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Article THEINVISIBLE SHIELD.† ← Page 5 of 5 Article THE PRUSSIAN GRAND LODGE AND THE JEWISH FREEMASONS. Page 1 of 3 →
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Theinvisible Shield.†
; t invisible Shield" was thrown over the fair Laura G . llev father was > that night made a Master Mason . Thus was that beautiful girl saved . Shall I finish the picture ? Staunton saw that his scheme was not working as rapidly as he desired , and overstepping his usual caution , suggested the course to Walter , that his own wild passions had prompted . Walter was letl to suspect that something was wrongand using that deep penetration
, which he possessed in an eminent degree , he discovered that Staunton must have had a bad motive in all the information that he had given him . At his next interview with Laura , he learned by inquiry from her , that Staunton had addressed her ancl been rejected , only a few months before his own arrival in J —! The whole matter was explained . He was to have been the instrument to destroy his innocent victim . He took his leave immediatelyvowing vengeance on the head
, of that base wretch ; but he was not to be the instrument of his punishment . A severer punishment had been inflicted on him by his Maker . In managing a fiery horse , he had been thrown , and his skull so badly fractured that his life was despaired of . He called incessantly for Walter and Laura , and when Walter was admitted to him , he commanded his attendants to leave them alone . Pie then told his own storyand the means he took to injure him and Laura ; and nowsaid
, , he , pardon me—pardon and forgive me , and then I will ask the forgiveness of God . I need not say that his forgiveness was freely given , and he died as all hoped , after he had made his peace with God . And now , reader , in a few weeks AA'alter Lacy and Laura G . will be man and wife . Such is the " Invisible Shield . "
The Prussian Grand Lodge And The Jewish Freemasons.
THE PRUSSIAN GRAND LODGE AND THE JEWISH FREEMASONS .
AVE regret to be obliged to admit that we cannot congratulate our readers on the satisfactory settlement of the truly Masonic , we may say vital , question—the ncu-aihnissioii of our Jewish Brethren to Freemasons' Lodges in Prussia ; for , although we heard the pleasing assureance of the representative of Prussia , in the Grand Lodge of England , that " no such intolerant and un-Masonic exclusion would now be found to exist" we have since then received a large number of lettersand
, , some of very recent date , boldly asserting that it continues ; we have also received the law upon which has been founded this improper innovation upon Freemasonry . AVe shall say but little at present on the subject , resting our silence on the promise " that it would not be found so in future ; " and as we know that the laws of the Grand Lodge ( Royal York ) at Berlin are to be revised in January next , the nine years of their legal existence ( during which they have been allowed to spread their
baneful influence ) , expiring at that time , we are willing to give the Brethren who were so much ashamed of them , the benefit until then . The section of the laws containing the obnoxious clause runs thus : —• " CHRISTIAN Brethren of all other Lodges , whether at the time subscribing members or not , are admissable to the work and banquets on all occasions , except at deliberations . " It must be evident to every Freemason , that such law is incompatible VOL . II . 3 Ii
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Theinvisible Shield.†
; t invisible Shield" was thrown over the fair Laura G . llev father was > that night made a Master Mason . Thus was that beautiful girl saved . Shall I finish the picture ? Staunton saw that his scheme was not working as rapidly as he desired , and overstepping his usual caution , suggested the course to Walter , that his own wild passions had prompted . Walter was letl to suspect that something was wrongand using that deep penetration
, which he possessed in an eminent degree , he discovered that Staunton must have had a bad motive in all the information that he had given him . At his next interview with Laura , he learned by inquiry from her , that Staunton had addressed her ancl been rejected , only a few months before his own arrival in J —! The whole matter was explained . He was to have been the instrument to destroy his innocent victim . He took his leave immediatelyvowing vengeance on the head
, of that base wretch ; but he was not to be the instrument of his punishment . A severer punishment had been inflicted on him by his Maker . In managing a fiery horse , he had been thrown , and his skull so badly fractured that his life was despaired of . He called incessantly for Walter and Laura , and when Walter was admitted to him , he commanded his attendants to leave them alone . Pie then told his own storyand the means he took to injure him and Laura ; and nowsaid
, , he , pardon me—pardon and forgive me , and then I will ask the forgiveness of God . I need not say that his forgiveness was freely given , and he died as all hoped , after he had made his peace with God . And now , reader , in a few weeks AA'alter Lacy and Laura G . will be man and wife . Such is the " Invisible Shield . "
The Prussian Grand Lodge And The Jewish Freemasons.
THE PRUSSIAN GRAND LODGE AND THE JEWISH FREEMASONS .
AVE regret to be obliged to admit that we cannot congratulate our readers on the satisfactory settlement of the truly Masonic , we may say vital , question—the ncu-aihnissioii of our Jewish Brethren to Freemasons' Lodges in Prussia ; for , although we heard the pleasing assureance of the representative of Prussia , in the Grand Lodge of England , that " no such intolerant and un-Masonic exclusion would now be found to exist" we have since then received a large number of lettersand
, , some of very recent date , boldly asserting that it continues ; we have also received the law upon which has been founded this improper innovation upon Freemasonry . AVe shall say but little at present on the subject , resting our silence on the promise " that it would not be found so in future ; " and as we know that the laws of the Grand Lodge ( Royal York ) at Berlin are to be revised in January next , the nine years of their legal existence ( during which they have been allowed to spread their
baneful influence ) , expiring at that time , we are willing to give the Brethren who were so much ashamed of them , the benefit until then . The section of the laws containing the obnoxious clause runs thus : —• " CHRISTIAN Brethren of all other Lodges , whether at the time subscribing members or not , are admissable to the work and banquets on all occasions , except at deliberations . " It must be evident to every Freemason , that such law is incompatible VOL . II . 3 Ii