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Knight Templarism Is The Bane Of Ancient Craft Masonry.
KNIGHT TEMPLARISM IS THE BANE OF ANCIENT CRAFT MASONRY .
A CORRESPONDENT , who signs himself "A Christian Mason , '' calls our attention to an editorial paragraph in onr last issue ( which we have placed at the head of this article ) , and questions the correctness of our assertion . The nom de plume he assumes is , perhaps , the best criterion of the truth of our statement . For , had he been thoroughly imbued with the principles taught by Craft Masonry , he would have felt how
incongruous is the appellation assumed b y him . A man may be a good Christian or a good Jew , and at tho same time be a Mason ; bnt he cannot be a Christian Mason or a Jewish Mason , because it would be inconsistent with tho primary teachings of the Institution , and in flat opposition to the tenets of the Fraternity .
Knight Templars claim to be Christian Masons . Their existence is an historical deception , and a fraud upon Masons and Masonry . With the former we have nothing to do 3 the latter only concerns us . They are a fraud upon Masons becanse they falsely hold out to the Masonio world that they confer Masonio degrees ; they are a
fraud upon Masonry because they pretend to be a higher Order of Masons , and because their teachings are subversive of the pure truths of Masonry . Whether a man uses Masonry for selling clothing , trading in hogs , gathering Eepublican voters , or bringing souls to Jesus , he is a fraud . Jews believe in God , one and indivisible—that is the foundation of their faith .
Christians likewise believe in God—but triune and divisible in character . A number of Jews styling themselves Jewish Christians , teaching a trinity and claiming to be the simon pure descendants of the apostles , would occupy the same position in the religions world as the Knight Templars occupy in the Masonic world .
They might go to the synagogue on Saturday , and proclaim the unity of God ( as the Knight Templar does when he goes to the Masonic Lodge as a Mason ) , and the next day to church and proclaim the trinity of God ( as the Knight Templar does in his Asylum ) , but the world would condemn them as inconsistent frauds , and their followers as silly dupes .
The Knight Templars are the Jesuits of Freemasonry . Scratch a Grand Lodge politician and you will find a Knight Templar . Show us a Mason who believes it inexpedient to strike out everything sectarian from the ritual , and we will show him to be a Knight Templar , more suited for a Conventicle than a Lodge-room .
Tlje insidious manner in which the Commandery is given a prominent position at Masonic celebrations—the allusion in Masonio eulogies to the exalted position occupied by the deceased brother in Templarism—the occupancy by them of rooms in Masonic halls to give them a quasi-Masonic reputation , justify us in styling them tho Jesuits of Freemasonry .
Their society may be composed of Masons exclusively , but that gives them no right to foist themselves upon the Fraternity as a Masonic body . Suppose one thousand Masons , professing the Jewish faith , were to organise a society and dub themselves Knights of the Temple , or Defenders of the Sanctuary , or any other seductive name that would
tend to rope in greenhorns , instead of wearing whi' e plumes and billy-cock hats , they would wear turbans with gorgeous feathers of red , white and blue . Instead of walking a-foot they would be mounted upon gayly-caparisoned chargers j instead of a cross upon their banner with a Latin motto , " By this sign shall ye conquer , " they would inscribe in Hebrew characters , " Hear , 0 Israel , the Lord
onr God , the Lord is ONE . " Does any sane Mason imagine that a single Grand Lodge would afford them house-room in their Masonic hall , accept their escort in a Masonic procession , or eulogise their knightly character ? We think not ; neither will it ever be attempted , for Jews who are Masons are neither frauds nor fools . But it all depends whose ox is gored . More anon .
Who will start a home for aged and infirm Masons ? THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS . —The light of reason , nature and revelation . There are 128 , 557 Eoyal Arch Masons upon the rolls of the various States .
Now the time approaches when the Senior Warden ga _ eth wistfully at the East , and smileth graciously with the boys . Why the proceedings of tho Grand Lodge of Texas should be embellished with wood cuts of a cross is something we cannot understand .
