Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGI ISRAEI . ITISH ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE 51 FREEMASONRY AND J ACOMTISM 52 & 53 FESTIVAL OF LODGE OK PERSEVERANCE , NO . 345 , BLACKIUIRN S 3 & 5-1 MASONIC PRESENTATION AT HULL ... 54 & 55

CONSECRATION OE A LODGE AT DIDSLURV , WEST LANCASHIRE 55 MASONIC BALL AT PRESTON 55 THE PYTHAGOREAN BALL 55 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 56 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 56

1 HE PRINCE OE WALES AND THE CRAFT ... 5 G ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION 56 & 57 LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE 57 THE DILKITES 57 FREEMASONRY IN THE UNITED STATES 57 VALUAHI . E WORK ON THE ANCIENT

CONSTITUTIONS OK THE FREEMASONS 57 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEFreemasonry and Israclilism ... ... ... 57 SCOTLANDKdinburgh 5 S

A OVA SCOTIA 5 S ROYAL FREEMASONS' GIRLS' SCIIOOI 5 S THE CRAFTMetropolitan ... ... ... ... ... 59 Provincial 59 , 60 & 61 ORDERS OF

CHIVALRYRed Cross of Constantino ... ... ... 61 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 61 ADVERTISEMENTS ... 49 , 50 , 61 , 62 , 03 , & 6 4

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ISRAELITISH ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO - SAXON RACE .

Bro . Carpenter ' s admirable articles 011 " Israelitism and Freemasonry , " and the great circulation attained by Mr . Edward llines' recent publications on the "Identification of the English Nation with the

Lost House of Israel , " are proofs of the great interest this question is exciting in the public mind . That this is not an ephemeral feeling , and that it is widely spreading

and permeating the mass of the English nation , is manifested from the eagerness with which every scrap of information on the subject is seized , examined , and discussed by thoughtful men .

As some assistance to those who are desirous of studying the subject , it ma } ' be useful to know some of the literature bearing on the question . First in order , as well as in importance ,

comes the Bible , which gives a detailed account of the destruction of the kingdom of Israel , and the deportation of the ten tribes by the Assyrians . The Bible also

contains various prophecies relating to the future fate of the rebellious Israelites and their final restoration to the land of their birth .

In the books of the Apocrypha , we also find reference to members of the ten tribes in their captivity . If these books are not to be received as inspired , and of equal authority with the canonical book's of the

Old Testament , they must , at least , be placed on an equality with profane history , or tradition , and with the information afforded by Assyrian , Babylonian , or Persian records .

Next in order come those commentaries which seek to explain the difficulties and apparent discrepancies of the sacred narrative , and the language of the prophecies relating to the subject in question . Of all

of these ( the number of which is " legion ") there is no work more useful to the student of the subject than the Rev . M . Gcneste ' s

"Parallel Histories of Judah and Israel , " with explanatory notes . This work will save the biblical student much time and trouble in finding the scriptural texts bear-

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ing on the incidents connected with the rival houses of Judah and Israel . Mr . Gcncstc does not propound any theory as to the fate of the lost ten tribes after their deportation ( nor docs he , in fact ,

particularly allude to it ) , but confines himself to collating and comparing the Scripture narrative as it occurs in parallel passages in the books of the Kings , Chronicles , and the prophecies concerning the two houses of

Judah and Israel . This work may therefore be considered as a compendious way of arranging the biblical history and prophecies , without attempting to offer any explanation of the probable fate of the

Israclitish nation any further than is contained in the sacred writings . There arc , of course , numerous other commentaries which give explanations of difficult texts ,

and from most , if not from all , of these the attentive reader ( with a mind prepared ) will be able to pickup useful pieces of information on the subject . Mr . Matthew Hubcrston ' s " Historical Dissertation on the

Prophetic Scriptures of the Old Testament , " published in 1840 , maybe read with advantage , as he refers to the captivitydispersion , and final restoration of the whole Israclitish

nation . He examines the prophecies relating to these events , and attempts to denote the time when the restoration shall take place .

