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Foreign And Colonial Agents.
Foreign and Colonial Agents .
—•—AMERICA : Bro . J . FLETCHER BRENNAN , I 14 , Mainstreet , Cincinnati , Ohio . ,, Messrs . WOODRUFF & BLOCKER , Little
Rock , Arkansas , U . S . CANADA .- Messrs . DEVRIE & SON , Ottawa . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE : Bro . GEORGE BRITTAIN , Cape Town . CEYLON : Messrs . W . L . SKEENE & Co ., Colombo . CONSTANTINOPLE : Br . J . L . HANLY , Levant Times .
EAST INDIES : Allahabad : Messrs . WYMAN BROS . Bombay : Bro . M . B . COHEN . Byculla : Bro . GEO . BEASE . Central Provinces : Bro . F . J . J ORDAN . Kurrachce : Bro . G . C . BRAYSON . Madras : Mr . CALEB FOSTER .
Mhcnv : Bro . COWASJEE NUSSERWANJF . E . Poona : Bro . W . WELLIS . GALATA : IrsiCK KHAN , Perche-Bajar . LIBERIA -. Bro . HENRY D . BROWN , Monrovia . PARIS : M . DECIIF . VAUX-DUMESNIL , Rue de
Harlaydu-Palais , 20 , near the Pont Neuf ; Editor Le Franc-Macon . WEST INDIES : Bro . J A . D . SOUZA , Falmouth , Jamaica . And all Booksellers and Newsagents in England , Ireland , and Scotland .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
—*—BIRTH . MCGREGOR . —On the 9 th inst ., at Edward-street , Tralee , the wife of Bro . David McGregor , W . M . Lodge 379 , Tralee , of a son .
DEA PH . SHERRY . —On the 14 th inst ., at Southampton , aged 37 , Bro . Henry Gower Sherry , Lodge of Economy , No . 76 , Winchester , and son of Bro . Charles Sherry , the fathei of the lodge .
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All communications for THE FREEMASON should be written legibly , on one side of the paper only , and , if intended for insertion in the current number must he received not later than 10 o ' clock a . in . on Thursdays , unless in ver / special cases . The name and address of every writer must be sent to us in confidence .
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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , MARCH 19 , 1870 .
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THE FREEMASON is published on Saturday Mornings in lime for the early trains . The price of THE FREEMASON is Twopence per week ; quarterly lubscription ( including postage ) 3 s . 3 d . Annual Subscription , us . Subscriptions payable in advance . All communications , letters , & c , to be addressed to the EDITOR , a , 3 , and 4 , Little Britain , E . C . The Editor uill pay careful attention to all MSS . entrusted to him , bnt cannot undertake to return them unless accompanied hy postage stamps .
Masons & Anti-Masons.
MASONS & ANTI-MASONS .
THE loftiest oaks arc most exposed to the storm ; the proudest positions in life are most pervious to the assaults of envy and malice . And if this be true , as a rule ,
in the material operations of nature , and in the existence of individuals , it may be readily traced in the history of religions , philosophies , and political systems .
Every form of belief has been assailed with the sharpest weapons of criticismevery metaphysical dogma has been questioned and opposed—every theory of civil policy has met with deadly foes .
It need not surprise us , under these circumstances , to find that an institution like Freemasonry should be received with dislike and antagonism by a section of the
community . Some fancy that it interferes with their cherished religious opinionsothers that it circumscribes their ideas and actions within the limited sphere of the
Fraternity—while others imagine that it is a frivolous amusement in which sensible men can take no pleasure . Of late years
considerable attention appears to have been diverted to the subject of the real antiquity of the Craft , and recently our inter-
Masons & Anti-Masons.
esting contemporary Notes and Queries has had several communications from contributors upon this head . Indeed , one
personage—whose name it is unnecessary to introduce here—has become quite rabid in his attacks upon Freemasonry . He denies its claims to veneration on the score
of age , and asserts that the Gormogons were more ancient , and quite as respectable as the Freemasons , although he holds that both indulged in silly and absurd ceremonies .
