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Habits Desirable Por Masons' Sons.

pendent branches of the Order . The Pope will most likely find it necessary to eome to terms with the English Langue , in order to strengthen his body of the order . —ED . F . M . ] BEO . HUGHAN AND O . B . OP CANDIDATES . I cannot well be more explicit as to the religion

required of candidates as a prerequisite for Masonry . Bro . Charles Purton Cooper has ventilated the department thoroughly , and his voluminous letters on the Theology of the Craft have my hearty concurrence . It is a difficult task to write on such subjects in the MAGAZINE , and hence my remarks anent the

O . B . of candidates is thought to be obscure hy a correspondent at Oxford . When I state that the candidate " must take some kind of O . B ., whatever that may he , and on what , " I mean that at initiation ( and also for the other Craft degrees ) the candidate is permitted , under the Grand Lodge of England , to take

whatever O . B . may be considered binding and suitable to him , whether it be on affirmation or on oath , and on whatever he may prefer , e . g ., the Bible , the Koran , the ISTew Testament , & c . I have seen a Quaker initiated on the security of his affirmation , and a Jew on the Old Testament , and that surely will be considered sufficient explanation of my statement relative to the O . B . of candidates . —W . J . HUGHAN .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor ia not responsible for the options expressed by Correapondentst MASONIC A 1 S D BIBLICAL OBJECTS FROM TIIE HOLT LAND .

10 TUB EDITOR OE THE H-EEltASOHS' ITAGAZIXE AKD MASOUIC MIIiHOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I send you this circular letter under the solemn and tender emotions that my Masonic relationship to you , my pleasant memories of your friendship , and the venerable country in which I am now sojourning , are calculated to inspire .

It is your money that enabled me to enter upon this great and important undertaking to which our Celestial Graud Alaster has already given the seal of divine approval . And I naturally look to you now , as one of my original patrons , to help me through it honourably to the cause of Freemasonry

and creditably to myself . Tou will remember that when I was with you I said those who paid me one dollar cash , that if more money was needed I should apply to you , and solicit increased contributions from you . Such now is the case . I have closelcalculated to

y my expenses up next August , and find that while I have enough for ¦ travelling purposes , and to fill the orders for specimens heretofore received , yet I lack a great deal of having enough to purchase additional specimens , hire assistauts , make excavations , and work out this great plan as it ought to be done , before I return home in

August . This , then , is my justification for asking your further help , without a moment ' s delay . In return for your money I will give you valuable Masonic and Biblical objects for whatever amount you contribute . Such objects as you will value many times beyond their cost . I am now in a situation to

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supply you with such things as no one else in our country is in possession of . Please , then , read carefully the following offer , and lend me your hand . Those who will mail the money to me within two weeks after they receive this letter shall be supplied upon my Masonic faith—in September next , with Masonic specimens according to the following catalogue , viz ..-

—For Three Dollars—How Specimens . 1 st . A piece of native stone from the memorable quarry under Jerusalem , out of which the Temple itself was built . 2 nd , A piece of native stone from the ruins of Tyre . Srd . A pilgrim shell from the Port of Joppa , the same kind that the Crusaders wore . 4 th . An ancient coin taken from the ruins of

Gebal , or immediate vicinity . The specimens of stone are large enough to work up into a keystone , & c , & c .

For Five Dollars—Ten Specimens . 1 st , 2 nd , Srd , and 4 th , the same as above named . Sth . A sprig of acacia , from , the mountains about Jerusalem . 6 th . A piece of cedar from Lebanon . 7 th . A shell from the Masonic Bay near Beyrout .

Sth . A piece of clay from the clay grounds between Succoth and Zeredatah . 9 th . A pomegranate fruit . 10 th . A piece of olive wood from Mount Olivet , large enough to make into a Masonic Emblem . Every specimen will he so numbered and labelled

that you will have no difficulty in identifying it . These are selections of specimens that you cannot help approving . All jour life you can point to them with pride , not only on account of their intrinsic value , but because their purchase-money was in the light of assistance to a brother Mason . "

Out of the seven grand localities in the Holy Land , in which all Freemasons are interested , I have already visited three , and shall leave to-day for the fourth : that is the city of Tyre . In the journal for which

you paid me , you will have full accounts of all my movements . At Gebal I made most valuable collections . In Damascus I addressed a convention of Masons , April 7 th , and got up a petition to organise a lodge there . I think I can do the same at Joppa , and perhaps at Jerusalem . The Governor-General of this countryRaschid Pashais a zealous Mason

, , , and has given me letters of authority requiring all officers of towns and villages to treat me with respect , and to furnish me with guards and provisions at just prices . ISfothing can exceed the astonishment of the Freemasons of this country aud Europe , to find a man coming 6 , 000 miles in search of Masonic light .

