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FREEMASONRY AS IT IS , versus FREEMASONRY ACCORDING TO THE POPE . A FREEMASON . An extract from the Works of Zschokke , setting forth in a lively and entertaining manner most excellent arguments in favour of Freemasonry in its social and benevolent aspects , as against opposite opinions and prejudices . Translated by Bro . ERNST E . WOLFF . Demy Svo ., 6 d .
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ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY . 92 , CHEAPSIDE , LONDON , E . C . FIRE , LIFE T ACCIDENT . Capital—One Million Two Hundred Thousand Pounds . inililuled 1 S 08 , ami Empowered hy . Special Act of Parliament . . The Company has been in existence more than 7 6 Years . Moderate Rates . Prompt Settlements . Liberal Conditions . All its Funds are Invested in Great Britain . Transacts Home Business only . No Hypothecation of Funds for Foreign Policy Holders . Ample Reserves apart from Capital . LIFE DEPARTMENT—Whole-World Assurances . Liberal Surrender Values given in Cash or by paid-up Policies . Payment of Claims immediately on proof of death . All" kinds of Life Assurance transacted . ACCIDENTS—Assured Against , whether fatal or causing total or partial disablement , at moderate rates , and with liberal Compensation . FIRE—Policies issued free of expense . LOSSES OCCASIONED BY LIGHTNING will hepaid whetber the property . be set on lire or not . LOSS OR DAMAGE caused by Explosion of Coal Gas in any building assured will be made-good . Seven Years' Policies granted on payment of Six Years' Premiums . Active Agents Wanted . SAMUEL I . PIPKIN , Secretary .
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( Eftucattoual . HIGH-CLASS PRIVATE SCHOOL THEOBALD'S PARK , WALTHAM CROSS , LONDON , N . ¦ . PRINCIPAL : Rev . J . OSWALD JACKSON , Assisted by Five Masters . Limited number of Gentlemen ' s Sons ; motherly care for delicate pupils ; individual teaching for backward ones- ; playground of six acres . First Jlass Honours gained at last Cambridge Local Examinations , with Distinction in Mathematics . References kindly permitted to Rev . Dr . Reynolds , Principal of Cheshunt College , Herts . Rev . Charles E . Mayo , M . A ., Nottingham . Sir Thomas Chambers , M . P ., Recorder of London . Richard Toller , Esq ., Solicitor , Leicester . George Kenning , Esq ., Little Britain .
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DULWICH HOUSE SCHOOL , VICTORIA ROAD . . UPPER NORWOOD , S . E . ( Within seven minutes' ofthe Crystal Palace ) . PRINCIPAL : Mr . J . K . BARNES , LONDON UNIVERSITV . ( Late Upper Fifth-Form Master , Bedford Modern School , Harpur Foundation . ) RESIDENT STAFF : Classics : Mr . W . P . EVANS , M . A . ( 2 nd Class Classical Tripos , 1877 . ) ( Late Foundation Scholar , Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge . ) English Language and Literature : The PRINCIPAL . Mathematics aid Science : P . Z . ROUND , B . A . ( Mathematical Tripos , 1 SS 2 . ) ( Late Scholar St . Katharine ' s College , Cambridge . ) Modern Languages : The PRINCIPAL . VISITING STAFF : Modern Languages * . Monsieur EUGENE FASNACHT . ( Late Senior Modern Language Master , Bedford Modern School . Editor of Macmillan's Foreign Classics . ) Science : Rev . J . G . WOOD , M . A ., F . L . S ., and Prof . C . P . MORRIS , Geology and Phys . Geog . ; and such other qualified and experienced Masters as the requirements of the Pupils may demand . References kindly permitted to Rev . R . B . Poole , B . D ., Bed . Mod . School , Bedford . Alex . Waugh Young , M . A ., Tettcnhall College , Staffordshire , x . G . M . Hicks , M . A ., 5 , South-row , Blackheath , S . E . E . F . Ashworth Briggs , M . A ., L . L . M ., 15 , New Street , Daventry . Rev . A . Lloyd , M . A ., Norton Rectory , Bury St . Edmunds . G . L . Peel , Esq ., C . B ., Woodcraft , Cuckfield , Sussex . Major Ed . Green , St . Mary's , Bedford . J . D . Rodger , Esq ., College Lawn , Cheltenham . C . P . Mason , B . A ., F . C . P ., Dukesell , Streatham Hill , S . E .
