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Co-Operation In Masonic Charity.
CO-OPERATION IN MASONIC CHARITY .
I ^ HE Provincial Charity Committee of Somerset-- shire has under consideration a proposal whereby , in lieu of an elaborate scheme for a local Benevolent Fund , they will establish a system of affording relief to candidates unable to obtain immediate admission to the various Masonic Charities , thereby co-operating with the Funds
which already exist , rather than make a show of competing with them by the formation of one of those independent organisations which , if not actually in direct opposition are , at least , often regarded as nominally so , and are supposed to draw from the brethren of the district wherein they are established
a large share of the sympathy which would probably be directed towards the Central Charities of the Order if no local fund existed to attract subscriptioqs . We are aware the principle involved in this matter is viewed with very different feelings in different quarters , and it would be unwise on our part to attempt to decide whether or no any particular local
fund of benevolence is a source of loss to the Central Institutions of the Craft , or the reverse . It would certainly be most unwise to say that the money subscribed for local charity Funds is all collected at the expense of the larger Institutions , for it is well known that many of the Provincial Funds work in direct co-operation with the London Charities , and
are anxious to support them , and thereby afford as it were special prizes for the most deserving of their local cases . On the other hand , are to be found Provincial brethren who view with jealous eye the payment of any subscription to the London Charities , and who argue that all contributions should be spent in the locality where they are raised , that is , where a Fund has been established for the purpose . But
happily such brethren are in a small minority , ancl we believe the all but universal desire in such matters is , to live and let live , on the principle that there is room enough for all , and plenty of work available for those willing to undertake it . Apart from the general principle involved in the matter , we think the Somersetshire Masons are to be commended on the suggestion they have put forward . It always seems somewhat of an anomaly for the
Craftsmen of a district to decide that this or that candidate is worthy of their first consideration , and to reward that candidate by nomination to one or other of the great Institutions , to wait perhaps two or three years before any tangible aid can be secured ; while another , not regarded as being in such dire
need , is relieved at home by an immediate grant , and , in the long run , benefited to a much greater extent than the chosen one who , although ultimately elected to the benefits of the Central Charities , has in the meantime suffered irreparable injury , not from lack of sympathy on the part of the friends interested in
Co-Operation In Masonic Charity.
the case , but rather from a mistaken view of the surroundings . Beyond this there is the feeling that such Funds as the one suggested in Somersetshire aro in direct communication with the London Institutions , and act as feeders to them , with a regularly organised system of support , which must , in the long run , be far more advantageous than spasmodic efforts at lengthy intervals , so that on the whole it is perhaps wiser to recognise that the plan under consideration
in Somersetshire is the more desirable to be adopted , unless the Craftsmen of a district are fully prepared to support the two systems , and give to each its fair share of attention . In any case we hope the Somersetshire Craftsmen will have success in their efforts , and that the work on which they now propose to start will be inaugurated with enthusiasm , ancl will prosper , as it deserves to do .
The Jesuits And The Freemasons Of Germany.
THE JESUITS AND THE FREEMASONS OF GERMANY .
"VTINE hundred nnd eighty thousand and six hundred _ L 1 persons signed tho petitions to the Gorman Reichstag for the return of the Jesuits to the Empire . Against their return there wero nine hundred and eighty-five thousand signatures .
The Catholic and Protestant populations of tho Empire are respectively 16 , 785 , 000 , and 29 , 369 , 000 ; so that it is evident that only a small proportion of the adult population signed on either side . The reason of tbis is , probably ,
that all efforts to bring the subject before the entire population were only partially successful . But , taking into consideration the respective figures representing population , the proportion of signers iu favour of tho
Jesuits is considerably larger than that of the signers against them . We may infer the intensity of Lutheran and Calvinistic hatred of everything Catholic from the fact
that those who have petitioned against the Jesuits are petitioners for persecution against a religious body who have done only good , against whom not a truthful word of reproach can be uttered .
The Catholic signers in favour of the Jesuits ask no more than that this religions order should receive the same measure of justice which others of their countrymen enjoy . It is easy to seo who are the friends of Equal Rights in
in this case ; yet the advocates of persecution are they who have always on their lips the pretence that they are tho friends of liberty , civil and religious . Surely Satan puts on very often the appearance of an angel of light .
The German Freemasons took an especially active part in procuring signatures to the anti-Jesuit petition ; so much so that they actually sent a deputation to Rome towards the close ofthe year 1890 to consult with the Grand Orient
of Italy regarding the best measures to be adopted to prevent the return of the Order ; and they co-operated everywhere with the fanatical parsons who preached the anti-Jesuit crusade in and out of their pulpits .
Ifc may be very true , and we believe that it is the case , that the Freemasons of this country do not take the same pains as an organisation to oppose the Catholic Church in
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Co-Operation In Masonic Charity.
