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Freemasonry In Italy.
FREEMASONRY IN ITALY .
Its True Aims and Objects . ( Continued from page 185 . ) YET another revelation more startling than those already made awaits the patient readers of these hastily-strung paragraphs . Can you believe that the worship of Lucifer is practised by hundreds of men and women enrolled on the Masonic body ? Yet , it is absolutely true . Margiotta , who was
intimately conversant with the most hidden secrets of Masonry , not only asserts it , but proves it up to the hilt . They have their temple , these devil worshippers , and their altar , on which is placed the statue of Lucifer . They give the title of " Excelsas Excelsior" to their black diety . He is " Excelsas " because equal to God ; and " Excelsior " because one day his
kingdom will overthrow that of the Most High . Such is their blasphemous justification of the title bestowed on their Satanical idol . They speak of the Man-God as the " traitor " justly condemned to death . Lemmi invented the password for the Lodges , " Barrabas , " to emphasise the hatred of all trueblooded Masons for everything that belongs to God . Each ocoupant of a
position , in the inner circle is designated by a name borne by some personage mentioned in the Old or New Testament as an enemy of God and His people . Have we not still fresh in our memories the discovery some years ago _ ma . de in the palace of the celebrated Borghese family in Eome . Owing to reverses of fortune suffered during the Eoman land " boom , " this patrician family
was forced to dispose of its magnificent mansion . The Freemasons bought , or leased , a portion of it . They erected their throne there , from which ail the lodges in the world were to be governed . Lemmi and his followers made it their seat of government . Some time after they were asked to withdraw , as , owing to the fortunate marriage of one of the Borghese
family with a rich princess , the Borghesi were enabled to purchase back their palace . The workmen employed in preparing the palace for the reception of its princely owners , came upon a small temple or chapel , in which were found many signs and tokens of Devil-worship in the part lately oocupied by the Grand Orient and his minions . A howl of execration was raisen by clerical
as well as by non-clerical papers , against Lemmi and his friends , who had dared to indulge in this abominable and blasphemous cult within the walls of tho capital of Christendom . By an oversight , the Masons had left some of
their Satanical trappings behind them , and were thus discovered in their true light , as worshippers of Satan . Surely , this would seem the limit of their hatred of God when they offer incense to the brazen figure of His archenemy , Satan , and pay him the homage and worship due to God alone .
But they go one step further m their iniquity . The disclosures , made by Margiotta and by that noble band of heroes , I may call them , who have , at the risk of their lives , made them , prove , beyond the shadow of a doubt , that the Sacred Host is desecrated in their temples of Satan . Female Masons are carefully selected and initiated into the mysteries of the Craft , and sent on
the sacrilegious mission of carrying the Consecrated Particle , which they receive from the hands of God's ministers in the Holy Communion , to the altar erected to the infernal deity they worship . Here is one instance that such horrible desecration actually takes place in the temples ot these lost souls . In his book , entitled , "Reminiscences of a Thirty-Three" ( the highest
Masonic grade ) , Margiotta relates this fact of Miss Diana Vaughan . Asked by hor Brethren in the Onze-Sopt Lodge of New York to stab the Sacred HoBt with the dagger specially designed for this sacrilegious purpose , she refused point blank , and , pointing to " Baphomet , " the statue of Lucifer , she pronounced these memorable words : " Catholics assert that the statue of our
God is a vain idol , and nevertheless if it fell into their hands they would smash it to pieces with rage . Let us leave such follies to Catholics , and let ua not imitate them . Let us propagate the truth ( sic ) by slow , secure , and gentle action . Let us draw , step by step , the profane ( non-Masons ) from error , and thus we shall establish the worship of the Good God ( Lucifer ) throughout the
world . " Miss Diana Vaughan was born in the Protestant faith , and , of course , did not believe in the Eeal Presence , and consequently looked upon the Sacred Species as a Catholic idol . The members of the Inner Circles of Masonry have no lack of candidates for this sacrilegious work . Women have their Lodges as well as their male companions of the " square and compass . "
The names of many of them will be found in the works of Margiotta and Leo Taxil . Miss Vaughan , now happily converted to the Catholic faith , was a Freemason , holding the highest degree . At the Grand Council , held a few years back , at which Lemmi was elected Grand Orient , many of the delegates from different parts of the world were females .
