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The Boys' School.
are the official facts of the case . Since Dr . Morris assumed the Head Mastership , three exarn inations have been attended by pupils from the Boys ' School . First of all came the Cambridge Local Examination , Christmas , 1875 , with the following rOCllIt I
I . —CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATION , CHRISTMAS , 1875 . J CNIORS . —Honours—First Class * - —W . Beaumont ( distinguished in English and Divinity ); R . Bryant ( examined for the first time , distinguished in English and Mathematics ) : H . G .
Shaw ( the only three in the first class at the London main centre ) . Second Class : —W . R . Parker . Third Class ;—W . H . Sutton . Satisfied the Examiner : —C . D . Green , F . Harvey , p . E . Ladd ; F . D . Lane , F . Lond , E . E . Gates , W . H . Packwood , E . G . Sweet , and C . R . H .
Uwins . II . —SCIENCE AND ARTS EXAMINATIONS , MAY , 1876 . The following boys were passed : — ( 1 . ) Theoretical Mechanics : —R . Bryant , and H . G . Shaw .
( 2 . ) Inorganic Chemistry : —R . Bryant and H . G . Shaw . ( 3 ) . Mathematics : —ist Class , 2 nd Stage , R . Bryant ; ist Class , ist Stage , W . Beaumont , G . Shaw , C . D . Green ; 2 nd Class , ist Stage , W . R . Parker , A . J . Walkington , W . H .
Packwood , F . E . Ladd , F . Lond . ( 4 . ) Physical Geography : —Passed Advanced Stage , W . R . Parker- ist Class , ist Stage , H . G . Shaw ; 2 nd Class , ist Stage , W . Beaumont , W . H . White , H . Godsmark , C . D . Green , G . S . Croydon , W . Sparkes , F . Lond .
( 5 . ) Magnetism and Electricity : —ist Class advanced , H . G . Shaw ; ist Class , elementary , R . Bryant , C . D . Green , W . R . Parker ; 2 nd Class , elementary , W . Beaumont , W . J ones , F . Lond . ( 6 . ) Drawing : —( a ) Full certificate , W . R . Parker and H . G . Paiker ( prize ) . ( b ) Practical
Geometry , Heeley , White , Rose , Newman , Croydon , Haskins , Bryant . Parker , Shaw , ( c ) Model Drawing , Heeley , Parker , Booser . ( d ) Freehand , Pawley . ( e ) Perspective , Parker , Shaw . Thirdly . The Oxford Local Examination , June , 1876 , gives us for the first time the satisfactory assurance that the education of our boys is progressing very satisfactorily .
Iff . OXJ-ORD LOCAL EXAMINATION , J , 1876 . Seniors who obtained the degree of " Associate in Arts" ( the school never gained this distinction before this year ) were : —R . Bryant ( mentioned in the Second Class Mathematical list ) , W . Beamont , W . R . Parker .
These facts have all been separately mentioned in our pages , but we think it well , for many reasons , that our readers may see at one comprehensive glance what have t een the results of the last twelve months so far . As we said before , we feel that ereat credit is due to
Dr . Morris for his zealous labours , and his evident endeavour to elevate the whole tone of the School in all things , and we beg to tender to him our hearty good wishes , alike for the continuance and success of his valuable efforts , as wt U as for the utility , progress , and prosperity of 0 ir Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .
French Freemasonry.
FRENCH FREEMASONRY .
The fo'lowitig reared in the " Times " of Monday . The "Temp , " iys : — - ' The annual French Masonic- Congress has just completed its labours , after five long sittings . The Congress considered Article 1 of the Masonic
Constitution relative to philosophic dogmas , and contain'ng a declaration in favour of the ' Great Architect of the Universe . ' The discussion was very ' ° "g and animated . After deliberation it was decided by no to 65 that there was ground fo r revising it and harmonizing it with another
article which recognizes absolute liberty of conscience . All the lodges in France will , there-0 re « be invited to ivmsirW fhe miMtinn nf p
revision , and to send the result of their deliberations tothe nextyear ' s Congress . " Wemostdeeply Q ' ^ a decision on the part of the Frenc h wand Ontnt , not only in the best interests of reeemasonrv , but because w ^ ; ar | it will tend
French Freemasonry.
to make the chasm now existing as between English and French Freemasonry wider , and impossible to bridge over . But we shall recur to the subject shortly .
