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by death the sins of the whole world , so to the true follower of that Head is every human being a Brother , entitled to his warmest sympathy , benevolence ,
beneficence , and charity , —Craft Masonry cannot claim a higher ground for its principles . B . C . V . thinks that the Grand Lodge has done " wisely" in confining pure and ancient Masonry to the Three Craft Degrees , including the R . A . This step rendered the ruling of the Craft more facile , but whether it was " wisely " done is an open question . The sister Grand Lodge of Ireland does not suffer , I imagine , because it does not despise either the Noachite or the Templar . B . C . V . also thinks that individuals are tempted by the prospect of higher sounding titles , orders , & c , to enter the higher degrees . I am disposed to believe
there are to be found with many Craft , and only Craft Masons , as strong a love for precedence , purple , jewels , and tawdry in general , as in the high grades , —men who love gongs and gunpowder ! In reference to this , B . C . V . alludes to the case of Bro . Tucker , —who , when his letter was written , was yet alive , but while I write he is lying dead ! But B . C . V . never knew , I feel assured , the worth of Bro . Tucker as a Mason . The records of Masonry do not present , and I trust
never will again present , an example of a true Mason , and a man of social rank , deposed from a position of usefulness because he wore non-Masonic with Masonic emblems . He was sacrificed to a love for jewels , not for Masonic principles . Bro . Tucker laboured incessantly , and lived for Masonry , and through Masonry he received that blow which helped to sap the current of his life , and gave poignancy to the sufferings of sickness . He drew somewhat aside , a deeply
wounded man , — "haeret lateri lethalis arundo , "—and so he died ! As to the charge of So v . G . Inspectors reading certain ceremonies , as B . CL V . had no
intention of becoming " a common informer , " or obeying his 0 . B ., he knew , when he wrote the charge , he did so in safety . I beg to apologise for the length of my letter , hut as I am not to be led into a discussion , shall not trespass on you again respecting this matter . I remain , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , March 16 , 1 S 55 . Tile .
Notes And Queries.
NOTES AMD CUTERIES .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MONTHLY MAGAZINE
rediscovered ? Also at what period Peter of Colechurch was Grand Master ? It has oozed out that you are about to imke the Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , a work second to none , upon matters of sound information relative to the Craft , and generally . This I rejoice to hear , and have several questions which I wish to submit to your readers through your columns , relative to some singular points of antiquity . " Antiquus . "
Sir , — Will you inform me whether " pickadils , " or peccadilloes , " were articles of dress , and whether the name of Piccadilly arose from them ? also at what earliest time the word occurs in history ? « v »
Sir , — Will you kindly inform me whether a book written on parchment containing annals of the art and mystery of Masonry , which was found in the chest of the Worshipful Company of Masons in London and subsequently lost , has ever been
Sir , — I am preparing some papers on Masons' marks to submit to you ; meanwhile , I wish to inquire to what family the arrow and target , inscribed as a device at Canonbury , Islington , refer to , and whether you can inform me as to the several possessors of that property ? " J . L . F . "
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by death the sins of the whole world , so to the true follower of that Head is every human being a Brother , entitled to his warmest sympathy , benevolence ,
beneficence , and charity , —Craft Masonry cannot claim a higher ground for its principles . B . C . V . thinks that the Grand Lodge has done " wisely" in confining pure and ancient Masonry to the Three Craft Degrees , including the R . A . This step rendered the ruling of the Craft more facile , but whether it was " wisely " done is an open question . The sister Grand Lodge of Ireland does not suffer , I imagine , because it does not despise either the Noachite or the Templar . B . C . V . also thinks that individuals are tempted by the prospect of higher sounding titles , orders , & c , to enter the higher degrees . I am disposed to believe
there are to be found with many Craft , and only Craft Masons , as strong a love for precedence , purple , jewels , and tawdry in general , as in the high grades , —men who love gongs and gunpowder ! In reference to this , B . C . V . alludes to the case of Bro . Tucker , —who , when his letter was written , was yet alive , but while I write he is lying dead ! But B . C . V . never knew , I feel assured , the worth of Bro . Tucker as a Mason . The records of Masonry do not present , and I trust
never will again present , an example of a true Mason , and a man of social rank , deposed from a position of usefulness because he wore non-Masonic with Masonic emblems . He was sacrificed to a love for jewels , not for Masonic principles . Bro . Tucker laboured incessantly , and lived for Masonry , and through Masonry he received that blow which helped to sap the current of his life , and gave poignancy to the sufferings of sickness . He drew somewhat aside , a deeply
wounded man , — "haeret lateri lethalis arundo , "—and so he died ! As to the charge of So v . G . Inspectors reading certain ceremonies , as B . CL V . had no
intention of becoming " a common informer , " or obeying his 0 . B ., he knew , when he wrote the charge , he did so in safety . I beg to apologise for the length of my letter , hut as I am not to be led into a discussion , shall not trespass on you again respecting this matter . I remain , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , March 16 , 1 S 55 . Tile .
Notes And Queries.
NOTES AMD CUTERIES .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MONTHLY MAGAZINE
rediscovered ? Also at what period Peter of Colechurch was Grand Master ? It has oozed out that you are about to imke the Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , a work second to none , upon matters of sound information relative to the Craft , and generally . This I rejoice to hear , and have several questions which I wish to submit to your readers through your columns , relative to some singular points of antiquity . " Antiquus . "
Sir , — Will you inform me whether " pickadils , " or peccadilloes , " were articles of dress , and whether the name of Piccadilly arose from them ? also at what earliest time the word occurs in history ? « v »
Sir , — Will you kindly inform me whether a book written on parchment containing annals of the art and mystery of Masonry , which was found in the chest of the Worshipful Company of Masons in London and subsequently lost , has ever been
Sir , — I am preparing some papers on Masons' marks to submit to you ; meanwhile , I wish to inquire to what family the arrow and target , inscribed as a device at Canonbury , Islington , refer to , and whether you can inform me as to the several possessors of that property ? " J . L . F . "