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Original Correspondence.
r d Lodcc , will any brother who has Parliamentary cx-; " telt me why the committee is debarred from re-P ' lnicru ) ing cither £ iooo to "the vague something in i ° tia" of ( as Br 0- Simpson seems to imagine ) £ itoo to cj Paul ' s , or £ 1000 to St . Alban's , or £ 1000 to each ' all ( , [ these objects ? In any case I appeal to those who , like myself , agree in ' word ^ at g . Havers said , and to those who , not d sti 1 the resolution
. o-reeing m a 11 hc saicl > wou ' ' support f ° proposed , and I ask them to come forward and out of th-ir own pockets give a thank-offering for the return of u ' r beloved Grand Master from his perilous journey . I " ropose to give £ 20 provided that 100 brethren will give ' ' , r collect the same before the Grand Lodge to be held in September next , thc sum collected to be divided into two equal parts for St . Paul ' s and St . Alban ' s . Let those who agree with Bro . Simpson do the same if
they p lease . And let those who object to spend anything on objects extraneous to the Order make any appeal they please for purely Masonic purposes . But let us do something at once . m IT Yours fraternally , J . P . Al .
OF PROPOSING ( JOINING ) MEMBERS . To Ihe Editor of Iht Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I have just received the " Freemason " for the 1 st April , and wish to draw attention to one point in the letter therein of " S . P . " in reply to " A Secretary . " From the evident ability of the writer , and his position in the
Craft , no doubt his construction of the law will generally be taken ex cathedra , and therefore the more necessary , I think , that attention should be drawn to any point in his letter to which exception may fairly be taken . Long before this will reach you some other brother may probably have already performed the same duty , and so spared you the trouble of publishing this letter . If not , I would say
that the only point in which I differ from Bro . "S . P . s " propounding of the law is with respect to his proposing of joining members . " S . P . " says casually that a joining member can enly be proposed at a regular meeting , in contradistinction to a candidate for initiation who may be proposed at a lodge of emergency , p . - as otherwise provided ' •in writing . " 1 venture to italicise Bro . " S . P . 's " words :
" The rule is that a candidate shall be proposed at a lodge meeting , not , mark ; as in Ihe case of a joining memler , necessarily at a regular meeting—at any lodge meeting , even a lodge of emergency . " Now , referring to the Constitutions , I do net see that this distinction as marked in italics exists . The wording of the law is , " No brother shall be admitted a member of a lodge without a
regular proposition in open lodge , " and " No person shall be made a Mason without a regular proposition at one lodge . " Where is the distinction ? What is done at a lodge of emergency is as much done in open lodge as if at a regular meeting , and it appears to me that the word " open " in the passage relating to the proposing of joining members is not in opposition to the first clause in the
corresponding passage relating to the proposing of initiates , but rather to thc proviso for cases of emergency made in the second clause of the same passage , that in fact , propositions of members , whether for joining or initiation , can be regularly made at any lodge , whether regular or emergent ,
and that , further , under ccitam conditions provided and so carefully explained in * ' S . P . 's " letter , candidates for initiation can be proposed " in writing "—an exception that docs not apply to joining members . Yours fraternally , W . S . L . Cradock , South Africa , 10 th May , 1876 .
