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of ; the W . M ; Will " P . M . and P . Z . " please correct the mistake ?— first showing " Lector "where he made the statement that a Warden should preside , & c . From the very high respect I entertain for the views of my Brethren , though those views may , and sometimes do , differ from my own on subjects of this important nature , I should be sorry to make such a dictatorial " statement" as that which " P . M . and P . Z . " attributes to me , but which cannot be found in my communication in
the June number of your excellent Magazine . If '' P . M . and P . Z . " read the Magazine regularly , he would have noticed that the " statement" he refers to was made , not by " Lector , " but by the Editor of the Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror , on page 176 , in the February number ; he would have found also , in the May numbeiv on page 366 , that "Canadian , " in a well-written communication , asked for the " authority" on which the statement was made , and in
the editorial note to the same communication , page 367 , that the Editor said , "We have the Grand Secretary ' s authority for it . " It was not until then that " Lector " took the subject up , and as his views coincided with the " statement" of the Editor and the authority of the Grand Secretary , be quoted the authorities upon which he had formed them . But now it appears that not only " Lector , " but all the authorities quoted , and the Editor of the Magazine , and Grand Secretary into the bargain , are swamped by the unsupported dictum of " P . M . and P . Z . "
By the bye , from the perusal of " P . M . and P . Z . ' s" communication , I take it that he is an Irishman , —P : M . and P . Z . of an Irish Lodge and Chapter . I will therefore add another " authority , " that may have some weight with him ; it is Downes ' s Constitutions of Freemasonry , published by the authority of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Dublin : printed by Bro . C . Downes , P . M . No . 141 . 1820 On page 27 , section viii ., it says , — " In the absence of the Master of a particular Lodge , a Past Master shall fill the chair , but if none such be present , the Senior
Warden may act as Master pro tempore" ; Instead . of his bare ipse ddxit , will "P . M . and P . Z . " favour us with authorities or arguments to support his side of the question ? Surely too much light cannot be thrown upon so important a subject . But let us have something less resembling an autocratic iikase , than the bare dictatorial assertion of " P . M . and P . Z . " Yours fraternally , Lector .
THE VISIBLE SYMBOLISM OF FREEMASONRY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —I must say that I have read , with great pleasure and profit , that excellent lecture on " The Visible Symbolism of Freemasonry , " recently concluded in your Magazine . The author displays not only a thorough acquaintance with his subject , but a happy mode of making intelligible and easily understood that abstruse science , which so many of our Brethren have attempted to explain , but in which so few have entirely succeeded .
By a foot-note on page 350 , 1 observe that this lecture is only one of a " series , " and a synopsis of " the first lecture of this series" is given from an American periodical . That synopsis is so good , that it makes me anxious to see the whole lecture , as delivered by the " learned doctor , " and , indeed , the whole " series . " Will not the learned author of these lectures be so kind and brotherly to those of his " English Brethren" who do " philosophically study" the Symbolism of our Order , as to afford them the aid of his investigations and study of the subject ; or ,
in other words , will he not favour us with a copy , for publication in the Freemasons' ' Magazine and Mirror , of the whole series of lectures here referred to ? The name and fame of Dr . Mackey , the great American Masonic scholar , the author of the Lexicon of Freemasonry , the Ahiman Rezon , the Mystic Tie , the Principles of Masonic Law , the editor of the Miscellany , and , without exception , the ablest and soundest writer on Freemasonry of any age or country , though not unknown in England , are far from being as widely known as they should be . I hope our distinguished Brother will favour us with the series of lectures I have here
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of ; the W . M ; Will " P . M . and P . Z . " please correct the mistake ?— first showing " Lector "where he made the statement that a Warden should preside , & c . From the very high respect I entertain for the views of my Brethren , though those views may , and sometimes do , differ from my own on subjects of this important nature , I should be sorry to make such a dictatorial " statement" as that which " P . M . and P . Z . " attributes to me , but which cannot be found in my communication in
the June number of your excellent Magazine . If '' P . M . and P . Z . " read the Magazine regularly , he would have noticed that the " statement" he refers to was made , not by " Lector , " but by the Editor of the Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror , on page 176 , in the February number ; he would have found also , in the May numbeiv on page 366 , that "Canadian , " in a well-written communication , asked for the " authority" on which the statement was made , and in
the editorial note to the same communication , page 367 , that the Editor said , "We have the Grand Secretary ' s authority for it . " It was not until then that " Lector " took the subject up , and as his views coincided with the " statement" of the Editor and the authority of the Grand Secretary , be quoted the authorities upon which he had formed them . But now it appears that not only " Lector , " but all the authorities quoted , and the Editor of the Magazine , and Grand Secretary into the bargain , are swamped by the unsupported dictum of " P . M . and P . Z . "
By the bye , from the perusal of " P . M . and P . Z . ' s" communication , I take it that he is an Irishman , —P : M . and P . Z . of an Irish Lodge and Chapter . I will therefore add another " authority , " that may have some weight with him ; it is Downes ' s Constitutions of Freemasonry , published by the authority of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Dublin : printed by Bro . C . Downes , P . M . No . 141 . 1820 On page 27 , section viii ., it says , — " In the absence of the Master of a particular Lodge , a Past Master shall fill the chair , but if none such be present , the Senior
Warden may act as Master pro tempore" ; Instead . of his bare ipse ddxit , will "P . M . and P . Z . " favour us with authorities or arguments to support his side of the question ? Surely too much light cannot be thrown upon so important a subject . But let us have something less resembling an autocratic iikase , than the bare dictatorial assertion of " P . M . and P . Z . " Yours fraternally , Lector .
THE VISIBLE SYMBOLISM OF FREEMASONRY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —I must say that I have read , with great pleasure and profit , that excellent lecture on " The Visible Symbolism of Freemasonry , " recently concluded in your Magazine . The author displays not only a thorough acquaintance with his subject , but a happy mode of making intelligible and easily understood that abstruse science , which so many of our Brethren have attempted to explain , but in which so few have entirely succeeded .
By a foot-note on page 350 , 1 observe that this lecture is only one of a " series , " and a synopsis of " the first lecture of this series" is given from an American periodical . That synopsis is so good , that it makes me anxious to see the whole lecture , as delivered by the " learned doctor , " and , indeed , the whole " series . " Will not the learned author of these lectures be so kind and brotherly to those of his " English Brethren" who do " philosophically study" the Symbolism of our Order , as to afford them the aid of his investigations and study of the subject ; or ,
in other words , will he not favour us with a copy , for publication in the Freemasons' ' Magazine and Mirror , of the whole series of lectures here referred to ? The name and fame of Dr . Mackey , the great American Masonic scholar , the author of the Lexicon of Freemasonry , the Ahiman Rezon , the Mystic Tie , the Principles of Masonic Law , the editor of the Miscellany , and , without exception , the ablest and soundest writer on Freemasonry of any age or country , though not unknown in England , are far from being as widely known as they should be . I hope our distinguished Brother will favour us with the series of lectures I have here