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^ nsfocrs to vlovvcsponiAfiits . J . D . — 1 . Some Provincial Grand Lodges interdict the practice of residents within their jurisdictions being initiated in lodges held in other Alasonic prov inces , and as a general rule the regulation is both wise and proper . But , if there is no positive prohibition on this head , under the circumstances stated , there can be no objection to the initiation of a candidate known and vouched for an " irreproachable , character . " 2 . A regular Lodge of Instruction cannot be formed without the sanction of the parent lodge , but we can see no reason why a VV . M ., who is obligated to instruct the members of his lotige , should not avail himself of every reasonable opportunity of perfecting thc officers and brethren geneially , in thc various ceremonies of thc Craft . VV . M . —H . Bridges , Marquis of Carnaivon , and afteivvards Duke of Chandos , was Grand Master in 1 , 3 8 . I lis son James , also Duke of Chandos , attained tlie same dignity in 1754 , and retained it for two years .

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FREEMASONRY AND ISRAELITISM .

AN EPITOME OF BRO . CARPENTER S ARTICLES ON THIS SUBJECT . Bv AV . K . N ., No . 706 . rCimlimmlj ' riim I'am 388 J

No . XXII . Nov . tSth , 1871 . Bro . Carpenter refers , at some length , to an article ( published in the Freemason ) by an anonymous writer , on " The Israelitish origin of the Anglo-Saxon race . "

The national captivity of Israel is foretold by Ahijah to the wife of Jereboam , ( ist Kings , xvi ., 15 , 16 . ) The prophet threatened , that for their disobedience to the Divine Will , God shall

" root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers . " AVith this language , the Avriter ofthe second Book of Kings fully agrees , so that it is clear that there was to be an

uprooting of the nation , who were finally " removed out of God ' s sight so that there was none left , but the tribe of Judah only . " Chapter xvii ., 18 , 22 , says , " so was Israel carried awayout of their

OAvn land into Assyria unto this day . " It is probable that this Second Book of Kings Avas Avritten in the time of Ezra , after the return of the Jews from Babylon . If so , we have

evidence that at that time the ten tribes were beyond the Euphrates . J osephus also , who Avrott abeut A . D . 93 , says , " the entire body of Israel

remain beyond the Euphrates , and are an immense multitude . " Jerome , writing in the fourth century A . D ., says , the ten tribes in his time inhabited the cities of the Medes . The numbers

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actually carried away have been greatly overestimated . The Kingdom of Israel had been for more than 200 years involved in intestine feuds , and was also afflicted Avith famine . The

numbers therefore that are mentioned in the sacred history doubtless require some correction . There are many passages in the sacred narrative , in Avhich errors in numbers are self-evident .

These errors arise fro , 11 . the similarity of the Hebrew numerals to each other . In fact , the mode of notation employed by the Hebrews and other orientals is uncertain , if not unknown .

A'o . XXIJL Nov . 2- ^ tli , 1871 . One of the most remarkable traits in the Israelitish character Avas their proneness to start aside from the Divine ordinances , and lapse into idolatry . In

the very midst ofthe solemn covenant on Mount Sinai thev made a golden calf , in imitation of the Egyptian Apis : and numerous other relapses to idolatry occurred down to the time of Solomon .

After the disruption of the Hebrew kingdom , Israel sinned to a much greater extent in this way than Judah . Israel , after their deportation , continued their idolatrous course , notwithstandiinr

their terrible punishment , and Ezekiel , 1 , 30 years after says , ( Chap , xxxvi . 22 , 2 . 3 ) , "Thus saith the Lord , 1 will sanctify my great name which ye have profaned in the midst of the heathen . "

Israel lost the knowledge of the true God , and sunk lower and lower in superstitution . The idolatry ofthe Saxons was of a gross form , and was doubtless funned upon tradition of their old

faith and worship . The Saxons were acquainted with ( lie doctrine of one Supreme Deity . Once they esteemed it impious to make any representation of Ibis Great Being , or to imagine he

could be confined 111 a temple , but a change 111 this respect arose in their minds on receiving from the East a mighty conqueror as their God in human nature , corresponding to the expected

Messiah of Israel . This God AVodin they placed in a kind of ark , as in imitation of that of Jerusalem . Near AA odin they placed Friga , and between them Thor . Then there was Tuisen , and by the side

of Friga AVIIS Sealer , then the image of the sun , and at the olher extremity , a representation ol the moon . Before , the ark , in the holy place , stood an altar with the holy fire continually

burning , and near it a vase for receiving the blood of the sacrifice , and a brush to sprinkle it on the people . They had a temple for the whole nation , and twelve priests , presided over by a high priest .

