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School Courts Next Week.
LORD ROBERTS AMONG US .
WE are convinced we are echoing the sentiments of the whole Masonic Brotherhood in taking the earliest opportunity of congratulating Brother Lord Roberts on the honours of an Earldom , and appointment as a Knight of the Order of the
Garter , conferred upon him by his Sovereign immediately on his return to England from active service in South Africa . May our distinguished Brother live long to enjoy these and the many other distinctions which will be showered upon him after his latest campaign .
Bro . Lord Roberts has accepted the invitation of the Jubilee Masters Lodge to attend a special meeting at which he will be presented with an address of welcome and elected an honorary member . The date will be fixed by his lordship .
Full particulars will be issued in due course by the oecretary , Bro . Under-Sheriff J . D . Langton , 2 Paper Buildings , Temple . Like the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s ... Chapel ) , the Mother Lodge of Kilwinning has enrolled Lord Roberts on the very select roll of its honorary members .
MASONRY IN ITALY .
A LETTER of Prince Odescalchi deserves to be recorded , because it marks a stage in the advance of Italian feeling and public opinion against Freemasonry . Though he is the heir of the Venerable Innocent XI , as well as of a line
of Hungarian magnates , Prince Odescalchi is a Liberal . He is now a Senator of the Italian Kingdom , after having been a member of Parliament for many years . He wields manorial influence at Civitavecchia , where he has a beautiful villa by the sea . As the reputed possessor of upwards of a hundred
millions of lire he can afford to be freer of speech than many of his neighbours , and thus his utterance rather gives than follows the pace , but the feeling which he formally set forth is not only most widely spread among Liberal Italians , but also active , and even vocal , if checked by fear and other
considerations . This is the letter which he has sent to the electors of : the constituency of Civitavecchia : "Many of you have addressed me , as your former deputy , asking my opinion about the candidature which you think of offering to the Commendatore Enrico Galluppi . His personal qualities
( and ) the important offices which he has laudably discharged in the Roman Municipal Council would point him out as an excellent deputy . But insistent rumours circulate and indicate him as a ' gras-bonnet' of Freemasonry , rumours the foundation for which I do not know . But , none the less , were he
not to hasten to deny them publicly , and were the doubt to remain that such assertions might have some foundation in truth , I could not but strongly discounsel your giving him your votes . —Rome , December 18 , 1900 . —Baldassare Odescalchi . " An editorial comment which has been made on this letter is
exact—the letter affirms a new principle , that of formally considering Freemasonry to be what it is—a taint . The Prince ' s declaration , however , merely voices the feelings of crowds of electors all over Italy . — " Tablet . " The members of the Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 2168 ,
will instal their new Master , Bro . Nathan Robinson P . M ., on Thursday next , 10 th inst , at the Midland Grand Hotel , St . Pancras , and a large and representative gathering is anticipated . There is a candidate proposed for initiation , and a notice of motion—to vote twenty-five guineas to the Royal
Masonic Institution for Boys , to be placed on the list of the W . M .-elect—will be dealt with . Bro . R . D . Cummings P . M . and Secretary of the Lodge will act as Installing Master , and the anthem after obligation will be given by Bro . Maldwyn
Humphreys , who will be supported by Bro . J . E . Hambleton C' Cello obligate ) and Bro . James Kift ( Organ ) . The Lodge is called for 4 o ' clock , and the banquet arranged for 7 . We hope to report the proceedings in due course .
m * m The installation meeting of the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , will be held on Friday next , nth inst , at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , under the presidency of Bro . J . Anley jun . W . M . The Lodge is called for 3 o ' clock , when four
candidates will be balloted for . There will be a raising at 3 . 15 , and a passing at 4 o ' clock . The installation of Brother Thomas Samuel Smith S . W . is set down for 4 . 30 , and he will
initiate the new candidates , at 6 . Banquet is arranged for 7 o ' clock . We tender our good wishes £ 0 the new ruler , and trust the same prosperity may attend his Lodge during his Mastership as appears to mark it at the present time ,
Freemasonry And Notoriety.
