OF FREEJIASOXRY . Theso are shown'in the Craft Department by tables , as full as it has been possible to compile them . In some case the Grand Lodge records havo beon lost by liro and war , and in others the books were not kept with tables liko these in view . Tho Capitular Statistics are all of late date , the records prior to 18 ( 10 having bcou destroyed . Masonic Record . Index .

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SATURDAY , AUGUST 15 , 1891 . ?

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Bro . Lord Brooke , Prov . Grand Master of Essex , must be very proud of the advances which the Craft has made since his appointment some io years since to oflice , in succession to the late Bro . Lord Tenterden .

Hisworthy Deputy , Bro . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Registrar , in proposing his lordship ' s health at the banquet which followed the recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodgeof Essex , noted that in 1881 the province had but 1 9 lodges on its roll , whereas there are now 3 ,

and every prospect of a further increase . Moreover the roll of subscribing members is 1570 , while , as regards the manner in which the princi ples of our Order

are upheld in this favoured province , vve had an exemp lification only the other day , when Essex figured among the contributors to the Boys' School Festival at Bri ghton fox a total subscription of about ^ 1200 .

Our readers will be deeply grieved to hear of the death of Bro . Sir Henry Morland , Grand Master of All Scottish Freemasonry in India . Our brethren in India especially will feel most acutely the loss which

the Craft throughout our great Eastern dependency has sustained by this unlooked-for calamity . Our deceased brother was not only one of the ablest and most distinguished Masons who have presided over the destinies of our Order in that part of the world .

but he was likewise most earnest and constant in his endeavours to maintain a true and perfect spirit of harmony between the members of the English and Scotch Constitutions . On this point we have had many opportunities of late years for commenting , and it has

always been with the utmost satisfaction that we have done so . Bro . Sir Henry Morland was as well known and for his services in this respect to the Craft generally was as highly respected by his English as b y his Scotch brethren , and we trust the good work which he

so materially assisted to promote will be continued under his successor . We hope to refer at greater length to the Masonic career of our late brother in our next week ' s issue . * * *

Our brethren of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales have just had practical experience of what it is to " welcome the coming , speed the parting guest . " Not so many months ago they bid a hearty God-speed

to Bro . Lord Carrington , who had presided with such brilliant success over their Grand Lodge as its first M . W . G . M . His lordship ' s period of service as Governor of the Colony had come to an end , and on returning to England he carried with him the hearty good wishes