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[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the nionth , addressed to the Editor of the Freemasons Monthly Magazine 3 , 74 .-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields . ] ( i ' The Boole of Ecclesiastes or the Preacher" by the Rev . Aaron Moeg an . This is a versified translation of the portion of the inspired volume alluded to , and "besides being recommended by great beauty of type and iliustrations , comes to us from the pen of a most eminent Hebrewphilologist . Mr . Morgan's work is exquisitely beautiful , and savours as much of the genius of the poet as it does of the soundness of the scholar and the earnestness of a right-minded theologian ; —— ' - " The Canadian Masonic Pioneer , " Montreal . Two numbers for the same
month have reached us , containing a full account of the memorial of the Grand Lodge of Canada West to the G-rand Lodge of England , and revealing in a leading article ihnch bitterness towards those Canadian Lodges who have still adhered to our constitution . The following extracts will prove sufficient to show both views and feelings . The writer says \— i ( ¥ e present our readers to-day with the memorial to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West , designed to be forwarded to the Qrand Lodge of England as ' the last time of ashing , ' for independence , or the privilege of self-government . With the exception of the address of the Grand
Lodge of Canada to her sister Grand Lodges , this is perhaps the most important document ever issued by any body of Masons . We trust our New York and Massachusetts Brethren , who declined to receive the truth from the Grand Lodge of Canada , will accept it from those who have denounced that body , and will embrace the earliest opportunity of undoing the injustice and injury which their unwarranted repudiation of the legitimate Independent Grand Lodge of Canada has inflicted . As long ago as June , 1855 , they prevented many Lodges and
Brethren from uniting in the formation of the Grand Lodge of Canada , by issuing an official circular declaring that Canadian Masonic affairs had then been taken -up by the Grand Lodge of England in earnest , and that there was every probability that all our grievances would be speedily remedied and our requirements granted . What has been the result ? Nothing I worse than nothing done . Forgetting that it is possible for a ' subject to be more loyal than his sovereign , ' they denounced the Grand Lodge of Canada as a schismatic body—pronounced the Brethren under its jurisdiction rebels , and at the earliest possible moment , in the
most haughty and high-handed manner , excluded them from the pale of the Fraternity , fully expecting that their conduct would be sanctioned and applauded by the Grand Lodge of England . "What has been the result ! Their expectations have failed . Still later , they issued to the Grand Lodges of the world a circular , in which the Grand Lodge of Canada was accused of c fraud / falsehood , and misrepresentation—represented as a very small affair—and the Masonic world admonished to regard and treat it as a spurious thing , to be spurned with dignified scorn . New York and Massachusetts alone obeyed . Other Grand Lodges , by
careful investigation , discovered the true state of the case ; and promptly and cordially extended to the repudiated Brethren the just recognition of their claims and the warm hand of Fraternal fellowship . Now , every statement made—every grievance complained of—every reason assigned by the Grand Lodge of Canada ,
m justification of her organisation and legal position , is confirmed not by admissions merely , but by the explicit , forcible official declaration of facts contained in this memorial . The presentation of this petition to the Grand Lodge of England to invest them with the attributes of ' entire independence * as the ' essentially English * ( Rich !) e Grand Lodge of Upper Canada , ' hacked by resolutions of the private Lodges , a full recital of their past labours and sufferings in maintaining
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews Of New Books.
REVIEWS OP FEW
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the nionth , addressed to the Editor of the Freemasons Monthly Magazine 3 , 74 .-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields . ] ( i ' The Boole of Ecclesiastes or the Preacher" by the Rev . Aaron Moeg an . This is a versified translation of the portion of the inspired volume alluded to , and "besides being recommended by great beauty of type and iliustrations , comes to us from the pen of a most eminent Hebrewphilologist . Mr . Morgan's work is exquisitely beautiful , and savours as much of the genius of the poet as it does of the soundness of the scholar and the earnestness of a right-minded theologian ; —— ' - " The Canadian Masonic Pioneer , " Montreal . Two numbers for the same
month have reached us , containing a full account of the memorial of the Grand Lodge of Canada West to the G-rand Lodge of England , and revealing in a leading article ihnch bitterness towards those Canadian Lodges who have still adhered to our constitution . The following extracts will prove sufficient to show both views and feelings . The writer says \— i ( ¥ e present our readers to-day with the memorial to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada West , designed to be forwarded to the Qrand Lodge of England as ' the last time of ashing , ' for independence , or the privilege of self-government . With the exception of the address of the Grand
Lodge of Canada to her sister Grand Lodges , this is perhaps the most important document ever issued by any body of Masons . We trust our New York and Massachusetts Brethren , who declined to receive the truth from the Grand Lodge of Canada , will accept it from those who have denounced that body , and will embrace the earliest opportunity of undoing the injustice and injury which their unwarranted repudiation of the legitimate Independent Grand Lodge of Canada has inflicted . As long ago as June , 1855 , they prevented many Lodges and
Brethren from uniting in the formation of the Grand Lodge of Canada , by issuing an official circular declaring that Canadian Masonic affairs had then been taken -up by the Grand Lodge of England in earnest , and that there was every probability that all our grievances would be speedily remedied and our requirements granted . What has been the result ? Nothing I worse than nothing done . Forgetting that it is possible for a ' subject to be more loyal than his sovereign , ' they denounced the Grand Lodge of Canada as a schismatic body—pronounced the Brethren under its jurisdiction rebels , and at the earliest possible moment , in the
most haughty and high-handed manner , excluded them from the pale of the Fraternity , fully expecting that their conduct would be sanctioned and applauded by the Grand Lodge of England . "What has been the result ! Their expectations have failed . Still later , they issued to the Grand Lodges of the world a circular , in which the Grand Lodge of Canada was accused of c fraud / falsehood , and misrepresentation—represented as a very small affair—and the Masonic world admonished to regard and treat it as a spurious thing , to be spurned with dignified scorn . New York and Massachusetts alone obeyed . Other Grand Lodges , by
careful investigation , discovered the true state of the case ; and promptly and cordially extended to the repudiated Brethren the just recognition of their claims and the warm hand of Fraternal fellowship . Now , every statement made—every grievance complained of—every reason assigned by the Grand Lodge of Canada ,
m justification of her organisation and legal position , is confirmed not by admissions merely , but by the explicit , forcible official declaration of facts contained in this memorial . The presentation of this petition to the Grand Lodge of England to invest them with the attributes of ' entire independence * as the ' essentially English * ( Rich !) e Grand Lodge of Upper Canada , ' hacked by resolutions of the private Lodges , a full recital of their past labours and sufferings in maintaining