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Article POPULAR, DELUSIONS ABOUT MASONRY ← Page 2 of 2 Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. Page 1 of 7 →
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Popular, Delusions About Masonry
admitted to two glasses of port after dinner , juggles with his glass , and winks at his little sister Agues , who devoutly believes that she has thereby learned a secret quite as mysterious as the use of the great Pyramid , the structure of the roof of King ' s College Chapel , Cambridge , or the disposal of funds by some Capitular bodies . Ancl I do believe that it was that wicked little Agnes that worked the little royal arch ( about li inch square ) , which was sent anonymously to me last Valentine ' s Day .
1 am what is called a good Mason . I never canvassed to get office , nor did I neglect every duty of life in order to boast of being a Junior Warden . When I am in the chair , I do not feel like the emperor of China . I am not a " good knife and fork , " that is to say , I would never , from inclination , sit down to a dinner that cost more than seven or eight shillings . And yet people seem surprised because I do not neglect familto go to Lodgebecause I can
my y , come home at ten o ' clock at night , and because I have not ruined myself ! Verily people should not infer the use from the abuse , and believe that a few black sheep—more imprudent than wicked—make a Avhole fraternit y doubtful .
JNor do I thmk it right that , if I am taking a chop at the " Cock , " my friends should come up aud say , " Ah ! as usual , having your grill ; " or that , if I shake hands with somebody , he should make insane attempts to give me a grip , entirely of his OAVII invention . Why should fire-irons be held up to me in terrorem ? Do , my dear Mr . Editor , endeavour to convince people that Masonry is neither to be quizzednor teazed out of a man ; and that getting a
, secret out of me is as hopeless an attempt as reading " Punch" for amusement . I remain , dear Mr . Editor , Yours ever fraternally , XI BOIIXI . P . S . Mind , if it amuses them I don't care .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
Hamburgh , August 15 th , 1853
DEAE SIE AND BEOTHEE , — . HAVING in my last communication g iven you particulars of most of the Teutonic Lodges , I shall UOAV follow it up Avith an account of the Lodges in other countries , except those in which , as Englishman , you may be expected to have better sources of intelligence than my own . I . DENMAEK . On the 11 th November 1743 Avas the first Masonic
, , meeting in Copenhagen , under the Mastershi p of Baron Miiunich , who held a charter from tbe Lodge aux Trois Globes , in Berlin : this was not , however , constituted a perfect Lodge till Jan . 13 th , 1745 , under the invocation of St . Martin ; and having received a regular constitution from Lord Byron , in London , was raised to the dignity of a Provincial Grand Lodge .
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Popular, Delusions About Masonry
admitted to two glasses of port after dinner , juggles with his glass , and winks at his little sister Agues , who devoutly believes that she has thereby learned a secret quite as mysterious as the use of the great Pyramid , the structure of the roof of King ' s College Chapel , Cambridge , or the disposal of funds by some Capitular bodies . Ancl I do believe that it was that wicked little Agnes that worked the little royal arch ( about li inch square ) , which was sent anonymously to me last Valentine ' s Day .
1 am what is called a good Mason . I never canvassed to get office , nor did I neglect every duty of life in order to boast of being a Junior Warden . When I am in the chair , I do not feel like the emperor of China . I am not a " good knife and fork , " that is to say , I would never , from inclination , sit down to a dinner that cost more than seven or eight shillings . And yet people seem surprised because I do not neglect familto go to Lodgebecause I can
my y , come home at ten o ' clock at night , and because I have not ruined myself ! Verily people should not infer the use from the abuse , and believe that a few black sheep—more imprudent than wicked—make a Avhole fraternit y doubtful .
JNor do I thmk it right that , if I am taking a chop at the " Cock , " my friends should come up aud say , " Ah ! as usual , having your grill ; " or that , if I shake hands with somebody , he should make insane attempts to give me a grip , entirely of his OAVII invention . Why should fire-irons be held up to me in terrorem ? Do , my dear Mr . Editor , endeavour to convince people that Masonry is neither to be quizzednor teazed out of a man ; and that getting a
, secret out of me is as hopeless an attempt as reading " Punch" for amusement . I remain , dear Mr . Editor , Yours ever fraternally , XI BOIIXI . P . S . Mind , if it amuses them I don't care .
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE .
Hamburgh , August 15 th , 1853
DEAE SIE AND BEOTHEE , — . HAVING in my last communication g iven you particulars of most of the Teutonic Lodges , I shall UOAV follow it up Avith an account of the Lodges in other countries , except those in which , as Englishman , you may be expected to have better sources of intelligence than my own . I . DENMAEK . On the 11 th November 1743 Avas the first Masonic
, , meeting in Copenhagen , under the Mastershi p of Baron Miiunich , who held a charter from tbe Lodge aux Trois Globes , in Berlin : this was not , however , constituted a perfect Lodge till Jan . 13 th , 1745 , under the invocation of St . Martin ; and having received a regular constitution from Lord Byron , in London , was raised to the dignity of a Provincial Grand Lodge .