35. Order of Mustard Seed, or the Fraternity of Moravian Brothers of the Order of Religious Freemasons, was instituted in Germany, in 1739.
36. The Knight of Malta, as a Ma sonic grade, was established in England, in the early part of the seventeenth century.
37. Council of the Trinity was an independent Masonic system, in which were conferred a number of, Christian degrees. This order was established by St. Helena, the mother of Constantine, A. D. 326, when on her visit to Jerusalem.
38. Rosaic Rite was instituted in Germany, during the last century. It was for a short time exceedingly popular, but was superceded by the Rite of Strict Observance.
39. Bahrdt's Rile was established at Halle, Germany, about the close of the eighteenth century, Its pros perity was of short duration.
40. Knights and Ladies of the Dove. An organization founded at Ver sailles, France, in 1784, into which ladies wero introduced. It soon ceased tc 41. Eclectic Rate. This system was established at Frankfort, Germany, by Baron de Knigge, having for its object the abolition of the high grades, or philosophical degrees, which had, at that period, increased to an extraordinary number. It is clear the Baron did not succeed in his endeavors, as many of the de grees he attempted to destroy are still flourishing, while his rite is very little known.
42. Grand Chapter of Ilarodim, an institution revived, (it is supposed, by Bro. Wm. Preston,) in London, in 1787. It was a school of instruc tion, organizedrrlionapeculiarplan, and the lectures were divided into sections, and the sections into clauses. Its teaching embodied the
whole art of Masonry.
43. Knight of the Mediterranean Pass, an independent and honor ary degree, established in 1367, and conferred only on Knights Templar as Knights of Malta.
44. Knight of Constantine, like the preceding, is an honorary, or ride degree, and only occasionally con ferred.
45. Knights and Nymphs ef the Rose. This was an order of Adopt ive Masonry, invented toward the close of the eighteenth century, by M. de Chaumont, at Paris. It hada brief existence.
46. Order of the Roman Eagle was established at Edinburgh, in 1784. Its ritual was in Latin.
47. Adoptive Rile, or, as it is .some times called, Androgynous Masonry, for the initiation of males and fe males, was first established in France about 1730, under the title of Lodges of Adoption, which were, in consequence of their great popu larity, recognized by and placed under the control of the Grand Orient in 1774. In America, there are several androgynous degrees, such as the Good Samaritan, the Heroine of Jericho, the Mason's Daughter, and the Order of the Eastern Star, the lust of which is extensively propagated throughout the United States.
48. Order of the illuminati. A secret society, instituted in Bavaria, by Adam Weishaupt, in conjunction with several other men of high in tellectual attainments, in 1776. It flourished for a brief period, and was suppressed in 1784, by order of the Bavarian Government.