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Article THE ROSICRUCIAN CRUSADE. ← Page 7 of 13 →
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The Rosicrucian Crusade.
Sth . Can a Lodge of an inferior degree exercise any jurisdiction over a superior degree , or clcciile as to its legality or regularity ? If these questions were i : ! e : ; rly answered and settled , the causes of the Rosicrucian crusade would be removed . An anxious desire for this happy consummation urges us to press most earnestly for full , speedy , and decided answers , in the name of peace , love , and harmony . v As liro . Crucefix ' s name has been mentioned , and his alleged
expulsion stated in this article , a copy of it has been sent to him . If that most eminent Mason woidd in person reply , ancl afford the Masonic public the benefit of his great experience aucl enlightened advice , the advantage would indeed be great ; for in addition to his general knowledge , experience , and capacity , ive are aware that on this subject Bro . Crucefix has peculiar means of information , and that , amongst other sources , all the hooks ancl documents of " the Grand Chapter" have been submitted to his perusal and examination . AN EVE WITNESS .
PROM BROTHER C . tVOEFIX . " Having received what is stated to be a duplicate paper , entitled " The Rosicrusian Crusade , " in ivhich , among other points of reference , I am called upon to deliver an opinion , I venture to claim the indulgence of the readers of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , on the very delicate position in which I am thereby placed . Implicitly to comply might compromise strict propriety , to refuse altogether would certainly
compromise good taste and feeling ; nor do I feel that " in medio tutissimus ibis" is altogether a safe course , the rather I may evidence the Latin adage " Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim . " Imprimis . With regard to my alleged expulsion from the higher degrees of Masonry , the best answer is , that I have never been expelled from any degree whatever . As to the silly declaration of any person or persons in the affirmativethey must have been misunderstood . No
, honest Mason coulcl have been so base as to give currency to a falsehood . It is , however , true , that , because I had introduced Bro . Ellis to the Cross of Christ Encampment , the " Council of Rites" desired me to return a diploma , which , when 1 thought tbey had time to reflect on the course they had chosen , I of coarse complied with . " Secundo . On the suspension of Bro . ICllis I can hardly express an opinion ; inasmuch as , from all I have heard of the circumstances
attending liis trial , there appeared to have been an absence of justice . She not only took the scales with her , but also enwrapped the Grand Lodge altogether in such mental darkness , as to have covered it with the confusion of tongues . He expiated a crime , against which , Scottice , even his enemies , might have been returned a verdict of " not-proven . " Tertio . As to the declaration of the illegality of all Rose Croix British Chaptersthis is onlmade out binference . The Duke of
Lein-, y y ster , whose original letter I have seen , certainly charges the Encampment of the Cross of Christ with being illegal ; whereas , from that very Encampment , its Commander ( myself ) , and two of its Past Commanders ( Goldsworthy ancl Baumer ) , have been elected on the Committee of Management of the Laws and Regulations for the Supreme Grand Conclave of England . I have heard , from an authority not likely to be
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The Rosicrucian Crusade.
Sth . Can a Lodge of an inferior degree exercise any jurisdiction over a superior degree , or clcciile as to its legality or regularity ? If these questions were i : ! e : ; rly answered and settled , the causes of the Rosicrucian crusade would be removed . An anxious desire for this happy consummation urges us to press most earnestly for full , speedy , and decided answers , in the name of peace , love , and harmony . v As liro . Crucefix ' s name has been mentioned , and his alleged
expulsion stated in this article , a copy of it has been sent to him . If that most eminent Mason woidd in person reply , ancl afford the Masonic public the benefit of his great experience aucl enlightened advice , the advantage would indeed be great ; for in addition to his general knowledge , experience , and capacity , ive are aware that on this subject Bro . Crucefix has peculiar means of information , and that , amongst other sources , all the hooks ancl documents of " the Grand Chapter" have been submitted to his perusal and examination . AN EVE WITNESS .
PROM BROTHER C . tVOEFIX . " Having received what is stated to be a duplicate paper , entitled " The Rosicrusian Crusade , " in ivhich , among other points of reference , I am called upon to deliver an opinion , I venture to claim the indulgence of the readers of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , on the very delicate position in which I am thereby placed . Implicitly to comply might compromise strict propriety , to refuse altogether would certainly
compromise good taste and feeling ; nor do I feel that " in medio tutissimus ibis" is altogether a safe course , the rather I may evidence the Latin adage " Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim . " Imprimis . With regard to my alleged expulsion from the higher degrees of Masonry , the best answer is , that I have never been expelled from any degree whatever . As to the silly declaration of any person or persons in the affirmativethey must have been misunderstood . No
, honest Mason coulcl have been so base as to give currency to a falsehood . It is , however , true , that , because I had introduced Bro . Ellis to the Cross of Christ Encampment , the " Council of Rites" desired me to return a diploma , which , when 1 thought tbey had time to reflect on the course they had chosen , I of coarse complied with . " Secundo . On the suspension of Bro . ICllis I can hardly express an opinion ; inasmuch as , from all I have heard of the circumstances
attending liis trial , there appeared to have been an absence of justice . She not only took the scales with her , but also enwrapped the Grand Lodge altogether in such mental darkness , as to have covered it with the confusion of tongues . He expiated a crime , against which , Scottice , even his enemies , might have been returned a verdict of " not-proven . " Tertio . As to the declaration of the illegality of all Rose Croix British Chaptersthis is onlmade out binference . The Duke of
Lein-, y y ster , whose original letter I have seen , certainly charges the Encampment of the Cross of Christ with being illegal ; whereas , from that very Encampment , its Commander ( myself ) , and two of its Past Commanders ( Goldsworthy ancl Baumer ) , have been elected on the Committee of Management of the Laws and Regulations for the Supreme Grand Conclave of England . I have heard , from an authority not likely to be