FREEMASONRY AND NOTORIETY .
THE article " Christianity and Freemasonry " published below , originally appearing in the " Indian Witness , " considered together with replies it has elicited from Freemasons and others in the columns of a Calcutta Daily , gives an
orthodox member oH the Order food for very serious reflection . During the past few years there has been a marked tendency to " popularise " Freemasonry , and with this object misguided votaries of the Craft have not hesitated to step outside the sacred boundaries of the Order to give publicity
to its ceremonies and the doings of its leaders , an evil that has so increased that we are in daily dread that the few mystic attributes to our ceremonies will , ere long , become public property , the subject of table talk , the olot or plays and novels and of course the setting of the sun as regards the " original
plan , which every earnest and thinking Freemason should strive to preserve in its pristine purity . The tendency to parade the doings of the Order before the " uninstructed world " is not confined to any particular country or centre , but , as the organ of the Craft in India , we briefly deal with the abuse as it is seen in our midst here .
The present tirade against the Order was mainly inspired by Bro . Bishop Welldon ' s recent lecture on " The grave and gay side of Freemasonry . " We made a few brief remarks in our editorials of September last regarding this lecture , but did not feel called upon to add anything in deprecation
of the publicity given to Freemasonry , although it occurred to us at the time that detractors might take advantage of the powerful championship the eminent Divine endowed the Order with to formulate an attack . Probably no one among us fails to appreciate Bro . Welldon ' s sentiments towards the
Order , but the eminence of men in his position form too often a modified kind of advertisement , which Freemasonry scarcely benefits from . The indignation one may feel at the numerous misconceptions the writer of the article holds of the Order , become to some extent modified at several truths which strike
home , a fact made all the more evident by the " rejoinders " the article has elicited from Freemasons . Has mighty Masonry sunk so low as to require this public vindication , we may ask ? If so , why ? Trace the reason in the shallow arguments , the banter , the chop logic which our would-be
champions have , as a rule , attempted to combat the indictments with . W e unhesitatingly s ' ay those misguided Brethren have done more harm than good by rushing into print , and we trust the District Grand Master may consider it expedient to issue a circular adjuring Brethren not to utilise the columns
of the Secular press for the ventilation of their defence , necessary though it may seem to them in their mistaken zeal . Far from " The Professor ' s " strictures on Freemasonry being founded on fallacy , there is an under current of truth connected with the experiences he gives that few of us can attempt to gainsay .
We refer , here , to what is suggested in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the article . The other subjects we may leave . to individual reflection and conscience . We know Freemasonrv
can be an actual link to religion . Whether it is so , or not , each votary must decide for himself . But as touching the other points , magnified into abuses by the writer , and in any case amounting to impeachments which if not capable of full repudiation become a source of still greater reproach by
a weak attempt at defence in public , we would like to know when our Brethren will realise that Freemasonry ' s position should be unique in unobtrusion , the searched after , not the searcher ? Unostentatiously it should pursue its mission of intellect ( for our great object is " Light" ) , of benevolence ,
of charity and of purity in life and action : —its effect should be far reaching , but hot in " the trail of glory and pageantry . The future generation will have less pride in the Order than Freemasons of to-day , even less so than had our immediate predecessors , a fact too obvious to admit of doubt . . The
tyler of each individual heart has not been sufficiently zealous in-guarding its privileges . The hankering after notoriety on the one side has played into the hands of the man who makes his living by pandering to the curiosity of the populace on the other . Pick up any secular paper you like and you will
see constant references to the Order and its functions ;—to this , or that , man being a leading Ereemason , aye—not unfrequently that he had been admitted to this and that degree , — as if the Order was a public institution to be affected by the
whims or opinions of the world at large . Compare the effect evolved from this principle with the halo that surrounds Freemasonry of the past . " _ We grope with a feeling akin to awe among the
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School Courts Next Week.
