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Lodges In The West And South, Canada, Malta, Trinidad-Our Duty.

LODGES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH , CANADA , MALTA , TEINIDAD . —OUR DUTY ,

Ik our preceding number we drew attention to the address of our Canadian Brethren to the Grand Lodge of England , embodying the reasons of their severance . We now return to this painful topic , and whilst a host of correspondents has given us ample proof that

the spirit of Freemasonry yet lives , and breathes an earnest sympathy with our transatlantic members , we think it our duty to inform the Craft that , from accounts newly received from other quarters , not only the union , but the very liberty and almost the existence of the Order is threatened . It is a melancholy office to receive , now that the evil is done in great measure , promises from active resolvents , ex post facto watchmen , who are all pulling at the door of the stable , where the horse used to stand . Of course if those who wish to stay the

future baneful effects of Grand Lodge ' s apathy and incompetency be sincere , we shall afford them in this paper ample incentive for their most vigilant and earnest exertion since it will appear not only that the Canadas are lost to us , but that the grossest persecutions are allowed to occur against our Brethren in Trinidad and Malta , which we fearlessly assert would at once be checked by an energetic action upon the part of the Masons here . "We don't hold out much hope

of anything being done by the Grand Lodge of England , in its present state , towards any amelioration of our foreign Brethren , or the maintenance of its own respect . That somnolent body has already lost its prerogative over Canada , and , like the electric eel , possesses the power of benumbing every object within its scope , whilst dragging on in its congealed veins a torpid semi-existence . Like Dante's Inferno ,

"hope comes not" there ; and whilst Masons allow such a gross contravention as the present of all recognised constitution to exist in the appointment of their Supreme Body , they deserve no better state VOL . II . 2 H

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LODGES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH, CANADA, MALTA, TRINIDAD-OUR DUTY. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN GREAT BRITAIN. Article 7
NOTES OF A YACHT'S CRUISE TO BALAKLAVA. Article 11
THE WONDERS OF NATURE. Article 14
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 19
FACES IN THE EIRE. Article 25
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 26
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZIN AND MASONIC MIRROR. Article 27
MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 29
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 30
FINE ARTS. Article 30
THE MASONIC MIRROR. MASONIC REFORM Article 31
NOTICES OF MOTION. Article 36
THE BOYS' SCHOOL. Article 37
METROPOLITAN. Article 41
INSTRUCTION. Article 47
PROVINCIAL. Article 47
ROYAL ARCH. Article 54
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 55
SCOTLAND. Article 56
COLONIAL. Article 60
SWITZERLAND. Article 62
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR MARCH. Article 62
Obituary. Article 65
NOTICE. Article 68
TO COEEESPONDENTS. Article 68
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Lodges In The West And South, Canada, Malta, Trinidad-Our Duty.

LODGES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH , CANADA , MALTA , TEINIDAD . —OUR DUTY ,

Ik our preceding number we drew attention to the address of our Canadian Brethren to the Grand Lodge of England , embodying the reasons of their severance . We now return to this painful topic , and whilst a host of correspondents has given us ample proof that

the spirit of Freemasonry yet lives , and breathes an earnest sympathy with our transatlantic members , we think it our duty to inform the Craft that , from accounts newly received from other quarters , not only the union , but the very liberty and almost the existence of the Order is threatened . It is a melancholy office to receive , now that the evil is done in great measure , promises from active resolvents , ex post facto watchmen , who are all pulling at the door of the stable , where the horse used to stand . Of course if those who wish to stay the

future baneful effects of Grand Lodge ' s apathy and incompetency be sincere , we shall afford them in this paper ample incentive for their most vigilant and earnest exertion since it will appear not only that the Canadas are lost to us , but that the grossest persecutions are allowed to occur against our Brethren in Trinidad and Malta , which we fearlessly assert would at once be checked by an energetic action upon the part of the Masons here . "We don't hold out much hope

of anything being done by the Grand Lodge of England , in its present state , towards any amelioration of our foreign Brethren , or the maintenance of its own respect . That somnolent body has already lost its prerogative over Canada , and , like the electric eel , possesses the power of benumbing every object within its scope , whilst dragging on in its congealed veins a torpid semi-existence . Like Dante's Inferno ,

"hope comes not" there ; and whilst Masons allow such a gross contravention as the present of all recognised constitution to exist in the appointment of their Supreme Body , they deserve no better state VOL . II . 2 H

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