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2 nd Assis-Soj . The newly installed M . E . Z . then presented Comp . Codner , I . P . Z ., in the name of the chapter , with a very- elegant P . Z ' s jewel , with an appropriate inscription , for the able manner be conducted the duties of the chapter during the past year ; The chapter was then closed in due form ,

with solemn prayer . : The companions then sat down to a very sumptuous banquet . The usual toasts were given and responded to . Comp . Watson , P . Z . proposed the toast of " The newly installed M . E . Z ., Comp . Smeed , " and in the course of his speech dwelt on the excellent working qualities of

that working companion . Comp . Smeed returned thanks in suitable terms . He then stated he had ' a pleasing duty to perform namely , that of presenting Comp . Codner , I . P . Z ., with a splendid testimonial on vellum , by private subscription Of the

companions . Comp . Codner in a most' appropriate manner returned thanks . Several toasts followed . The visitors were Comps . States , P . Z . ; Terry , P . Z . ; Cook , PZ . ; Sedgwick , P . Z . ; Harnett , & c . Some very good harmony was rendered bythecompanions , aud a most delightful evening was spent .

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PAPERS ON- MASONRY .

BY A L EWIS . XXIV . —MASONRY AND TWO-PENNY i - . . TRASH .

Here is the cap your worship did bespeak . - Pet . Why , this was moulded on a porringer : A velvet dish ; fye , fye , 'tis lewd and filthy . SHAKSPEBE ( Taming of the Shrew , act iv ., so . 3 ) . "• "Good master , what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life ? " Mark , x . 17 .

; I was passing through a certain street in London , when my eye rested- on a shop-window . I went in , and purchased the last new " exposure " ofFreemasonry . I did not wince , nor were my withers unstrung . But I did laugh , and so will my Masonic friends with me , at a very cheap rate . "Two-pence more , and the acceleration of the asinine quadruped will be amazing . "

I thought when I entered upon the perusal of the following astounding Itevelation ; if all the fools that ever disgraced theniseves , could have resorted to such a p itiful means of revenge against the excellent Fraternity of Charity , could have stultified themselves more , I would have forgiven them ! But unfortunately the hands of non possumus , t \\ c noble organs of tlie

effete Roman Catholics are so paralytic , that they have now put forth some " two-penny ' trash" worthy to be preserved like flies in amber . So mote it be . ' The tiara is exchanged for a fool ' s cap—moulded on a porringer—becoming a velvet disli ; and , like Peter Dens , ' tis lewd and filthy . After this I may well inquire what I shall do to inherit eternal life' ?

Monseigneur de Segur , a mistaken man , writes words he will ever regret . AA'ere lie not a Roman Catholic he might fitly woo and wed , with a dispensation from thc Holy Father , or without , his proper mate , Mrs . Harriett Beecher Stowe , for he is plainly akin to Her Filthiness . I am not a reviewer—but as I am in

earnest , and do not . vant to waste more money m such a cause—I shall cut up his pamphlet to save time . He says : — " A formidable propaganda , increasing from day to day and covering ns with au immense network not only Europe but the whole world , renders watchfulness ami effort moro and more necessary . There are eight millions

of Freemasons , according to their last reports , and about five thousand lodges , without reckoning the secret lodges . In France , tho number of Freemasons already exceeds sixteen hundred thousand . Names generally express things ; nut in this matter it is just the reverse : Freemasons are not free , nor are they masons . That they are not masons there is no need to prove , and it is no less

clear that they are uot free , since their society is dependent on secrets and mysterious initiations which they may not reveal to any ono , under pain of death . Before the ' Profane' they assume the appearance of being simply a baccnanalian and philanthropic society—eating , drinking , singing , and doing good : we shall see whether there is anything underneath .

"The fantastical name of Freemasons comes , it appears , from Scotland . After Pope Clement V . and Philip the Fair , king of France , had very justly abolished the Order of Templars , early in the fourteenth century , many of those infamous men fled into Scotland , and there formed themselves into a secret society , vowing implacable hatred and eternal vengeance against the papacy and

against royalty . For the better concealment of their plots , they affiliated themselves to corporations of masons , aud , at a later period spread themselves over Europe . Their definite organization appears to date from tho bepinuiug of the lbth century . In order to throw dust in the eyes of the multitude , they pretended to trace back their descent as far as Solomon ' s Temple , tho Flood , nay , tha Garden of Hden . AVhat , then , is Freemasonry 1 How

do people become Freemasons ? What takes place iu these lodges ? Are there secret lodges behind them ! and , if so , what is done therel Is Freemasonry a praiseworthy , moral , religious , or even benificent institution ? Is it not , rather , essentially anti-Christian ? Is it powerful and active 1 AVhat are its objects ? Is it allowable to enrol oneself under its mysterious banner ? We will briefly an-w ' er these grave questionn ; but , first of all , let us lay down an important distinction , viz ., that t / iere are two