CORRECT MASONRY—WHAT IS IT ? To thc Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — In your columns of the 17 th ult . appears a Utter bearing on the meeting , held on June 2 nd , of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of the Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire , at Peterborough , which afforded
the said meeting an opportunity for laying the foundationstone of the new aisle which is to be added to the Church of St . Mary , of that city . After the usual form and applications necessary on such an occasion the stone was fixed , and pronounced , in the name of the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , well and truly laid . Whether th « Holy Trinity used in the sense referred to is in accordance with the
Constitutions of England 1 am unable to say , never having seen a copy myself . However , in Scotland the Constitution is plain and clear on the subject , which is as [ ollows : — "The stone is placed on the bed according to the rules of Masonry , the closing ceremony is finished by the Grand Master or other presiding brother giving the stone three k—s saying , ' May the Almighty Architect cf ihe Universe look
down with benignity upon our present undertaking , and frown the edifice , ol which we have now laid the foundation , with every success . '" Freemasonry is truth , and all truth must be identical , ' Jut the origin of each is different , their histories are unlike , ' (' lie principles of Frecmasonryprecedcd the advent of Christianity ; its symbols and its marvellous tales Wire derived
norn the " Solomonic Temple . " Why , 1 ask , this chris'ianization of our ancient Order ? If I understand Freemasonry aright it is a high standard of morality , and if we as Masons attain to the above platform we do well ; if the aspirations of a brother go higher his mind is actuated by Divine truth and not human wisdom—it is mere human wisdom Freemasonry presumes to incul cate . I think it
would be well for those of our brethren who occupy high places in the Craft to study well the ceremonies they are about to be engaged in before an outer world , who know nothing of our internal workings . This would be a means , •n my opinion , to obvUte much unp ' easantness and discussion as in the present instance ( the innovation of the unity ) . This , from a Masonic stand joint , is an error
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which materially affects the cosmopolitan character of ou institution . The universality of Freemasonry is its boast ; then as a brotherhood let us hold fast to a universal method , so that citizens of every nation may conscientiously partake of its illuminations , and converse in its language . At its altars men of all religions could kneel , to its creed disciples of every faith may subscribe . "Correct
Masonrywhat is it : " In short , it is just this— "Doing all the good in your power to others , expecting nothing to rlow back to yourself . " Such is thc spirit of Freemasonry . As a Mason I have no right to advance a religious sentiment , well knowing it would wound the feelings of a brother or brothers . Our Order . is world-spread , we therefore cannot
allow in our public ceremonies what we do not teach in subordinate lodges . All Masonic deeds are unsectarian , with the exception of belief . In this we must be all of one mind , viz ., believing in the glorious Architect of Heaven and Earth , and practice the sacred duties of morality . These are the only qualifications St . John ' s Masonry
demands . Yours fraternally , P . ROIIEIITSON . Lennoxtown , June loth , 1876 .
MASONIC LAW . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — , I was told 40 years ago , by the then W . M . of our lodge , that Masonry possesses many great and invaluable privileges , but in order to secure those privileges to worthy men , and , we trust , to worthy men alone , vows
of fidelity were required . I made those vows , that I might be entitled to « -those privileges , and I always thought that those who did not make them would not be entitled . Judge my surprise when I see that lodges are constantly in the habit of voting large sums of money out of their funds for the benefit of the profane woild , who are not Masons . This , 1 believe , is contrary to our Book of
Constitutions . If I am wrong I shall be glad if you or some other brother will refer me to the paragraph arrd page of that book that gives lodges that power . I have been a P . M . fur 35 years , and I have looked it over and over again and can find no such power . Yours very fraternally , Ax OLD P . M ., ONE , Ac .
HONORARY MEMBERS . To the Editor of the Freernawn . Dear Sir and Brother , — No one seems inclined to reply to the question as to the status of honorary members , and so I will do so , the subject being certainly well worthy and susceptible of an authoritative answer .
The Board of General Purposes , and the Colonial Board , reported to the Grand Lodge on the 7 th December , 1864 , as follows , which report was carried : — " The Board having consulted the Grand Registrar in the matter , beg to state that they coincide with him in the opinion that the Book of Constitutions does not in any wise recognise honorary members of private lodges . When
that book speaks of members it means only those brethren who are regularly contributing member . ; to the funds of the lodge to which they may belong . Such brethren only ought to be returned to Grand Lodge as members of private lodges . Thc status of an honorary member must be strictly confined to the lodge which so elects him , andean in no way give him any position in the Craft outside the
door of his lodge . He cannot , therefore , hold any office in the lodge , or vote upon any subject which might even remotely affect the Craft at large ; in short , that his status and privileges as an honorary member entitle him to attend the meetings of the lodge , and partake of its refreshments , without the necessity of being introduced by a subset ibing member . Honorary members have no other
rights or privileges whatever . " It will be seen that honorary members have simply thc privilege of nominal membership of lodges , such as the receipt of the circulars and other business communications , and , as noted in the foregoing , in addition to the rights they already possess by subscribing to lodges , and
in the event of such brethren ceasing to subscribe annually to a lodge they are debarred from visiting even the lodges of which they have been elected honorary members , excepting in accordance with Clause 3 "Of Visitors" ( Book of Corstiiutiims , p . 89 , edit . 18 75 ) . WILLIAM J AMES HCGIIAN .
Reviews.
Reviews .
