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" The Royal A ^ Hindoo Zemiar , for it has no reference to < am / military appointment . In the " Old Lectures " these sashes are explained as being badges of honour and ensigns of the Order : the purple implying awe and reverence ; the blue , truth and constancy ; and the red , justice tempered witn ^ inferences too many to be mentioned and too obvious to need explanation
In conclusion I will add aii extract from "Signs and Symbols " : — " In Hindustan the aspirant , with similar ceremonies , was solemnly invested with the consecrated sash or girdle ; which , being inserted over hisii ^ shoulder , descended on the right side and hung as low as the extremity of the fih £ ers could reach . This girdle he was directed to wear ^ composed of three f ^ es three threads twists with a knot . It was manufactured with many mysterious ceremb possess the power of preserving the wearer from persona
Should you consider these remarks suitable for your Magazine , your inserting the same will oblige ~~~ Yours fraternally , Theodore E . Ladb ^
THE LODGE OF HARMONY ( No . 317 ) . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON'S ^ 1 ^^ Dear Sir anj > Brotiier , —In your nuruber for May 12 th I perceive , in your notices to correspondeiits , a statement to the following effect :---" Bro . J . W . H . Tidswell writes to deny that Bro . Pocklington introduced the present system of working in the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , as stated at a recent meeting of the Lodge of Harmony . He also complains that B ro . Pocklington has taken credit to himself for a lecture formerly delivered by him ( Bro . Tidswell ) . The letter is , however , too personal for publication . "
I am only desirous , in writing this letter , to impress upon you and your readers , that the Lodge of Harmony therein mentioned is not the Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 , meeting at Richmond , Surrey . The working of that Lodge has descended , " pure and untainted , " from their former renowned Master , the late Bro . Dr . Hemmin , to the present worthy occupant of the chair , to whom , as well as to many of his predecessors in that honourable office , the lectures on the several tracing boards , & c , are familiar .
I address these few lines to you with the simple intention of preventing any of our numerous Masonic friends from imagining for one moment that No , 317 , is the Lodge of Harmony referred to in your notices ; and I would veriture to suggest , that , in giving * the names of Lodges , it would be advisable to write the respective numbers .
In compliance with your wish , I give my name , but not for publication , and therefore sign myself , P . M . op Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 . Harrow , May 18 * 7 * , 1850 .
P . S . In reference to another part of your last number , I may mention , that in the Isis Chapter attached to Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 „ the explanation of the Royal Arch jewel and lecture on / 'the five geometrical bodies ( in accordance with the Platonic theory ) , is frequently given . [ Those Brothers interested in the matter will at once perceive that the Lodge of Hannony alluded to is No , 339 , Boston . ]
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence
" The Royal A ^ Hindoo Zemiar , for it has no reference to < am / military appointment . In the " Old Lectures " these sashes are explained as being badges of honour and ensigns of the Order : the purple implying awe and reverence ; the blue , truth and constancy ; and the red , justice tempered witn ^ inferences too many to be mentioned and too obvious to need explanation
In conclusion I will add aii extract from "Signs and Symbols " : — " In Hindustan the aspirant , with similar ceremonies , was solemnly invested with the consecrated sash or girdle ; which , being inserted over hisii ^ shoulder , descended on the right side and hung as low as the extremity of the fih £ ers could reach . This girdle he was directed to wear ^ composed of three f ^ es three threads twists with a knot . It was manufactured with many mysterious ceremb possess the power of preserving the wearer from persona
Should you consider these remarks suitable for your Magazine , your inserting the same will oblige ~~~ Yours fraternally , Theodore E . Ladb ^
THE LODGE OF HARMONY ( No . 317 ) . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON'S ^ 1 ^^ Dear Sir anj > Brotiier , —In your nuruber for May 12 th I perceive , in your notices to correspondeiits , a statement to the following effect :---" Bro . J . W . H . Tidswell writes to deny that Bro . Pocklington introduced the present system of working in the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , as stated at a recent meeting of the Lodge of Harmony . He also complains that B ro . Pocklington has taken credit to himself for a lecture formerly delivered by him ( Bro . Tidswell ) . The letter is , however , too personal for publication . "
I am only desirous , in writing this letter , to impress upon you and your readers , that the Lodge of Harmony therein mentioned is not the Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 , meeting at Richmond , Surrey . The working of that Lodge has descended , " pure and untainted , " from their former renowned Master , the late Bro . Dr . Hemmin , to the present worthy occupant of the chair , to whom , as well as to many of his predecessors in that honourable office , the lectures on the several tracing boards , & c , are familiar .
I address these few lines to you with the simple intention of preventing any of our numerous Masonic friends from imagining for one moment that No , 317 , is the Lodge of Harmony referred to in your notices ; and I would veriture to suggest , that , in giving * the names of Lodges , it would be advisable to write the respective numbers .
In compliance with your wish , I give my name , but not for publication , and therefore sign myself , P . M . op Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 . Harrow , May 18 * 7 * , 1850 .
P . S . In reference to another part of your last number , I may mention , that in the Isis Chapter attached to Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 „ the explanation of the Royal Arch jewel and lecture on / 'the five geometrical bodies ( in accordance with the Platonic theory ) , is frequently given . [ Those Brothers interested in the matter will at once perceive that the Lodge of Hannony alluded to is No , 339 , Boston . ]