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The Atrocities Of War.
ation . In ^ detailed account of atrocities which now daily distress us all , there seem to however , to be a marked distinction and a striking difference of kind and character . Without at all ignoring or palliating in any degree
these atrocious acts of violence and bloodshed , which seem to be evolved from the sterner contingencies of angry combats , of personal encounters , of the deadly melee ( sad , —most sad , as they are in themselves ) what can possibly be said in respect of the loathsome and cold blooded
cruelties of the massacre at Kavarna ? Who can bear to talk of the horrors of Kesanlik ? Who can extenuate the absolute horrors of wholesale murder and mutilation of wounded dead , and dying Russian soldiers ? The case of Kavarna is simply awful ,
too awful almost for words , and certainly far too awful for complacent criticism . Kavarna was a flourishing town near Varna , of 3 , 000 inhabitants , mostly Greeks and Christians , under the Turkish Government , and contained a peaceable and industrious population , and several
schools for the young . It is invaded entirely and suddenly by Circassians in the pay of the Turkish Government , who demand from the Christians a ransom of several thousand piastres . The Turkish Governor recommends the Christians to pay this ransom , ( he was
probably " squared , as we say ) , and blames them for refusing . After a hasty refusal , and a hopeless defence , the Circassians began to massacre the men and outrage the women . For twelve long hours this horrible state of things endured , until 7 jo persons are massacred and
outraged . The mind revolts at such possible and actual atrocities , so insulting to humanity , for which no punishment is meted out by the government of the country in which they took place . As regards Kesanlik , The Times correspondent declares that the awful horrors
cannot even be narrated . So , too , in respect of the slaughter , and mutilation of wounded , dying , and dead Russian soldiers . The eyewitnesses of the deeds stato that the sight was too horrible to describe , and ws will not pain our readers with their terrible descriptions of this
degraded barbarity .,.. but simply record the fact for the information and abhorence of our highminded and kindly Craft . We can but lift up our feeble voice again to-day against a savage ferocity , and blood-stained deeds which degrade humanity and startle civilization , and which seem
to convince us how much in 1877 this world has got to learn ofthe genuine principles of true reli gion and those dictates of kindness and consideration for our brother man , without which the pomp of empires is a lackered sham , and civilization itself a painted dream . Since we
penned the above we have seen the Times ot Wednesday , and think it well to give the reporter ' s own words : " All prisoners had been murdered and mutilated . The bodies of men , women , and children were found roasted alive n barns , whence they were not suffered to
escape , and a baby was found nailed through its little tender body against a wooden gate . You can bear no more to read , or I to write , of such fiendish cruelty . " Further comment is superfluous , the more so as we only write in the invests of Humanity .
The True Teaching Of Toleration.
THE TRUE TEACHING OF TOLERATION .
Prince Bismarck , it appears , has been " interviewed" by some Wurtemberg Lutheran Ministers at Kissingen , and the Times ot thepth » nst ., quotes the Leipsic Daulieim as giving an account "in extenso " of this isode in the
ep Kur" at that pleasant towu upon the Saal , of a great statesman . We cannot , as Freemasons , avoiding as we do carefully all "debatable ground " and all controversial points , which we happil y and utterly ignore , deal with manv of
the topics dwelt upon in that remarkable meet-• ng . But as the Prince , in his usual terse and effective vocabulary , lays down one cardinal prin . c We on which the present struggle and what the
Germans term the " Cultur Kampf" actually urn , we may fairl y comment upon a seasonable axiom of the German Imperial Chancellor , the more so as it entirel y accords with the unchang"g tenets of our tolerant and Cosmopolitan
The True Teaching Of Toleration.