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kinds of Freemasons . There ia Freemasonry which is more or less seen , aud Freemasonry which is not seen at all , and the two together make one . 'Masonry is one ; it has but one starting point , ' said Bro . Ragon , one of thcr most accredited organs of the s * ct . To the first belongs an immense majority of Freemasons . Out of ei ^ ht millions adepts , ' there are not miich more than five

hundred thousand a-tive members , ' is the formal confession made by Le Monde Maeoniiique newspaper , August , 1806 . These five hundred thousand are the Masons on active service—the picked Masons ; but still they are not the Masons of the secret lodges , who know what they are doing , who deliberately wish to destroy Christianity and society , and who under different names ,

compose what is called the secret societies . The eight millions initiated in external Masonry , are , nearly all of them , tools , that know mit , the greater part of their time , whither they are being led . They are made use of as a depot to pick out recruits from , as trumpets to publish the praises of Masonry , develop its i esourees , and gain sympathy--and money . Behind this multitude who

enjoy themselves aud talkabout morality , the real Masons conceal all their plots . 'The essential point to be observed , ' wrote oiie of the secret chiefs , svnnamed ' the little Tiger , ' 'the essential point is to isolate a man from his family , and cause him to lose the habits of family life . Draw him off by degrees , give him some sort of importance , disoreetly teach , him to be weary of his daily work . Man

is born a rebel ; ftir up this desire for rebellion into a flame , but let not the flame burst out .... When you have insinuated into a man ' s mind a distaste for family ties aud religion ( the one almost invariably follows the other ) , let fall certain words that will provoke a desire of being affiliated to the nearest lodge To find himself a member of a lodge , to feel that he is away from his wife

and children , and called upon to keep a secret which will never be confided to him , is for some natures a pleasure and an ambition . ' Another Mason , Brother Gavel , exposes the same system of recruiting . These are his words : ' Freemasonry , we tell those we wish to enrol , is a progressive philanthropic institution , whose members live as brothers To entice the curious , we add , that

the Order preserves religiously a secret that can be shared by none but Freemasons To decide men of pleasure , we moke the most of the frequent banquets As for artizans and tradesmen , we tell them that Freemasonry will be profitable to them , by extending the circle of their connection and custom . Thus we have arguments for every inclination , every vocation , every class . "

This is very nice writing and typical of the general spirit , which , under the Presidency of Bro . Mastai Ferrett ! , will govern tlieCouncil convoked for December It is well-known and is a Landmark , that recruiting , as it is pleasantly called , is out of tho question , but our friends , the priests , ignore everything which does not quite suit them . They lie , like the illustrious Her

Filthiness , for a purpose . It would be easy , were my space not limited , to disprove seriatim the calumnies here announced , but my object is rather to promote healthy action of the diaphragm . Every Mason , every sensible man , who reads the above and what follows will experience this , leaving these priests their proper gall and bitterness .

This funny book contains extracts from every strained fiction about the Fraternity that has ever appeared . They are as authentic as tlio story of Jonah and the Whale , anent which the physiologist Blumenbach had a favourite story which was , that Jonah having come to Nineveh , lodged at the sign of the Whale , and being unable to pay was promptly

ejected by the efficient landlord , he , being , it would seem , tlio biblical Mr . Ferguson , " who did ' nt lodge there . " I shall omit , just now , the very laughable forms of initiation , passing and raising , and give another sample of this ridiculous book . Speaking of the High Degrees of Masonry , the festive author thus proceeds . —

" man HEQIIEES OF FREEMASONRY . " Under this name are included a quantity of initiations , independent of each other , and varying with the difference of locality and nation . Many of these are recent , whilst others no longer exist . There are Masons who disown them , amongst others the majority of the chiefs of external Masonry . Others acknowledge , praise , and join them .

without thereby belonging to secret Freemasonry , or the secret societies , properly so-called . The high degrees arc , as it were , an efflorescence , more or less secret , of com mon Masonry , a more advanced , yet still an imcomplete initiation to what may be called the soul of Masonry , that is , to thc final object of its plots . That final object is tlie universal destruction of all royalty and of all religion ; it

ia the universal revolt of the world against God aud H is Christ : it is Satan and man wishing to reign in the world instead of Goil and his Christ . Part of this infernal secret h : is been discovered by surprise ; in vain do tho half-honest Masons deny it . ' Theol ject of tbe Order should remain its chief secret , ' said the Grand Lodge of Germany in 1 J 74 . 'The world is not robust enough to hear the revelations

of it . ' Nor aro tho Masons themselves , even those of the high degrees , robust enough , it seems ; for at tho initiation to one of the high degrees of the Scotch rito , tho Master of the Lodges says to the candidate , ' By this degree a thick wall rises up between us and the profane and even between us and several of those amongst us . ' In

all tho Masonic rites together there are noarly one thousand degrees . In the Grand Oriental there are thirtythre * , and the same in tho Scotch rite , though they generally give only seven . The Misraim rite lias one hundred . Tho best known of tho hi « h degrees are , it Beams , those of Philosophic Judge Grand Commander Ui . known , Elect , Ancient , Knight of St . Andrew , Knight

