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Masonic Notes And Queries.
3 s . ; 4 to ., Is ., with Hugh Howard . —Dr . Desaguliers , fob , 3 s . ; Svo ., 6 d . —Elias Ashmole , 4 to ., Is . —James Asperne and three members , in Masonic dress , 4 fco ., 2 s . 6 d . -, in plain dress , Svo ., 6 d . — "W . Perfect , M . B . G . M . for Kent , Svo ., Is . ; Lord Blayney Cadwalleeder , G . M . of Masons in 1775 , three Masters in Masonic dress , folio 2 s . ; Chevalier RuspiniSvo . 6 d . ; Marquis
, , , of Hastings as G . M . of the Masons , 5 s ., other portraits ; W . Presters , Svo ., 6 d . ; T . Dunckerley , G . M . of Freemasons for Hereford and Somerset , Svo ., < 3 d . ; large folio , 5 s . ; folio , 3 s . —Duke of Sussex ; Sir John Soane , Svo ., Is . —HYDE CLARKE .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents . DISTRICT GRAND LODGES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAE SIE AND BEOTHER , —The quarterly communication paper is calculated to excite some
misgivings as to the working of the changes in the constitutions affecting District Grand Lodges . These were well and liberally meant , hut as in most cases they are unsuited to the geographical and social conditions of the districts , they are calculated to bring on Grand Lodge a greater crop of outside
troubles . The South Australian Grand Lodge is an exemplification of this , and of our inabilit y to deal with these questions . Here we have the same matters reported on by the Board of General Purposes , and hy the Colonial Board .
What has the Board of General Purposes to do with the Colonial Board , or is the Colonial Board so ill constituted that it cannot work , and is in leading strings of the Board of General Purposes ? So soon as the new District Grand Lodge Committees of General Purposes can be got to worse , there will be enough for both Boards to do . Tours fraternally , A COLONIST .
FREEMASONRY CONSIDERED . TO THE EDITOR 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BEOTHEE . —The excellent article commencing your last week ' s issue entitled , " Freemasonry Considered , " contains much advice which is most valuable to the Craft in general , and on which
it would be well if many lodges in particular would act . Admission of members is a matter of paramount importance , and the well being and harmony of many lodges is destroyed by an indiscriminate introduction of candidates . My own lodge has suffered very materially in this respect . Happilyunity and peace
, now characterise our assemblies , but it has not been effected without a discriminate use of the black balls , and a strong remonstrance against any indiscretion calculated to bring discredit on the Craft . I know valuable members of our Order who have all but seceded from the Craft from sheer disgust afc the
conduct of men who ought never to have been admitted within the portals of a lodge ; and a very short time ago a hi ghly esteemed brother refused a Grand Lodge appointment in this province in consequence of the disappointment he felt afc the conduct
Correspondence.
of those it was his bad fortune to meet with in fche tyled recesses of the lodge . My object in addressing these few lines to you is to fix a buoy on the rocks upon which our little barque has struck , aud to warn others that a good and well selected ship's crew , obedient to their commander ancl truthful to their
trust , is hig hly essential to the vessel ' s safety , and the only means of escaping the misery denounced against a " house divided against itself . " Tours fraternally , P . M .
THE RIGHTS OF VISITORS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —A . pretentious brother , in mock humility styling himself " A Humble Working P . M ., " has taken upon him the questionable duty of correcting Bro . Hughan . The illogical letter is a
Masonic curiosity . " 0 monstrous ! eleven buckram men grown out of two . " Does the Falstaffian lie not apply to the humble P . M . 's statement . The humble P . M . begins by stating that Bro . Hughan has put on record that Bro . Hopkins has done more for Masonry in Guernsey and Jersey than other six brethren , and
he concludes by stating that Bro . Hughan says that he ( Bro . Hopkins ) has done more for Masonry than the Guernsey and Jersey brethren collectively have done . Perhaps "the humble P . M . " can explain what he means . He continues thafc Bro . Hughan " unfortunatelimagining himself to be a Titanic
y genius . " Now , unfortunately , not for the humble P . M ., hut for the Craft , Bro . Hughan does not consider himself to be a Titanic genius . It is the opinion of Bro . Haye and other brethren , and , furthermore , ifc is my opinion , and , as a small rough ashler in the
building of tbe Masonic Temple , I may be presumed to have some opinion of my own , that Bro . Hughan instead of being presumptious and assuming , is , on the contrary , of the most modest and reticient disposition . He is a gentleman and a brother , whom it is a privilege and a pleasure to know . His
correspondents are Bros . Findel , R . Morris , Rehold , Murray Lyon , Oneal Haye , and all the leading great Masonic writers ancl authorities in the world . Last , though not least ( in my own opinion ) he has had the privilege , within the last ten days , of making my acquaintance through the medium of the postupon public Masonic
, business . I may , therefore , be presumed to be unbiassed in my opinion . I therefore have to state that this humble P . M ., who , in mock humility , and lacking the courage to place his name before the brethren , has been guilty in his letter of a breach , not only of the fine feeling impressed by Masonry upon
her children , and which teaches a brother not to think evil of another , but he has also been guilty , in common sense , of a very grave perversion of the truth .