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WOKING COLLEGE , WOKING , SURREY . HEAD MASTER : . The Rev ; C . W . ARNOLD , M . A ., Trinity College , Cambridge . In the Higher Classes pupils are prepared for the Universities , Army , Civil Service , Oxford and Cambridge Locals , and Mercantile Life . The School is connected with a School at Lausanne , to which boys for Mercantile Life can be sent on to acquire French and German conversationally . In thc Lower Classes pupils are prepared for the Public Schools and Navy . I'rom this department boys have passed into all the Public Schools . During the last year two open Scholarships at the Universities and a I'oundation Scholarship at Westminster have been gained . Terms Moderate . For Prospectus apply to Head Master .
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WANTED by a M . M . M ., a SITUATION in a Warehouse or any place of trust ; 22 years' good character . Address , J . S ., 7 , Falkner-street , Kender-street , Queen's-road , Peckham , S . E .
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A BROTHER most earnestly appeals for help to pay off a debt of £ 30 , contracted through illness . The case is , unfortunately , not eligible for the Board of Benevolence . Contributions will be thankfully received and all information afforded by P . M ., Neptune Villa , Sutton-grove North , Sutton , Surrey .
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FREEMASONS throughout the Kingdom are earnestly invited to ' send a DONATION , however small , towards the fund now being raised for the Restoration of the old Parish Church of ST . NICHOLAS , DEPTFORD , which , dating from the . 12 th century , is in a terribly dilapidated state . £ 2445 required . Pop . Sooo , chiefly poor . " The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine , saith the Lord of Hosts . "—Address , Rev . J . M . Vaughan , P . M ., P . Z . ( Vicar ) , 215 , Evelyn-st ., Deptford , S . E ., or Gpnrtrr . Lockver . Esn .. " *•**• .. HiVh-st .. Deotford . S . E .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
A review of Bro . G . F . Fort ' s interesting monograph" A Critical Enquiry into the Condition of the Conventual Builders , " & c . —will appear in our next . The following communications stand over until next week for want of space -. — Consecration of the William Kelly , Mark Lodge , 339 . CRAFT LODGES : —Priory Lodge of' Acton , 199 6 ) Sydney , S 29 .
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Masonic Review , " " Jewish Chronicle , " " The New Zealand Craftsman , " " Hull Packet , " " Broad Arrow , " " Citizen , " " Court Circular , " " La Chaine D'Union , "" El Taller , " " Annario dc la Gran Los ' ia Unida de Colon c Isla de Cuba , " " Canadian Craftsman , " " Orient , " " Keystone , " " The Tricycling Journal , " " Lc Monitcnr dc la Chance Univcrsclle , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "La Abeia , " " El Delta . "
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C * l IJJ & J ^ n ^ PAA . A , ^ ^< m ) mm . mil » , _^^ ^^ J _ <_ y & J _» m »^ t _ t ^ jj ^^^^^ 9 ^ € ^^' ^^ T ^ v ^^^^ f ig ^ y-ivvjl SATURDAY , J 12 , 1884 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not bold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinionsexpressed by OUT correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]
RECENT ATTACKS ON FREEMASONRY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear . Sir and Brother , Do you not think that enough has been said on this unsavoury subject ? Hid we not better , as an educated body , treat Papal Bulls and Archiepiscopal Charges wilh entire silence , in the calm consciousness of innocence , in the peaceful persuasion of indifference ?
