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volume ( Svo . large , 600 ) to be well illustrated with maps and engravings , entitled , ' The Handmarks of Solomon ' s Builders . ' "An important chapter in this is the origin , history , and present status of the Masonic institution in Smyrna and E phesua . May I look to you to give that ?
me No one else is so competent , and , although I am well aware that the demands of an ordinary profession draw heavily upon you , yet this is a matter that so much concerns the credit of the Craft in Asia Minor , that I feel confident of your sympathy . You can , of course , rely upon the co-operative aid of the brethren
whose name are given on the first page . "I shall do myself the honour to forward you a copy of the work when complete ( in July next ) and such other brethren as you may designate as helpers in this literary Temple . "I ought to have the MSS . by April .
" Would it be asking too much of you , and others of my good brethren of Smyrna , for your photographs ? I greatly long to look upon your faces , if only upon the solar sliadoics thereof . " "With most affectionate remembrances to all who remember me , J am , hon . and learned brother , "Faithfully , "BOB . MOEEIS , i _ Z .. Z > , " P . G . M ., 32 ° , & c , & c . "
BEO . MELVILLE'S DISCOYEEIES .
rO THE EDITOE OE THE " EEEEMJSONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , — "What have the Masonic Arcbaaological Institute or the gentlemen named by J . A . H ., done to be called upon to investigate Bro . Melville's claims to be a discoverer ? Bro . Melville's claims are before the public in the TFreemasons" '
Magazine , and what can he or his friends want more ? Some brethren believe in him , and no report of any committee can induce anyone to believe in Bro . Melville who knows anything of the . subject with which he deals . Bro . Melville is very sore ' with the treatment he has receivedbut he has provoked it
, . He has , however , no right to charge anyone with treating bim as " a swindler or an impostor . " That is a mode of escaping just censure unworthy of Bro . Melville . That brother , thinking he has made important discoveries , has honestly published enough to show his
pretensions , and , having done so , he must take the consequences . The fact of a man being a Mason , and deluding himself , does not exempt him from severe and searching criticism and censure . It can be little doubted that it is only the conviction that Bro . Melville is not " a swindler and impostor "
an , but an honest man , that has obtained for him so large a measure of consideration . The AtJienceum or the Saturday Review are not so sparing with such People . Youro fraternally , E . J .
TO THE EDITOB OF THE PEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOB . _ Dear Sir and Brother , —It is very unpleasant to differ from a good man who believes what he says ; hut , now that we have Bro . Melville laying down the first principles of his Masonic Astronomy , one is compelled to differ from him . He eschews a modern map of the stars , which
shows small respect for constellations , and recommends the old maps and globes with constellations well developed . Stars there are is true , but does Bro . Melville , or one of his admirers , know there are no such things in nature , or the star world , as " constellations . " Constellations are pure creatures of the fancydiffering
, in various ages , with various nations , and serving astronomers . They are a convenient artifice of memory for plotting out the stars , and in the system that we use , the old part is taken from the Greek system and the Greek mythology .
This system differed from the others in ancient days and in modern , and the twelve signs of the Zodiac have unlike names in Greek , Chinese , & c . The names of the antarctic constellations are altogether modern . A so-called constellation we now know collects
together stars not near together , hut millions of miles apart . Any deductions from such premises must be false , and , if Ereemasonry does what Bro . Melville says , so much the worse for Ereemasonry . The whole is a worthless concoction in derision of astronomy and Ereemasonry . Yours fraternally , W . T .
BEO . CLABON'S SCHEME .
TO THE EDITOB OF THE EBEEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBKOE Dear Sir and Brother , — -Your statement of Bro . Clabon's proposition to devote part of the Benevolent Eund to other purposes , I think was equitably disposed of . The surplus ( if any ) at the close of each year—if not immediately required—should not be trafficked away to children—after iving them a good
g education and maintainance for several years to prepare them ready to earn their own living—and that to the prejudice of the aged poor of the Order . It is incorrect to say that the fund of the annuitants was more than was wanted , when a short time since the Secretary stated they were some hundreds of pounds
in arrears ; but , had it been double the amount in hand , there would be plenty of necessitous brethren glad to receive part of it . There are now 31 inmates in the asylum : —20 widows receiving £ 25 each , and 11 males , seven of
whom have wives to maintain , at £ 26 per annum ; so that married men have £ 1 per annum more for the support of two than the single men and widows , which looks like a mistake . When they get to Croydon they have very little chance of getting anything , unless they have any friends to assist them , and friends are apt to forget absenteesThat
. may account why there are so few married couples in the building ; and Croydon is not a cheap place * o live in . If there was an overplus , then a little more might be given to the married man during the joint lives of himself and wife . As to the single men and widowsthey should he content with their annuit
, y . It is not many years since annuities were even talked of . The Board of Benevolence was then all the resources to needy brethren , when £ 10 or £ 20 was considered a liberal gift , and now £ 20 , £ 30 , or £ 50 is not thought too much in many cases . Conse-
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Correspondence.
volume ( Svo . large , 600 ) to be well illustrated with maps and engravings , entitled , ' The Handmarks of Solomon ' s Builders . ' "An important chapter in this is the origin , history , and present status of the Masonic institution in Smyrna and E phesua . May I look to you to give that ?
me No one else is so competent , and , although I am well aware that the demands of an ordinary profession draw heavily upon you , yet this is a matter that so much concerns the credit of the Craft in Asia Minor , that I feel confident of your sympathy . You can , of course , rely upon the co-operative aid of the brethren
whose name are given on the first page . "I shall do myself the honour to forward you a copy of the work when complete ( in July next ) and such other brethren as you may designate as helpers in this literary Temple . "I ought to have the MSS . by April .