I hold Bros . Hopkins and Hughan's ideas Avith regard to the right of visitors , and in this I am supported by the opinions of Bro . Officer R . W . M . of Mary ' s Chapel , No . 1 , Scot , and other Scottish brethren , to be erroneous , hut , in arguing with them , I would never use language which did not befit me alike as a Mason and as a gentleman . The humble P . M . has in a tail to his fang , favoured the brethren with a Latin quotation . Might I suggest to him as an improvement upon the adage ,
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
3 s . ; 4 to ., Is ., with Hugh Howard . —Dr . Desaguliers , fob , 3 s . ; Svo ., 6 d . —Elias Ashmole , 4 to ., Is . —James Asperne and three members , in Masonic dress , 4 fco ., 2 s . 6 d . -, in plain dress , Svo ., 6 d . — "W . Perfect , M . B . G . M . for Kent , Svo ., Is . ; Lord Blayney Cadwalleeder , G . M . of Masons in 1775 , three Masters in Masonic dress , folio 2 s . ; Chevalier RuspiniSvo . 6 d . ; Marquis
, , , of Hastings as G . M . of the Masons , 5 s ., other portraits ; W . Presters , Svo ., 6 d . ; T . Dunckerley , G . M . of Freemasons for Hereford and Somerset , Svo ., < 3 d . ; large folio , 5 s . ; folio , 3 s . —Duke of Sussex ; Sir John Soane , Svo ., Is . —HYDE CLARKE .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents . DISTRICT GRAND LODGES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAE SIE AND BEOTHER , —The quarterly communication paper is calculated to excite some
misgivings as to the working of the changes in the constitutions affecting District Grand Lodges . These were well and liberally meant , hut as in most cases they are unsuited to the geographical and social conditions of the districts , they are calculated to bring on Grand Lodge a greater crop of outside
troubles . The South Australian Grand Lodge is an exemplification of this , and of our inabilit y to deal with these questions . Here we have the same matters reported on by the Board of General Purposes , and hy the Colonial Board .
What has the Board of General Purposes to do with the Colonial Board , or is the Colonial Board so ill constituted that it cannot work , and is in leading strings of the Board of General Purposes ? So soon as the new District Grand Lodge Committees of General Purposes can be got to worse , there will be enough for both Boards to do . Tours fraternally , A COLONIST .
FREEMASONRY CONSIDERED . TO THE EDITOR 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BEOTHEE . —The excellent article commencing your last week ' s issue entitled , " Freemasonry Considered , " contains much advice which is most valuable to the Craft in general , and on which
it would be well if many lodges in particular would act . Admission of members is a matter of paramount importance , and the well being and harmony of many lodges is destroyed by an indiscriminate introduction of candidates . My own lodge has suffered very materially in this respect . Happilyunity and peace
, now characterise our assemblies , but it has not been effected without a discriminate use of the black balls , and a strong remonstrance against any indiscretion calculated to bring discredit on the Craft . I know valuable members of our Order who have all but seceded from the Craft from sheer disgust afc the
conduct of men who ought never to have been admitted within the portals of a lodge ; and a very short time ago a hi ghly esteemed brother refused a Grand Lodge appointment in this province in consequence of the disappointment he felt afc the conduct
Correspondence.
of those it was his bad fortune to meet with in fche tyled recesses of the lodge . My object in addressing these few lines to you is to fix a buoy on the rocks upon which our little barque has struck , aud to warn others that a good and well selected ship's crew , obedient to their commander ancl truthful to their
trust , is hig hly essential to the vessel ' s safety , and the only means of escaping the misery denounced against a " house divided against itself . " Tours fraternally , P . M .
THE RIGHTS OF VISITORS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —A . pretentious brother , in mock humility styling himself " A Humble Working P . M ., " has taken upon him the questionable duty of correcting Bro . Hughan . The illogical letter is a
Masonic curiosity . " 0 monstrous ! eleven buckram men grown out of two . " Does the Falstaffian lie not apply to the humble P . M . 's statement . The humble P . M . begins by stating that Bro . Hughan has put on record that Bro . Hopkins has done more for Masonry in Guernsey and Jersey than other six brethren , and
he concludes by stating that Bro . Hughan says that he ( Bro . Hopkins ) has done more for Masonry than the Guernsey and Jersey brethren collectively have done . Perhaps "the humble P . M . " can explain what he means . He continues thafc Bro . Hughan " unfortunatelimagining himself to be a Titanic
y genius . " Now , unfortunately , not for the humble P . M ., hut for the Craft , Bro . Hughan does not consider himself to be a Titanic genius . It is the opinion of Bro . Haye and other brethren , and , furthermore , ifc is my opinion , and , as a small rough ashler in the
building of tbe Masonic Temple , I may be presumed to have some opinion of my own , that Bro . Hughan instead of being presumptious and assuming , is , on the contrary , of the most modest and reticient disposition . He is a gentleman and a brother , whom it is a privilege and a pleasure to know . His
correspondents are Bros . Findel , R . Morris , Rehold , Murray Lyon , Oneal Haye , and all the leading great Masonic writers ancl authorities in the world . Last , though not least ( in my own opinion ) he has had the privilege , within the last ten days , of making my acquaintance through the medium of the postupon public Masonic
, business . I may , therefore , be presumed to be unbiassed in my opinion . I therefore have to state that this humble P . M ., who , in mock humility , and lacking the courage to place his name before the brethren , has been guilty in his letter of a breach , not only of the fine feeling impressed by Masonry upon
her children , and which teaches a brother not to think evil of another , but he has also been guilty , in common sense , of a very grave perversion of the truth .
I hold Bros . Hopkins and Hughan's ideas Avith regard to the right of visitors , and in this I am supported by the opinions of Bro . Officer R . W . M . of Mary ' s Chapel , No . 1 , Scot , and other Scottish brethren , to be erroneous , hut , in arguing with them , I would never use language which did not befit me alike as a Mason and as a gentleman . The humble P . M . has in a tail to his fang , favoured the brethren with a Latin quotation . Might I suggest to him as an improvement upon the adage ,