The Story of Freemasonry Kindle Edition

Published in 1913, this book is for the entertainment and information of Masons and other persons who desire such facts of the Peculiar Origin, Curious Structure, and the Unique History of Freemasonry.Excerpt:"Symbolic Masonry was introduced into America by the British, and during the colonial period of the country, was under English authority. After the declaration of Independence in 1776, the question of allegiance became a serious one to American Masons, but they concluded that Masonic must be in accord with civil government, and in 1777 chose their own Grand Master to take the place of the British official. In 1776 a charter was granted to a military lodge in "the Connecticut line," called American Union Lodge, and erected in Roxbury or wherever its body might move on the continent of America.At the close of the Revolutionary War, the master and a number of the members of this lodge, of which George Washington was a member, settled at Marietta, Ohio. They had the charter, and reorganized the lodge there in 1790, two years after the settlement of that historic city. In 1816, the original charter having been lost by fire, the lodge was granted a new one by the Grand Lodge of Ohio, under the name of American Union Lodge No. 1, their new charter showing it to be a revival of the old lodge, undoubtedly, the first one established under American authority." Contents:I. The Initiation into the Ancient Persian Magi, and a Curious Legend of Hiram Abif, Solomon, and the Queen of Sheba.II. Attempts to Exterminate Freemasonry.III. Leo Taxil's Remarkable Books about Murder, the Devil, Women, and the Black Mass, in the High Degrees of Masonry.IV. The Disappearance of William Morgan and the Anti-Masonic Excitement which Followed All Over the United States.V. The Tradition and the Evolution of the First Three Degrees of Freemasonry.VI. The Origin and Structure of the York and Scottish Rites, and Their Relations.VII. The Fundamental Principles and Moral and Religious Teachings of Freemasonry.VIII. The Landmarks of Masonry Defined, and Its Universality as a Secret Fraternity. Read more