We confess that our knowledge of the Gormogons is extremely limited—we believe that they practised some absurd rites as a preliminary to conviviality , and
possibly excess , but the extraordinary part of the foolish writer ' s comparison is that he likens an Order which has spread over the four quarters of the globe to a society
which never emerged from the city of its birth , and whose very name is now merely a peg upon which so-called antiquarians would fain hang their speculations . Surely
such reasoning is most inconsequent and illogical . No greater compliment can be paid to the Masonic Institution , than to show that it has survived all the
Gormogons , the Gregorians , the Jerusalem Sols , and other spurious imitations of our Order which flourished for a brief space
during the past century . These associations had , we will grant , the same chance of success as Freemasonry—where are they now ? Buried for ever in the dust of
oblivion—and why ? Because their principles were ephemeral , and their practices merely festive and social . Freemasonry , whether it be really of Jewish origin , or a
development of the operative sodalities of the middle ages , posseses in its laws , its precepts , and its results , an infinite capacity for good ; it is in harmony with all the
nobler impulses of our being—it is , so to speak , a similitude of that more perfect state of humanity for which all earnest
thinkers yearn and strive . Such an institution needs no defenders in a free country , and we must therefore condemn those
wellmeaning brethren who enter the lists to do battle with its profane opponents , especially in the columns of a secular
newspaper . Our ancient regulations teach us that wc are not to engage in controversy with
the uninitiated world upon the merits or demerits of the Craft , and experience shows that little advantage is to be derived from pursuing an opposite course .
It is , besides , a proof of great presumption on the part of these self-appointed advocates , who in all probability lack in essential particulars the qualifications for
a victorious encounter with the foe . The Craft will not have any more of this dilletante'championship , and we therefore advise our friends to withdraw at once from the
controversy which lias arisen in the pages of our contemporary . Freemasonry has outlived more serious menaces , and a body
which can defy the once omnipotent power of Rome need not fear the paper pellets of an obscure scribbler .
Masons & Anti-Masons.
Let it be remembered , that in America our brethren have had to pass through the fiery ordeal of persecution ; that men are still alive who can recollect the anti-Masonic
excitement caused by the disappearance of the infamous Morgan , and that for years the anti-Masons assumed a distinctive name , and fought bitterly against the very existence of the Craft in the United States .
Can a better commentary upon their mad and miserable efforts be made , than to point to the unparalleled position which the Masonic Order now holds in America
For one temple of Freemasonry that existed in the great Republic in 1825 , there are now twenty , for every Mason there are now a hundred , and persecution and obloquy
not only signally failed to destroy the immortal fabric of the Craft , but have tended to consolidate and strengthen the power of the Order in the hearts of mankind .
Let the heathen rage ; our trust is not in our ceremonies—beautiful , sublime as they are—it is the principles of Freemasonry in which we glory , and they are pinnacled
high above the clouds and storms of time . Let us ever march onwards in this spirit , regarding neither the slaves of superstition on the one hand , nor the children of foolish
envy on the other . Our mission is to do good upon earth , and every son of Adam will be welcomed into our fraternal circle if he obeys the divine behest , "Ask , and ye
shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you . " But we have no desire to drag reluctant votaries to our altars ; they must
come of their own free will and accord , and if any man chooses another path , it is no part of our creed to revile or persecute him .
We can therefore safely leave the insufferable folly , not to say insolence , of those who ignorantly deride our institution to the calm and impartial verdict of public opinion ,
premising that it is but a shallow evidence of learning and research in any individual to confound Freemasonry—under whose
canopy men of every nation work and teach—with those mushroom societies of tavern wits , the Gregorians or Gormogons ofthe eighteenth century .
Orders Of Chivalry.
ORDERS OF CHIVALRY .
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . LIVERPOOL . —EucamM'culofJaci / ucs de Molay . —lht regular meeting of this encampment was held on Friday , the nth March , at the Masonic Temple , Hope-street , for the installation of E . C . The ceremony was most ahly performed by Sir Knight Pierpoint , in the presence of a
large number of P . E . C . ' s , including Sir Knights Wright , D . P . G . C . of Lancashire ; Banister , 32 , P . G . S . B . of England ; Alpass , Prov . G . Sec . West Lancashire ; & c . The new E . G ., Sir Knight J . II . Younghusband then appointed his officers as follows -. —While , Prelate ; Bullcr , 1 st Captain ; Long , 2 nd Captain ; Mott , Registrar ;
Deeley , Almoner ; Johnson , Expert ; Poole , 1 st Standard Bearer ; Irvine , 2 nd Standard Bearer ; Sice , Capt . Lines ; De le Pereille , 1 st Herald ; Cunningham , 2 nd Herald . The encampment having been closed with solemn prayer , the Knights adjourned to Bro . Eberle ' s , Royal Hotel , Dale-street , and there partook of the bread of plenty and cup of cheerfulness .
Instruction.
INSTRUCTION .
The Domatic Chapter at their next meeting will be asked for their consent to the Chapter of Instruction being re-opened at Bro . Fisher ' s Restaurant , Victoria Station , Pimlico , early next month , when it is intended to work
lhe ceremony of consecration , and a very prosperous future is augured for the chapter , as there are many local companions whohavc intimated their intention of becoming members . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at ( lie Peckham Lodge of Instruction Maismore Anns , Park-road , Peckham , on lhe first Wednesday in April .
