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MABK MASONBY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sib and Brother , —I have observed with some surprise the statement made in the Masonic Observer , that the Committee lately appointed to consider the possibility of uniting under one head the Mark Masons of England , had brought their labours to a satisfactory conclusion , by < itheir unanimous report
recommending the union of the English Lodges . " Now , sir , that report emanated from only two or three Brethren ; and the Committee were never called together to consider or confirm it ; and , moreover , had it been so confirmed , it contains no power for Lord Leigh and his friends to make use of it , as they have done , to support his lordship ' s Grand Lodge , to which I distinctly assert the majority of the Committee were decidedly opposed .
The Scotch Lodges altogether keep aloof from the Leigh union , believing that the only object of the so-called English Grand Lodge , is to minister to the vanity of the noble lord and a few Brethren , by usurping titles to which they have no real claim . Moreover , it must not be forgotten that the certificates of the Leigh Grand Lodge are not acknowledged either in Ireland , Scotland , the United States ,, or anywhere else , excepting amongst their own members . Yours fraternally , Sept . 22 , 1857 . One of the Committee .
THE NUMBER 666 . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MlRftOR *
Sir and BROTHER , —I am somewhat surprised to find in a publication intended to be introduced into Masonic Lodges , where all theological discussion is strictly prohibited , such an article as that which appears in this month ' s number of your Magazine , under the title of u Mathematical and Masonic Properties of the Number 666 . " We have among ottr Brethren many good men and true who would leave the Masonic body altogether if they could be brought to the con ^ elusion that its mysteries were intended or calculated to enforce a belief in the
trinity or triplicity of the God whom we worship . Foremost among these would , I believe , be found our Brethren of the Hebrew persuasion , who are , and always have been , believei * s in the strict unit } ' of God , and who will feel , I am sure , greatly scandalized by the notion that the number of talents contributed by their forefathers towards the erection of their glorious temple had reference to anything niore mysterious than their earnest desire to do honour to the Deity of their adoration . Whether the number six is more perfect than any other number , and why , —or whether it is rendered still more perfect by being driven three abreast , I shall not pause to inquire ; nor what the author means by stating that " it is itself a triangular number , and expresses that particular equilateral triangle of which the
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Correspondence
COREESPONDMCE
[ The Ebitor does not holdMmself ' responsible for any opinions entertainedhyCorrespondents ^
MABK MASONBY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sib and Brother , —I have observed with some surprise the statement made in the Masonic Observer , that the Committee lately appointed to consider the possibility of uniting under one head the Mark Masons of England , had brought their labours to a satisfactory conclusion , by < itheir unanimous report
recommending the union of the English Lodges . " Now , sir , that report emanated from only two or three Brethren ; and the Committee were never called together to consider or confirm it ; and , moreover , had it been so confirmed , it contains no power for Lord Leigh and his friends to make use of it , as they have done , to support his lordship ' s Grand Lodge , to which I distinctly assert the majority of the Committee were decidedly opposed .
The Scotch Lodges altogether keep aloof from the Leigh union , believing that the only object of the so-called English Grand Lodge , is to minister to the vanity of the noble lord and a few Brethren , by usurping titles to which they have no real claim . Moreover , it must not be forgotten that the certificates of the Leigh Grand Lodge are not acknowledged either in Ireland , Scotland , the United States ,, or anywhere else , excepting amongst their own members . Yours fraternally , Sept . 22 , 1857 . One of the Committee .
THE NUMBER 666 . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MlRftOR *
Sir and BROTHER , —I am somewhat surprised to find in a publication intended to be introduced into Masonic Lodges , where all theological discussion is strictly prohibited , such an article as that which appears in this month ' s number of your Magazine , under the title of u Mathematical and Masonic Properties of the Number 666 . " We have among ottr Brethren many good men and true who would leave the Masonic body altogether if they could be brought to the con ^ elusion that its mysteries were intended or calculated to enforce a belief in the
trinity or triplicity of the God whom we worship . Foremost among these would , I believe , be found our Brethren of the Hebrew persuasion , who are , and always have been , believei * s in the strict unit } ' of God , and who will feel , I am sure , greatly scandalized by the notion that the number of talents contributed by their forefathers towards the erection of their glorious temple had reference to anything niore mysterious than their earnest desire to do honour to the Deity of their adoration . Whether the number six is more perfect than any other number , and why , —or whether it is rendered still more perfect by being driven three abreast , I shall not pause to inquire ; nor what the author means by stating that " it is itself a triangular number , and expresses that particular equilateral triangle of which the