They give me fraternal attention and the most loving greetings . I send you three circulars , and would fraternally request you to distribute two of them where they will do the most good . If you do not feel able to subscribe 3 dols ., or 5 dols ., join in with other brethren , and make up the amount in the form of a club . In that way every one can help . I fully expect you to do the best you can , and will never forget your kind-

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ADDRESS. Article 13
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 14
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 19
HABITS DESIRABLE POR MASONS' SONS. Article 19
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 21
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Habits Desirable Por Masons' Sons.

pendent branches of the Order . The Pope will most likely find it necessary to eome to terms with the English Langue , in order to strengthen his body of the order . —ED . F . M . ] BEO . HUGHAN AND O . B . OP CANDIDATES . I cannot well be more explicit as to the religion

required of candidates as a prerequisite for Masonry . Bro . Charles Purton Cooper has ventilated the department thoroughly , and his voluminous letters on the Theology of the Craft have my hearty concurrence . It is a difficult task to write on such subjects in the MAGAZINE , and hence my remarks anent the

O . B . of candidates is thought to be obscure hy a correspondent at Oxford . When I state that the candidate " must take some kind of O . B ., whatever that may he , and on what , " I mean that at initiation ( and also for the other Craft degrees ) the candidate is permitted , under the Grand Lodge of England , to take

whatever O . B . may be considered binding and suitable to him , whether it be on affirmation or on oath , and on whatever he may prefer , e . g ., the Bible , the Koran , the ISTew Testament , & c . I have seen a Quaker initiated on the security of his affirmation , and a Jew on the Old Testament , and that surely will be considered sufficient explanation of my statement relative to the O . B . of candidates . —W . J . HUGHAN .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor ia not responsible for the options expressed by Correapondentst MASONIC A 1 S D BIBLICAL OBJECTS FROM TIIE HOLT LAND .

10 TUB EDITOR OE THE H-EEltASOHS' ITAGAZIXE AKD MASOUIC MIIiHOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I send you this circular letter under the solemn and tender emotions that my Masonic relationship to you , my pleasant memories of your friendship , and the venerable country in which I am now sojourning , are calculated to inspire .

It is your money that enabled me to enter upon this great and important undertaking to which our Celestial Graud Alaster has already given the seal of divine approval . And I naturally look to you now , as one of my original patrons , to help me through it honourably to the cause of Freemasonry

and creditably to myself . Tou will remember that when I was with you I said those who paid me one dollar cash , that if more money was needed I should apply to you , and solicit increased contributions from you . Such now is the case . I have closelcalculated to

y my expenses up next August , and find that while I have enough for ¦ travelling purposes , and to fill the orders for specimens heretofore received , yet I lack a great deal of having enough to purchase additional specimens , hire assistauts , make excavations , and work out this great plan as it ought to be done , before I return home in

August . This , then , is my justification for asking your further help , without a moment ' s delay . In return for your money I will give you valuable Masonic and Biblical objects for whatever amount you contribute . Such objects as you will value many times beyond their cost . I am now in a situation to

Correspondence.

supply you with such things as no one else in our country is in possession of . Please , then , read carefully the following offer , and lend me your hand . Those who will mail the money to me within two weeks after they receive this letter shall be supplied upon my Masonic faith—in September next , with Masonic specimens according to the following catalogue , viz ..-

—For Three Dollars—How Specimens . 1 st . A piece of native stone from the memorable quarry under Jerusalem , out of which the Temple itself was built . 2 nd , A piece of native stone from the ruins of Tyre . Srd . A pilgrim shell from the Port of Joppa , the same kind that the Crusaders wore . 4 th . An ancient coin taken from the ruins of

Gebal , or immediate vicinity . The specimens of stone are large enough to work up into a keystone , & c , & c .

For Five Dollars—Ten Specimens . 1 st , 2 nd , Srd , and 4 th , the same as above named . Sth . A sprig of acacia , from , the mountains about Jerusalem . 6 th . A piece of cedar from Lebanon . 7 th . A shell from the Masonic Bay near Beyrout .

Sth . A piece of clay from the clay grounds between Succoth and Zeredatah . 9 th . A pomegranate fruit . 10 th . A piece of olive wood from Mount Olivet , large enough to make into a Masonic Emblem . Every specimen will he so numbered and labelled

that you will have no difficulty in identifying it . These are selections of specimens that you cannot help approving . All jour life you can point to them with pride , not only on account of their intrinsic value , but because their purchase-money was in the light of assistance to a brother Mason . "

Out of the seven grand localities in the Holy Land , in which all Freemasons are interested , I have already visited three , and shall leave to-day for the fourth : that is the city of Tyre . In the journal for which

you paid me , you will have full accounts of all my movements . At Gebal I made most valuable collections . In Damascus I addressed a convention of Masons , April 7 th , and got up a petition to organise a lodge there . I think I can do the same at Joppa , and perhaps at Jerusalem . The Governor-General of this countryRaschid Pashais a zealous Mason

, , , and has given me letters of authority requiring all officers of towns and villages to treat me with respect , and to furnish me with guards and provisions at just prices . ISfothing can exceed the astonishment of the Freemasons of this country aud Europe , to find a man coming 6 , 000 miles in search of Masonic light .

They give me fraternal attention and the most loving greetings . I send you three circulars , and would fraternally request you to distribute two of them where they will do the most good . If you do not feel able to subscribe 3 dols ., or 5 dols ., join in with other brethren , and make up the amount in the form of a club . In that way every one can help . I fully expect you to do the best you can , and will never forget your kind-

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