In addition they had groves for rural worship , as was practised in Israel . This commingling of truth and error , this union of Hebrew ceremonies

with ( lie worship of idols , was one of the remarkable traits of ihe Saxon race , as it was in ancient Israel . At the time , when Alohamedanism was

milking rapid strides in the world , the Anglo Saxons were converted to Christianity ' , and nlti matelv became its most constant and efficient teach

ers . But 111 the East , Christianity became corrupted and degenerated into a kind of idolatry , the Yirsrin . Mary beinsr invested with the name

and honours oi a goddess . Al this juncture Mohamet arose and erected his throne on the ruins of Christianity .

Near tlie end of the sixth century , Pope Gregory sent Augustine to England , and he , by adapting the doctrines of the Church to the Saxon superstitions , converted Ethelbcrt , and the Avhole

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nation soon after adopted the Christian faith in whicli Avere mingled numerous superstitions . The Papacy gradually exalted itself , and its pretensions Avere submitted to by the Southern

nations of Europe . Not so , the Anglo-Saxons and Normans AVIIO would not acknoAvledgc the Popes * . supremacy without important limitations . The Pones had many fierce struggles with kings

and people , but were unsuccessful , until John succumbed to the Papacy , and agreed to pay tribute to the Pope , England thus becoming a fief of Rome , and its king a vassal . This state of

things did not last long , as the Barons disgusted by John ' s submission , joined with the people , and extorted from him Magna Charta , Avhich was afterwards annulled by the Pope , and revoked

by the king ; but the people would not submit to the yoke , and after a sanguinary struggle they triumphed . This great Charter AV . IS often violated

by the kings , nobles , and popes , sometimes Pope and king against nobles and people , and sometimes Pope against king and people , but the sreat . charter still remained the . bulwark of the

peoples liberties . No . XXIAc , Dec . 23 . 1871 . Papal domination culminated in the thirteenth century . Rome then inspired all the ancient terror of her name , and was once more the master ofthe Avorld . The

promulgation of canon law on the authority of the Pope , tended to secure this dominion . Ecclesiastical was superior to temporal poAver , and asserted absolute independence of it . This

was followed by the institution of the mendicant order of friars . In the reign of Edward 111 . the hierarchy had so entrenched itself in privileges , as to be above

all secular jurisdiction , and no civil penalty could be inflicted upon any member , even for treason . These pretensions raised the nation against the Church , and Parliament asserted that the

usurpation of the Pope caused all the miseries , plagues , famines , and poverty that afflicted the nation . Parliament petitioned the King not to employ any churchman in any ollice of the state , and even

spoke of forcibly expelling the Papal authority from the country . Similar , but more sanguinary contests took place in Germany , between the ecclesiastical and civil powers . In the fourteenth

century , Pope John deposed , excommunicated , and imprisoned , the Emperor Louis , and John ' s successor confirmed all his acts , but the Princes of the Empire established the famous

constitution , declaring that the electoral college could appoint to the . Imperial dignity Avithout the sanction of the Pope , l'he contest Avas renewed by successive Popes , but they were baffled . The

Popes solemnly claimed the power of disposing of crowns , and of releasing nations from their allegiance , and also of absolving individuals from moral duties , and pardoning all offences and

crimes , and by the sale of indulgences , assumed the power of releasing the living and the dead from punishment in this world and the next .

The revolting profanity of this sale ol indulgences , for the purpose of raising a revenue for the Papacy , produced great indignation in this country , as AVC-11 as in Germany and throughout

Europe . In England the labours of AVycliffe and his followers prepared the people for a revolt against Rome . The Bible had been read in the English