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Wonders Of Operative Masonry.

'Tis the soft chanted choral song , Whose tones the echoing aisles prolong . The boatmen on Nith ' s gentle stream , That glistens in the pale moonbeam , Suspend their dashing oars to hear The holy anthem loud ancl clear ;

Each worldly thought a while forbear , Ancl mutter forth a half formed prayer . But as I gaze , the vision fails , Like frostwork touched by southern gales . The altar sinks , the tapers fade , Ancl all the splendid scene ' s decayed

In window fair the painted pane No longer glows with holy stain , But through the broken glass the gale 'Blows chilly from the misty vale ; The bird of eve flits sullen by , Her home these aisles ancl arches hi gh !

The choral hymn that erst so clear Broke softly sweet on Fancy ' s ear , Is drowned amid the mournful scream That breaks the magic of my dream ! Roused by the sound I start and see The ruined sad reality !

On Father Foy's Notes.

ON FATHER FOY'S NOTES .

BY THE EDITOR . As we remarked in our last number , in our editorial comments , we have published Father Foy ' s Notes , though , to our mind , they proved nothing ; and we think it well

for several ' reasons to recur to the subject to-day . We find that Ave have made a mistake as to Von Knigge , ( it is always better to acknowledge our errors manfully ) , as there is no evidence that ho changed his religionand it is generally said b

, y English writers that ho died at Bremen , in 1796 . Von Hund changed his religion , and is buried before the hi gh altar in Melrichstadt . As regards Weishaupt , though some say that he was adverse to the Jesuitsothers believe that he began as a

, Jesuit , and founded Ilhiniinatisin on tho Jesuit model . The only good thing about him that we know is that he died peaceably at Gotha , under the protection of the reigning Grand Duke . And now what we want to ask Father

Foy is , what has he proved , even " after the manner of the schools , " by this plethora of invective and incrimination ? His lectures were delivered at Hastings , to English mon and English women . Does he wish to contend that such views or

practices exists in Freemasonry in Great Britain , or Canada , or America—or any portion of Continental Freemasonry , now 1 If not , what does it all prove 1 He can hardly venture to say that they door even insinuate that such doctrines

, and discreditable acts ]) revail at present anywhere—because ho knows as well as we do that such a statement would he a direct and deliberate falsehood .

Then why revert to the perverted proceedings of some semi-maniacs in a former generation whose proceedings have always been disavowed by all true Freemasons ? That at Paris some " osprits forts " may , about the time of the French Revolution ,

have taken up " Ilhiniinatisin , " and used it for the base purposes of a deplorable and detestable teaching , wo do not deny—but they had nothing to do with Freemasonry , and Freemasonry had nothing to do with them . As for"Egalito Orleans" be was

, practically expelled in degradation from tho Grand Orient of France , and no name is held more in contempt and loathing among honest Freemasons than his ! Mirabeau may have been an " Illumine , " though we do not believe that he was a

Freemason , ( for Freemasonry is not Illuminatism ) , but , whatever ho was , his proceedings will be disavowed by all loyal Freemasons .

We are among those who regret very much the position that many Continental Freemasons often take up , as against religion and the Roman Catholic Church , though we feel bound to say , that Rome has no one to thank but herself for the

bitterness she has called forth , and tho antagonism which she has brought about . No one can paint in too strong colours the intolerance , the irreligious anathemata , tho illegal violence of Allocutions and Interdicts which since the Bull of Clement , have distinguished the Romish Curia and the

Roman Catholic authorities . We are also among those who deploreespecially in France ancl Belgium—the proceedings of the " libres penseurs , " and openly disavow all sympathy either with

