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Our Jewish Brethren.
a descendant , on his father ' s side , of the Jews of Genoa . Ho was distinguished for his intellectual vigour , his patriotism , his oratorical powers , and his statesmanship . His countrymen sustained an irreparable loss when his brilliant career so suddenly terminated less than eight
years ago . Spain was the theatre whore the Jews attained the culmination of their splendour and the abasement of unparalleled misfortune . Allied by ties of blood to the Mohammedan race , when the latter predominated in the Peninsula , they became a respected nation and readily established a
commercial nobility , rating as the most opulent people in the world ; but when the Moors gave way before the power of the Catholio kiugs , and all Spain fell under the despotic sway of the relentless priests , the Inquisition was founded ,
and they at once became its favourite victims . Their wealth was confiscated to the Church , their bodies were given to unspeakable tortures , and they fell into utter ruin , from which , so far as that unhappy country is concerned , they have never recovered until quite recently .
In Portugal , where there are now about ono thousand Jewish residents , less than sixty years ago the Cortes abolished the Inquisition and opened the way for Jewish settlement , according to members of the race all their ancient privileges .
In Poland , where the Jewish race early encamped in great numbers , but where they were not permitted to own land except for burial purposes , they engrossed every industry and so prospered and multiplied that when they
were absorbed by Russia and Austria , more than half of all the living descendants of Abraham occupied the Polish dominions . Their condition since is matter of recent painful remembrance , too vivid to require description .
In Germany they have been disdainfully tolerated , sometimes cruelly treated , though their money kings have their home there .
Holland , the first refuge of tho English Puritans , the French Huguenots , and the oppressed of Italy and Poland , has always given the weary , down-hearted Jew a cordial welcome . God bless her ! ¦
In Holland , England and the United States , and nowhere else on the face of the earth , to the same extent , the Jew has equal rights with the Christian . See how he repays it ! He is a peaceful , law-abiding citizen , filling neither our alms-houses nor our penitentiaries . He is
always in favour of generous public instruction , free schools and public libraries , strongly on the side of liberality , and opposing sectarianism . He believes in morality , setting a pattern in the matter of domestic virtue . He avoids
brawls and intemperance , preaches less than be practices , and his apt to mind his own business . He does his own thinking , and no race is more distinctively progressive than his . I am sure that I do not overdraw the picture .
A single further quotation seems so apt for my purpose that I will make it , and finish with a single other thought . " The lesson of tho Jewish story is that education alone can preserve the permanence of races , and that the perpetuation
of nations and of institutions rests upon the intellectual cultivation of the people ; that the school-house is more potent than fleets and armies , and that the schoolmaster is tho modern king . "
In Blue Lodge and Chapter , Jews and Christians can and do meet on common ground , joined by mutual vows of holy brotherhood , irrespective of creed or race , worshipping one God , attached to the same general rules of conduct , and following the same lines of duty . —Voice of Masonry .
Ac a recent mooting of the Anchor Lodge , No . 1337 , £ ro . Chas . Waistcll W . M . presiding , Bro . Christopher Pallisor P . M . P . P . G . Supt . of Works was unanimously re-olcotcd Charity Representative of the Lodge for the ensuing year .
KOXLOWAY ' OJOTMEWT Am > PIMS . —Colds , Coughs , Shortness of Tkcath . " -lSiese maladies require early and unremitting attention , for if neglected thcy JJHotioncl in asthma , bronchitis or consumption . The Ointment well rubbed " ! "m the chest ami Ijack , penetrating the skin , is absorbed and carried 'ircctly to the lungs , whence it expels all imtmrities . All the blood in the
. ' «• w perpetually passing through the lungs , and there all noxious ( 'jitidca touding to diseaso can be quickly , thoroughly , and ncmiimently '"traliscd , rendered harmless , or ejected ' from tho system . Holloway ' s ( '"I'lieiit and Pills perfectly accomnlish this purification . ; aud through the jvi i tlms dowsed , tho influence of those wonderful medicaments reaches the ' n , „ to ? P ' lB ot ' human body , aud thus cures all diseased action , whether •-toualorestovua . ! .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for tho opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear tho name anil address of the Writor , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
WHICH IS OLDER ? THE HUB MS . OR THE STANLEY MS .
