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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
In Ireland the same happy results are going on ; the reports tell most admirabl y for the energy of the Brethren on the other side of the Channel , and indicate that in spite of the intolerance of Priestcraft , and of a system of persecution b y means of superstition , onl y suited to the darkest ages , the blessings , which Masonry dispensesare being felt
, and acknowledged throughout the island . Opposition has onl y served to " strengthen the cords and lengthen the stakes " of the Order , —as the following authentic p iece of information , received from a valued correspondent , will ampl y testify : — " At a time when the sectarian bigotry of PAUL CULLEN has
caused him to send out an anathema against Freemasons and Freemasonry , couched in terms and "breathing a spirit hardly less than fiendish , we refer with peculiar pleasure to the testimony borne by those distinguished Brethren of the Order , the Hon . A . F . Jocelyn , Col . Chatterton , M . P ., and Sir Charles F . Forbes , Bart . ; which will be found in the Report of the Festival of the Convocation of the higher degrees of Freemasonry , under the sanction
of the Supreme Councils for England and Wales , —which appears in the pages of the F . Q . M . & R . Whilst we have the testimony of such true men , PAUL CULLEN ' S virulent hatred of the Order may be passed by , as the idle wind disregarded . In fact , to our knowledge , the contrary effect to that intended has been , produced . The following may be taken as an instancethe facts of which have just occurred :
, " A celebrated doctor , in Ireland , addressed to his congregation a philippic against Freemasonry , in the same strain as Paul Cullen ; nevertheless , in the week following , one of the most influential of his Roman Catholic hearers joined the proscribed Order—so disgusted was he with the bigotry of his priest . Is not this indeed gathering figs from thistles ! ! "
As respects the fraternal intercourse between the Grand Lodge of England and Ireland , we have to report that Bro . R . L . Wilson has resigned the office of Representative to the former , and that his successor has not yet been nominated . We hope that the selection of another Brother to fill Bro . Wilson ' s post will , on this occasion , fall upon an Irishman ; for it is clearly no more than ri ght that
" The bright land of the West-First flower of the ocean , First gem of the sea , " should be represented b y one , who owes his Masonic existence to the land of his birth . In Scotland " things arc improving . " The letter of our valued correspondent "Fellow-Craft , " in our present number
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
In Ireland the same happy results are going on ; the reports tell most admirabl y for the energy of the Brethren on the other side of the Channel , and indicate that in spite of the intolerance of Priestcraft , and of a system of persecution b y means of superstition , onl y suited to the darkest ages , the blessings , which Masonry dispensesare being felt
, and acknowledged throughout the island . Opposition has onl y served to " strengthen the cords and lengthen the stakes " of the Order , —as the following authentic p iece of information , received from a valued correspondent , will ampl y testify : — " At a time when the sectarian bigotry of PAUL CULLEN has
caused him to send out an anathema against Freemasons and Freemasonry , couched in terms and "breathing a spirit hardly less than fiendish , we refer with peculiar pleasure to the testimony borne by those distinguished Brethren of the Order , the Hon . A . F . Jocelyn , Col . Chatterton , M . P ., and Sir Charles F . Forbes , Bart . ; which will be found in the Report of the Festival of the Convocation of the higher degrees of Freemasonry , under the sanction
of the Supreme Councils for England and Wales , —which appears in the pages of the F . Q . M . & R . Whilst we have the testimony of such true men , PAUL CULLEN ' S virulent hatred of the Order may be passed by , as the idle wind disregarded . In fact , to our knowledge , the contrary effect to that intended has been , produced . The following may be taken as an instancethe facts of which have just occurred :
, " A celebrated doctor , in Ireland , addressed to his congregation a philippic against Freemasonry , in the same strain as Paul Cullen ; nevertheless , in the week following , one of the most influential of his Roman Catholic hearers joined the proscribed Order—so disgusted was he with the bigotry of his priest . Is not this indeed gathering figs from thistles ! ! "
As respects the fraternal intercourse between the Grand Lodge of England and Ireland , we have to report that Bro . R . L . Wilson has resigned the office of Representative to the former , and that his successor has not yet been nominated . We hope that the selection of another Brother to fill Bro . Wilson ' s post will , on this occasion , fall upon an Irishman ; for it is clearly no more than ri ght that
" The bright land of the West-First flower of the ocean , First gem of the sea , " should be represented b y one , who owes his Masonic existence to the land of his birth . In Scotland " things arc improving . " The letter of our valued correspondent "Fellow-Craft , " in our present number