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Literary Notices.
LITERARY NOTICES .
Remains of the Early Masonic Writers . A fifth volume of this valuable collection is far advanced in the press . Dr . Oliver is ever on the search for " golden remains , " and this work of promise will , we confidently anticipate , justify the deep interest and anxious hope of his admirers .
Historical Narrative , explanation and vindication of the course pursued by the Grand Lodge of New York . Marsh , New York . This is an appeal from the seceders of the late Grand Lodge , who , equally with their opponents , claim to be the Grand Lodge ; although which is the real " Simon Pure " is hard to say . On a very careful examination of the two statements , we are free to confess that the seceders have the best of the argumentand they
stea-, dily maintain their opinions . It were to be desired that some highly respectable State Grand Lodge—say that of Boston , were requested by both parties to examine into , report upon , and finally to determine as to the proper course to be taken—such a sweeping disfranchisement of the long existing privileges of Past Masters could hardly be expected to pass without opposition , or to be borne with patient endurance ; made , as it was toowith a haste more summary than discreet ; and the repl
, y to the charge leads us to fear that unless some kind of arbitration be adopted , the schism may not only widen in New York , but it may spread among other State Grand Lodges . May the Great Architect avert such danger ! But the first promoters of the schism have much to answer for .
Hints to Freemasons . By Henry Elkington . Bradford and Co ., Cork . There is a modesty about this unpretending brochure that at any rate does not lessen its value . It is addressed to the Masons of Ireland , and the profits are to be appropriated to the Female Orphan Asylum , Cork . It purports to be a selection from lectures published in 1813 and
, which work the present selector believes to be out of print . Objections to Freemasonry are answered : and a general history of the Order is given from old records . The charge on the feast of St . John the Baptist , and other charges , are but repetitions of the system so long and industriously pursued .
History of the Minden Lodge , No . 63 . Ireland . Kingston , Canada . Simply as is this history written , by Bro . John Clarke , Sergeant-Major 1 st battallion 20 th regiment , and Master of the lodge , there is about it a refreshing influence ; and how truthfully does it prove the universal power of masonry to humanise the heart To trace the perfect zeal and indomitable energy of Sergeant Clarke during his masonic
exertions , to observe how he became the more courageous by occasional disappointments ; and how he surmounted difficulties by unrelaxing perseverance , gladdens the heart . That a non-commissioned officer should have been thus permitted , if not directed , by the Great Architect
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices.
LITERARY NOTICES .
Remains of the Early Masonic Writers . A fifth volume of this valuable collection is far advanced in the press . Dr . Oliver is ever on the search for " golden remains , " and this work of promise will , we confidently anticipate , justify the deep interest and anxious hope of his admirers .
Historical Narrative , explanation and vindication of the course pursued by the Grand Lodge of New York . Marsh , New York . This is an appeal from the seceders of the late Grand Lodge , who , equally with their opponents , claim to be the Grand Lodge ; although which is the real " Simon Pure " is hard to say . On a very careful examination of the two statements , we are free to confess that the seceders have the best of the argumentand they
stea-, dily maintain their opinions . It were to be desired that some highly respectable State Grand Lodge—say that of Boston , were requested by both parties to examine into , report upon , and finally to determine as to the proper course to be taken—such a sweeping disfranchisement of the long existing privileges of Past Masters could hardly be expected to pass without opposition , or to be borne with patient endurance ; made , as it was toowith a haste more summary than discreet ; and the repl
, y to the charge leads us to fear that unless some kind of arbitration be adopted , the schism may not only widen in New York , but it may spread among other State Grand Lodges . May the Great Architect avert such danger ! But the first promoters of the schism have much to answer for .
Hints to Freemasons . By Henry Elkington . Bradford and Co ., Cork . There is a modesty about this unpretending brochure that at any rate does not lessen its value . It is addressed to the Masons of Ireland , and the profits are to be appropriated to the Female Orphan Asylum , Cork . It purports to be a selection from lectures published in 1813 and
, which work the present selector believes to be out of print . Objections to Freemasonry are answered : and a general history of the Order is given from old records . The charge on the feast of St . John the Baptist , and other charges , are but repetitions of the system so long and industriously pursued .
History of the Minden Lodge , No . 63 . Ireland . Kingston , Canada . Simply as is this history written , by Bro . John Clarke , Sergeant-Major 1 st battallion 20 th regiment , and Master of the lodge , there is about it a refreshing influence ; and how truthfully does it prove the universal power of masonry to humanise the heart To trace the perfect zeal and indomitable energy of Sergeant Clarke during his masonic
exertions , to observe how he became the more courageous by occasional disappointments ; and how he surmounted difficulties by unrelaxing perseverance , gladdens the heart . That a non-commissioned officer should have been thus permitted , if not directed , by the Great Architect