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Masonic Missions.
to a poor province , to exert themselves for its advancement , in the assurance that their efforts will be crowned ivith success . We will now make another note on the above figures , showing the totals of the proA'inees as they are and as they would be on the Dorset standard : —
Lodge Towns . Loclges . . Royal Arch . Halls . Now existing 62 80 26 15 On Dorset proportion 139 140 54 42 Deficiency 77 00 2 S 27 Some brethren think we have made a great deal of noise about
Masonic Halls , with very little reason and very little hope of success , but we think Ave have by this time shown the careful observer that Ave have not taken the course ive have ivithout good grounds .
The Illuminati.—Ii.
THE ILLUMINATI . —II .
( Continued from p . 397 ) . THE eighth , ninth , and tenth chajiters of Do Luchet ' s "Essay" are devoted to an attempt to show that the sect ofthe Illuminati must , if allowed to remain in existence , prove the ruin of any state in ivhich it is fostered ; that it tends to overthrow the whole fabric of society : ancl that it is the duty as well as the interest of sovereigns to suppress
it with the strong hand whenever it is detected in endeavouring to extend its ramifications . These three chajiters are full of sound and fury , but literally signify nothing ; since there is not in their whole contents a shadow of argument ov oven of common sense . Our readers , therefore , will hardly blame us for passing over ( hem ivithout further notice .
In chapter eleven the author indicates the best method , in his opinion , of suppressing this iniquitous body . His p lan is , to form a league of philosophers , who are to expose the folly aud wickedness of the order , and to cause by their writings the unveiled atrocities of the Illuminati to be as widely knoAvn as they have succeeded iu extending their erroneous principles . In a very prosy style he shows that as the
abuses of the order of Jestiits ancl of monkery , the persecution of Protestants and the inhumanity displayed to negro slaves , had each in turn succumbed to tho voice of public opinion expressed by the pens of the wise and learned , so this vile coalition can be broken ti |) by the use of the same means . "It needs , " says he , " neither armies ,
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Masonic Missions.
to a poor province , to exert themselves for its advancement , in the assurance that their efforts will be crowned ivith success . We will now make another note on the above figures , showing the totals of the proA'inees as they are and as they would be on the Dorset standard : —
Lodge Towns . Loclges . . Royal Arch . Halls . Now existing 62 80 26 15 On Dorset proportion 139 140 54 42 Deficiency 77 00 2 S 27 Some brethren think we have made a great deal of noise about
Masonic Halls , with very little reason and very little hope of success , but we think Ave have by this time shown the careful observer that Ave have not taken the course ive have ivithout good grounds .
The Illuminati.—Ii.
THE ILLUMINATI . —II .
( Continued from p . 397 ) . THE eighth , ninth , and tenth chajiters of Do Luchet ' s "Essay" are devoted to an attempt to show that the sect ofthe Illuminati must , if allowed to remain in existence , prove the ruin of any state in ivhich it is fostered ; that it tends to overthrow the whole fabric of society : ancl that it is the duty as well as the interest of sovereigns to suppress
it with the strong hand whenever it is detected in endeavouring to extend its ramifications . These three chajiters are full of sound and fury , but literally signify nothing ; since there is not in their whole contents a shadow of argument ov oven of common sense . Our readers , therefore , will hardly blame us for passing over ( hem ivithout further notice .
In chapter eleven the author indicates the best method , in his opinion , of suppressing this iniquitous body . His p lan is , to form a league of philosophers , who are to expose the folly aud wickedness of the order , and to cause by their writings the unveiled atrocities of the Illuminati to be as widely knoAvn as they have succeeded iu extending their erroneous principles . In a very prosy style he shows that as the
abuses of the order of Jestiits ancl of monkery , the persecution of Protestants and the inhumanity displayed to negro slaves , had each in turn succumbed to tho voice of public opinion expressed by the pens of the wise and learned , so this vile coalition can be broken ti |) by the use of the same means . "It needs , " says he , " neither armies ,