The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-04


Hall, eorgetown-Potomac No. 3, Wednesday,
9TH.
Aacient a,d accepted Scottish Ritc.-Mithras
Lodge of Perfection. Tuesday, 9th.
Potomac Lodge No. 5 will confer the first de-
gree Monday evening.
st. Johns Lodge No II will confer the third
degree Friday evening.
Columbia Lodge No. will confer the first de-
gree Wednesday evening.
Harmony Lodge No. Il will confer the third
degree Thursday evening.
Washington Chapter No 2 will confer the
Royal Arch Thursday evening.
New Jerusalem Lodge No. Q will confer the
third degree Thursday evening.
Benjamin B. French Lodge No. Is will confer
the first degree Monday evening.
Both the first and third degrees are due in
Anacostia Lodge Monday evening.
Columbia Chapter No. l will confer the Mark
Master degree Wednesday evening.
La Fayette Chapter No. 5 will confer the
Mark Master degree Tuesday evening.
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Washington Centennial Lodge No II will
confer the first and second degrees Wednesday
evening. The third is also due.
National Lodge No 12 will have the revision
of the bylaws UP for consideration Tuesday
evening. The second and third degrees are due
and either may be worked at the conclusion of
above business.
Potomac Commandery No. will transact
routine business Wednesday evening. This
commandery will probably have about sixty
swords in line at Baltimore on the 9th instant
and will be accompanied by a band.
Osiris Lodge, L. D., will confer the third de-
Wednesday evening. This communication,
will be the first time that the third has been
worked since the organization of the lodge. A
special communication will be called in the near
future for the same degree.
The calendar of last month with it's fifth
Tuesday and Wednesday mas sadly disarranged
the usual order of Masonic rotation, several
lodges, etc., meeting this week which seldom
meet within seven days Of each other. The fol-
lowing classification of the several bodies meet
ing upon the evenings Of the week will prove
useful to brethren who intend to visit: Mon
day, four lodges; Tuesday, one lodge, one chap
ter, and Mithras Lodge Of Perfection; Wednes-
day, three lodges, one chapter, and one COM
mandery; Thursday, three lodges and one chap
ter, Friday, one lodge.
Tuesday morning will witness great exodus
of Washington Knights Templar and other mem
bers Of the Masonic organization to the city of
Baltimore to take part in and witness the cere-
monies OF the celebration OF Maryland Com
mandery No. l, of that city. The Washington
communicates, each of which will be accom-
panied by its own band, will add greatly to the
success of the occasion, and will fully uphold
the high standing they have achieved in all their
former pilgrimages. a large number of the
council officers and Past Commanders have ac.
cepted the invitation to be present at the ban
quet rendered to Grand Master Goblin, and vii
consequently go over on Monday in advance o.
their several communicates The low rate fo
the round trip (S1.20) and the attractiveness o.
the Templar display will undoubtedly secure ;
large crowd from this city.
The following edict has been issued b,
Grand Master James a. Sample, based upon
communication received from the Grand Con
sistory, duly empowered to act for the Suprem
Council, a. a. 5. R., (Cerneau, in which tha
body disclaims all connection with the Gran,
Orient of France: "Now, therefore, we, Jane
A. Sample, Most Worshipful Grand Master O
Masons in and for the District of Columbia an
Masonic jurisdiction thereunto belonging, b
virtue of the powers and authorities in u
vested and in performance Of the duties of ou
Office, do hereby declare said Edict No. l, issue
July %, 1885, no longer in force, and direC
Masters Of lodges under our authority to ceas
'to include in the recognized and nperatiy
test TO be administered TO visitors to the
lodges the statement by such visitors that the
are not members Of any body acknowledge
allegiance to the said Yorgas-C Cerneau Rite
The edct is signed by James A. Sample, Gran
Master
The Order of the Knights of Malta, which
acknowledged in the Templar system of IL
United States, is usually conferred but once
year upon as many candidates who are presel
to receive it, and must be worked in a comman
cry of Knights Templar or a council Of Knigh
of Malta distinct from and after the Order
the Temple. Anunfortunate similarity of nan
has in the mind of the general public, and
many instances among the Masonic fraterni
also connected this order with an organiZatiC
which some years ago houIished in several sc
tons of the country, but with the name the 7
semblance ceased, and it is unnecessary TO sta
that no connection whatever existed betwet
the two organizations. The history of the ord
is a romantic tale of magnificent triumphs al
disastrous defeats purely authentic and histol
cal. 1t has many sad and pathetic incden
connected with it which historians have d
lighted to depict and from which nOvelists ha'
woven many romantic tales of fiction part
founded upon facts. The historian Mace
writes of it as follows and his description W
undoubtedly be of the greatest interest to NJ
sons not acquainted with the long and honorab
descent of the order and its consequent come
tion with the Templar system: This socie
was organized as military order about the ye
104S, for the protection of pilgrims who visitt
Jerusalem. They became eminent for their d
Voton TO the cause of religion, their boundle
charity and noble hospitality, rapidly increa
ing in numbers and in wealth. After long al
bloody contests with the infdels they were final