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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Patron and President : H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., Sic , M . W . G . M . The ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Of this Institution will take place on WEDNESDAY , 23 rd FEBRUARY , 1 SS 1 , At the FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN-STREET , LONDON , Upon which occasion LT .-COL . SIR HENRY EDWARDS , BART ., R . W . Prov . G . AL for West Yorkshire , " Has been pleased to signify his intention of presiding-. Brethren desirous of accepting the Office of Steward upen this occasion will greatly oblige by forwarding their Names and Alasonic rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required . JAMES TERRY , P . Prov . G . J . W . Herts . Secretary . 4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price jd . nnd contains thc fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United Kingdom . Can _ W ?& tl- l "t ^^^* 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d _ Rcmittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , thc former payable to GEORGE KEXXIXG , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Hank .

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TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of thc Globe . In it thc official Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with the special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic work in this country , our Indian Empire , ami the Colonies . Thc vast accession to thc ranks of the Order during the past few years , and thc increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given the Freemason a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week's issue are received up to sW o ' ejock on Wednesday evening .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BRO . MACKENZIE . —tWc decline to publish any more letters upon the subject . It is a great pity that "AN OLD PUPII . " will not send

his name , as it is a very fitting letter to go in . VV . S . DUNCKLEV . —The Emulation Lodgeof Improvement meets every Friday evening throughout the year at seven , o ' clock . The only exception is the occasion of the annual festival , in November , when it meets at six o ' clock .

Owing to pressure on our columns the following stands over : — Lodge of Honour , No . 379 , Bath .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Sunday Times , " "Hull Packet , " "Keystone , " "New York Dispatch , " "Night and Day , " "Cox's Monthly Legal Circular , " " Freemason ' s Calendar and

Directory for thc Province of Oxfordshire for 1 SS 1 , " "Who are the Welsh , " "Seventh Annual Report of the Hospital Saturday . Fund , " " Jewish Chronicle , " " Der Long Islaender , " "Hebrew Leader , " "Alasonic Advocate , " " Alasonic Age , " "Citizen , " "Broad A row . "

The Freemason.

THE FREEMASON .

THE correspondence wliich has taken place anent tbe "Ancient ancl Primitive Rite , " so termed , and Bro . YAKKKK has elicited one fact , whicli has conic by surprise on ourselves and many of our friends .

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 1881

lt i » , lhat Bro . YARKI-. I" IS not now a subscribing member of any lodge or chapter under the Grand Lodge of I . nl"l , inri . We have already expressed our views decidedly as lo the evil arising from brethren discontinuing their lodge subscriptions ,

The Freemason.

and yet coming before tho world and the Craft as Masons , and as the Freemason is published with thc direct sanction of the GRAND M ASTER of English Masonry , and has always endeavoured to support the authority and prestige of Grand

Lodge , it becomes a very serious question whether it can constitutionally or Masonically allow those to contribute to its columns who belong to no "lawful lodge , " and while they enjoy the fruits bear none of the burdens of Craft Masonry .

Unwilling as we arc in thc Freemason to appear even to limit fair discussion , or to seem in any way lo impede thc flow of correspondence , though it

would be for our interest often to check it , wc shall be g lad if some of our many able friends will assist us in coming to a decision on this really important point .

SOME warm writing has taken p lace relative lo the Hig h Grades and our Hebrew brethren . We arc anxious , * therefore , to state distinctly , though it is , as far as the Freemason is concerned , pure surplusage , that as wc began our literary career , so we

continue it to day—friends to entire , supreme , and unlimited toleration . We have no " arriere pensee" in the matter , no mental reservation of any kind . We consider that thc Hebrews arc on every ground entitled to the fullest regard , respect ,

and kindly- good feeling , whether as loyal citizens or active Masons . We object to all attempts to limit their lawful claim to be admitted on Masonic princip les to the full participation of the rights and privileges of Craft Masonry . We have always

advocated their claims , and wc shall always do so , to the sympathy of their ' contemporaries , and thc goodwill of their fellow citizens . There is no reason , a priori , why a Hebrew should not be a zealous citizen and a loyal subject , and indeed their whole

