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Father Foy On Secret Societies.

by the effects of the poison , were removed to the hospitals , where , in delirious paroxysms , they miserably breathed their last . There were the presses on which were printed the infernal productions which , to the surprise of the good ,

appeared in the morning on every post and wall in Rome , and which stirred the populace to every act of villainy . There was the depository of creasote and vitrol ' which they used in accomplishing their nefarious ends . This den was the seat of

every depth of depravity and sacrilegious impiety . Here the very altar of Satan ( by the permission of the Omnipotent and Allmerciful God , for the ineffable ends of His infinite wisdom ) was erected to the rival of the Almighty ! Here actual adoration

was paid to the devil as to a supreme deity ; here he received incenses , tremendous vows , obscene sacrifices , and execrable offerings . Round this altar twelve infamous females danced every night , and , as its priestesses , offered the execrable sacrifice . " He would say but one word more—they should be on their guard against those touting about secret

societies . They might not be Catholics all of them , they might not altogether heed the prohibition of the Church against every one belonging to any secret society , but they should remember that if they joined any such secret society they took an oath whereby they bound themselves hand

and foot , body and soul , to obey some person unknown , or body of persons , in England , France , Italy , Turkey , Hindostan , wherever mi ght be the central power , and the day might come even in England when they mi ght be so powerful as to be able to

perform the deeds of which Mazzini had told them . Therefore , they should be on their guard , and think not lightly of secret societies . There must be something that required their attention when an author like Lord Beaconsfield said they were a

power that could create a massacre . Therefore , it was a matter that they should not treat with levity and forget in a moment or two . When such personages as lord Beaconsfield , the Bishop of Orleans , and Pope Pius IXexpressed themselves in

. the manner they had clone , it was an imperative duty on their part to do all in their power to dissuade persons from ever binding themselves down to belong to

Father Foy On Secret Societies.

such societies , or at all events , countenancing such evil principles as had been spread about the world through them . These societies arranged themselves against Christianity and against God , and though at the present time they made use of the sold of the rich members of the secret

societies in England for their own base purposes in other places . Let them remember what had occurred in other countries—the godless education , the destructive revolutions , the throwing down of the altars of God , and the breaking of every commandment , and be on their guard that such was not the case in England .

Prince Boltikoff:

PRINCE BOLTIKOFF :

A STORT . BY the kind and special permission of Bro . Charles Dickens , we re-publish this amusing story from the pages of "All the Year Round . "

There are posts more important , perhaps , than Fort Needham on the South Coast , but it is at all times so strictly garrisoned that the iutegrity of the empire might depend upon its tenure . I was once its garrison—IRandal de Loutherberg

Car-, ruthers , lieutenant in her Majesty ' s Royal Regiment of Fencibles—that is to say , I , with a handful of soldiers , held it against all comers . My men were better off than I was , for they took it in turn to mount guard upon the honeycombed ordnance

and the tumble-down gates of the fortress . They had employment , I had none . I bathed , breakfasted , and walked upon the shore ; to eat , drink , sleep , and smoke made up the sum total of my diversions . But that I was gifted with powers of progression , I mi g ht have been an oyster .

One day as usual I strolled upon the beach . The season was spring-time , the sky bright , the sea like a mirror . Nothing ever broke the stillness that reigned around Fort Needham ; it lay off the high-road , no one came to iteven the fishing-boats

, avoided the bay because of the shoal water . With my g lass I swept the horizon , now and again examining the sea-gulls or a faroff sail .