Order . Prince Bismarck most truly says that " various beliefs and constitutions have always existedand will continue to exist in the church ''he is speaking , as we understand , of the Christian Church in general—" and no one has a right to ap propriate to himself the exclusive privilege of
being in the right . " Yes , this is the great truth , enshrined in a few telling words , which Freemasonry would seek to proclaim , namely , that we have no right to say , any of us , ' ' this is the truth " and therefore proceed to excommunicate every one else who differs from us . That all
who hold truth firmly to be one and the same in successive ages , may openly avow it and manfully stand by it at all hazards , we shall all probably hold to be a noble manifestation of personal or general faith . And we shall equally be prepared to laud and to admire all who abide by
what they honestly conceive to be the truth , at whatever consequence to themselves . But while such a position is both most allowable and praiseworthy in all , be they who they may , who seek to aver and uphold what appears to them the truth in its highest aspects ,
yet common sense and Freemasonry would equally deny the right of any , to persecute or punish those who venture to differ from their dogmata , or deny their conclusions . Limitations to this general rule , however , will necessarily occur where the question arises
out of lawful terms of communion propounded by this or that religious body , as it is quite clear that there can be no intolerance in any relig ious denomination prescribing the conditions of belief for those who claim to belong to them , as ministers or people . It is the universal
prevalence , unfortunately , of an intolerant view of things in general and particular , against which Prince Bismarck's seasonable protest is delivered . The old theory of the Roman Catholic Inquisition , ( on which all their sanguinary proceedings were based ) , was that , in the words of a Divine
Parable they had a right to " compel all men to come into the one true and saving fold , aiid that if thev would not do so , they had authority to burn them , " con amore . * ' It is this most mistaken view of moral duty , which in a less degree still affects in its measure many other religious
bodies even at the present hour . The soothing and persuasive suggestion of Dominic still forms the standpoint of burning allocutions , and denominational fanaticism , angry resolutions , and childish menaces , issued often by those who for many reasons are utterly incompetent to express
any opinion in the matter at all . As extremes always meet in this world , even so-called Protestant bodies have joined with Roman Catholic authorities , especially in the case of Freemasonry , in proclaiming to the world their anger and their impotence at the
same time , only substituting for the " peine forte et dure , " and the " fiery mercies " of the Inquisition bitter words and damnatory decrees . We have then , it appears to us , all of us , be wo who we may , to learn to day , this simple but noble truth , that " the world is wide
enough for us all , " and that while it is our duty to adhere firmly to the denomination to which we belong , the creeds we love within the church of which we are members , —not half-hearted professors , but zealous and energetic believers , we have no warrant , except perhaps as "amici
curiae , so to say , to step outside our own line of demarcation , and antagonize and anathematize any other person or persons whatever . As Freemasons we shall gladly note and re-echo the language of an illustrious statesman , that toleration ought always to be " the badge
of all our tribes , " that as members of a cosmopolitan Order . we should learn to be large-hearted and forbearing , and oppose , under all circumstances the debasing practice of persecution " for conscience sake . " In all the struggles of the day , in the diversities of individual belief which
prevail amongst us , amid the antagonistic forces of zealous religionists , ( all honour to those who hold their own views in honesty and single-heartedness ) , we should always remember and say , " Sirs , we are brethren all . " children of the
Great Creator , and whatever our personal or general opinions may be , they give us no sanction whatever for supposing that we are alone in possession of the truth , ( objectively ) , and most of all , do they ever lend us any special
The True Teaching Of Toleration.
privilege of cursing or calumniating those from whom we differ in the abstract and in the concrete . True toleration is perh . ips the hardest of all lessons to be learned by the intolerant animus of humanity , but we thank Prince Bismarck once more forhis seasonable and sensible words , and for his admirable assertion of the everneeded truth of a real and healing toleration .
True Heroism
TRUE HEROISM
It is not without emotion that we shall all read the following passage in the letter of the correspondent of the limes from Bucharest , August 14 th . It is a glorious contrast to horrible atrocities , on the part of the Turkish soldiery , in which some , like an excellent correspondent of ours
elsewhere , do not like to believe;— ' Turn the page , and hear how Dr . Carrick , an English correspondent , forsook his note-book to tend the wounded under fire ; and how Mr . Hale , the artist of the Illustrated London News , saved his last dreg of brandy , though sorely in need of it
saying , in public school phrase , " Some poor devil might want it 3 " then later volunteered to fetch water from a distant well , because the road to it was so exposed to fire that the Russian soldiers there dared not go ; but the English lad , for he looks little more , went and brought the water to the wounded . " Whether as connected
with the English Press , or as loyal citizens of our great Monarchy , we may well fell proud of our country men .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do net hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of ihcopinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in i spirit of fair play to a '* ! , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —ED . 1
A MASONIC QUERY . To the Editor if lire " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brotber , — A and B are candidates to be raised , C and D are candidates to be passed . To save time the W . M . has A and B raised together ,
then C and D passed together . Is this according to tbe laws of the Craft , or ought they not to be respectively raised and pas-sed separately ? If you could kindly give me an answer in the next nu * i ) bcr of the Freemason I shuuld be obliged . Faithfully yours . X . Y . B .
MASONIC BUILDING SOCIETY . To the Editor of the " Freemason " Dear Sir and Brothei , As many enquires hive been made of me relative to the " Police Report" contained in your last weeks issue as well as in other papers will you kindly grant me space in your ncxr impression for this disclaimer .