history proves them to be governed by patriotic and national considerations in the hig hest degree . If it be said , as it is said , that now that they aie a " nation within a nation , " be it

so—that fact only proves the reality of their position , thc truth of their wondrous annals , and in no way entitles those who seem still to have a grudge against Hebrews , qua Hebrews , to deny their absolute right to all that

toleration would sanction , or goodwill enjoin . Ihe persecution of the Hebrews in various parts of the world to-day is a disgrace to the age in which our lot is cast , just as thc proscription of God's ancient people in the years lhat are past is a bitter

reflection on the profession and practice of Christians themselves . The anti-Semitic persecution in Germany is indeed both a subject of surprise and wonder , when we remember the good genial tolerant German mind , and we rejoice to think that

our Bro . H . R . H . thc C ROWN PRINCE IMPERIAL OF GERMANY has spoken out in such sensible and manl y and truthful words on a subject which must be a deep sorrow and humiliation lo all who believe in the progress of the tolerating principles of

improving civilization . We quite agree with our correspondent , who signs himself " One who is Englishman , Jew , and Freemason" that any personal reflection on the Hebrew race or on Hebrew brethren are alike a proof of

"bad form , " worse taste , and most unmasonic feelings , and wc regret if by a little punctiliousness as regards correspondence any remarks should have appeared which should have given the slightest pain to any Hebrew brother .

That the Hig h Grades arc essentially Christian is a matter about which we think there cannot be , and ought not to be , any controversy . They arc Christian , absolutel y and entirely Christian , in their idea , their ritual , their esoteric teaching , and their

outcome . We cannot profess to understand how any possible question can arise . In France , and to some extent elsewhere , the Rose Croix Degree and ceremony may be altered and pared down to a philosophical ceremonial , lo a nihilistic

performance ; but the Rose Croix is the most entirel y Christian Grade in existence , and Dr . LEESO . V once contended that it was derived from thc "Disciplina Arcini " of thc early Christians .

Thereought to be no doubt on this subject , no hesitating words , and no slipshod utterance .., as it is an injustice to the Rose Croix Grade lo say otherwise , and is actually opposed lo what every mem-

The Freemason.

ber or student of the Grade knows to be a matter of fact , impossible to be ignored , or explained awa )' .

* * How far a Hebrew could conscientiously assent to the teaching and formula , of the Rose Croix Grade seems to us to be a matter which can onl y be settled by the authorities of the Ancient and Accepted Rite

on the one hand , and the candidate on the other . We do not , "prima facie , " ourselves see how any Hebrew , with honest convictions and clear opinions on certain subjects , as Hebrews mostty have could enter into the Rose Croix Grade ; and

we are , therefore , sorry that the question has been raised at all in our columns , and beg to suggest at once , in a pleasant , friendly , and

fraternal way , the termination of a discussion which can do no possible good , can be of no practical value , and may seriously hurt the feelings of many worthy brethren on one side and thc other .

. * * * FREEMASONS arc lovers of peace at all times , bu - they are also patriots , and at this time their sympathies will go with those gallant ofiicers and soldiers of ours who , on the far Transvaal , are fighting so

gallantly under their colours , and upholding the Q UEEN ' S authority and thc prestige of England among the insurgent Boers . It is well to remember that at the bottom of this desperate struggle lies

the question of slavery of thc native people , which was in existence , and with great oppression and cruelty , under the Boer regime , but which has been wisely and righteously suppressed under the beneficent sway of QUEEN VICTORIA .

