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side is three ; " but I would beg to remind the author , that in the book of Bevelation , to which he refers , the number 666 is distin ^^ which is not ipoken of in the most flattering terms in the context . Surely our Bro . Gillespie would fitft have it understood that Breemaspnry is a sign of the beast ; but if he be desirous of learning what others have thought of its trinitarian character , I would refer him to a work on that subject by George Stuart
Hawthorne , M . D ., of Liverpool , published in 1851 , by E . T . Whitfield , from which I think he will learn that the expressions used in 1 Kings x . 14 , and 2 Chron . ix . 18 , are not exactly equivalent to or rather not the same as the nuinber given in the Bevelation . Apologizing for thus far troubling you with my remarks , I beg to conclude by presenting you with aMasonic song , * which I really think is more in character with your publication than the paper I have been examining , and I remain , ¦¦ ; , ; " - " ; Yours faithfully and fraternally , Wolverhampton , Sept . 2 , 1857 . B . M . and B . Brov . G , J . D .
THE COLONIES . TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE' AND MA 30 NIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —In respect to the observations of ' - '" . Junior Warden , No . 585 , —you state that " Bro . Aria had more than once asserted , even in Grrand Lodge , that he so took the Mark Degree in Jamaica , and had at a recent meeting of Mark Masons distinctly stated that in the West Indies the Degree was almost universally worked in connection with the Craft Lodges . " Bro . Aria ' s remarks
or assertions can alone appertain to Jamaica , as I can confidently assert that in the windward West-India colonies , the practice does not exist . The Mark Degree is given in some of the islands , but under the warrant of Boyal A rch Chapters from Scotland . So much for Bro . Aria s and Bro . Warren ' s assertions . But , Sir and Brother , the fact having been so prominently brought under the notice of Grand Lodge , how is it that notice was not taken of so glaring an irregularity ? Where were your Masonic disciplinarians ? Why did the M . W . G . M . allow such
assertions to go unnoticed , particularly as he had already shown his dislike of uniting the Mark to the Fellow-Craft Degree ? This I suppose will be noticed by-and-by . Now , as regards your remarks of Si They ought to be able to decide by their own minute-book" permit me to inform you that , had the minute-book been in the possession of the Lodge , the Grand Secretary would not have been troubled ; but unfortunately such is not the case , owing to the late W . M . having retained in his possession all the books and papers of the Lodge , which he has refused and
does continue to refuse to deliver up , for which offence he has been excluded from the Lodge—the only alternative of authority possessed as a punishment—as the conduct of that Brother was at the time reported to the Grand Secretary , but no further assistance was given than that of " regretting the circumstance . " Until the M . W . G . M . appoints Brov . G . Ms , for the Colonies , continual irregularities must exist . Why , what do you think of Trinity Lodge , No . 837 , under the registry of the Grand Lodge of England , practising what are termed physical trials on a
candidate ? Pray , who is to put this down ? And for your further information , there is a person at Angostura who declares himself to be Brov . G . M ., although no such appointment has been made . These acts of notoriety haveJaeen made known to Bro . Clarke , Grand Secretary—the result will be known perhaps next year . And after all , even allowing that the Grand Lodge does know it .
how can they remedy It without a proper officer to enforce obedience ? I say they cannot , and therefore the sooner some remedy is adopted the better for the good of the Craft . Yours fraternally , Trinidad , ZOth Jidy , 1857 . H n
* " The Spirit of Masonry " appears in another part of the Magazine
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Coreespondmce
side is three ; " but I would beg to remind the author , that in the book of Bevelation , to which he refers , the number 666 is distin ^^ which is not ipoken of in the most flattering terms in the context . Surely our Bro . Gillespie would fitft have it understood that Breemaspnry is a sign of the beast ; but if he be desirous of learning what others have thought of its trinitarian character , I would refer him to a work on that subject by George Stuart
Hawthorne , M . D ., of Liverpool , published in 1851 , by E . T . Whitfield , from which I think he will learn that the expressions used in 1 Kings x . 14 , and 2 Chron . ix . 18 , are not exactly equivalent to or rather not the same as the nuinber given in the Bevelation . Apologizing for thus far troubling you with my remarks , I beg to conclude by presenting you with aMasonic song , * which I really think is more in character with your publication than the paper I have been examining , and I remain , ¦¦ ; , ; " - " ; Yours faithfully and fraternally , Wolverhampton , Sept . 2 , 1857 . B . M . and B . Brov . G , J . D .
THE COLONIES . TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE' AND MA 30 NIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —In respect to the observations of ' - '" . Junior Warden , No . 585 , —you state that " Bro . Aria had more than once asserted , even in Grrand Lodge , that he so took the Mark Degree in Jamaica , and had at a recent meeting of Mark Masons distinctly stated that in the West Indies the Degree was almost universally worked in connection with the Craft Lodges . " Bro . Aria ' s remarks
or assertions can alone appertain to Jamaica , as I can confidently assert that in the windward West-India colonies , the practice does not exist . The Mark Degree is given in some of the islands , but under the warrant of Boyal A rch Chapters from Scotland . So much for Bro . Aria s and Bro . Warren ' s assertions . But , Sir and Brother , the fact having been so prominently brought under the notice of Grand Lodge , how is it that notice was not taken of so glaring an irregularity ? Where were your Masonic disciplinarians ? Why did the M . W . G . M . allow such
assertions to go unnoticed , particularly as he had already shown his dislike of uniting the Mark to the Fellow-Craft Degree ? This I suppose will be noticed by-and-by . Now , as regards your remarks of Si They ought to be able to decide by their own minute-book" permit me to inform you that , had the minute-book been in the possession of the Lodge , the Grand Secretary would not have been troubled ; but unfortunately such is not the case , owing to the late W . M . having retained in his possession all the books and papers of the Lodge , which he has refused and
does continue to refuse to deliver up , for which offence he has been excluded from the Lodge—the only alternative of authority possessed as a punishment—as the conduct of that Brother was at the time reported to the Grand Secretary , but no further assistance was given than that of " regretting the circumstance . " Until the M . W . G . M . appoints Brov . G . Ms , for the Colonies , continual irregularities must exist . Why , what do you think of Trinity Lodge , No . 837 , under the registry of the Grand Lodge of England , practising what are termed physical trials on a
candidate ? Pray , who is to put this down ? And for your further information , there is a person at Angostura who declares himself to be Brov . G . M ., although no such appointment has been made . These acts of notoriety haveJaeen made known to Bro . Clarke , Grand Secretary—the result will be known perhaps next year . And after all , even allowing that the Grand Lodge does know it .
how can they remedy It without a proper officer to enforce obedience ? I say they cannot , and therefore the sooner some remedy is adopted the better for the good of the Craft . Yours fraternally , Trinidad , ZOth Jidy , 1857 . H n
* " The Spirit of Masonry " appears in another part of the Magazine