The Masonic and General Permanent Building- Society meeting at 1 , Gresham Buildings , Basinghall-street , E . G ., is not in way connected with the Masonic Building and Investment Society Limited referred to in the said report . Permit mc to add that thc directors and officers of my society are as under : — Directois : —Bros . J . E . Bradley , J . Divie-, R . C . P .
Gcthrin , W . H . Horncastle , C . Jardine , J . M . Klcnch , N . Reed and T . Richardson . Arbitrators : —R . W . Bro . Lord Skelmersdale , J . Abbiss Esq . J . P ., Bros . Alderman Hadley , E . Palmer , ( P . Prov . G . D . Kent ) , and D . W . Pearse , ( Prov . G . R . Middx ) . Bankers : —Messrs . Willis , Percival , and Co . Standing Counsel Bro . JE . J . Mclntyre , Q . C . Solicitor : —Bro . I *\ li . Rooke .
Auditors : —Bros . H . A . Dubois , and J . Waddell . Architect : —Bro . R . Walker . Surveyor : —Bro . E . \ V . Richardson . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , J . H . GrNDEit . Secretary of Masonic and General Permanent Building Society
ATROCITIES . A . M . Le Redacteur Du , Times . Monsieur , —L'Ambassade de Russie a l'honneur de transmettrc ci-joint a la Redaction du Times la copie d'une piece recue du Qjartier-Ge ' ne ' ral Russe concernant les fails qui se sont produits au passage du defile dc Schipka . An . bassade Imperialc de Russie , Chesham- house ,
le 9 Aout . " Kezanlik , 9-21 Juillet , 18 77 . " Strangers admis ii suivre les operations de l'Arme ' e Russe , com me representants de que ! ques-uns des principaux organes de la Presse Europe .: iuie , nous crayons de notre devoir de constatcr publiqucmcnt les actes de barbaiie comtnis par les troupes regulicrcs Ottomanes
charge ' es de la defense du dehle de Schipka . " Les 5-17 et 6-18 Juillet , dans les combats meurtricrs qui ont pre ' eede l ' evacualion des ouvrages rttranche ' s e'leve ' s par les Turcs , ceitaines positions ont etc' successivement occupe ' es et abandonne ' es par les combattants des deux arme ' ss sans que de part et d ' autre on aiteu le temps d'enlever snorts et blesses . La lutte termine ' e , les blesses
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Atrocities Of War.
ation . In ^ detailed account of atrocities which now daily distress us all , there seem to however , to be a marked distinction and a striking difference of kind and character . Without at all ignoring or palliating in any degree
these atrocious acts of violence and bloodshed , which seem to be evolved from the sterner contingencies of angry combats , of personal encounters , of the deadly melee ( sad , —most sad , as they are in themselves ) what can possibly be said in respect of the loathsome and cold blooded
cruelties of the massacre at Kavarna ? Who can bear to talk of the horrors of Kesanlik ? Who can extenuate the absolute horrors of wholesale murder and mutilation of wounded dead , and dying Russian soldiers ? The case of Kavarna is simply awful ,
too awful almost for words , and certainly far too awful for complacent criticism . Kavarna was a flourishing town near Varna , of 3 , 000 inhabitants , mostly Greeks and Christians , under the Turkish Government , and contained a peaceable and industrious population , and several
schools for the young . It is invaded entirely and suddenly by Circassians in the pay of the Turkish Government , who demand from the Christians a ransom of several thousand piastres . The Turkish Governor recommends the Christians to pay this ransom , ( he was
probably " squared , as we say ) , and blames them for refusing . After a hasty refusal , and a hopeless defence , the Circassians began to massacre the men and outrage the women . For twelve long hours this horrible state of things endured , until 7 jo persons are massacred and
outraged . The mind revolts at such possible and actual atrocities , so insulting to humanity , for which no punishment is meted out by the government of the country in which they took place . As regards Kesanlik , The Times correspondent declares that the awful horrors
cannot even be narrated . So , too , in respect of the slaughter , and mutilation of wounded , dying , and dead Russian soldiers . The eyewitnesses of the deeds stato that the sight was too horrible to describe , and ws will not pain our readers with their terrible descriptions of this
degraded barbarity .,.. but simply record the fact for the information and abhorence of our highminded and kindly Craft . We can but lift up our feeble voice again to-day against a savage ferocity , and blood-stained deeds which degrade humanity and startle civilization , and which seem
to convince us how much in 1877 this world has got to learn ofthe genuine principles of true reli gion and those dictates of kindness and consideration for our brother man , without which the pomp of empires is a lackered sham , and civilization itself a painted dream . Since we
penned the above we have seen the Times ot Wednesday , and think it well to give the reporter ' s own words : " All prisoners had been murdered and mutilated . The bodies of men , women , and children were found roasted alive n barns , whence they were not suffered to
escape , and a baby was found nailed through its little tender body against a wooden gate . You can bear no more to read , or I to write , of such fiendish cruelty . " Further comment is superfluous , the more so as we only write in the invests of Humanity .