The Concordia Institute.
THE CONCORDIA INSTITUTE .
We are glad in another column to call attention to a Communique , from Switzerland , with respect to this Institution , conducted b y our esteemed brother and correspondent , Dr . Bertsch Sailer . We recommend it to the careful perusal of our many readers , on every ground of Masonic fair play and toleration .
Hermetic Masonry.
HERMETIC MASONRY .
We have been requested to announce that in the " Masonic Magazine" for October will appear a republication of the first printed allusion to the Grand Lodges of England and -Ireland , and Speculative Freemasonry . This reprint is exceedingl y interesting to the High Grades , inasmuch as in it Hermetic
Masonry is stated to exist in 1721 , and members of the Speculative Grand Lodge are asserted to be members of the same . Anticipating a large sale of this Masonic archaeological treatise , we recommend all those who wish to make sure of early receipt of the October magazine to apply at once to The Publisher , 19 8 , Fleetstreet .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of die opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —EoJ
A MASONIC REFORMATION . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , I hope yourself and your numerous circle of readers will not be alarmed at the revolutionary character of the heading of this communication , nor at the suggestions which I am about to make , which , I must admit , if acted
upon , would cause what our French neighbours would term a " bouleversement" of all the present rules and regulations for the government of the Order in the dominions of her Britannic Majesty . As my suggestions ( should you admit them into your columns ) , will , no doubt , give rise to considerable discussion , I will arrange them under different heads , as
follows : First . To establish a General ( or really United ) Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of Great Britain and Ireland , and the colonies and dependencies of the British Crown—the jurisdiction of which should be paramount and supreme over all Freemasons and bodies professine to be Masonic in the British Dominions .
The constitutions of the General ( or United ) Grand Lodge should provide laws for thc general government of the Craft , so as to assimilate on main points the government and work of Freemasonry , leaving minor arrangements to be made by the subordinate Grand Lodges , suitable to local conditions and circumstances . Secondly . To place the Grand Lodcres of Eneland .
Ireland , and Scotland under the jurisdiction of the General ( or United ) Grand Lodge , at the same time retaining the power of electing their Grand Masters , and to establish ( or continue ) Grand Lodges for India , Canada , Australia , South Africa , and other colonies in which Masons exist in sufficient numbers to justify such a course , all of which shall owe allegiance to , and be under the'jurisdiction of , the General ( or
United ) Grand Lodge , and having exclusive jurisdiction over their respective territories , and which shall have the power of making laws to govern the Craft according to the local requirements , but in accordance with the constitutions of the Genera ! Grand Lodge . Thirdly . The territories of the various Grand Lodges , when expedient , shall be divided into District nr Provincial
Grand Lodges , to be presided over by District or Provincial Grand Masters as at present . Fourthly . To place every order which claims to be Masonic ( and whose claims to be connected with Masonry can be sustained ) under the jurisdiction and control of the General Grand Lodge , the Supreme Grand Master whereof shall be , ex officio , the head of all such Orders , and shall
be represented by a Deputy appointed by him . Fifthly . That all quasi-Masonic orders which cannot prove their claim to be considered as Masonic shall be suppressed , and that all regular Masons shall be forbidden to have any connection with any bodies or orders professing to be Masonic which are not recognized and governed by the General Grand Lodge and its Supreme Grand Master .
I have no doubt , from the well-known loyalty of British Freemasons , that the brethren in , all parts of the British dominions would hail with delight the opportunity of ranging themselves under the banner of the Heir to the Throne—the more so as no loss of dignity would be sustained by the officers of the present Grand Lodges , whose
Original Correspondence.
Grand Masters should remain elective as at present , and on the members of which would devolve the election of thc Supreme Grand Master of the General Grand Lodge , Moreover , my scheme would open up additional honours to be awarded as rewards of merit and recognition of distinguished services to the Craft . I merely throw out the crude suggestions as they have
occurred to my mind , and leave to abler hands than mine the task of filling in the details and the work of bringing crude matter into due form . Should my ideas find favour , I should be glad if some influential brethren would take the initiative , and bring the matter into notice in the proper quarter , being myself onlv .