A WELL WISHER . [ Though we think our correspondent is right in the main , we fancy he has not seen the last two articles in the " Month " for June and July . —ED . F . M . _
BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL , 1 SS 4 . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Whilst heartily congratulating the Boys' School , and also Bro . W . A . Scurrah , on the increased amount obtained by the latter on his list respresenting the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . i 744 , ^ : ince the recent Festival , it is only right and fair to Bro . George Skndder , of the Temperance
Lodge , No . 169 , Deptford , to state that he ( Bro . Skudder ) was the premier individual Steward at the Festival , as announced by the Secretary , Bro . Binckes , Bro . Skudder's amount being £ 540 , and Bro . Scurrah ' s £ 500 . It was really after the Festival that Bro . Scurrah obtained his additional sum , so there can be no doubt but that when the lists were announced at the table by the Secretary , Bro . George Skudder was first , he having taken up tha largest
amount . Not writing in a spirit of antagonism , well knowing both the brethren above mentioned , but simply wishing credit should be given to whom credit is due , I trust you will insert this letter in your next issue , and , thanking you in anticipation , 1 am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally ,
. . WALTER MARTIN , J . W , S 79 , Sec . Star Lodge of Instruction , 1275 . 21 , Longley-street , Southwark Park-road , S . E ., July Sth , 1 SS 4 . , NOTICE TO BRETHREN . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother ,. If J . W . Neile , of Lodges 187 , 483 , ' 719 , and of Chapter 4 S 3 , Irish Constitution , applies to any brethren or
lodges for relief , the Grand Secretary of the Grapd Lodge of Ireland should be communicated with , or I will answer any inquiries . —Yours fraternally , JAMES H . NEILSON . 82 , Lceson-street Lower , Dublin , July Sth .
GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As an old Colonist , I have been observing with interest the various movements that have taken place in Australia for thc purpose of forming independent Masonic
governing bodies . In New South VVales and Victoria the leaders of such movements have permitted their ardour to outrun their discretion , and the consequences have been most lamentable . When the so-called Grand Lodge of New South Wales was formed there were in all 86 lodges in that colony , made up of 47 under the English , 30 under thc
Original Correspondence.
Scotch , and y under the Irish Constitutions . Only 12 of these lodges , and not one of the English lodges , joined in the movement . In Victoria there-were 95 lodges , 70 under the English Constitution , 10 under the Scotch , and 15 . under the Irish . Only iS of these combined to form the socalled Grand Lodgeof Victoria . Under such circumstances there could bc no manner of doubt whatever as to the course to be pursued by the mother Grand Lod of
ges England , Scotland , and Ireland , and the illegally formed bodies in Australia are occupying at this moment a most unenviable position . The formation of the Grand Lodge of South Australia ' has on the other hand been conducted on quite a different plan . In that colony there are 33 . lodges , 30 of which resolved to form a Grand Lodge . The 33 lodges arc made up of 20 English , G Scotchand 7 Irish Lodees . Of the
, three lodges who were not content to join , tivo were Irish and one English , and one of these two Irish lodges was virtually extinct—at any rate , it was not working " . The movement , therefore , " in South Australia , has been practically unanimous , and I am glad to observe that there is apparently every chance of the new governing body receiving complete recognition by the authorities at home .
