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against the person alluded to to the amount of £ 329 10 s . 5 d ., but as yet without effect . " In the report or communication dated 19 th January , 1810 , it is stated by the Rev . Dr . Robert Handcock , G . Secretary , " That

no Warrant issued or revived since June , 1789 , is legal 01 * genuine , unless under the actual signature of the Right Worshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Donoughmore ; " and here it may be proper to remark that the most exalted and illustrious Mason

in the empire has most explicitly declared " That the authority of the Grand Lodge should be strictly maintained , not only with a view of preserving Masonry from those irregularities which would take place without the control of that body , but because on no other terms will the Government now

permit the existence of lodges . " We notice that on St . John ' s Day , the 27 th December , 1811 , "A charity sermon was preached in St . Anne ' s Church , by the Rev . Robert Handcock , D . D ., Grand Secretary , for the Masonic Female Orphan School , in which the orphan daughters of Freemasons are maintained and educated .

The sum then collected , with subsequent donations , amounts to . £ 167 12 s . iod . " After which a letter is inserted containing very severe remarks about lodges in arrears of dues , and the note annexed concludes the report : —

Highlyrespectableindividuals having been stated as holding offices in some meeting , pretending to be a Grand Lodge , it may be necessary for the information of the Craft to publish the following extracts of letters from the Right Honourable Lord Blayney and the Right Honourable Sir George

Fitzgerald Hill , Bart .: " I must particularly request you will give my brethren to understand that , when I went to Dungannon , I did consider , and it was so represented to me , that the lodge assembled in Dungannon was by permission of Grand Lodge , and under their

direction and controul for the accommodation of the province of Ulster ; as I find there has been a misrepresentation , I shall beg leave to withdraw my name . " BLAYNEY . " " I have toassure you that I did not ever authorise my name to be affixed to the paper you enclosed .

I have not ever accepted of any Masonic office , nor have I attended any Freemason lodge since 1798 . I am fully satisfied that all self-established lodges without the sanction of the Grand Superintending Lodge are productive of mischief and ought to be discountenanced by every means . "G . F HILL . "

The above appears to have been published sometime in 1812 , but we cannot discover exactly when . The lodge dues arc made up to December , 181 r .

We will now present the other view of the question , and will let the Seceders speak for themselves . The first " communication " we have before us is dated Sth May , 1808 , and reads thus : —

At a meeting of thc several officers of 79 lodges from thc North and other parts of Ireland , held at the Ormond Tavern , on Thursday , 5 th May , 1808 . " " Resolved , —That wc , the majority constituting thc Grand Lodge of Ireland , assembled on thc morning of this day , at thc Taylor ' s Hall ,

Backlane , do hereby humbly request of our Right Worshipful Brother Colonel Irvine , Grand Master of Ulster , to call a Grand Lodge meeting at Dungannon , in thc county Tyrone , for the purpose of vindicating our rights and for establishing the future meetings of the Grand Lodge at such times and

places as shall bc then and there agreed on , and for the regulation of such other Masonic business as shall be deemed necessary for the preservation of the Ancient and General principles of Masonry in Ireland . " "Resolved , —That it is our opinion that any

Master or Wardens of a lodge shall bc competent to represent such numberof lodges at such meeting as may nominate or appoint him or them , under the respective seals of such lodges . " ( By order ) FRANCIS BURROWES , Chairman .

Pursuant to the above requisition , I do hereby appoint a Grand Lodge meeting on Monday , the 6 th day of June next , at Dungannon , in the county of Tyrone , at the hour of one o ' clock . WILLIAM IRVINE , Grand Master of Ulster . Dublin , Sth May , 1808 .

The Business Transacted Was As Follows Grand Lodge Of Ulster.

The business transacted was as follows GRAND LODGE OF ULSTER .

Pursuant to a requisition , signed , William Irvine , Grand Master of Ulster , for the purpose of vindicating the rights , and for establishing the future meetings of this Grand Lodge , at such times and places as should be then and there agreed on , ancl for the regulation of

such other Masonic business as should be deemed necessary for the preservation of the Ancient and General principles of Masonry in Ireland . —A Meeting was held at Dungannon , on Monday , the 6 th of June , 1808 , at which 311 Lodges were represented—when ,

Brother William Richardson , Esq . ( in the absence of the Grand Master of Ulster ) was unanimously called to the chair . ; Br . William Bateman , Esq ., Senr . Grand Warden ; Br . John Taylor , Esq ., Junr . Grand Warden j Br . Alexander Sauriderson , Esq ., Secretary .

It was unanimously Resolved , That a Committee , consisting of a Chairman , and two Representatives from each County be formed , to report their opinion , on the best mode of accomplishing the objects of this Meeting .

The Committee having made its Report , the following Resolutions were severally agreed to : — That a Grand Lodge bc forthwith formed in the Province of Ulster , and that the said Grand Lodge will not be governed by the Grand Lodge held in Dublin ; the conduct of . the said Grand Lodge

having been entirely repugnant to the opinion of the Brethren of this Province . That if the Grand Lodge in Dublin shall at any future period , make such concessions to us , with respect to the election of officers ( and those other points on which wc hold a different opinion ) as shall

be reasonable and satisfactory , the door of Reconcilliation shall be opened , and we shall be happy again to meet our Brethren of Dublin . That a Fund be forthwith formed for the relief of Indigent Brethren , and the support of an Orphan School in this Province , and that the Fund so

formed shall be expended on these purposes by a Committee of Thirty Members , appointed by thc Country Lodges , which Committee shall meet once in each month . That for the formation of said Fund , all dues and arrears of dues , & c ., & c , shall be paid on or before

the 6 th day of July next into the hands of the Treasurer , to be this day appointed . That the different Lodges of Ireland not present at this Meeting , be and are hereby requested to accede to these our Resolutions , and to assist us in the accomplishment of the above objects .