Cui BONO MASONRY ? By the late FRANCIS MASON , M . A ., D . D . Edited by E . G . MAN , Barrister-at-Law . —Cassell , Petter , and Galpin . We have read this work with much interest . Bro . Mason was a missionary of the Baptist Society , in Burmah ,
among the Karens . He was a man of great energy and linguistic acquirements , and has left behind him a goodly amount of work in the shape of portions of the Bible and New Testament manuals , and many other useful works , in the Karen and other dialects . He laboured in his
honourable vocation 111 Burmah for forty-four years , and died at Rangoon in 1873 , having just previous to his death been appointed professor of Pali , at the Government High School of Burmah . The list of his various valuable educational and religious translations fills over two pages , and we cannot but express our warm feelings of admiration at so useful and hardivorkintr and elevated a career .
We regret deeply to hear , as too often happens to be the case that his widow is not in affluent circumstances , and this fact has induced Bro . E . G . Man , D . G . Registrar of British Burmah , to edit this posthumous wo rk of his . Bro . Mason , who was originally made a Freemason , it appears , in Missouri , U . S ., and received his degrees from Judge Bates , then W . M . of his mother lodge , the name of which is not given , was made G . Deacon of the G
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Lodge in Missouri about 1813 . In fact , at the time of his death Bro . Mason had been fifty years a Freemason . That he saw its intense reality , and means of good , that amid his civilizing and religious labours , he could put on paper his high estimate of the undoubted value of Freemasonry , is thc best answer , in our opinion , to many a violent anathema , and many a vulgar malediction . We rejoice
greatly in having the lifelong testimony of such a good worker , and true-hearted and enlightened man , in favour of our most calumniated fraternity . The book , as it is , is the development of lectures delivered in Lodge Greenlaw , 1875 , Toungoo Burmah , January , 1871 , and no doubt , had the writer lived , would have received those touches , and that final arrangement of thc argument which the hand and
mind of the author alone could give to it . As it is , it is a very emphatic commendation of Freemasonry per se , and deserves the attention of all Masonic book collectors , and all Masonic students . We earnestly commend it to the notice of all our reading brethren , and to all lodge libraries , and we hop ; that it will be ordered for our own Grand Lodge Library .
LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE , CONNECTING ISRAEL AND ENGLAND . By Bro . ] . LEYLAND FEILDEN . —London : W . II . Guest . This is too abstruse a book for our limited pages , inasmuch as it would demand too much space . Those who wish to see a review of it must be so good as to obtain the " Masonic Magazine " for August . W . F . A .
Consecration Of The Cripplegate Lodge (No. 1613).
CONSECRATION OF THE CRIPPLEGATE LODGE ( No . 1613 ) .
A new Lodge for the Ward of Cri pplegate was consecrated on Saturday last at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , by Bro . Terry . At the opening of the lodge its formation was Bro . James Terry , W . M . ; H . G . Buss , Prov . G . Treasurer Middlesex , S . W . j H . Howard Hodges , P . Prov . G . S . W .
Berks and Bucks , J . W . ; Robert Abbott , Secretary ; John Constable , I . G . ; and Bro . W . J . Crutch , D . C . Bro . Fred . H . Cozens was Organist , and was assisted in his duties bv Bros . T . J . W . Simons , G . T . Carter , and Chaplin Henry . The other brethren of the lodge present
were : VV . R . Baker , E . R . Bright , Fred . King , John Curie , S . Cohen , W . Medwin . The visitors were A . Treadvvell , W . M . 177 ; Ephraim Davey , IJ 66 ; W . T . Scott , S . W . 9 ; W . G . Durrant , S . D . ioc 6 ; J . Bingemann , P . M . 55 , W . M . 1 S 99 i E- Legg . W . M . 8 < 5 r : T . L . Cogan , S . W .
1365 ; A . Robbins , P . M . 1056 ; W . J . Bishop , 180 ; T . A . Hussey , 180 ; H . J . Felton , 1056 ; A . Caink , 1056 ; J . Harris , 657 ; L . Boulton , 1056 ; F . Heiold , 1056 ; D . Posener , J . W . 183 , S . W . 1227 ; C- Gammon , P . M . 195 ; VV . S . Nichols , I . G . 209 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619
( "Freemason" ); U . Knell , J . D . 862 , 1471 ; G . F . Wilson , 569 ; N . D . Partridge , W . S . 1449 ; G . Abbott , P . M . 192 ; J . P . Allen , 953 ; A . A . Pendlebury , P . M . 1056 ; G . W . W . Wilson , 1009 5 T . T . Moon , 1424 ; C . S . Pearce , 6 j ; G . B . Payne , P . M . 27 ; Levy , P . M . 188 ; N .