In reading your editorial notes on the subject * on Saturday last , I observe , as has been the case on former occasions , an obvious reluctance to admit either the right or the advantage of our colonial brethren to become Masonically independent . I sincerely hope that there is no wide-spread feeling of this kind . The Grand Lodge of England is enormously strong ; but the retention under its rule of any unwilling section of the Brotherhood cannot add either to
its influence or strength . I do not know what the ostensible reasons for independence are which you declare to be ' utterly baseless and untenable ; but I know quite well what are the real reasons which lead colonies to desire selfgovernment in Masonic matters , and I am well aware that those reasons are exceedingly ample . You say that " a minority in each English lodge declined to join the movement . " I do not see that this in any degree affects thc
question of recognition or otherwise . If it does , then we must proceed at onpe to expunge that portion of our printed charge which tells us that " a ready acquiescence in all votes and resolutions passed b y a majority of the brethren " is the imperative duty of evefy Freemason . But if . recognition is to be accorded at all , it should bc granted unconditionally . To make any reservations , as sup-irested bv vnu . would he . in snw i \ , n cn ^ lu nf fnf .,.-.. A' . . - ~~ -A
and dissension in South Australia , just as such a course pursued years ago across the Atlantic has done in the Dominion . It does hot require any large amount of wordly wisdom or common sense to perceive that to authorise an independent and practically irresponsible lodge to remain working in open defiance of the legitimate local Masonic authority in any country is to court future trouble and disaster . If 30 lodges out of 33 are content to join the movement in
ouestion , the remaining three lodges should , if they arc animated by a true Masonic spirit , cheerfully acquiesce in what is plainly the desire of the Brotherhood as a body . In Masonry , as in all systems of Society , there arc , of course , always to be found a few cantankerous people who will for ever oppose everything and everybody to the bitter
end ,- but these are the very folk that ought to be least en * couraged . They will never be of any real service to thc Craft , and if left in the position of being able to occasion perpetual irritation and annoyance , ' they will , as in the case * of Canada , eventually turn out to be a "casus belli . "—I am , yours fraternally , T . B . WHYTEHEAD .
Reviews
REVIEWS
THE MONTH for July . We called attention a short time back to a remarkable article in the "Month , " a Roman Catholic serial , against Freemasonry . We were then promised a second article . We have it now here before us , and , to say the truth , we are vastly disappointed with it . If , despite the polished sentencesand careful passages of the first notice , we thought we could read between the lines , our conviction is rendered
certainty by the outspoken reality of the second article . Despite the apparently more reasonable and developed style of argument employed by " R . F . C , " notwithstanding a certain suavity of assurance and largeness of view , wc thought wc detected thc old unreasoning , unfounded " animus" still evidently unchanging and unchanged . " Latet anguis in herbl \ . " And , lo , and behold , outcomes from the civil and classical Reviewer , the same scathing intolerant
dicta of old heathen and later persecuting Rome . Notwithstanding all the admissions of the Reviewer as regards the social status and high respectability and peaceful character of English Freemasons , the following are his " obiter dicta , " calmly and deliberately , on the subject . " But if they are innocent "—English Freemasons , that is"it is only with the innocence of self-deceit . If they disclaim on behalf of their sect the disloyalty , the unlawfulness , the
anti-Christian and godless character , which distinguish it all over thc world , it is only because they do not . recognize its true nature or the logical consequences of its teaching . In other words , Freemasonry in England will bring about , —is bringing about even now , —lawlessness , naturalism , atheism , godless education , corrupt morality , disregard of _ the sanctity of marriage , sedition , revolution , socialism , and communism . " To
the first of these statements we need hardly reply or point to the compliment involved ¦ while , as to the other , we can onl y say , as we feel bound to say , knowing the thousands of loyal , devoted , conscientious Freemasons , that it is a cruel falsehood ; nay , we must out with the words—it is a deliberate lie . There really is nothing else to add . It is so preposterous that we only wonder any Roman Catholic critic should condescend to use such language . But so it is . There is very little else that deserves note or comment
in the Reviewer ' s answer to Lord Carnarvon ' s well-chosen words . Objection . is made to secrcsy , though no allusion is made to thejesuit Order and secret oaths . Fault is found with the " universal" system of English Freemasonry , forgetting , as the Reviewer does , that our Fatherhood of God is founded on the Divinest Prayer otall . The allusions to ritual and the like are reall y utterly unworthy of notice . Some are taken from an Irish work of no authority , whatever , and emanate from a Roman Catholic publisher ,
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FREEMASONRY AS IT IS , versus FREEMASONRY ACCORDING TO THE POPE . A FREEMASON . An extract from the Works of Zschokke , setting forth in a lively and entertaining manner most excellent arguments in favour of Freemasonry in its social and benevolent aspects , as against opposite opinions and prejudices . Translated by Bro . ERNST E . WOLFF . Demy Svo ., 6 d .
