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To The Editor.
used in granting certificates b y the Grand Chapter . In July last , the Sussex Chapter of this province forwarded the amount of fees for certificates to the G . Scribe , which was duly acknowledged , but no certificates have we been able to get ! Among the companions wanting certificates , was a foreigner , who has returned to his native country without receiving one . In August , the G . Scribe wrote that the Earl of Zetland was in Scotland and in three weeks would returnwhen they
, , should be sent . Three months have passed , and we cannot get them , and now our letters are unanswered . Therefore , I beg , through this channel , to protest against such antimasonic proceedings , and to inquire the cause . Yours , & c , „ . , EZRA . Bristol , 12 th Dec . 1840 .
[ Ezra ' s complaint is , we regret to say , too well founded . The Grand bcnbe is so much occupied with the "tribunal correctionnel , " as , almost of necessity , to neglect other duties . The insertion of Ezra ' s letter , and our remark , may be considered as an acknowledgment of the receipt of , and reply to , several others . Letters of complaint , if addressed to the Committee of General Purposes of the Grand Chapter , might be of some avail . ]
A Masonic Emblem.
A MASONIC EMBLEM .
To THE EDITOR . —SIR AND BROTHER , —A Brother has just sent me a masonic emblem , or rather a copy of one found in a stone wall at Ghuznee . It is merely the five points , with an inscription in Persian round it . The translation of which inscription is , " God grant me what I want . " I have remarked , during our campaign through Afghanistan , a strong resemblance to the customs , dress , and manners of the ancient
Jews , very prevalent among the Affghans . Indeed , at Candahar , they acknowledged their direct descent , and called themselves " The children of the Jews . " I cannot , therefore wonder , why a masonic emblem should be known to them . No doubt , many more might be traced , and if due examination were made , we should probably elicit those scintillations , embers of the masonic light itself , which might be enkindled into pristine power and beauty . A PAST MASTER ( OP INDIA ) .
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To The Editor.
used in granting certificates b y the Grand Chapter . In July last , the Sussex Chapter of this province forwarded the amount of fees for certificates to the G . Scribe , which was duly acknowledged , but no certificates have we been able to get ! Among the companions wanting certificates , was a foreigner , who has returned to his native country without receiving one . In August , the G . Scribe wrote that the Earl of Zetland was in Scotland and in three weeks would returnwhen they
, , should be sent . Three months have passed , and we cannot get them , and now our letters are unanswered . Therefore , I beg , through this channel , to protest against such antimasonic proceedings , and to inquire the cause . Yours , & c , „ . , EZRA . Bristol , 12 th Dec . 1840 .
[ Ezra ' s complaint is , we regret to say , too well founded . The Grand bcnbe is so much occupied with the "tribunal correctionnel , " as , almost of necessity , to neglect other duties . The insertion of Ezra ' s letter , and our remark , may be considered as an acknowledgment of the receipt of , and reply to , several others . Letters of complaint , if addressed to the Committee of General Purposes of the Grand Chapter , might be of some avail . ]
A Masonic Emblem.
A MASONIC EMBLEM .
To THE EDITOR . —SIR AND BROTHER , —A Brother has just sent me a masonic emblem , or rather a copy of one found in a stone wall at Ghuznee . It is merely the five points , with an inscription in Persian round it . The translation of which inscription is , " God grant me what I want . " I have remarked , during our campaign through Afghanistan , a strong resemblance to the customs , dress , and manners of the ancient
Jews , very prevalent among the Affghans . Indeed , at Candahar , they acknowledged their direct descent , and called themselves " The children of the Jews . " I cannot , therefore wonder , why a masonic emblem should be known to them . No doubt , many more might be traced , and if due examination were made , we should probably elicit those scintillations , embers of the masonic light itself , which might be enkindled into pristine power and beauty . A PAST MASTER ( OP INDIA ) .