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Literary Notices.
l / subject more talked of than understood . To speak of its merits as a literary composition , would be merely to reiterate what has been acknowledged to be due to all the numerous writings of Dr . Oliver . Freemasons' Monthly Magazine . Boston , U . S . AA e are in due receipt of the April and Alay numbers , but not of that for March . They reach us too late for copious extractswhich we more
, regret , as our private correspondence is not of public interest . Our contemporary states , with some confidence , on the authority of the Frankfort Gazette , that the Prince of Prussia , as Grand Master of Freemasons in that kingdom , has addressed a circular , declaring that he adopts , without reservation , "the principle laid down by the "" Masonry of England , " that there is nothing in Freemasonry opposed to tlie admission of JewsThat such result hereafter be declared
. a may we have much hope , but at present " the wish " is father to the thought . " The prospect of a General Grand Lodge gains ground , and this desirable end finds an able advocate in our esteemed contemporary . We observe that a special session of the Supreme Grand Council 33 ° for the northern jurisdiction of the United States , was held on the 15 th and 16 th of last Alay .
Golden Remains ofthe Early Masonic Writers . Edited by the Rev . George Oliver , D . D . Spencer . The second volume of this work is now complete ; it embraces the various papers by AVellins Calcott , and Captain Smith , with the original dedication by the former , and an introductory essay on the social position of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century , by the learned editor , who , to the devotion of a life of personal activity to the interests of Freemasonry , has , as the historian of the Order , conferred on it benefits that will be imperishable .
On the Unlawfulness of attempting to introduce the Christian Religion into Freemasons' Lodges . By George Kloss , AA ' . M ., of the Lodge of Concord , at Frankfort-on-fhe-Afaine . The above address , delivered before the Lodge of Concord on the 6 th of March , 1844 , so highly delighted the members that they caused it to be printed and published . It must be evident to the most superficial reader that the author is well acquainted with the subject he has selected
, and thoroughly competent to enter into all historical as well as doubtful Alasonic matters , arguing as he does from admitted facts , laws , customs , and charges . AA e should have been disposed to have made a few extracts had not a work of much greater pretensions by the same author recently made its appearance , into which we purpose also to examine ! AVe shall ^ merely quote one leading point from the brochure , which is to the effectthat if the mere majorities are to in all societies
, govern they of course should in that of Freemasonry ; nothing can , therefore , be hoped for by the one hundred and nineteen Lodges of Prussia , Sweden , and Denmark , to introduce an exclusive system against the vastly superior number of two thousand five hundred Lodges dispersed over the rest of the globe , determined to maintain the ancient landmarks of the Order .
The Fairest Day must have its Night . A Ballad . By Bro . Osmund G . Phipps . D'Almaiue and Co . It . Spencer . . This" pleasing ballad is dedicated to the AVorshipful Alaster and Brethren of the Lodge of True Friendship , No . ISC , Rochford , Essex , and we
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices.
l / subject more talked of than understood . To speak of its merits as a literary composition , would be merely to reiterate what has been acknowledged to be due to all the numerous writings of Dr . Oliver . Freemasons' Monthly Magazine . Boston , U . S . AA e are in due receipt of the April and Alay numbers , but not of that for March . They reach us too late for copious extractswhich we more
, regret , as our private correspondence is not of public interest . Our contemporary states , with some confidence , on the authority of the Frankfort Gazette , that the Prince of Prussia , as Grand Master of Freemasons in that kingdom , has addressed a circular , declaring that he adopts , without reservation , "the principle laid down by the "" Masonry of England , " that there is nothing in Freemasonry opposed to tlie admission of JewsThat such result hereafter be declared
. a may we have much hope , but at present " the wish " is father to the thought . " The prospect of a General Grand Lodge gains ground , and this desirable end finds an able advocate in our esteemed contemporary . We observe that a special session of the Supreme Grand Council 33 ° for the northern jurisdiction of the United States , was held on the 15 th and 16 th of last Alay .
Golden Remains ofthe Early Masonic Writers . Edited by the Rev . George Oliver , D . D . Spencer . The second volume of this work is now complete ; it embraces the various papers by AVellins Calcott , and Captain Smith , with the original dedication by the former , and an introductory essay on the social position of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century , by the learned editor , who , to the devotion of a life of personal activity to the interests of Freemasonry , has , as the historian of the Order , conferred on it benefits that will be imperishable .
On the Unlawfulness of attempting to introduce the Christian Religion into Freemasons' Lodges . By George Kloss , AA ' . M ., of the Lodge of Concord , at Frankfort-on-fhe-Afaine . The above address , delivered before the Lodge of Concord on the 6 th of March , 1844 , so highly delighted the members that they caused it to be printed and published . It must be evident to the most superficial reader that the author is well acquainted with the subject he has selected
, and thoroughly competent to enter into all historical as well as doubtful Alasonic matters , arguing as he does from admitted facts , laws , customs , and charges . AA e should have been disposed to have made a few extracts had not a work of much greater pretensions by the same author recently made its appearance , into which we purpose also to examine ! AVe shall ^ merely quote one leading point from the brochure , which is to the effectthat if the mere majorities are to in all societies
, govern they of course should in that of Freemasonry ; nothing can , therefore , be hoped for by the one hundred and nineteen Lodges of Prussia , Sweden , and Denmark , to introduce an exclusive system against the vastly superior number of two thousand five hundred Lodges dispersed over the rest of the globe , determined to maintain the ancient landmarks of the Order .
The Fairest Day must have its Night . A Ballad . By Bro . Osmund G . Phipps . D'Almaiue and Co . It . Spencer . . This" pleasing ballad is dedicated to the AVorshipful Alaster and Brethren of the Lodge of True Friendship , No . ISC , Rochford , Essex , and we