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Review Of Literature, &C.
laud , and who are too honourable to make converts to work contrary to that Grand Lodge in which they have been raised to honourable distinction . —In fact , it is the only Lodge in England that is exclusively confined to a mode of working that only Brethren of a particular sect can witness . This is an erroneous construction of Freemasonry which we should regret to find other Lodges disposed to emulate . Did his late Royal Hihnessthe Duke of Sussexknow of this ? We think not . *
g , , If he prohibited Templar jewels in Grand Lodge , how could he knowingly have permitted a Lodge to work under his banner in such close connection with a sectarian exclusiveness ? Our remarks , hitherto , on the various numbers of our esteemed contemporary have been deservedly laudatory—but of the present we cannot speak so satisfactorily . Had our digestion been indifferent , or our animal spirits depressed , we might have set down our
disappointments to such cause , but it is not so ; we are in our usual health and spirits , and sufficiently awake to know that , if we become drowsy it will be the fault of the fifth number of " Latomia , " and not that of mesmerism . What they have been doing in Leipzig we cannot define ; with plenty of money , a good fair , railways thriving , abundance of literary talent , excellent Masonic news , brotherly love and charity in the ascendant , and yet , under such auspices has number "five" been produced ! A portrait is given , stated to be that of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . ; it would serve for any unknown .
The chair of state has a wreath of roses for the top , and two faces for the arms , one something like a fashionably bearded Persian , the other resembles something between a lion and a bootjack . We feel grateful for the compliment paid to us by the very copious extracts from our pages , our labours being intended for the advantage of Brethren over the whole world ; and if our contemporary should take the liberty to go a step further , and acknowledge the humble
fountain from whence he has slaked his thirst , it will stimulate our endeavour to make our pages , if possible , still more worthy the seeking . We shall , however , retaliate , and give our readers some of the earlier articles from this hitherto very excellent and instructive work . This number contains a Treatise upon the Actual and Ideal Meaning of a Lodge—Remarks at the Lodge of Mourning for Departed Brethren —Remarks upon the position Freemasonry should occupy at the present
time regarding Mutual Cultivation—The Temple of Folly—Masonic "Light and World "—The Fancied and Practical Fortune—The Destruction of the Order of Knight Templars , with a Plate of the Death of Jacques de Molay—Upon the necessity of seasonable Alterations in Freemasonry—Three Addresses on the Close of the Year . A short Biography of his lateR . H . Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Freemasons—The Correspondence—Chronique—Miscellaneous
News , Criticisms , & c . The remainder of the number is an account of the Opening of the Dublin Masonic Hall in 1840 . With so many excellent subjects it is difficult to account for the unprecedented tameness of " Latomia . " The style is purely German , and
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Review Of Literature, &C.
laud , and who are too honourable to make converts to work contrary to that Grand Lodge in which they have been raised to honourable distinction . —In fact , it is the only Lodge in England that is exclusively confined to a mode of working that only Brethren of a particular sect can witness . This is an erroneous construction of Freemasonry which we should regret to find other Lodges disposed to emulate . Did his late Royal Hihnessthe Duke of Sussexknow of this ? We think not . *
g , , If he prohibited Templar jewels in Grand Lodge , how could he knowingly have permitted a Lodge to work under his banner in such close connection with a sectarian exclusiveness ? Our remarks , hitherto , on the various numbers of our esteemed contemporary have been deservedly laudatory—but of the present we cannot speak so satisfactorily . Had our digestion been indifferent , or our animal spirits depressed , we might have set down our
disappointments to such cause , but it is not so ; we are in our usual health and spirits , and sufficiently awake to know that , if we become drowsy it will be the fault of the fifth number of " Latomia , " and not that of mesmerism . What they have been doing in Leipzig we cannot define ; with plenty of money , a good fair , railways thriving , abundance of literary talent , excellent Masonic news , brotherly love and charity in the ascendant , and yet , under such auspices has number "five" been produced ! A portrait is given , stated to be that of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . ; it would serve for any unknown .
The chair of state has a wreath of roses for the top , and two faces for the arms , one something like a fashionably bearded Persian , the other resembles something between a lion and a bootjack . We feel grateful for the compliment paid to us by the very copious extracts from our pages , our labours being intended for the advantage of Brethren over the whole world ; and if our contemporary should take the liberty to go a step further , and acknowledge the humble
fountain from whence he has slaked his thirst , it will stimulate our endeavour to make our pages , if possible , still more worthy the seeking . We shall , however , retaliate , and give our readers some of the earlier articles from this hitherto very excellent and instructive work . This number contains a Treatise upon the Actual and Ideal Meaning of a Lodge—Remarks at the Lodge of Mourning for Departed Brethren —Remarks upon the position Freemasonry should occupy at the present
time regarding Mutual Cultivation—The Temple of Folly—Masonic "Light and World "—The Fancied and Practical Fortune—The Destruction of the Order of Knight Templars , with a Plate of the Death of Jacques de Molay—Upon the necessity of seasonable Alterations in Freemasonry—Three Addresses on the Close of the Year . A short Biography of his lateR . H . Most Worshipful Grand Master of English Freemasons—The Correspondence—Chronique—Miscellaneous
News , Criticisms , & c . The remainder of the number is an account of the Opening of the Dublin Masonic Hall in 1840 . With so many excellent subjects it is difficult to account for the unprecedented tameness of " Latomia . " The style is purely German , and