The " Hymn to Satan , " composed by the infamous Carducci , raised—Just think of it—to the Italian senate by his admiring sovereign , is sung « , t their banquets and in their temples . It is so blasphemous , so diabolical , and so obscene , that Margiotta would not dare , ho says , to strip it of the cabalistic Hebrew , in which it is written , and translate it into an intelligible tongue , for his readers .
Why is it , it may be fairly asked , that so many men of respectability , and well-known religious fervour , remain members of such a hell-born Sect ? Why do princes and the great ones of the earth lend their names to it ? Margiotta answors these questions by saying that these persons are not , and never will be , allowed a glimpse into the hidden secrets and doings of
Freemasonry . They are merely the whitewash that covers , and gives a clean tone to the fetid sepulchre of Freemasonry . There are two classes of Masons , he says , the High and the Low . The high grade Masons lead their Brethren of the lower grades by the nose , and make a cloak , or blind of them , to cover their iniquities . These lower grade members of the Order look upon
Freemasonry In Italy.
Masonry as a good " junketing " club , and a stepping-stone to power and sooial position , but , as to what takes place behind the Masonic scenes , they are as much in the dark as we are who are designated , in the language of the Craft , as the " profane . " It is easily understood , then , why so many eminent and highly-respected men still keep their names on the Masonic roll .
To those who still cling to the idea that there is a wide gulf separating English from Continental Freemasonry , and that there is not the slightest bond of union between them , I shall offer a few " nuts to crack . " If English Freemasonry is a distinct and independent organisation and totally adverse to the sayings and doings of their Continental Brethren , why was a delegate ,
a female , by the way , sent to the Grand Council in Eome to vote m the election of the Grand Orient ? This lady ' s name was given by Margiotta , and the district she belonged to was Birmingham . Is it not a well-proven fact that in a Lodge in Oxford-street , London , the question of who was to be elected to be High Priest of Freemasonry was warmly discussed ? If
English Freemasons are a distinct body , why send delegates to Borne ? Lemmi , flushed with the high honours thrust upon him by the delegates , appointed two Grand Pontifical Assistants at his throne , and ten Patriarchs for the great world of Freemasonry . Australia has its Patriarch , residing at Melbourne , a man well known in the Colonies , and not many years since
knighted by his Sovereign . London is honoured in numbering amongst its citizens the Patriarch for the United Kingdom . Amongst the provinces that stood by Lemmi , in his fight with the Charleston . Masons , to keep the Centre of " Universal Masonry " in the City of Eome , were the provinces of London , Edinburgh , and Dublin . Until these questions are satisfactorily
answered , all reasonable persons , resting on the testimony and documentary evidence adduced by recent converts from the camp of High Masonry , must hold to the belief that there is a strong link binding English to Continental Freemasonry . And now , the task I set myself , and of which I have acquitted myself but feebly , I know , is done . I have , I think , shown up Freemasonry
as the enemy of God and His Church , and have laid baro some of it 3 horrible rites and practices . I have , also , placed before my indulgent readers some facts that go a long way to prove the existence of a bond of union between Masons in English-speaking countries and their Brethren in France , in Spain , and in Italy . After wallowing in so much moral corruption on the
part of those whom we call our degenerate brothers and sisters , let us revel in the consoling thought that out from the ranks of the children of the Church have sprung noble and fearless champions , who have banded themselves together under the banner of the Anti-Masonic League , to crush the head of this green-eyed monster , and , like David of old , strengthened by the
arm of God , to deal this Goliath his death-blow . The prayers of the unswervingly-devoted sons and daughters of God's Holy Church and the Catholics of Ireland will be a potent factor in bringing about this happy consummation—the glorious triumph of the True Church and the complete route and annihilation of her most potent enemy , Freemasonry . —JOSEPH A . KNOWLBB , O . S . A ., in " Irish Catholic . "
Reports Of Meetings.
REPORTS OF MEETINGS .
— : o : — ROYAL ARCH .