That we will not hold Masonic communication with any Lodge in the Province of Ulster which shall not accede to these our Resolutions . That the Town of Dungannon is a fit and proper place to hold the Meetings of the Grand Lodge . That said Grand Lodge shall hold Quarterly

communications , the first to be on the first Wednesday in July next . The Undernamed Persons were unanimously elected Grand Officers for this present Year , vii : — Br . Colonel William Irvine , Grand Master ; Br

the Honourable John B . O'NeiJ ] , Sen . Grand Warden ; Br . the Right Hon . Arch . Earl Gosford , Jun . Grand Warden ; Br . Georges D'Arcy Irvine , Esq ., Grand Secretary ; Br . William Brownlow , Esq ., Grand Treasurer .

That the thanks of this Grand Lodge bc presented to our Worthy and Revered Brother , Colonel William Irvine , for his promptitude in calling this Meeting . That the warmest thanks of this Grand Lodge be and are hereby presented to our much esteemed

Brother , Georges D'Arcy Irvine , Esq ., for his uniform , persevering , and spirited conduct , in defending the rights of the Order . That the warmest thanks of this Grand Lodge be , and are hereby presented to Brother , Alexander Seton , Esq ., for his uniform , persevering and spirited

conduct , in defending the rights of the Order , and wc strongly recommend him to thc Grand Secretary , to be continued in the Office of Deputy Grand Secretary . That wc entirely approve , and hereby return our thanks to those Brethren who attended the Grand

Lodge in Dublin , on tbe 5 th of May last , for their very proper and spirited conduct in refusing to acknowledge as Treasurer an Individual who had previously been disqualified to hold any situation in the Order . That thc proceedings of this Grand Lodge be published , and circulated to all the Lodges in

Ireland , and that Brother Wm . Canning , of Dungannon , be appointed Printer to this Grand Lodge . Brother Richardson having left the Chair , and Brother the Rev . Francis Burrows been called thereto , it was unanimously Resolved , " That the thanks of this Grand Lodge be presented to Br . Richardson for his proper conduct in the Chair . "

Signed by Order , A . SAUNDERSON , Secretary . ( To be continued )

" The Great, Awful, Tremendous, & Incomprehensible Name.''

" The GREAT , AWFUL , TREMENDOUS , & INCOMPREHENSIBLE NAME . ''

BY BRO . WILLIAM CARPENTER , P . M . & P . Z . 177 * A much-esteemed brother who stands hig h in the Graft and in the Arch , has called my attention to that passage in the ceremonial of Royal Arch Masonryin which the incommunicable name of God is introduced , with certain impressive injunctions , remarking , what is no doubt the fact ,

that some perplexity is occasioned by characterising the NAME as " incomprehensible , " and then proceeding to explain its meaning . I confess that this view of the passage never struck me ; but it has often struck me that there is something in that part of the ceremony which has a

tendency to create such an impression , regarding the reverence due to the sacred name mentioned , as to diminish that proper feeling of awe and reverence which is due to the G . A . O . T . U ., under any and every name or appellation hy which He has been pleased to make Himself

known . I am induced to write a few lines on this subject , not hoping to impart light , but to receive it from some of my brethren . _ Why should we—I write as a Christian , but with the utmost respect for the convictions or op inions of our Jewish brethren—why should we utter this

Name with feelings of awe different from and far above those with which we utter any other name of the Supreme Being ? He was known , as already intimated , by other names , communicated to His true worshippers , from Adam to Moses ; and often , after this name was imparted

to tlie Hebrew deliverer and lawgiver , He was spoken of under those names . And every name is expressive of some infinite perfection or power , as exhibited to His creatures . To Moses , He said , " I appeared unto Abraham , unto Isaac , and unto Jacob by the name of

cl shaddai ( God Almighty ); " and He appeared to them by other names also , as Elhoim , Jehovahclfioim , el clion , Adonai , & c . ; and when Moses asked what name he should g ive to the children of Israel when he announced to them his mission , and they asked ofhim the name ofthe God of their

fathers , who had sent him , God ( clohim ) said , " I AM THAT I AM ( hefah asher liejah ); and thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel , / am hath sent me unto you . " All the other names by which He had made Himself known , appear to have had reference to His power—His

omnipotence , as the Creator , the All-sufficient one , the Supporter , the Preserver — in a word , T . G . A . O . T . U . ; but this name had reference to His being itself—to His self-existence , as He who was , and is , and is to come ; the verb liejah , " to be , " including the past , present , and future

of being . It was under one or other of these names , that the patriarchal worshippers knew God , and they were inspired with awe and reverence in the contemplation of any one of them , remembering that " wherever we are or whatever we do ,

He is with us , and His all-seeing eye beholds us . " They felt that they were creatures who owed Him their being , and who were also dependent upon His power and goodness for their preservation . To them every name of God was " great , awful , tremendous , and

incomprehensible ; " or , rather , we should say , that to them God , under whatever name , was so ; and they bowed with awe and reverence before Him , as when Jacob , awaking out of the sleep in which he had dreamed ofthe ladder set upon the earth ancl reaching into heaven , and on which the

angels of God ascended and descended , exclaimed , " How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God , and the gate of heaven . " It was not until the Almighty was about to enter into covenant relationship with the children of Israel , and to make them the depositary and asserters of

that great truth which lies at the foundation of all true religion—the Divine Unity—that this name , J EHOVAH , became that by which , exclusively and distinctively . He was to be known . To see this clearly , we must advert to the circumstances attendant upon this adoption of THE distinctive NAME . MOSCB had appealed