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SATURDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

1 he Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cornwall will be held at the Masonic Hall , Truro , on Tuesday next . A part of the business will be to nominate and recommend a Prov . Grand Master in place of Sir Charles Graves Sawle , whose term of three years now expires .

# # * A recent number of the Philadelphia Keystone contains a long and interesting letter by Bro . E . P . Schultz , in which he carefully discusses the ejuestion whether Martin Luther , the great reformer of the 16 th century , was or was not a Freemason . Bro . Schultz takes as

his text the notice in Augustine Row ' s " Masonic Biographies and Dictionary " ( published by Lippincott in Philadelphia , in 1868 ) , to the effect that Luther was a Freemason , and in estimating the value of this notice and the statement it contains , he points out very properly that " the only knowledge we have of Freemasonry prior to the latter part of the 17 th century is

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what has been derived from the old manuscript Charges or Constitutions in Great Britain , and the Ordinances or Regulations of the Stone Masons in Germany . " It would be in vain , therefore , to look for anything in the nature of trustworthy evidence in support of Luther having been a member of the Craft .

But if Bro . Schultz regards the story as unworthy of acceptance , he does not altogether discard the idea that Luther may have been a member of the Steinmetzen or Stone Masons . He quotes an old writer to this effect that " Tradition does not invent , it only

exaggerates , and expresses his belief that a modern high degree Mason may have taken the original minute grain of truth in the story and enlarged it in such a manner and to such an extent as to enable him to furnish forth the statement that Luther was a

Freemason in the modern sense of the word . For ourselves , we fail to see how any good to Freemasonry can be gained by the attempts which many people are so fond of making , to include all men of eminence of every country and every age in their list of

distinguished Craftsmen past and present . There is undoubtedly a full measure of antiquity about our Order , but it is not the kind of antiquity which justifies the inclusion among our most eminent worthies of such men as Julius Cesar , Martin Luther , St . Augustine , and so forth .

The principal newly-elected Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Washington are Bros . A . A . Plummer , M . W . G . M . ; E . R . Hare , Deputy G . M . ; J . M . Taylor , S . G . Warden ; W . W . Witherspoon , J . G . W . ; Benjamin Harned , G . Treasurer ; and T . M . Reed , G . Secretary .

At the convocation of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in the United States , held at Minneapolis , on the 23 rd July , 1891 , it was unanimously resolved to invite the Grand Chapters of

Pennsylvania , Virginia , and West Virginia to become constituent members of the said General Grand Chapter , " thereby uniting and solidifying the Royal Arch Craft of the United States of America into one common band . " At the conclusion of the Grand

Chapter of West Virginia held at Martinsburg on the 9 th November , 1891 , the invitation was unanimously accepted and it was agreed that it should be left to the Grand Council to take the necessary steps to effect such admission , and these having been taken , the admission

of the said Grand Chapter into the General Grand Chapter has been effected , and the General Grand High Priest , Comp . Joseph P . Hornor , has publicly notified the fact under date of 9 th June , 1892 . * * ?

The annual meetings of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Maine were held at Portland on the 3 rd May last , when , as regards the former , Bro . H . R . Taylor was elected M . W . G . M . ; Bro . H . H . Barbank , D . G . M . ; Bros . Augustus B . Farnham and Howard D .

Smith , Senior and Junior Grand Wardens respectively ; Bro . Frederick Fox , G . Treasurer ; and Bro . Stephen Berry , G . Secretary . The principal officers of Grand Chapter are : Comps . A . M . Penley , G . H . P . ; J . B .

Dunbar , D . G . H . P . ; S . S . Stearns , G . King ; H . S , Webster , G . Scribe ; R . H . Hinkley , G . Treasurer ; and Stephen Berry , G . Secretary . * * *

From a Sydney paper we gather that , at an installation ceremony in a country lodge recently , an orchestral service was rendered by the string band of two visiting lodges . An interesting number on the programme was a Masonic anthem . This fine piece of

Gregorian music was composed by Bro . Camidge , who was Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of All England at York in 1753 . The composer ( organist of

York Cathedral at the time ) , was an ancestor of the present Bishop of Bathurst , Dr . Camidge , Grand Chaplain of New South Wales , who is also well known to Yorkshire Craftsmen .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

991 ] GRAND LODGE LIBRARY . Bro . Sadler in his interesting article on " Valuable Additions to the Grand Lodge Library , " refers at times so much and so kindly to myself , that at first I thought of treasuring the fraternal and appreciative remarks and saying nothing on the subject . However , on

" second thought , " that does not seem desirable . I consider his estimate of the comparative rarity of the three works mentioned is in accordance with my own experience , though it does not quite agree with my friend Bain ' s opinion . I know of at least six copies of Le Clerc ' s Architecture of 1723-4 , or 1732 , but only two ot the "Defence of Free-Masonry , " and I believe