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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS— PAGE . A Monstrous Resolution ... ... ... ... ... 23 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... ¦¦ 23 The Mark Masonic Calendar ... ... ... ... ... 24 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... •¦•24 M ASONIC
NOTESFirst Meeting of Board of Stewards for Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 29 Father Wyndham and "The Freemason" ... ... ... 29 Quarterly Court of the Girls'School ... ... ... ... 29 Annual Convocation of Grand Chapter of Ohio ... ... ... 29 Masonic Cruise to Egypt and the Holy Land ... ... ... 29
Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... so Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Lodge and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 31 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... ... ... ... 32 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 33
A Monstrous Resolution.
A MONSTROUS RESOLUTION .
There are not a few among tlie Grand Lodges m tlie United Slates which appear to he alllicted with a certain mental weakness . Present to Ihem one side of tlie Masonic picture wilh one of tlie salient characteristics of the Craft prominently depicted in
the foreground , and at once they realise its beauty . They admire it ; they are prepared at any moment—indeed , at almost every moment—of tlieir lives to go into ecstasies over its appropriateness to so ancient and honourable a Society . They will talk together for hours about the beauties of this characteristic , and
those of them who are alllicted with caeoetlies scribentii are prepared at any time to write you whole volumes of gush upon the subject . But present to them thc other side—tlie reverse—of tlie picture , with thc same salient characteristic depicted with
equal prominence in the foreground , and they know it not , thev see it not , neither do they understand the justice and appropriateness of ils presence . Rut the reader will naturally ask—What is the salient characteristic which is recognised and
admired when it is depicted on the obverse , and ignored 01 rejected when it appears on the reverse ? And our answer isthe Freedom which is the basis , as it is lhe boast , of Freemasonry . No one ever wearies of dilating upon the beauties
of rreedom , when it is applied to a candidate for our mysteries and privileges . Note carefully , they say , lhat of the thousands upon thousands who have joined our ranks since Freemasonry was established in its present form , all have done so
Ireely and voluntarily . They have been neither invited 1101 coerced to join us against their own inclination , neither have lliey presented themselves under the influence of any mercenary < 'i- other unworthy motive . They have formed a favourable
opinion of the Craft and its principles , and they are of the "pinion that if they are admitted , they will bc enabled lo enlarge lli' -ir store of knowledge , and at the same time prove themselves more useful members of society generally . They come lo us , as
w < - have said , without invitation , freely and voluntarily , in accordance with that freedom which is necessarily at the root of ; 'H Freemasonry wheresoever it may be distributed over the Sl'iiace of land and water . But the moment you suggest to lhe
wiseacres in these minor American jurisdictions that those who were free to join , are likewise ! free to quit our ranks , and they •s 'reet you with volumes and resolutions , just lo show how inexpressibl y great is the iniquity of those abandoned reprobates , the
'' on-affiliates , that is , the men who , having joined ua freely , have " ¦ 'id the hardihood to leave us freely to our own devices . We have often been amused by the nonsensical endeavours which are ever and again put forth by those of the United States
A Monstrous Resolution.
Grand Lodges , whicli have tlie misfortune to be alllicted with non-affiliate on the brain , but we have never read a resolution passed by the most determined of those Grand bodies mon calculated lo bring ridicule upon Freemasonry than that
which was adopted b y the Grand Lodge of Idaho at its 30 th Annual Communication in September against non-affiliates . This Grand Lodge was established in lhe later " sixties . " It has a muster roll of some 50 lodges , and amongst these are
distributed subscribing members to ( he number of between rioo and 1200 . There are also residing within the jurisdiction ol this Grand Lodge a number of brethren , who have at some lime or other been subscribing members of lodges either in
Idaho or elsewhere , but who , for reasons whicli have appeared to Ihem good and sufficient , have withdrawn from our ranks . Thev joined us lively and voluntarily , and they rightly consider they are as free to leave us . But no . says tlie Grand Lodge of
Idaho . True , you joined us freely , but once a subscribing member of a lodge always a subscribing member . We need your subscriptions , and unless you re-join—assuming that
you are what is called a Mason in good standing — we shall expel vou from lhe Order . This is no exaggeration , nor the result of any wild effort of our imagination .
