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"The Albury Ms."An Analysis.
ledged . The writer s opinion of Masonry in France is a most severe one : " It may he said that the simple principles of modern Freemasonry have been so prostituted by the French that it is by no means advisable for British Masons to enter their
Lodges . " As to the hautes grades , we are told that " in no case can the craft tolerate the abrogation by these degrees of the designation ' Masonic , ' which is its exclusive right , and which neither historically nor logically applies to any other
society . " It is doubtless true that all degrees other than those of the craft are Masonic only by adoption ; but if their Masonic source or origin be ignored , it is difficult to see any reason fox their continuanceor any plea for their existence ;
, the " Articles of Union , " as well as the Act of Parliament respecting secret societies , having clearly to do simply with veritable or so-called Masonic degrees . Some of the " hautes grades " are nearly as old apparently as the craft degrees of the Grand
Lodge—and so a few years cannot make all the difference claimed by the writer . The chapter on " Scottish Lodges " is occasionally fairly written , but when we
read that " it is clear that up to 1753 , at least , the Lodges hi Scotland were purely Guilds of operative workmen , with a very small admixture of non-operatives elected honoris causa , " we must emphatically object to such a false statement of the matter ,
for , since the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736 , the operative basis of the society was to all intents and purposes changed for a combination of the operative with the speculative . Equally untrue is the statement that the antiquit
y of " symbolical Masonry in Scotland . . is reduced to a century , " for we have records in existence of a purely speculative Lod ge meeting in Scotland during the first decade of the last century , and certainl y the numerous Lodges constituted
by the speculative Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1736 were not generally of an operative character . The author of the "Albury MS . " goes out of Hs -way to abuse the " Ancient and Accepted Rite" which can well afford to
, smile at the puny weapons turned against its invulnerable fortifications , as also at the charter of " Frederick the Great , " being de-S 1 guated " a bare-faced forgery ! " The
"The Albury Ms."An Analysis.
writer is not singular in holding such an opinion , but we doubt if ho , or any other brother , has carefully studied General Albert Pike ' s grand work , "A Historical Inquiry , " before arriving at such a decision , for that learned brother establishes the
probability , to say the least , of such constitutions having been granted . The following proposition concludes the pamphlet : " that an antiquity of one hundred and fifty-eight years is the greatest that can possibly be attributed to
speculative or purely symbolical Masonry , " which conclusion is as incorrect as much that precedes it—for such a limit has been proved to be too restricted " over and over again . " — Masonic Jewel .
An Old, Old Story.
AN OLD , OLD STORY .
CHAPTER V . " Und hain't sicb . noch so triibe Urn's herz der nebeldunst , Das herz sei voll von Liebe , Und frolich sei die Kunst ! " MoRirz GRAF STBAOHWITZ .
Miss Margerison and Lucy Longhurst were sitting occupied with what somebody has called irreverently that " eternal crochet , " in the little oval morning-room at the Cedars , two days after the events recorded in the last chapter , when a ring at the bell announced a visitor . " Who can it be ? " said Lucy to her aunt .
"I cannot thmk , Miss Margerison replied a little hastil y ; "it is only just half-past twelve . But all doubt and speculation were soon at an end when Mr . Walters opened the door and announced Mr . Williams . There was a ring in Mr . Walters sonorous voice
which did not sound over pleased , or rather somewhat dissatisfied ; and , by the way , have you ever observed what a deal of satisfaction or the reverse may often be represented by that flexible organ the voice ? There is a way of saying
everything ; and what a volume of thoughts and fancies , fears and feelings , likes and dislikes is conveyed by an inflexion , represented by the subtleties of the " vox humana . " But Mr . Williams did not
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"The Albury Ms."An Analysis.
ledged . The writer s opinion of Masonry in France is a most severe one : " It may he said that the simple principles of modern Freemasonry have been so prostituted by the French that it is by no means advisable for British Masons to enter their
Lodges . " As to the hautes grades , we are told that " in no case can the craft tolerate the abrogation by these degrees of the designation ' Masonic , ' which is its exclusive right , and which neither historically nor logically applies to any other
society . " It is doubtless true that all degrees other than those of the craft are Masonic only by adoption ; but if their Masonic source or origin be ignored , it is difficult to see any reason fox their continuanceor any plea for their existence ;
, the " Articles of Union , " as well as the Act of Parliament respecting secret societies , having clearly to do simply with veritable or so-called Masonic degrees . Some of the " hautes grades " are nearly as old apparently as the craft degrees of the Grand
Lodge—and so a few years cannot make all the difference claimed by the writer . The chapter on " Scottish Lodges " is occasionally fairly written , but when we
read that " it is clear that up to 1753 , at least , the Lodges hi Scotland were purely Guilds of operative workmen , with a very small admixture of non-operatives elected honoris causa , " we must emphatically object to such a false statement of the matter ,
for , since the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736 , the operative basis of the society was to all intents and purposes changed for a combination of the operative with the speculative . Equally untrue is the statement that the antiquit
y of " symbolical Masonry in Scotland . . is reduced to a century , " for we have records in existence of a purely speculative Lod ge meeting in Scotland during the first decade of the last century , and certainl y the numerous Lodges constituted
by the speculative Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1736 were not generally of an operative character . The author of the "Albury MS . " goes out of Hs -way to abuse the " Ancient and Accepted Rite" which can well afford to
, smile at the puny weapons turned against its invulnerable fortifications , as also at the charter of " Frederick the Great , " being de-S 1 guated " a bare-faced forgery ! " The
"The Albury Ms."An Analysis.
writer is not singular in holding such an opinion , but we doubt if ho , or any other brother , has carefully studied General Albert Pike ' s grand work , "A Historical Inquiry , " before arriving at such a decision , for that learned brother establishes the
probability , to say the least , of such constitutions having been granted . The following proposition concludes the pamphlet : " that an antiquity of one hundred and fifty-eight years is the greatest that can possibly be attributed to
speculative or purely symbolical Masonry , " which conclusion is as incorrect as much that precedes it—for such a limit has been proved to be too restricted " over and over again . " — Masonic Jewel .
An Old, Old Story.
AN OLD , OLD STORY .
CHAPTER V . " Und hain't sicb . noch so triibe Urn's herz der nebeldunst , Das herz sei voll von Liebe , Und frolich sei die Kunst ! " MoRirz GRAF STBAOHWITZ .
Miss Margerison and Lucy Longhurst were sitting occupied with what somebody has called irreverently that " eternal crochet , " in the little oval morning-room at the Cedars , two days after the events recorded in the last chapter , when a ring at the bell announced a visitor . " Who can it be ? " said Lucy to her aunt .
"I cannot thmk , Miss Margerison replied a little hastil y ; "it is only just half-past twelve . But all doubt and speculation were soon at an end when Mr . Walters opened the door and announced Mr . Williams . There was a ring in Mr . Walters sonorous voice
which did not sound over pleased , or rather somewhat dissatisfied ; and , by the way , have you ever observed what a deal of satisfaction or the reverse may often be represented by that flexible organ the voice ? There is a way of saying
everything ; and what a volume of thoughts and fancies , fears and feelings , likes and dislikes is conveyed by an inflexion , represented by the subtleties of the " vox humana . " But Mr . Williams did not