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Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
TO THE EPITOli , DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —At a recent meeting of the Burlington Lodge I was much struck by the very forcible address of Major Revell , who , in returning thanks for a compliment to himself and other visitors , entered into the subject of Masonry with all the ardour of a youthful aspirant , delighting his auditors with some interesting reminiscences of " fifty years since , " and tracing the progress of the social system with
polished energy and graphic interest . I could have wished to be able to report faithfully the full particulars of the Major ' s address , but as that is not possible , I shall submit the following anecdote , which will doubtless interest your readers . The anecdote was first related in the Shakspere Lodge , No . 116 , at their last meeting , at which the Major was present : — " Brother G * * whose pursuits led him to that scene of turmoil
, and strife , the Basque provinces , saw much of the nature of the intestine war that was raging , and which was marked by little else than rapine , murder , and all the effects of faithless depravity . Upon one occasion he witnessed the capture of four prisoners , who were little accounted , and ordered for execution . The fiat went forth and there was no appealno hope—the Durango decree consigned the captives to an ignominious and merciless death . On the following morning the jailor brought three
of the prisoners from their dungeon , and delivered them to the fatal guard , by whom they were shot . But where was the fourth ? The answer was , ' Dangerously ill—he would die before night . ' The jailor , accustomed to deal with death—to obey the orders of a despot—and to witness the g hastliness of doomed men on the verge of eternity—himself without feeling , for all feeling had been blunted by the customs of his horrid office—indifferent to every thing passing around him—such a man—this man was arrested in his course of unholy occupation on'being reminded
of his obligation by one of those unhappy captives , who pleaded for mercy to his God through the hope—the last hope that was left—the trial of strength , from the bursting chords of his heart , to affect that of the executioner with the sign of '' sympathy and distress . " Mysterious agency ! Freemasonry triumphed—the man that was callous to all other humanities , blenched at the signal , and saved the Brother ! " The continued horrors prevented immediate inquiries after the subject
of this anecdote . It was at length announced that he had died , and no one cared what had become of his body ; indeed little inquiry was ever made after those whom the fell decree had denounced . " The jailor , however , had secured the Brother until he found means to favour his escape , and thus in a measure , has made some reparation to society , by shewing that if war be declared against society , the feelings of humanity , by the blessed aid of Freemasonry , will triumph over the Demon of Darkness . " Your ' s Fraternally , FIDUS .
The following extract from a recent publication "" ' will be read with interest . It gives countenance to the system of Freemasonry , as being , at times at least , of no light service to the initiated . The name of
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Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
TO THE EPITOli , DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —At a recent meeting of the Burlington Lodge I was much struck by the very forcible address of Major Revell , who , in returning thanks for a compliment to himself and other visitors , entered into the subject of Masonry with all the ardour of a youthful aspirant , delighting his auditors with some interesting reminiscences of " fifty years since , " and tracing the progress of the social system with
polished energy and graphic interest . I could have wished to be able to report faithfully the full particulars of the Major ' s address , but as that is not possible , I shall submit the following anecdote , which will doubtless interest your readers . The anecdote was first related in the Shakspere Lodge , No . 116 , at their last meeting , at which the Major was present : — " Brother G * * whose pursuits led him to that scene of turmoil
, and strife , the Basque provinces , saw much of the nature of the intestine war that was raging , and which was marked by little else than rapine , murder , and all the effects of faithless depravity . Upon one occasion he witnessed the capture of four prisoners , who were little accounted , and ordered for execution . The fiat went forth and there was no appealno hope—the Durango decree consigned the captives to an ignominious and merciless death . On the following morning the jailor brought three
of the prisoners from their dungeon , and delivered them to the fatal guard , by whom they were shot . But where was the fourth ? The answer was , ' Dangerously ill—he would die before night . ' The jailor , accustomed to deal with death—to obey the orders of a despot—and to witness the g hastliness of doomed men on the verge of eternity—himself without feeling , for all feeling had been blunted by the customs of his horrid office—indifferent to every thing passing around him—such a man—this man was arrested in his course of unholy occupation on'being reminded
of his obligation by one of those unhappy captives , who pleaded for mercy to his God through the hope—the last hope that was left—the trial of strength , from the bursting chords of his heart , to affect that of the executioner with the sign of '' sympathy and distress . " Mysterious agency ! Freemasonry triumphed—the man that was callous to all other humanities , blenched at the signal , and saved the Brother ! " The continued horrors prevented immediate inquiries after the subject
of this anecdote . It was at length announced that he had died , and no one cared what had become of his body ; indeed little inquiry was ever made after those whom the fell decree had denounced . " The jailor , however , had secured the Brother until he found means to favour his escape , and thus in a measure , has made some reparation to society , by shewing that if war be declared against society , the feelings of humanity , by the blessed aid of Freemasonry , will triumph over the Demon of Darkness . " Your ' s Fraternally , FIDUS .
The following extract from a recent publication "" ' will be read with interest . It gives countenance to the system of Freemasonry , as being , at times at least , of no light service to the initiated . The name of