Yours faithfully and fraternally , A MASTER MASON . [ We insert this letter , as we are always favourable to discussion and free opinion , but we confess we do not exactly see at what our worthy brother ] is driving , or what it is he wants to do . This proposal appears simply impracticable . —ED . ]
THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE . To the Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I received under enclosure last week a very interesting letter from Bro . Samuel Beswick , who is now residing in Canada . Those who take an interest in higherade Masonrv will not . T am snr *» hp rlicnUac * . /! if T
send extracts for your acceptance . Personally I disagree with that portion of Bro . Beswick ' s letter which attributes the modification of York Masonry to the Swedenborgian Rite , unless its Sixth Degree led to the establishment of the Degree of Ark Mariners . I think the rite ' s universal acceptance of the three York Degrees proves its more recent date .
Yours truly and fraternally , Jons YARKER , W . M . of Emanuel Lodge and Temple Chorlton Road , Manchester , Sept . 16 , 1876 . Bro . Beswick , after alluding to his labours as a CE and writer upon the rite of Solomon's Temple , says :
I am glad to see you are getting along with the Primitive Rite . The English has bothered us to death most , but we have always refused . Our men seem to desire to keep it exclusively American . Give my respects to Bro . Yarker of England ; tell him I am a native of Manchester . The Swedenborgian Rite never had six degrees . It always recognised three prevailing degrees now known
as the York Rite of the three degrees , but which was a very different thing in Germany and Sweden to what it has become since the revision in 1717 . The York Rite was originally a very simple and meagre thing , without the lectures , & c , which no w form part of the ritual . When it formed part of the old guilds , & c , the ritual was very simple and short . The Swedenborgian Rite always
recognised these three first degrees , and its advocates had a great deal to do with influencing the revision of the York Rite in 1717 and afterwards . Hence the Swedenborgian Rite never really had six degrees ; its first three degrees were always the three recognised , symbolic degrees of the country , | no matter what its form might be . lt never regarded these three first degrees as essential to itself , and
hence it accepted the members of the three symbolic degrees as duly qualified for initiation withrut actually working them as part of its own degrees . This is the reason why Masonic writers differ so much in describing the degrees of the Swedenborgian Rite , because the German , French , and English three blue degrees differed after the revision of 1717 in England , and yet all writers agree in
naming six degrees of the Rite . Thus Dr . Oliver in his " Landmarks" ( Vol . II . ) says : Swedenborg admitted only six degrees : 1 . E . A . P . 4 . Enlightened Thcosophist . 2 . F . C . 5 . Blue Brother . 3 . M . M . 6 . Red Brother . The first three are really the ' common three degrees of
the York Rite . Swedenborg followed the common usage ot his day . The Swedish system of thirteen degrees also reckoned its first class to consist of the three symbolic degrees of the York Rite of that day and place . The first three degrees named by Mackay in the Swedenborgian Rite are also the three symbolic blue degrees of the York Rile , nnd his Fourth IVo-rpp nf iUnminmtt . it
Theosophitc is the same as Oliver ' s Fourth Degree of Enlightened . They have simply translated the name differently , that is all . The Swedish Rite was gotten up by Zinnendorf for the Grand Lodge at Stockholm , and was constructed from points taken mainly from the Swedenborgian Rite—a spurious outbirth . So was the Illumines of Aviernon bv Pernetti in France , so was Chartannier's
seven degrees , and had nearly the same titles . Chartannier was a member of the Swedenborgian Church in London , and also a member of the Rite . So you see the Swedenborgian Rite never had six degrees , and it has never lost any . The true names of the Swedenborgian Rite is green , blue , and red ; the rest was added a . different
times and places . If you will look at my work , " Swedenborg and Pi .:--masonry ( p . 167 ) , " you will see that the degrees are given and called : 4 . Enlightened Freemason or Green Brother . 5 . Sublime „ or Blue „ 6 . Perfect .. or Red
We worked for a long time under these names , but gradually agreed to adopt those we have now in use . Oliver ' s description and Mackay ' s description are correct for the Fourth Degree , but they have lost the true name of the Fifth and Sixth Degrees—namely , 5 Sublime and 6 Perfect j they got hold of the blue and red part of the name only , I got the degrees in England from those who originally
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The Boys' School.
are the official facts of the case . Since Dr . Morris assumed the Head Mastership , three exarn inations have been attended by pupils from the Boys ' School . First of all came the Cambridge Local Examination , Christmas , 1875 , with the following rOCllIt I
I . —CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATION , CHRISTMAS , 1875 . J CNIORS . —Honours—First Class * - —W . Beaumont ( distinguished in English and Divinity ); R . Bryant ( examined for the first time , distinguished in English and Mathematics ) : H . G .