To the Editor of tfie FREEMASON ' S CJIBONICLK . DKAR SIR AND BRO ., —Bros . Hughan and Speth are of opiniou that the Hub MS . was copied from the Stanley MS . Such is their dictum ; and although they give no reason for their opinion , yofc the sagacious editor of the Keystone , at Philadelphia , and the equally sagacious editor of tbe Jlfnsonic Chronicle , at New York , have both
become zealous converts to Bros . Hughan and Spoth'a belief . I shall , however , prove that in this , as well as in former guesses about the respective ages of Masonio MSS ., my respected English brethren have erred . I believe that if either of the said MSS . have been copied from the other , the Stanley MS . wa 3 copied from that of the Hub , for the following reasons : —
1 st . Bro . Speth himself , who saw both MSS ., admits that the Hub MS . looks much older than the Stanley MS . In the former , some of the words have faded away entirely , and others are scarcely legible , while the Stanley MS . looks clean and new . And 2 nd . Out of the 63 Masonio MSS . known , including the Hub MS ., I believe that not more than about half a dozen have appended
to them what is called " Prentice Charges . These " Prentice Charges" had probably not been invented till after tho Hub MS . was written , viz ., 1677 . Koberta , in his Ketch-fenny pamphlet , printed in 1722 , says , that the " Prentice Charges " were adopted by an asBombly held in 1663 , at . But the probability is , that the vivacious Eoberta knew no more when tho assembly was held , than
he knew where it was held . But be that as it may , it is oertain that the Antiquity MS ., written in 1688 , tbe Alnwick MS ., of 1701 , the Scarborough MS ., of 1705 , and a MS . owned by Bro . Carson , of a muoh later date , are all minns the "Prentice Charges , " and so is the Hub MS . But the Stanley MS . has appended to it the said " Prentice Charges . " Now , had the Hub MS . been copied from the
Stanley MS ., the "Prentice Charges" would have been in it too ; the probability therefore is , that the Stanley MS . was oopied from tho Hub MS ., and the transcriber improved hi 3 copy with the addition of the " Prentice Charges . " Again , suppose , say—two dictionaries , by the Bame author , were placed before me , minus title-pages , or otherwise of dates when they wera printed , and suppose one of them had an appendix , and the
other had no appendix . This itaolf would satisfy any one that the ono with the appendix was a later edition than tho one without the appendix , aud the same reasoning may also bo applied in judging the priority of age of tho respective Masonic MSS . I hope , therefore , that my friends Bros . Hughan and Speth will take the above hints into consideration , and then ( if they find that my reasons are correct ) 1 st them endeavour to disabuse the minds of the Amerioan Masonic editors , above alluded to , from their imbibed
errors . Fraternally and respectfully yourg , JACOB NORTON . ! Boston , 21 st November 1890 .
Members of the Masonic Fraternity , not only in the Provinces of Devon and Cornwall , but throughout England , are under a debt of gratitude to Bro . Fred . J . W . Crowe , of Marsden , near Torquay , for an admirable " Master Mason ' s Handbook , " which ho has just written . It is published by Mr . George Kenning , of Great Queenstreet , Lincolns-inn Fields , London , and is dedicated to an eminent
Freemason , the V . W . Bro . Frederick A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Itegistrar of the Grand Lodge of England and Deputy Grand Master of Essex . It has the advantage also of containing an interesting preface by W . Bro . William James Hughan , of Torquay P . G . D . of England , another eminent and highly esteemed Mason . The book is fall of information which newly initiated brethren will find of tho
greatest assistance and value to them , and it will , in the words of Brother Hughan , " prove the moans of enlightening many a Masonio neophyte in relation to the usages and customs of the English Craft , as well as communicating information respecting the early doings of the Fraternity , often unobtainable by the ordinary reader . " The work is designed to answer questions which seem to occur naturally
to newly-nutiated brethren , and it answers this purpose to the fullest extent . Bro . Crowe , the author of the book , is an active and enthusiastic Freemason , who holds the position at present of Organist and S . D . of tho Masonic Lodge at Ashburton . Ho takes a close interest in all matters appertaining to the Order , and is one of those who help to mako tho objects and principles of
Freemasonry bettor understood , and , therefore , better appreciated than they otherwise would be . "Tho Master Mason ' s Hand Book " deserves , what it will doubtless have , a very large circulation among members of the Masonic Fraternity . It is ' worthy the consideration of Masonic Lodges whether a copy of this handbook , together with the By-laws and " Constitution " should not be presented to every candidate on his initiation . — Western Morninq News .
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piPOllTANT NOTICE . —Confidential Advice free per post to all I . in weak and failing health , with loss of strength and vitality . Fifty years experience iu Nervous Ailments . Address , The Secretary , 3 Fi ' teallan Stiuaro Sheffield , i ' orm of Correspondence i'ree . Write to-day .
