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To Correspondents.
gladly resign my post ; and I hope the Brethren will find another Grand Master who will more worthily fill my place . " What U really me . mt , is somewhat difficult to say , but it always insures a round of applause . The theatrical phrase is ONE EVE { at least so we decypher our correspondent ) is wrong ; the new Grand Reporter , Bro . Denison , is from the establishment of the "leading journal of Europe ; " so that we may look for facts and not fancies . HIRAM . —It is not fair to withhold name and address . THE CASE OF THE REV . BRO . HARVEY . —We have received numerous letters—several from clergymen . Our reply is simple ; Bro . Harvey has sustained most serious grievance at
the hands of the Bishop of London , and it will be only fulfilling a Masonic duty by supporting a much injured Brother . MORMONS AND THEIR SECRETS . —As a matter of curiosity , we should like to peruse the seven secret degrees . The paradise of Eden and the admission of the Mormons into heaveu , clothed in white , and with crowns on their heads , may he somewhat ingenious as a dramatic sketch ; but as a system of moral ethics somewhat of the ridiculous , to say the least of it . AN AMERICAN MERCHANT . —We have not received any particulars of the reception of
General Cooke in the Grand Lodge of New York , as the representative of tlie Grand Master of England . A SUBSCRIBER . —The jubilee festival of the Boys' School is appointed for the 22 nd of March . This information is not communicated to us officially , but our readers may nevertheless depend on its accuracy . A VISITOR AT ST . JOHN ' S ( 109- )—The report of this excellent Lodge , and of the presentation of the Book of Constitutions by Bro . S . H . Lee , came too late . A VOICE is somewhat shrill . What is meant by * ' where is Havers 1 "
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A BROTHER WITH A FOREIGN MASONIC DEGREE is certainly entitled to his rank . Is Louis hi lipe the less a king because he is not his majesty of England ? Suppose the Grand ' Master of England were to visit any Grand Lodge abroad , would he remain unrecognized as Grand Master of the Order ? Is not Freemasonry universal ? A PAST GRAND STEWARD . —The question of the Red-apron Lodges being " pendente lite , " a reply would be premature-A PAST MASTER . —We may be wrong ; but it appears to us that the relaxation of the law
( as to the time of conferring degrees ) in favour of the colonies is so monstrously unjust , that it must fail of confirmation in March ; if otherwise , a chief bulwark of the Order has been surrendered for the asking , and hardly that ; but let us hope better things on the approach of the " ides of March . " Sound the Masonic pibroch—light the beacon—agitatereform—* ' to your tents , O Israel . "
ARCH MATTERS . SCRIBE E . ( Edinburgh . )—Too late . MASONIC TEMPLARS . A CAPTAIN . —The Committee of General Purposes will meet on the 7 th of January , to receive communications . The financial account is published . SUPREME COUNCIL 33 RD DEGREE . . ' : ¦ AN ENQUIRER . —A Grand Meeting will take place on the ninth of February . We understand that the regulations of this most important system will be shortly issued . BRO . ARIANO should address the Supreme Council through Bro . W . D . Nash ( Grand Secretary General , ) 5 . Essex Court , Temple .
THE ASYLUM . The Ball in aid of t-his Masonic charity will take place on the Hth of February ; the , particulars are advertised . The ground is purchased ; and when the title deeds are completed , the design will be selected from those of the competing surveyors . The annual festival . will be held as usual on the third Wednesday in June . L FLOREAT ASYLUM .
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To Correspondents.
gladly resign my post ; and I hope the Brethren will find another Grand Master who will more worthily fill my place . " What U really me . mt , is somewhat difficult to say , but it always insures a round of applause . The theatrical phrase is ONE EVE { at least so we decypher our correspondent ) is wrong ; the new Grand Reporter , Bro . Denison , is from the establishment of the "leading journal of Europe ; " so that we may look for facts and not fancies . HIRAM . —It is not fair to withhold name and address . THE CASE OF THE REV . BRO . HARVEY . —We have received numerous letters—several from clergymen . Our reply is simple ; Bro . Harvey has sustained most serious grievance at
the hands of the Bishop of London , and it will be only fulfilling a Masonic duty by supporting a much injured Brother . MORMONS AND THEIR SECRETS . —As a matter of curiosity , we should like to peruse the seven secret degrees . The paradise of Eden and the admission of the Mormons into heaveu , clothed in white , and with crowns on their heads , may he somewhat ingenious as a dramatic sketch ; but as a system of moral ethics somewhat of the ridiculous , to say the least of it . AN AMERICAN MERCHANT . —We have not received any particulars of the reception of
General Cooke in the Grand Lodge of New York , as the representative of tlie Grand Master of England . A SUBSCRIBER . —The jubilee festival of the Boys' School is appointed for the 22 nd of March . This information is not communicated to us officially , but our readers may nevertheless depend on its accuracy . A VISITOR AT ST . JOHN ' S ( 109- )—The report of this excellent Lodge , and of the presentation of the Book of Constitutions by Bro . S . H . Lee , came too late . A VOICE is somewhat shrill . What is meant by * ' where is Havers 1 "
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A BROTHER WITH A FOREIGN MASONIC DEGREE is certainly entitled to his rank . Is Louis hi lipe the less a king because he is not his majesty of England ? Suppose the Grand ' Master of England were to visit any Grand Lodge abroad , would he remain unrecognized as Grand Master of the Order ? Is not Freemasonry universal ? A PAST GRAND STEWARD . —The question of the Red-apron Lodges being " pendente lite , " a reply would be premature-A PAST MASTER . —We may be wrong ; but it appears to us that the relaxation of the law
( as to the time of conferring degrees ) in favour of the colonies is so monstrously unjust , that it must fail of confirmation in March ; if otherwise , a chief bulwark of the Order has been surrendered for the asking , and hardly that ; but let us hope better things on the approach of the " ides of March . " Sound the Masonic pibroch—light the beacon—agitatereform—* ' to your tents , O Israel . "
ARCH MATTERS . SCRIBE E . ( Edinburgh . )—Too late . MASONIC TEMPLARS . A CAPTAIN . —The Committee of General Purposes will meet on the 7 th of January , to receive communications . The financial account is published . SUPREME COUNCIL 33 RD DEGREE . . ' : ¦ AN ENQUIRER . —A Grand Meeting will take place on the ninth of February . We understand that the regulations of this most important system will be shortly issued . BRO . ARIANO should address the Supreme Council through Bro . W . D . Nash ( Grand Secretary General , ) 5 . Essex Court , Temple .
THE ASYLUM . The Ball in aid of t-his Masonic charity will take place on the Hth of February ; the , particulars are advertised . The ground is purchased ; and when the title deeds are completed , the design will be selected from those of the competing surveyors . The annual festival . will be held as usual on the third Wednesday in June . L FLOREAT ASYLUM .