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ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY . 92 , CHEAPSIDE , LONDON , E . C . FIRE , LIFE T ACCIDENT . Capital—One Million Two Hundred Thousand Pounds . inililuled 1 S 08 , ami Empowered hy . Special Act of Parliament . . The Company has been in existence more than 7 6 Years . Moderate Rates . Prompt Settlements . Liberal Conditions . All its Funds are Invested in Great Britain . Transacts Home Business only . No Hypothecation of Funds for Foreign Policy Holders . Ample Reserves apart from Capital . LIFE DEPARTMENT—Whole-World Assurances . Liberal Surrender Values given in Cash or by paid-up Policies . Payment of Claims immediately on proof of death . All" kinds of Life Assurance transacted . ACCIDENTS—Assured Against , whether fatal or causing total or partial disablement , at moderate rates , and with liberal Compensation . FIRE—Policies issued free of expense . LOSSES OCCASIONED BY LIGHTNING will hepaid whetber the property . be set on lire or not . LOSS OR DAMAGE caused by Explosion of Coal Gas in any building assured will be made-good . Seven Years' Policies granted on payment of Six Years' Premiums . Active Agents Wanted . SAMUEL I . PIPKIN , Secretary .
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( Eftucattoual . HIGH-CLASS PRIVATE SCHOOL THEOBALD'S PARK , WALTHAM CROSS , LONDON , N . ¦ . PRINCIPAL : Rev . J . OSWALD JACKSON , Assisted by Five Masters . Limited number of Gentlemen ' s Sons ; motherly care for delicate pupils ; individual teaching for backward ones- ; playground of six acres . First Jlass Honours gained at last Cambridge Local Examinations , with Distinction in Mathematics . References kindly permitted to Rev . Dr . Reynolds , Principal of Cheshunt College , Herts . Rev . Charles E . Mayo , M . A ., Nottingham . Sir Thomas Chambers , M . P ., Recorder of London . Richard Toller , Esq ., Solicitor , Leicester . George Kenning , Esq ., Little Britain .
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DULWICH HOUSE SCHOOL , VICTORIA ROAD . . UPPER NORWOOD , S . E . ( Within seven minutes' ofthe Crystal Palace ) . PRINCIPAL : Mr . J . K . BARNES , LONDON UNIVERSITV . ( Late Upper Fifth-Form Master , Bedford Modern School , Harpur Foundation . ) RESIDENT STAFF : Classics : Mr . W . P . EVANS , M . A . ( 2 nd Class Classical Tripos , 1877 . ) ( Late Foundation Scholar , Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge . ) English Language and Literature : The PRINCIPAL . Mathematics aid Science : P . Z . ROUND , B . A . ( Mathematical Tripos , 1 SS 2 . ) ( Late Scholar St . Katharine ' s College , Cambridge . ) Modern Languages : The PRINCIPAL . VISITING STAFF : Modern Languages * . Monsieur EUGENE FASNACHT . ( Late Senior Modern Language Master , Bedford Modern School . Editor of Macmillan's Foreign Classics . ) Science : Rev . J . G . WOOD , M . A ., F . L . S ., and Prof . C . P . MORRIS , Geology and Phys . Geog . ; and such other qualified and experienced Masters as the requirements of the Pupils may demand . References kindly permitted to Rev . R . B . Poole , B . D ., Bed . Mod . School , Bedford . Alex . Waugh Young , M . A ., Tettcnhall College , Staffordshire , x . G . M . Hicks , M . A ., 5 , South-row , Blackheath , S . E . E . F . Ashworth Briggs , M . A ., L . L . M ., 15 , New Street , Daventry . Rev . A . Lloyd , M . A ., Norton Rectory , Bury St . Edmunds . G . L . Peel , Esq ., C . B ., Woodcraft , Cuckfield , Sussex . Major Ed . Green , St . Mary's , Bedford . J . D . Rodger , Esq ., College Lawn , Cheltenham . C . P . Mason , B . A ., F . C . P ., Dukesell , Streatham Hill , S . E .
