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Table Of Contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS .
PAGE OUR EXCHANGES 257 OBITUARYBro . Thomas Henry Amos , M . W . G . M ., Liberia 257 THE "DAILY NEWS" FREEMASONRY 257
POETRYImpromptu Lines by a Lady 257 OPENING OP THE BATON ' LODGE , NO . 1286 , AT MARKET RASEN _ 258 LODGE COMMERCIAL , NO . 360 , GLASGOW 258 CONSECRATION OP THE ROCK LODGE , NO . 1289 ... 259 BRO . HUNRY PARKER ' S CONCERT ... 269
ITINERENT MASONIC BEGGARS 259 A QUERY 259 THE CRAPT—Metroplitan 259 Provincial and Scotland 260 THE ROYAL ARCH—Metropolitan 260
Provincial and Scotland 201 MARK M ASONRY—Metropolitan 261 INSTRUCTION—Metropolitan 261 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 262 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 262
THE HIGH DEGREES .. ' 262 MULTDM IN PARVO 263 ANCIENT AND MODERN MYSTERIES ... .. ... 263 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEMasonic Landmarks 264 The Powers of a Grand Master 264 " Resnon Verba" and " Cipes" 264 Jurisdiction of Grand Lodges and the Grand
Orient of France 264 The Resolutions relating to the Grand Mastership ... 265 Freemasonry and the Laws of the Land ... 265 THE ROSICRUCIAN : A Tale 265 CONSECRATION OP THE KENLIS LODGE AT EGREMONT 266 & 267 MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 254
Our Exchanges.
OUR EXCHANGES .
Tlve Landmark . New York . This is another interesting addition to our list , No . 17 , for 13 th November , having duly reached
us . Tales , poetry , sketches , and essays—well selected and replete with instruction—are comprised in this periodical . There is also an Odd Fellows' department .
Tlie Craftsman . Hamilton , Ont ., Canada . This very handsome magazine for November is to hand . Its contents arc varied , but all are good , and the arrangement is capital . We note
that certain brethren in Quebec have seceded from the Grand Lodge of Canada aud formed an independent Grand Lodge of their own , but , like our contemporary , until we know the whole , we
refrain from comment . Tho establishment of tho Red Cross'Order in Canada under 111 . Bros . Col . Moore and Douglas Harrington is favourably noticed , and the editor
promises to give " some remarks on the ori gin and history of the Order in a future number . " Upon this subject wc may observe that our valued coiv tributor , "The Son of Salathiel . " is now
preparing for our columns his "Freemasonry in England , " which will comprise an account of all the degrees now practised under regular authorities iu this country . This may give onr esteemed
confrere of the Craftsman some information as to the Order of Rome and Constantino . We heartily commend this magazine to our readers .
Die Bauhutla . Leipzig . This weekly Masonic journal is edited by Uro . Findel , whose "History of Freeinasonry" is well known , and whose connection with tho Gorman
Union of Freemasons is also patent to most of onr readers . With many ot * the objects of this association wc have no sympath y , but at the same
time wc are pleased to admit that Bro . Findel himself is a learned and zealous Mason , and we believe him to be epiite conscientious iu his advocacy of extreme views .
Our Exchanges.
We gladly note in the number for November 20 th that the Hungarian lodges at Pesth , Temesvar , and Oedenburg contemplate establishing a Grand Orient for Hungary , an effort in which
we wisll them every success . Our readers will remember that we reported the opening of the last-named lodge , giving the Masonic pseudonym to the first W . M . Dr . Rosenbaum , who writes
upon the subject to Die Bauhutte , is an active aud well-informed member of the Craft , and we should not be surprised to hear that he has been , chosen as the first Grand Master of Hungary .
We are also happy to note that the German Masons have nobly assisted their Hungarian brethren in the work of forming lodges ; and at the Temesvar lodge a brother from Missouri ,
U . S . A ., one from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and one from Verona , in Italy , lent their countenance and aid . At the Oedenburg lodge , as we have already stated , even more nationalities
were represented . Bro . Carl Gross , Secretary of the German lodge " Zur Einigkeit , " recited some very appropriate verses at the latter meeting . Die Bauhutte for Nov . 27 th is also full of news .