CO-OPERATION IN MASONIC CHARITY .
I ^ HE Provincial Charity Committee of Somerset-- shire has under consideration a proposal whereby , in lieu of an elaborate scheme for a local Benevolent Fund , they will establish a system of affording relief to candidates unable to obtain immediate admission to the various Masonic Charities , thereby co-operating with the Funds
which already exist , rather than make a show of competing with them by the formation of one of those independent organisations which , if not actually in direct opposition are , at least , often regarded as nominally so , and are supposed to draw from the brethren of the district wherein they are established
a large share of the sympathy which would probably be directed towards the Central Charities of the Order if no local fund existed to attract subscriptioqs . We are aware the principle involved in this matter is viewed with very different feelings in different quarters , and it would be unwise on our part to attempt to decide whether or no any particular local
fund of benevolence is a source of loss to the Central Institutions of the Craft , or the reverse . It would certainly be most unwise to say that the money subscribed for local charity Funds is all collected at the expense of the larger Institutions , for it is well known that many of the Provincial Funds work in direct co-operation with the London Charities , and
are anxious to support them , and thereby afford as it were special prizes for the most deserving of their local cases . On the other hand , are to be found Provincial brethren who view with jealous eye the payment of any subscription to the London Charities , and who argue that all contributions should be spent in the locality where they are raised , that is , where a Fund has been established for the purpose . But
happily such brethren are in a small minority , ancl we believe the all but universal desire in such matters is , to live and let live , on the principle that there is room enough for all , and plenty of work available for those willing to undertake it . Apart from the general principle involved in the matter , we think the Somersetshire Masons are to be commended on the suggestion they have put forward . It always seems somewhat of an anomaly for the
Craftsmen of a district to decide that this or that candidate is worthy of their first consideration , and to reward that candidate by nomination to one or other of the great Institutions , to wait perhaps two or three years before any tangible aid can be secured ; while another , not regarded as being in such dire
need , is relieved at home by an immediate grant , and , in the long run , benefited to a much greater extent than the chosen one who , although ultimately elected to the benefits of the Central Charities , has in the meantime suffered irreparable injury , not from lack of sympathy on the part of the friends interested in
Co-Operation In Masonic Charity.
the case , but rather from a mistaken view of the surroundings . Beyond this there is the feeling that such Funds as the one suggested in Somersetshire aro in direct communication with the London Institutions , and act as feeders to them , with a regularly organised system of support , which must , in the long run , be far more advantageous than spasmodic efforts at lengthy intervals , so that on the whole it is perhaps wiser to recognise that the plan under consideration
in Somersetshire is the more desirable to be adopted , unless the Craftsmen of a district are fully prepared to support the two systems , and give to each its fair share of attention . In any case we hope the Somersetshire Craftsmen will have success in their efforts , and that the work on which they now propose to start will be inaugurated with enthusiasm , ancl will prosper , as it deserves to do .
The Jesuits And The Freemasons Of Germany.
THE JESUITS AND THE FREEMASONS OF GERMANY .
"VTINE hundred nnd eighty thousand and six hundred _ L 1 persons signed tho petitions to the Gorman Reichstag for the return of the Jesuits to the Empire . Against their return there wero nine hundred and eighty-five thousand signatures .
The Catholic and Protestant populations of tho Empire are respectively 16 , 785 , 000 , and 29 , 369 , 000 ; so that it is evident that only a small proportion of the adult population signed on either side . The reason of tbis is , probably ,
that all efforts to bring the subject before the entire population were only partially successful . But , taking into consideration the respective figures representing population , the proportion of signers iu favour of tho
Jesuits is considerably larger than that of the signers against them . We may infer the intensity of Lutheran and Calvinistic hatred of everything Catholic from the fact
that those who have petitioned against the Jesuits are petitioners for persecution against a religious body who have done only good , against whom not a truthful word of reproach can be uttered .
The Catholic signers in favour of the Jesuits ask no more than that this religions order should receive the same measure of justice which others of their countrymen enjoy . It is easy to seo who are the friends of Equal Rights in
in this case ; yet the advocates of persecution are they who have always on their lips the pretence that they are tho friends of liberty , civil and religious . Surely Satan puts on very often the appearance of an angel of light .
The German Freemasons took an especially active part in procuring signatures to the anti-Jesuit petition ; so much so that they actually sent a deputation to Rome towards the close ofthe year 1890 to consult with the Grand Orient
of Italy regarding the best measures to be adopted to prevent the return of the Order ; and they co-operated everywhere with the fanatical parsons who preached the anti-Jesuit crusade in and out of their pulpits .
Ifc may be very true , and we believe that it is the case , that the Freemasons of this country do not take the same pains as an organisation to oppose the Catholic Church in