St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia.

1732 April 3 to monthly quota 6 d ... ... ... 6 May 1 for absence Is and quota 6 d ... ... 16 18 0 Jane 5 „ Is „ 6 d ... ... 1 6 19 6

July 3 „ Is „ 6 d 1 6 August 7 for ditto ... ... ... ... 1 6 Sept . 4 „ ... ... ... ... 6 Oct . 19 „ 6 Nov . 6 for absence la and quota 6 d ... ... 16 Deo . 4 for do ... ... ... ... 1 6 1732-3

Jan . 1 „ ... ... ... ... 1 6 18 0 Feb . 6 „ 1 6 March 5 „ ... ... ... ... 1 0 1733 April 2 „ ... ... ... ... 1 6 May 7 „ 1 6

1 14 0 June 4 „ ... ... ... ... 1 6

1 15 6 July 2 for Stock ... ... ... ... 6 Aug . 6 „ 6 Sept . 3 „ .... ... ... ... 6 29 „ 6 Nov . 5 „ ... ... ... .. 6

1 18 0 Xbr for ditto ... ... ... ... 6 Jan . 7 „ ... ... ... ... 6 Feb . 4 ., .... ... ... ... fi March 4 „ ... ... ... ... 6 June 3 „ ... ... ... ... 1 6

2 16 1734 June To Balance of former acot . in Folio 2 ... £ 1 1 6 1735 June 2 To one year ' s Stock due this day ... 6 1 T <>«

June 7 To Ditto ... ... ... ... 6 1737 June 6 To Ditto ... ... ... ... 6 June 6 To his absence money @ 10 p . ... ... 10 10 £ 2 10 4

1738 June 24 To one year ' s Stock ... ... ... 6 1739 June 24 To Ditto ... ... ... ... 6

per Contra Or A Dom . 1731 June 24 To moneys reo'd to Stock ... ... 2 6 1732 June 24 By moneys rec'd to Stock ... ... 17 0

0 19 6 Mar . 4 By Do ... ... ... 6 £ 10 0 1734 June Balance carried forward to new aco't on Folio 44 ... ... ... ... 116

1736 June 24 Byoash ... ... ... ... £ 1 17 6 1737 June 24 By ditto in full ... ... ... 12 10 2 10 4

In 1732 Thomas Bonde was appointed Senior Grand Warden of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , by Grand Master Allen , at the same time that Benjamin Franklin was appointed Junior Grand Warden . We quote from Thomas Boude ' s Masonic Record , as follows : A Dom :

1731 THOMAS BOUDE TO STOCK , DE . 1731 ' June 24 To 6 Lodge daysomitions @ 6 d p . day ' ... 2 6 Jul y 5 To stock for this Lodge day ... ... 6 Aug . 2 For absence Is and monthly quota 6 d ... 16 Sept . 6 For absence Is and monthly quota 6 d ... 16 Oct . 4 For absence Is and monthly quota 6 d ... 16 Nov . 1 For your monthly quota 6 d ... ... 6 Deo . 6 To monthly quota ... ... ... fi 1731 . 2

Jan . 3 For absence Is and monthly quota 6 d ... 16 Feb . 7 To quota ... ... ... ... 6 March 6 For absence Is and quota 6 d ... ... l 6

St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia.

1732 April 3 ToquotaGd ... .. ... ... G May 1 To quota 5 d ... ... 6 and this account regularly continues to June 24 , 1738 . William Pringlo was appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodgo of Pennsylvania , in 1732 , by Grand Master Allen . ( To bo continued . )