There are only two Lodges in the city of New York which make a liberal provision for the widows of deceased brethren—King Solomon ' s and True Craftsman . Should any Grand Chapter adopt the revised translation of the New Testament , the Craft will no longer murmur at their wages
for they will receive a denarium instead of a penny a day . Every Master should be able to draw his own designs upon his trestle-board . It is the oft-repeated monotonous lecture which makes the work dreary and keeps the members away from Lodge meetings . [ An esteemed correspondent sends us the above excerpts , which are taken from an Ainerican ' paper . —Eo . P . O . ] Lbr *
Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONRY .
PROV . GRAND I \ 1 ARK LODGE OP NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .
TPHE annual communication of Mark Master Masons of tho Pro-1 vinco of North ancl East Yorkshire was held on Wednesday , 22 nd inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Londesborough Eooms , Scarborough , under the banner of the Star in the East Lodge , No . 95 . At 1 p . m . Lodge was opened , and tho Prov . Grand Master Bro . W . J . Woodall and his Officers wore received with the usual honours . Bro . S . Mid .
dleton Prov . G . D . C . then proceeded to perform tho ceremony of installation , and placed Bro . V . Fowler in the chair of the Star in the East Lodge . After this the chair was assumed by tho Prov . G . Master , who proceeded to open his Lodge , there being a full attendance of brethren from York , Hull , Driffield , Malton , Bridlington .
Beverley , and other towns , amongst the Visitors being Bro . F . Binckes , Secretary of tho Grand Mark Lodge of England , and Secretary of the Masonic Boys' School . The report of the Board of General Pur . poses was adopted , as also was the Prov . G . Treasurer ' s report and balance sheet . The Prov . G . Master then appointed and invested his
Officers for tho year as follows : — Bro . Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett P . M . York ... ) _ -, „ . . . Past Grand Warden j DP P' Prov - " Master J . S . Cumberland P . M . York ( T . I . ) . P . G . Senior Warden J . Murray P . M . Scarborough P . G . Junior Warden T . Thompson P . M . York P . G . Master Overseer M . E . CollingwoodW . M . Middlesborough P . G . Senior Overseer S . Chadwick P . M . Driffield ... ... P . G . Jnnior Overseer Eev . W . 0 . Lukis P . M . York P . G . Chaplain J . M . Meek P . M . Middlesborough ... P . G . Eegistrar T . B . Whytehead P . M . York P . G . M . O . P . G . Secretary J . Marshall P . M . Malton P . G . Senior Dnacnn
G . Wilson P . M . Beverley P . G . Jnnior Deacon A . Fraser P . M . Scarborough P . G . Insp . of Works S . Middleton P . M . Scarborough ... P . G . Director of Cer . M . M . Eeynard W . M . Driffield P . G . Sword Bearer T . Marshall S . W . Beverley P . G . Inner Guard J . W . Marshall Malton P . G . Organist W . E . Metcalfe Malton ) G . S Highmoor Beverley > P . G . Stewards
J . Elgey Duffield ) Bro . J . Todd P . M . York was then re-elected Treasurer , and after some other business , the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed . The Star in the East Lodge was closed by the newly-installed W . M ., and the brethren adjourned to the Eoyal Hotel , whero the Prov . Grand Master presided over a banquet , at which most of the brethren were present .