The True Teaching Of Toleration.
THE TRUE TEACHING OF TOLERATION .
Prince Bismarck , it appears , has been " interviewed" by some Wurtemberg Lutheran Ministers at Kissingen , and the Times ot thepth » nst ., quotes the Leipsic Daulieim as giving an account "in extenso " of this isode in the
ep Kur" at that pleasant towu upon the Saal , of a great statesman . We cannot , as Freemasons , avoiding as we do carefully all "debatable ground " and all controversial points , which we happil y and utterly ignore , deal with manv of
the topics dwelt upon in that remarkable meet-• ng . But as the Prince , in his usual terse and effective vocabulary , lays down one cardinal prin . c We on which the present struggle and what the
Germans term the " Cultur Kampf" actually urn , we may fairl y comment upon a seasonable axiom of the German Imperial Chancellor , the more so as it entirel y accords with the unchang"g tenets of our tolerant and Cosmopolitan
The True Teaching Of Toleration.
Order . Prince Bismarck most truly says that " various beliefs and constitutions have always existedand will continue to exist in the church ''he is speaking , as we understand , of the Christian Church in general—" and no one has a right to ap propriate to himself the exclusive privilege of
being in the right . " Yes , this is the great truth , enshrined in a few telling words , which Freemasonry would seek to proclaim , namely , that we have no right to say , any of us , ' ' this is the truth " and therefore proceed to excommunicate every one else who differs from us . That all
who hold truth firmly to be one and the same in successive ages , may openly avow it and manfully stand by it at all hazards , we shall all probably hold to be a noble manifestation of personal or general faith . And we shall equally be prepared to laud and to admire all who abide by
what they honestly conceive to be the truth , at whatever consequence to themselves . But while such a position is both most allowable and praiseworthy in all , be they who they may , who seek to aver and uphold what appears to them the truth in its highest aspects ,
yet common sense and Freemasonry would equally deny the right of any , to persecute or punish those who venture to differ from their dogmata , or deny their conclusions . Limitations to this general rule , however , will necessarily occur where the question arises
out of lawful terms of communion propounded by this or that religious body , as it is quite clear that there can be no intolerance in any relig ious denomination prescribing the conditions of belief for those who claim to belong to them , as ministers or people . It is the universal
prevalence , unfortunately , of an intolerant view of things in general and particular , against which Prince Bismarck's seasonable protest is delivered . The old theory of the Roman Catholic Inquisition , ( on which all their sanguinary proceedings were based ) , was that , in the words of a Divine
Parable they had a right to " compel all men to come into the one true and saving fold , aiid that if thev would not do so , they had authority to burn them , " con amore . * ' It is this most mistaken view of moral duty , which in a less degree still affects in its measure many other religious
bodies even at the present hour . The soothing and persuasive suggestion of Dominic still forms the standpoint of burning allocutions , and denominational fanaticism , angry resolutions , and childish menaces , issued often by those who for many reasons are utterly incompetent to express
any opinion in the matter at all . As extremes always meet in this world , even so-called Protestant bodies have joined with Roman Catholic authorities , especially in the case of Freemasonry , in proclaiming to the world their anger and their impotence at the
same time , only substituting for the " peine forte et dure , " and the " fiery mercies " of the Inquisition bitter words and damnatory decrees . We have then , it appears to us , all of us , be wo who we may , to learn to day , this simple but noble truth , that " the world is wide
enough for us all , " and that while it is our duty to adhere firmly to the denomination to which we belong , the creeds we love within the church of which we are members , —not half-hearted professors , but zealous and energetic believers , we have no warrant , except perhaps as "amici
curiae , so to say , to step outside our own line of demarcation , and antagonize and anathematize any other person or persons whatever . As Freemasons we shall gladly note and re-echo the language of an illustrious statesman , that toleration ought always to be " the badge
of all our tribes , " that as members of a cosmopolitan Order . we should learn to be large-hearted and forbearing , and oppose , under all circumstances the debasing practice of persecution " for conscience sake . " In all the struggles of the day , in the diversities of individual belief which
prevail amongst us , amid the antagonistic forces of zealous religionists , ( all honour to those who hold their own views in honesty and single-heartedness ) , we should always remember and say , " Sirs , we are brethren all . " children of the
Great Creator , and whatever our personal or general opinions may be , they give us no sanction whatever for supposing that we are alone in possession of the truth , ( objectively ) , and most of all , do they ever lend us any special
The True Teaching Of Toleration.
privilege of cursing or calumniating those from whom we differ in the abstract and in the concrete . True toleration is perh . ips the hardest of all lessons to be learned by the intolerant animus of humanity , but we thank Prince Bismarck once more forhis seasonable and sensible words , and for his admirable assertion of the everneeded truth of a real and healing toleration .