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WOKING COLLEGE , WOKING , SURREY . HEAD MASTER : . The Rev ; C . W . ARNOLD , M . A ., Trinity College , Cambridge . In the Higher Classes pupils are prepared for the Universities , Army , Civil Service , Oxford and Cambridge Locals , and Mercantile Life . The School is connected with a School at Lausanne , to which boys for Mercantile Life can be sent on to acquire French and German conversationally . In thc Lower Classes pupils are prepared for the Public Schools and Navy . I'rom this department boys have passed into all the Public Schools . During the last year two open Scholarships at the Universities and a I'oundation Scholarship at Westminster have been gained . Terms Moderate . For Prospectus apply to Head Master .
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WANTED by a M . M . M ., a SITUATION in a Warehouse or any place of trust ; 22 years' good character . Address , J . S ., 7 , Falkner-street , Kender-street , Queen's-road , Peckham , S . E .
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A BROTHER most earnestly appeals for help to pay off a debt of £ 30 , contracted through illness . The case is , unfortunately , not eligible for the Board of Benevolence . Contributions will be thankfully received and all information afforded by P . M ., Neptune Villa , Sutton-grove North , Sutton , Surrey .
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FREEMASONS throughout the Kingdom are earnestly invited to ' send a DONATION , however small , towards the fund now being raised for the Restoration of the old Parish Church of ST . NICHOLAS , DEPTFORD , which , dating from the . 12 th century , is in a terribly dilapidated state . £ 2445 required . Pop . Sooo , chiefly poor . " The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine , saith the Lord of Hosts . "—Address , Rev . J . M . Vaughan , P . M ., P . Z . ( Vicar ) , 215 , Evelyn-st ., Deptford , S . E ., or Gpnrtrr . Lockver . Esn .. " *•**• .. HiVh-st .. Deotford . S . E .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
A review of Bro . G . F . Fort ' s interesting monograph" A Critical Enquiry into the Condition of the Conventual Builders , " & c . —will appear in our next . The following communications stand over until next week for want of space -. — Consecration of the William Kelly , Mark Lodge , 339 . CRAFT LODGES : —Priory Lodge of' Acton , 199 6 ) Sydney , S 29 .
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Masonic Review , " " Jewish Chronicle , " " The New Zealand Craftsman , " " Hull Packet , " " Broad Arrow , " " Citizen , " " Court Circular , " " La Chaine D'Union , "" El Taller , " " Annario dc la Gran Los ' ia Unida de Colon c Isla de Cuba , " " Canadian Craftsman , " " Orient , " " Keystone , " " The Tricycling Journal , " " Lc Monitcnr dc la Chance Univcrsclle , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "La Abeia , " " El Delta . "
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C * l IJJ & J ^ n ^ PAA . A , ^ ^< m ) mm . mil » , _^^ ^^ J _ <_ y & J _» m »^ t _ t ^ jj ^^^^^ 9 ^ € ^^' ^^ T ^ v ^^^^ f ig ^ y-ivvjl SATURDAY , J 12 , 1884 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not bold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinionsexpressed by OUT correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]
RECENT ATTACKS ON FREEMASONRY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear . Sir and Brother , Do you not think that enough has been said on this unsavoury subject ? Hid we not better , as an educated body , treat Papal Bulls and Archiepiscopal Charges wilh entire silence , in the calm consciousness of innocence , in the peaceful persuasion of indifference ?