* * THE Doverand Calais Submarine Tunnel promised once to strengthen the promise of peace , and to advance the progress of civilization , b y rendering war between France and England again all but

impossible . We regret to see that our able contemporary the Builder , whose words we subjoin , takes a gloomy view , financially speaking , of this really humanitarian , if wondrous , undertaking : — " Precedents " as to cost would hardly justify an engineer in

esti" mating a tunnel under the Channel at less than " £ 200 per yard , or £ 352 , 000 per mile , being less " than half the cost of the Metropolitan lines , of " the cost of which , however , we must remember " that the price of land formed an important

" though undistinguished portion . To pay 5 per " cent , on £ 352 , 000 per mile requires a traffic of " about £ 35 , 000 per mile per annum , or more than " five times that of thc South-Eastern Railway . No " English Railway approaches the quarter of this

" figure , with thc exception of the two Metropolitan " lines , which take respectively £ 38 , 600 and " £ ZA > Z °° P mile . These , it is well known , " are entirely exceptional cases , fed by constant

" local urban traffic , with stations little more than " half a mile apart . In the Channel Tunnel there " can be no local traffic . " Let us hope for better results when this great work of skill and of international connection and comity is accomplished .

* * * WE rejoice to learn , from what Bro . TERRY said at the Aldersgate Lodge on Mond . iy , that there are now 363 Stewards'for the approaching Festival

of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and that the returns promise to be even be 3-ond precedent . It seems there arc ninety candidates , and , so far , only twenty vacancies , so that our best wishes go with this excellent Institution .

* * * WE were glad to note that the Aldersgate Lodge voted £ 10 ios . for the list of Bro . KENNING , W . M ., for the Boys' School Festival for 1881 .

* * * THE meeting of thc Aldersgate Lodge on Monday last , as by our report elsewhere , was a very successful one , and the re-election of Bro . GEORGE KENNING , well known throughout the Masonic

world , was hailed with acclamation by his many friends and brethren . Thc Aldersgate , though a young lodge , and of limited numbers , has set a most laudable example to our lodges in its ready and remarkable support of the Masonic Charities .

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ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE METROPOLITAN LODGE OF INSTRUCTION, No. 1507. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND HUNTS. Article 1
THE ALLIED DEGREES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. Article 2
GRAND LODGE OF NEW JERSEY. Article 2
WOMEN AND MASONRY. Article 2
Royal Arch. Article 3
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS. Article 3
Mark Masonry. Article 7
Obituary. Article 7
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To Correspondents. Article 8
THE FREEMASON. Article 8
Original Correspondence. Article 9
Reviews. Article 9
Masonic Notes and Queries. Article 9
Ireland. Article 10
Literary, Art, and Antiquarian Notes. Article 10
Masonic and General Tidings. Article 11
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS. Article 12
MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. Article 12
Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Article 12
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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Patron and President : H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., Sic , M . W . G . M . The ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Of this Institution will take place on WEDNESDAY , 23 rd FEBRUARY , 1 SS 1 , At the FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN-STREET , LONDON , Upon which occasion LT .-COL . SIR HENRY EDWARDS , BART ., R . W . Prov . G . AL for West Yorkshire , " Has been pleased to signify his intention of presiding-. Brethren desirous of accepting the Office of Steward upen this occasion will greatly oblige by forwarding their Names and Alasonic rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required . JAMES TERRY , P . Prov . G . J . W . Herts . Secretary . 4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price jd . nnd contains thc fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United Kingdom . Can _ W ?& tl- l "t ^^^* 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d _ Rcmittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , thc former payable to GEORGE KEXXIXG , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Hank .

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TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of thc Globe . In it thc official Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with the special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic work in this country , our Indian Empire , ami the Colonies . Thc vast accession to thc ranks of the Order during the past few years , and thc increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given the Freemason a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week's issue are received up to sW o ' ejock on Wednesday evening .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BRO . MACKENZIE . —tWc decline to publish any more letters upon the subject . It is a great pity that "AN OLD PUPII . " will not send

his name , as it is a very fitting letter to go in . VV . S . DUNCKLEV . —The Emulation Lodgeof Improvement meets every Friday evening throughout the year at seven , o ' clock . The only exception is the occasion of the annual festival , in November , when it meets at six o ' clock .