Shaw ( the only three in the first class at the London main centre ) . Second Class : —W . R . Parker . Third Class ;—W . H . Sutton . Satisfied the Examiner : —C . D . Green , F . Harvey , p . E . Ladd ; F . D . Lane , F . Lond , E . E . Gates , W . H . Packwood , E . G . Sweet , and C . R . H .
Uwins . II . —SCIENCE AND ARTS EXAMINATIONS , MAY , 1876 . The following boys were passed : — ( 1 . ) Theoretical Mechanics : —R . Bryant , and H . G . Shaw .
( 2 . ) Inorganic Chemistry : —R . Bryant and H . G . Shaw . ( 3 ) . Mathematics : —ist Class , 2 nd Stage , R . Bryant ; ist Class , ist Stage , W . Beaumont , G . Shaw , C . D . Green ; 2 nd Class , ist Stage , W . R . Parker , A . J . Walkington , W . H .
Packwood , F . E . Ladd , F . Lond . ( 4 . ) Physical Geography : —Passed Advanced Stage , W . R . Parker- ist Class , ist Stage , H . G . Shaw ; 2 nd Class , ist Stage , W . Beaumont , W . H . White , H . Godsmark , C . D . Green , G . S . Croydon , W . Sparkes , F . Lond .
( 5 . ) Magnetism and Electricity : —ist Class advanced , H . G . Shaw ; ist Class , elementary , R . Bryant , C . D . Green , W . R . Parker ; 2 nd Class , elementary , W . Beaumont , W . J ones , F . Lond . ( 6 . ) Drawing : —( a ) Full certificate , W . R . Parker and H . G . Paiker ( prize ) . ( b ) Practical
Geometry , Heeley , White , Rose , Newman , Croydon , Haskins , Bryant . Parker , Shaw , ( c ) Model Drawing , Heeley , Parker , Booser . ( d ) Freehand , Pawley . ( e ) Perspective , Parker , Shaw . Thirdly . The Oxford Local Examination , June , 1876 , gives us for the first time the satisfactory assurance that the education of our boys is progressing very satisfactorily .
Iff . OXJ-ORD LOCAL EXAMINATION , J , 1876 . Seniors who obtained the degree of " Associate in Arts" ( the school never gained this distinction before this year ) were : —R . Bryant ( mentioned in the Second Class Mathematical list ) , W . Beamont , W . R . Parker .
These facts have all been separately mentioned in our pages , but we think it well , for many reasons , that our readers may see at one comprehensive glance what have t een the results of the last twelve months so far . As we said before , we feel that ereat credit is due to
Dr . Morris for his zealous labours , and his evident endeavour to elevate the whole tone of the School in all things , and we beg to tender to him our hearty good wishes , alike for the continuance and success of his valuable efforts , as wt U as for the utility , progress , and prosperity of 0 ir Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .
French Freemasonry.
FRENCH FREEMASONRY .
The fo'lowitig reared in the " Times " of Monday . The "Temp , " iys : — - ' The annual French Masonic- Congress has just completed its labours , after five long sittings . The Congress considered Article 1 of the Masonic
Constitution relative to philosophic dogmas , and contain'ng a declaration in favour of the ' Great Architect of the Universe . ' The discussion was very ' ° "g and animated . After deliberation it was decided by no to 65 that there was ground fo r revising it and harmonizing it with another
article which recognizes absolute liberty of conscience . All the lodges in France will , there-0 re « be invited to ivmsirW fhe miMtinn nf p
revision , and to send the result of their deliberations tothe nextyear ' s Congress . " Wemostdeeply Q ' ^ a decision on the part of the Frenc h wand Ontnt , not only in the best interests of reeemasonrv , but because w ^ ; ar | it will tend
French Freemasonry.
to make the chasm now existing as between English and French Freemasonry wider , and impossible to bridge over . But we shall recur to the subject shortly .
