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Freemasonry At Mauritius.
FREEMASONRY AT MAURITIUS .
TO THE EDITOB OP THE FEEEMASONS QUABTEBLY MAGAZINE . DEAE SIB AND'BEOTHEE , — Is tbe profession of Ereemasonry among Eoman Catholics in England incompatible Avith their rights to Church privileges and Church fellowshi p ? I ask this question in consequence of the latest advices from tbe
island of Mauritius representing that thriving little colony convulsed by the sudden determination of the Et . Eev . Dr . Collier , tlie Roman Catholic bishop , to withhold the sacraments of the Church , and even Christian burial , from all who enrol themselves as Freemasons ! This sounds oddly in tbe middle of tlie nineteenth century , and has been met on the part of the proscribed members of tbe Mystic Tye Avith becoming spirit ; so much sothat tbe bishop has deemed it
, necessary to follow up his refusal of the sacrament to an influential member of his congregation on this ground , by a declaration in the public papers , Avhere he not only justifies himself upon the authority of a long line of sovereign pontiffs , but resolutely announces his intention of maintaining the position he has taken up . The Ereemasons of the colony in question are prominent in nothing I know of but the Christian virtue of charity ; and forming ,
as they do , a very large and respectable section of the community , distinguish themselves greatly by alleA'iating the temporal necessities of the poor and needy . The policy of the Roman Church seems to be to select their staunchest members as stalking-horses for their intolerant measures . The present case is not an exception ; for , barring the offence of his being a good Masonthe victim is a model member of her
commu-, nion , and , having the sympathy of his fellow-citizens AA'ith him , it remains to be seen Avhether this suicidal act of a domineering priesthood may not open the eyes of the people , and prove in the end but a convulsive throe of an expiring system . B . p . a . *
TO THE EDITOE OE THE EEEEMASONS' QTJAETEEDY MAGAZINE . DEAE SIE AND BEOTHEE , — At the Prov . G-. L . of Surrey , held on the 7 th inst ., a P . M . of the Clarence Lod No . 338 ( as a visitor ) called the attention of the
ge , , Prov . G-. M . to the fact , that for a period of twenty-seven years there had been no Prov . G-. L . held in Sussex . The Dep . G . M . of that Province ( Col . Macqueen ) was present , and made no observation , thereon !
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Freemasonry At Mauritius.
FREEMASONRY AT MAURITIUS .
TO THE EDITOB OP THE FEEEMASONS QUABTEBLY MAGAZINE . DEAE SIB AND'BEOTHEE , — Is tbe profession of Ereemasonry among Eoman Catholics in England incompatible Avith their rights to Church privileges and Church fellowshi p ? I ask this question in consequence of the latest advices from tbe
island of Mauritius representing that thriving little colony convulsed by the sudden determination of the Et . Eev . Dr . Collier , tlie Roman Catholic bishop , to withhold the sacraments of the Church , and even Christian burial , from all who enrol themselves as Freemasons ! This sounds oddly in tbe middle of tlie nineteenth century , and has been met on the part of the proscribed members of tbe Mystic Tye Avith becoming spirit ; so much sothat tbe bishop has deemed it
, necessary to follow up his refusal of the sacrament to an influential member of his congregation on this ground , by a declaration in the public papers , Avhere he not only justifies himself upon the authority of a long line of sovereign pontiffs , but resolutely announces his intention of maintaining the position he has taken up . The Ereemasons of the colony in question are prominent in nothing I know of but the Christian virtue of charity ; and forming ,
as they do , a very large and respectable section of the community , distinguish themselves greatly by alleA'iating the temporal necessities of the poor and needy . The policy of the Roman Church seems to be to select their staunchest members as stalking-horses for their intolerant measures . The present case is not an exception ; for , barring the offence of his being a good Masonthe victim is a model member of her
commu-, nion , and , having the sympathy of his fellow-citizens AA'ith him , it remains to be seen Avhether this suicidal act of a domineering priesthood may not open the eyes of the people , and prove in the end but a convulsive throe of an expiring system . B . p . a . *
TO THE EDITOE OE THE EEEEMASONS' QTJAETEEDY MAGAZINE . DEAE SIE AND BEOTHEE , — At the Prov . G-. L . of Surrey , held on the 7 th inst ., a P . M . of the Clarence Lod No . 338 ( as a visitor ) called the attention of the
ge , , Prov . G-. M . to the fact , that for a period of twenty-seven years there had been no Prov . G-. L . held in Sussex . The Dep . G . M . of that Province ( Col . Macqueen ) was present , and made no observation , thereon !