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On Father Foy's Notes.

" positivism" or the " morale independante , " or the equally tolerant unscrupulousnoss of scientific or materialistic infidelity . But all this , at the worst , is not " Illuminatism , " and in Anglo-Saxon

Freemasonry all these ideas and utterances are utterly scouted and condemned . Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry is still what it has ever been—a loyal and peaceable , a religious and benevolent Order , and it is most unjust on tho part of Roman

Catholic scribes or lecturers—because they do not like tho principles of Freemasonry —to invent these deliberate falsehoods , " ad invidiam , " to " abuse the plaintiff ' s attorney , " to interject tho suspicion that Freemasonry is Illuminatism , or that

Ilhiminatisin is Freemasonry ? " Loyalty ancl Charity " constitute our motto ; Brotherly Love , Belief , and Truth , are our leading principles ; ancl we wish good-bye to Father Foy to-day , hoping that when next he writes about Freemasonry—and above

all lectures about it in the House of Godhe will remember the Truth—the whole Truth—and nothing but the Truth ! No doubt a little allowance should be made for the prejudices of education , and the unfortunate tone taken up by an

infallible authority . But it is quite clear that all Roman Catholic writers are just now hi a " haze " on the subject of Freemasonry , and the sooner they get out of it the better .

A Trip To Dai-Butsu.

A TRIP TO DAI-BUTSU .

Yokoska Dockyard , Japan , May 29 th , 1873 . THE long-looked-for day dawned gloriously , with a fair promise of keeping so to the end , so we concluded during our earl y

morning bath in the still atmosphere of Tunnel bore . On reaching- the Dockyard we found we had loitered too long over the opening charms of our holiday , and that scarcel y ten minutes were left us to breaktest and dress in . However , spite of a temperature over 80 degrees , we were

snugly ensconced in the sampan ( boat ) some seconds before our native guide , Nobooz-o , had completed his preparations . Our guide , by the way , an intelligentlooking native speaking pretty good English , had in our honour donned a complete European suit of clothes , the elastic boots and deer stalker ' s hat of which were

destined to prove anything but pleasant to him on the return journey . But shove off , No-booz-o , we are all in C— G— WF— B— . Roast beef , salt beef , bread , pickles , sardines , salmon , ale ( bottled by the East India Pale Ale Company ' s agent , No-booz-o ) , brandyrum—yes , all in ! Once

, again shovo off , No-booz-o . Away we go merrily 0 ! gliding over the glassy surface of the sea in the fragrant morning air , with spirits above par , and hopes centred in Dai-Butsu . The Japanese sampans , have a motion of their own , not being- pulled , as

our own boats , but sculled by one , two , three , or four men , standing up in the stern . With six or eight men I have seen them attain a speed of over eight knots an hour . We are nearing the narrow opening of what appears to be a canalfor the

up-, right earthy sides showing red and gray evidence the work of man . We stay to water on our passage through by the side of a junk moored alongside one of the most picturesque brick - kilns in the world .

Leaving the canal we pass at once into the capacious bay of Kana-sawa , where so many beauties claim our attention that we find it impossible to take note of all . Low , rounded hills , clothed with varying shades of green to their summits , between which wooded valleys and smiling lains of cultivated

p soil , with native cottages dotted here and there , pass in quick succession . Small islands everywhere , some too steep to tempt the tiller of the soil , where plains ancl valleys lay in such profusion all around , consequently with a rank vegetation , perchance

the growth of centuries , overspreading all . One more point and we alter course , running down between an island ancl the mainland into full view of the town of Kana-sawa . Leaving it on our ri ght we steer right across , to the opposite shore ,

landing at a rustic summer-house of some ancient god . Dismissing our boatmen we hire a couple of coolies and a Jeanrik-sba , or Jhon-rik-sha ( a li ght twowheeled carriage drawn b y one man—very L

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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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On Father Foy's Notes.

" positivism" or the " morale independante , " or the equally tolerant unscrupulousnoss of scientific or materialistic infidelity . But all this , at the worst , is not " Illuminatism , " and in Anglo-Saxon

Freemasonry all these ideas and utterances are utterly scouted and condemned . Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry is still what it has ever been—a loyal and peaceable , a religious and benevolent Order , and it is most unjust on tho part of Roman

Catholic scribes or lecturers—because they do not like tho principles of Freemasonry —to invent these deliberate falsehoods , " ad invidiam , " to " abuse the plaintiff ' s attorney , " to interject tho suspicion that Freemasonry is Illuminatism , or that

Ilhiminatisin is Freemasonry ? " Loyalty ancl Charity " constitute our motto ; Brotherly Love , Belief , and Truth , are our leading principles ; ancl we wish good-bye to Father Foy to-day , hoping that when next he writes about Freemasonry—and above

all lectures about it in the House of Godhe will remember the Truth—the whole Truth—and nothing but the Truth ! No doubt a little allowance should be made for the prejudices of education , and the unfortunate tone taken up by an

infallible authority . But it is quite clear that all Roman Catholic writers are just now hi a " haze " on the subject of Freemasonry , and the sooner they get out of it the better .

A Trip To Dai-Butsu.

A TRIP TO DAI-BUTSU .

Yokoska Dockyard , Japan , May 29 th , 1873 . THE long-looked-for day dawned gloriously , with a fair promise of keeping so to the end , so we concluded during our earl y

morning bath in the still atmosphere of Tunnel bore . On reaching- the Dockyard we found we had loitered too long over the opening charms of our holiday , and that scarcel y ten minutes were left us to breaktest and dress in . However , spite of a temperature over 80 degrees , we were

snugly ensconced in the sampan ( boat ) some seconds before our native guide , Nobooz-o , had completed his preparations . Our guide , by the way , an intelligentlooking native speaking pretty good English , had in our honour donned a complete European suit of clothes , the elastic boots and deer stalker ' s hat of which were

destined to prove anything but pleasant to him on the return journey . But shove off , No-booz-o , we are all in C— G— WF— B— . Roast beef , salt beef , bread , pickles , sardines , salmon , ale ( bottled by the East India Pale Ale Company ' s agent , No-booz-o ) , brandyrum—yes , all in ! Once

, again shovo off , No-booz-o . Away we go merrily 0 ! gliding over the glassy surface of the sea in the fragrant morning air , with spirits above par , and hopes centred in Dai-Butsu . The Japanese sampans , have a motion of their own , not being- pulled , as

our own boats , but sculled by one , two , three , or four men , standing up in the stern . With six or eight men I have seen them attain a speed of over eight knots an hour . We are nearing the narrow opening of what appears to be a canalfor the

up-, right earthy sides showing red and gray evidence the work of man . We stay to water on our passage through by the side of a junk moored alongside one of the most picturesque brick - kilns in the world .

Leaving the canal we pass at once into the capacious bay of Kana-sawa , where so many beauties claim our attention that we find it impossible to take note of all . Low , rounded hills , clothed with varying shades of green to their summits , between which wooded valleys and smiling lains of cultivated

p soil , with native cottages dotted here and there , pass in quick succession . Small islands everywhere , some too steep to tempt the tiller of the soil , where plains ancl valleys lay in such profusion all around , consequently with a rank vegetation , perchance

the growth of centuries , overspreading all . One more point and we alter course , running down between an island ancl the mainland into full view of the town of Kana-sawa . Leaving it on our ri ght we steer right across , to the opposite shore ,

landing at a rustic summer-house of some ancient god . Dismissing our boatmen we hire a couple of coolies and a Jeanrik-sba , or Jhon-rik-sha ( a li ght twowheeled carriage drawn b y one man—very L

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