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effectual preservation of these presents , the same is hereby ordered to be recorded in the books of the Lodge of Fredericksburg . And furthermore , Ave recommend it to the said brethren to apply as soon as may be to the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh ,
in Scotland , hereby recommending them to the said Right Worshipful Lodge , that the same may be confirmed by more ample charter . " Given at the Lodge of Fredericksburg , under the hands of the R . W . Hugh Mercer , G-. M ., and
the other officers , and seal of this Lodge , this eight day of February , 1774 ; anuoque mundie , 5774 . Hugh Mercer , G . M .,- Oh . Mortimer , S . W . ; Neil M'Coull , J . W . ; David Blair , Treas . ; Lachlan Campbell , Sec /' Such then ivere the circumstances under Avhich
were opened the mystic quarters of Falmouth . We have elseivhere shoivn the erection of one lodge by another to have not unfrequently occurred in the ivest of Scotland threescore years ago . This was by warrant ( recallable at pleasure )
binding the brethren accepting the same to pay to their mother lodge a fixed proportion of the fees exacted from intrants under such dispensation . But in the erection of the Lodge of Falmouth , the Craftsmen of Fredericksburg were animated by no
such mercenary motive ; their object ivas to gratify those of their number to whom regular attendance at the communications of their lodge AA'as found
to be inconvenient . While recording an unwarrantable interference Avith the functions of Grand Lodge , the simple , unembellished narrative of the founding of the Falmouth Lodge preserves to posterity the remembrance also of an episode
in the history of Virginian Freemasonry fragrant Avith the perfume of fraternal love , ' and illustrative of a spirit at antipodes to the acerbidities Avhich in our OAVU clay are too often engendered by the planting of new lodges in contiguity to others already existing . We have no knoAvledge as to the influence
Avhich guided the Falmouth brethren in their desire for a Kilwinning charter in preference to one from Edinburgh ; neither do we possess information as to the agency by which , after nearly tiventy years' existence , the lodge was enlightened
as to its illegitimacy , and convinced of the propriety of liaving the reproach removed ; but in the books of the mother lodge it is recorded that the charter sought for ivas on the 10 th of April , 1775 , granted under the title of --Falmouth Virginia Kilwinning . "
Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
In the year of the Lodge of Falmouth ' s regeneration were set up many landmarks of importance in American history . It ivas only someten days subsequent to the issue of the Kilwinning charter that hostilities began between the colonists
ancl the British troops , ancl the same year found George Washing-ton in command of the rebelarmy . The title worn by the present Senior-Grand Deacon in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ( the Earl of Dunn-ore ) will be familiar to
Virginians as being that also oftlie British Governor AVIIO , in 1775 , ivas frightened from the viceregal palace of Williamsburg- by the patriotism of their ancestors in resisting the attempts of the Imperial Parliament to lord it over the American colonies .
The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.
THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .
By BRO . A . ONEAL HAVE , K . M ., K . Cal ., Corresponding / Member oftlie German Society , Lcipsig , Knight Templar , Scot . ; Author of " The History of the Knights Templars ;" " Vara ( htcer ; " " Gatherings in Wanderings , - " " Songsand Ballads ; " "Pocmaia ; " "Legends of Edinburgh . " ' < $ - _ ., < $ •< :., fyc . ; Poet Laureate of the Canongate , Kilwinning ; P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P . Z . of St . Andrews , B . A ..
