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Histoky Of The Ancient And Accepted Bite...
"by a new champion , Jeremy L . Cross , with the notorious Henry C . Atwood as liis Grand Master of Ceremonies , and William H . Ellis and William H . Jones , of New Haven , Connecticut ; John S . Darcy , of Newark , New Jersey ; NV B . Haswell , of Burlington , Vermont ; and Eobert B . Folger and John
W . Simons , of New York . Said pretended body is declared to be formed ( e under an American organization , " being an amalgamation of the Degrees of the < c Ancient and Accepted Rite" with the American Chapter and Encampment Degrees—a hybridarrangement , tending to the wholesale breaking up of every ancient Masonic landmark , and totally at war with all constitutional Masonic laws , as well as common
sense-Now , therefore , be it distinctly and universally known and remembered , that all and everyone of the aforementioned individuals have usurped the right to degrees into which they have never been lawfully initiated ; that they have been and are practising a gross and palpable imposition on the Masonic fraternity of the United States , in shamelessly assuming to confer degrees and exercise powers with which they are not invested , and to which they have no lawful claim ; that they are dangerous agitators and disturbers of the peace , harmony , and good government of the Masonic Order ; and , as such , should receive the condemnation of all " good and true " Masons .
. Resolved , That our Masonic Brethren throughout the United States and the world , be , and they are hereby cautioned against the aforenamed individuals , as impostors in Masonry , whose only object seems to be deception , for purposes of unenviable notoriety and pecuniary profit . Ordered , That all intercourse with them , on the part of Brethren acknowledging the authority of this Northern Supreme Grand Council , of the Thirty-Third and last Degree "Ancient and Accepted Bite , "be , and is hereby interdicted , under the heaviest penalty of Masonic law .
gms Jmeumque Jus . J . J . J . GOURGAS , M . P . Sov . Gr . Commander 33 d ad vitarn Edward A . Raymond , III * Treasurer General of the H .. E * Killian H . Van Rensselaer , III * G . Master of Ceremonies .
John Christie , III * Captain of the L . G . Charles W . Moore , III - Secretary General of the H . E . Archibald Bull , Sov . Gr . Inspector General 33 d . Erancois Turner , Sov . Gr . Inspector General 33 d . Giles E . Yates , Mo . Ill 8 , Insp * Lieut . Gr . Commander 33 d
It is a healthy doctrine , that in an open Lodge , all Brethren are on a level ; hut when it is closed they part on the square . But this does not extend heyond the four walls of the Lodge-room . In the world , honour must be given where honour is due ; and a Mason who belongs to the lower classes of society , though admitted amongst us under the influence of a good report for regularity of conduct and propriety of demeanour , is hot to presume , on that account , to take any undue liberties with his superiors in rank , beyond those to which he would have been entitled were he not a Mason , —Booh of the Lodge ,
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Histoky Of The Ancient And Accepted Bite...
"by a new champion , Jeremy L . Cross , with the notorious Henry C . Atwood as liis Grand Master of Ceremonies , and William H . Ellis and William H . Jones , of New Haven , Connecticut ; John S . Darcy , of Newark , New Jersey ; NV B . Haswell , of Burlington , Vermont ; and Eobert B . Folger and John
W . Simons , of New York . Said pretended body is declared to be formed ( e under an American organization , " being an amalgamation of the Degrees of the < c Ancient and Accepted Rite" with the American Chapter and Encampment Degrees—a hybridarrangement , tending to the wholesale breaking up of every ancient Masonic landmark , and totally at war with all constitutional Masonic laws , as well as common
sense-Now , therefore , be it distinctly and universally known and remembered , that all and everyone of the aforementioned individuals have usurped the right to degrees into which they have never been lawfully initiated ; that they have been and are practising a gross and palpable imposition on the Masonic fraternity of the United States , in shamelessly assuming to confer degrees and exercise powers with which they are not invested , and to which they have no lawful claim ; that they are dangerous agitators and disturbers of the peace , harmony , and good government of the Masonic Order ; and , as such , should receive the condemnation of all " good and true " Masons .
. Resolved , That our Masonic Brethren throughout the United States and the world , be , and they are hereby cautioned against the aforenamed individuals , as impostors in Masonry , whose only object seems to be deception , for purposes of unenviable notoriety and pecuniary profit . Ordered , That all intercourse with them , on the part of Brethren acknowledging the authority of this Northern Supreme Grand Council , of the Thirty-Third and last Degree "Ancient and Accepted Bite , "be , and is hereby interdicted , under the heaviest penalty of Masonic law .
gms Jmeumque Jus . J . J . J . GOURGAS , M . P . Sov . Gr . Commander 33 d ad vitarn Edward A . Raymond , III * Treasurer General of the H .. E * Killian H . Van Rensselaer , III * G . Master of Ceremonies .
John Christie , III * Captain of the L . G . Charles W . Moore , III - Secretary General of the H . E . Archibald Bull , Sov . Gr . Inspector General 33 d . Erancois Turner , Sov . Gr . Inspector General 33 d . Giles E . Yates , Mo . Ill 8 , Insp * Lieut . Gr . Commander 33 d
It is a healthy doctrine , that in an open Lodge , all Brethren are on a level ; hut when it is closed they part on the square . But this does not extend heyond the four walls of the Lodge-room . In the world , honour must be given where honour is due ; and a Mason who belongs to the lower classes of society , though admitted amongst us under the influence of a good report for regularity of conduct and propriety of demeanour , is hot to presume , on that account , to take any undue liberties with his superiors in rank , beyond those to which he would have been entitled were he not a Mason , —Booh of the Lodge ,