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The Masonic Differences.
support , similar to those already formed , without opposition , between the (" rand Lodge and the Grand Royal Arch Chapter , and the Grand Encampment of Templars : and , in 1840 , some gentlemen of respectable station in society were admitted Rose Croix Alasons in the Chapter to which this person belonged . These are matters of public notoriety in Ireland , upon which I should not have dilatedbut they were necessary to explain part in the
, my transactions . I learnt that one intimate friend and near connexion of my own had been induced to join the Chapter which rejected the authority of the Council of Rites . It was first called the Independent Chapter , I think ; but the more aristocratic members afterwards separated themselves , and assumed the style of the " Grand Chapter of Prince Masons of Ireland , " assuming also the power of granting warrants and issuing patents for Provinces . I remonstrated with my friend
on having joined a body of Masons , which I believed to be irregular and spurious : he assured me of his conviction that their descent was regular , and offered to give me the proofs of the legitimate descent of the Chapter from one established some time in the last century , of which Perce and Bcardman were members . Early in lS 4 i , being in Dublin , I had an interview , in which these proofs were to be given ; but so unsatisfactory were they to my mind , that I openl y told my friend I could such
never , on grounds , acknowledge his claim either to be descended from that particular Chapter , or to be a Rose Croix Mason at all ; and from that day I was a most determined opponent of the ( so called ) Grand Chapter . I must do that body the justice to say , that the facts which have changed my opinion since are not new , but were equally in existence then as now ; but some of them were not known either to my friend or myself , anil seme he did not think it expedient to state .
Though an opponent of the claims of the Grand Chapter , and an earnest supporter of the privileges of the Grand Council of Rites , which I think to be founded on reason and justice , and to have been unreasonably and unfairly attacked , I have most wishfull y sought for some remedy , whereby the dissension in . the Masonic body might be ended , and tiw higher Orders might be united under one Grand Consistory and one Chief Governor ; , and in the course of the autumn of 1843 , I had the honour of
a long private conference with ; his . Grace the Duke of Leinster , at which sundry expedients ivere proposed , and discussed , but none appeared then ' practicable . .,,,, / ,, ; . ' ,.-. . -. : In the early part of this year , however a . fuller acquaintance with the history and ori ginal / constitution of the Order , of Rose Croix suggested to me a hope , ' that the gentlemen and brethren , among whom was my friend , who had rejected , the | Council of Rites on their ; side , and on the
other side had been pronounced b y it to . be spurious , might be yet proved to be really initiated Rose Croix , Masons , and that an accommodation might be effected , without any compromise of character or dignity ou either part , and , without , ; entei ing , upon , the question of title , provided both parties ivere inclined fe consider the subject with a view to peace . The facts iipon " which this hope was . founded are these ; that from the timeof the institution of theHOrder of theEagle and Pelican Rose
, . , , or Crdi . v , '" ini 747 , no other authority was necessary for the initiation of any qualified person than the presence of three regular Rose Croise ' s ; that until very lately there was no . supreme governing body over the members of the Order in any country , having * authority to "rant War-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Masonic Differences.
support , similar to those already formed , without opposition , between the (" rand Lodge and the Grand Royal Arch Chapter , and the Grand Encampment of Templars : and , in 1840 , some gentlemen of respectable station in society were admitted Rose Croix Alasons in the Chapter to which this person belonged . These are matters of public notoriety in Ireland , upon which I should not have dilatedbut they were necessary to explain part in the
, my transactions . I learnt that one intimate friend and near connexion of my own had been induced to join the Chapter which rejected the authority of the Council of Rites . It was first called the Independent Chapter , I think ; but the more aristocratic members afterwards separated themselves , and assumed the style of the " Grand Chapter of Prince Masons of Ireland , " assuming also the power of granting warrants and issuing patents for Provinces . I remonstrated with my friend
on having joined a body of Masons , which I believed to be irregular and spurious : he assured me of his conviction that their descent was regular , and offered to give me the proofs of the legitimate descent of the Chapter from one established some time in the last century , of which Perce and Bcardman were members . Early in lS 4 i , being in Dublin , I had an interview , in which these proofs were to be given ; but so unsatisfactory were they to my mind , that I openl y told my friend I could such
never , on grounds , acknowledge his claim either to be descended from that particular Chapter , or to be a Rose Croix Mason at all ; and from that day I was a most determined opponent of the ( so called ) Grand Chapter . I must do that body the justice to say , that the facts which have changed my opinion since are not new , but were equally in existence then as now ; but some of them were not known either to my friend or myself , anil seme he did not think it expedient to state .
Though an opponent of the claims of the Grand Chapter , and an earnest supporter of the privileges of the Grand Council of Rites , which I think to be founded on reason and justice , and to have been unreasonably and unfairly attacked , I have most wishfull y sought for some remedy , whereby the dissension in . the Masonic body might be ended , and tiw higher Orders might be united under one Grand Consistory and one Chief Governor ; , and in the course of the autumn of 1843 , I had the honour of
a long private conference with ; his . Grace the Duke of Leinster , at which sundry expedients ivere proposed , and discussed , but none appeared then ' practicable . .,,,, / ,, ; . ' ,.-. . -. : In the early part of this year , however a . fuller acquaintance with the history and ori ginal / constitution of the Order , of Rose Croix suggested to me a hope , ' that the gentlemen and brethren , among whom was my friend , who had rejected , the | Council of Rites on their ; side , and on the
other side had been pronounced b y it to . be spurious , might be yet proved to be really initiated Rose Croix , Masons , and that an accommodation might be effected , without any compromise of character or dignity ou either part , and , without , ; entei ing , upon , the question of title , provided both parties ivere inclined fe consider the subject with a view to peace . The facts iipon " which this hope was . founded are these ; that from the timeof the institution of theHOrder of theEagle and Pelican Rose
, . , , or Crdi . v , '" ini 747 , no other authority was necessary for the initiation of any qualified person than the presence of three regular Rose Croise ' s ; that until very lately there was no . supreme governing body over the members of the Order in any country , having * authority to "rant War-