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Why Bro. Gould Discredits Wren's Connection With Freemasonry.
Lodge may have met in Philadelphia in 1730 . But Franklin ' s assertion about " several Lodges , " may be added to the accumulated pile of newspaper exaggerations . We also remember when the London Freemason referred to onr sceptical friend Bro . Woodbury as " The Rev . Bro . Charles
Levi Woodbury . We could multi ply many similar cases , but we trust that sufficient has been shown to demonstrate the unreliability of newspaper statements ; hence , when such statements are unsupported by other testimony , they should be received with great caution .
But that is not all ; Desaguliers , Rawlinson , Folks and Clare , all active and zealous Masons , were , like Wren , Fellows of the Royal Society . Dr . Rawlinson wrote a memoir as a preface to Ashmole ' s Works , in which Ashmole ' s statements about Masonry appeared ; ho also wrote
a preface to one of Aubrey ' s Works ; he collected a number of Masonic curiosities , viz ., a Masonio MS ., numerous newspapers or slips wherein Masonry was mentioned , a socalled expose of Masonry , a MS . list of all the English Lodges up to the middle of the year 1733 , & c , & o ., all
which curiosities he deposited in the Bodleian Library at Oxford ; but there is no evidence that either of tbe said distinguished brethren were cognizant of Sir C . Wren having been a Mason . Anderson was appointed by the Grand Lodge in September 1721 ( abont seventeen
months before Wren died ) , to draw up a Constitution . He doubtless took the utmost pains to collect from the old Masons all their MSS ., traditions and general information ; he learned from them that James I ., Charles I ., Charles II ., William III ., Judge
Coke , and a host of others , were all Freemasons or Bro . Masons . If a solitary member of the old St . Paul ' s Lodge had known that their mahogany candlesticks and mallet ( that is , if they were then in possession of the candlesticks and mallet ) , were presented to the Lodge by Sir
Christopher Wren , or if even any member had known of Wren s former connection with their Lodge , Anderson would surely have been informed thereof , and would have called on the venerable Brother in order to learn something from him about Masonry . But while Bro . Anderson Masonized
so many worthies , and unworthies too , he referred to Wren ( in his 1723 Constitution ) merely as " The ingenious Architect , Sir Christopher Wren . " Again , tbe Grand Lodge of England began to keep a
record on 24 th June 1723 ( not quite four months after the burial of Wren ) . If , then , any member of tbe Grand Lodge had been cognizant of Wren ' s former connection with the Craft , we may suppose that some notice would have been taken and recorded about the demise of
such a distinguished brother as Sir Christopher Wren . But the record is minus of a notice of that event . Still again , a number of books and pamphlets relating to Masonry were printed between 1723 and 1738 , all containing more or less historic items . A Constitution with a
Masonic history was printed in 1726 , and another in Dublin m 1730 . Drake , the antiquary , delivered an historical address before the Grand Lodge of York in 1726 . Prichard published his tirade against Masonry in 1730 . Anderson replied to him soon after , so did " Euclid . " In 1729 , Bro .
Cole engraved one of the old MSS ., improved with numerous additions . Smith printed his Pocket Companion ( with a history of Masonry ) in 1735 . It was reprinted in Dublin the same year , with further improvements , viz ., it located Lodge No . 79 at Philadelphia . In 1736 Smith published
another book , so he did in 1737 , and early in 1738 he published the second edition of his Pocket Companion ; and m neither of the said publications can we find that Wren "was a Freemason . The whole evidence of Wren ' s Free-^ P to 1738 then rests upon the statement made in the Postboy of 1723 only .
