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Article THE ROSICRUCIAN CRUSADE. ← Page 4 of 13 →
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The Rosicrucian Crusade.
Prince Masons of Ireland , ' in ivhich lie very severely commented on the ' official , ' and most effectually turned ' the tables on the Council of Rites , and the Grand Chapter , in a subsequent manifesto , supported his declaration . " * It will be seen , then , that Bro . Hercules Ellis , the Sovereign of the Grand Chapter , visited the Chapter of the Cross of Christ in the year ]« 40 . To this distinguished body of English Rosicrucians Bro . Ellis
ivas introduced in the usual form and with the usual preliminaries by Bro . Dr . Crucefix . This introduction of a person who did not acknowledge the lately assumed sovereignty of the Council of Rites was deeply resented by that body , and led to four most important results , which we subjoin in their chronological order . First . The alleged expulsion of Bro . Dr . Crucelix from all the higher degrees of Masonry .
. Scconrf . The suspension of Bro . Hercules Ellis for tivo years ; Third . The declaration of the illegality of all British Chapters f of the degree of P . G . R . C . Fourth . The assumption £ by the Grand Lodge of Ireland of poiver over the higher degrees of . Masonry . With respect to the first of these results—namely , the expulsion of Bro . Dr . Crucefix—we can only give the declarations of members of
the Council of Rites upon the subject , and we do not pledge ourselves to the accuracy of this fact , as we- do unreservedly to that of all our other statements . In every Masonic meeting in Dublin it was stated by members oi the Council of Rites that Bro Crucefix bad been expelled from Prince Masonry ancl from all higher degrees as a punishment for having introduced to an English Chapter a person who denied the supremacy of
the Grand Council of Rites of Ireland . This statement , which was announced in terms of much discourtesy towards Bro . Crucefix , deeply affected the Masonic mind in Dublin . Tbe long and faithful services rendered by that Brother to the Craft , of which he is one of the brightest ornaments , his establishment and support of the Masonic Review , the glorious success of his efforts in behalf of aged and decayed Masons ; his noble and gallant struggles in behalf of Masonic privileges ; all crowded on the memory of the hearers , and almost induced a belief that some deep error must have been committed by that most eminent , respected , and accomplished Mason . §
J lie second result—namely , the suspension of Bro . Hercules Elliswas effected in the following manner . The manifesto of the Council of Rites , dated August 22 , 18-tO , and set out above , stated that there was not any Chapter in Ireland entitled the Grand Chapter of Knights of the Eagle and Pelican Princes Grand Rose Croix of Ireland , and that the name Hercules Ellis did not appear on the Masonic Register books of Knights of the Eagle and Pelican Princes Grand Rose Croix in Ireland . Both these statements , as has been above mentioned , are now admitted by competent authorities ' to have been incorrect .
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The Rosicrucian Crusade.
Prince Masons of Ireland , ' in ivhich lie very severely commented on the ' official , ' and most effectually turned ' the tables on the Council of Rites , and the Grand Chapter , in a subsequent manifesto , supported his declaration . " * It will be seen , then , that Bro . Hercules Ellis , the Sovereign of the Grand Chapter , visited the Chapter of the Cross of Christ in the year ]« 40 . To this distinguished body of English Rosicrucians Bro . Ellis
ivas introduced in the usual form and with the usual preliminaries by Bro . Dr . Crucefix . This introduction of a person who did not acknowledge the lately assumed sovereignty of the Council of Rites was deeply resented by that body , and led to four most important results , which we subjoin in their chronological order . First . The alleged expulsion of Bro . Dr . Crucelix from all the higher degrees of Masonry .
. Scconrf . The suspension of Bro . Hercules Ellis for tivo years ; Third . The declaration of the illegality of all British Chapters f of the degree of P . G . R . C . Fourth . The assumption £ by the Grand Lodge of Ireland of poiver over the higher degrees of . Masonry . With respect to the first of these results—namely , the expulsion of Bro . Dr . Crucefix—we can only give the declarations of members of
the Council of Rites upon the subject , and we do not pledge ourselves to the accuracy of this fact , as we- do unreservedly to that of all our other statements . In every Masonic meeting in Dublin it was stated by members oi the Council of Rites that Bro Crucefix bad been expelled from Prince Masonry ancl from all higher degrees as a punishment for having introduced to an English Chapter a person who denied the supremacy of
the Grand Council of Rites of Ireland . This statement , which was announced in terms of much discourtesy towards Bro . Crucefix , deeply affected the Masonic mind in Dublin . Tbe long and faithful services rendered by that Brother to the Craft , of which he is one of the brightest ornaments , his establishment and support of the Masonic Review , the glorious success of his efforts in behalf of aged and decayed Masons ; his noble and gallant struggles in behalf of Masonic privileges ; all crowded on the memory of the hearers , and almost induced a belief that some deep error must have been committed by that most eminent , respected , and accomplished Mason . §
J lie second result—namely , the suspension of Bro . Hercules Elliswas effected in the following manner . The manifesto of the Council of Rites , dated August 22 , 18-tO , and set out above , stated that there was not any Chapter in Ireland entitled the Grand Chapter of Knights of the Eagle and Pelican Princes Grand Rose Croix of Ireland , and that the name Hercules Ellis did not appear on the Masonic Register books of Knights of the Eagle and Pelican Princes Grand Rose Croix in Ireland . Both these statements , as has been above mentioned , are now admitted by competent authorities ' to have been incorrect .