LORD ROBERTS AMONG US .
WE are convinced we are echoing the sentiments of the whole Masonic Brotherhood in taking the earliest opportunity of congratulating Brother Lord Roberts on the honours of an Earldom , and appointment as a Knight of the Order of the
Garter , conferred upon him by his Sovereign immediately on his return to England from active service in South Africa . May our distinguished Brother live long to enjoy these and the many other distinctions which will be showered upon him after his latest campaign .
Bro . Lord Roberts has accepted the invitation of the Jubilee Masters Lodge to attend a special meeting at which he will be presented with an address of welcome and elected an honorary member . The date will be fixed by his lordship .
Full particulars will be issued in due course by the oecretary , Bro . Under-Sheriff J . D . Langton , 2 Paper Buildings , Temple . Like the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s ... Chapel ) , the Mother Lodge of Kilwinning has enrolled Lord Roberts on the very select roll of its honorary members .
MASONRY IN ITALY .
A LETTER of Prince Odescalchi deserves to be recorded , because it marks a stage in the advance of Italian feeling and public opinion against Freemasonry . Though he is the heir of the Venerable Innocent XI , as well as of a line
of Hungarian magnates , Prince Odescalchi is a Liberal . He is now a Senator of the Italian Kingdom , after having been a member of Parliament for many years . He wields manorial influence at Civitavecchia , where he has a beautiful villa by the sea . As the reputed possessor of upwards of a hundred
millions of lire he can afford to be freer of speech than many of his neighbours , and thus his utterance rather gives than follows the pace , but the feeling which he formally set forth is not only most widely spread among Liberal Italians , but also active , and even vocal , if checked by fear and other
considerations . This is the letter which he has sent to the electors of : the constituency of Civitavecchia : "Many of you have addressed me , as your former deputy , asking my opinion about the candidature which you think of offering to the Commendatore Enrico Galluppi . His personal qualities
( and ) the important offices which he has laudably discharged in the Roman Municipal Council would point him out as an excellent deputy . But insistent rumours circulate and indicate him as a ' gras-bonnet' of Freemasonry , rumours the foundation for which I do not know . But , none the less , were he
not to hasten to deny them publicly , and were the doubt to remain that such assertions might have some foundation in truth , I could not but strongly discounsel your giving him your votes . —Rome , December 18 , 1900 . —Baldassare Odescalchi . " An editorial comment which has been made on this letter is
exact—the letter affirms a new principle , that of formally considering Freemasonry to be what it is—a taint . The Prince ' s declaration , however , merely voices the feelings of crowds of electors all over Italy . — " Tablet . " The members of the Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 2168 ,
will instal their new Master , Bro . Nathan Robinson P . M ., on Thursday next , 10 th inst , at the Midland Grand Hotel , St . Pancras , and a large and representative gathering is anticipated . There is a candidate proposed for initiation , and a notice of motion—to vote twenty-five guineas to the Royal
Masonic Institution for Boys , to be placed on the list of the W . M .-elect—will be dealt with . Bro . R . D . Cummings P . M . and Secretary of the Lodge will act as Installing Master , and the anthem after obligation will be given by Bro . Maldwyn
Humphreys , who will be supported by Bro . J . E . Hambleton C' Cello obligate ) and Bro . James Kift ( Organ ) . The Lodge is called for 4 o ' clock , and the banquet arranged for 7 . We hope to report the proceedings in due course .
m * m The installation meeting of the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , will be held on Friday next , nth inst , at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , under the presidency of Bro . J . Anley jun . W . M . The Lodge is called for 3 o ' clock , when four
candidates will be balloted for . There will be a raising at 3 . 15 , and a passing at 4 o ' clock . The installation of Brother Thomas Samuel Smith S . W . is set down for 4 . 30 , and he will
initiate the new candidates , at 6 . Banquet is arranged for 7 o ' clock . We tender our good wishes £ 0 the new ruler , and trust the same prosperity may attend his Lodge during his Mastership as appears to mark it at the present time ,
Freemasonry And Notoriety.
