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Communication on the 4 th March , 18 ^ the Mark Deg ^ Grand Lodge had decided against that I ) egree . ,, I db not know ^ froni what' source Bro ^ Warren has obtained Ms ar & included the Lodged in the [ West Indies , I beg , on the part of the colonial
Lodges in this part of the Wrid ; to give to the stateniSfit Wi fftifflMte # 0 & $ As to its being sanctfo ar ^ hot deemed w ^ G . M * is fayptt ^ district Prp yi h clal Grand Masters ; an idea , by the bye / Whiph , ih this retnote cbrnei ? of the earth , m Mi ; did not Originate with our irorthy M . W . G . M ., but wa # suggested tohim by the great champioh of Freemasonry in these cpld ^
With regaM matter I have no khd ^^ dgey I only speak witti regard to those in the ^ West Indies ^ and have done so inasmuch as 11 consider the e & presMoti or term , ^ g ^ - nial Lpdg ^ 2 Mg ^ aud > as well as ^ ah ^ Lodged might be 1 ^ . to b elievp that the Loo ^ e ^ in the "West-India . Gplohies ; holding fronl ^ of such an uncon ^ titutiona
ment to be allowed to go imcontradicted- Bro . Warren > in making this statemeht ; must have been perfectly satisfied of the truth of his aut ^ embrace the first opportunity offered him of making the MmeWdeho who feel tteir Masonic honour and integrity to have been gbmewhat slighted by the broad statement of Bro . Warren , in the Grand Lodge , oh the 4 tli March last . By giving this a place in the column confer a & , vour on , Yours , veiy iraternallj ^ TRiisTHDAi ) , Poet op -Sp ^^/^ M ^ - 2 S 1 SI »^' " -- : -J : : : ' ..-. ;' - - ; .- ;¦;^' -:. ^' ¦;' . ¦ ;'¦ ¦ ; ¦¦ : ; - / -
[ We think the Brethrenought to have been satisfied with the answer Sent by Bro . Spencer at the request of Bro ; Farnfield . The fi question remitted to the Grand Secretary—that a certain Brother named had been returhe Lodge—and whether he had ever held office in their Lodge , they ought to be al ) lP to decide by their own minute , books . The second question , as to whether a gentleman who has lost a foot may be made a Mason / we find an answer in the affirmative has been sent , though certainly not quite so soon as it might
have been . Having referred the above letter to Bro . Warren , he informs us that his question more immediately applied to Canada , but he has authority for also stating that the practice of conferring the Mark Degree in Craft Lodges prevails in the West Indies , Bro . Aria having more than pnce asserted , even in Grand Lodge , that he so topk the Degree in Jamaica , and having , at a recent meeting of Mark Masters , distinctly stated that in the West Indies the Begree was almostuniversally worked ia connection with the Craft Lodges :. ]'
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . tTO # HE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MlMOE , Sir and Brother , —There are some mis-statements in the letter of a " Sovereign Grand Inspector-General 33 rd Degree / ' in " your last number , which I hope you will allow me the opportunity of correcting .
Having for many years held , during the lifetime of the first Sovereign Grand Commander of the 33 rd Degree , Dr . Crucefix , the office of Grand Secretary - General H . E ., I am perfectly acquainted with all that relates to the establishment of the 33 rd Degree in this country , the entire correspondence tvith the Supreme Councils of America , France , and Ireland having passed through my hands . As Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Bristol , and Grand Sup . of the Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite establisheo ! in that city , and held and prac-
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Igj^Piipiii^^
Communication on the 4 th March , 18 ^ the Mark Deg ^ Grand Lodge had decided against that I ) egree . ,, I db not know ^ froni what' source Bro ^ Warren has obtained Ms ar & included the Lodged in the [ West Indies , I beg , on the part of the colonial
Lodges in this part of the Wrid ; to give to the stateniSfit Wi fftifflMte # 0 & $ As to its being sanctfo ar ^ hot deemed w ^ G . M * is fayptt ^ district Prp yi h clal Grand Masters ; an idea , by the bye / Whiph , ih this retnote cbrnei ? of the earth , m Mi ; did not Originate with our irorthy M . W . G . M ., but wa # suggested tohim by the great champioh of Freemasonry in these cpld ^
With regaM matter I have no khd ^^ dgey I only speak witti regard to those in the ^ West Indies ^ and have done so inasmuch as 11 consider the e & presMoti or term , ^ g ^ - nial Lpdg ^ 2 Mg ^ aud > as well as ^ ah ^ Lodged might be 1 ^ . to b elievp that the Loo ^ e ^ in the "West-India . Gplohies ; holding fronl ^ of such an uncon ^ titutiona
ment to be allowed to go imcontradicted- Bro . Warren > in making this statemeht ; must have been perfectly satisfied of the truth of his aut ^ embrace the first opportunity offered him of making the MmeWdeho who feel tteir Masonic honour and integrity to have been gbmewhat slighted by the broad statement of Bro . Warren , in the Grand Lodge , oh the 4 tli March last . By giving this a place in the column confer a & , vour on , Yours , veiy iraternallj ^ TRiisTHDAi ) , Poet op -Sp ^^/^ M ^ - 2 S 1 SI »^' " -- : -J : : : ' ..-. ;' - - ; .- ;¦;^' -:. ^' ¦;' . ¦ ;'¦ ¦ ; ¦¦ : ; - / -
[ We think the Brethrenought to have been satisfied with the answer Sent by Bro . Spencer at the request of Bro ; Farnfield . The fi question remitted to the Grand Secretary—that a certain Brother named had been returhe Lodge—and whether he had ever held office in their Lodge , they ought to be al ) lP to decide by their own minute , books . The second question , as to whether a gentleman who has lost a foot may be made a Mason / we find an answer in the affirmative has been sent , though certainly not quite so soon as it might
have been . Having referred the above letter to Bro . Warren , he informs us that his question more immediately applied to Canada , but he has authority for also stating that the practice of conferring the Mark Degree in Craft Lodges prevails in the West Indies , Bro . Aria having more than pnce asserted , even in Grand Lodge , that he so topk the Degree in Jamaica , and having , at a recent meeting of Mark Masters , distinctly stated that in the West Indies the Begree was almostuniversally worked ia connection with the Craft Lodges :. ]'
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . tTO # HE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MlMOE , Sir and Brother , —There are some mis-statements in the letter of a " Sovereign Grand Inspector-General 33 rd Degree / ' in " your last number , which I hope you will allow me the opportunity of correcting .
Having for many years held , during the lifetime of the first Sovereign Grand Commander of the 33 rd Degree , Dr . Crucefix , the office of Grand Secretary - General H . E ., I am perfectly acquainted with all that relates to the establishment of the 33 rd Degree in this country , the entire correspondence tvith the Supreme Councils of America , France , and Ireland having passed through my hands . As Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Bristol , and Grand Sup . of the Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite establisheo ! in that city , and held and prac-