•Taking therefore into consideration the facts and omissions above shown , we think Bro . Gould was fully justified in rejecting a statement of an irresponsible and unknown newspaper reporter as bona fide evidence of £ ir Christopher Wren ' s connection with the Masonic Brotherhood . ( To be continued . )
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severity * PnnMrarr AND PILLS .-Safely and Sewrely .-Wben tbe make a riofn ^ » ° yielded to more genial weather , invalids shonld indoors w „ P 0 < i eflort to re ^ th eir lost health . When , throngh confinement weakened ™ , i ? L ? ^ ' disturbed sleep , the entire system has been equaltnti ™ . ~ •s P ' s hnve heon broken down , Holloway's remedies are aid liver » £ i ? L - . t . . Ointment rubbed over the regions of the stomach di gestion r «^ i „*„ L t , internal administration of his Pills , will rectify the wil ' speedilv ™ L < L ,. e blle " , P urifyth 0 blood < three sanatory actions which " acid mn 3 < £ ? „ renewed vigour , brace up the failing nerves , confirm , the existence ' restore to the ailing cheerfulness , that great charm of
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The monthly meeting of the Board of Bevevolence took place at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday . Bro . Brett Senior Vice-President presided , in tho unavoidable absence of Bro . Joshua Nnnn . Bro , C . A . Cottebrnne acted as Senior Vice President , and Bro . Frank Richardson , Past
G . Deacon , took tho seat of Bro . Cottebrnne ( Junior V . P . ) Colonel Shadwell Clerke , Grand Secretary , announced that he had received several letters from petitioners who were relieved in May , thanking the Board for the assistance
given . Tho brethren first oonfirmed grants to the amount of £ 190 . The new list contained the names of twentysoven petitioners . During a sitting which occupied over three hours the Board awarded a total sum of £ 855 , twenty-two of the applicants being relieved .
The Mark Master Masons of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will hold their annual meeting at the Masonic Hall , Barrack Road , Aldershot , at two o ' clock p . m ., on Friday next , when the general business of the Province will be earned out . A banquet will take place at
four o clock , but in order to ensure the comfort of those who attend , the Masters of Lodges are requested to send to the Provincial Grand Secretary , High Street , Southampton , tho names of those who desire to remain . This notice should be sent not later than Monday next .
Subscriptions are invited towards the fund being raised for the widow and family of the late Bro . D . M . Dewar , Assistant Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons . Grand Mark Lodge has voted £ 50 , and some other sums have been subscribed . The subscriptions are not to exceed a guinea . We trust a goodly amount will be realised .
We learn that the outgoing Board of G . Stewards invited the New Board to their closing dinner , in order to give them an opportunity of becoming acquainted with their duties and with each , other . Bro . Fuller ( President ) was
m the chair , and Bros . Torkington ( Hon . Sec . ) and Mills ( Hon , Treas . ) in the vice-chairs . In addition , there were several visitors , amongst whom were Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , F . Binckes , Major Coles , A . M . Broadley , J . L . Mather , C . F . Matier , & c .
The North London Chapter of Improvement beld its regular meeting on Thursday , the 19 th instant , at 8 o ' clock , at the Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul ' s Road , Canonbury .
Comp . Dean occupied the chair of Z ., Gregory H ., Shaw J ., Knight S . N ., Radcliffe P . S . The ceremony was ably rehearsed by the Companions , and a very pleasant and instructive evening spent .
The last tribute of respect it was in the power of his comrades to offer to the memory of their late Preceptor , Bro . Richard Pearcy , was paid on Saturday last , when his funeral took place at Highgate Cemetery , Amongst those
present were Bros . Terry , Fenner , Weeden , Greenfield , Dearing , Norris , Western , Edmonds , Hughes , Holland , Gibbs , Sheffield , Hirst , Dixie , Dettmar , Wright , Morgan , Martin , Williams , Trewinnard , Bye , Dalton , Thomas , Vine , & c .
The Chapter of Temperance in the East , No . 89 , 9 , attached to the Lodge of that name , was consecrated at Poplar , on Friday , the 13 th inst . E . Comp . James Terry , Prov . G . J , Herts , performed the ceremony in his usual
able able . He was assisted by E . Comps . Edgar Bowyer , as H . ; Wm . Clarke , P . G . D , of C . Suffolk , as J . ; and J . L . Mather , P . Z . 174 , as D . of C . The following were afterwards installed by Comp . Terry as Principals : Comps . G . Graveley M . E . Z ., B . Carter H ., and Waller J .
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EDUCATION . — HAMBURG . Bro . JOHN A . NEECK , 9 Bimuesstrasse , HAMBURG Is prepared to receive into his Family TWO OR THREE ENGLISH YOUTHS AS BOARDERS During the time they attend School iu this City . CAREFUL SUPERVISION , KIND TREATMENT , BEST BODILY & MENTAL CARE , High . Beferences in England and Hamburg , IFIE & OSIFIECT-rj- S FREE
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Why Bro. Gould Discredits Wren's Connection With Freemasonry.