The Concordia Institute.
THE CONCORDIA INSTITUTE .
We are glad in another column to call attention to a Communique , from Switzerland , with respect to this Institution , conducted b y our esteemed brother and correspondent , Dr . Bertsch Sailer . We recommend it to the careful perusal of our many readers , on every ground of Masonic fair play and toleration .
Hermetic Masonry.
HERMETIC MASONRY .
We have been requested to announce that in the " Masonic Magazine" for October will appear a republication of the first printed allusion to the Grand Lodges of England and -Ireland , and Speculative Freemasonry . This reprint is exceedingl y interesting to the High Grades , inasmuch as in it Hermetic
Masonry is stated to exist in 1721 , and members of the Speculative Grand Lodge are asserted to be members of the same . Anticipating a large sale of this Masonic archaeological treatise , we recommend all those who wish to make sure of early receipt of the October magazine to apply at once to The Publisher , 19 8 , Fleetstreet .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of die opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . —EoJ
A MASONIC REFORMATION . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , I hope yourself and your numerous circle of readers will not be alarmed at the revolutionary character of the heading of this communication , nor at the suggestions which I am about to make , which , I must admit , if acted
upon , would cause what our French neighbours would term a " bouleversement" of all the present rules and regulations for the government of the Order in the dominions of her Britannic Majesty . As my suggestions ( should you admit them into your columns ) , will , no doubt , give rise to considerable discussion , I will arrange them under different heads , as
follows : First . To establish a General ( or really United ) Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of Great Britain and Ireland , and the colonies and dependencies of the British Crown—the jurisdiction of which should be paramount and supreme over all Freemasons and bodies professine to be Masonic in the British Dominions .
The constitutions of the General ( or United ) Grand Lodge should provide laws for thc general government of the Craft , so as to assimilate on main points the government and work of Freemasonry , leaving minor arrangements to be made by the subordinate Grand Lodges , suitable to local conditions and circumstances . Secondly . To place the Grand Lodcres of Eneland .
Ireland , and Scotland under the jurisdiction of the General ( or United ) Grand Lodge , at the same time retaining the power of electing their Grand Masters , and to establish ( or continue ) Grand Lodges for India , Canada , Australia , South Africa , and other colonies in which Masons exist in sufficient numbers to justify such a course , all of which shall owe allegiance to , and be under the'jurisdiction of , the General ( or
United ) Grand Lodge , and having exclusive jurisdiction over their respective territories , and which shall have the power of making laws to govern the Craft according to the local requirements , but in accordance with the constitutions of the Genera ! Grand Lodge . Thirdly . The territories of the various Grand Lodges , when expedient , shall be divided into District nr Provincial
Grand Lodges , to be presided over by District or Provincial Grand Masters as at present . Fourthly . To place every order which claims to be Masonic ( and whose claims to be connected with Masonry can be sustained ) under the jurisdiction and control of the General Grand Lodge , the Supreme Grand Master whereof shall be , ex officio , the head of all such Orders , and shall
be represented by a Deputy appointed by him . Fifthly . That all quasi-Masonic orders which cannot prove their claim to be considered as Masonic shall be suppressed , and that all regular Masons shall be forbidden to have any connection with any bodies or orders professing to be Masonic which are not recognized and governed by the General Grand Lodge and its Supreme Grand Master .
I have no doubt , from the well-known loyalty of British Freemasons , that the brethren in , all parts of the British dominions would hail with delight the opportunity of ranging themselves under the banner of the Heir to the Throne—the more so as no loss of dignity would be sustained by the officers of the present Grand Lodges , whose
Original Correspondence.
Grand Masters should remain elective as at present , and on the members of which would devolve the election of thc Supreme Grand Master of the General Grand Lodge , Moreover , my scheme would open up additional honours to be awarded as rewards of merit and recognition of distinguished services to the Craft . I merely throw out the crude suggestions as they have
occurred to my mind , and leave to abler hands than mine the task of filling in the details and the work of bringing crude matter into due form . Should my ideas find favour , I should be glad if some influential brethren would take the initiative , and bring the matter into notice in the proper quarter , being myself onlv .
