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seem to care very little about them , and the meetings at which they are given are but scantily attended . It is worthy of notice that Bro . Preston , in a summary of tho Lectures in his "Illustrations , " refers to the meeting of Master Masons as a Chapter . The other two degrees he refers to as Lodges . ( To be continued . )

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MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 49 .

By A PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER .

UNIVERSALITY . In Freemasonry there are two kinds of Universality , universality of admission and universality of exclusion ; First , universality of admission is where the door of the lodge is open to all whose

religious and moral belief corresponds with Natural Theology ; next , universality of exclusion is where the door of the lodge is shut against all Avhose religious and moral belief does not correspond with Natural Theology .

UNITY OF MASONRY . It is Natural Theology Avhich effects the Unity of Masonry . ADMISSION" 01 HINDOOS INTO ENGLISH FREEMASONRY . A Correspondent Avill find the communication

respecting" which he enquires , entitled " The Hindoos and Freemasonry , " Freemason's Magazine , vol . 22 , page 229 . I have not heard of the admission into English Freemasonry of any Hindoos , except Brothers K etter Mohum Gangooly and

Prosonno Coomar Dutt . THOROUGHLY COSMOPOLITAN AND UNIA ERSAL . The Freemasonry which receives into its Lodo-e all men found on the surface of our globe , who are Believers in the Great Architect of the

Universe , a future State of rewards and punishments and the moral law , may be called " thoroughly cosmopolitan and universal . " Such is the Freemasonry which English Freemasonry became when the charges of 1738 were framed and published .

ENGLISH THEOLOGY-ENGLISH MASONRY . Brother—since the beginning of the present century the change in English theology has been greater than the change in English masonry . PANTHEISTIC VERSES . The verses of the Poet AVIIO is a Christian , and the verses of the Poet who is a Mason , are oft-¦ iimes Pantheistic ; and yet the former ceases not

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to acknowledge the divine mission of Jesus , and the latter ceases not to worship the Great Architect of the Universe . SPIRITUALITY OF THE SOUL . Brother , since my initiation , now nearly fifty

years ago , I have met with one true Mason only , who did not make the Spirituality of the Soul part of his religious creed . JUDAISM , UNIVERSALITY . A brother thinks that more Judaism than

Universality is visible in the English Lodge . THE GREAT ARCHITECT OP THE UNIVERSE . Brother , in the language of the " Universal ' Prayer '' call space his temple , and earth , sea , skies , his altar .

Fraternity.

FRATERNITY .

This word is so often used in its relations to Freemasonry , that some thoughts may not be amiss as to its real Masonic signification . In its first , OF primary Masonic sense , it applies to , and implies that united hand of brothers , who are cemented together by the spirit of unity and harmony . The

Fraternity , the brotherhood of Masons , the individual members constituting a perfect whole . The type which this word Fraternity is intended to idealise , in the sense of which we now speak , takes an analogy from the single stones in the Temple ,

united together by the skill of the Master Mason with a cement which binds them into one mass , compact , steadfast and enduring . This cement , in the Masonic signification is explained by the uniting power of Masonic harmony , out of which comes strength and beauty , and over which presides the

spirit of Avisdom . Fraternity includes this , but it has yet other interpretations and significations . It involves a unity in membership ; a unity in desire to have "Light ; " a unity in the faith which teaches the mode " Light " can be obtained ; a unity of purpose , of will , of hope .

Among the elements of this Fraternity is the silence Avhich secures , the obedience which perfects , and the ties which are indestructable , which each and all Masons unitedly profess , ancl Avithout exception practice , in their Masonic relations with each other .

But Fraternity is not even circumscribed to these essential Masonic virtues , It is a teacher , in its true position 'in the Masonic system . It teaches that brotherhood and unity , and harmony , are not the result of mere volition in the mind , but are to be produced by the effect of Masonic virtues sincerely