FREEMASONRY AND NOTORIETY .
THE article " Christianity and Freemasonry " published below , originally appearing in the " Indian Witness , " considered together with replies it has elicited from Freemasons and others in the columns of a Calcutta Daily , gives an
orthodox member oH the Order food for very serious reflection . During the past few years there has been a marked tendency to " popularise " Freemasonry , and with this object misguided votaries of the Craft have not hesitated to step outside the sacred boundaries of the Order to give publicity
to its ceremonies and the doings of its leaders , an evil that has so increased that we are in daily dread that the few mystic attributes to our ceremonies will , ere long , become public property , the subject of table talk , the olot or plays and novels and of course the setting of the sun as regards the " original
plan , which every earnest and thinking Freemason should strive to preserve in its pristine purity . The tendency to parade the doings of the Order before the " uninstructed world " is not confined to any particular country or centre , but , as the organ of the Craft in India , we briefly deal with the abuse as it is seen in our midst here .
The present tirade against the Order was mainly inspired by Bro . Bishop Welldon ' s recent lecture on " The grave and gay side of Freemasonry . " We made a few brief remarks in our editorials of September last regarding this lecture , but did not feel called upon to add anything in deprecation
of the publicity given to Freemasonry , although it occurred to us at the time that detractors might take advantage of the powerful championship the eminent Divine endowed the Order with to formulate an attack . Probably no one among us fails to appreciate Bro . Welldon ' s sentiments towards the
Order , but the eminence of men in his position form too often a modified kind of advertisement , which Freemasonry scarcely benefits from . The indignation one may feel at the numerous misconceptions the writer of the article holds of the Order , become to some extent modified at several truths which strike
home , a fact made all the more evident by the " rejoinders " the article has elicited from Freemasons . Has mighty Masonry sunk so low as to require this public vindication , we may ask ? If so , why ? Trace the reason in the shallow arguments , the banter , the chop logic which our would-be
champions have , as a rule , attempted to combat the indictments with . W e unhesitatingly s ' ay those misguided Brethren have done more harm than good by rushing into print , and we trust the District Grand Master may consider it expedient to issue a circular adjuring Brethren not to utilise the columns
of the Secular press for the ventilation of their defence , necessary though it may seem to them in their mistaken zeal . Far from " The Professor ' s " strictures on Freemasonry being founded on fallacy , there is an under current of truth connected with the experiences he gives that few of us can attempt to gainsay .
We refer , here , to what is suggested in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the article . The other subjects we may leave . to individual reflection and conscience . We know Freemasonrv
can be an actual link to religion . Whether it is so , or not , each votary must decide for himself . But as touching the other points , magnified into abuses by the writer , and in any case amounting to impeachments which if not capable of full repudiation become a source of still greater reproach by
a weak attempt at defence in public , we would like to know when our Brethren will realise that Freemasonry ' s position should be unique in unobtrusion , the searched after , not the searcher ? Unostentatiously it should pursue its mission of intellect ( for our great object is " Light" ) , of benevolence ,
of charity and of purity in life and action : —its effect should be far reaching , but hot in " the trail of glory and pageantry . The future generation will have less pride in the Order than Freemasons of to-day , even less so than had our immediate predecessors , a fact too obvious to admit of doubt . . The
tyler of each individual heart has not been sufficiently zealous in-guarding its privileges . The hankering after notoriety on the one side has played into the hands of the man who makes his living by pandering to the curiosity of the populace on the other . Pick up any secular paper you like and you will
see constant references to the Order and its functions ;—to this , or that , man being a leading Ereemason , aye—not unfrequently that he had been admitted to this and that degree , — as if the Order was a public institution to be affected by the
whims or opinions of the world at large . Compare the effect evolved from this principle with the halo that surrounds Freemasonry of the past . " _ We grope with a feeling akin to awe among the