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Chit Chat.
London Brethren this svill prove no less pleasant than it must be satisfactory to himself , as after the meetings of Grand Lodge , antl on other occasions , they svill find this a ready place for rendezvous and refreshment ; but it is to the Provincial Brethren that this liberal outlay of Bro . Bacon svill prove more especially convenient , as instead of having to traverse the metropolis after the public meetings of the Craft , and then have to svend their svay to chance dormitoriesthey svill at once find a
, home under a Masonic roof ; and the situation being- central , they svill find Bro . " Boots" at hand to call them at " early morn , " in time for any railsvay . Need sve say more—yes , one svord to the non-masonic or popular svorld— " Try the Alasons' home , and you svill probably become disposed to enter the Alasons' Lodge . "
. FREEMASONRY AND THE PRESS . —A curious and interesting instance of the expansive influence of Alasonic light lately occurred to the W Bro . Dr . Slade—he received a nesvspaper from the antipodes , " The Cornsvall Chronicle , " published at Launceston , Van Diemen ' s Land , June 20 , 184 G , containing an entire reprint , from the pages of " The Freemasons' Quarterly , " of the sermons delivered by him , as Prov . G . Chaplain , before the Prov . G . Lodge of Staffordshire , " held at Nesvcastle in August , 18 i 5 . The Rev . Doctor is not a little proud of this compliment from his far distant Brethren .
THE LATE SIR W . FOLLETT ON MASONRY . —The future Attorneygeneral had been for many months called to the bar svhen ss ^ e again met . This svas early in 1826 . He reverted to past scenes and mutual friends ; and , in the course of conversation , I inferred , from a passing remark , that he had become a Alason . I asked if my conclusion svas correct . ' ' It is , " ss'as his reply : " I svas initiated at Cambridge . " Light had not then beamed upon myself ; and I expressed in scoffing terms my
astonishment . " In your early struggles at the bar , " remarked he , svith quiet earnestness , " you require something to reconcile you to your kind . You see so much of bitterness , and rivalry , and jealousy , and hatred , that you are thankful to call into active agency a system svhich creates in all its varieties kindly sympathy , cordial antl svide-spread benevolence , and brotherly love . " Lt But surely , " said I , " you don ' t go the length of asserting that Alasonry does all this ? " " And more ! The true Alason
thinks no evil of his Brother , and cherishes no designs against him . The system itself annihilates parties . And as to censoriousness and calumny , most salutary antl stringent is the curb svhich Alasonic principle , duly carried out , applies to an unbridled tongue . " " Well ! svell ! you cannot connect it svith religion : you cannot , say or do as you svill , affirm of it that Alasonry is a religious system . " " By-and-by you svill knosv better" svas his repl . " Nosv I svill only say thisthat the Bible
, y , is never closed in a Mason ' s Lotlge ; that Masons habitually use prayer in their Lodges ; and , in point of fact , never assemble for any purpose svithout performing acts of religion : —I gave you credit , " continued he svith a smile , " for being more thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and slavish prejudice . "—Strug Leaves J ' rom a Freemason ' s Note-book .
AN AMERICAN JUDGE . —Some time ago , a poor fugitive escaped from BTaryland , and , hotly follosved by the pursuer , on his svay to safety beneath the broad flag of Old England , in Canada , svas overtaken and seized in Vermont . The abolitionists instantly got out a habeas corpus .
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Chit Chat.
London Brethren this svill prove no less pleasant than it must be satisfactory to himself , as after the meetings of Grand Lodge , antl on other occasions , they svill find this a ready place for rendezvous and refreshment ; but it is to the Provincial Brethren that this liberal outlay of Bro . Bacon svill prove more especially convenient , as instead of having to traverse the metropolis after the public meetings of the Craft , and then have to svend their svay to chance dormitoriesthey svill at once find a
, home under a Masonic roof ; and the situation being- central , they svill find Bro . " Boots" at hand to call them at " early morn , " in time for any railsvay . Need sve say more—yes , one svord to the non-masonic or popular svorld— " Try the Alasons' home , and you svill probably become disposed to enter the Alasons' Lodge . "
. FREEMASONRY AND THE PRESS . —A curious and interesting instance of the expansive influence of Alasonic light lately occurred to the W Bro . Dr . Slade—he received a nesvspaper from the antipodes , " The Cornsvall Chronicle , " published at Launceston , Van Diemen ' s Land , June 20 , 184 G , containing an entire reprint , from the pages of " The Freemasons' Quarterly , " of the sermons delivered by him , as Prov . G . Chaplain , before the Prov . G . Lodge of Staffordshire , " held at Nesvcastle in August , 18 i 5 . The Rev . Doctor is not a little proud of this compliment from his far distant Brethren .
THE LATE SIR W . FOLLETT ON MASONRY . —The future Attorneygeneral had been for many months called to the bar svhen ss ^ e again met . This svas early in 1826 . He reverted to past scenes and mutual friends ; and , in the course of conversation , I inferred , from a passing remark , that he had become a Alason . I asked if my conclusion svas correct . ' ' It is , " ss'as his reply : " I svas initiated at Cambridge . " Light had not then beamed upon myself ; and I expressed in scoffing terms my
astonishment . " In your early struggles at the bar , " remarked he , svith quiet earnestness , " you require something to reconcile you to your kind . You see so much of bitterness , and rivalry , and jealousy , and hatred , that you are thankful to call into active agency a system svhich creates in all its varieties kindly sympathy , cordial antl svide-spread benevolence , and brotherly love . " Lt But surely , " said I , " you don ' t go the length of asserting that Alasonry does all this ? " " And more ! The true Alason
thinks no evil of his Brother , and cherishes no designs against him . The system itself annihilates parties . And as to censoriousness and calumny , most salutary antl stringent is the curb svhich Alasonic principle , duly carried out , applies to an unbridled tongue . " " Well ! svell ! you cannot connect it svith religion : you cannot , say or do as you svill , affirm of it that Alasonry is a religious system . " " By-and-by you svill knosv better" svas his repl . " Nosv I svill only say thisthat the Bible
, y , is never closed in a Mason ' s Lotlge ; that Masons habitually use prayer in their Lodges ; and , in point of fact , never assemble for any purpose svithout performing acts of religion : —I gave you credit , " continued he svith a smile , " for being more thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and slavish prejudice . "—Strug Leaves J ' rom a Freemason ' s Note-book .
AN AMERICAN JUDGE . —Some time ago , a poor fugitive escaped from BTaryland , and , hotly follosved by the pursuer , on his svay to safety beneath the broad flag of Old England , in Canada , svas overtaken and seized in Vermont . The abolitionists instantly got out a habeas corpus .