A WELL WISHER . [ Though we think our correspondent is right in the main , we fancy he has not seen the last two articles in the " Month " for June and July . —ED . F . M . _
BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL , 1 SS 4 . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Whilst heartily congratulating the Boys' School , and also Bro . W . A . Scurrah , on the increased amount obtained by the latter on his list respresenting the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . i 744 , ^ : ince the recent Festival , it is only right and fair to Bro . George Skndder , of the Temperance
Lodge , No . 169 , Deptford , to state that he ( Bro . Skudder ) was the premier individual Steward at the Festival , as announced by the Secretary , Bro . Binckes , Bro . Skudder's amount being £ 540 , and Bro . Scurrah ' s £ 500 . It was really after the Festival that Bro . Scurrah obtained his additional sum , so there can be no doubt but that when the lists were announced at the table by the Secretary , Bro . George Skudder was first , he having taken up tha largest
amount . Not writing in a spirit of antagonism , well knowing both the brethren above mentioned , but simply wishing credit should be given to whom credit is due , I trust you will insert this letter in your next issue , and , thanking you in anticipation , 1 am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally ,
. . WALTER MARTIN , J . W , S 79 , Sec . Star Lodge of Instruction , 1275 . 21 , Longley-street , Southwark Park-road , S . E ., July Sth , 1 SS 4 . , NOTICE TO BRETHREN . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother ,. If J . W . Neile , of Lodges 187 , 483 , ' 719 , and of Chapter 4 S 3 , Irish Constitution , applies to any brethren or
lodges for relief , the Grand Secretary of the Grapd Lodge of Ireland should be communicated with , or I will answer any inquiries . —Yours fraternally , JAMES H . NEILSON . 82 , Lceson-street Lower , Dublin , July Sth .
GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As an old Colonist , I have been observing with interest the various movements that have taken place in Australia for thc purpose of forming independent Masonic
governing bodies . In New South VVales and Victoria the leaders of such movements have permitted their ardour to outrun their discretion , and the consequences have been most lamentable . When the so-called Grand Lodge of New South Wales was formed there were in all 86 lodges in that colony , made up of 47 under the English , 30 under thc
Original Correspondence.
Scotch , and y under the Irish Constitutions . Only 12 of these lodges , and not one of the English lodges , joined in the movement . In Victoria there-were 95 lodges , 70 under the English Constitution , 10 under the Scotch , and 15 . under the Irish . Only iS of these combined to form the socalled Grand Lodgeof Victoria . Under such circumstances there could bc no manner of doubt whatever as to the course to be pursued by the mother Grand Lod of
ges England , Scotland , and Ireland , and the illegally formed bodies in Australia are occupying at this moment a most unenviable position . The formation of the Grand Lodge of South Australia ' has on the other hand been conducted on quite a different plan . In that colony there are 33 . lodges , 30 of which resolved to form a Grand Lodge . The 33 lodges arc made up of 20 English , G Scotchand 7 Irish Lodees . Of the
, three lodges who were not content to join , tivo were Irish and one English , and one of these two Irish lodges was virtually extinct—at any rate , it was not working " . The movement , therefore , " in South Australia , has been practically unanimous , and I am glad to observe that there is apparently every chance of the new governing body receiving complete recognition by the authorities at home .