The manifesto of the German lodge in Paris called " Concordia , " ou the princi ples of Freemasonry , is given at length , and there is a good article on the proposed Masonic Convention at Paris in
opposition to the GLcumenical Council at Rome , by Bro . Hermann Uirsch , corresponding member of the German Union . The reports of lodge
meetings are unusually copious—Kentucky , Berlin , Cothern , Darmstadt , Dresden , Leipzig , and Worms being amongst the number .
We hope to notice all the papers and magazines we receive in due time , but the pressure on our space is now so great that for the present we must content ourselves with expressing the
pleasure it affords us to learn the progress of the Craft in every part of the globe , through the medium of the many well-edited journals we are favoured with , and as with some of our distant
friends Christmas will have arrived before thty read these lines , we heartily wish them a pleasant time and that prosperity may attend them during the coming year .
Obituary.
Obituary .
^ BRO . THOMAS HENRY AMOS , M . W . G . M ., LIBERIA .
Bro . uhomas Henry Amos , M . W . Grand Master of Masons for tho Republic of Liberia , departed this lifo about low twelve ou tho Kith July , A . L . fl & GO , in the city of Monrovia , Republic of Liberia , in the forty-third yeai of his age . Our lamented G . M . was a shining light in
Masonry , and well deserved the respect and esteem accorded him by the Craft . Ho was made a Freemason in Philadel phia , U . S . A ., and received , in order , the second and third degrees , as well as the ehapt . Tal degrees . His high opinion of Masonry evinced itself in his punctuality of attendance , and due obedience to all proper signs and summonses .
Bro . Amos applied himself so ns . siduou . sly to the study of Masonic Jurisprudence that in it short time he was enabled to render great and invaluable service to the Craft in Liberia . He was twice elected to the honourable position of G . M ., and had bis life been spired lie would have been returned to that post fur the Micceeding for .
A great man has fallen in Masonry , whose memory will always be respected , and whose loss is deeply lvgrcttod . Wo can comfort ourselves , however , with the belief that he has been transferred to the Celestial l . oilge , whoio lie will be able to work iu greater peace ami harmony under the immediate guidance of the G . A . O . T . U . A LIBKUIAN M . M .
The "Daily News" On Freemasonry
THE "DAILY NEWS" ON FREEMASONRY
The bulk and growth of Freemasonry , the traditions of the Order , the meaning of its symbols , its undoubted antiquity and universality , its connexion with the secret societies of the dark ages , or with the mysteries of Greece , of Egypt , of Chaldca—all these subjects of
inquiry are beyond the contemplation of the profane , and perhaps very seldom in the thoughts of the " free and accepted " themselves . The order as it exists in modern times has survived agooddeal of ridicule , andhas flourished without the prestige of persecution . There
must be something moro than a mere convivial frolic which brings together men of the most various classes , conditions , professions , opinions , and creeds—the clergyman , the lawyer , the doctor , the artist , the shopkeeper , the publican , the man-at-arms , the man of
peace , the man of the world , the man of large estate , and the man of none—and unites them by a common bond of goodfellowship and a common vow of secrecy . Without pretending to know move of the " labours ' of the Lodges than they are permitted to disclose , we
know at least that the principles at the rootofl'reemasonry are Labour and Goodwill , and that nothing in the Liturgies or the symbols of the Order savours of sectarianism , inequality , or exclusive privilege . In some Continental countries , wo believe ,
Freemasonry , under the pressure of the times and of surrounding circumstances , has become a refuge for political and revolutionary sympathies . But this is not the fault of Masonry ; it is the result of the unjust suspicions in which Masonry was held by arbitrary
Governments in Church and State . At the present time Freemasonry is anathematized by the dominant party in the Church of Rome . In Englaud , however , where everything is possible and permitted except anarchy and persecution , Freemasonry has become a
vast social communion , a grand neutral territory for the meeting of all sorts and conditions of men , of good-fellowship and good-will , and a vast fraternal organization of charity , which has its own schools and orphanages and other institutions of benificence . When tho Prince of Wales—of whom it must be
said in simple justice that he is never wanting to good offices and good works , and that there is no pleasanter example to his countrymen of good fellowship and good company—is admitted a member of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England , we feel
that he is following the excellent traditions of his Royal House , and that if he should not be quite so scientific a Mason as the Duke of Sussex—for there is such a thing as " science " in the craft—he is certain to present a most agreeable and accomplished type of the Order as it exists and nourishes in England .