Reed , I . G . 765 , J . D . 1372 , S . D . 1601 ; C . Archer , 1426 ; J . Morton , P . M . 10 . 56 ; G . Wilson , P . M . 178 ; F . Jackson , 1475 ; E . Matthews , W . S . 63 ; J . B . Lemaitre , P . M . 12 : C . Spongier , 12 ; and E . Harfeld , P . M . 185 . The ceremonies of consecration and
installation were most ably performed , the whole of the proceedings passing off without the slightest hitch or hesitation of any sort , and the vocal portions being rendered with professional accuracy . Bro . J . II . Foulger , Citizen and Spectacle-maker , P . M . 177 , was installed W . M ., who invested Bros . E . Coste , P . M . 9 , I . P . M . ;
G . M . Felton , Citizen and Lonner , S . W . 10 . 0 , S . W . j Bro . C . J . Benson , Citizen and Spactaclemaker , 192 , J . W . ; Bro . J . C . C irke , Treasurer ; Bro . Robert Abbott , Secretary ; F . M . M'Carthy , S . D . ; Bro . Groner , J . D . ; Bro . Seaces , I . G ; Bro . Stephenson , D . C ; Bro . Clark , W . S . j and Bro . W . Steedman , Tyler .
Three propositions for initiation and two for joining were made , and the J . W . afterwards proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . Terry aud the other consecrating officers for performing the ceremony . This was seconded by Bro . Coste ,
and carried unanimously , the W . M . remarking that he had never heard the ceremony so ably rendered as he had that day . Brother Terry acknowledged the compliment on behalf of himself and the other brethren who had assisted . It had afforded him infinite
pleasure to see Bro . Foulger again installed as the W . M . of a lodge , as he was sure the choice of the brethren had fallen on a most worthy brother . That he and the brethren who formed the lodge might have every prosperity in the
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Original Correspondence.
r d Lodcc , will any brother who has Parliamentary cx-; " telt me why the committee is debarred from re-P ' lnicru ) ing cither £ iooo to "the vague something in i ° tia" of ( as Br 0- Simpson seems to imagine ) £ itoo to cj Paul ' s , or £ 1000 to St . Alban's , or £ 1000 to each ' all ( , [ these objects ? In any case I appeal to those who , like myself , agree in ' word ^ at g . Havers said , and to those who , not d sti 1 the resolution
. o-reeing m a 11 hc saicl > wou ' ' support f ° proposed , and I ask them to come forward and out of th-ir own pockets give a thank-offering for the return of u ' r beloved Grand Master from his perilous journey . I " ropose to give £ 20 provided that 100 brethren will give ' ' , r collect the same before the Grand Lodge to be held in September next , thc sum collected to be divided into two equal parts for St . Paul ' s and St . Alban ' s . Let those who agree with Bro . Simpson do the same if
they p lease . And let those who object to spend anything on objects extraneous to the Order make any appeal they please for purely Masonic purposes . But let us do something at once . m IT Yours fraternally , J . P . Al .
