Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

68 NOACIHTE OR PRUSSIAN KNIGET.
now called Prussian Knight Servants of the White and
Black Eagle, which we gather from the German translation
by Berage, Knight of Eloquence and Lieutenant
Commander of the CouncIl of Noachite in France, and
Grand Mastei General Commander. The Most Ihlus~
trious Frederick of Brunswick, King of Pr’i~sia ~~as
a patron of thc ordcr, as also his anccstors for 300 years.
This dcgree ~i’asestablished by the Prussians in order to
coutnicinorate the discovery of the ancient trophies
while digging for salt mines, and to perpctuatc the
buIlding of the tower of Babel by the desCendants of
INoah. The Arksis and Dove illustrate the mercy of
the Lord in the preservation of Noah and his faluily,
Nots 241.~”l’redericli the Great was certainly a Mason. But Carlyle,
in lila usual sarcastic veiii adds The Cro~~ n Priii.e pruoei ated his
ktaaoiiry at Reiiiaberg or (Isen here, occasionally, fur a ear or too, hut
was never ardent in it. and very soon after his accession left off altogether
. A lto~ai Lodge was established at Berlin of which the new
kiiig consented to he patroil. hut he never once entered the p lace and
naily his portrait ta weteomeiy good ole, still to be found there) presided
aver ihc uiysterie5 of that eat ililishment
Now how much of truth o ith the sarcasm, and how much of sarcasm
n ithoot the tenth, there la iii this remark of t7arl3 Ic. is just n hat the
I,i ‘sonic ~~,rld is ts,iiiid tii discover Until further tight ii thr o a np—it
itic sobjed by documelitiro evidence froni the Pruasiar Lodges, the
Qileatinhi isonit be d.fiuiltely ansucred. But what is the now known
further Nitia’inie history of Frederick?
Builfeld tells us that the zeal of the Prince for the Fraternity iodiice’l
him ii iiivili the Baron von tibcrg and himscif to Reinniiirg. o here iii
1739. they fi.oiiiied a Lodge iiil~, ~hi’h Ket ocrilite. Jordan. Moolcodorf.
Qucis. cud predersdorf tgrederlek’s valet) were admitted.
itleifeid is again oar aiitl~orilV for slating that cii the 20th of Jane.
17411. Klng Fredetlek—far he had then ascended the ibrone—heid a
Lodge at Chsriotteuibiirg, and, as Master in the chair, initiated l’rlnee
WIlliam of l’roosis his heother. the Siargrave Chines of Brandenburg.
and Frederick William. l)iike of ji~.lstein. The Duke of Holstein wiis
seven ye.irs afterwards clc~ted Aiijiitant Grand Waster of the Grand
Lodge of the Three Globes at Berlin
We hear no more of Fredirleks Siasonrv in the printed records uiiill
the 16th of July. 1774. when he granted his prol.etiin t” tue Nati”ii.ii
Grand Lodge of Germany. and officially spp~oved of the treaty with iii,
Grond Lodge of England. by which the National Grand Lodge was eoleh
~ 15hcd~MackOya £ntiytlopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Frederick the
Great.
348.—”Arlt of Noab. tine of the three Sacred Siructares, it wso
made ~,f Cl ire—a or tIle ig.ph.r) wood The pi.iiiks ifler heing roil
tt.g.lher. 55cr, tirolecied hv s’.siting of pitt h. lald liside and outside
~ mike it ssater tight. The Ark consisied of a number of small com
pariments arranged In three stories A window, iS inches bread usia
made in the roof. eziending. perhaps, its Whole length There nsa a
door in ihe aide The whole structure was 450 iong. 75 feel hraed end
45 high The Temple of Solomon was the same height a. ihe Ark hti’
only one-fifth as long —Morrias Masonie Dictionary, Articla Ark of
Noah.
NOACIIITU OR PRU55IAN KNIGHT. 69
when all the rest of mankind were destroyed. The
pagans called this degree by the name of Pilaus, the
name of their Deity; but the Knights of our day acknowledge
no other God but the Great Architect of the
Universe, and find It thcir chief happiness to worship
him and keep his commandmcnts. In the timcs of Ihe
crusades the Knights of the different orders were initiated
into this dcgree by the Christian Princes in order
to conquer the Holy Land which was invadcd by the
infidels. Those masons that were desccndcd 5t5 from and were Solomon
initiated wereinto mosttheir attachcd order to thc andNoachites admitted Prussian
Knights, and according to the mysteries of masonry,
sincc which time none are admitted to this degree unless
they have received all the degrees of Ancent Craft
Masonry.
DECORATIONS :—A Grand Chapter must be held in
a retired place, on the night of the full moon. The
place is lighted by a large window or opening so arrangcd
as to admit the rays of the moon, which i.~ the
only light allowed, at as early an hour of the night as
practicable. The presiding officer sits facing the
moonlight, and the Knights in front of him and on
either hand, in no particular place or order.
OFFICERS555—There are seven officers, viz:
First—Knight Lieutenant Commander.
Second—Knight Official or Grand Inspector.
Note 249.—This name is applied to freemasons as the successors, in
piety and virtue, of that eminent preacher of righteousness, Noah.’—
Moms a Masonic Dictionary, Article Noachidae,
Note 858.—in the modern ritual the meetings aro called Grand
Chapters The officers are a Lieutenant Commander, two Wardens, an
Orator, Treasurer, Secretary. Master of Ceremonies. Warder, and Standard
Bearer The apron is yellow, inscribed with an arm holding a sword
and the Egyptian figure of silence. The order is hiack. and the jewel
a fail moon or a triangle traversed by an arrow. In the original ritual
there is a coat of arms belonging to the degree, which is thus embisaoned
Party per fees, in chief. asure. seine of stars, or a full moon,
argent: in base, sable, an equilateral triangle, having an arrow soscuended
from its upper point, barb downwards —Mackeys Eocyoiepaedia
ef Freemasonry, Article Noachite, on Prussian Knight,