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Foreign And Colonial Agents.
Foreign and Colonial Agents .
—•—AMERICA : Bro . J . FLETCHER BRENNAN , I 14 , Mainstreet , Cincinnati , Ohio . ,, Messrs . WOODRUFF & BLOCKER , Little
Rock , Arkansas , U . S . CANADA .- Messrs . DEVRIE & SON , Ottawa . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE : Bro . GEORGE BRITTAIN , Cape Town . CEYLON : Messrs . W . L . SKEENE & Co ., Colombo . CONSTANTINOPLE : Br . J . L . HANLY , Levant Times .
EAST INDIES : Allahabad : Messrs . WYMAN BROS . Bombay : Bro . M . B . COHEN . Byculla : Bro . GEO . BEASE . Central Provinces : Bro . F . J . J ORDAN . Kurrachce : Bro . G . C . BRAYSON . Madras : Mr . CALEB FOSTER .
Mhcnv : Bro . COWASJEE NUSSERWANJF . E . Poona : Bro . W . WELLIS . GALATA : IrsiCK KHAN , Perche-Bajar . LIBERIA -. Bro . HENRY D . BROWN , Monrovia . PARIS : M . DECIIF . VAUX-DUMESNIL , Rue de
Harlaydu-Palais , 20 , near the Pont Neuf ; Editor Le Franc-Macon . WEST INDIES : Bro . J A . D . SOUZA , Falmouth , Jamaica . And all Booksellers and Newsagents in England , Ireland , and Scotland .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
—*—BIRTH . MCGREGOR . —On the 9 th inst ., at Edward-street , Tralee , the wife of Bro . David McGregor , W . M . Lodge 379 , Tralee , of a son .
DEA PH . SHERRY . —On the 14 th inst ., at Southampton , aged 37 , Bro . Henry Gower Sherry , Lodge of Economy , No . 76 , Winchester , and son of Bro . Charles Sherry , the fathei of the lodge .
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All communications for THE FREEMASON should be written legibly , on one side of the paper only , and , if intended for insertion in the current number must he received not later than 10 o ' clock a . in . on Thursdays , unless in ver / special cases . The name and address of every writer must be sent to us in confidence .
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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , MARCH 19 , 1870 .
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THE FREEMASON is published on Saturday Mornings in lime for the early trains . The price of THE FREEMASON is Twopence per week ; quarterly lubscription ( including postage ) 3 s . 3 d . Annual Subscription , us . Subscriptions payable in advance . All communications , letters , & c , to be addressed to the EDITOR , a , 3 , and 4 , Little Britain , E . C . The Editor uill pay careful attention to all MSS . entrusted to him , bnt cannot undertake to return them unless accompanied hy postage stamps .
Masons & Anti-Masons.
MASONS & ANTI-MASONS .
THE loftiest oaks arc most exposed to the storm ; the proudest positions in life are most pervious to the assaults of envy and malice . And if this be true , as a rule ,
in the material operations of nature , and in the existence of individuals , it may be readily traced in the history of religions , philosophies , and political systems .
Every form of belief has been assailed with the sharpest weapons of criticismevery metaphysical dogma has been questioned and opposed—every theory of civil policy has met with deadly foes .
It need not surprise us , under these circumstances , to find that an institution like Freemasonry should be received with dislike and antagonism by a section of the
community . Some fancy that it interferes with their cherished religious opinionsothers that it circumscribes their ideas and actions within the limited sphere of the
Fraternity—while others imagine that it is a frivolous amusement in which sensible men can take no pleasure . Of late years
considerable attention appears to have been diverted to the subject of the real antiquity of the Craft , and recently our inter-
Masons & Anti-Masons.
esting contemporary Notes and Queries has had several communications from contributors upon this head . Indeed , one
personage—whose name it is unnecessary to introduce here—has become quite rabid in his attacks upon Freemasonry . He denies its claims to veneration on the score
of age , and asserts that the Gormogons were more ancient , and quite as respectable as the Freemasons , although he holds that both indulged in silly and absurd ceremonies .