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of the Sun , Kadosch , and Rosicnician , In admitting a man to the degree of Philosophic Judge Grand Commander Unknown , the true meaning and prairfiCalapplica i tion of the legend about Adoniram is undisguisedly revealed to the adept . ( See Bro . Ragon ' s book on Masonic Orthodoxy . ) 'Have not the degrees ' -yoii'have passed through ' says the Master of the Lodge ; 'taught yotV 'to

make a just application of Adoniram ' s death to the tragic and fatal end of Jacques Molay , Philosophic Judge Grand Commander of the Order ? Is notyour heart prepai cd for vengeance ? and do you not feel that implacable hatred which we swore against the three traitors on whom we must revenge the death of Jacques Molay ? This , my brother , is true Masonry , such as it has been transmitted

to us . ' Practically , these three ' traitors are : —1 . The Pope , including the Catholic Church , and of Christianiiijf 1 2 . Tbe king including all royalty and all civil government ( as now constituted ); 3 . Standing armies the present substitute for the old military orders . The Grand Master

adds : 1 ou are now placed on a level with the zealous Masons who devoted themselves to us for the common vengeance . Carefully conceal from the vulgar the high destiny reserved for you You are now , my Brother , in the ranks of the elect who are called to accomplish the great work Amen . :

' THE HIGH GBADE OP KADOSCH . " AVhen Philippe Egalit ^ was initiated to this grade , they put a dagger into his hand , and made him stab , a crowned lay figure , placed besides a skeletal ...... A blood coloured liquid flowed from the wound They told him tbat the skeleton was that of Jacques Molay , Giand Master of tlie Templars , and that the man whose

blood he had just shed was Philip the Fair , King of France . Of course , this expression of vengeance was not really intended for Philip the Fair , who had beeu dead nearly five hundred years , but for royalty ; and in fact the newly made Kadosch was among the principal

murderers of Louis XVI . Nearly all the regicides of the Convention were Freemasons . According to the sacred author . jjBro . Kagon ; it is not only a crowned lay figure that the Kadosch has to stab , but a serpent with three heads , the first of which has a tiara or a key , the second a crown , the third a sword .

" THE HIGH GRADE OF KOSICROOIAN . " Amongst other things tho candidate is questioned about the meaning of the inscription INRI . According to the Masons it does not mean Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews , but ' That the Jew , Jesus of Nazareth , was led by the Jew Raphael ( Who is this Jew Haphael ? Can it be Judas Iscariot , so attractive in the

eyes of Bi-othir Kenan ?) into Judea . to be justly punished for his crimes . ' AVhen the candidate has given this sacrilegious interpretation , the ' Most AVise' ( i . e . Master of the Lodge—2 Yaiis ) , exclaims : ' My Brothers , the word is found . ' Thus ' the word' means hatred of Jesus Christ . Iu the Masonic legends our Lord , as being descended from King Solomon , justly expiates on

the cross the supposed murder of Adomram by Solomon , ' who was jealous of his architect . Adoniram they assume to have descended from Cain , assumed to be the son of Lucifer ard Eve ; and the present struggle of the Revolution is but the logical result of the struggle begun iu the Garden of Eden , the struggle of Lucifer , his son Gain , his descendant Adoniram , and a whole race of

superior beings , who have received the gifts of science * , ' light , and true virtue , against God , Adam , Abel , Solomon ' , Jesus , and the inferior race of the children of Adam , personified by priests and kings : and the characteristics of this second and blind force , tyranny , and ignorance . A wording to the Masons , God is jealous of Lucifer and persecutes him ; Cain was persecuted by Adam and Abel ,

kc , which is truth upside down , aud the deification of revolt . Still , however much advanced these Brothers of the high degrees may be in the secrets of Masonry , we must remember that they have not yet left' the ill-lighted anti chamber , ' as the Little Tiger called it : they are as ¦

yet Masons but in leaf and blossom . " -,. Brothers of Lig ht and Common-sense , is not this enough , docs it need refutation ? As a really religious boly , fearing T'G . A . O . T . U ., and loving hiih in

Ins creation , L need not say Uow clear you are of these foul aspersions . CRYPTONYMUS . P . S .- AVho is the Little Tiger ?

THE Burdett Coutts Lodgo , No . 1278 , will be consecrated on Thursday , September 23 rd , at 4 o'clock p m ,, at the Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park . ' 1 he ceremonies by the Qrand Secretary , Brother John Hervey , P . G . D . ; Brother James Terry , W . M .-designate , P . M . 228 .

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