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Jewish Freemasons In Prussia.
JEWISH FREEMASONS IN PRUSSIA .
( Extract from a letter dated Bib J nne , Berlin ) " By desire of the members of the Lodge No . 444 , under the warrant of your Grand Lodge of England , we visited the Lodge called ' Searching for Truth' at Berlin , but were stopped at the portal , and , in spite of our respective certificates being signed in clue form by the Lodges of England , France , and America , we were refused admission . We claimed to know the reason , and were answeredbecause we were Jews : this was
, on 19 th May , 1 S 45 , although the representative of the Royal York of Prussia Grand Lodge declared on -1 th September , 1 S 44 , that the law which had been in existence to prevent members of our faith entering Prussian Lodges had been abolished . We were taught at our initiation , that Freemasonry knew nothing of Judaism , Christianity , Mahomedanism , or Hindooism . We presented ourselves as Freemasons and were refused as Jews—how is this ? We shall not allow it to rest here , nor can we
imagine the Grancl Lodge of England so fallen as to permit this insult to pass , as we distinctly stated we had been instructed to apply in order to try the question . " I do not consider that the course to be pursued should be the same as might have been adopted if this official refusal hacl not taken place . My idea was , a remonstrance and withdrawal of the English representatives from the Grand Lodge of Prussia , ancl refusal to admit the representative of Prussia in the Grand Lodge of England , would have been the most stringent course , but now the signature of your authorities has been shewn to be disregarded ancl your certificates treated as so much worthless paper . You cannot and dare
not tolerate this ; and I suppose you will declare all sympathy at an end , ancl that Prussian Freemasons are not to be admitted to your Lodges ; but in this you will not even be the first to act , as what I am about to state might be thought too ridiculous if it were not too serious for a joke . In the instructions issued by the Three Globes , another of our Grand Lodges ( you know ive possess three ) , it is stated , " Christianity is the basis of Freemasonry ; tolerance Loclges are known to existin which non-Christians are admitted and initiated ; such must
, , however , never be considered as Masonic Lodges , they have the shadow but not the substance of Freemasonry ; they are to be looked upon as impostors to Masonry , and our members are strictly cautioned against visiting such . " What do you think of this ? Considering your Grand Lodge granted a warrant in 1737 to establish the first Lodge in Germany , namely , in Hambro ' , ancl that it remained under your protection until 1811 , and from this Lodge our Berlin Masonry emanated in 1740 ;
so that your hopeful offspring is pretty courageous , though somewhat ungrateful ; nevertheless it strikes me calling you names , or ordering their members to avoid your Lodges , does not look very Masonic , nor show signs of a very strong cause ; but I need not tell you the Masons here are sometimes connected with religious * and even political movements . Strong measures will become necessary ; we are prepared for them , ancl so are our friends , who are neither " few or uncertain . " As
fo the representative Hebeler , he has not written one syllable to the Lodge here of his memorable declaration in your Grand Lodge on 4 th September last year ; he knew well at the time he was fooling you ; I leave him and his statements to you , & c . & c . t
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Jewish Freemasons In Prussia.
JEWISH FREEMASONS IN PRUSSIA .
( Extract from a letter dated Bib J nne , Berlin ) " By desire of the members of the Lodge No . 444 , under the warrant of your Grand Lodge of England , we visited the Lodge called ' Searching for Truth' at Berlin , but were stopped at the portal , and , in spite of our respective certificates being signed in clue form by the Lodges of England , France , and America , we were refused admission . We claimed to know the reason , and were answeredbecause we were Jews : this was
, on 19 th May , 1 S 45 , although the representative of the Royal York of Prussia Grand Lodge declared on -1 th September , 1 S 44 , that the law which had been in existence to prevent members of our faith entering Prussian Lodges had been abolished . We were taught at our initiation , that Freemasonry knew nothing of Judaism , Christianity , Mahomedanism , or Hindooism . We presented ourselves as Freemasons and were refused as Jews—how is this ? We shall not allow it to rest here , nor can we
imagine the Grancl Lodge of England so fallen as to permit this insult to pass , as we distinctly stated we had been instructed to apply in order to try the question . " I do not consider that the course to be pursued should be the same as might have been adopted if this official refusal hacl not taken place . My idea was , a remonstrance and withdrawal of the English representatives from the Grand Lodge of Prussia , ancl refusal to admit the representative of Prussia in the Grand Lodge of England , would have been the most stringent course , but now the signature of your authorities has been shewn to be disregarded ancl your certificates treated as so much worthless paper . You cannot and dare
not tolerate this ; and I suppose you will declare all sympathy at an end , ancl that Prussian Freemasons are not to be admitted to your Lodges ; but in this you will not even be the first to act , as what I am about to state might be thought too ridiculous if it were not too serious for a joke . In the instructions issued by the Three Globes , another of our Grand Lodges ( you know ive possess three ) , it is stated , " Christianity is the basis of Freemasonry ; tolerance Loclges are known to existin which non-Christians are admitted and initiated ; such must
, , however , never be considered as Masonic Lodges , they have the shadow but not the substance of Freemasonry ; they are to be looked upon as impostors to Masonry , and our members are strictly cautioned against visiting such . " What do you think of this ? Considering your Grand Lodge granted a warrant in 1737 to establish the first Lodge in Germany , namely , in Hambro ' , ancl that it remained under your protection until 1811 , and from this Lodge our Berlin Masonry emanated in 1740 ;
so that your hopeful offspring is pretty courageous , though somewhat ungrateful ; nevertheless it strikes me calling you names , or ordering their members to avoid your Lodges , does not look very Masonic , nor show signs of a very strong cause ; but I need not tell you the Masons here are sometimes connected with religious * and even political movements . Strong measures will become necessary ; we are prepared for them , ancl so are our friends , who are neither " few or uncertain . " As
fo the representative Hebeler , he has not written one syllable to the Lodge here of his memorable declaration in your Grand Lodge on 4 th September last year ; he knew well at the time he was fooling you ; I leave him and his statements to you , & c . & c . t