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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
points out a great blemish in the system of initiation , which still remains , and must be removed to make Scotch Masonry worth y of the estimation of English and Irish Brethren . But , whilst we can g ive such an admirable report of the recent reception of His Grace the Duke of Atholl , G . M . of Scotland , at Aberdeen , we think the working Masons " anent the Tweed , " may begin to be of good heart and take courage as to the future . The news from British India and the Colonies is likewise
cheering . The Order has struck its roots deep into these far-distant soils , and flourishes in rich profusion , dispensing its benefits far and wide , and enlisting the sympathies of all who wish well to mankind in its behalf . East and West , North and South , the eye is directed " to the bright and morning star , "—at the approach of which division flies away ,
hostility terminates , and order and unanimity prevail . The good is incalculable which Freemasonry has wrought in all the British dependencies , where the ardent aspiration of its members , no less than of the popular world , is "Esto perpetual " On the Continent Masonry flourishes only where despotism is controlled . In Italy the Pope—fit patron of a Cullen
—fulminates his anathemas against the Order , and sentences every man known to be a Mason to the galleys ! In Austria Masonry is scarcely known ; and in fact , wherever the Roman Catholic reli gion predominates , the Craft can only work in secret and b y stealth . In Prussia the symptoms are not so favourable towards the Order as they ht to
beconoug , sidering that a Prince of the Royal House holds the office of Grand Master . But still terror does not attempt to crush out the Fraternity in the Prussian dominions , as in those under Papal domination , and the Craft is therefore something more than tolerated .
What Freemasonry may anticipate in France , now that the Roman Catholic power has obtained the preponderance , may be inferred from the following leading article , which appeared in I ) Univers of the 23 rd December . Indeed , a crusade is already commenced in that country against the Order by that intolerant church , whose laws are traced in
letters of blood and fire . That the Pope has alread y issued a mandate against the Freemasons of Italy , and that his creature , Paul Cullen , in Ireland , has had the impudence to excommunicate those of Ireland , is alread y known . That our French Brethren may anticipate no mercy is now clearly apparent , since the Government , acting upon the advice which this organ of the Jesuits and Ultramontane
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
points out a great blemish in the system of initiation , which still remains , and must be removed to make Scotch Masonry worth y of the estimation of English and Irish Brethren . But , whilst we can g ive such an admirable report of the recent reception of His Grace the Duke of Atholl , G . M . of Scotland , at Aberdeen , we think the working Masons " anent the Tweed , " may begin to be of good heart and take courage as to the future . The news from British India and the Colonies is likewise
cheering . The Order has struck its roots deep into these far-distant soils , and flourishes in rich profusion , dispensing its benefits far and wide , and enlisting the sympathies of all who wish well to mankind in its behalf . East and West , North and South , the eye is directed " to the bright and morning star , "—at the approach of which division flies away ,
hostility terminates , and order and unanimity prevail . The good is incalculable which Freemasonry has wrought in all the British dependencies , where the ardent aspiration of its members , no less than of the popular world , is "Esto perpetual " On the Continent Masonry flourishes only where despotism is controlled . In Italy the Pope—fit patron of a Cullen
—fulminates his anathemas against the Order , and sentences every man known to be a Mason to the galleys ! In Austria Masonry is scarcely known ; and in fact , wherever the Roman Catholic reli gion predominates , the Craft can only work in secret and b y stealth . In Prussia the symptoms are not so favourable towards the Order as they ht to
beconoug , sidering that a Prince of the Royal House holds the office of Grand Master . But still terror does not attempt to crush out the Fraternity in the Prussian dominions , as in those under Papal domination , and the Craft is therefore something more than tolerated .
What Freemasonry may anticipate in France , now that the Roman Catholic power has obtained the preponderance , may be inferred from the following leading article , which appeared in I ) Univers of the 23 rd December . Indeed , a crusade is already commenced in that country against the Order by that intolerant church , whose laws are traced in
letters of blood and fire . That the Pope has alread y issued a mandate against the Freemasons of Italy , and that his creature , Paul Cullen , in Ireland , has had the impudence to excommunicate those of Ireland , is alread y known . That our French Brethren may anticipate no mercy is now clearly apparent , since the Government , acting upon the advice which this organ of the Jesuits and Ultramontane