We confess that our knowledge of the Gormogons is extremely limited—we believe that they practised some absurd rites as a preliminary to conviviality , and
possibly excess , but the extraordinary part of the foolish writer ' s comparison is that he likens an Order which has spread over the four quarters of the globe to a society
which never emerged from the city of its birth , and whose very name is now merely a peg upon which so-called antiquarians would fain hang their speculations . Surely
such reasoning is most inconsequent and illogical . No greater compliment can be paid to the Masonic Institution , than to show that it has survived all the
Gormogons , the Gregorians , the Jerusalem Sols , and other spurious imitations of our Order which flourished for a brief space
during the past century . These associations had , we will grant , the same chance of success as Freemasonry—where are they now ? Buried for ever in the dust of
oblivion—and why ? Because their principles were ephemeral , and their practices merely festive and social . Freemasonry , whether it be really of Jewish origin , or a
development of the operative sodalities of the middle ages , posseses in its laws , its precepts , and its results , an infinite capacity for good ; it is in harmony with all the
nobler impulses of our being—it is , so to speak , a similitude of that more perfect state of humanity for which all earnest
thinkers yearn and strive . Such an institution needs no defenders in a free country , and we must therefore condemn those
wellmeaning brethren who enter the lists to do battle with its profane opponents , especially in the columns of a secular
newspaper . Our ancient regulations teach us that wc are not to engage in controversy with
the uninitiated world upon the merits or demerits of the Craft , and experience shows that little advantage is to be derived from pursuing an opposite course .
It is , besides , a proof of great presumption on the part of these self-appointed advocates , who in all probability lack in essential particulars the qualifications for
a victorious encounter with the foe . The Craft will not have any more of this dilletante'championship , and we therefore advise our friends to withdraw at once from the
controversy which lias arisen in the pages of our contemporary . Freemasonry has outlived more serious menaces , and a body
which can defy the once omnipotent power of Rome need not fear the paper pellets of an obscure scribbler .
Masons & Anti-Masons.
Let it be remembered , that in America our brethren have had to pass through the fiery ordeal of persecution ; that men are still alive who can recollect the anti-Masonic
excitement caused by the disappearance of the infamous Morgan , and that for years the anti-Masons assumed a distinctive name , and fought bitterly against the very existence of the Craft in the United States .
Can a better commentary upon their mad and miserable efforts be made , than to point to the unparalleled position which the Masonic Order now holds in America
For one temple of Freemasonry that existed in the great Republic in 1825 , there are now twenty , for every Mason there are now a hundred , and persecution and obloquy
not only signally failed to destroy the immortal fabric of the Craft , but have tended to consolidate and strengthen the power of the Order in the hearts of mankind .
Let the heathen rage ; our trust is not in our ceremonies—beautiful , sublime as they are—it is the principles of Freemasonry in which we glory , and they are pinnacled
high above the clouds and storms of time . Let us ever march onwards in this spirit , regarding neither the slaves of superstition on the one hand , nor the children of foolish
envy on the other . Our mission is to do good upon earth , and every son of Adam will be welcomed into our fraternal circle if he obeys the divine behest , "Ask , and ye
shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you . " But we have no desire to drag reluctant votaries to our altars ; they must
come of their own free will and accord , and if any man chooses another path , it is no part of our creed to revile or persecute him .
We can therefore safely leave the insufferable folly , not to say insolence , of those who ignorantly deride our institution to the calm and impartial verdict of public opinion ,
premising that it is but a shallow evidence of learning and research in any individual to confound Freemasonry—under whose
canopy men of every nation work and teach—with those mushroom societies of tavern wits , the Gregorians or Gormogons ofthe eighteenth century .
Orders Of Chivalry.
ORDERS OF CHIVALRY .
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . LIVERPOOL . —EucamM'culofJaci / ucs de Molay . —lht regular meeting of this encampment was held on Friday , the nth March , at the Masonic Temple , Hope-street , for the installation of E . C . The ceremony was most ahly performed by Sir Knight Pierpoint , in the presence of a
large number of P . E . C . ' s , including Sir Knights Wright , D . P . G . C . of Lancashire ; Banister , 32 , P . G . S . B . of England ; Alpass , Prov . G . Sec . West Lancashire ; & c . The new E . G ., Sir Knight J . II . Younghusband then appointed his officers as follows -. —While , Prelate ; Bullcr , 1 st Captain ; Long , 2 nd Captain ; Mott , Registrar ;
Deeley , Almoner ; Johnson , Expert ; Poole , 1 st Standard Bearer ; Irvine , 2 nd Standard Bearer ; Sice , Capt . Lines ; De le Pereille , 1 st Herald ; Cunningham , 2 nd Herald . The encampment having been closed with solemn prayer , the Knights adjourned to Bro . Eberle ' s , Royal Hotel , Dale-street , and there partook of the bread of plenty and cup of cheerfulness .
Instruction.
INSTRUCTION .
The Domatic Chapter at their next meeting will be asked for their consent to the Chapter of Instruction being re-opened at Bro . Fisher ' s Restaurant , Victoria Station , Pimlico , early next month , when it is intended to work
lhe ceremony of consecration , and a very prosperous future is augured for the chapter , as there are many local companions whohavc intimated their intention of becoming members . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at ( lie Peckham Lodge of Instruction Maismore Anns , Park-road , Peckham , on lhe first Wednesday in April .