Prince Leopold Lodge , No . 238 . —The quartely meeting of this Lodge was convened last week at Andcrton ' s Hotel , Fleetstreet , when the brethren and visitors assembled nnder the presidency of Bro . RichncU P . P . G . S . B . Middlesex and Surrey W . M ., who was supported by Bros . T . 0 . Walls P . M ., C . J . Brown S . W ., John Dodson J . W ., F . Farrington M . O ., W . Farrington S . O ., Robert Skolton J . O .,
aud many others . At the conclusion of business a sumptuous banquet was partaken of , after which the usual Loyal and Mark Masonio toasts were honoured , in the course of which the W . M . took occasion to refer to the joy it afforded all Englishmen , and especially Mark Masons , to see Her Majesty taking so prominent a part in State affairs , particularly in regard to the welcome home of the heroes who had fought in the Egyptian campaign . Ho also alluded to the rapid
spread of Mark Masonry in London and the Provinces , and paid a high tribute of praise to the rulers of that branch of Freemasonry in which they were this evening most specially interested . Bro . Walls gavo the health of the W . M ., to which toast Bro . Richnell duly responded , and in turn gave the Visitors , in whose behalf Bro . Keith Frith , barrister-at-law , replied in an eloquent speech . Several other toasts , interspersed with harmony , were honoured , and a very agreeable evening was passed .
An Impostor.
AN IMPOSTOR .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER ,- Will yon please make known to the Craft , through yonr widely circulated journal , the existence of an impostor , who claims the help of Masons by stating she is " the widow of Bro . Thomas Lempriere P . M . and Treasurer of St . John ' s Lodge , Melbourne . "
She tells a pitiful tale of her husband ' s murder in Alexandria , on 11 th June last , and of dreadful suffering and privations on her own part . I wrote , on the 9 th August last , a letter addressed to the W . M . of St . John's Lodge , Melbourne , and have just received a reply from tho D . G . Secretary for Victoria , to whom my letter was handed , saying" We have in this city but one Lodge of that name , viz ., the Meri
dian Lodge of St . John , No . 729 . I am afraid you have been grossly imposed npon by the so-called widow of Thomas Lempriere , because the only brother of that name in Lodge 729 is myself . I am the Secretary , and have been a member since 1858 , and need hardly say I am pleased to observe that I am alive and in excellent health . " I can only regret not having been able to give this conclusive evidence of an imposture before , and fear that other Lodges , like my own , have been victimised .
Yours fraternally , E . C . MOUNT W . M . 414 , Prov . G . Senior Warden Berks and Bucks 25 th November 1882 .
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Knight Templarism Is The Bane Of Ancient Craft Masonry.
KNIGHT TEMPLARISM IS THE BANE OF ANCIENT CRAFT MASONRY .
A CORRESPONDENT , who signs himself "A Christian Mason , '' calls our attention to an editorial paragraph in onr last issue ( which we have placed at the head of this article ) , and questions the correctness of our assertion . The nom de plume he assumes is , perhaps , the best criterion of the truth of our statement . For , had he been thoroughly imbued with the principles taught by Craft Masonry , he would have felt how
incongruous is the appellation assumed b y him . A man may be a good Christian or a good Jew , and at tho same time be a Mason ; bnt he cannot be a Christian Mason or a Jewish Mason , because it would be inconsistent with tho primary teachings of the Institution , and in flat opposition to the tenets of the Fraternity .
Knight Templars claim to be Christian Masons . Their existence is an historical deception , and a fraud upon Masons and Masonry . With the former we have nothing to do 3 the latter only concerns us . They are a fraud upon Masons becanse they falsely hold out to the Masonio world that they confer Masonio degrees ; they are a
fraud upon Masonry because they pretend to be a higher Order of Masons , and because their teachings are subversive of the pure truths of Masonry . Whether a man uses Masonry for selling clothing , trading in hogs , gathering Eepublican voters , or bringing souls to Jesus , he is a fraud . Jews believe in God , one and indivisible—that is the foundation of their faith .
Christians likewise believe in God—but triune and divisible in character . A number of Jews styling themselves Jewish Christians , teaching a trinity and claiming to be the simon pure descendants of the apostles , would occupy the same position in the religions world as the Knight Templars occupy in the Masonic world .
They might go to the synagogue on Saturday , and proclaim the unity of God ( as the Knight Templar does when he goes to the Masonic Lodge as a Mason ) , and the next day to church and proclaim the trinity of God ( as the Knight Templar does in his Asylum ) , but the world would condemn them as inconsistent frauds , and their followers as silly dupes .
