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a ^^^^^^^ m SATUEDAY , 26 TH OCTOBEE 1895 .

Grand Orient Of France.

GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE .

THE scandalous advertisement which is printed below appears in a late issue of fche " Sydney Morning Herald . " Ifc is generally known that members of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales have been forbidden to visit this Lodge of Liberty , No . 1708 , under the Grand Orient of France , which

holds its meetings in Sydney . It is evident that this has had an almost disastrous effect upon the Lodge , and even French colonists would hesitate to join a body which is so situated as to

offer them none of the privileges attached to visiting Lodges of which thousands of their fellow citizens are members . When , therefore , that Lodge publishes in fche daily Press the following lines :

MASONIC-LODGE LIBERTY , No . 1708 , Grand Orient of France , FREE and ACCEPTED MASONRY . The representative of this liberal and honourable institu

tion is empowered to initiate Candidates at half the usual fee , for a period of three months for the propagation of Antient Freemasonry . Intending Candidates will please communicate with the Secretary of the above Lodge , 89 George Street West , where ail information will be given .

it will be seen to what un-Masonic resorts it is put to maintain even its present status . The announcement reminds us of the " catch-penny " advertising of bonuses offered by Life Insurance Societies , if members will only join prior to the " triennial" or

Grand Orient Of France.

" quinquennial" division of profits , and the method is opposed to Masonic traditions and principles , Imagine the usual assentation of " undue solicitation " being made by such men as are caught by this advertisement . It takes us back to the

seventeenth century for a parallel , when outcasts from the original Order started little Grand Lodges of their own , and for what profit fchey could make conferred degrees until at last the Law Courts compelled them to disgorge these moneys , and put a stop to such charlatanism . — " Masonry . "

Sfcrange , is ifc not , that a man will live for years within a stone ' s throw of a Lodge , never thinking of being a Mason , and then all of a sudden get into the notion of moving away or going on a trip , and then must have all the degrees at once ? In such cases it is evident that the motives which prompt the applicant

are purely and intensely selfish , and in our opinion should not be gratified . Yet he gets the degrees , and , in a 1 irge majority of cases , knows absolutely nothing of them , save thafc he is now in

position to bring reproach upon himself for being an ignoramus , and upon fche Lodge which gave him fche right fco claim to be a Mason for making him one . —Thomas M . Matthews Mas . Cor . Texas .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

DUAL OFFICES .

To the FBEEMASOH ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIB AHD BROTHER , —I enclose you a cutting from a local paper , recording the installation meeting of a Lodge in the district , wherein it is recorded that the Master appointed the elected Treasurer to the office of Senior Warden , a course , in my estimation , wholly afc variance with the regulations of the Craft , as set out in Rule 129 of the Constitutions . I am not aware as to the Senior Warden ' s other qualifications , but might ask

whether his year of office as Senior Warden under existing conditions would qualify him for the Chair of Master , supposing he had not previously served as Warden ? In my estimation the appointment as Senior Warden is null and void—the Lodge is in fact minus that Officer , as the election as Treasurer doubtless preceded the appointment as Warden . Another question arises , does election take precedence over appointment , or is the Treasurer a Private Member until actually invested by the Master ? on the solution of this question my preceding supposition wholly depends .

You will see there were some distinguished Brethren present at the meeting in question , so that those in high Masonic places are not always awake to the requirements of the regulations of the Order . Yours , < fec , ON THE ROAD .

The Pope And Freemasonry.

THE POPE AND FREEMASONRY .

A CORRESPONDEN CE has lately appeared in the " Glasgow £ X Herald" under this heading , and has brought forth , among others , the following letter , which we reproduce on account of its clearness and moderation :

18 th October . SIB , —As there are two sides to most questions , and as a Catholic may possibly know the reason of his aversion fco Freemasonry better than a Freemason can , may I be permitted to reply to " Inquirer" from a Catholic standpoint ? To Catholics the fundamental fact of Freemasonry is that it is a secret , oath-bound fraternity , whose objects may , or may not , be lawful—a

society responsible to no open Court , civil or religious ; a society whoso oaths , objects , ceremonies , and methods are secret—therefore questionable , and possibly dangerous . This is the reason of Catholic aversion to Freemasonry in general , and the reason why Catholics may not lawfully belong to it or to societies with a like constitution . " Inquirer " also asks the reason of the Pope ' s denunciation of Continental Freemasonry , and remarks that , if

Continental Freemasons are like Freemasons here , they would leave the Pope severely alone . I can assure him that if there was any likeness between the two the Pope would return the compliment , and I am astonished that ho should be iu ignorance of the doings of a body with which , I suppose , he claims some slight connection . The Pope ' s denunciation of Continental Freemasonry has been forced by the fact that the negative attitude towards

religion has in Continental Lodges been long abandoned for an attitude of positive hostility . Will "Freemason" deny that to-day the majority of Continental Freemasons are avowed atheists , and fche declared and active enemies of religion ? Does he know anything of Continental politics for the last century , and the secret and revolutionary action of Continental

Freemasons therein ? Even a Masonic historian of the Order ( Tindel ) may furnish him with startling facts in this regard . British Freemasonry we know to differ from this ; to outsiders , whatever it may be , ifc appears a society for the exercise of benevolence and monopoly amongst the Brotherhood . But with British Freemasonry the Pope has no concern , further than to warn his flock to abstain from membership in it , or any secret society . I am , & c , D'AQUIH .