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . — : o : —

MASONIC CHARLATANS AND DREAMERS . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I anticipate having to read a sharp rebuke from Brother " Tender Toes " for always finding fault with Masonic Charlatans , &« ., and his arguments will doubtless be illus . trated with quotations from tho Psalms of David and what hot , Now , I do not expeot to conciliate Bro . " Tender Toos , " but I appeal

to you and your readers at large . 1 st . Have we not Charlatans and Dreamers in the Craft ? 2 nd . If so , are they not a disgrace to the Fraternity p 3 rd . If so , then why does not the said T . T . point oat some method less objeotionable , either for reforming , enlightening , shaming , or for ridding the Craft in some way from these intolerable Masonic pests . We have too many writers who are ever ready to

apologize for the notions of our dreamers . Even your intelligent correspondent , " INQUIRER , " undertook to find fault with Bro . Woodford for his just comments on the ridiculous oration of the so-called Grand Prior of Canada . Bnt here is a paragraph from Bro . Kenning ' s Cyclopaedia ; and who can gainsay it ? " Freemasonry , " says Bro . Woodford , "has suffered severely from

charlatans at different epochs and in different countries . Many charlatans have no donbt disgraced its annals and tarnished its good fame , and despite advanced light and knowledge , we do not feel quite sure but that even in this our own age charlatans , not a few , may still be found in our worthy Craft at homo and abroad . " Now for a specimen of Masonio dreamers from the same work .

" Oliver indeed states that , according to anoient tradition , the Temple of Solomon had three foundations ; the first of which contained the seventy stones , five rows from north to south , and fourteen in eaoh row , running from east to west . The centre row corresponded with the upright of a cross , whose transverse was formed by two stones on each side of the eleventh stone from the east end of the

centre row , of which the upright is formed , and the fourth stone from the west end of it . This stone , which hence occupies the place of the crossing of the beams , was under the centre of the sanctum sanctorum , where were deposited the ark of the covenant . " "We do not know , " adds Bro . Woodford , " where Oliver got his tradition , and we merely transcribe his words . "

After reading the above specimen will Bro . " Tender Toes " pretend to tell us that such stnff is not an insult to the intelligence of the Masonio Fraternity ? But here is another notion which onr learned luminaries imported into Masonry . Bro . Woodward says : — " Some writers have found Freemasonry in tbe Disciplines , Arcana ; we have no hesitation in saying that the theory is utterly idle . The

only apparent resemblance between the two systems is that of mystery . [ Yes , mystery with them is of course Masonry . ] It is sad to see how many writers have followed a' will o' the wisp' in their treatment of this subject , for it has nothing akin to Freemasonry . And much that has been written about it , rests upon no real authority whatever . There are those who find analogy in

everything ; but there is no possible connection between Disciplina Arcana and Freemasonry . That the early Christians may have accommodated the word ( the word is Greek to me ) to the Christian faith , is probably the case , but it was an accommodation which only applied to the name , not to the substance . " We see now that Bro . Woodford does not believe that the early

Christians rode a goat , or were in any way an organized secret society . But in an article in this paper of 2 nd February , viz ., " Christianity and Masonry , " copied from the Keystone , Bro . McCalla says"In the time of Justin Martyr ( A . D . 170 ) Christianity was positively a secret society ; but a few years later it became , if possible ,

still more so . In the time of Pope Innocent I . ( A . D . 417 ) Bishop Dicentius consulted the Pope upon the subject of Sacramental Kites , when he was told , ' That instead of asking for explanations in writing about secret things , he shonld have contented himself with observing what took place in the celebration of the Mysteries , at which he had several times assisted . ' Aud after giving some sage advice Pope

Innocent concludes , ' As to the other things about which we are not permitted to write , you will ask ns when you come here and we will be ablo to answer . A written communication would betray the secret . ( Migne's Pathology , vol xx . p 51 ) . " Bro . McCalla is one of the few Masonic editors who aspire to rise

to the fame of Messrs . Oliver , Mackey , Moore and Co . In short , he will stick at nothing to gain a point . He imagines that with an isolated or garbled quotation , and with his well-known assumption of hammering down his assertions with " it is undoubtedly " or " it is positively so , " that he can make Masons believe anything and everything he pleases . But he is mistaken . I have read and reviewed