Impromptu
IMPROMPTU
Lines written by a young lady on tlie Skibbereon Bazaar , held mi llio i 2 l ) i * nnil 13 th of August last , in aid of the funds fur the erection of o Masonic Hull in that town , and presented by her , iu the room , to the W . M . of Lodge 15 , One solitary bee ne ' er filled a hive ,
One coral insect never built an isle ; A toiling Hercules in vain would strive The everlasting Pyramids to pile , For as they frown amid the desert sands They show the might of myriad human hands .
Joint labour can work miracles—we see Proof of this holy truth on every side ; The lightning writes our thoughts , and thought is free ; We speid o ' er earth 'gainst adverse wind and tide . The present and the past alike can prove The mighty power of unity and love .
Dear friends and helpers , wc have met to-day To raise a peaceful Hall of Brotherhood , Beneath whose roof no discords shall have sway , Xo strife political shall ere intrude . The liberal man doth liberal things devise : Let help be fully given—our Hall , D . V ., shall rise .
Then let in meet in love and harmony , Our conduct , brethren , always on tlie square , The compttss of our mindbe charity Including all mankind in circle fair . Our motto and our watchword , brethren , then Be peace on earth—peace aud good will to men .
lino . Er . xKsT Fn . 6 i . icii , 30 ° , Knight of tbe Order of Vasn Ambassador Extraordinary from the Swedish Court , has paid a visit to tlio studio of Bro . S . Rosenthal . 3 : 3 ° , at 2 , lied Lion-square , W . C , with whom he had a long conference on masonic matters .
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Table Of Contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS .
PAGE OUR EXCHANGES 257 OBITUARYBro . Thomas Henry Amos , M . W . G . M ., Liberia 257 THE "DAILY NEWS" FREEMASONRY 257
POETRYImpromptu Lines by a Lady 257 OPENING OP THE BATON ' LODGE , NO . 1286 , AT MARKET RASEN _ 258 LODGE COMMERCIAL , NO . 360 , GLASGOW 258 CONSECRATION OP THE ROCK LODGE , NO . 1289 ... 259 BRO . HUNRY PARKER ' S CONCERT ... 269
ITINERENT MASONIC BEGGARS 259 A QUERY 259 THE CRAPT—Metroplitan 259 Provincial and Scotland 260 THE ROYAL ARCH—Metropolitan 260
Provincial and Scotland 201 MARK M ASONRY—Metropolitan 261 INSTRUCTION—Metropolitan 261 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 262 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 262
THE HIGH DEGREES .. ' 262 MULTDM IN PARVO 263 ANCIENT AND MODERN MYSTERIES ... .. ... 263 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEMasonic Landmarks 264 The Powers of a Grand Master 264 " Resnon Verba" and " Cipes" 264 Jurisdiction of Grand Lodges and the Grand
Orient of France 264 The Resolutions relating to the Grand Mastership ... 265 Freemasonry and the Laws of the Land ... 265 THE ROSICRUCIAN : A Tale 265 CONSECRATION OP THE KENLIS LODGE AT EGREMONT 266 & 267 MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 254
Our Exchanges.
OUR EXCHANGES .
Tlve Landmark . New York . This is another interesting addition to our list , No . 17 , for 13 th November , having duly reached
us . Tales , poetry , sketches , and essays—well selected and replete with instruction—are comprised in this periodical . There is also an Odd Fellows' department .