Mere is the resolution itsell as taken from the printed Report of the Proceedings at the afternoon session on the second day of the meet inu - . " Resolved— -That it is the
duty ol every Mason residing within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge to be a member of some Masonic lodge , either within or without the jurisdiction of ( his Grand Bodge . A ' eso / ved —That every Mason residing wilhin I his jurisdiction holding a
( limit shall , within six months Irom this date , present his petition ' for membership in some lodge within this jurisdiction , and on failure so to do , or lo pay dues according to the by-laws ol" the lodge nearest his residence , the Master of lhe lodge within
whose jurisdiction such offending brother , if known , resides , shall order the Junior Warden of his lodge to prefer charges against such unaffiliated brother of un-Masonic conduct , in not so presenting his petition for membership , and such proceedings
shall be had as provided lor in trials lor un-Masonic conduct , andif no sufficient excuse shall be shown for such failure to affiliate , and the offending brother be found guilty , he shall be expelled from the Order . "
It is dillicult to realise lhat such a monstrous resolution as this could ever have been formulated , much less adopted by a body of men who , we presume , are in the possession of lheir senses .
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum*.
ARS QUATUOR CORONATORUM * .
I he third and concluding Part ol \ olume X . of the Transactions of our famous literary lodge— -which wc' need hardly be at the pains of saying has been edited with that care and discrimination which we are in the habit of associating with its
respected Secretary , Bro . Sl'F . TII , P . A . G . D . C . —well maintains the prestige whicli the lodge has acquired for the tone and character of its work . The first item in the Contents is a
contribution from the pen of Bro . K . F . Goui . D , and forms no part of the Transactions proper . Ils title is " Masonic Celebrities No . VII . — Bro . fo . SIAII II . DKI / MMOND , " the eminent Masonic
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS— PAGE . A Monstrous Resolution ... ... ... ... ... 23 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... ¦¦ 23 The Mark Masonic Calendar ... ... ... ... ... 24 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... •¦•24 M ASONIC
NOTESFirst Meeting of Board of Stewards for Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 29 Father Wyndham and "The Freemason" ... ... ... 29 Quarterly Court of the Girls'School ... ... ... ... 29 Annual Convocation of Grand Chapter of Ohio ... ... ... 29 Masonic Cruise to Egypt and the Holy Land ... ... ... 29
Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... so Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Lodge and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 31 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... ... ... ... 32 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 33
A Monstrous Resolution.
A MONSTROUS RESOLUTION .
There are not a few among tlie Grand Lodges m tlie United Slates which appear to he alllicted with a certain mental weakness . Present to Ihem one side of tlie Masonic picture wilh one of tlie salient characteristics of the Craft prominently depicted in
the foreground , and at once they realise its beauty . They admire it ; they are prepared at any moment—indeed , at almost every moment—of tlieir lives to go into ecstasies over its appropriateness to so ancient and honourable a Society . They will talk together for hours about the beauties of this characteristic , and
those of them who are alllicted with caeoetlies scribentii are prepared at any time to write you whole volumes of gush upon the subject . But present to them thc other side—tlie reverse—of tlie picture , with thc same salient characteristic depicted with
equal prominence in the foreground , and they know it not , thev see it not , neither do they understand the justice and appropriateness of ils presence . Rut the reader will naturally ask—What is the salient characteristic which is recognised and
admired when it is depicted on the obverse , and ignored 01 rejected when it appears on the reverse ? And our answer isthe Freedom which is the basis , as it is lhe boast , of Freemasonry . No one ever wearies of dilating upon the beauties
of rreedom , when it is applied to a candidate for our mysteries and privileges . Note carefully , they say , lhat of the thousands upon thousands who have joined our ranks since Freemasonry was established in its present form , all have done so
Ireely and voluntarily . They have been neither invited 1101 coerced to join us against their own inclination , neither have lliey presented themselves under the influence of any mercenary < 'i- other unworthy motive . They have formed a favourable
opinion of the Craft and its principles , and they are of the "pinion that if they are admitted , they will bc enabled lo enlarge lli' -ir store of knowledge , and at the same time prove themselves more useful members of society generally . They come lo us , as
w < - have said , without invitation , freely and voluntarily , in accordance with that freedom which is necessarily at the root of ; 'H Freemasonry wheresoever it may be distributed over the Sl'iiace of land and water . But the moment you suggest to lhe
wiseacres in these minor American jurisdictions that those who were free to join , are likewise ! free to quit our ranks , and they •s 'reet you with volumes and resolutions , just lo show how inexpressibl y great is the iniquity of those abandoned reprobates , the
'' on-affiliates , that is , the men who , having joined ua freely , have " ¦ 'id the hardihood to leave us freely to our own devices . We have often been amused by the nonsensical endeavours which are ever and again put forth by those of the United States
A Monstrous Resolution.
