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lure of Freemasonry are laid upon " the purest principles of piety and virtue , " whicli are not only professed , but the practice of them is constantly and earnestly insisted upon as necessary to the formation of the character of a good Freemason through every department of our Order . In fact , Freemasonry would not be Freemasonry unless it were so . These principles , I am happy in believing , are not confined to Christianity , but are common to every other system which can be called
religious . The accusation of its tending to promote Deism , is simply ridiculous , and proves nothing , except that the Solomon who made it was writing on a subject of which he knew nothing . If his object has been to secure himself a niche among the pious worthies of the present age , it is to be hoped that he had capacity to select some topic of which he knew something . One of the distinguishing merits of Freemasonry isthat it is the onl
, y institution which has ever existed calculated to include the whole family of man in one common Brotherhood , * and , although I believe , without hesitation , in the Christian revelation , I should look with great alarm at the prospect of Freemasonry being confined within the narrow bounds of any one religious sect ; believing , as I do , that such a consummation would cause the final extinction , at no distant period , of an institution which has , hitherto , been of such incalculable benefit to
mankind . I remain , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , A P . M . OP No . 4 , 72 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
lsl John , chap , iv ., ver . 7-Sin AND BROTHER , —AVe are not a little surprised at the lukewarm manner in which very many important matters of Lodges in the AVest Indies , holding from the Grand Lodge of England , are treated , when we read such vague rules laid down for their guidance as are contained in the Book of Constitutions : rules which are neither explanatory or in
any way conducive to the welfare of the Craft abroad ; one section is intermingled with another under different heads , and , ultimately , so clashing with each other as to render it utterly impossible for members of Lodges in the West Indies to define what is really meant . That it is a matter of difficulty for the Grand Lodge of England to frame laws suitable to its subordinate lodges in the " west , " is probable ; but , on the other hand , we do not see why , in being so incapable of doing that which
is correct , it should in any way gripple the good efforts of our AVest Indian Brethren , who are just as zealous and as well drilled in the cause as Masons in Europe . AVe are free to confess , however , that the Constitutions , although faulty in these respects , are unintentionally so , and solely owing to a want of proper information on points suited to the locality . The question , then , will no doubt be : How are these to be obtained ? and how are the grievances of the Brethren at so great a distance to be remedied ? AVe at once meet the question , and strongly recommend the appointment of Provincial Grand Masters for different sections , as has heen already suggested by a zealous and worthy Brother in one of
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To The Editor.
lure of Freemasonry are laid upon " the purest principles of piety and virtue , " whicli are not only professed , but the practice of them is constantly and earnestly insisted upon as necessary to the formation of the character of a good Freemason through every department of our Order . In fact , Freemasonry would not be Freemasonry unless it were so . These principles , I am happy in believing , are not confined to Christianity , but are common to every other system which can be called
religious . The accusation of its tending to promote Deism , is simply ridiculous , and proves nothing , except that the Solomon who made it was writing on a subject of which he knew nothing . If his object has been to secure himself a niche among the pious worthies of the present age , it is to be hoped that he had capacity to select some topic of which he knew something . One of the distinguishing merits of Freemasonry isthat it is the onl
, y institution which has ever existed calculated to include the whole family of man in one common Brotherhood , * and , although I believe , without hesitation , in the Christian revelation , I should look with great alarm at the prospect of Freemasonry being confined within the narrow bounds of any one religious sect ; believing , as I do , that such a consummation would cause the final extinction , at no distant period , of an institution which has , hitherto , been of such incalculable benefit to
mankind . I remain , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , A P . M . OP No . 4 , 72 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
lsl John , chap , iv ., ver . 7-Sin AND BROTHER , —AVe are not a little surprised at the lukewarm manner in which very many important matters of Lodges in the AVest Indies , holding from the Grand Lodge of England , are treated , when we read such vague rules laid down for their guidance as are contained in the Book of Constitutions : rules which are neither explanatory or in
any way conducive to the welfare of the Craft abroad ; one section is intermingled with another under different heads , and , ultimately , so clashing with each other as to render it utterly impossible for members of Lodges in the West Indies to define what is really meant . That it is a matter of difficulty for the Grand Lodge of England to frame laws suitable to its subordinate lodges in the " west , " is probable ; but , on the other hand , we do not see why , in being so incapable of doing that which
is correct , it should in any way gripple the good efforts of our AVest Indian Brethren , who are just as zealous and as well drilled in the cause as Masons in Europe . AVe are free to confess , however , that the Constitutions , although faulty in these respects , are unintentionally so , and solely owing to a want of proper information on points suited to the locality . The question , then , will no doubt be : How are these to be obtained ? and how are the grievances of the Brethren at so great a distance to be remedied ? AVe at once meet the question , and strongly recommend the appointment of Provincial Grand Masters for different sections , as has heen already suggested by a zealous and worthy Brother in one of