Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE ISRAELITISH ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE 99 DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF BENGAL 100 PROV . GRAND LODGE OF DEVON 100 PROV . GRAND LODGE OF DERBYSHIRE 101

CONSECRATION OF THE SKELMERSDALE LODGE , No . 1380 101 ANNUAL BALL OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH LODGE , NO . 11 S 2 101 CONSECRATION OF THE KENNINGTON LODGE . - . ..

_ . , No . 13 S 1 101 CONSECRATION OF A CHAPTER AT NEWPORT ... 102

SCOTLANDKelso 102 "Melrose ... ... ... ... 102 Dunblane ... ... ... 102 & 103 Stranraer Kilwinning Loelge 103

IRELANDWaterford 103 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 104 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 104 THE EARL OF MAYO 104 & 105 ORIGINAL

CORRESPONDENCE"Masonic Balls ... ... ... ... ... 106 THE "KEYSTONE" AND PENNSYLVANIA 105 VALUABLE WORK ON THE ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FREEMASONS 105 THE NORTH-EASTERN MASONIC CHARITABLE

ASSOCIATION 106 POETRYMasonic-Song ... ... ... ... ... 106 THE CRAFTMetropolitan ... ... ... ... ... 106

Provincial 106 & 107 ROYAL ARCHMetropolitan ... ... ... ... ... 107 Provincial 107 & 10 S Foreign 10 S

MARK MASONRYProvincial ... ... ... ... ... 10 S ORDERS OF CHIVALRY—KNIGHIS TEMPLARProvincial 108

I-oieigii 10 S INSTRUCTIONMetropolitan ... ... ... 10 S MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK ... 10 S & 109 ADVERTISEMENTS ... 94 , 95 , 109 , 110 , in , & 112

Israelitish Origin Of The Anglo-Saxon Race.

ISRAELITISH ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE .

Thc literature referred to in the article at P agc 51 , on our subject , relates exclusively to the history of the Israelitish nation . We find that after the destruction of the

kingdom of Israel , the historical information as to thc subsequent fate of this people is of the scantiest and most meagre kind , but such as it is their later history will be

hereafter more particularly referred to . Wc have , however , in the Bible some remarkable prophecies , and if these be intelligently read and considered , they will throw a food

of light on thc subject and will materially guide us in our search for thc lost pccple , and will teach us under what circumstances wc may expect to find them .

Many persons when reading in the Old Testament the prophecies relating to Judah and Israel , get dreadfully confused owing to their failing to discriminate properly

between the two houses . It must be admhtcd that tliere is some difficulty at first in avoiding this confusion , as the reader is very apt to imagine that Judah means Judah and Benjamin , including the priests and Lcv ' tcs

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resident amongst them , and thot Israel means the ten tribes that revolted under Jeroboam . Readers are also very likely to consider that passages which follow each

other in the prophetical books in regular order , as in our Bibles , must necessarily refer to the same events , especially if the same names occur . This , however , is not

always the case , and the best way of steering clear of such errors is to bear constantly in mind that , although the several parts of each of the prophetical writings , as contained

in our Bibles , are apparently strung together in a certain sort of consecutive order , they all , in fact , consist of detached fragments written or spoken hy their authors on

different occasions many years ( in some cases ) intervening between the writing of these detached fragments which have not necessarily any connection with

each other . The division of the scriptures into chapters and verses is a comparatively modern innovation , and frequently

will be found to have been very imperfectly done ; we must not therefore allow this arrangement of the scriptures to warp our minds . In some cases the division of the

subject is sufficiently apparent , as , for instance , in Isaiah we find prophecies addressed to distinct nationalities by namo such as Moab , Edom , Babylon , & c , but

frequently , in other parts of Isaiah and also in the prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekielthe bearing of thc prophecies is by no means obvious , and thc subject is not

rendered any clearer by the notion that usually prevails in the mind of the reader , that the ten tribes having been carried away by

Shalmanczer and placed in the cities of the Medes ( as mentioned in thc sacred narrative ) , were quietly disposed of , and therefore demand no further attention on our part .

