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The Degree Of Heroine Of Jericho.†
council has been formed . It is then made subject to local regulations . We will illustrate . It is a degree which any R . A . Mason , who has come rightfully in possession of it , may personally confer on any other companion , or the wife or widow of such , without restriction ; save where a council exists . In such case , it might not be deemed regular for any companion to confer it , except in council . This , however , is a privilege which the council exercises bcourtesyrather than bvirtue
y , y of any established regulation . The degree has no connection whatever with Freemasonry , except that , by its own limitations , it can be con-1 erred only on Freemasons , their wives and widows . It is not subject to masonic regulations , discipline , or laws , more than any other society unknown to Masonry . It follows , therefore , that R . A . Masons , as such ,
nave no more power to take cognizance of the misconduct ofa Heroine of Jericho , than any other persons . To the second inquiry of our correspondent , we answer , that a Heroine of Jericho cannot be suspended or expelled , or otherwise dealt with , by any masonic authority . If a member of a council be guilty of misconduct , he or she , as the case may be , may be dealt with according to the by-laws of that council . We know of no other tribunal before which an offending member can be arrai gnedWe it to be competent
. suppose for a council to suspend or expel a member , for sufficient cause . Our correspondent uses an erroneous phrase when he speaks of the "unmasonic conduct" ofa Heroine of Jericho . The conduct may be unmasonic , because immoral ; but not necessarily so , because of any relation which the delinquent may sustain to Freemasonry . We refer our correspondent to page 323 , vol . ii . of this Magazine , for a short article on the subject of this degree .
Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons?
ARE NOT AUTHORS GENERALLY FREEMASONS ?
IN our intercourse with literary friends , we have not been surprised to lind . that the great majority are acquainted with the mysteries of the gentle crait ; and that , in the course of their labours , thev have not merely alluded directly to the craft itself , but they show that its moral power has imlmparted to their writings much of that peculiar organic influence which tends to consociate mankind . Our hours of literary recreation have also evidence that many deceased as well as living authors of celebrity have been linked b
together y the mystic tie of our fraternity , and also that many women of high literary attainments have caught the " spirit" of Masonry , however debarred from a knowledge of the " letter . " That glorious profession of an universal brotherhood cannot be otherwise than good , when the better sex is thus pleased to place it in prominent view . Mrs . Trollope observes " there is a sort of Freemasonry among young peoplewhich is never brought into action till the elder out of the
, are way . * Mrs Gore . —In the " Dowager , " we can perceive that if not herself the wile , mother , or daughter of a Freemason , this lady has evidently imbibed the truthfulness of masonic tenets . There are many passages ol thrilling interest , and the term "Brother Freemason" is happily alluded to at page 88 . ¦* l y
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The Degree Of Heroine Of Jericho.†
council has been formed . It is then made subject to local regulations . We will illustrate . It is a degree which any R . A . Mason , who has come rightfully in possession of it , may personally confer on any other companion , or the wife or widow of such , without restriction ; save where a council exists . In such case , it might not be deemed regular for any companion to confer it , except in council . This , however , is a privilege which the council exercises bcourtesyrather than bvirtue
y , y of any established regulation . The degree has no connection whatever with Freemasonry , except that , by its own limitations , it can be con-1 erred only on Freemasons , their wives and widows . It is not subject to masonic regulations , discipline , or laws , more than any other society unknown to Masonry . It follows , therefore , that R . A . Masons , as such ,
nave no more power to take cognizance of the misconduct ofa Heroine of Jericho , than any other persons . To the second inquiry of our correspondent , we answer , that a Heroine of Jericho cannot be suspended or expelled , or otherwise dealt with , by any masonic authority . If a member of a council be guilty of misconduct , he or she , as the case may be , may be dealt with according to the by-laws of that council . We know of no other tribunal before which an offending member can be arrai gnedWe it to be competent
. suppose for a council to suspend or expel a member , for sufficient cause . Our correspondent uses an erroneous phrase when he speaks of the "unmasonic conduct" ofa Heroine of Jericho . The conduct may be unmasonic , because immoral ; but not necessarily so , because of any relation which the delinquent may sustain to Freemasonry . We refer our correspondent to page 323 , vol . ii . of this Magazine , for a short article on the subject of this degree .
Are Not Authors Generally Freemasons?
ARE NOT AUTHORS GENERALLY FREEMASONS ?
IN our intercourse with literary friends , we have not been surprised to lind . that the great majority are acquainted with the mysteries of the gentle crait ; and that , in the course of their labours , thev have not merely alluded directly to the craft itself , but they show that its moral power has imlmparted to their writings much of that peculiar organic influence which tends to consociate mankind . Our hours of literary recreation have also evidence that many deceased as well as living authors of celebrity have been linked b
together y the mystic tie of our fraternity , and also that many women of high literary attainments have caught the " spirit" of Masonry , however debarred from a knowledge of the " letter . " That glorious profession of an universal brotherhood cannot be otherwise than good , when the better sex is thus pleased to place it in prominent view . Mrs . Trollope observes " there is a sort of Freemasonry among young peoplewhich is never brought into action till the elder out of the
, are way . * Mrs Gore . —In the " Dowager , " we can perceive that if not herself the wile , mother , or daughter of a Freemason , this lady has evidently imbibed the truthfulness of masonic tenets . There are many passages ol thrilling interest , and the term "Brother Freemason" is happily alluded to at page 88 . ¦* l y