Tlie Craftsman . Hamilton , Ont ., Canada . This very handsome magazine for November is to hand . Its contents arc varied , but all are good , and the arrangement is capital . We note
that certain brethren in Quebec have seceded from the Grand Lodge of Canada aud formed an independent Grand Lodge of their own , but , like our contemporary , until we know the whole , we
refrain from comment . Tho establishment of tho Red Cross'Order in Canada under 111 . Bros . Col . Moore and Douglas Harrington is favourably noticed , and the editor
promises to give " some remarks on the ori gin and history of the Order in a future number . " Upon this subject wc may observe that our valued coiv tributor , "The Son of Salathiel . " is now
preparing for our columns his "Freemasonry in England , " which will comprise an account of all the degrees now practised under regular authorities iu this country . This may give onr esteemed
confrere of the Craftsman some information as to the Order of Rome and Constantino . We heartily commend this magazine to our readers .
Die Bauhutla . Leipzig . This weekly Masonic journal is edited by Uro . Findel , whose "History of Freeinasonry" is well known , and whose connection with tho Gorman
Union of Freemasons is also patent to most of onr readers . With many ot * the objects of this association wc have no sympath y , but at the same
time wc are pleased to admit that Bro . Findel himself is a learned and zealous Mason , and we believe him to be epiite conscientious iu his advocacy of extreme views .
Our Exchanges.
We gladly note in the number for November 20 th that the Hungarian lodges at Pesth , Temesvar , and Oedenburg contemplate establishing a Grand Orient for Hungary , an effort in which
we wisll them every success . Our readers will remember that we reported the opening of the last-named lodge , giving the Masonic pseudonym to the first W . M . Dr . Rosenbaum , who writes
upon the subject to Die Bauhutte , is an active aud well-informed member of the Craft , and we should not be surprised to hear that he has been , chosen as the first Grand Master of Hungary .
We are also happy to note that the German Masons have nobly assisted their Hungarian brethren in the work of forming lodges ; and at the Temesvar lodge a brother from Missouri ,
U . S . A ., one from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and one from Verona , in Italy , lent their countenance and aid . At the Oedenburg lodge , as we have already stated , even more nationalities
were represented . Bro . Carl Gross , Secretary of the German lodge " Zur Einigkeit , " recited some very appropriate verses at the latter meeting . Die Bauhutte for Nov . 27 th is also full of news .
The manifesto of the German lodge in Paris called " Concordia , " ou the princi ples of Freemasonry , is given at length , and there is a good article on the proposed Masonic Convention at Paris in
opposition to the GLcumenical Council at Rome , by Bro . Hermann Uirsch , corresponding member of the German Union . The reports of lodge
meetings are unusually copious—Kentucky , Berlin , Cothern , Darmstadt , Dresden , Leipzig , and Worms being amongst the number .
We hope to notice all the papers and magazines we receive in due time , but the pressure on our space is now so great that for the present we must content ourselves with expressing the
pleasure it affords us to learn the progress of the Craft in every part of the globe , through the medium of the many well-edited journals we are favoured with , and as with some of our distant
friends Christmas will have arrived before thty read these lines , we heartily wish them a pleasant time and that prosperity may attend them during the coming year .
Obituary.
Obituary .
^ BRO . THOMAS HENRY AMOS , M . W . G . M ., LIBERIA .
Bro . uhomas Henry Amos , M . W . Grand Master of Masons for tho Republic of Liberia , departed this lifo about low twelve ou tho Kith July , A . L . fl & GO , in the city of Monrovia , Republic of Liberia , in the forty-third yeai of his age . Our lamented G . M . was a shining light in
Masonry , and well deserved the respect and esteem accorded him by the Craft . Ho was made a Freemason in Philadel phia , U . S . A ., and received , in order , the second and third degrees , as well as the ehapt . Tal degrees . His high opinion of Masonry evinced itself in his punctuality of attendance , and due obedience to all proper signs and summonses .
Bro . Amos applied himself so ns . siduou . sly to the study of Masonic Jurisprudence that in it short time he was enabled to render great and invaluable service to the Craft in Liberia . He was twice elected to the honourable position of G . M ., and had bis life been spired lie would have been returned to that post fur the Micceeding for .