We arc now gradually waking up to the feeling that our preconceived notions , and the generally accepted opinions on this subject arc not exactly correct , and we now

discover that although God determined to punish the Israelites ( the ten tribes ) for their wickedness , and to this end allowed them to be carried away into captivity and

dispersed among thc nations , He has never said they should bc destroyed , but only that they should be dispersed and lost for a time , after which they shall be gathered

from all nations and from thc " Isles of the Sea , " and shall bc restored to their own land . When this is to happen wc have no

no means of judging , but there arc many persons who think they can discern in the signs of thc times that this consummation is now approaching .

In reference to the propiicts Jeremiah , Ezckiel and Daniel , thc reader is reminded that these holy men were contemporaries , and each apparently had his own sphere of

usefulness appointed for him . Daniel , who was a scion of thc royal house of David , was carried away to Babylon , where his

example ( enhanced , doubtless , by his high position at court ) , and his constant prayers and exhortations , had a powerful influence

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on his exiled countrymen . As Daniel lived throughout the seventy years' captivity of Judah and was in high authority , he doubtless was mainly instrumental in keeping the Jews from relapsing into idolatry . Ezekiel ,

who belonged to the sacerdotal race , was carried away to Babylon with Daniel , but was subsequently removed to some place on the river Chebar , a part of the country where a portion of the ten tribes were located .

It is but reasonable , therefore , to suppose , as no doubt was the case , that several of Ezekiel ' s prophecies were directed to the ten tribes , while others were specially directed to the Jews , or Judah and

Benjamin . The same may be said of the prophecies of Jeremiah , who was also of the sacerdotal race . He was not carried away to Babylon , but was left at Jerusalem to minister to the remnant of the Jews that

remained in that city until its final destruction . Each of these great prophets , it will be seen , had his separate task and sphere of usefulness assigned to him , and upon

examination it will be found that many of the prophecies of Ezekiel and Jeremiah relate exclusively to the ten tribes , and not to the Jews .

On a future occasion , I may , perhaps , direct more particular attention to some of these texts referring to thc House of Israel . In thc meantime , I will proceed with the matter in hand—namely , a further notice of

the historical literature bearing on the subject , and written since the time of Christ . Scraps of useful information will be found scattered through the works of the old fathers , Jerome , Eusebius , and others , and

also in various ecclesiastical histories . Mocheim throws a great deal of light on thc ancient Nestorian Christians , of whom mention has already been made in former articles , in which it was shown that they

traced their descent from the ancient Israelites . It was also stated that descendants of the tribe of Dan are to be found in the southern parts of Arabia , also in Afghanistan and Northern India .

Numerous colonies of people , professing the Jewishreligion . are to be found dotted along the coast of Northern Africa , and also far in the interior of that continent , even as fat - as Timbuctoo ; but to what tribe they

belong does not appear , although their origin may doubtless be ascertained and traced , if diligently inquired into . Readers desirous of further and more detailed information as to the Nestorians and the other

points above alluded to , arc referred to Dr . Asahel Grant ' s " Nestorians , " and Dr . Woolf ' s " Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara . " Neither of these writers , however , attempt to show any connection of the

Anglo-Saxon race with the ancient Israelites—in fact , such an idea docs not appear to have occurred to them , although various scraps of information contained in their works throw much light on the subject of

the dispersion of tlie descendants of thc ten tribes . Dr . Woolf , in particular , demonstrating ( at any rate , to his own satisfaction ) that these lost Israelites are widely spread

over Southern Asia , while Dr . Grant contents himself with showing that his friends , thc Nestorians , belong to the stock of Israel . W . E . N ., 766 .

SECRETS . —Wc have heard of a secret which was so bit ? that it required all the women in the town to keep it ; and then they could not do 59 without the help of their husbands .