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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , AUGUST 5 , 1876 .

The Vicar Of Brigg.

THE VICAR OF BRIGG .

Some correspondence on the refusal of the Vicar of Brigg to allow the Freemasons to assemble for public service in his church has already appeared in our columns . We do not , however , see much good in prolonging it , for many reasons . All such controversies , as a rule ,

leave the matter where it was at the commencement , and bring us no nearer . to an agreement And too often such polemical disputes are after all only the expression of " individualism , " the " internal consciousness , " the luxury of selfassertion and self-laudation , and are of no

practical or possible benefit to ourselves , to Freemasonry , or to mankind . That the Vicar of Brigg was both shortsighted and intolerant in his unwise determination we shall all agree . Beyond that we do not see that Freemasonry is much affected in any way . Our good Order stands on

too firm a basis ,-happily , to heed or care for the assertions of a Vicar of Brigg , or a Vicar of Bray , and we can afford to laugh , ( though we re-gret the fact itself in the great cause of kindly toleration , ) at all such petty manifestations of dislike or perversity , opposition or persecution .

Ne have reason to believe that the clergy generally in Lincolnshire disapprove of such unseemly intolerance . We know several very excellent clergymen in that good county and diocese , Freemasons , and most charitable , friendly , rightminded citizens as well as clerics . We

have every warrant for saying that this is an exceptional cast * , and that the clergy of the Diocese of Lincoln would not generally endorse the act of the Vicar of Brigg . One high dignitary has been good enough to say that he considers our Order " worthy of respect . " The

Lincolnshire brethren will , we feel sure , accept this as a complete " set off" against any petty discourtesy and childish opposition on the part of the " Vicar of Brigg . " We fancy that the whole affair was more a little matter of personality thin anything t * lse . But the clergy should never be pergonal , and should remember that if

their professions are worth anything they should be above all the petty feelings and degrading littlenesses of earth . We would recommend the Vicar of Brigg to read Bro . Chaucer ' s Canterbury Tales , and study carefully the character of the " pour Persone , " of whom it is well said , And though he holy were and vertuou ? ,

He was to sinful men not dispitous ; Ne of his speech dangerous ne digne , But in his teching discrete and benigne . To drawen folk to heven with fairenesse , By good ensample was his besinesse . Ne waited after no pompe ne reverence ,

He maked him no spiced conscience ; But Cristcs lore , and his apostles twelve , He taught , but first he folwed it himselve . Let us hope that on another occasion the Vicar of Bri gg will just bethink himself , whether on personal or other grounds , he has any right to offer a deliberate affront to our peacable , loyal , and reli gious brotherhood .

The Lodge Les Philadelphes Et Concorde Reun Is.

THE LODGE LES PHILADELPHES ET CONCORDE REUN IS .

We deeply regret , for many reasons , the official announcement with respect to this so called lodge , in another column . It is now quite clear that it is working without any legal warrant , and no English Freemason can properly or legally attend its meetings . It has no legal

authority to meet , much less to make Masons , and it is , in fact , nothing , as far as we are concerned , but a surreptitious meeting of a secret society , not in any sense of the word Masonic . As we said before , we are sorry for it , as we regret to find it to be our duty to point out this

fact clearly to the whole of our Anglo-Saxon brotherhood . It has been stated that this society is also quasi-political , but of this , so far , no evidence actuall y has come before us , though , if a circular , signed by Bro . ValletiX and others , if we remember rightly , in a ? v "vay ema-

The Lodge Les Philadelphes Et Concorde Reun Is.

nates from this lodge , no doubt a great deal may be said about a foolish Propaganda , and a resuscitated Fourrierism . At any rate , one thing is clear , until the lodge has a legal warrant it is , as far as we are concerned , an absolutely illegal meeting , and how far it brings

itself under the provisions of the " Secret Societies Act" we must leave to wiser heads than ours to say . It is , however , most important clearly to lay down this fact , namel y the grave illegality of spurious bodies of Freemasons , establishing themselves without any Masonic

warrant , in countries where there is a proper Masonic authority , and as any such proceeding cannot be too severely reprobated in the interests of Masonic unity , order , and right government , so our brethren cannot be too often warned against attending lodges which have no Masonic status , or taking part in proceedings which ,

if brought before the Board of General Purposes , will draw down censure , and in all proability eventual suspension upon themselves . We say this in no spirit of unkindness to the members of the " Philadelphes , " Sec , but because it is our bounden duty to point out to our leaders what is the absolute truth and legal bearing as regards all such acts and proceedings .

Adveniant Utinam Sic Mihi Sæpe Dies.

ADVENIANT UTINAM SIC MIHI S ? PE DIES .

London is looking sensibly thinner , and sundry pretty faces , and well known equipages are " wanting'' day by day within the " mystic circle"' and the crowded drive at Hyde Park . All London is on the move , and our girls are deserting us in flights of gray and green , and

pink and blue , wearing sailors' hats , and staking female " birettas " wilh heron feathers . Well , we miss them , and shall miss them sadly . Our young men are all downcast and dispirited , and consuming large quantities of " Absinthe '' and 8 and S . It is the hot weather . No more for

them the sunny smile , or the merry chaff , the bet , the dance , the promise , and the vow . Alice , and Kate , and Ethel , and Lotty are now far away , or rapidly leaving day by day ; the season is all but over for 1876 . And what memories cling to it ! Pleasant parties and delightful

gatherings , the chat in chairs , and rapid flirtations , " Undine " dresses , and wonderful bonnets , the canter in the Row , the meeting at Lillie Bridge , the dinner at Greenwich , that balloh yes ? that ball , when Angelina promised to her adored Robert Timothy that despite pater

and mater , and maiden aunt , and swell of a brother , she should be his . Alas ! it ' s all over . Poor Robert Timothy has learnt that with the best intentions in the world her friends have been too strong for her , especially as he had nothing to

offer but his heart , his moustaches , his debts , and his dancing , and that Angelina is going to marry actually in November that big Baronet , whose seat is near to theirs in the country , and whom she quizzed so unmercifully the whole season in town . And what remains ?

We fancy that Robert Timothy takes it very coolly , and has already made up a little party for salmon fishing in the Fiords . Happy insotiicance of youth ! We should have felt it more , we venture to think , but then we are old fashioned , and retrogade , and all our reminiscences belong to

antiquated fogeydom . We are not the thing , we cannot go the pace , we are not in the swim , and we have not got the " straight tip . " But yet some memories do remain to us all , even to our young men . If they do not think , they can surely remember , even though in this hot weather ,

" liquoring up " takes away too often the power of reflection , the possibility of reminiscence , and even the ability of thought . How many ° j them , we make bold to say , will hereafter call up before them happy moments , and charming faces past and gone , will remember with a sign the jests , the smiles , the illusions of old days .

will say , unless they have become soiled ana selfish , arrogant and heartless , " oh the days that we went gipsytag a long time ago , " and re-ecb ° old Ovid ' s touching words , " Adveniant utinan " sic mihi saepe dies . " How little , after all , the world in London changed from wha it was twenty , thirty , or forty years ago . TP- stalwart and the gay are old and careworn now-