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Masonic Missions.
is welcome to his last letter or the last word . Brethren will meditate on the matter , and not trouble themselves whether Bro . Titlow or ourselves may he the cleverer or tho wiser , but what is best for Masonry . No one , wc are sure , will doubt Bro . Titlow ' s good intentions , and we cheerfully thank him for his letter , because it will in many
ways advance the cause of Masonry in Norfolk and elsewhere , ancl not tho least b y whetting his own zeal , We have invited corrections of our accounts of Norfolk and the other provinces , because , although we base our remarks on what we have a ri ght to believe authentic public data , we can only make use of such information as there is , which is
lamentably deficient . Wo can afford to bo wrong sometimes , and ID little things , if we stimulate Bro . Titlow and others in the great work of good , In addition to the observations of "X" at p . 079 , as to the working of the Swedish rite extending beyond Sweden , we are glad to have
the recent and authentic information he has given , for the old Quar- ¦ terly had created the impression that the Swedish rite was restricted to the country of its ori gin , aud that of late years the Swedish or Zinzendorff system did not prevail in Germany . We may observe as a further evidence of the importance of this system of the high
degrees that it was likewise long practised in . " Russia , and that it is likely to obtain a preponderance over the French system in case the Ancient and Accepted Piite be not adopted there . The letter of Bro . How , P . D . C ., Hertfordshire , at p . 981 , touches upon a very important matter in connexion with Masonic celebrations , and will have the effect of bringing brethren to the understanding that noiimasonic means are not to be employed iu Masonic rites ,
There are two very important matters in connexion with Grand Lodge practice , to which we direct the attention of the authorities and brethren , The first is the report of the Board of General Purposes , recommending that certain Lodges shall be summoned with the view of their being erased , because for some years they have made no returns . This is the usual practice , and Grand Lodge has never
hesitated 011 the subject . One of these Lod ges has made no return since Alarch , 1830 , or for twenty-three years , and it appears only reasonable iu one point of view that their names be erased and their final extinction pronounced . Here we pause . The first on the condemned list is " No . < iO , Lodge of Concord
London , date of last return , December , 1849 . " Now , what is the Lod ge of Concord ? One of the oldest in London which has held its centenary , wliich had a Eoyal Arch Chapter , and wliich dates from 1733 , being one hundred and twenty-six years a"o .
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Masonic Missions.
is welcome to his last letter or the last word . Brethren will meditate on the matter , and not trouble themselves whether Bro . Titlow or ourselves may he the cleverer or tho wiser , but what is best for Masonry . No one , wc are sure , will doubt Bro . Titlow ' s good intentions , and we cheerfully thank him for his letter , because it will in many
ways advance the cause of Masonry in Norfolk and elsewhere , ancl not tho least b y whetting his own zeal , We have invited corrections of our accounts of Norfolk and the other provinces , because , although we base our remarks on what we have a ri ght to believe authentic public data , we can only make use of such information as there is , which is
lamentably deficient . Wo can afford to bo wrong sometimes , and ID little things , if we stimulate Bro . Titlow and others in the great work of good , In addition to the observations of "X" at p . 079 , as to the working of the Swedish rite extending beyond Sweden , we are glad to have
the recent and authentic information he has given , for the old Quar- ¦ terly had created the impression that the Swedish rite was restricted to the country of its ori gin , aud that of late years the Swedish or Zinzendorff system did not prevail in Germany . We may observe as a further evidence of the importance of this system of the high
degrees that it was likewise long practised in . " Russia , and that it is likely to obtain a preponderance over the French system in case the Ancient and Accepted Piite be not adopted there . The letter of Bro . How , P . D . C ., Hertfordshire , at p . 981 , touches upon a very important matter in connexion with Masonic celebrations , and will have the effect of bringing brethren to the understanding that noiimasonic means are not to be employed iu Masonic rites ,
There are two very important matters in connexion with Grand Lodge practice , to which we direct the attention of the authorities and brethren , The first is the report of the Board of General Purposes , recommending that certain Lodges shall be summoned with the view of their being erased , because for some years they have made no returns . This is the usual practice , and Grand Lodge has never
hesitated 011 the subject . One of these Lod ges has made no return since Alarch , 1830 , or for twenty-three years , and it appears only reasonable iu one point of view that their names be erased and their final extinction pronounced . Here we pause . The first on the condemned list is " No . < iO , Lodge of Concord
London , date of last return , December , 1849 . " Now , what is the Lod ge of Concord ? One of the oldest in London which has held its centenary , wliich had a Eoyal Arch Chapter , and wliich dates from 1733 , being one hundred and twenty-six years a"o .