Lodge may have met in Philadelphia in 1730 . But Franklin ' s assertion about " several Lodges , " may be added to the accumulated pile of newspaper exaggerations . We also remember when the London Freemason referred to onr sceptical friend Bro . Woodbury as " The Rev . Bro . Charles
Levi Woodbury . We could multi ply many similar cases , but we trust that sufficient has been shown to demonstrate the unreliability of newspaper statements ; hence , when such statements are unsupported by other testimony , they should be received with great caution .
But that is not all ; Desaguliers , Rawlinson , Folks and Clare , all active and zealous Masons , were , like Wren , Fellows of the Royal Society . Dr . Rawlinson wrote a memoir as a preface to Ashmole ' s Works , in which Ashmole ' s statements about Masonry appeared ; ho also wrote
a preface to one of Aubrey ' s Works ; he collected a number of Masonic curiosities , viz ., a Masonio MS ., numerous newspapers or slips wherein Masonry was mentioned , a socalled expose of Masonry , a MS . list of all the English Lodges up to the middle of the year 1733 , & c , & o ., all
which curiosities he deposited in the Bodleian Library at Oxford ; but there is no evidence that either of tbe said distinguished brethren were cognizant of Sir C . Wren having been a Mason . Anderson was appointed by the Grand Lodge in September 1721 ( abont seventeen
months before Wren died ) , to draw up a Constitution . He doubtless took the utmost pains to collect from the old Masons all their MSS ., traditions and general information ; he learned from them that James I ., Charles I ., Charles II ., William III ., Judge
Coke , and a host of others , were all Freemasons or Bro . Masons . If a solitary member of the old St . Paul ' s Lodge had known that their mahogany candlesticks and mallet ( that is , if they were then in possession of the candlesticks and mallet ) , were presented to the Lodge by Sir
Christopher Wren , or if even any member had known of Wren s former connection with their Lodge , Anderson would surely have been informed thereof , and would have called on the venerable Brother in order to learn something from him about Masonry . But while Bro . Anderson Masonized
so many worthies , and unworthies too , he referred to Wren ( in his 1723 Constitution ) merely as " The ingenious Architect , Sir Christopher Wren . " Again , tbe Grand Lodge of England began to keep a
record on 24 th June 1723 ( not quite four months after the burial of Wren ) . If , then , any member of tbe Grand Lodge had been cognizant of Wren ' s former connection with the Craft , we may suppose that some notice would have been taken and recorded about the demise of
such a distinguished brother as Sir Christopher Wren . But the record is minus of a notice of that event . Still again , a number of books and pamphlets relating to Masonry were printed between 1723 and 1738 , all containing more or less historic items . A Constitution with a
Masonic history was printed in 1726 , and another in Dublin m 1730 . Drake , the antiquary , delivered an historical address before the Grand Lodge of York in 1726 . Prichard published his tirade against Masonry in 1730 . Anderson replied to him soon after , so did " Euclid . " In 1729 , Bro .
Cole engraved one of the old MSS ., improved with numerous additions . Smith printed his Pocket Companion ( with a history of Masonry ) in 1735 . It was reprinted in Dublin the same year , with further improvements , viz ., it located Lodge No . 79 at Philadelphia . In 1736 Smith published
another book , so he did in 1737 , and early in 1738 he published the second edition of his Pocket Companion ; and m neither of the said publications can we find that Wren "was a Freemason . The whole evidence of Wren ' s Free-^ P to 1738 then rests upon the statement made in the Postboy of 1723 only .
