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America, (United States).
intimacy between the two countries was as necessary as desirable . A case was quoted in point , in which we hope our friend , the editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , will pardon our observing he must have been altogether imposed upon . In one of the numbers of that excellent periodical for 1 S 39 , there appears a complimentary letter from " An old Mason , a Past Master of Friendly Lodge , Albany , New York , United States , America . " There is not , nor ever was , such a Lodge existing . The impostor could not have obtained a G . L . Certificate for his head !
" It is satisfactory here to learn that the London Board of Benevolence , acting as they did lately in rejecting the petition of the American , who had , when he left New York , abundant means in gold . He knew well " the travelling department" had answered well here , and thought to turn the tables by setting up in England . " The remedy for this misconduct will be found in a public announcement by the Grand Secretary for England , that Brethren visiting in America must provide themselves with a Grand Lodge Certificate , for
no others will be acknowledged ; and the editor of the Freemasons ' Quarterly Review is earnestly requested , in the meantime to give publicity to this circumstance , and at the same time to caution the Board of Benevolence not to relieve , and the private Lodges not to admit , any persons assuming to be Masons , but on the most satisfactory grounds of the strictest investigation . Gifts to the unworthy are a robbery of the institution . AVe have heard it boasted that laxity in this respect iu England has been a profitable source of swindling to clandestine Masons .
"The Grand Secretary , Brother Herring , has presented the first nine volumes of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review to the Grand Lodge of New York , as a nucleus for a library , which compliment was suitably acknowledged : this desirable object must , however , abide the advent of improvement in the general finances of the country . " The intelligence of the demise of the late Royal Grand Master of England has been received with regret . The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has sent an address of condolence ; that of New York would
probably have also paid a similar mark of respect ; but a correspondence of some years with the English authorities liaving been met by a silence as unaccountable as discourteous , and the melancholy event has passed without any public observation . " The General Masonic Convocation meets with almost universal approbation . The system of working is that received from England fifty
years ago—generally known as " Preston s differing perhaps in nonessentials from those of the English Union ; but why not have a strict uniformity between the two countries ? " There is a talk of sending delegates to England , to interchange civilities , compare notes as to work , polity , & c In Yankee phrase , " would it pay ? " That is , is it likely that mutual admissions would be made ? " At no preceding period has there been a greater desire to promulgate
true Masonry in the United States than at the present moment ; not the least efficient proof of this , is the anxiety and determination to prevent European Lodges from being imposed upon by clandestine and unworthy impostors of our own . AA e have suffered too much in this respect , to wish our friends in the old country to blush for America . "
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America, (United States).
intimacy between the two countries was as necessary as desirable . A case was quoted in point , in which we hope our friend , the editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , will pardon our observing he must have been altogether imposed upon . In one of the numbers of that excellent periodical for 1 S 39 , there appears a complimentary letter from " An old Mason , a Past Master of Friendly Lodge , Albany , New York , United States , America . " There is not , nor ever was , such a Lodge existing . The impostor could not have obtained a G . L . Certificate for his head !
" It is satisfactory here to learn that the London Board of Benevolence , acting as they did lately in rejecting the petition of the American , who had , when he left New York , abundant means in gold . He knew well " the travelling department" had answered well here , and thought to turn the tables by setting up in England . " The remedy for this misconduct will be found in a public announcement by the Grand Secretary for England , that Brethren visiting in America must provide themselves with a Grand Lodge Certificate , for
no others will be acknowledged ; and the editor of the Freemasons ' Quarterly Review is earnestly requested , in the meantime to give publicity to this circumstance , and at the same time to caution the Board of Benevolence not to relieve , and the private Lodges not to admit , any persons assuming to be Masons , but on the most satisfactory grounds of the strictest investigation . Gifts to the unworthy are a robbery of the institution . AVe have heard it boasted that laxity in this respect iu England has been a profitable source of swindling to clandestine Masons .
"The Grand Secretary , Brother Herring , has presented the first nine volumes of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review to the Grand Lodge of New York , as a nucleus for a library , which compliment was suitably acknowledged : this desirable object must , however , abide the advent of improvement in the general finances of the country . " The intelligence of the demise of the late Royal Grand Master of England has been received with regret . The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has sent an address of condolence ; that of New York would
probably have also paid a similar mark of respect ; but a correspondence of some years with the English authorities liaving been met by a silence as unaccountable as discourteous , and the melancholy event has passed without any public observation . " The General Masonic Convocation meets with almost universal approbation . The system of working is that received from England fifty
years ago—generally known as " Preston s differing perhaps in nonessentials from those of the English Union ; but why not have a strict uniformity between the two countries ? " There is a talk of sending delegates to England , to interchange civilities , compare notes as to work , polity , & c In Yankee phrase , " would it pay ? " That is , is it likely that mutual admissions would be made ? " At no preceding period has there been a greater desire to promulgate
true Masonry in the United States than at the present moment ; not the least efficient proof of this , is the anxiety and determination to prevent European Lodges from being imposed upon by clandestine and unworthy impostors of our own . AA e have suffered too much in this respect , to wish our friends in the old country to blush for America . "