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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 4 Article MASONIC ARISTOCRACY. Page 1 of 5 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
admission of Jewish Brethren , while but 20 could be found to vote against the motion . The decision , after an interesting debate , was that " All then uniting in the universal feeling of fraternal love , good citizenship , and honourable conduct , were fit and proper to be admitted into Masonic Lodges , unless they were knoivn to be atheists . " Our American Brethren have been no less prompt ; and in an
interesting report brought before the annual meeting of the Craft , by the Secretary , it was stated that a correspondence with Prussia hacl taken place , the last communication from New York hacl been forwarded on the 28 th July , 1844 , to Berlin , in which the objects of Masonry , as understood in America , are set forth , requesting that justice might be rendered to their members and Brethren holding certificates from the Grand Lodge
of America , and further urging the necessity of their signature being honourably protected . This document bears the signatures of ( the late ) Morgan Lewis , M . AV . Grand Master , A . H . Robertson , R . W . Deputy Grand Master , and James Herring , Grand Secretary . "We do not , " say they , " as yet insist upon our rights , although we know that one of our members was refused , in March 1842 , admission
into a Lodge at Berlin on account of his religious creed . Upon your future decisions depend the glory and the honour of our institution , which is the union and friendship of one family uninfluenced by any question of any religion or politics . " The Grand Master of Sweden has given publicity to similar opinions , and Holland is in the van with the rest . England alone has not yet
declared itself ; but we presume now the question will be decided . It is reported that a new law , equall y stringent , was passed in the Royal York of Friendship Grand Loclge , at Berlin , on the 29 th January last , excluding all persons not christians . We do not vouch for the truth of this ; ancl after the representative of that Lodge declaring , in the Grand Loclge of England , in September , that no such law existed , we can scarcely give credence to the report . It certainly is strange , if no such law existed , that all the world should be deceived .
Masonic Aristocracy.
MASONIC ARISTOCRACY .
" . liasons prize honour and virtue above all the external advantages of rank ancl wealth . '' MASONIC LKCTUKKS . " Prize honour and virtue above all the external advantages of rank and wealth ! " A goodly theory this ; but is it carried out in practice ? Were every man who calls himself a Freemason ( as too many do , merely because they have passed through the ceremonies of their initiation ) to lay his hand on his heart , and to answer this question truly and on his honour , it is much to be feared that an affirmative reply would neither be promptly nor unanimously given . As Masons , we
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
admission of Jewish Brethren , while but 20 could be found to vote against the motion . The decision , after an interesting debate , was that " All then uniting in the universal feeling of fraternal love , good citizenship , and honourable conduct , were fit and proper to be admitted into Masonic Lodges , unless they were knoivn to be atheists . " Our American Brethren have been no less prompt ; and in an
interesting report brought before the annual meeting of the Craft , by the Secretary , it was stated that a correspondence with Prussia hacl taken place , the last communication from New York hacl been forwarded on the 28 th July , 1844 , to Berlin , in which the objects of Masonry , as understood in America , are set forth , requesting that justice might be rendered to their members and Brethren holding certificates from the Grand Lodge
of America , and further urging the necessity of their signature being honourably protected . This document bears the signatures of ( the late ) Morgan Lewis , M . AV . Grand Master , A . H . Robertson , R . W . Deputy Grand Master , and James Herring , Grand Secretary . "We do not , " say they , " as yet insist upon our rights , although we know that one of our members was refused , in March 1842 , admission
into a Lodge at Berlin on account of his religious creed . Upon your future decisions depend the glory and the honour of our institution , which is the union and friendship of one family uninfluenced by any question of any religion or politics . " The Grand Master of Sweden has given publicity to similar opinions , and Holland is in the van with the rest . England alone has not yet
declared itself ; but we presume now the question will be decided . It is reported that a new law , equall y stringent , was passed in the Royal York of Friendship Grand Loclge , at Berlin , on the 29 th January last , excluding all persons not christians . We do not vouch for the truth of this ; ancl after the representative of that Lodge declaring , in the Grand Loclge of England , in September , that no such law existed , we can scarcely give credence to the report . It certainly is strange , if no such law existed , that all the world should be deceived .
Masonic Aristocracy.
MASONIC ARISTOCRACY .
" . liasons prize honour and virtue above all the external advantages of rank ancl wealth . '' MASONIC LKCTUKKS . " Prize honour and virtue above all the external advantages of rank and wealth ! " A goodly theory this ; but is it carried out in practice ? Were every man who calls himself a Freemason ( as too many do , merely because they have passed through the ceremonies of their initiation ) to lay his hand on his heart , and to answer this question truly and on his honour , it is much to be feared that an affirmative reply would neither be promptly nor unanimously given . As Masons , we