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a long and furious attack on the English , the Huguenots , the Jews , and the Freemasons , who constitute the microbes that are eating away the health of modern society . Freemasonry robbed France of her colonies and gave them to England ; Freemasonry laid France at the feet of Germanv in 1870 . England is the

home of Freemasonry . Freemasonry opens its friendly doors to Jews , the Huguenots were children of Judaism , hence the author ' s thesis is proved . Then the Anglo-Israel theory is utilised as a make weight , and the result is ruin to France . — " Jewish Chronicle . "

Prince Edward Of York.

PRINCE EDWARD OF YORK .

23 rd June 1895 . HAIL to the sire of kings unborn ! Hail to tho scion , our king to be 1 Where is the laureate to greet him this morn ? Alas 1 for our native minstrelsy . A gentle poet on this day died ;*

Our English Prince was on this day born ; Only a year has passed since then , Peaceful and quiet from eve to morn . Eastern empires in throes of war ; Rumours of Churches rent in twain ; Disasters many by sea and land ; A world of mystery , pleasure and pain .

But only a wealth of lovo for him ; A round of service and duteous care ; Swiftly the days have passed away , Tending the babe that is England ' s heir . Hail to the little Prince Edward of York !

Hail to thee , our fair Princess May I England is watching with loving gaze , Greeting thee , Princess , this festal day . EMIU HOLMES . •Mark Akenside , author of the poem on Pleasures of tho Imagination . Died 1770 .

The Cypher.

THE CYPHER .

THE " Tyler , " of Detroit , publishes an opinion from tho " Trestleboard , " of San Francisco , and comments as below . It is emphatically tho Wisconsin idea : . " We believe every Mason , be he a Grand Master , Grand Lecturer or

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Inspector , or Grand Secretary , who uses , or permits to be used , a written or printed cypher or copy of the esoteric work of Masonry , should be expelled from the Order , as were the two Brethren in Massachusetts last year . In our mind there is no palliation for the offence , concerning which every

Brother is made acquainted at his initiation . And further , wo believe that the Grand Lodge that winks at so flagrant a violation of obligations should be despised by all honourable Masons . Wo are unable to see any justification whatever for such a breach of faith , and it is no worse for an individual to violate law than for a Grand Lodge . "

We indorse this protest fully and without any reservation . The time was when the hayloft , the attic , the cellar , or out in the thicket , was the place to impart and receive instruction in the esoteric part of Freemasonry and always orally conveyed . Now laziness on the one hand , and the simplifying of the Grand Lecturer ' s work has brought out the " key " business

and given to Freemasonry what the " pony" is to the slothful college student . We , too , boldly assert that to sanction or use a koy is a glaring infraction upon tho first Masonic obligation taken , and should render the man permitting or using it subject to expulsion , whether he be Grand Master or Grand full private . Who authorised any man , or body of men , to wilfull y

transgress his first obligation ? We may whip tho devil round the stump all we have a mind to , but the fact remains that tho man who mado the first key and the man who mado the last are equally guilty of a violation of his Masonic oath . " Common usage " can make a trull of the most holy and

sacred mattors intrusted to our keopmg , and so with this book of Masonio initials , which should be learned and burned , and all future efforts in tho direction of making a mockery of a Masonic obligation should be met with tho utmost rigour of Masonic discipline . — " Masonio Tidings . "

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Freemasons And St. Paul's Cathedral.

FREEMASONS AND ST . PAUL'S CATHEDRAL .

A MOTION in the namo of Bro . William Woodward stood on tho agenda paper at tho Quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 5 th ult ., in reference to the proposition that tho Freemasons of England should undertake the decoration of the dome and transepts of St . Paul ' s . It appears that by some misunderstanding Mr . Woodward was not present to support his motion , and the matter was therefore not discussed . The next meeting of Grand Lodge will bo held on 4 th September next , when tho

resolution will be again brought forward . In Masonic circles the idea is meeting with tho widest support , and there seems every reason to believe that the movement will be forwarded with considerable enthusiasm . It is greatly to bo hoped that the proposition may be turned into actual fact before the end of the year . The cost ot the work contemplated will be large , and a patriotic and national movement such as that now proposed can alone secure the completion of the work within our generation . — " City Press . "

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