Freemasonry in Michigan (Volume 1); A Comprehensive History of Michigan Masonry from Its Earliest Introduction in 1764, Compiled - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1896. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LEWIS CASS V AT OVER 80 YEARS OF AGE. of citizens, united to form one of the most imposing pageants ever seen in Michigan. But the immediate obsequies were entrusted to his brethren of the Mystic Tie. It is one of the highest evidences of the excellence of Freemasonry that this great and good man, this wise statesman, this life-long craftsman, who had "sounded all the depths and shoals of honor," requested in his dying hour that his body might be laid to rest under its simple and beautiful ritual. In reporting to the Grand Lodge the death of Brother Cass, Grand Master Coffinbury said: The character of General Cass combined many remarkable traits. As a private member of society he was distinguished for the purity of his morals and his circumspect conduct--the courteous, yet earnest simplicity of his manners--his amiable yet elegant social habits--his warm and disinterested friendship--his sincere devotion to the advancement of mankind in all those virtues which tend to palliate the stringency of social necessities, modify and regulate social conventionalities and elevate and give moral dignity to the human character. His literary attainments were high--his taste pure. In his intercourse with his fellow men he was amiable, polite and kind. In his sphere, as a private citizen he was a model. There were, however, other positions in which he was placed by circumstances that were necessary to disclose the more marked features of his character and the higher faculties and capacities of his intellect. In the capacity of a pioneer and Governor of the Northwestern Territory, history pays the first tribute to him as a civilian and to the remarkable executive force of his great mind, as well as that abnegation which has, through his long life, stood as a prominent trait of ...

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