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Untitled Article 1
Monthly Masonic Sumnary. Article 2
SOME FURTHER REMARKS ON THE EXTRACTS FROM THE SHEFFIELD CHAPTER OF PARADISE MINUTE BOOKS.* Article 3
FATHER FOY ON SECRET SOCIETIES. Article 5
PRINCE BOLTIKOFF: Article 12
A VOICE IN NATURE. Article 16
"THE ALBURY MS."AN ANALYSIS. Article 18
AN OLD, OLD STORY. Article 22
TWO SIDES. Article 24
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION. Article 26
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 30
GERARD MONTAGU; Article 32
THE ENCHANTED ISLE OF THE SEA. Article 35
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 37
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR. Article 39
RETURN OF THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Article 40
A MEMORY. Article 41
DURHAM CATHEDRAL. Article 42
TRIFLES. Article 45
OLD GREGORY'S GHOST: Article 45
FURNESS ABBEY. Article 49
THE DAYS TO COME. Article 50
GRUMBLE NOT, BROTHER. Article 51
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 51
A Review. Article 54
FREEMASONRY! Article 59
POETS' CORNER. Article 59
PARIS RESTAURANTS. Article 63
MASONIC CENTENNIAL SONG. Article 65
THE MASONIC PHILOSOPHY. Article 65
FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE. Article 67
LOST. Article 70
AN ESSAY ON EPITAPHS. Article 71
A PARABLE. Article 74
ADDRESS OF P.G.M. BRO. HON. RICHARD VAUX, AT CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN UNION LODGE. Article 75
SHORT IS THE WAY. Article 76
ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER, J. H. GRAHAM, L.L.D., &c. Article 77
A PAGE FROM LIFE'S BOOK. Article 81
Correspondence. Article 82
REUNION. Article 85
ADDRESS OF THE V. H. AND E. SIR KT. COL. W. J. B. MACLEOD MOORE, OF THE GRAND CROSS OF THE TEMPLE, GRAND PRIOR OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA, Article 86
MASONRY EVERYWHERE. Article 93
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 93
ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME. Article 97
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Father Foy On Secret Societies.

by the effects of the poison , were removed to the hospitals , where , in delirious paroxysms , they miserably breathed their last . There were the presses on which were printed the infernal productions which , to the surprise of the good ,

appeared in the morning on every post and wall in Rome , and which stirred the populace to every act of villainy . There was the depository of creasote and vitrol ' which they used in accomplishing their nefarious ends . This den was the seat of

every depth of depravity and sacrilegious impiety . Here the very altar of Satan ( by the permission of the Omnipotent and Allmerciful God , for the ineffable ends of His infinite wisdom ) was erected to the rival of the Almighty ! Here actual adoration

was paid to the devil as to a supreme deity ; here he received incenses , tremendous vows , obscene sacrifices , and execrable offerings . Round this altar twelve infamous females danced every night , and , as its priestesses , offered the execrable sacrifice . " He would say but one word more—they should be on their guard against those touting about secret

societies . They might not be Catholics all of them , they might not altogether heed the prohibition of the Church against every one belonging to any secret society , but they should remember that if they joined any such secret society they took an oath whereby they bound themselves hand

and foot , body and soul , to obey some person unknown , or body of persons , in England , France , Italy , Turkey , Hindostan , wherever mi ght be the central power , and the day might come even in England when they mi ght be so powerful as to be able to

perform the deeds of which Mazzini had told them . Therefore , they should be on their guard , and think not lightly of secret societies . There must be something that required their attention when an author like Lord Beaconsfield said they were a

power that could create a massacre . Therefore , it was a matter that they should not treat with levity and forget in a moment or two . When such personages as lord Beaconsfield , the Bishop of Orleans , and Pope Pius IXexpressed themselves in

. the manner they had clone , it was an imperative duty on their part to do all in their power to dissuade persons from ever binding themselves down to belong to

Father Foy On Secret Societies.

such societies , or at all events , countenancing such evil principles as had been spread about the world through them . These societies arranged themselves against Christianity and against God , and though at the present time they made use of the sold of the rich members of the secret

societies in England for their own base purposes in other places . Let them remember what had occurred in other countries—the godless education , the destructive revolutions , the throwing down of the altars of God , and the breaking of every commandment , and be on their guard that such was not the case in England .

Prince Boltikoff:

PRINCE BOLTIKOFF :

A STORT . BY the kind and special permission of Bro . Charles Dickens , we re-publish this amusing story from the pages of "All the Year Round . "

There are posts more important , perhaps , than Fort Needham on the South Coast , but it is at all times so strictly garrisoned that the iutegrity of the empire might depend upon its tenure . I was once its garrison—IRandal de Loutherberg

Car-, ruthers , lieutenant in her Majesty ' s Royal Regiment of Fencibles—that is to say , I , with a handful of soldiers , held it against all comers . My men were better off than I was , for they took it in turn to mount guard upon the honeycombed ordnance

and the tumble-down gates of the fortress . They had employment , I had none . I bathed , breakfasted , and walked upon the shore ; to eat , drink , sleep , and smoke made up the sum total of my diversions . But that I was gifted with powers of progression , I mi g ht have been an oyster .

One day as usual I strolled upon the beach . The season was spring-time , the sky bright , the sea like a mirror . Nothing ever broke the stillness that reigned around Fort Needham ; it lay off the high-road , no one came to iteven the fishing-boats

, avoided the bay because of the shoal water . With my g lass I swept the horizon , now and again examining the sea-gulls or a faroff sail .

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