The Knight Templars are the Jesuits of Freemasonry . Scratch a Grand Lodge politician and you will find a Knight Templar . Show us a Mason who believes it inexpedient to strike out everything sectarian from the ritual , and we will show him to be a Knight Templar , more suited for a Conventicle than a Lodge-room .
Tlje insidious manner in which the Commandery is given a prominent position at Masonic celebrations—the allusion in Masonio eulogies to the exalted position occupied by the deceased brother in Templarism—the occupancy by them of rooms in Masonic halls to give them a quasi-Masonic reputation , justify us in styling them tho Jesuits of Freemasonry .
Their society may be composed of Masons exclusively , but that gives them no right to foist themselves upon the Fraternity as a Masonic body . Suppose one thousand Masons , professing the Jewish faith , were to organise a society and dub themselves Knights of the Temple , or Defenders of the Sanctuary , or any other seductive name that would
tend to rope in greenhorns , instead of wearing whi' e plumes and billy-cock hats , they would wear turbans with gorgeous feathers of red , white and blue . Instead of walking a-foot they would be mounted upon gayly-caparisoned chargers j instead of a cross upon their banner with a Latin motto , " By this sign shall ye conquer , " they would inscribe in Hebrew characters , " Hear , 0 Israel , the Lord
onr God , the Lord is ONE . " Does any sane Mason imagine that a single Grand Lodge would afford them house-room in their Masonic hall , accept their escort in a Masonic procession , or eulogise their knightly character ? We think not ; neither will it ever be attempted , for Jews who are Masons are neither frauds nor fools . But it all depends whose ox is gored . More anon .
Who will start a home for aged and infirm Masons ? THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS . —The light of reason , nature and revelation . There are 128 , 557 Eoyal Arch Masons upon the rolls of the various States .
Now the time approaches when the Senior Warden ga _ eth wistfully at the East , and smileth graciously with the boys . Why the proceedings of tho Grand Lodge of Texas should be embellished with wood cuts of a cross is something we cannot understand .
There are only two Lodges in the city of New York which make a liberal provision for the widows of deceased brethren—King Solomon ' s and True Craftsman . Should any Grand Chapter adopt the revised translation of the New Testament , the Craft will no longer murmur at their wages
for they will receive a denarium instead of a penny a day . Every Master should be able to draw his own designs upon his trestle-board . It is the oft-repeated monotonous lecture which makes the work dreary and keeps the members away from Lodge meetings . [ An esteemed correspondent sends us the above excerpts , which are taken from an Ainerican ' paper . —Eo . P . O . ] Lbr *
Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONRY .
PROV . GRAND I \ 1 ARK LODGE OP NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .
TPHE annual communication of Mark Master Masons of tho Pro-1 vinco of North ancl East Yorkshire was held on Wednesday , 22 nd inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Londesborough Eooms , Scarborough , under the banner of the Star in the East Lodge , No . 95 . At 1 p . m . Lodge was opened , and tho Prov . Grand Master Bro . W . J . Woodall and his Officers wore received with the usual honours . Bro . S . Mid .
dleton Prov . G . D . C . then proceeded to perform tho ceremony of installation , and placed Bro . V . Fowler in the chair of the Star in the East Lodge . After this the chair was assumed by tho Prov . G . Master , who proceeded to open his Lodge , there being a full attendance of brethren from York , Hull , Driffield , Malton , Bridlington .