" Would it be asking too much of you , and others of my good brethren of Smyrna , for your photographs ? I greatly long to look upon your faces , if only upon the solar sliadoics thereof . " "With most affectionate remembrances to all who remember me , J am , hon . and learned brother , "Faithfully , "BOB . MOEEIS , i _ Z .. Z > , " P . G . M ., 32 ° , & c , & c . "
BEO . MELVILLE'S DISCOYEEIES .
rO THE EDITOE OE THE " EEEEMJSONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , — "What have the Masonic Arcbaaological Institute or the gentlemen named by J . A . H ., done to be called upon to investigate Bro . Melville's claims to be a discoverer ? Bro . Melville's claims are before the public in the TFreemasons" '
Magazine , and what can he or his friends want more ? Some brethren believe in him , and no report of any committee can induce anyone to believe in Bro . Melville who knows anything of the . subject with which he deals . Bro . Melville is very sore ' with the treatment he has receivedbut he has provoked it
, . He has , however , no right to charge anyone with treating bim as " a swindler or an impostor . " That is a mode of escaping just censure unworthy of Bro . Melville . That brother , thinking he has made important discoveries , has honestly published enough to show his
pretensions , and , having done so , he must take the consequences . The fact of a man being a Mason , and deluding himself , does not exempt him from severe and searching criticism and censure . It can be little doubted that it is only the conviction that Bro . Melville is not " a swindler and impostor "
an , but an honest man , that has obtained for him so large a measure of consideration . The AtJienceum or the Saturday Review are not so sparing with such People . Youro fraternally , E . J .
TO THE EDITOB OF THE PEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOB . _ Dear Sir and Brother , —It is very unpleasant to differ from a good man who believes what he says ; hut , now that we have Bro . Melville laying down the first principles of his Masonic Astronomy , one is compelled to differ from him . He eschews a modern map of the stars , which
shows small respect for constellations , and recommends the old maps and globes with constellations well developed . Stars there are is true , but does Bro . Melville , or one of his admirers , know there are no such things in nature , or the star world , as " constellations . " Constellations are pure creatures of the fancydiffering
, in various ages , with various nations , and serving astronomers . They are a convenient artifice of memory for plotting out the stars , and in the system that we use , the old part is taken from the Greek system and the Greek mythology .
This system differed from the others in ancient days and in modern , and the twelve signs of the Zodiac have unlike names in Greek , Chinese , & c . The names of the antarctic constellations are altogether modern . A so-called constellation we now know collects
together stars not near together , hut millions of miles apart . Any deductions from such premises must be false , and , if Ereemasonry does what Bro . Melville says , so much the worse for Ereemasonry . The whole is a worthless concoction in derision of astronomy and Ereemasonry . Yours fraternally , W . T .
BEO . CLABON'S SCHEME .
TO THE EDITOB OF THE EBEEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBKOE Dear Sir and Brother , — -Your statement of Bro . Clabon's proposition to devote part of the Benevolent Eund to other purposes , I think was equitably disposed of . The surplus ( if any ) at the close of each year—if not immediately required—should not be trafficked away to children—after iving them a good
g education and maintainance for several years to prepare them ready to earn their own living—and that to the prejudice of the aged poor of the Order . It is incorrect to say that the fund of the annuitants was more than was wanted , when a short time since the Secretary stated they were some hundreds of pounds
in arrears ; but , had it been double the amount in hand , there would be plenty of necessitous brethren glad to receive part of it . There are now 31 inmates in the asylum : —20 widows receiving £ 25 each , and 11 males , seven of
whom have wives to maintain , at £ 26 per annum ; so that married men have £ 1 per annum more for the support of two than the single men and widows , which looks like a mistake . When they get to Croydon they have very little chance of getting anything , unless they have any friends to assist them , and friends are apt to forget absenteesThat
. may account why there are so few married couples in the building ; and Croydon is not a cheap place * o live in . If there was an overplus , then a little more might be given to the married man during the joint lives of himself and wife . As to the single men and widowsthey should he content with their annuit
, y . It is not many years since annuities were even talked of . The Board of Benevolence was then all the resources to needy brethren , when £ 10 or £ 20 was considered a liberal gift , and now £ 20 , £ 30 , or £ 50 is not thought too much in many cases . Conse-