Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-02-10

tory offhe United States Of America be strict-l
lly observed, and never to admit in it none but
true and legitimate brothers of the sublime ma
5 nry, TO regulate and govern he members
composing the above said Grand Council of!
under the distinctive title of Grand Council of
the sublime Princes Of the Royal Secret for
the State of Rhodeszsland,
We anpower the said Grand Council to app
poinx and install its Grand Officers, which
nomination and instalment is to take place on
the 21st of September in every year; and wei
enioin the said Grand Council to cause the ta-
BILE or list ofits grand officers and members tol
be forwarded to us yearly in the interval be-
tween the s1st of September and 5oth of No
lvember, under the penalty of being deprived
ibeing INSERTED in the general table Of the Grad
lConsistory, which closes every year at that pc
|riod.
i Wegrant and confer to the above said Grand
4 Council. thus established, the power OF inia-
Ting masters already admitted to the degree of
master masons. to all the degrees, grades and
lSpighthood Of perfection, and of PHILosoPHI-
tlcAL MASONRY, as far and including the sub
Lime degree of Princes OF the Royal Secret, SID
degree; but in case Of the establishment of an
. inferior body constituted by our Grand Con-
l sistory in the city where the Grand Council
hold its sittings. the said Grand Council will
lose the right of iniatng the masters to the de-
, lgree, which shall be conferred by that body.
1 but il will take from among its members those
: lit may be in want Of for its complement which
Ishall not exceed the number of twenty
) In esent, provided they discover i them the
virtues and qualities requisite; to receive sup
: Iplcatious in demand of capitulary and con-
!. Institutional charters for the establishment OF
ICounciis e,es, &c, within the said Stste ut
i lRhnde-Island to authorize them to work the
degrees appertaining to them by conforming
strictly to all the laws. institutes. statues and
d general regulations of high masonry and to
:. Those peculiar. to our Grand Consstory, IN.
der the obligation of soliciting within six
= months our appreciation and ratification; tc
form demands in its name to the Grand Con-
IL sistory, of the United States within six months
RI from the time of the pc, tioner's appic ton &c
Il the said Grand Couacil; 10 inspect and sur, eN
Il the aid cstdbli bfhent o perfection and phi
D. losophical masonry in their mode OF work
ne ing.
o. N B. As it is of the essence of the sacred
principles upon which rests the basis of oul
r. sublime institution not to tolerate the CORES
ne pondence of instituted bodies with isolated
es bodies and masters who should not exhibit d
3. plomas of perfect regularity, the Grand Con
Y. isistory invites every mason belonging to il
grand jurisdiction, whether united in bodie
nm or PRIVATE, carefully to avoid such CORES
he pondsnce, and to conf themselves hence
81 forward to the articles Of the general regula
lions treating upon that subject.
We accordingly entreat Ill our royal ans
most illustrious brother masons of every de
~. gree. to acknowledge the said Grand Council
IN of Princes of the Royal Society for the Stat
nd Of Rhode Island. and to welcome its member
to- whether in Lodges. Chapters. Colleges or sub
rlv Conlei.s, promising to show thu SAINT kind al
9th tention towards those who shall present them
Is selvey at the gates of sacred asylums, the
to being provided with titles and recommends
Sc. tons properly attested.
ha, Given under our signs, the seal of our arm
net the great seal of princes of masonry, and til
~. private seal of the Sovereign Grand Commar
nj der, in place wherein are deposited the gre;
- test treasures, the sight of which fills us wit
sed Joy, consolation and acknowedg nent for ev
m. ry thing that is great and good under the G.
v;d lestial Canopy
iii New-York, United States of America. sis
,ss of Aquarns, the 23d day of the i1th mon
,ts called Shebat year of the t l.. 5812. and a
IN cording to the common era, the 23d of Janu
,hn ry, 1918.
for for jill. CERNEAU. Sovereign Grand Imperat,
re- General SD degree, Grand Sovereign Grar
al Commander.
of CADWALLADER D.COLDEN, Sd Graz
emf Minister Of State. Grand Imperator Gener
iii SD degree.
he By Command 2fthe Sovereign Grand L0ns;st0r
al; S. SCHISANOFF, Sovereign Grand Cha
neil cellor, Grand Imperator General SD degrs
for
THE PHILADELPHIA Sun contains an artic
ons, of great merit from the hand of clergyma
neil addressed to the Freemasons in the sacr
tate ministry, exhorting them to abandon the Lo
1ent ges. We make from it the two following e
true tracts:-R r. Whig.
the Can you deny that unnumbered portions
one the sacred records are prevented, and bragg
the in ludicrous moekery into the service of I
onic Lodge? and especially that the affair of I
Ste burning bush is not a horrid. inpious. n