HIGH CROSS CHAPTER , No . 829 . THE annual installation meeting was held at the Bull Hotel , Dartford on Tuesday , 20 th inst ., when Comp . T . Hastings Asst . Scribe E . acted as M . E . Z ., with B . J . Beale H ., F . Hitchens J ., G . Mitchell P . Z . S . E ., A . Bonaldson S . N ., W . Eussell P . Z . Treas ., A . Jackson 2 nd A . S ., A . Spencer P . Z . P . G . S . E ., A . Hubbard P . Z ., J . P . White P . Z . 2277 , W . Tailby P . Z ., B . J . Beamish , G . Backstraw , Chas . Potter P . Z ., J . Longley , Thos . Nettlingham , Thos . Jenkins , and others .
The minutes of the previous convocation having been confirmed , the Companions voted £ 2 2 s to a former Companion of the Chapter , now in distress . The Accounts were presented , received , and adopted .
The installation of Principals for the ensuing year was then ably carried out by Comp . A . Hubbard P . Z ., the following being installed : JR .-J . Beale Z-. F . Hitchens H ., A . Bonaldson J . The M . E . Z . invested his Officers : G . W . Mitchell P . Z . S . E ., F . Mitchell S . N ., R ; Walker P . Z . P . S ., A . Jackson 1 st A . S ., J . Longley 2 nd A . S ., and Royal Janitor .
A hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Comp . A . Hubbard for his services as Installing Principal . Comp . T . Hastings was presented with a handsome P . Z . ' s jewel for his services during the past year .
GALLERY CHAPTER , No . 1928 . THE annual installation of Principals took place at a Convocation held ait Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , E . C , on Saturday , when Comp . John Hurdell was inducted into the chair of M . E . Z ., John Bead into that of H ., and J . Wallace Husk into that of J . The ceremony was performed by Comp . Bead P . Z . The following Officers were also appointed : Comps . E . E . S .
Peacock P . Z . Treasurer , Herbert Wright P . Z . Scribe E ., J . J . Fretwell S . N ., Orlton Cooper P . S ., J . Bussey and J . D . Irvine A . S ., Henry Massey P . Z . D . C ., and Thomas Shepperd Janitor . Comps . A . E . Baines and L . F . Gowing were elected on the Audit Committee . A vote of sincere sympathy was ordered to be sent to Comp . Very , who had been compelled to resign his position on account of ill-health . The proceedings terminated with the usual dinner .
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Freemasonry In Italy.
FREEMASONRY IN ITALY .
Its True Aims and Objects . ( Continued from page 185 . ) YET another revelation more startling than those already made awaits the patient readers of these hastily-strung paragraphs . Can you believe that the worship of Lucifer is practised by hundreds of men and women enrolled on the Masonic body ? Yet , it is absolutely true . Margiotta , who was
intimately conversant with the most hidden secrets of Masonry , not only asserts it , but proves it up to the hilt . They have their temple , these devil worshippers , and their altar , on which is placed the statue of Lucifer . They give the title of " Excelsas Excelsior" to their black diety . He is " Excelsas " because equal to God ; and " Excelsior " because one day his
kingdom will overthrow that of the Most High . Such is their blasphemous justification of the title bestowed on their Satanical idol . They speak of the Man-God as the " traitor " justly condemned to death . Lemmi invented the password for the Lodges , " Barrabas , " to emphasise the hatred of all trueblooded Masons for everything that belongs to God . Each ocoupant of a
position , in the inner circle is designated by a name borne by some personage mentioned in the Old or New Testament as an enemy of God and His people . Have we not still fresh in our memories the discovery some years ago _ ma . de in the palace of the celebrated Borghese family in Eome . Owing to reverses of fortune suffered during the Eoman land " boom , " this patrician family
was forced to dispose of its magnificent mansion . The Freemasons bought , or leased , a portion of it . They erected their throne there , from which ail the lodges in the world were to be governed . Lemmi and his followers made it their seat of government . Some time after they were asked to withdraw , as , owing to the fortunate marriage of one of the Borghese
family with a rich princess , the Borghesi were enabled to purchase back their palace . The workmen employed in preparing the palace for the reception of its princely owners , came upon a small temple or chapel , in which were found many signs and tokens of Devil-worship in the part lately oocupied by the Grand Orient and his minions . A howl of execration was raisen by clerical
as well as by non-clerical papers , against Lemmi and his friends , who had dared to indulge in this abominable and blasphemous cult within the walls of tho capital of Christendom . By an oversight , the Masons had left some of
their Satanical trappings behind them , and were thus discovered in their true light , as worshippers of Satan . Surely , this would seem the limit of their hatred of God when they offer incense to the brazen figure of His archenemy , Satan , and pay him the homage and worship due to God alone .