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"DYBOTS." Article 1
Untitled Article 2
Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 3
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF CONCORD ATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR AND HOPE LODGE, No. 37, BOLTON. Article 4
SONNET. Article 8
LETTER OF BRO. W. J. HUGHAN, OF ENGLAND, TO THE GRAND LODGE OF OHIO. Article 8
AN OLD, OLD STORY. Article 13
THREE CHARGES. Article 14
WONDERS OF OPERATIVE MASONRY. Article 14
ON FATHER FOY'S NOTES. Article 18
A TRIP TO DAI-BUTSU. Article 19
THE HAPPY HOUR. Article 21
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, No. 114, IPSWICH. A.D. 1762. Article 21
THE QUESTION OF THE COLOURED FREEMASONS IN THE UNITED STATES. Article 24
THE JEALOUS SCEPTIC. Article 25
THE LADY MURIEL. Article 27
THE MASSORAH. Article 29
THE BRIGHT SIDE. Article 32
HOPE. Article 33
ON THE EXCESSIVE INFLUENCE OF WOMEM. Article 34
Our Archaeological Corner. Article 39
FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE. Article 40
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 43
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 46
A MASONIC ENIGMA. Article 50
BORN IN MARCH. Article 50
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Wonders Of Operative Masonry.

'Tis the soft chanted choral song , Whose tones the echoing aisles prolong . The boatmen on Nith ' s gentle stream , That glistens in the pale moonbeam , Suspend their dashing oars to hear The holy anthem loud ancl clear ;

Each worldly thought a while forbear , Ancl mutter forth a half formed prayer . But as I gaze , the vision fails , Like frostwork touched by southern gales . The altar sinks , the tapers fade , Ancl all the splendid scene ' s decayed

In window fair the painted pane No longer glows with holy stain , But through the broken glass the gale 'Blows chilly from the misty vale ; The bird of eve flits sullen by , Her home these aisles ancl arches hi gh !

The choral hymn that erst so clear Broke softly sweet on Fancy ' s ear , Is drowned amid the mournful scream That breaks the magic of my dream ! Roused by the sound I start and see The ruined sad reality !

On Father Foy's Notes.

ON FATHER FOY'S NOTES .

BY THE EDITOR . As we remarked in our last number , in our editorial comments , we have published Father Foy ' s Notes , though , to our mind , they proved nothing ; and we think it well

for several ' reasons to recur to the subject to-day . We find that Ave have made a mistake as to Von Knigge , ( it is always better to acknowledge our errors manfully ) , as there is no evidence that ho changed his religionand it is generally said b

, y English writers that ho died at Bremen , in 1796 . Von Hund changed his religion , and is buried before the hi gh altar in Melrichstadt . As regards Weishaupt , though some say that he was adverse to the Jesuitsothers believe that he began as a

, Jesuit , and founded Ilhiniinatisin on tho Jesuit model . The only good thing about him that we know is that he died peaceably at Gotha , under the protection of the reigning Grand Duke . And now what we want to ask Father

Foy is , what has he proved , even " after the manner of the schools , " by this plethora of invective and incrimination ? His lectures were delivered at Hastings , to English mon and English women . Does he wish to contend that such views or

practices exists in Freemasonry in Great Britain , or Canada , or America—or any portion of Continental Freemasonry , now 1 If not , what does it all prove 1 He can hardly venture to say that they door even insinuate that such doctrines

, and discreditable acts ]) revail at present anywhere—because ho knows as well as we do that such a statement would he a direct and deliberate falsehood .

Then why revert to the perverted proceedings of some semi-maniacs in a former generation whose proceedings have always been disavowed by all true Freemasons ? That at Paris some " osprits forts " may , about the time of the French Revolution ,

have taken up " Ilhiniinatisin , " and used it for the base purposes of a deplorable and detestable teaching , wo do not deny—but they had nothing to do with Freemasonry , and Freemasonry had nothing to do with them . As for"Egalito Orleans" be was

, practically expelled in degradation from tho Grand Orient of France , and no name is held more in contempt and loathing among honest Freemasons than his ! Mirabeau may have been an " Illumine , " though we do not believe that he was a

Freemason , ( for Freemasonry is not Illuminatism ) , but , whatever ho was , his proceedings will be disavowed by all loyal Freemasons .

We are among those who regret very much the position that many Continental Freemasons often take up , as against religion and the Roman Catholic Church , though we feel bound to say , that Rome has no one to thank but herself for the

bitterness she has called forth , and tho antagonism which she has brought about . No one can paint in too strong colours the intolerance , the irreligious anathemata , tho illegal violence of Allocutions and Interdicts which since the Bull of Clement , have distinguished the Romish Curia and the

Roman Catholic authorities . We are also among those who deploreespecially in France ancl Belgium—the proceedings of the " libres penseurs , " and openly disavow all sympathy either with

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