A great man has fallen in Masonry , whose memory will always be respected , and whose loss is deeply lvgrcttod . Wo can comfort ourselves , however , with the belief that he has been transferred to the Celestial l . oilge , whoio lie will be able to work iu greater peace ami harmony under the immediate guidance of the G . A . O . T . U . A LIBKUIAN M . M .
The "Daily News" On Freemasonry
THE "DAILY NEWS" ON FREEMASONRY
The bulk and growth of Freemasonry , the traditions of the Order , the meaning of its symbols , its undoubted antiquity and universality , its connexion with the secret societies of the dark ages , or with the mysteries of Greece , of Egypt , of Chaldca—all these subjects of
inquiry are beyond the contemplation of the profane , and perhaps very seldom in the thoughts of the " free and accepted " themselves . The order as it exists in modern times has survived agooddeal of ridicule , andhas flourished without the prestige of persecution . There
must be something moro than a mere convivial frolic which brings together men of the most various classes , conditions , professions , opinions , and creeds—the clergyman , the lawyer , the doctor , the artist , the shopkeeper , the publican , the man-at-arms , the man of
peace , the man of the world , the man of large estate , and the man of none—and unites them by a common bond of goodfellowship and a common vow of secrecy . Without pretending to know move of the " labours ' of the Lodges than they are permitted to disclose , we
know at least that the principles at the rootofl'reemasonry are Labour and Goodwill , and that nothing in the Liturgies or the symbols of the Order savours of sectarianism , inequality , or exclusive privilege . In some Continental countries , wo believe ,
Freemasonry , under the pressure of the times and of surrounding circumstances , has become a refuge for political and revolutionary sympathies . But this is not the fault of Masonry ; it is the result of the unjust suspicions in which Masonry was held by arbitrary
Governments in Church and State . At the present time Freemasonry is anathematized by the dominant party in the Church of Rome . In Englaud , however , where everything is possible and permitted except anarchy and persecution , Freemasonry has become a
vast social communion , a grand neutral territory for the meeting of all sorts and conditions of men , of good-fellowship and good-will , and a vast fraternal organization of charity , which has its own schools and orphanages and other institutions of benificence . When tho Prince of Wales—of whom it must be
said in simple justice that he is never wanting to good offices and good works , and that there is no pleasanter example to his countrymen of good fellowship and good company—is admitted a member of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England , we feel
that he is following the excellent traditions of his Royal House , and that if he should not be quite so scientific a Mason as the Duke of Sussex—for there is such a thing as " science " in the craft—he is certain to present a most agreeable and accomplished type of the Order as it exists and nourishes in England .
Impromptu
IMPROMPTU
Lines written by a young lady on tlie Skibbereon Bazaar , held mi llio i 2 l ) i * nnil 13 th of August last , in aid of the funds fur the erection of o Masonic Hull in that town , and presented by her , iu the room , to the W . M . of Lodge 15 , One solitary bee ne ' er filled a hive ,
One coral insect never built an isle ; A toiling Hercules in vain would strive The everlasting Pyramids to pile , For as they frown amid the desert sands They show the might of myriad human hands .
Joint labour can work miracles—we see Proof of this holy truth on every side ; The lightning writes our thoughts , and thought is free ; We speid o ' er earth 'gainst adverse wind and tide . The present and the past alike can prove The mighty power of unity and love .
Dear friends and helpers , wc have met to-day To raise a peaceful Hall of Brotherhood , Beneath whose roof no discords shall have sway , Xo strife political shall ere intrude . The liberal man doth liberal things devise : Let help be fully given—our Hall , D . V ., shall rise .
Then let in meet in love and harmony , Our conduct , brethren , always on tlie square , The compttss of our mindbe charity Including all mankind in circle fair . Our motto and our watchword , brethren , then Be peace on earth—peace aud good will to men .
lino . Er . xKsT Fn . 6 i . icii , 30 ° , Knight of tbe Order of Vasn Ambassador Extraordinary from the Swedish Court , has paid a visit to tlio studio of Bro . S . Rosenthal . 3 : 3 ° , at 2 , lied Lion-square , W . C , with whom he had a long conference on masonic matters .