But they go one step further m their iniquity . The disclosures , made by Margiotta and by that noble band of heroes , I may call them , who have , at the risk of their lives , made them , prove , beyond the shadow of a doubt , that the Sacred Host is desecrated in their temples of Satan . Female Masons are carefully selected and initiated into the mysteries of the Craft , and sent on
the sacrilegious mission of carrying the Consecrated Particle , which they receive from the hands of God's ministers in the Holy Communion , to the altar erected to the infernal deity they worship . Here is one instance that such horrible desecration actually takes place in the temples ot these lost souls . In his book , entitled , "Reminiscences of a Thirty-Three" ( the highest
Masonic grade ) , Margiotta relates this fact of Miss Diana Vaughan . Asked by hor Brethren in the Onze-Sopt Lodge of New York to stab the Sacred HoBt with the dagger specially designed for this sacrilegious purpose , she refused point blank , and , pointing to " Baphomet , " the statue of Lucifer , she pronounced these memorable words : " Catholics assert that the statue of our
God is a vain idol , and nevertheless if it fell into their hands they would smash it to pieces with rage . Let us leave such follies to Catholics , and let ua not imitate them . Let us propagate the truth ( sic ) by slow , secure , and gentle action . Let us draw , step by step , the profane ( non-Masons ) from error , and thus we shall establish the worship of the Good God ( Lucifer ) throughout the
world . " Miss Diana Vaughan was born in the Protestant faith , and , of course , did not believe in the Eeal Presence , and consequently looked upon the Sacred Species as a Catholic idol . The members of the Inner Circles of Masonry have no lack of candidates for this sacrilegious work . Women have their Lodges as well as their male companions of the " square and compass . "
The names of many of them will be found in the works of Margiotta and Leo Taxil . Miss Vaughan , now happily converted to the Catholic faith , was a Freemason , holding the highest degree . At the Grand Council , held a few years back , at which Lemmi was elected Grand Orient , many of the delegates from different parts of the world were females .
The " Hymn to Satan , " composed by the infamous Carducci , raised—Just think of it—to the Italian senate by his admiring sovereign , is sung « , t their banquets and in their temples . It is so blasphemous , so diabolical , and so obscene , that Margiotta would not dare , ho says , to strip it of the cabalistic Hebrew , in which it is written , and translate it into an intelligible tongue , for his readers .
Why is it , it may be fairly asked , that so many men of respectability , and well-known religious fervour , remain members of such a hell-born Sect ? Why do princes and the great ones of the earth lend their names to it ? Margiotta answors these questions by saying that these persons are not , and never will be , allowed a glimpse into the hidden secrets and doings of
Freemasonry . They are merely the whitewash that covers , and gives a clean tone to the fetid sepulchre of Freemasonry . There are two classes of Masons , he says , the High and the Low . The high grade Masons lead their Brethren of the lower grades by the nose , and make a cloak , or blind of them , to cover their iniquities . These lower grade members of the Order look upon
Freemasonry In Italy.
Masonry as a good " junketing " club , and a stepping-stone to power and sooial position , but , as to what takes place behind the Masonic scenes , they are as much in the dark as we are who are designated , in the language of the Craft , as the " profane . " It is easily understood , then , why so many eminent and highly-respected men still keep their names on the Masonic roll .
