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will be at the trouble of consulting the MS . register of the Prior of Canterbury under the above date . " The third proposition is disposed of in the same summary manner , thus : —The most celebrated English Rosicrucian of the 17 th century was Doctor Fludd . He was the preceptor of Ashmole , who was also deeply imbued with the same occult doctrines . But Fludd died in 1637 , without having initiated his pupil into Masonryof which indeed he is
, believed to have been ignorant . Nine years after his death , Ashmole , as he himself tells us , was initiated in an existing lodge at Warrington , by the persons whom he particularly names , none of whom were Rosicrucians . Now " if Freemasonry grew out of Rosicrucianism , " as Mr . Soane boldly asserts , and was produced in the very age when Fludd and Ashmole flourished , it seems equally strange and unaccountable that the former should have been ignorant of it , and the latter have found it
necessary to seek initiation in a lodge which might have been in existence half a century , and none of its members were Rosicrucians . But the most remarkable circumstance in the enquiry is , that Ashmole himself , who was a profound antiquary , and to whom all the secrets of the Rosy Cross were familiar , ascribes the origin of Masonry to a very different source . ' ' We have no space for further quotations ; but we must record it as our opinion that the Doctor ' s arguments are unanswerable ; and Mr . Soane will do well to remember that old English adage which says" the higher the ape climbs , the more he shows his .
Freemasonry . A Sermon . By the Rev . J . Osmond Dakeyne , M . A ., Grand Chaplain . Spencer . This sermon , preached at Lichfield on the Sth October , 1 S 4 T , before the Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire , was originally delivered before the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire . It is a most remarkable discourse , " perfect in all its parts , ancl honourable to the builder . " We entered into its merits at the time , and express no surprise that a second edition has been called for .
Love , the Spirit of Masonry . By the Rev . W . M . Herchmer , M . A . Kingston , Canada . This pleasing address was delivered in St . George ' s , Kingston , on the Festival of St . John the Evangelist , 1847 , hy Bro . Herchmer , chaplain to St John ' s Lodge— " And this commandment have we from him , that he who loveth God , love his brother also , " John iv . 21 . In a prefatory note , the reverend brother observes that the address is intended " to
exhibit the connexion of Masonry with the religion of Jesus Christ—to remove the prejudices of the uninitiated—to remind the brethren of their duties , and to promote universal charity . " Such objects are worthy of tbe author ' s thoughts , and in giving them publicity he has done great service , and given testimony of a truthful spirit .
Sermon . By the Rev . C . Woodward , B . C . L . Latham and Forster , Sydney . The brethren at Sydney having commenced a masonic benevolent fund , the committee requested Bro . Woodward , H . M . chaplain , to preach a sermon in aid of it , with which request he complied , and delivered the discourse on the 22 nd October , 1844 , from the 133 rd Psalm" Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is , brethren , to dwell together
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Literary Notices.
will be at the trouble of consulting the MS . register of the Prior of Canterbury under the above date . " The third proposition is disposed of in the same summary manner , thus : —The most celebrated English Rosicrucian of the 17 th century was Doctor Fludd . He was the preceptor of Ashmole , who was also deeply imbued with the same occult doctrines . But Fludd died in 1637 , without having initiated his pupil into Masonryof which indeed he is
, believed to have been ignorant . Nine years after his death , Ashmole , as he himself tells us , was initiated in an existing lodge at Warrington , by the persons whom he particularly names , none of whom were Rosicrucians . Now " if Freemasonry grew out of Rosicrucianism , " as Mr . Soane boldly asserts , and was produced in the very age when Fludd and Ashmole flourished , it seems equally strange and unaccountable that the former should have been ignorant of it , and the latter have found it
necessary to seek initiation in a lodge which might have been in existence half a century , and none of its members were Rosicrucians . But the most remarkable circumstance in the enquiry is , that Ashmole himself , who was a profound antiquary , and to whom all the secrets of the Rosy Cross were familiar , ascribes the origin of Masonry to a very different source . ' ' We have no space for further quotations ; but we must record it as our opinion that the Doctor ' s arguments are unanswerable ; and Mr . Soane will do well to remember that old English adage which says" the higher the ape climbs , the more he shows his .
Freemasonry . A Sermon . By the Rev . J . Osmond Dakeyne , M . A ., Grand Chaplain . Spencer . This sermon , preached at Lichfield on the Sth October , 1 S 4 T , before the Provincial Grand Lodge of Staffordshire , was originally delivered before the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire . It is a most remarkable discourse , " perfect in all its parts , ancl honourable to the builder . " We entered into its merits at the time , and express no surprise that a second edition has been called for .
Love , the Spirit of Masonry . By the Rev . W . M . Herchmer , M . A . Kingston , Canada . This pleasing address was delivered in St . George ' s , Kingston , on the Festival of St . John the Evangelist , 1847 , hy Bro . Herchmer , chaplain to St John ' s Lodge— " And this commandment have we from him , that he who loveth God , love his brother also , " John iv . 21 . In a prefatory note , the reverend brother observes that the address is intended " to
exhibit the connexion of Masonry with the religion of Jesus Christ—to remove the prejudices of the uninitiated—to remind the brethren of their duties , and to promote universal charity . " Such objects are worthy of tbe author ' s thoughts , and in giving them publicity he has done great service , and given testimony of a truthful spirit .
Sermon . By the Rev . C . Woodward , B . C . L . Latham and Forster , Sydney . The brethren at Sydney having commenced a masonic benevolent fund , the committee requested Bro . Woodward , H . M . chaplain , to preach a sermon in aid of it , with which request he complied , and delivered the discourse on the 22 nd October , 1844 , from the 133 rd Psalm" Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is , brethren , to dwell together