•Taking therefore into consideration the facts and omissions above shown , we think Bro . Gould was fully justified in rejecting a statement of an irresponsible and unknown newspaper reporter as bona fide evidence of £ ir Christopher Wren ' s connection with the Masonic Brotherhood . ( To be continued . )
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severity * PnnMrarr AND PILLS .-Safely and Sewrely .-Wben tbe make a riofn ^ » ° yielded to more genial weather , invalids shonld indoors w „ P 0 < i eflort to re ^ th eir lost health . When , throngh confinement weakened ™ , i ? L ? ^ ' disturbed sleep , the entire system has been equaltnti ™ . ~ •s P ' s hnve heon broken down , Holloway's remedies are aid liver » £ i ? L - . t . . Ointment rubbed over the regions of the stomach di gestion r «^ i „*„ L t , internal administration of his Pills , will rectify the wil ' speedilv ™ L < L ,. e blle " , P urifyth 0 blood < three sanatory actions which " acid mn 3 < £ ? „ renewed vigour , brace up the failing nerves , confirm , the existence ' restore to the ailing cheerfulness , that great charm of
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The monthly meeting of the Board of Bevevolence took place at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday . Bro . Brett Senior Vice-President presided , in tho unavoidable absence of Bro . Joshua Nnnn . Bro , C . A . Cottebrnne acted as Senior Vice President , and Bro . Frank Richardson , Past
G . Deacon , took tho seat of Bro . Cottebrnne ( Junior V . P . ) Colonel Shadwell Clerke , Grand Secretary , announced that he had received several letters from petitioners who were relieved in May , thanking the Board for the assistance
given . Tho brethren first oonfirmed grants to the amount of £ 190 . The new list contained the names of twentysoven petitioners . During a sitting which occupied over three hours the Board awarded a total sum of £ 855 , twenty-two of the applicants being relieved .
The Mark Master Masons of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will hold their annual meeting at the Masonic Hall , Barrack Road , Aldershot , at two o ' clock p . m ., on Friday next , when the general business of the Province will be earned out . A banquet will take place at
four o clock , but in order to ensure the comfort of those who attend , the Masters of Lodges are requested to send to the Provincial Grand Secretary , High Street , Southampton , tho names of those who desire to remain . This notice should be sent not later than Monday next .
Subscriptions are invited towards the fund being raised for the widow and family of the late Bro . D . M . Dewar , Assistant Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons . Grand Mark Lodge has voted £ 50 , and some other sums have been subscribed . The subscriptions are not to exceed a guinea . We trust a goodly amount will be realised .
We learn that the outgoing Board of G . Stewards invited the New Board to their closing dinner , in order to give them an opportunity of becoming acquainted with their duties and with each , other . Bro . Fuller ( President ) was
m the chair , and Bros . Torkington ( Hon . Sec . ) and Mills ( Hon , Treas . ) in the vice-chairs . In addition , there were several visitors , amongst whom were Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , F . Binckes , Major Coles , A . M . Broadley , J . L . Mather , C . F . Matier , & c .
The North London Chapter of Improvement beld its regular meeting on Thursday , the 19 th instant , at 8 o ' clock , at the Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul ' s Road , Canonbury .
Comp . Dean occupied the chair of Z ., Gregory H ., Shaw J ., Knight S . N ., Radcliffe P . S . The ceremony was ably rehearsed by the Companions , and a very pleasant and instructive evening spent .
The last tribute of respect it was in the power of his comrades to offer to the memory of their late Preceptor , Bro . Richard Pearcy , was paid on Saturday last , when his funeral took place at Highgate Cemetery , Amongst those
present were Bros . Terry , Fenner , Weeden , Greenfield , Dearing , Norris , Western , Edmonds , Hughes , Holland , Gibbs , Sheffield , Hirst , Dixie , Dettmar , Wright , Morgan , Martin , Williams , Trewinnard , Bye , Dalton , Thomas , Vine , & c .
The Chapter of Temperance in the East , No . 89 , 9 , attached to the Lodge of that name , was consecrated at Poplar , on Friday , the 13 th inst . E . Comp . James Terry , Prov . G . J , Herts , performed the ceremony in his usual
able able . He was assisted by E . Comps . Edgar Bowyer , as H . ; Wm . Clarke , P . G . D , of C . Suffolk , as J . ; and J . L . Mather , P . Z . 174 , as D . of C . The following were afterwards installed by Comp . Terry as Principals : Comps . G . Graveley M . E . Z ., B . Carter H ., and Waller J .
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EDUCATION . — HAMBURG . Bro . JOHN A . NEECK , 9 Bimuesstrasse , HAMBURG Is prepared to receive into his Family TWO OR THREE ENGLISH YOUTHS AS BOARDERS During the time they attend School iu this City . CAREFUL SUPERVISION , KIND TREATMENT , BEST BODILY & MENTAL CARE , High . Beferences in England and Hamburg , IFIE & OSIFIECT-rj- S FREE