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To The Editor.
larly elected and installed in his stead ; if circumstances , therefore , prevent election and installation of a successor , the Master only performs a duty by preventing tlie Lodge becoming dormant . The law doubtless was passed to prevent undue influence . We differ as to the proposed relaxation- of granting degrees within the lunar month : but in the sunny East and the Western hemisphere it may be well to consider the propriety of relaxing the law in favour of candidates of eighteen years of age . —En . ]
Is Prussia Sincere?
IS PRUSSIA SINCERE ?
TO THE EDITOR . SIR AND BROTHER , —I am authorised to submit the following letter for your notice . —Yours truly , P . M . 113 . To R . L . Wilson , Esq . DEAR SIR . AND BROTHER , —I addressed Brother White , Secretary of the Grand Lodgesome weeks sincecommunicating the annoying result
, , of my attempt to visit a Prussian Lodge , whereby I claimed his assistance to prevail on our Most AVorshipful Grand Master to adopt such measures as may enable English Masons , of whatever faith they be , to visit Prussian Lodges without difficulty . Not having heard from either of them since , and still labouring under the same disadvantage , I avail myself of your means for the promotion of my views , which is to beseech you to read the letter alluded toand
, act hand and glove with Bro . White . Be pleased to see the Most Worshipful Grand Master on the subject , and give him a proper idea of the extent of my own and other English Masons' annoyance , owing to the perseverance of Prussian Lodges affronting us , whereby we are entirely prevented improving in Freemasonry , which is my earnest desire . I trust , dear Sir and Brother , you will not only excuse my intrusion , but favour me with a few lines as early as possible .
Yours fraternally , S . POLLACK , Koningsberg , 15 th November . Initiated in No . 7 fi , and exalted , in the Croydon Chapter . [ We trust that Brother Wilson will have . the moral courage to draw the attention of the Grand Master to the position of these Masons in Prussia , whose interests with English certificates are , it appears , still disregarded . If this shameful equivocation shall continue , let the Grand Lodge of England TAKE A FURTHER STEP . —ED . ^
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In the fifth chapter " On the Study of Masonic Antiquities , " at page 255 , line 31 , is a typographical error , which , though apparently slight , affects'' materially the sense of the entire paragraph where it occurs . Instead of " circumstances occurred which brought the new systems intoj frequent contact , " read " circumstances occurred which brought the two systems into frequent contact . " You will be pleased to note this , that your readers may make the necessary correction . There is also a misprint in _ Mrs . Colonel Hartley ' s essay on "Arabian
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To The Editor.
larly elected and installed in his stead ; if circumstances , therefore , prevent election and installation of a successor , the Master only performs a duty by preventing tlie Lodge becoming dormant . The law doubtless was passed to prevent undue influence . We differ as to the proposed relaxation- of granting degrees within the lunar month : but in the sunny East and the Western hemisphere it may be well to consider the propriety of relaxing the law in favour of candidates of eighteen years of age . —En . ]
Is Prussia Sincere?
IS PRUSSIA SINCERE ?
TO THE EDITOR . SIR AND BROTHER , —I am authorised to submit the following letter for your notice . —Yours truly , P . M . 113 . To R . L . Wilson , Esq . DEAR SIR . AND BROTHER , —I addressed Brother White , Secretary of the Grand Lodgesome weeks sincecommunicating the annoying result
, , of my attempt to visit a Prussian Lodge , whereby I claimed his assistance to prevail on our Most AVorshipful Grand Master to adopt such measures as may enable English Masons , of whatever faith they be , to visit Prussian Lodges without difficulty . Not having heard from either of them since , and still labouring under the same disadvantage , I avail myself of your means for the promotion of my views , which is to beseech you to read the letter alluded toand
, act hand and glove with Bro . White . Be pleased to see the Most Worshipful Grand Master on the subject , and give him a proper idea of the extent of my own and other English Masons' annoyance , owing to the perseverance of Prussian Lodges affronting us , whereby we are entirely prevented improving in Freemasonry , which is my earnest desire . I trust , dear Sir and Brother , you will not only excuse my intrusion , but favour me with a few lines as early as possible .
Yours fraternally , S . POLLACK , Koningsberg , 15 th November . Initiated in No . 7 fi , and exalted , in the Croydon Chapter . [ We trust that Brother Wilson will have . the moral courage to draw the attention of the Grand Master to the position of these Masons in Prussia , whose interests with English certificates are , it appears , still disregarded . If this shameful equivocation shall continue , let the Grand Lodge of England TAKE A FURTHER STEP . —ED . ^
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In the fifth chapter " On the Study of Masonic Antiquities , " at page 255 , line 31 , is a typographical error , which , though apparently slight , affects'' materially the sense of the entire paragraph where it occurs . Instead of " circumstances occurred which brought the new systems intoj frequent contact , " read " circumstances occurred which brought the two systems into frequent contact . " You will be pleased to note this , that your readers may make the necessary correction . There is also a misprint in _ Mrs . Colonel Hartley ' s essay on "Arabian