OF PROPOSING ( JOINING ) MEMBERS . To Ihe Editor of Iht Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I have just received the " Freemason " for the 1 st April , and wish to draw attention to one point in the letter therein of " S . P . " in reply to " A Secretary . " From the evident ability of the writer , and his position in the
Craft , no doubt his construction of the law will generally be taken ex cathedra , and therefore the more necessary , I think , that attention should be drawn to any point in his letter to which exception may fairly be taken . Long before this will reach you some other brother may probably have already performed the same duty , and so spared you the trouble of publishing this letter . If not , I would say
that the only point in which I differ from Bro . "S . P . s " propounding of the law is with respect to his proposing of joining members . " S . P . " says casually that a joining member can enly be proposed at a regular meeting , in contradistinction to a candidate for initiation who may be proposed at a lodge of emergency , p . - as otherwise provided ' •in writing . " 1 venture to italicise Bro . " S . P . 's " words :
" The rule is that a candidate shall be proposed at a lodge meeting , not , mark ; as in Ihe case of a joining memler , necessarily at a regular meeting—at any lodge meeting , even a lodge of emergency . " Now , referring to the Constitutions , I do net see that this distinction as marked in italics exists . The wording of the law is , " No brother shall be admitted a member of a lodge without a
regular proposition in open lodge , " and " No person shall be made a Mason without a regular proposition at one lodge . " Where is the distinction ? What is done at a lodge of emergency is as much done in open lodge as if at a regular meeting , and it appears to me that the word " open " in the passage relating to the proposing of joining members is not in opposition to the first clause in the
corresponding passage relating to the proposing of initiates , but rather to thc proviso for cases of emergency made in the second clause of the same passage , that in fact , propositions of members , whether for joining or initiation , can be regularly made at any lodge , whether regular or emergent ,
and that , further , under ccitam conditions provided and so carefully explained in * ' S . P . 's " letter , candidates for initiation can be proposed " in writing "—an exception that docs not apply to joining members . Yours fraternally , W . S . L . Cradock , South Africa , 10 th May , 1876 .
CORRECT MASONRY—WHAT IS IT ? To thc Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — In your columns of the 17 th ult . appears a Utter bearing on the meeting , held on June 2 nd , of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of the Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire , at Peterborough , which afforded
the said meeting an opportunity for laying the foundationstone of the new aisle which is to be added to the Church of St . Mary , of that city . After the usual form and applications necessary on such an occasion the stone was fixed , and pronounced , in the name of the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , well and truly laid . Whether th « Holy Trinity used in the sense referred to is in accordance with the
Constitutions of England 1 am unable to say , never having seen a copy myself . However , in Scotland the Constitution is plain and clear on the subject , which is as [ ollows : — "The stone is placed on the bed according to the rules of Masonry , the closing ceremony is finished by the Grand Master or other presiding brother giving the stone three k—s saying , ' May the Almighty Architect cf ihe Universe look
down with benignity upon our present undertaking , and frown the edifice , ol which we have now laid the foundation , with every success . '" Freemasonry is truth , and all truth must be identical , ' Jut the origin of each is different , their histories are unlike , ' (' lie principles of Frecmasonryprecedcd the advent of Christianity ; its symbols and its marvellous tales Wire derived
norn the " Solomonic Temple . " Why , 1 ask , this chris'ianization of our ancient Order ? If I understand Freemasonry aright it is a high standard of morality , and if we as Masons attain to the above platform we do well ; if the aspirations of a brother go higher his mind is actuated by Divine truth and not human wisdom—it is mere human wisdom Freemasonry presumes to incul cate . I think it
would be well for those of our brethren who occupy high places in the Craft to study well the ceremonies they are about to be engaged in before an outer world , who know nothing of our internal workings . This would be a means , •n my opinion , to obvUte much unp ' easantness and discussion as in the present instance ( the innovation of the unity ) . This , from a Masonic stand joint , is an error
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which materially affects the cosmopolitan character of ou institution . The universality of Freemasonry is its boast ; then as a brotherhood let us hold fast to a universal method , so that citizens of every nation may conscientiously partake of its illuminations , and converse in its language . At its altars men of all religions could kneel , to its creed disciples of every faith may subscribe . "Correct
Masonrywhat is it : " In short , it is just this— "Doing all the good in your power to others , expecting nothing to rlow back to yourself . " Such is thc spirit of Freemasonry . As a Mason I have no right to advance a religious sentiment , well knowing it would wound the feelings of a brother or brothers . Our Order . is world-spread , we therefore cannot
allow in our public ceremonies what we do not teach in subordinate lodges . All Masonic deeds are unsectarian , with the exception of belief . In this we must be all of one mind , viz ., believing in the glorious Architect of Heaven and Earth , and practice the sacred duties of morality . These are the only qualifications St . John ' s Masonry
demands . Yours fraternally , P . ROIIEIITSON . Lennoxtown , June loth , 1876 .
MASONIC LAW . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — , I was told 40 years ago , by the then W . M . of our lodge , that Masonry possesses many great and invaluable privileges , but in order to secure those privileges to worthy men , and , we trust , to worthy men alone , vows
of fidelity were required . I made those vows , that I might be entitled to « -those privileges , and I always thought that those who did not make them would not be entitled . Judge my surprise when I see that lodges are constantly in the habit of voting large sums of money out of their funds for the benefit of the profane woild , who are not Masons . This , 1 believe , is contrary to our Book of
Constitutions . If I am wrong I shall be glad if you or some other brother will refer me to the paragraph arrd page of that book that gives lodges that power . I have been a P . M . fur 35 years , and I have looked it over and over again and can find no such power . Yours very fraternally , Ax OLD P . M ., ONE , Ac .