In reading your editorial notes on the subject * on Saturday last , I observe , as has been the case on former occasions , an obvious reluctance to admit either the right or the advantage of our colonial brethren to become Masonically independent . I sincerely hope that there is no wide-spread feeling of this kind . The Grand Lodge of England is enormously strong ; but the retention under its rule of any unwilling section of the Brotherhood cannot add either to
its influence or strength . I do not know what the ostensible reasons for independence are which you declare to be ' utterly baseless and untenable ; but I know quite well what are the real reasons which lead colonies to desire selfgovernment in Masonic matters , and I am well aware that those reasons are exceedingly ample . You say that " a minority in each English lodge declined to join the movement . " I do not see that this in any degree affects thc
question of recognition or otherwise . If it does , then we must proceed at onpe to expunge that portion of our printed charge which tells us that " a ready acquiescence in all votes and resolutions passed b y a majority of the brethren " is the imperative duty of evefy Freemason . But if . recognition is to be accorded at all , it should bc granted unconditionally . To make any reservations , as sup-irested bv vnu . would he . in snw i \ , n cn ^ lu nf fnf .,.-.. A' . . - ~~ -A
and dissension in South Australia , just as such a course pursued years ago across the Atlantic has done in the Dominion . It does hot require any large amount of wordly wisdom or common sense to perceive that to authorise an independent and practically irresponsible lodge to remain working in open defiance of the legitimate local Masonic authority in any country is to court future trouble and disaster . If 30 lodges out of 33 are content to join the movement in
ouestion , the remaining three lodges should , if they arc animated by a true Masonic spirit , cheerfully acquiesce in what is plainly the desire of the Brotherhood as a body . In Masonry , as in all systems of Society , there arc , of course , always to be found a few cantankerous people who will for ever oppose everything and everybody to the bitter
end ,- but these are the very folk that ought to be least en * couraged . They will never be of any real service to thc Craft , and if left in the position of being able to occasion perpetual irritation and annoyance , ' they will , as in the case * of Canada , eventually turn out to be a "casus belli . "—I am , yours fraternally , T . B . WHYTEHEAD .
Reviews
REVIEWS
THE MONTH for July . We called attention a short time back to a remarkable article in the "Month , " a Roman Catholic serial , against Freemasonry . We were then promised a second article . We have it now here before us , and , to say the truth , we are vastly disappointed with it . If , despite the polished sentencesand careful passages of the first notice , we thought we could read between the lines , our conviction is rendered
certainty by the outspoken reality of the second article . Despite the apparently more reasonable and developed style of argument employed by " R . F . C , " notwithstanding a certain suavity of assurance and largeness of view , wc thought wc detected thc old unreasoning , unfounded " animus" still evidently unchanging and unchanged . " Latet anguis in herbl \ . " And , lo , and behold , outcomes from the civil and classical Reviewer , the same scathing intolerant
dicta of old heathen and later persecuting Rome . Notwithstanding all the admissions of the Reviewer as regards the social status and high respectability and peaceful character of English Freemasons , the following are his " obiter dicta , " calmly and deliberately , on the subject . " But if they are innocent "—English Freemasons , that is"it is only with the innocence of self-deceit . If they disclaim on behalf of their sect the disloyalty , the unlawfulness , the
anti-Christian and godless character , which distinguish it all over thc world , it is only because they do not . recognize its true nature or the logical consequences of its teaching . In other words , Freemasonry in England will bring about , —is bringing about even now , —lawlessness , naturalism , atheism , godless education , corrupt morality , disregard of _ the sanctity of marriage , sedition , revolution , socialism , and communism . " To
the first of these statements we need hardly reply or point to the compliment involved ¦ while , as to the other , we can onl y say , as we feel bound to say , knowing the thousands of loyal , devoted , conscientious Freemasons , that it is a cruel falsehood ; nay , we must out with the words—it is a deliberate lie . There really is nothing else to add . It is so preposterous that we only wonder any Roman Catholic critic should condescend to use such language . But so it is . There is very little else that deserves note or comment
in the Reviewer ' s answer to Lord Carnarvon ' s well-chosen words . Objection . is made to secrcsy , though no allusion is made to thejesuit Order and secret oaths . Fault is found with the " universal" system of English Freemasonry , forgetting , as the Reviewer does , that our Fatherhood of God is founded on the Divinest Prayer otall . The allusions to ritual and the like are reall y utterly unworthy of notice . Some are taken from an Irish work of no authority , whatever , and emanate from a Roman Catholic publisher ,