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Article THE ROSICRUCIAN CRUSADE. ← Page 6 of 13 →
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The Rosicrucian Crusade.
that you will make again the members according to our forms , and no charge to be made . ' I assure you I have no motive in proposing this but the welfare of the Order . Lord Kildare was made in England , in a Chapter not duly authorised , and before I would admit him as a Prince Mason he consented to be made again . By agreeing to these propositions you will find the Prince Masons in Ireland will be most respectable , and a credit to the Craft . " I have the honour to be , & c . & c . " LEINSTER . "
In this letter the Duke of Leinster says , " Lord Kildare was made in England , in a Chapter not duly authorised ; and , before I would admit him as a Prince Mason , he consented to be made again . " This most unwarrantable act—which is attested by the evidence of the Duke himself , under his own hand , in a letter now in the possession of the Grand Chapter—is neither more nor less than a solemn public disavowal of the rights of almost every Prince Mason Chapter in the United Kingdoms ;—an act sanctionedas it seemsby the Grand Master
, , of the Freemasons of Ireland;—and b y him deliberately stated , under no terms of secrecy , or confidence , to the Grand Chapter . The fourth event in the Rosicrucian crusade to which we desire to draw the attention of experienced Masons , is the assumption by the Grand Lodge of Ireland of power over the higher degrees of Alasonry . This event occurred in the course of last spring , and was effected by a vote of the Grand Lodge , declaring all Masonic bodies illegal except
those recognized by itself , or by those governing bodies in union with it . Having thus rapidly traced some of the leading events of this unfortunate dissension , we respectfully but earnestly call upon all experienced , independent , and impartial Masons to assist in putting an end to it , and for the purpose of effecting this desirable result , w : request , through the columns of this " Review , " answers to the following questions , a solution of which will remove the causes of this long protracted and
unfortunate dispute : — 1 st . Can an expelled Mason confer , or assist in conferring degrees in the Order from which he has been expelled ? 2 nd . Can a single Lodge , by any Masonic process , constitute itself a governing body in Masonry , and by so doing render illegal the other properly constituted Lodges of the same degree ? 3 rd . It being admitted that the Grand Chapter of Prince Masons in
Iceland was , up to the time of the formation of the Council of Rites , a regular ancl properly constituted body of Prince Masons , have its members lost their rights b y the assumption of authority on the part of the Council of Rites ?
4 th . Was the introduction of Bro . Ellis ( he being at the time sovereign of the Grancl Chapter ) to the Chapter of the Cross of Christ , a proper and legal act , notwithstanding his refusal to acknowledge the supremacy of the Council of Rites ? 5 th . Was Bro . Crucefix expelled , or otherwise censured , for such introduction ?
6 th . Was the denial of right to speak in his own defence , and the mode in which the question as to his suspension was put , in the case of Bro . Ellis , conformable to the laws and customs of Masonry , or to any practised method of debate ? 7 th . Is the declaration , that the Chapter of the Cross of Christ is a Chapter not duly authorised ^ rue ?
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The Rosicrucian Crusade.
that you will make again the members according to our forms , and no charge to be made . ' I assure you I have no motive in proposing this but the welfare of the Order . Lord Kildare was made in England , in a Chapter not duly authorised , and before I would admit him as a Prince Mason he consented to be made again . By agreeing to these propositions you will find the Prince Masons in Ireland will be most respectable , and a credit to the Craft . " I have the honour to be , & c . & c . " LEINSTER . "
In this letter the Duke of Leinster says , " Lord Kildare was made in England , in a Chapter not duly authorised ; and , before I would admit him as a Prince Mason , he consented to be made again . " This most unwarrantable act—which is attested by the evidence of the Duke himself , under his own hand , in a letter now in the possession of the Grand Chapter—is neither more nor less than a solemn public disavowal of the rights of almost every Prince Mason Chapter in the United Kingdoms ;—an act sanctionedas it seemsby the Grand Master
, , of the Freemasons of Ireland;—and b y him deliberately stated , under no terms of secrecy , or confidence , to the Grand Chapter . The fourth event in the Rosicrucian crusade to which we desire to draw the attention of experienced Masons , is the assumption by the Grand Lodge of Ireland of power over the higher degrees of Alasonry . This event occurred in the course of last spring , and was effected by a vote of the Grand Lodge , declaring all Masonic bodies illegal except
those recognized by itself , or by those governing bodies in union with it . Having thus rapidly traced some of the leading events of this unfortunate dissension , we respectfully but earnestly call upon all experienced , independent , and impartial Masons to assist in putting an end to it , and for the purpose of effecting this desirable result , w : request , through the columns of this " Review , " answers to the following questions , a solution of which will remove the causes of this long protracted and
unfortunate dispute : — 1 st . Can an expelled Mason confer , or assist in conferring degrees in the Order from which he has been expelled ? 2 nd . Can a single Lodge , by any Masonic process , constitute itself a governing body in Masonry , and by so doing render illegal the other properly constituted Lodges of the same degree ? 3 rd . It being admitted that the Grand Chapter of Prince Masons in
Iceland was , up to the time of the formation of the Council of Rites , a regular ancl properly constituted body of Prince Masons , have its members lost their rights b y the assumption of authority on the part of the Council of Rites ?
4 th . Was the introduction of Bro . Ellis ( he being at the time sovereign of the Grancl Chapter ) to the Chapter of the Cross of Christ , a proper and legal act , notwithstanding his refusal to acknowledge the supremacy of the Council of Rites ? 5 th . Was Bro . Crucefix expelled , or otherwise censured , for such introduction ?
6 th . Was the denial of right to speak in his own defence , and the mode in which the question as to his suspension was put , in the case of Bro . Ellis , conformable to the laws and customs of Masonry , or to any practised method of debate ? 7 th . Is the declaration , that the Chapter of the Cross of Christ is a Chapter not duly authorised ^ rue ?