Beverley , and other towns , amongst the Visitors being Bro . F . Binckes , Secretary of tho Grand Mark Lodge of England , and Secretary of the Masonic Boys' School . The report of the Board of General Pur . poses was adopted , as also was the Prov . G . Treasurer ' s report and balance sheet . The Prov . G . Master then appointed and invested his
Officers for tho year as follows : — Bro . Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett P . M . York ... ) _ -, „ . . . Past Grand Warden j DP P' Prov - " Master J . S . Cumberland P . M . York ( T . I . ) . P . G . Senior Warden J . Murray P . M . Scarborough P . G . Junior Warden T . Thompson P . M . York P . G . Master Overseer M . E . CollingwoodW . M . Middlesborough P . G . Senior Overseer S . Chadwick P . M . Driffield ... ... P . G . Jnnior Overseer Eev . W . 0 . Lukis P . M . York P . G . Chaplain J . M . Meek P . M . Middlesborough ... P . G . Eegistrar T . B . Whytehead P . M . York P . G . M . O . P . G . Secretary J . Marshall P . M . Malton P . G . Senior Dnacnn
G . Wilson P . M . Beverley P . G . Jnnior Deacon A . Fraser P . M . Scarborough P . G . Insp . of Works S . Middleton P . M . Scarborough ... P . G . Director of Cer . M . M . Eeynard W . M . Driffield P . G . Sword Bearer T . Marshall S . W . Beverley P . G . Inner Guard J . W . Marshall Malton P . G . Organist W . E . Metcalfe Malton ) G . S Highmoor Beverley > P . G . Stewards
J . Elgey Duffield ) Bro . J . Todd P . M . York was then re-elected Treasurer , and after some other business , the Prov . Grand Lodge was closed . The Star in the East Lodge was closed by the newly-installed W . M ., and the brethren adjourned to the Eoyal Hotel , whero the Prov . Grand Master presided over a banquet , at which most of the brethren were present .
Prince Leopold Lodge , No . 238 . —The quartely meeting of this Lodge was convened last week at Andcrton ' s Hotel , Fleetstreet , when the brethren and visitors assembled nnder the presidency of Bro . RichncU P . P . G . S . B . Middlesex and Surrey W . M ., who was supported by Bros . T . 0 . Walls P . M ., C . J . Brown S . W ., John Dodson J . W ., F . Farrington M . O ., W . Farrington S . O ., Robert Skolton J . O .,
aud many others . At the conclusion of business a sumptuous banquet was partaken of , after which the usual Loyal and Mark Masonio toasts were honoured , in the course of which the W . M . took occasion to refer to the joy it afforded all Englishmen , and especially Mark Masons , to see Her Majesty taking so prominent a part in State affairs , particularly in regard to the welcome home of the heroes who had fought in the Egyptian campaign . Ho also alluded to the rapid
spread of Mark Masonry in London and the Provinces , and paid a high tribute of praise to the rulers of that branch of Freemasonry in which they were this evening most specially interested . Bro . Walls gavo the health of the W . M ., to which toast Bro . Richnell duly responded , and in turn gave the Visitors , in whose behalf Bro . Keith Frith , barrister-at-law , replied in an eloquent speech . Several other toasts , interspersed with harmony , were honoured , and a very agreeable evening was passed .
An Impostor.
AN IMPOSTOR .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER ,- Will yon please make known to the Craft , through yonr widely circulated journal , the existence of an impostor , who claims the help of Masons by stating she is " the widow of Bro . Thomas Lempriere P . M . and Treasurer of St . John ' s Lodge , Melbourne . "
She tells a pitiful tale of her husband ' s murder in Alexandria , on 11 th June last , and of dreadful suffering and privations on her own part . I wrote , on the 9 th August last , a letter addressed to the W . M . of St . John's Lodge , Melbourne , and have just received a reply from tho D . G . Secretary for Victoria , to whom my letter was handed , saying" We have in this city but one Lodge of that name , viz ., the Meri
dian Lodge of St . John , No . 729 . I am afraid you have been grossly imposed npon by the so-called widow of Thomas Lempriere , because the only brother of that name in Lodge 729 is myself . I am the Secretary , and have been a member since 1858 , and need hardly say I am pleased to observe that I am alive and in excellent health . " I can only regret not having been able to give this conclusive evidence of an imposture before , and fear that other Lodges , like my own , have been victimised .
Yours fraternally , E . C . MOUNT W . M . 414 , Prov . G . Senior Warden Berks and Bucks 25 th November 1882 .