Chap . ; § x . ; S { C . ( Continued from page 430 . ) CHAPTER XII . THE OLD PEIEST AND THE YOUNG PHILOSOPHER - . Toss'dlike a ship upon some stormy sea ,
One moment no to Heaven , the next beneath The furious waves . I pant and cry in doubt , "Oh for the land , the firm sure land of truth , Where I may rest , and gaze upon the tide Of error rushing over rocky life , Secure , and smiling- to eternal stars . "
The sun ivas setting , his purple beams shot over the domes of Rome , aud broke in glory on the foaming Tiber . It was one of Italy ' s rare Autumn evenings in October , Avhen the night clear from fog and mist , yet had a sharp nip in
their breath . The nioon Avas sloAvly rising in the darkened east , and the stars appeared against the back ground of blue sky like diamonds on a purple robe . Adrian Maddened with thought stood on such a night upon the Janiculnm , close by the
tomb of Nunia . Beneath him stretched the great city , and from it arose a babbling ciy , made up of its many voices . As he gazed upon the settingsun , his thoughts took the form of speech . " Sink down , oh Sol ! thy brightness sears my
heart . All glare and glitter , Avhat art thou to me , proud tyrant of the skies , before whose face the timid stars retire in aive ? Away ? Thy light ,
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Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
effectual preservation of these presents , the same is hereby ordered to be recorded in the books of the Lodge of Fredericksburg . And furthermore , Ave recommend it to the said brethren to apply as soon as may be to the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh ,
in Scotland , hereby recommending them to the said Right Worshipful Lodge , that the same may be confirmed by more ample charter . " Given at the Lodge of Fredericksburg , under the hands of the R . W . Hugh Mercer , G-. M ., and
the other officers , and seal of this Lodge , this eight day of February , 1774 ; anuoque mundie , 5774 . Hugh Mercer , G . M .,- Oh . Mortimer , S . W . ; Neil M'Coull , J . W . ; David Blair , Treas . ; Lachlan Campbell , Sec /' Such then ivere the circumstances under Avhich
were opened the mystic quarters of Falmouth . We have elseivhere shoivn the erection of one lodge by another to have not unfrequently occurred in the ivest of Scotland threescore years ago . This was by warrant ( recallable at pleasure )
binding the brethren accepting the same to pay to their mother lodge a fixed proportion of the fees exacted from intrants under such dispensation . But in the erection of the Lodge of Falmouth , the Craftsmen of Fredericksburg were animated by no
such mercenary motive ; their object ivas to gratify those of their number to whom regular attendance at the communications of their lodge AA'as found
to be inconvenient . While recording an unwarrantable interference Avith the functions of Grand Lodge , the simple , unembellished narrative of the founding of the Falmouth Lodge preserves to posterity the remembrance also of an episode
in the history of Virginian Freemasonry fragrant Avith the perfume of fraternal love , ' and illustrative of a spirit at antipodes to the acerbidities Avhich in our OAVU clay are too often engendered by the planting of new lodges in contiguity to others already existing . We have no knoAvledge as to the influence
Avhich guided the Falmouth brethren in their desire for a Kilwinning charter in preference to one from Edinburgh ; neither do we possess information as to the agency by which , after nearly tiventy years' existence , the lodge was enlightened
as to its illegitimacy , and convinced of the propriety of liaving the reproach removed ; but in the books of the mother lodge it is recorded that the charter sought for ivas on the 10 th of April , 1775 , granted under the title of --Falmouth Virginia Kilwinning . "
Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
In the year of the Lodge of Falmouth ' s regeneration were set up many landmarks of importance in American history . It ivas only someten days subsequent to the issue of the Kilwinning charter that hostilities began between the colonists
ancl the British troops , ancl the same year found George Washing-ton in command of the rebelarmy . The title worn by the present Senior-Grand Deacon in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ( the Earl of Dunn-ore ) will be familiar to
Virginians as being that also oftlie British Governor AVIIO , in 1775 , ivas frightened from the viceregal palace of Williamsburg- by the patriotism of their ancestors in resisting the attempts of the Imperial Parliament to lord it over the American colonies .
The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.
THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .
By BRO . A . ONEAL HAVE , K . M ., K . Cal ., Corresponding / Member oftlie German Society , Lcipsig , Knight Templar , Scot . ; Author of " The History of the Knights Templars ;" " Vara ( htcer ; " " Gatherings in Wanderings , - " " Songsand Ballads ; " "Pocmaia ; " "Legends of Edinburgh . " ' < $ - _ ., < $ •< :., fyc . ; Poet Laureate of the Canongate , Kilwinning ; P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P . Z . of St . Andrews , B . A ..
Chap . ; § x . ; S { C . ( Continued from page 430 . ) CHAPTER XII . THE OLD PEIEST AND THE YOUNG PHILOSOPHER - . Toss'dlike a ship upon some stormy sea ,
One moment no to Heaven , the next beneath The furious waves . I pant and cry in doubt , "Oh for the land , the firm sure land of truth , Where I may rest , and gaze upon the tide Of error rushing over rocky life , Secure , and smiling- to eternal stars . "
The sun ivas setting , his purple beams shot over the domes of Rome , aud broke in glory on the foaming Tiber . It was one of Italy ' s rare Autumn evenings in October , Avhen the night clear from fog and mist , yet had a sharp nip in
their breath . The nioon Avas sloAvly rising in the darkened east , and the stars appeared against the back ground of blue sky like diamonds on a purple robe . Adrian Maddened with thought stood on such a night upon the Janiculnm , close by the
tomb of Nunia . Beneath him stretched the great city , and from it arose a babbling ciy , made up of its many voices . As he gazed upon the settingsun , his thoughts took the form of speech . " Sink down , oh Sol ! thy brightness sears my
heart . All glare and glitter , Avhat art thou to me , proud tyrant of the skies , before whose face the timid stars retire in aive ? Away ? Thy light ,