To those who still cling to the idea that there is a wide gulf separating English from Continental Freemasonry , and that there is not the slightest bond of union between them , I shall offer a few " nuts to crack . " If English Freemasonry is a distinct and independent organisation and totally adverse to the sayings and doings of their Continental Brethren , why was a delegate ,
a female , by the way , sent to the Grand Council in Eome to vote m the election of the Grand Orient ? This lady ' s name was given by Margiotta , and the district she belonged to was Birmingham . Is it not a well-proven fact that in a Lodge in Oxford-street , London , the question of who was to be elected to be High Priest of Freemasonry was warmly discussed ? If
English Freemasons are a distinct body , why send delegates to Borne ? Lemmi , flushed with the high honours thrust upon him by the delegates , appointed two Grand Pontifical Assistants at his throne , and ten Patriarchs for the great world of Freemasonry . Australia has its Patriarch , residing at Melbourne , a man well known in the Colonies , and not many years since
knighted by his Sovereign . London is honoured in numbering amongst its citizens the Patriarch for the United Kingdom . Amongst the provinces that stood by Lemmi , in his fight with the Charleston . Masons , to keep the Centre of " Universal Masonry " in the City of Eome , were the provinces of London , Edinburgh , and Dublin . Until these questions are satisfactorily
answered , all reasonable persons , resting on the testimony and documentary evidence adduced by recent converts from the camp of High Masonry , must hold to the belief that there is a strong link binding English to Continental Freemasonry . And now , the task I set myself , and of which I have acquitted myself but feebly , I know , is done . I have , I think , shown up Freemasonry
as the enemy of God and His Church , and have laid baro some of it 3 horrible rites and practices . I have , also , placed before my indulgent readers some facts that go a long way to prove the existence of a bond of union between Masons in English-speaking countries and their Brethren in France , in Spain , and in Italy . After wallowing in so much moral corruption on the
part of those whom we call our degenerate brothers and sisters , let us revel in the consoling thought that out from the ranks of the children of the Church have sprung noble and fearless champions , who have banded themselves together under the banner of the Anti-Masonic League , to crush the head of this green-eyed monster , and , like David of old , strengthened by the
arm of God , to deal this Goliath his death-blow . The prayers of the unswervingly-devoted sons and daughters of God's Holy Church and the Catholics of Ireland will be a potent factor in bringing about this happy consummation—the glorious triumph of the True Church and the complete route and annihilation of her most potent enemy , Freemasonry . —JOSEPH A . KNOWLBB , O . S . A ., in " Irish Catholic . "
Reports Of Meetings.
REPORTS OF MEETINGS .
— : o : — ROYAL ARCH .
HIGH CROSS CHAPTER , No . 829 . THE annual installation meeting was held at the Bull Hotel , Dartford on Tuesday , 20 th inst ., when Comp . T . Hastings Asst . Scribe E . acted as M . E . Z ., with B . J . Beale H ., F . Hitchens J ., G . Mitchell P . Z . S . E ., A . Bonaldson S . N ., W . Eussell P . Z . Treas ., A . Jackson 2 nd A . S ., A . Spencer P . Z . P . G . S . E ., A . Hubbard P . Z ., J . P . White P . Z . 2277 , W . Tailby P . Z ., B . J . Beamish , G . Backstraw , Chas . Potter P . Z ., J . Longley , Thos . Nettlingham , Thos . Jenkins , and others .
The minutes of the previous convocation having been confirmed , the Companions voted £ 2 2 s to a former Companion of the Chapter , now in distress . The Accounts were presented , received , and adopted .
The installation of Principals for the ensuing year was then ably carried out by Comp . A . Hubbard P . Z ., the following being installed : JR .-J . Beale Z-. F . Hitchens H ., A . Bonaldson J . The M . E . Z . invested his Officers : G . W . Mitchell P . Z . S . E ., F . Mitchell S . N ., R ; Walker P . Z . P . S ., A . Jackson 1 st A . S ., J . Longley 2 nd A . S ., and Royal Janitor .
A hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Comp . A . Hubbard for his services as Installing Principal . Comp . T . Hastings was presented with a handsome P . Z . ' s jewel for his services during the past year .
GALLERY CHAPTER , No . 1928 . THE annual installation of Principals took place at a Convocation held ait Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street , E . C , on Saturday , when Comp . John Hurdell was inducted into the chair of M . E . Z ., John Bead into that of H ., and J . Wallace Husk into that of J . The ceremony was performed by Comp . Bead P . Z . The following Officers were also appointed : Comps . E . E . S .
Peacock P . Z . Treasurer , Herbert Wright P . Z . Scribe E ., J . J . Fretwell S . N ., Orlton Cooper P . S ., J . Bussey and J . D . Irvine A . S ., Henry Massey P . Z . D . C ., and Thomas Shepperd Janitor . Comps . A . E . Baines and L . F . Gowing were elected on the Audit Committee . A vote of sincere sympathy was ordered to be sent to Comp . Very , who had been compelled to resign his position on account of ill-health . The proceedings terminated with the usual dinner .