Yours faithfully and fraternally , A MASTER MASON . [ We insert this letter , as we are always favourable to discussion and free opinion , but we confess we do not exactly see at what our worthy brother ] is driving , or what it is he wants to do . This proposal appears simply impracticable . —ED . ]
THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE . To the Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I received under enclosure last week a very interesting letter from Bro . Samuel Beswick , who is now residing in Canada . Those who take an interest in higherade Masonrv will not . T am snr *» hp rlicnUac * . /! if T
send extracts for your acceptance . Personally I disagree with that portion of Bro . Beswick ' s letter which attributes the modification of York Masonry to the Swedenborgian Rite , unless its Sixth Degree led to the establishment of the Degree of Ark Mariners . I think the rite ' s universal acceptance of the three York Degrees proves its more recent date .
Yours truly and fraternally , Jons YARKER , W . M . of Emanuel Lodge and Temple Chorlton Road , Manchester , Sept . 16 , 1876 . Bro . Beswick , after alluding to his labours as a CE and writer upon the rite of Solomon's Temple , says :
I am glad to see you are getting along with the Primitive Rite . The English has bothered us to death most , but we have always refused . Our men seem to desire to keep it exclusively American . Give my respects to Bro . Yarker of England ; tell him I am a native of Manchester . The Swedenborgian Rite never had six degrees . It always recognised three prevailing degrees now known
as the York Rite of the three degrees , but which was a very different thing in Germany and Sweden to what it has become since the revision in 1717 . The York Rite was originally a very simple and meagre thing , without the lectures , & c , which no w form part of the ritual . When it formed part of the old guilds , & c , the ritual was very simple and short . The Swedenborgian Rite always
recognised these three first degrees , and its advocates had a great deal to do with influencing the revision of the York Rite in 1717 and afterwards . Hence the Swedenborgian Rite never really had six degrees ; its first three degrees were always the three recognised , symbolic degrees of the country , | no matter what its form might be . lt never regarded these three first degrees as essential to itself , and
hence it accepted the members of the three symbolic degrees as duly qualified for initiation withrut actually working them as part of its own degrees . This is the reason why Masonic writers differ so much in describing the degrees of the Swedenborgian Rite , because the German , French , and English three blue degrees differed after the revision of 1717 in England , and yet all writers agree in
naming six degrees of the Rite . Thus Dr . Oliver in his " Landmarks" ( Vol . II . ) says : Swedenborg admitted only six degrees : 1 . E . A . P . 4 . Enlightened Thcosophist . 2 . F . C . 5 . Blue Brother . 3 . M . M . 6 . Red Brother . The first three are really the ' common three degrees of
the York Rite . Swedenborg followed the common usage ot his day . The Swedish system of thirteen degrees also reckoned its first class to consist of the three symbolic degrees of the York Rite of that day and place . The first three degrees named by Mackay in the Swedenborgian Rite are also the three symbolic blue degrees of the York Rile , nnd his Fourth IVo-rpp nf iUnminmtt . it
Theosophitc is the same as Oliver ' s Fourth Degree of Enlightened . They have simply translated the name differently , that is all . The Swedish Rite was gotten up by Zinnendorf for the Grand Lodge at Stockholm , and was constructed from points taken mainly from the Swedenborgian Rite—a spurious outbirth . So was the Illumines of Aviernon bv Pernetti in France , so was Chartannier's
seven degrees , and had nearly the same titles . Chartannier was a member of the Swedenborgian Church in London , and also a member of the Rite . So you see the Swedenborgian Rite never had six degrees , and it has never lost any . The true names of the Swedenborgian Rite is green , blue , and red ; the rest was added a . different
times and places . If you will look at my work , " Swedenborg and Pi .:--masonry ( p . 167 ) , " you will see that the degrees are given and called : 4 . Enlightened Freemason or Green Brother . 5 . Sublime „ or Blue „ 6 . Perfect .. or Red
We worked for a long time under these names , but gradually agreed to adopt those we have now in use . Oliver ' s description and Mackay ' s description are correct for the Fourth Degree , but they have lost the true name of the Fifth and Sixth Degrees—namely , 5 Sublime and 6 Perfect j they got hold of the blue and red part of the name only , I got the degrees in England from those who originally