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think proper to recognize us , forsooth ! What allegiance do I owe to the Grand Lodge of England I | have paid my fees and dues , and have got my demit . The Grand Lodge of Canada is recognized by the Grand Lodge of Ireland—my Mother Grand Lodge , and by what authority am I , and those in my position , pronounced ' ¦ '' rebels / ' ' ' and refused the privileges of Masonry % Is that what English Masons call extending the right hand of fellowship ? or is it doing the second great duty that is imposed on both men and Masons ?
May I mention another circumstance to prove the good feeling of our ^^ Provincial Brethren VI They freely visit us , and are cordially welcomed , and what is the return made ? When a Canadian Mason craves admission into an English Lodge , he is turned from the doors , as a cowan would be , by th ose very men who do not scruple to sit with him in his own Lodge . Do you think that such a course is likely to prove beneficial to the interests of the Craft , especially when the strings of this opposition to over forty Lodges are
pulled by a ' Provincial Grand Secretary , " who gains a salary from the existence of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and some few others who could never elsewhere attain the honour of wearing garter blue aprons . My case is one of many , and the publication of it inay open the eyes of the Craft iri England in some degree as to the real state of Masonry in Canada . Yours fraternally , Canada West , 20 $ Jan . 1857 . A Canadian Mason ,
THE MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND ' MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —The fact that the funds of our Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , available for present purposes , at the disposal of the committee , are wholly inadequate , is being felt by many members of the Craft , and there are some , I know , who are devising means to augment them , in the hope that all proper applicants for the annuity may be at once
admitted . In order that their good intentions may not be frustrated by the way in which Lodges vote assistance , I would remind them that all sums given as donations are invested in Government securities , and carried to the Permanent Fund , of the Institution , so that the only present benefit derived therefrom , is the amount of interest they produce in the Three per Gents . By the recently amended By-laws , all yearly subscriptions are periodically applied to grant annuities :
therefore I would strongly urge Provincial Grand Lodges , private Lodges , and individuals , not to give donations , but annual subscriptions ; and were all the Lodges in England and Wales to give but one guinea annually to each , a fund would be raised that would be more than sufficient to provide for every claim . I will , with your permission , enter more fully into this subject in your next number . —And remain , dear Sir and Brother , faithfully and fraternally yours , Samuel Aldrich , P . M ., No . 196 ,
Hampstead , Feb . 20 , 1857 . and one of the Committe of R . M . BX
THE MARK DEGREE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —I have for some years past been an attentive observer of the progress of our Order , as developed in your Review and Magazine . I have perused with much interest your Reports of Proceedings in Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter ; and latterly , the discussions upon that very interesting and important subjectthe recognition in English Masonry of the Mark Degree .
All Masons residing on this continent , and belonging to the higher Degrees , know very well that a Royal Arch Mason , as exalted in England , or under the English Constitution , is incapable of visiting a Chapter either in America or in Scotland . ? It appears , that although the subject has been presented in every possible form to Grand Lodgo ^ and supported not only by a large amount of argumentative
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think proper to recognize us , forsooth ! What allegiance do I owe to the Grand Lodge of England I | have paid my fees and dues , and have got my demit . The Grand Lodge of Canada is recognized by the Grand Lodge of Ireland—my Mother Grand Lodge , and by what authority am I , and those in my position , pronounced ' ¦ '' rebels / ' ' ' and refused the privileges of Masonry % Is that what English Masons call extending the right hand of fellowship ? or is it doing the second great duty that is imposed on both men and Masons ?
May I mention another circumstance to prove the good feeling of our ^^ Provincial Brethren VI They freely visit us , and are cordially welcomed , and what is the return made ? When a Canadian Mason craves admission into an English Lodge , he is turned from the doors , as a cowan would be , by th ose very men who do not scruple to sit with him in his own Lodge . Do you think that such a course is likely to prove beneficial to the interests of the Craft , especially when the strings of this opposition to over forty Lodges are
pulled by a ' Provincial Grand Secretary , " who gains a salary from the existence of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and some few others who could never elsewhere attain the honour of wearing garter blue aprons . My case is one of many , and the publication of it inay open the eyes of the Craft iri England in some degree as to the real state of Masonry in Canada . Yours fraternally , Canada West , 20 $ Jan . 1857 . A Canadian Mason ,
THE MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND ' MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —The fact that the funds of our Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , available for present purposes , at the disposal of the committee , are wholly inadequate , is being felt by many members of the Craft , and there are some , I know , who are devising means to augment them , in the hope that all proper applicants for the annuity may be at once
admitted . In order that their good intentions may not be frustrated by the way in which Lodges vote assistance , I would remind them that all sums given as donations are invested in Government securities , and carried to the Permanent Fund , of the Institution , so that the only present benefit derived therefrom , is the amount of interest they produce in the Three per Gents . By the recently amended By-laws , all yearly subscriptions are periodically applied to grant annuities :
therefore I would strongly urge Provincial Grand Lodges , private Lodges , and individuals , not to give donations , but annual subscriptions ; and were all the Lodges in England and Wales to give but one guinea annually to each , a fund would be raised that would be more than sufficient to provide for every claim . I will , with your permission , enter more fully into this subject in your next number . —And remain , dear Sir and Brother , faithfully and fraternally yours , Samuel Aldrich , P . M ., No . 196 ,
Hampstead , Feb . 20 , 1857 . and one of the Committe of R . M . BX
THE MARK DEGREE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —I have for some years past been an attentive observer of the progress of our Order , as developed in your Review and Magazine . I have perused with much interest your Reports of Proceedings in Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter ; and latterly , the discussions upon that very interesting and important subjectthe recognition in English Masonry of the Mark Degree .
All Masons residing on this continent , and belonging to the higher Degrees , know very well that a Royal Arch Mason , as exalted in England , or under the English Constitution , is incapable of visiting a Chapter either in America or in Scotland . ? It appears , that although the subject has been presented in every possible form to Grand Lodgo ^ and supported not only by a large amount of argumentative