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The Anti-Masonic Conference was a strange jumble of antieverything , especially anfci-Semifcism . The development of Ereeinasonry was attributed to fche Hebrews , who are hated by those who attended the Congress still more even than Masons . The notorious anti-Semitic Priest of Vienna , Father Deckert ,

argued that anti-Semitism was the most efficacious weapon with which to counteract fche pernicious effects of Freemasonry , which he declared was entirely in the hands of the Jews . Of course , in so far as Freemasonry is founded upon the principles of Universal Brotherhood , it has much in common with Judaism ,

and therefore Jews are attracted to it in large numbers ; more especially as so much of its Eitual is taken from the Hebrew Scriptures . But it is a mistake to suppose—as Father Deckerfc declared—that Jews are the leading spirits of the Order . As a fact , in Germany and Holland , some Lodges exclude Jews from

membership . The provision that only professing Christians were admitted as members of the German Grand Lodge " the Three Globes" was brought prominently under the attention of the Grand Lodge of England , the first occasion having been fifty years ago by the late Henry Faudel . Beyond the " Eoyal

Arch , " Jews are debarred , owing to the Christological character of the Eifcual , from joining any of the " higher degrees , " such as fche Order of the Temple and Malta , the Great Priory , the Order of Knights of Eome and the Bed Cross of Constantine , Holy Sepulchre aud St . John ' s , & c . This may account for the

few Jewish Masons , comparatively , that have attained very high rank in the Craft . But in the rank and file of ordinary Lodges , Jewish members figure prominently . It will be remembered that there are several Lodges which have been formed under special Jewish auspices , such as the Joppa ,

Tranquillity , Montefiore and Samson ' Lodges in London , and similar Lodges in Birmingham , Liverpool and Glasgow . In the United States , the Jewish Order " B'nei Berith " and its offshoots , satisfy much of the feeling which prompt Jews to

band themselves with Freemasons in promoting " Brotherly Love , Eelief and Truth . " So far as they are secret , these societies are an anachronism , and in that respect they differ unfavourably form Jewish observances , which are fully and minutely described in printed books . — " Jewish Chronicle . "

It is amazing how widely the queer illusion of fche last two Popes about the " Satanical " character of the Freemasons is accepted by the devout peasantry on the Continent . A correspondent has sent us the last number of the " Freiburger Zeifcung , " a clericalist journal of the Swiss Canton of Freiburg ,

which is printed at " The Catholic Printing-press , " and published with the high " approbation " of the Swiss episcopate . Ifc records a case of sacrilege in the village Church of Vuisternens , on the night of 29 th September . The windows were broken open , the font was indecently desecrated , and the Sacred hosts were

removed from the tabernacle on the altar . As nothing of any material value was stolen , the editor actually concludes that " this frightful sacrilege must have been a deed of the Freemasons . " The local Freemasons have solemnly denied the charge , and every sober man imagines the outrage to have been

perpetrated by some silly or drunken youths . But those who have had their eyes opened by the " revelations" at the late Anti-Freemason Congress in Trent can call attention to the date of the sacrilege . It was done on 29 th September , that is to say on the festival of Sfc . Michael and All Angels . Now every

illuminated Eonian Catholic in the Canton is aware that this is also one of the greatest days in the " Satantic Calendar . " It is a holiday of the Devil and all his angels . Ifc was on the same day , 29 th September 1896 , that a wicked young woman , who is the destined progenitor of Antichrist , was carried from Europe to a

" Freemason ' s hotel in Jerusalem , " in order that she might then and there give birth to " the grandmother of Antichrist . " If anybody should doubt this important fact in the history of the modern world , let him study " the revelations " which were made afc the Trent Anti-Freemason Congress . We may breathe a

little more freely when we are assured that it was not Antichrist himself who was born in Jerusalem on Michaelmas Day this year , but only his grandmother . It is a pledge thab our generation is

safe from the apparition of the Apocalyptic monster in the midst . After us the deluge ! And as it is our grandchildren or greatgrandchildren , and not ourselves , who will have to swim or sink when the flood comes , there is no such immediate need to provide an ark , as the Prophet Baxter supposes . — ' * Echo . "

The latest ground of complaint adduced by the continental press against the Anti-Masonic Congress is its having stirred up an unsavoury subject in its revelations of the abominations

ot the various sects grouped under the generic name of Masonry . The documents on which its allegations were based form a library of 150 volumes , containing the official acts and writings of the organisation . These , together with Masonic

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maps , ornaments , and symbols , constituted a very curious and interesting exhibition , open at Trent during the sitting of the Congress . Among fche exhibits was a crucifix , adapted as a sheath for a poniard , which was shown at one of the general meetings . The nadir of infamy was reached in the so-called

Palladisfc Formulary , wifch a series of emblematical designs stamped on thick yellow paper . Some of these do not admit of description , and all are horribly blasphemous . The Cross reversed is opposed to the triangle as symbols respectively of darkness and light , as declared by fche motto , " Post tenebras lux . "

A Host transfixed by a dagger , beside a chalice overturned and spilling its sacred contents , are among the other designs , which testify to the spirit which inspires the doings of the sect , when its guiding principles are pushed to their ultimate conclusions . — " Tablet . "

Whether or not the Anti-Masonic Congress , recently held at Trent , has had any tangible result , its discussions have , at all events , been read at Colinar , in Alsace . There , it appears ,

a Mason was ordered to go to a hotel and repair a room in which a Lodge of Freemasons met . "Never , " he exclaimed to his employer ; " I will never work in a place where the devil holds his sittings . "— " Globe . "

" The Daily Chronicle" gives Eeuter ' s telegram stating that at the meeting on the , 21 st inst ., of the National Catholic Congress , which is being held at Eheims , mention was made of

fche recent Anti-Masonic Congress , and several ecclesiastics recommended that the faithful should perform eucharistic devotions and works of reparation to give them strength in the combat against Freemasonry .

The Oliver Arms , Westbourne Terrace North , Harrow Eoad , the home of the Westbourne Lodge of Instruction , changed hands recently , the new proprietor being Bro . Thomas H . Jones , of the Fidelity Lodge , No . 101 , Sydney , N . S . W . We add our

good wishes to the many already showered upon him in his new home , and hope he will enjoy the continued patronage of fche Lodge of Instruction just mentioned , as well as of his Brother Masons generally .

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