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Architects of Kilwinning in this Encampment ! He was well assured that all present would heartily join with him in wishing health and happiness to their M . E . G . Supt ., and many happy returns to him of this auspicious day . The M . E . G . Supt ., in returning thanks , remarked that it had been said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh ; but the heart may be too full to utter the sentiments which the mouth should speak . He felt that he did not deserve the compliments which had been paid him ; but it should be his
earnest endeavour to do so in the few opportunities which his advanced age ( sixty-six this day ) would afford him . The M . E . G . Supt . concluded by proposing that the Sir Kts . should drink one glass of wine in solemn silence to the memory of his late lamented predecessor , the late Sir Kt . Wm . Powell , under whose able guidance the Encampment had so long flourished . The M . E . G . Supt . proposed , what in his opinion he considered the toast of the evening , viz ., that of the M . E . G . D . Supt . Sir Kt . D . W . Nash , who , from his indefatigable zeal and activity , had done so much for the higher Orders of Masonry in this province , and in whose judgment and ability he reposed the most entire confidence .
The M . E . G . D . Supt . returned thanks ; and the healths of the respective E . Corns , of the Five Orders of Masonic Knighthood in this Encampment , the E . P . Corns ., Officers , and Yisitors , having been proposed and responded to , the M . E . G . Supt . expressed the great gratification which he had received from his visit there that evening ; and the Sir Kts . separated .
France.
FRANCE .
We are glad to learn that there are some hopes of a fusion being effected between the Supreme Council and the Grand Lodge of France , and we sincerely wish that the Congress now assembled in Paris may be propitious to this most desirable Masonic event . At the meeting of the G . L . on the 5 th of February , presided by D . G . M . Heullant , a credit of 4 , 800 francs was opened to the House of Refuge ( maison de secours ) for the year 1855 . Forty-two Lodges were suspended by the G . L ., on account of their irregular working , and the Supreme Council honourably refuses
to incorporate Lodges deserting the G . L ., for motives not creditable to them . For the great Masonic Hall , now in the process of building , 6 , 000 francs were voted for painting , and 5 , 000 for gas-fitting . Up to the 26 th of April this year , 574 shareholders had subscribed 110 , 250 francs . It is supposed that not before twenty years the Hall will entirely belong to the French Masons ; although the much wished-for union between the two Grand Lodges may accelerate this period considerably .
Germany.
GERMANY .
The first progresses in Freemasonry were made in Germany , in the beginning of the last century , after the art had found its origin and development in this country . English Masons erected the oldest German Lodge in 1763 in Hamburg . A G . M . for Lower Saxony , however , was already nominated in 1730 . In that part of Germany the first Lodges were constituted in Altenburg , near Gotha , and in Leipsig , in the year 1741 , and from thence our Order spread throughout
Germany , but only in its simple form , with Three Degrees , called there the three St . John ' s Degrees . The French transplanted , ( hiring the seven years' war , the higher Degrees . The Chapter of the so-called Strict Observance and Knight Templars was attached , during the same period , to the Lodge at the Three Globes , in Berlin , 1740 . Now commenced a general remodelling in the German Lodges ; English , French , and Templar Masonry started up , and the latter became the dominating one . Lodges with higher Degrees wore formally inaugu-VOL . T . 3 0
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Architects of Kilwinning in this Encampment ! He was well assured that all present would heartily join with him in wishing health and happiness to their M . E . G . Supt ., and many happy returns to him of this auspicious day . The M . E . G . Supt ., in returning thanks , remarked that it had been said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh ; but the heart may be too full to utter the sentiments which the mouth should speak . He felt that he did not deserve the compliments which had been paid him ; but it should be his
earnest endeavour to do so in the few opportunities which his advanced age ( sixty-six this day ) would afford him . The M . E . G . Supt . concluded by proposing that the Sir Kts . should drink one glass of wine in solemn silence to the memory of his late lamented predecessor , the late Sir Kt . Wm . Powell , under whose able guidance the Encampment had so long flourished . The M . E . G . Supt . proposed , what in his opinion he considered the toast of the evening , viz ., that of the M . E . G . D . Supt . Sir Kt . D . W . Nash , who , from his indefatigable zeal and activity , had done so much for the higher Orders of Masonry in this province , and in whose judgment and ability he reposed the most entire confidence .
The M . E . G . D . Supt . returned thanks ; and the healths of the respective E . Corns , of the Five Orders of Masonic Knighthood in this Encampment , the E . P . Corns ., Officers , and Yisitors , having been proposed and responded to , the M . E . G . Supt . expressed the great gratification which he had received from his visit there that evening ; and the Sir Kts . separated .
France.
FRANCE .
We are glad to learn that there are some hopes of a fusion being effected between the Supreme Council and the Grand Lodge of France , and we sincerely wish that the Congress now assembled in Paris may be propitious to this most desirable Masonic event . At the meeting of the G . L . on the 5 th of February , presided by D . G . M . Heullant , a credit of 4 , 800 francs was opened to the House of Refuge ( maison de secours ) for the year 1855 . Forty-two Lodges were suspended by the G . L ., on account of their irregular working , and the Supreme Council honourably refuses
to incorporate Lodges deserting the G . L ., for motives not creditable to them . For the great Masonic Hall , now in the process of building , 6 , 000 francs were voted for painting , and 5 , 000 for gas-fitting . Up to the 26 th of April this year , 574 shareholders had subscribed 110 , 250 francs . It is supposed that not before twenty years the Hall will entirely belong to the French Masons ; although the much wished-for union between the two Grand Lodges may accelerate this period considerably .
Germany.
GERMANY .
The first progresses in Freemasonry were made in Germany , in the beginning of the last century , after the art had found its origin and development in this country . English Masons erected the oldest German Lodge in 1763 in Hamburg . A G . M . for Lower Saxony , however , was already nominated in 1730 . In that part of Germany the first Lodges were constituted in Altenburg , near Gotha , and in Leipsig , in the year 1741 , and from thence our Order spread throughout
Germany , but only in its simple form , with Three Degrees , called there the three St . John ' s Degrees . The French transplanted , ( hiring the seven years' war , the higher Degrees . The Chapter of the so-called Strict Observance and Knight Templars was attached , during the same period , to the Lodge at the Three Globes , in Berlin , 1740 . Now commenced a general remodelling in the German Lodges ; English , French , and Templar Masonry started up , and the latter became the dominating one . Lodges with higher Degrees wore formally inaugu-VOL . T . 3 0