Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-08

The Holy Land, Europe and africa TO
be Visited by n Party OF MRsons-
Programme OF tho Proposed Jour-
ney.
A Masonic expedition to the Holy
Land. which will include The principal
cities aud localities IN Europe, Asia
and Africa, viii leave New York Sept.
II. The party viii consist Of at least
fifty Master Masons, under the leader
shin Of Robert Morris, Ii. D., Past
Grand Master of Kentucky. The trip
will occupy one hundred and forty four
DAYS and VIII embrace Egypt, Palestine,
Syia. Asia Minor. Greece, Italy, Swift
zerland, France, England, Scotland
and Ireland. The first part of The ex-
pedition will start from New York on
Saturday, Sept L, and viii arrive at
Liverpool on Sept. D, proceeding
to London the same evening. After
occupying two days in examing the
objects and places of chief interest in
London, the party viii start for Paris,
andstop one day, leaving ont the 9th for
Turn. Italy, where they will remain
until September %, when they will start
for Venice, Via Milan, stopping short
time in the latter place. After remain
ing in Venice all Thursday, October l,
they Will leave that city for Trieste,
from which port they viii sail on Sat
urday for Greece, a steamer having
been secured for the purpose. On the
way the party will stop at the island of
Syria, landing on October s, at Piraeus,
and will proceed thence to Athens,
where they viii visit the Grand Lodge
of Greece, and inspect the ruins of
classic times. On October IS, the party
will return to Piraeus, and sail to Con
stantinople, arriving there on October
Is, and remaining seven days, IN order
to visit the twelve lodges of Masons,
composed of all nationalities in that
city. The party viii sail from Con-
stantinople on October %, ar
irving in Smyrna, on the oath; then by
rail to Ephesus, returning to Smyrna
In time to meet in convention
with the seven lodges of that place.
They will then 90 to Beyrout, Syria,
where they will arrive on Oct. 30
From this point they Will begin their
tent life, which is to continue thirty
days, during which time the party will
visit Gabel, Tyre, Hiram Tomb, Baal.
bee, Damascus, Mount Hermon, the
Sea of Galilee. Nazareth, Nablous,
Bethel, Jerusalem. Bethlehem, the
Dead Sea and River Jordan, Hebron
and Joppa. During this tent life the
Lodge viii be opened whenever oppor-
tunity occurs, under the TRAVELLING AR.
rant of Royal Solomon Meter Lodge
of the City of JerusS.s,em. While at
Damascus and Bsvrout. the party will
be received ~ The Masons in those
places. ID Jerusalem it is proposed to
lay tde cornerstone Of the new Mason
&c Hsli to be erected in that city. On
Nov. % the expedition viii sail from
Joppa for the mouth of the Suez canal,
through which they viii pass to Ismalia
and Sues, where the party viii arrive
or November 80, and examine the To-
cality Of the supposed crossing Of
Hoses and his people from Egypt and
Arabia, and the next day, December I.
they will proceed by rail to Cairo,
where they viii remain four days for
the purpose Of visiting the pyramids,
starting for Alexandria on December ).
The party VIII leave Egypt on Deem
Der :, and viii arrive at Naples on Pc
cember II, remaining there live days
for the purpose Of visiting Pompeii,
EesuviUs, and other objects of interest,
leaving for Rome on Wednesday, De
eember Is. Six days VIII be occupied
in the Eternal City" in the inspection
Of the various antiquities, after which
thcparty VIII proceed to Florence and re-
main there three days. On Christmas
day they viii start for Turin; thence
for Geneva, where they viii remain one
day; thence to Berne and Balse, arriv.
ing IN Paris on December 81, where
they viii remain six days On January
Z, 1875 they will start for London, re
naming until January y, giving the
dag to sight seeing and the evenings to
visiting the numerous Masonic lodges
of the city. They viii then proceed to
York and Edinburgh. and VIII on JAN
uary - visit Glasgow and Cyr. On
January Is they viii proceed to Belfast,
and the next day to Dublin, sailing for
Liverpool on january 20, in order to
take the steamship for New York ON
January q. Should no unforeseen ac-
cldent occur, the whole party Will ar
rive in New York on February ,, and
Dissolve the Most Travelling Lodge