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Tidings From The Craft In The United Sta...
Wilson is Grand Master ) , according to the American view of such questions , is the legitmate governing body there . But he has preferred to leave the discussion of the difficulty to correspondents more nearly interested and perhaps better informed than himself . He alludes to it here only to say that the following Grand Lodges ( with probably some others not yet reported ) have fully endorsed the legitimacy , of that body , and extended
to it the right hand of fellowship , viz ., Connecticut , Florida , Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kentucky , Louisiana , Minnesota , New Jersey , Ohio , Vermont . It is not doubted but that most of the remaining twenty-five Grand Lodges of this Union will pursue the same course , as the principles upon which their Grand Lodges have one after another been formed are precisely the same as those to which the legitimacy of the Canada Grand Lodge is referred . ,
REGISTERS OF MASOtfIC GRAND BODIES . New York . —Grand Lodge , elected June , 1857 ; John L . Lewis , jun ., Grand Master *; Robert Macoy ^ D . G . M . ; Finlay M . K ing ^ & G . W . ; Benj . M . Austin , J . G . W . ; Charles L . Church , G . Treas . ; James M . Austin , G . Sec .
Minnesota . —Grand Lodge , elected January , 1858 ; A . T . C . Pierson , Grand Master ; D . B , Looinis , D . G . M . ; Frank Mantor , S . G . W . ; A . C . Smith , J . G . W . ; Emanuel Case , G . Treas . ; George W . Prescott , G . Sec . ( Bro . Smith formerly published the " Ancient Landmark , " a Masonic journal of much nierit , at Mount Clemens , Michigan ) .
Ohio . —Grand Commandery K . T ., elected October , 1857 ; C . F . Hanselmann , Grand Master ; John C . Achey , D . G . M . ; Richard Creighton , G . Genlo . ; Jonas Ward , G . Capt . Gen . ; Isaac C . Copelen , G . Treas , ; John D . Caldwell , G . Reg . Maine . —Grand Lodge , elected May , 1857 ; Robert P . Dunlop , Grand Master ; Hiram Chase , D . G . M . ; William Allen , S . G . W . ; John Williams , J . G . W . ; Moses Dodge , G . Treas . ; Ira Barry , G . Sec .
Alabama . —Grand Lodge , elected December , 1857 ; J . McCaleb Wiley , Grand Master ; R . H . Erwin , D . G . M . ; S . F . Hall , S , G . W . ; James A . Whitaker , J . G . W . ; Thomas Welsh , G . Treas . ; Daniel Sayve , G . Sec . Ohio . — -Grand Lodge , elected October , 1857 ; Horace M . Stokes , Grand Master ; Jonathan N . Burr , D . G . M . ; Reuben R . Bourn , S . G . W . ; James Williams , J . G . W . ; Flavins J . Phillips , G . Treas . ; John D . Caldwell , G . Sec .
Virginia . —Grand R . A . Chapter , elected December , 1857 ; James Evans , G . H . P . ; P . B . Stark , G . K . ; John W . Potts , G . Scribe ; Thomas U . Dudley , G . Treas . ; John Dove , G . Sec . Arkansas . —Grand Chapter , elected October , 1857 ; E . H . English , G . H . P . ; J . R . Beeson , D . G . ILP . ; II . Reynolds , G . K . ; W . S . Leake , G . Scribe ; J . H . Newbern , G . Treas . ; A . S . Huey , G . Sec ,
The Beneficent Wobk of Masonky . — How often has it showered down its golden gifts into the seemingly inaccessible dungeons of misery ! How often baa it radiated with its beneficent rays the glooms of affliction , and converted its horrors of despair into the meridian splendour of unexpected joy I How often has it , with its philanthropic voice , recalled the unhappy wanderer into the paths of felicity , and with its powerf u l arm protected from the grasp of malice and oppression the forlorn outcast of society ! Let the widow , the orphan , the prisoner , tho debtor , the unfortunate , witness its beneficent deeds , and in a symphony of gratitude declare , that on the flight of all the other virtues , charity as well as hope remained to bless mankind .- —A ? Witt Clinton ,
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Tidings From The Craft In The United Sta...
