Monthy Masonic Summary.

Monthy Masonic Summary .

'i ' i'EKlC is not i > . great ( tc ;' l ! to report this iiiuiuii . Out' On lei : appears to be rapidly extending in Great Britain , and such also seems to be the case in Canada and the United States . Curiously enough the attacks on Freemasonry instead of decreasing seem to be increasing in

virulence and violence ; and we hear of sermons against Freemasons , and even an anti-Masonic Convention in the United States . Well , much good may it do them all ! As Paddy says , " more power to their arms . " For our partwe are like the

eels—, we have got accustomed to it all , and on the whole it is rather amusing than otherwise . Romanists and Ritualists , Baptists and Reformed Presbyterians , fanatics of differing denominations are just now like a pack of hounds in full cry . Mr .

Heckethom , among his other amenities , amused himself by saying that Freemasonry had no literature . This may be tuie or not , but for specimens of the most dreadful bathos , vulgar impertinence , and illogical

twaddle , commend us to the recent attacks on our Order , all marked by the peculiar colouring of the Jesuit or Ultramontane school . That the Ritualists should follow suit we do not wonder , as , with the exception of Baring Gould and perhaps Orby Shipleythe distinguishing

, characteristic of their writers is hopeless weakness , to which may be added a profound contempt for the facts of history and the veracity of assertion . Wo say nothing of their folly , or perversity , or reekless contempt of their superiors , their

wofJM , in short ; but we do feel what a pity it is that before they write on Freemasonry they do not study the subject originally , and not depend on the rowdy utterances of insane Ultramontanes—insane , that is , on this topic . "We are not astonished at the

Ritualists repeating this senseless cry of the Roman Catholicsasregardsusirreligious and revolutionary Freemasons , " ad Leones ;" but we are surprised , we confess , to observe that so called Protestant sects , who profess

to believe m liberty of conscience , etc ., are actually [ lulling in the same boat with Romanist and Ritualist . Shades of John Xiios and rhe i- ' av ^ cr of ! V-do-Bai > r-i .- > U ! < tac ., \ c . It only < .-onynu : ea u .-i how true theory often is—how hard practice . How easy it is to preachhow difficult to

per-, form , and what an intense difference there . is between the acceptance of a truth and its personal realization , indeed , this persecuting tendency is , in our opinion , a great disgrace to the religion of the hour , and may be , ere long , a stumbling-block to

many reverent and thoughtful minds . Let them rail on , Freemasonry can afford to laugh at childish incrimination , just as it contemns malignant falsehoods . There has been a controversy going on in the " Freemason" about Bro . Major

Burgess . He has been excluded from the Priory of the Temple , and , in consequence of a concordat with that order and the A . and A . Rite , and the Mark Grand Lodge , a judicial committee of the three orders

has been formed , which has ordered his expulsion from the Mark degree . As he has committed no offence against Mark-Masonic law , it seems "hard lines" for our gallant Bro ., and a queer manifestation of Masonic justice . Bro . Caubotthe well-known G . S . of the

, Grand Orient of France , has answered the Bishop of Orleans' " Etude , " ably as is his wont . But not , in our opinion , as fully as we could wish , as he apparently cannot get over the many foolish speeches and un-Masoiiic acts of individualsto which the

, Bishop rightly takes exception , and calls attention to . Bro . Caubet has proved , we think , the un-Masonic speeches , Ac , complained of to be those of individual brethren , not of the Grand Lodges . There are two excellent coloured prints

of our Royal Grand Master , which may be seen at Bro . Kenning ' s , either of which would effectively adorn our lodge rooms . Brethren in town had better pay Bro . Kenning ' s show room a visit , as we fancy the demand for these coloured prints will be very great . G