The History Of Order of Eastern Star
The order of the Eastern Star was established in the United States in
1778. The objects and purposes are the cultivation of charitable and
fraternal practices that we may comfort, protect, and aid each other
in our journey through the labyrinth of human life, for a more
extended diffusion of the principle of morality and friendship by
established and significant emblems; for inciting the influence of
females towards the purposes of the Masonic institution; for
increasing social enjoyment by the aid of the Masonic tie; for
ameliorating the condition of the destitute widow and the helpless
orphan; and for affording increased facilities in relieving distressed
female travelers. For those purposes the Order has been framed.
The wives, mothers, widows, sisters and daughters of Masons
cannot, from the immutable laws of the Order, be permitted to share in
the grand mysteries of FREEMASONRY; but there is no reason why there
should not be a society for them.
The Five degrees of the Order of the Eastern Star are founded on
the Holy Scriptures. Five worthy and notable female characters
illustrating as many moral virtues, have been selected and adopted.
According to the tenets of the Order of Eastern Stars the adoptive
rite stands a bright monument to female secrecy and fidelity, and
proves how wrong all those are, who fancy a women in not being able to
be trusted and confided in.
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