In studying the prophecies connected with this subject , ' we cannot be too careful not to confound those relating to the Jews ( the tribe of Judah ) with those relating to the house of Israel ( often addressed as

Ephraim ) . We must also remember that , on the occasion of the rebellion of Jeroboam , one tribe of the house of Israel ( Benjamin ) adhered to the King of Judah , as was distinctly pretold by the prophet Ahijah

should be the case , although Benjamin , at first , went with the rest of the house of Israel . We read in the ist Book of Kings , chap . 12 , that , when all Israel found that Rehoboam would not hearken unto them .

they said , " What portion have we in David ? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse . To your tents , O Israel . Now see to thine own house , David . " We read further on : " There was none

thatfollowed the house of David , but the tribe of Judah only . " In the 1 st book of Kings , 1 \ th chap ., we read that the Lord was angry with Solomon because of his idolatries , and He said : " I will surely rend the kingdom

from thee , and will give it to thy servant , Jcrcboam . Howbcit , I will not rend away all the kingdom , but will give one tribe ( Benjamin ) to thy son . " Again , when the prophet Ahijah meets Jcrcboam , he tells

him God says , " I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon , and will give ten tribes unto thee . But he shall have one tribe ( Benjamin ) for my servant David ' s sake . " The pronhct , after stating that this

disruption of the kingdom SII . M . 11 not ta ! : e place in Solomon ' s lifetime , again says : "I will take the kin

hand , and will give it unto thee , even ten tribes . And unto his son ( representing the tribe of Judah ) I will give ^/ . v tribe" ( benjamin ) .

vve accordingly find afterwards that o ; u tribe ( Benjamin ) returned to their allegiance , for we learn that Rehoboam , in order " te bring back the kingdom , " assembled " aii the house of Judah , leith the trie-: of

llenjeiiiiin , to fight against the house < > f J srael . " J t will be seen that a distinction is made between the two tribes , Judah and

Benjamin . They are spoken of as sef-aret / i houses or tribes . The tribe of Benjamin must not , therefore , be confounded with : ! : ¦ house of Judah , although th . y were acting ,

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and continued to act , in concert . Benjamin is never spoken of , or addressed , as the house of Judah , but always as the house of Israel ; and when all the tribes , excepting the house of Judah , arc spoken of , they are

called , collective ! }' , all Israel—that is , the ten tribes and Benjamin . If this distinction of Judah from Benjamin be borne in mind , many texts , not only in the Old Testament , but in the New also , will be rendered much

more intelligible than heretofore . Christ , although belonging to the tribe of Judah , was rejected and crucified by the Jews , his kinsmen . It is said , " He came to his own ( the tribe of Judah ) . but his own received

him not . ' He therefore went into Galilee to the Israelites of the tribe of Benjamin , and He also sent His disciples " to the lost sheep of the house of Israel "—that is , He sent them first to the tribe of Benjamin , and

ultimately to the ten tribes which were scattered through the nations . And , here , it is important to notice , that , at that time , it was well known that many of the descendants of the ten tribes were

living m Armenia , and other parts of Asia Minor . The Ncstorians of Lakcban have a tradition that St . Thomas the Apostle laboured among them , and converted many to Christianity , and ultimately became

their bishop . The memory of the Apostle St . Thomas is consequcntlygreatly revered among the Ncstorian Christians . Dr . Grant , in his " Ncstorians , " says that among , or in the immediate vicinity of , the Ncstorian

Christians there are numerous families of Jews , or , to speak more correctly , persons professing the Jewish religion ; but whether

they are members of the tribe of Judah or of Benjamin , or some other of the Israclitish tribes , he does not inform us , as , perhaps , he had no means of ascertaining .

After the Bible and the Apocrypha , the next work-s , in the order of time , arc the histories of 1 lerodotus and Joscphus . The former does not , by name , refer to either the l ews or Israelites ; he does not even

mention the name of Jerusalem , but it is believed he alludes to that city under the name of Cadytis . J lerodotus , in his extant work , refers us to his " History of Assyria , " which , no doubt , contained much valuable information about the Israclitish nation .

The wholesale deportation , and the manners and customs , of this peculiar people could hardly have escaped the notice of so acute an observer as 1 lerodotus , and his "History of Assyria" would , no doubt ,

have thrown great light upon the fate of the Israelites subsequent to their captivity , but this work is , unfortunately , lost to the world . The extant works of Herodotus are ,

therefore , only useful to us by affording information of the migrations of certain eastern tribes , such as the Scytlr . ans and Gcta ; . The Cimmerians of the Black Sea , who vrere the ancestors of the Cymri , or Kymri , rind who formed the ancient inhabitants of

Northern France , Britain , and Ireland , arc supposed to be descended from the Scythic race , while the Get ; u were the progenitors of the Goths and Teutons , from whom the German and Aiudo-Sn ^ on races arc

descended . The Getre , or Goths , came from the East , and from the very region where the ten tribes were located by their Assyrian conquerors .

] osephus ' s "History of the Antiquities of the Jews" was mainly taken from the historical books of the Old Testament , amplified , on some points , from other sources to which he had access , but he docs

not materially assist us m our investigation . . 'V reference to other authors must be d < fei'j-cd to another occas i on . \ V . E . N ., No . 766 .