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Our Jewish Brethren.
a descendant , on his father ' s side , of the Jews of Genoa . Ho was distinguished for his intellectual vigour , his patriotism , his oratorical powers , and his statesmanship . His countrymen sustained an irreparable loss when his brilliant career so suddenly terminated less than eight
years ago . Spain was the theatre whore the Jews attained the culmination of their splendour and the abasement of unparalleled misfortune . Allied by ties of blood to the Mohammedan race , when the latter predominated in the Peninsula , they became a respected nation and readily established a
commercial nobility , rating as the most opulent people in the world ; but when the Moors gave way before the power of the Catholio kiugs , and all Spain fell under the despotic sway of the relentless priests , the Inquisition was founded ,
and they at once became its favourite victims . Their wealth was confiscated to the Church , their bodies were given to unspeakable tortures , and they fell into utter ruin , from which , so far as that unhappy country is concerned , they have never recovered until quite recently .
In Portugal , where there are now about ono thousand Jewish residents , less than sixty years ago the Cortes abolished the Inquisition and opened the way for Jewish settlement , according to members of the race all their ancient privileges .
In Poland , where the Jewish race early encamped in great numbers , but where they were not permitted to own land except for burial purposes , they engrossed every industry and so prospered and multiplied that when they
were absorbed by Russia and Austria , more than half of all the living descendants of Abraham occupied the Polish dominions . Their condition since is matter of recent painful remembrance , too vivid to require description .
In Germany they have been disdainfully tolerated , sometimes cruelly treated , though their money kings have their home there .
Holland , the first refuge of tho English Puritans , the French Huguenots , and the oppressed of Italy and Poland , has always given the weary , down-hearted Jew a cordial welcome . God bless her ! ¦
In Holland , England and the United States , and nowhere else on the face of the earth , to the same extent , the Jew has equal rights with the Christian . See how he repays it ! He is a peaceful , law-abiding citizen , filling neither our alms-houses nor our penitentiaries . He is
always in favour of generous public instruction , free schools and public libraries , strongly on the side of liberality , and opposing sectarianism . He believes in morality , setting a pattern in the matter of domestic virtue . He avoids
brawls and intemperance , preaches less than be practices , and his apt to mind his own business . He does his own thinking , and no race is more distinctively progressive than his . I am sure that I do not overdraw the picture .
A single further quotation seems so apt for my purpose that I will make it , and finish with a single other thought . " The lesson of tho Jewish story is that education alone can preserve the permanence of races , and that the perpetuation
of nations and of institutions rests upon the intellectual cultivation of the people ; that the school-house is more potent than fleets and armies , and that the schoolmaster is tho modern king . "
In Blue Lodge and Chapter , Jews and Christians can and do meet on common ground , joined by mutual vows of holy brotherhood , irrespective of creed or race , worshipping one God , attached to the same general rules of conduct , and following the same lines of duty . —Voice of Masonry .
Ac a recent mooting of the Anchor Lodge , No . 1337 , £ ro . Chas . Waistcll W . M . presiding , Bro . Christopher Pallisor P . M . P . P . G . Supt . of Works was unanimously re-olcotcd Charity Representative of the Lodge for the ensuing year .
KOXLOWAY ' OJOTMEWT Am > PIMS . —Colds , Coughs , Shortness of Tkcath . " -lSiese maladies require early and unremitting attention , for if neglected thcy JJHotioncl in asthma , bronchitis or consumption . The Ointment well rubbed " ! "m the chest ami Ijack , penetrating the skin , is absorbed and carried 'ircctly to the lungs , whence it expels all imtmrities . All the blood in the
. ' «• w perpetually passing through the lungs , and there all noxious ( 'jitidca touding to diseaso can be quickly , thoroughly , and ncmiimently '"traliscd , rendered harmless , or ejected ' from tho system . Holloway ' s ( '"I'lieiit and Pills perfectly accomnlish this purification . ; aud through the jvi i tlms dowsed , tho influence of those wonderful medicaments reaches the ' n , „ to ? P ' lB ot ' human body , aud thus cures all diseased action , whether •-toualorestovua . ! .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for tho opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear tho name anil address of the Writor , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
WHICH IS OLDER ? THE HUB MS . OR THE STANLEY MS .