Grand Lodges , whicli have tlie misfortune to be alllicted with non-affiliate on the brain , but we have never read a resolution passed by the most determined of those Grand bodies mon calculated lo bring ridicule upon Freemasonry than that
which was adopted b y the Grand Lodge of Idaho at its 30 th Annual Communication in September against non-affiliates . This Grand Lodge was established in lhe later " sixties . " It has a muster roll of some 50 lodges , and amongst these are
distributed subscribing members to ( he number of between rioo and 1200 . There are also residing within the jurisdiction ol this Grand Lodge a number of brethren , who have at some lime or other been subscribing members of lodges either in
Idaho or elsewhere , but who , for reasons whicli have appeared to Ihem good and sufficient , have withdrawn from our ranks . Thev joined us lively and voluntarily , and they rightly consider they are as free to leave us . But no . says tlie Grand Lodge of
Idaho . True , you joined us freely , but once a subscribing member of a lodge always a subscribing member . We need your subscriptions , and unless you re-join—assuming that
you are what is called a Mason in good standing — we shall expel vou from lhe Order . This is no exaggeration , nor the result of any wild effort of our imagination .
Mere is the resolution itsell as taken from the printed Report of the Proceedings at the afternoon session on the second day of the meet inu - . " Resolved— -That it is the
duty ol every Mason residing within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge to be a member of some Masonic lodge , either within or without the jurisdiction of ( his Grand Bodge . A ' eso / ved —That every Mason residing wilhin I his jurisdiction holding a
( limit shall , within six months Irom this date , present his petition ' for membership in some lodge within this jurisdiction , and on failure so to do , or lo pay dues according to the by-laws ol" the lodge nearest his residence , the Master of lhe lodge within
whose jurisdiction such offending brother , if known , resides , shall order the Junior Warden of his lodge to prefer charges against such unaffiliated brother of un-Masonic conduct , in not so presenting his petition for membership , and such proceedings
shall be had as provided lor in trials lor un-Masonic conduct , andif no sufficient excuse shall be shown for such failure to affiliate , and the offending brother be found guilty , he shall be expelled from the Order . "
It is dillicult to realise lhat such a monstrous resolution as this could ever have been formulated , much less adopted by a body of men who , we presume , are in the possession of lheir senses .
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum*.
ARS QUATUOR CORONATORUM * .
I he third and concluding Part ol \ olume X . of the Transactions of our famous literary lodge— -which wc' need hardly be at the pains of saying has been edited with that care and discrimination which we are in the habit of associating with its
respected Secretary , Bro . Sl'F . TII , P . A . G . D . C . —well maintains the prestige whicli the lodge has acquired for the tone and character of its work . The first item in the Contents is a
contribution from the pen of Bro . K . F . Goui . D , and forms no part of the Transactions proper . Ils title is " Masonic Celebrities No . VII . — Bro . fo . SIAII II . DKI / MMOND , " the eminent Masonic