True Heroism
TRUE HEROISM
It is not without emotion that we shall all read the following passage in the letter of the correspondent of the limes from Bucharest , August 14 th . It is a glorious contrast to horrible atrocities , on the part of the Turkish soldiery , in which some , like an excellent correspondent of ours
elsewhere , do not like to believe;— ' Turn the page , and hear how Dr . Carrick , an English correspondent , forsook his note-book to tend the wounded under fire ; and how Mr . Hale , the artist of the Illustrated London News , saved his last dreg of brandy , though sorely in need of it
saying , in public school phrase , " Some poor devil might want it 3 " then later volunteered to fetch water from a distant well , because the road to it was so exposed to fire that the Russian soldiers there dared not go ; but the English lad , for he looks little more , went and brought the water to the wounded . " Whether as connected
with the English Press , or as loyal citizens of our great Monarchy , we may well fell proud of our country men .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do net hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of ihcopinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in i spirit of fair play to a '* ! , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —ED . 1
A MASONIC QUERY . To the Editor if lire " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brotber , — A and B are candidates to be raised , C and D are candidates to be passed . To save time the W . M . has A and B raised together ,
then C and D passed together . Is this according to tbe laws of the Craft , or ought they not to be respectively raised and pas-sed separately ? If you could kindly give me an answer in the next nu * i ) bcr of the Freemason I shuuld be obliged . Faithfully yours . X . Y . B .
MASONIC BUILDING SOCIETY . To the Editor of the " Freemason " Dear Sir and Brothei , As many enquires hive been made of me relative to the " Police Report" contained in your last weeks issue as well as in other papers will you kindly grant me space in your ncxr impression for this disclaimer .
The Masonic and General Permanent Building- Society meeting at 1 , Gresham Buildings , Basinghall-street , E . G ., is not in way connected with the Masonic Building and Investment Society Limited referred to in the said report . Permit mc to add that thc directors and officers of my society are as under : — Directois : —Bros . J . E . Bradley , J . Divie-, R . C . P .
Gcthrin , W . H . Horncastle , C . Jardine , J . M . Klcnch , N . Reed and T . Richardson . Arbitrators : —R . W . Bro . Lord Skelmersdale , J . Abbiss Esq . J . P ., Bros . Alderman Hadley , E . Palmer , ( P . Prov . G . D . Kent ) , and D . W . Pearse , ( Prov . G . R . Middx ) . Bankers : —Messrs . Willis , Percival , and Co . Standing Counsel Bro . JE . J . Mclntyre , Q . C . Solicitor : —Bro . I *\ li . Rooke .
Auditors : —Bros . H . A . Dubois , and J . Waddell . Architect : —Bro . R . Walker . Surveyor : —Bro . E . \ V . Richardson . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , J . H . GrNDEit . Secretary of Masonic and General Permanent Building Society
ATROCITIES . A . M . Le Redacteur Du , Times . Monsieur , —L'Ambassade de Russie a l'honneur de transmettrc ci-joint a la Redaction du Times la copie d'une piece recue du Qjartier-Ge ' ne ' ral Russe concernant les fails qui se sont produits au passage du defile dc Schipka . An . bassade Imperialc de Russie , Chesham- house ,
le 9 Aout . " Kezanlik , 9-21 Juillet , 18 77 . " Strangers admis ii suivre les operations de l'Arme ' e Russe , com me representants de que ! ques-uns des principaux organes de la Presse Europe .: iuie , nous crayons de notre devoir de constatcr publiqucmcnt les actes de barbaiie comtnis par les troupes regulicrcs Ottomanes
charge ' es de la defense du dehle de Schipka . " Les 5-17 et 6-18 Juillet , dans les combats meurtricrs qui ont pre ' eede l ' evacualion des ouvrages rttranche ' s e'leve ' s par les Turcs , ceitaines positions ont etc' successivement occupe ' es et abandonne ' es par les combattants des deux arme ' ss sans que de part et d ' autre on aiteu le temps d'enlever snorts et blesses . La lutte termine ' e , les blesses