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recesses of gloomy forests , in grottos , caverns , on the borders of solitary lakes , or in the old castles of Scotland and Sweden , often surrounded with physical wants , which required great courage and enthusiasm to overcome ^ and possessed a great charm for these zealous men .
Subsequently the papal power , perceiving their value , protected & nd encouraged them , and granted them many indulgences . They were thus enabled to act more independently , and dividing themselves into parties , travelled into different countries where they thought their services might be required ; "When they arrived at a spot where a church was wanted , they formed themselves into a
regular government , chose a surveyor , and placed a warder over every nine men . In summer the labourers lived in tents formed of the branches and bark of trees , but in winter a camp was constructed of rtide huts . The nobles residing in the neighbourhood found materials for the edifices , waggons to convey them , and money to pay the workmen for buildings , which the rich nobles erected often as a commutation of penance . The word Freemason had been adopted
by these men because they were at liberty to work in any part of the kingdom they chose . For a long period these associations were obstructed by the frequent wars , and they did not revive until the time of Carausius , by whom they were patronized . He encouraged learned men , and collected clever artificers , particularly masons , from various countries .
He appointed the celebrated St . Alban , his steward , to superintend the Lodges , who was also the first martyr for the Christian faith in England . The chroniclers relate that to encourage them he paid the workmen three shillings a week besides three pence a day for their board , while previously they had only one penny a day and their food .
In 557 , the monks sent over by Pope Gregory I . to convert the Anglo-Saxons landed in the Isle of Thanet , and having sent some French interpreters to King Ethelbert with an account of their mission , he gave them liberty to do their master ' s bidding on as many of his subjects as they found willing to accept the Christian faith . He assigned to them for their place of residence Dorovernum , near Canterbury . The ^ remained here un til the conversion of the
king . They despatched an envoy to the Pope with an account of their success , and he sent back books , dresses , and ornaments to adorn their churches , at the same time advising them not to pull down the heathen temples , but after sprinkling them with holy water to convert them into Christian places of worship : he wisely
calculated that the prejudices of the natives might be less shocked at the new faith if its rites were performed in the buildings they had been accustomed to use . They chose for their leader Austin , afterwards a celebrated architect , who , finding the people open to instruction , took great trouble to gain a lasting influence over them . To insure this result he formed associations , placed monks at their head ; while at the same
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recesses of gloomy forests , in grottos , caverns , on the borders of solitary lakes , or in the old castles of Scotland and Sweden , often surrounded with physical wants , which required great courage and enthusiasm to overcome ^ and possessed a great charm for these zealous men .
Subsequently the papal power , perceiving their value , protected & nd encouraged them , and granted them many indulgences . They were thus enabled to act more independently , and dividing themselves into parties , travelled into different countries where they thought their services might be required ; "When they arrived at a spot where a church was wanted , they formed themselves into a
regular government , chose a surveyor , and placed a warder over every nine men . In summer the labourers lived in tents formed of the branches and bark of trees , but in winter a camp was constructed of rtide huts . The nobles residing in the neighbourhood found materials for the edifices , waggons to convey them , and money to pay the workmen for buildings , which the rich nobles erected often as a commutation of penance . The word Freemason had been adopted
by these men because they were at liberty to work in any part of the kingdom they chose . For a long period these associations were obstructed by the frequent wars , and they did not revive until the time of Carausius , by whom they were patronized . He encouraged learned men , and collected clever artificers , particularly masons , from various countries .
He appointed the celebrated St . Alban , his steward , to superintend the Lodges , who was also the first martyr for the Christian faith in England . The chroniclers relate that to encourage them he paid the workmen three shillings a week besides three pence a day for their board , while previously they had only one penny a day and their food .
In 557 , the monks sent over by Pope Gregory I . to convert the Anglo-Saxons landed in the Isle of Thanet , and having sent some French interpreters to King Ethelbert with an account of their mission , he gave them liberty to do their master ' s bidding on as many of his subjects as they found willing to accept the Christian faith . He assigned to them for their place of residence Dorovernum , near Canterbury . The ^ remained here un til the conversion of the
king . They despatched an envoy to the Pope with an account of their success , and he sent back books , dresses , and ornaments to adorn their churches , at the same time advising them not to pull down the heathen temples , but after sprinkling them with holy water to convert them into Christian places of worship : he wisely
calculated that the prejudices of the natives might be less shocked at the new faith if its rites were performed in the buildings they had been accustomed to use . They chose for their leader Austin , afterwards a celebrated architect , who , finding the people open to instruction , took great trouble to gain a lasting influence over them . To insure this result he formed associations , placed monks at their head ; while at the same