To the Editor of tfie FREEMASON ' S CJIBONICLK . DKAR SIR AND BRO ., —Bros . Hughan and Speth are of opiniou that the Hub MS . was copied from the Stanley MS . Such is their dictum ; and although they give no reason for their opinion , yofc the sagacious editor of the Keystone , at Philadelphia , and the equally sagacious editor of tbe Jlfnsonic Chronicle , at New York , have both
become zealous converts to Bros . Hughan and Spoth'a belief . I shall , however , prove that in this , as well as in former guesses about the respective ages of Masonio MSS ., my respected English brethren have erred . I believe that if either of the said MSS . have been copied from the other , the Stanley MS . wa 3 copied from that of the Hub , for the following reasons : —
1 st . Bro . Speth himself , who saw both MSS ., admits that the Hub MS . looks much older than the Stanley MS . In the former , some of the words have faded away entirely , and others are scarcely legible , while the Stanley MS . looks clean and new . And 2 nd . Out of the 63 Masonio MSS . known , including the Hub MS ., I believe that not more than about half a dozen have appended
to them what is called " Prentice Charges . These " Prentice Charges" had probably not been invented till after tho Hub MS . was written , viz ., 1677 . Koberta , in his Ketch-fenny pamphlet , printed in 1722 , says , that the " Prentice Charges " were adopted by an asBombly held in 1663 , at . But the probability is , that the vivacious Eoberta knew no more when tho assembly was held , than
he knew where it was held . But be that as it may , it is oertain that the Antiquity MS ., written in 1688 , tbe Alnwick MS ., of 1701 , the Scarborough MS ., of 1705 , and a MS . owned by Bro . Carson , of a muoh later date , are all minns the "Prentice Charges , " and so is the Hub MS . But the Stanley MS . has appended to it the said " Prentice Charges . " Now , had the Hub MS . been copied from the
Stanley MS ., the "Prentice Charges" would have been in it too ; the probability therefore is , that the Stanley MS . was oopied from tho Hub MS ., and the transcriber improved hi 3 copy with the addition of the " Prentice Charges . " Again , suppose , say—two dictionaries , by the Bame author , were placed before me , minus title-pages , or otherwise of dates when they wera printed , and suppose one of them had an appendix , and the
other had no appendix . This itaolf would satisfy any one that the ono with the appendix was a later edition than tho one without the appendix , aud the same reasoning may also bo applied in judging the priority of age of tho respective Masonic MSS . I hope , therefore , that my friends Bros . Hughan and Speth will take the above hints into consideration , and then ( if they find that my reasons are correct ) 1 st them endeavour to disabuse the minds of the Amerioan Masonic editors , above alluded to , from their imbibed
errors . Fraternally and respectfully yourg , JACOB NORTON . ! Boston , 21 st November 1890 .
Members of the Masonic Fraternity , not only in the Provinces of Devon and Cornwall , but throughout England , are under a debt of gratitude to Bro . Fred . J . W . Crowe , of Marsden , near Torquay , for an admirable " Master Mason ' s Handbook , " which ho has just written . It is published by Mr . George Kenning , of Great Queenstreet , Lincolns-inn Fields , London , and is dedicated to an eminent
Freemason , the V . W . Bro . Frederick A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Itegistrar of the Grand Lodge of England and Deputy Grand Master of Essex . It has the advantage also of containing an interesting preface by W . Bro . William James Hughan , of Torquay P . G . D . of England , another eminent and highly esteemed Mason . The book is fall of information which newly initiated brethren will find of tho
greatest assistance and value to them , and it will , in the words of Brother Hughan , " prove the moans of enlightening many a Masonio neophyte in relation to the usages and customs of the English Craft , as well as communicating information respecting the early doings of the Fraternity , often unobtainable by the ordinary reader . " The work is designed to answer questions which seem to occur naturally
to newly-nutiated brethren , and it answers this purpose to the fullest extent . Bro . Crowe , the author of the book , is an active and enthusiastic Freemason , who holds the position at present of Organist and S . D . of tho Masonic Lodge at Ashburton . Ho takes a close interest in all matters appertaining to the Order , and is one of those who help to mako tho objects and principles of
Freemasonry bettor understood , and , therefore , better appreciated than they otherwise would be . "Tho Master Mason ' s Hand Book " deserves , what it will doubtless have , a very large circulation among members of the Masonic Fraternity . It is ' worthy the consideration of Masonic Lodges whether a copy of this handbook , together with the By-laws and " Constitution " should not be presented to every candidate on his initiation . — Western Morninq News .
Ar00502
piPOllTANT NOTICE . —Confidential Advice free per post to all I . in weak and failing health , with loss of strength and vitality . Fifty years experience iu Nervous Ailments . Address , The Secretary , 3 Fi ' teallan Stiuaro Sheffield , i ' orm of Correspondence i'ree . Write to-day .