Modern And Ancient Lodges In America, On The Roll Of The English Grand Lodge, A.D. 1813.

f 332 , 58 th Regiment , Portugal ; t 333 , 92 nd Regiment of Foot ; t 33 . S , 14 th Regiment of Foot , Calcutta ; f 340 , 34 th Regiment ; t 343 , 4 th Garrison Battalion , Guernsey ; t 345 , Royal Artillery , Portsmouth ; f 347 , 1 . 4 th Regiment , Calcutta ; f 348 , 68 th Regiment , Barbourne Lees ; t 351 , 1 st Veteran Battalion , Harwich ; t 353 , 5 th Regiment , Fermoy ; f 354 , Royal Artillery , Cape of Good Hope . "

ln . l 807 , 'Nos . 7 , 41 , 197 , 198 , 272 , 312 and 313 were Military Lodges , but since changed for civd warrants , ancl 335 and 339 , Military warrants , were withdrawn after 1807 and before 1813 . The occurrence so frequently of " Royal Artillery" refers to the different battalions of . the same class of soldiers , which were widely distributed over the world at that time . All those marked with a f were included in the register of lodges at the Union of December , 1813 , but the majority ceased to work soon afterwards , if indeed they had not ceased before . Those not so marked were struck off during 1813 .

Those with a * 1 to 32 inclusive , at Nova Scotia , etc ., are included in the list of lodges in " Ahiman Rezon" of A . D . 1807 , their numbers being local , but are entirely omitted in the Register of the Ancients of A . D . 1813 ! The only lodges on the roll of the United Grand Lodge of England , A . D . 1863 , when the numbers were last changed , were 9 , 147 , 148 , 153 , 155 , 175 , 211 , 213 , 232 , 241 , 284 , 292 and 317 , all of which had ceased to be military lodges . * At the Union some thirty " Ancients" were struck offor

, , in other words , some seventy American lodges connected either with the " Moderns " or " Ancients " were removed from the roll , immediately before the Union of December , 1813 ! What has become of these lodges thus struck off the register of English Freemasons , should form another chapter in Masonic history , to be written by oue of our competent American Craftsmen , of whom there are several . — Voice of Masonry , November , 1876 .

The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY .

. BY KEv ' , GEO . OLIVEK , D . D , ( Continued from page 617 . ) TN concurrence with the alwe traditions , the Deliverer or Mediator was expected by

the heathen to purify mankind from their sins ; make reconciliation with the offended deities , and reveal the true sj'stem of human salvation . The conduct of the Persian Magi , who came to make offerings to the new-born Babe at Bethlehem , forms a striking corroboration of the hypothesis . Bishop Porfeus says that these men " were a set of ancient philosophers , living in the eastern part of the world , collected together in collegesaddicted to the studof astronomy ancl other parts of natural hilosoph

, y p y , and hi ghly esteemed throughout the East , having juster sentiments of God ancl His worshi p than any of the ancient heathens , for they abhorred the adoration of images , ancl worshipped one only God ; they were , therefore , evidently the fittest of all the ancient heathens to have the first knowledge of the Son of God , ancl of salvation by Him , imparted to them . "

If these wise philosophers had not received their knowledge of the above fact from tradition , aud possessed implicit faith in its credibility and truth , is it likely that they would have abandoned the important duties of their office ' as princes or priests , to follow the guidance of that preternatural star , that they might worship the expected Deliverer , and offer the enjoined oblations ? Is it likely that they would have rejoiced with