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Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . My dear Sir and Brother , —I trust you will allow me to communicate to the Fraternity through the medium of your widely-extended and useful Journal , that I have at length consented , in compliance with the numerous and oft-repeated solicitations of Brethren in every part of the island , to furnish the Masonic world with a practical survey of the esoteric jurisprudence of symbolical Masonry , as it is enunciated in the English Book of Constitutions , exemplified in the collected opinions of legal and scientific Brethren , and confirmed by the decisions of Grand Lodge .

The Editor doss not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ] '

I am not iguorant , that in order to accomplish such an arduous undertaking with any certainty of success , something more will be required than the solitary researches of a single individual , however , his Masonic knowledge may have been perfected by experience , or his intellect matured by reading and reflection ; and it is under the influence of this feeling that I invite the ready concurrence and cheerful acquiescence of intelligent Brethren who hare collected facts and formed sound opinions on the interesting subject of Masonic legislation , to extend their valuable assistance towards the illustration of difficult or doubtful points in the discipline of our arcane science .

As a veteran labourer in the Masonic yinyard , therefore , I submit my request ( and I hope it will not be considered unreasonable ) , to the Masters of Lodges and the Fraternity at large , that they will freely communicate to nie any cases and decisions , queries , suggestions , or disputed positions which may have occurred within the compass of their experience , and created a difference of opinion amongst the Brethren of their respective Lodges . And I am the rather inclined to anticipate a favourable acquiescence with my petition ., inasmuch as the proposed work is not of a speculative nature , embracing any sectional division of the Craft , but of

universal application to the requirements of English Freemasonry and the constitutions of the Grand Lodge ; and consequently unrestricted in its utility as a book of reference to all members of the community without exception , how widely soever they may differ from each other in the views and opinions on the historical , doctrinal , or legendary points of ancient symbolical Masonry . Believe me to be , my dear Sir , Norman Place , Lincoln , Your faithful Brother , Dec . 10 th , 1850 . George Oliver , D . I ) .

TO THE KD 1 T 0 R OF TItE FREEMASONSMAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —At the last Grand Lodge , I ventured to cxprerw an opinion that the Master of a Lodge has no power , of his own authority , to exclude any Brother who shall have given the requisite proofs of his being a Mason , and thereupon claim admission into the Lodge , and to dissent from the proposition of the Grand Registrar , to tho effect that the Master had such a power . Time did not allow me then to refer to the Constitutions , ' and I spoke only

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Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . My dear Sir and Brother , —I trust you will allow me to communicate to the Fraternity through the medium of your widely-extended and useful Journal , that I have at length consented , in compliance with the numerous and oft-repeated solicitations of Brethren in every part of the island , to furnish the Masonic world with a practical survey of the esoteric jurisprudence of symbolical Masonry , as it is enunciated in the English Book of Constitutions , exemplified in the collected opinions of legal and scientific Brethren , and confirmed by the decisions of Grand Lodge .

The Editor doss not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ] '

I am not iguorant , that in order to accomplish such an arduous undertaking with any certainty of success , something more will be required than the solitary researches of a single individual , however , his Masonic knowledge may have been perfected by experience , or his intellect matured by reading and reflection ; and it is under the influence of this feeling that I invite the ready concurrence and cheerful acquiescence of intelligent Brethren who hare collected facts and formed sound opinions on the interesting subject of Masonic legislation , to extend their valuable assistance towards the illustration of difficult or doubtful points in the discipline of our arcane science .

As a veteran labourer in the Masonic yinyard , therefore , I submit my request ( and I hope it will not be considered unreasonable ) , to the Masters of Lodges and the Fraternity at large , that they will freely communicate to nie any cases and decisions , queries , suggestions , or disputed positions which may have occurred within the compass of their experience , and created a difference of opinion amongst the Brethren of their respective Lodges . And I am the rather inclined to anticipate a favourable acquiescence with my petition ., inasmuch as the proposed work is not of a speculative nature , embracing any sectional division of the Craft , but of

universal application to the requirements of English Freemasonry and the constitutions of the Grand Lodge ; and consequently unrestricted in its utility as a book of reference to all members of the community without exception , how widely soever they may differ from each other in the views and opinions on the historical , doctrinal , or legendary points of ancient symbolical Masonry . Believe me to be , my dear Sir , Norman Place , Lincoln , Your faithful Brother , Dec . 10 th , 1850 . George Oliver , D . I ) .

TO THE KD 1 T 0 R OF TItE FREEMASONSMAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —At the last Grand Lodge , I ventured to cxprerw an opinion that the Master of a Lodge has no power , of his own authority , to exclude any Brother who shall have given the requisite proofs of his being a Mason , and thereupon claim admission into the Lodge , and to dissent from the proposition of the Grand Registrar , to tho effect that the Master had such a power . Time did not allow me then to refer to the Constitutions , ' and I spoke only

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