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EGYPTIAN Masonic History OF TTIE ORIGINAL, AND UNABRIDGED Ancient and Ninety-six (967) Degree RITE OF MEMPHIS Tie Masonic ORDER OF MEMPHIS 1S IHé SOLE DEPOSITORY OF HOH MAGONIC SCIENCE, THE TRUE PRIMITIVE RITE, THE SUPREME RITE, THAT WHICH HAS COME DOWINTO US WITHOUT ANY ALTERATION AND 1S. THE TRUE MASONIC TREE, AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, ARE ONLY DETACHED BRANCHES OF THIS INSTITUTION, RENUERED RESPECTABLE BY ITS YaST ANTIQUITY. Calvin C. Burt, 96° Egyptian Masonic History OF THE ORIGINAL AND UNABRIDGED Ancient and Ninety-six (96°) Degree RITE OF MEMPHIS “Tha Masonic ordst of Memphis is ihe sote depasitory of high maserie scicnes, the tua primitive is, tha suorame stg, thatwaichhas come down fo uevithoutany aeration and is the (ue mascnic vee, and all other systems, ‘whatavarthay maybe, areonly detached brar ches ois stlution; rondered respectable by its vast antiquity Calvin C. 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To the Reader Publisher's Introduction The history of Freemasonry is one of schism and faction, Calvin C.Burt, 96°, the author of this work ‘became Grand Mastet General of a newly organized Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis after Harry J. Seymour, the previous Grand Master, reduced the mum- ber of degrees in the Rite From ninety-six to thirty-three, * Seymour's intention was apparently to allow his thirty three degree system to compete directly with the Ancient and Accepted Scontish Rice from which he had recently “bpen expelled for “unmasenie conduct.” The predictable xesult was the organization of an- cother Rite of Memphis" which intended on propagating the nifiety-dix degree’ dysiem, This book: was published ‘with incent of explaining the background of theorderand ‘why it was necessary to reorganize and to preserve some Of the original forms and ceremonies of the Rite. tered acevo Ace af Songns, led your CAL . 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By reasca of uuliee lor 2 Coavention of Masons belonging 20 ths Bike af Memphis, insued Yay tsb, 1887, the brethren of. che Order, rpsesecting one Grand Council, 90°; two Secates, 45°; ton Ruse Croix Chapters, 18%, and about fifty ninaty degree {ousiMinted) members assembled together this day in the Masonie Temple, in Apollo Commandery Hall, or KT. Room, to organize « Grand Bucy, and foem Coustitution, . On métion, TR, Bro. BF. Patrick was ealled to the Chair. and Bro. Samuel Ht Underhill was choswn Seeretary. Bro, Patrick stated the object of the meating, The following prearable and resolution were offered by Bro, Blake, 95°: Whereas, whou we received tbe degrees of the Memphis Rite, we were taught that the Ritz con- tainad 06 degrees, aud as such, received our degrees, aad the several bodies in this Rite were formed in this State, aud represeuted here this day, 23 well as each, all and every member of this Rite heretofore, was s0 instructed aod obligated j all of whom hare ‘been made and the bodies formed by H. J. Seymour, 86°, Grand Master, and Calvin C. Bure, 967, Douucy Grand Master and Grand Represontative General at lange, us a Rite of ainsty-sis degrees and no lass; And whervas, we have aow bean notified by the aforesaid Grand Master, thet the Grand Orient of 4 Francs Eas reduced the degrees to 83, end changed the names of someof them, and as we believe ualaw- fully interfered with che original aad ancient work, thereof; greatly in onr opinion injuring its beauty usefuloess, and antiquity ; “Aud qhereds, we aze informed thet our worthy aud andPJllastrions Brother and Deputy Grand Master, Calvin C. Bust, 96t,has ant aevepoed of the change, and does not believe that such power exists in the Rite, and thas he adoption of wwéh a reduction will ‘ee arteoded with hail restltes ‘Aad whereas, our former Grand Master, HJ. Sspucur, 96°, has ahjured, renounced and ebro- gaind the Rite of Memphis, contaioiug 99 degrees, for, and adopted the 83° Rie, and thot there is not now, cither in thie eouncry or in France, any persons working the 96° Rite: 5 “Aud whereas, we are members of the 96° Rite, and have, by an authority’ uf 95" Bite, issued by the Grand Heirophsar, 97°, oF France, eounsersiguel, ae- Knowledged, vised, and recoguized by all the greet and grand jurisdictions” of Europe, and all other nations of the world where tae work is known ; ‘And whereas, we, as Masons, of our own free will and sceurd, beeame 50, 50 we intend to remain, and we do ae the entire representatives and representa tiou of the Rite of Memphis in America, id conven tion assembled, solemnly end tirmly Resolve, That’ we will not acknowledge or eub- seribe to aay such reduetion of degrees, believing a wee do, that tae Orient of Fraave, ner any other Masonic body in thi Rite, osn lawfully tequire usto do 20; therelore we coascientiously reiuse, and do henceforth, and forever declace ourselves a soversiga aggond ody fr tis ‘continans of the Alle of femphis, of 95 degrees, and do hereby absolve and withdraw from oll uther bodies of Memphis Masons of less than 96 degrees, and hereby offer thie es & proper beginning of a new body in the old Bite. On mation of Bro. Jeonard, the resolution was unanimously adopted,