Owing to pressure on our columns the following stands over : — Lodge of Honour , No . 379 , Bath .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Sunday Times , " "Hull Packet , " "Keystone , " "New York Dispatch , " "Night and Day , " "Cox's Monthly Legal Circular , " " Freemason ' s Calendar and

Directory for thc Province of Oxfordshire for 1 SS 1 , " "Who are the Welsh , " "Seventh Annual Report of the Hospital Saturday . Fund , " " Jewish Chronicle , " " Der Long Islaender , " "Hebrew Leader , " "Alasonic Advocate , " " Alasonic Age , " "Citizen , " "Broad A row . "

The Freemason.

THE FREEMASON .

THE correspondence wliich has taken place anent tbe "Ancient ancl Primitive Rite , " so termed , and Bro . YAKKKK has elicited one fact , whicli has conic by surprise on ourselves and many of our friends .

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 1881

lt i » , lhat Bro . YARKI-. I" IS not now a subscribing member of any lodge or chapter under the Grand Lodge of I . nl"l , inri . We have already expressed our views decidedly as lo the evil arising from brethren discontinuing their lodge subscriptions ,

The Freemason.

and yet coming before tho world and the Craft as Masons , and as the Freemason is published with thc direct sanction of the GRAND M ASTER of English Masonry , and has always endeavoured to support the authority and prestige of Grand

Lodge , it becomes a very serious question whether it can constitutionally or Masonically allow those to contribute to its columns who belong to no "lawful lodge , " and while they enjoy the fruits bear none of the burdens of Craft Masonry .

Unwilling as we arc in thc Freemason to appear even to limit fair discussion , or to seem in any way lo impede thc flow of correspondence , though it

would be for our interest often to check it , wc shall be g lad if some of our many able friends will assist us in coming to a decision on this really important point .

SOME warm writing has taken p lace relative lo the Hig h Grades and our Hebrew brethren . We arc anxious , * therefore , to state distinctly , though it is , as far as the Freemason is concerned , pure surplusage , that as wc began our literary career , so we

continue it to day—friends to entire , supreme , and unlimited toleration . We have no " arriere pensee" in the matter , no mental reservation of any kind . We consider that thc Hebrews arc on every ground entitled to the fullest regard , respect ,

and kindly- good feeling , whether as loyal citizens or active Masons . We object to all attempts to limit their lawful claim to be admitted on Masonic princip les to the full participation of the rights and privileges of Craft Masonry . We have always

advocated their claims , and wc shall always do so , to the sympathy of their ' contemporaries , and thc goodwill of their fellow citizens . There is no reason , a priori , why a Hebrew should not be a zealous citizen and a loyal subject , and indeed their whole

history proves them to be governed by patriotic and national considerations in the hig hest degree . If it be said , as it is said , that now that they aie a " nation within a nation , " be it

so—that fact only proves the reality of their position , thc truth of their wondrous annals , and in no way entitles those who seem still to have a grudge against Hebrews , qua Hebrews , to deny their absolute right to all that

toleration would sanction , or goodwill enjoin . Ihe persecution of the Hebrews in various parts of the world to-day is a disgrace to the age in which our lot is cast , just as thc proscription of God's ancient people in the years lhat are past is a bitter

reflection on the profession and practice of Christians themselves . The anti-Semitic persecution in Germany is indeed both a subject of surprise and wonder , when we remember the good genial tolerant German mind , and we rejoice to think that

our Bro . H . R . H . thc C ROWN PRINCE IMPERIAL OF GERMANY has spoken out in such sensible and manl y and truthful words on a subject which must be a deep sorrow and humiliation lo all who believe in the progress of the tolerating principles of

improving civilization . We quite agree with our correspondent , who signs himself " One who is Englishman , Jew , and Freemason" that any personal reflection on the Hebrew race or on Hebrew brethren are alike a proof of

"bad form , " worse taste , and most unmasonic feelings , and wc regret if by a little punctiliousness as regards correspondence any remarks should have appeared which should have given the slightest pain to any Hebrew brother .