HONORARY MEMBERS . To the Editor of the Freernawn . Dear Sir and Brother , — No one seems inclined to reply to the question as to the status of honorary members , and so I will do so , the subject being certainly well worthy and susceptible of an authoritative answer .
The Board of General Purposes , and the Colonial Board , reported to the Grand Lodge on the 7 th December , 1864 , as follows , which report was carried : — " The Board having consulted the Grand Registrar in the matter , beg to state that they coincide with him in the opinion that the Book of Constitutions does not in any wise recognise honorary members of private lodges . When
that book speaks of members it means only those brethren who are regularly contributing member . ; to the funds of the lodge to which they may belong . Such brethren only ought to be returned to Grand Lodge as members of private lodges . Thc status of an honorary member must be strictly confined to the lodge which so elects him , andean in no way give him any position in the Craft outside the
door of his lodge . He cannot , therefore , hold any office in the lodge , or vote upon any subject which might even remotely affect the Craft at large ; in short , that his status and privileges as an honorary member entitle him to attend the meetings of the lodge , and partake of its refreshments , without the necessity of being introduced by a subset ibing member . Honorary members have no other
rights or privileges whatever . " It will be seen that honorary members have simply thc privilege of nominal membership of lodges , such as the receipt of the circulars and other business communications , and , as noted in the foregoing , in addition to the rights they already possess by subscribing to lodges , and
in the event of such brethren ceasing to subscribe annually to a lodge they are debarred from visiting even the lodges of which they have been elected honorary members , excepting in accordance with Clause 3 "Of Visitors" ( Book of Corstiiutiims , p . 89 , edit . 18 75 ) . WILLIAM J AMES HCGIIAN .
Reviews.
Reviews .
Cui BONO MASONRY ? By the late FRANCIS MASON , M . A ., D . D . Edited by E . G . MAN , Barrister-at-Law . —Cassell , Petter , and Galpin . We have read this work with much interest . Bro . Mason was a missionary of the Baptist Society , in Burmah ,
among the Karens . He was a man of great energy and linguistic acquirements , and has left behind him a goodly amount of work in the shape of portions of the Bible and New Testament manuals , and many other useful works , in the Karen and other dialects . He laboured in his
honourable vocation 111 Burmah for forty-four years , and died at Rangoon in 1873 , having just previous to his death been appointed professor of Pali , at the Government High School of Burmah . The list of his various valuable educational and religious translations fills over two pages , and we cannot but express our warm feelings of admiration at so useful and hardivorkintr and elevated a career .
We regret deeply to hear , as too often happens to be the case that his widow is not in affluent circumstances , and this fact has induced Bro . E . G . Man , D . G . Registrar of British Burmah , to edit this posthumous wo rk of his . Bro . Mason , who was originally made a Freemason , it appears , in Missouri , U . S ., and received his degrees from Judge Bates , then W . M . of his mother lodge , the name of which is not given , was made G . Deacon of the G
Reviews.
Lodge in Missouri about 1813 . In fact , at the time of his death Bro . Mason had been fifty years a Freemason . That he saw its intense reality , and means of good , that amid his civilizing and religious labours , he could put on paper his high estimate of the undoubted value of Freemasonry , is thc best answer , in our opinion , to many a violent anathema , and many a vulgar malediction . We rejoice
greatly in having the lifelong testimony of such a good worker , and true-hearted and enlightened man , in favour of our most calumniated fraternity . The book , as it is , is the development of lectures delivered in Lodge Greenlaw , 1875 , Toungoo Burmah , January , 1871 , and no doubt , had the writer lived , would have received those touches , and that final arrangement of thc argument which the hand and
mind of the author alone could give to it . As it is , it is a very emphatic commendation of Freemasonry per se , and deserves the attention of all Masonic book collectors , and all Masonic students . We earnestly commend it to the notice of all our reading brethren , and to all lodge libraries , and we hop ; that it will be ordered for our own Grand Lodge Library .
LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE , CONNECTING ISRAEL AND ENGLAND . By Bro . ] . LEYLAND FEILDEN . —London : W . II . Guest . This is too abstruse a book for our limited pages , inasmuch as it would demand too much space . Those who wish to see a review of it must be so good as to obtain the " Masonic Magazine " for August . W . F . A .
Consecration Of The Cripplegate Lodge (No. 1613).
CONSECRATION OF THE CRIPPLEGATE LODGE ( No . 1613 ) .
A new Lodge for the Ward of Cri pplegate was consecrated on Saturday last at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , by Bro . Terry . At the opening of the lodge its formation was Bro . James Terry , W . M . ; H . G . Buss , Prov . G . Treasurer Middlesex , S . W . j H . Howard Hodges , P . Prov . G . S . W .
Berks and Bucks , J . W . ; Robert Abbott , Secretary ; John Constable , I . G . ; and Bro . W . J . Crutch , D . C . Bro . Fred . H . Cozens was Organist , and was assisted in his duties bv Bros . T . J . W . Simons , G . T . Carter , and Chaplin Henry . The other brethren of the lodge present
were : VV . R . Baker , E . R . Bright , Fred . King , John Curie , S . Cohen , W . Medwin . The visitors were A . Treadvvell , W . M . 177 ; Ephraim Davey , IJ 66 ; W . T . Scott , S . W . 9 ; W . G . Durrant , S . D . ioc 6 ; J . Bingemann , P . M . 55 , W . M . 1 S 99 i E- Legg . W . M . 8 < 5 r : T . L . Cogan , S . W .
1365 ; A . Robbins , P . M . 1056 ; W . J . Bishop , 180 ; T . A . Hussey , 180 ; H . J . Felton , 1056 ; A . Caink , 1056 ; J . Harris , 657 ; L . Boulton , 1056 ; F . Heiold , 1056 ; D . Posener , J . W . 183 , S . W . 1227 ; C- Gammon , P . M . 195 ; VV . S . Nichols , I . G . 209 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619
( "Freemason" ); U . Knell , J . D . 862 , 1471 ; G . F . Wilson , 569 ; N . D . Partridge , W . S . 1449 ; G . Abbott , P . M . 192 ; J . P . Allen , 953 ; A . A . Pendlebury , P . M . 1056 ; G . W . W . Wilson , 1009 5 T . T . Moon , 1424 ; C . S . Pearce , 6 j ; G . B . Payne , P . M . 27 ; Levy , P . M . 188 ; N .
Reed , I . G . 765 , J . D . 1372 , S . D . 1601 ; C . Archer , 1426 ; J . Morton , P . M . 10 . 56 ; G . Wilson , P . M . 178 ; F . Jackson , 1475 ; E . Matthews , W . S . 63 ; J . B . Lemaitre , P . M . 12 : C . Spongier , 12 ; and E . Harfeld , P . M . 185 . The ceremonies of consecration and
installation were most ably performed , the whole of the proceedings passing off without the slightest hitch or hesitation of any sort , and the vocal portions being rendered with professional accuracy . Bro . J . II . Foulger , Citizen and Spectacle-maker , P . M . 177 , was installed W . M ., who invested Bros . E . Coste , P . M . 9 , I . P . M . ;
G . M . Felton , Citizen and Lonner , S . W . 10 . 0 , S . W . j Bro . C . J . Benson , Citizen and Spactaclemaker , 192 , J . W . ; Bro . J . C . C irke , Treasurer ; Bro . Robert Abbott , Secretary ; F . M . M'Carthy , S . D . ; Bro . Groner , J . D . ; Bro . Seaces , I . G ; Bro . Stephenson , D . C ; Bro . Clark , W . S . j and Bro . W . Steedman , Tyler .
Three propositions for initiation and two for joining were made , and the J . W . afterwards proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . Terry aud the other consecrating officers for performing the ceremony . This was seconded by Bro . Coste ,
and carried unanimously , the W . M . remarking that he had never heard the ceremony so ably rendered as he had that day . Brother Terry acknowledged the compliment on behalf of himself and the other brethren who had assisted . It had afforded him infinite
pleasure to see Bro . Foulger again installed as the W . M . of a lodge , as he was sure the choice of the brethren had fallen on a most worthy brother . That he and the brethren who formed the lodge might have every prosperity in the