Wilson is Grand Master ) , according to the American view of such questions , is the legitmate governing body there . But he has preferred to leave the discussion of the difficulty to correspondents more nearly interested and perhaps better informed than himself . He alludes to it here only to say that the following Grand Lodges ( with probably some others not yet reported ) have fully endorsed the legitimacy , of that body , and extended
to it the right hand of fellowship , viz ., Connecticut , Florida , Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kentucky , Louisiana , Minnesota , New Jersey , Ohio , Vermont . It is not doubted but that most of the remaining twenty-five Grand Lodges of this Union will pursue the same course , as the principles upon which their Grand Lodges have one after another been formed are precisely the same as those to which the legitimacy of the Canada Grand Lodge is referred . ,
REGISTERS OF MASOtfIC GRAND BODIES . New York . —Grand Lodge , elected June , 1857 ; John L . Lewis , jun ., Grand Master *; Robert Macoy ^ D . G . M . ; Finlay M . K ing ^ & G . W . ; Benj . M . Austin , J . G . W . ; Charles L . Church , G . Treas . ; James M . Austin , G . Sec .
Minnesota . —Grand Lodge , elected January , 1858 ; A . T . C . Pierson , Grand Master ; D . B , Looinis , D . G . M . ; Frank Mantor , S . G . W . ; A . C . Smith , J . G . W . ; Emanuel Case , G . Treas . ; George W . Prescott , G . Sec . ( Bro . Smith formerly published the " Ancient Landmark , " a Masonic journal of much nierit , at Mount Clemens , Michigan ) .
Ohio . —Grand Commandery K . T ., elected October , 1857 ; C . F . Hanselmann , Grand Master ; John C . Achey , D . G . M . ; Richard Creighton , G . Genlo . ; Jonas Ward , G . Capt . Gen . ; Isaac C . Copelen , G . Treas , ; John D . Caldwell , G . Reg . Maine . —Grand Lodge , elected May , 1857 ; Robert P . Dunlop , Grand Master ; Hiram Chase , D . G . M . ; William Allen , S . G . W . ; John Williams , J . G . W . ; Moses Dodge , G . Treas . ; Ira Barry , G . Sec .
Alabama . —Grand Lodge , elected December , 1857 ; J . McCaleb Wiley , Grand Master ; R . H . Erwin , D . G . M . ; S . F . Hall , S , G . W . ; James A . Whitaker , J . G . W . ; Thomas Welsh , G . Treas . ; Daniel Sayve , G . Sec . Ohio . — -Grand Lodge , elected October , 1857 ; Horace M . Stokes , Grand Master ; Jonathan N . Burr , D . G . M . ; Reuben R . Bourn , S . G . W . ; James Williams , J . G . W . ; Flavins J . Phillips , G . Treas . ; John D . Caldwell , G . Sec .
Virginia . —Grand R . A . Chapter , elected December , 1857 ; James Evans , G . H . P . ; P . B . Stark , G . K . ; John W . Potts , G . Scribe ; Thomas U . Dudley , G . Treas . ; John Dove , G . Sec . Arkansas . —Grand Chapter , elected October , 1857 ; E . H . English , G . H . P . ; J . R . Beeson , D . G . ILP . ; II . Reynolds , G . K . ; W . S . Leake , G . Scribe ; J . H . Newbern , G . Treas . ; A . S . Huey , G . Sec ,
The Beneficent Wobk of Masonky . — How often has it showered down its golden gifts into the seemingly inaccessible dungeons of misery ! How often baa it radiated with its beneficent rays the glooms of affliction , and converted its horrors of despair into the meridian splendour of unexpected joy I How often has it , with its philanthropic voice , recalled the unhappy wanderer into the paths of felicity , and with its powerf u l arm protected from the grasp of malice and oppression the forlorn outcast of society ! Let the widow , the orphan , the prisoner , tho debtor , the unfortunate , witness its beneficent deeds , and in a symphony of gratitude declare , that on the flight of all the other virtues , charity as well as hope remained to bless mankind .- —A ? Witt Clinton ,