That the Hig h Grades arc essentially Christian is a matter about which we think there cannot be , and ought not to be , any controversy . They arc Christian , absolutel y and entirely Christian , in their idea , their ritual , their esoteric teaching , and their

outcome . We cannot profess to understand how any possible question can arise . In France , and to some extent elsewhere , the Rose Croix Degree and ceremony may be altered and pared down to a philosophical ceremonial , lo a nihilistic

performance ; but the Rose Croix is the most entirel y Christian Grade in existence , and Dr . LEESO . V once contended that it was derived from thc "Disciplina Arcini " of thc early Christians .

Thereought to be no doubt on this subject , no hesitating words , and no slipshod utterance .., as it is an injustice to the Rose Croix Grade lo say otherwise , and is actually opposed lo what every mem-

The Freemason.

ber or student of the Grade knows to be a matter of fact , impossible to be ignored , or explained awa )' .

* * How far a Hebrew could conscientiously assent to the teaching and formula , of the Rose Croix Grade seems to us to be a matter which can onl y be settled by the authorities of the Ancient and Accepted Rite

on the one hand , and the candidate on the other . We do not , "prima facie , " ourselves see how any Hebrew , with honest convictions and clear opinions on certain subjects , as Hebrews mostty have could enter into the Rose Croix Grade ; and

we are , therefore , sorry that the question has been raised at all in our columns , and beg to suggest at once , in a pleasant , friendly , and

fraternal way , the termination of a discussion which can do no possible good , can be of no practical value , and may seriously hurt the feelings of many worthy brethren on one side and thc other .

. * * * FREEMASONS arc lovers of peace at all times , bu - they are also patriots , and at this time their sympathies will go with those gallant ofiicers and soldiers of ours who , on the far Transvaal , are fighting so

gallantly under their colours , and upholding the Q UEEN ' S authority and thc prestige of England among the insurgent Boers . It is well to remember that at the bottom of this desperate struggle lies

the question of slavery of thc native people , which was in existence , and with great oppression and cruelty , under the Boer regime , but which has been wisely and righteously suppressed under the beneficent sway of QUEEN VICTORIA .

* * THE Doverand Calais Submarine Tunnel promised once to strengthen the promise of peace , and to advance the progress of civilization , b y rendering war between France and England again all but

impossible . We regret to see that our able contemporary the Builder , whose words we subjoin , takes a gloomy view , financially speaking , of this really humanitarian , if wondrous , undertaking : — " Precedents " as to cost would hardly justify an engineer in

esti" mating a tunnel under the Channel at less than " £ 200 per yard , or £ 352 , 000 per mile , being less " than half the cost of the Metropolitan lines , of " the cost of which , however , we must remember " that the price of land formed an important

" though undistinguished portion . To pay 5 per " cent , on £ 352 , 000 per mile requires a traffic of " about £ 35 , 000 per mile per annum , or more than " five times that of thc South-Eastern Railway . No " English Railway approaches the quarter of this

" figure , with thc exception of the two Metropolitan " lines , which take respectively £ 38 , 600 and " £ ZA > Z °° P mile . These , it is well known , " are entirely exceptional cases , fed by constant

" local urban traffic , with stations little more than " half a mile apart . In the Channel Tunnel there " can be no local traffic . " Let us hope for better results when this great work of skill and of international connection and comity is accomplished .

* * * WE rejoice to learn , from what Bro . TERRY said at the Aldersgate Lodge on Mond . iy , that there are now 363 Stewards'for the approaching Festival

of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and that the returns promise to be even be 3-ond precedent . It seems there arc ninety candidates , and , so far , only twenty vacancies , so that our best wishes go with this excellent Institution .

* * * WE were glad to note that the Aldersgate Lodge voted £ 10 ios . for the list of Bro . KENNING , W . M ., for the Boys' School Festival for 1881 .

* * * THE meeting of thc Aldersgate Lodge on Monday last , as by our report elsewhere , was a very successful one , and the re-election of Bro . GEORGE KENNING , well known throughout the Masonic

world , was hailed with acclamation by his many friends and brethren . Thc Aldersgate , though a young lodge , and of limited numbers , has set a most laudable example to our lodges in its ready and remarkable support of the Masonic Charities .

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