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Secret Societies.

tempt and ridicule amongst the more intelligent members of the human family . Moreover , his Holiness , it is said , Avas led into the commission of this grave error of policy and religious blunder by that portion of his council Avho are , if report

speaks truly , members of that greatest of all the secret societies in the Avorld , knoAvn in Rome as the Religious Order or Society of Jesus—better knoAvn wherever the Anglo-Saxon tongue is spoken as Jesuits—than by Avhom ancl through whom the

entire civilised Avorld has suffered the largest amount of misfortune , misery , ancl possibly bloodshed .

This so-called religious order is hated alike by the truly enlightened Roman Catholic as an enemy of his Church , ancl by every other religious denomination , sect , or body of men throughout the world ; yet the Pope , in his blind rage , fails to see

that the most accursed of " secret societies " — those plotters against the Avelfare of individuals and states , ancl of princes and peasants alike , the avoAved enemy of eA ery other Church but that to Avhich it professes allegiance , and under the banner

of Avhich it trades , the Jesuits—must be included in his general condemnation in the mock thunder of his allocution ; or he Avishes it to be assumed and taken for granted by the Avorld at large that the society of Jesuits is not a secret society—a

supposition upon Avhich the Avorld at large will laugh his Holiness to scorn , as being quite iu keeping Avith the holloAvness and jugglery invariably belonging to such pitiful exhibitions as papal allocutions and such like theatrical thunder , as issued from the Vatican .

As Ave have stated , public attention having been called to the subject of secret societies and their constitutions , objects , & c , it may be Avell to give , for the enlightenment of the public , some evidence not only of the secret character

of the Societ y of Jesuits ( to Avhich Order several of' the cardinals and heads of the Romish Church belong ) , but also to point out , by extracts from published documents issued by authority of the heads of the Order , the dangerous character of

that secret society , and the avowedly immoral and degrading practices AAdiich are not only permitted to be practised by them , but are insisted upon by the heads ofthe Order as being necessary under their Avell-known plea that the ( C end justifies the

means ; " and Ave propose , from time to time , to give portions , as Ave aro enabled to complete the translation of the Avork in question , and so to

Secret Societies.

give , in the course of a short time , the entire of the precious document . MeaiiAvhile , it may be interesting to his Holiness to be informed that , in this country , although the society of Freemasons is a secret society , its

existence is recognised by the State , and the lodges of Freemasons meeting throughout the kingdom and elsewhere , under British rule , are especially exempted from the pains and penalties to which secret societies are liable , and that , by the Act

of Parliament of the thirty-ninth year of the reign of George III ., chap . 79 , art . 5 expressly excepts " all lodges holden under the said denomination , and in conformity to the rules prevailing : amone : the said societies of Freemasons . "

Furthermore , for the purpose of preventing illegal bodies from meeting under the denomination of Freemasons , and also the holding of irregular lodges , certain formalities are required to be performed , as directed by articles 6 and 7 , amongst

Avhich is the compulsory furnishing by two or more members of each lodge , once in every year , of a certified list of the names of the members of such lodge , and the time and place of its meeting . This certificate is to be deposited Avith the clerk of the peace . We shall return to the subject next week .

Public Entertainments.

PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS .

It has been an acknoAAdedg-ed fact , since the nature of the mental faculties has been at all studied that they , in common Avith the physical ones , cannot bear to be under a constant strain , but need relaxation in order that they may retain their proper vigour , but much discussion has

arisen , and is likely to arise as to the mode in AA'hich such relaxation should be obtained . The proper development of the physical man is a matter , tolerably simple , beingMisually attained by an uniform exercise of all the physical poAvers , sufficiently strong to call into lay all the organic

p elements and the vital forces by Avhich they are ruled Avithout taxing them too severely . These exercises may as experience SIIOAVS be gradually increased up to a certain point or limit depending upon strength of frame and of constitution . In some degree the action of the mental powers

may be regarded as parallel with that of the physical ones , but the former being far more delicate , far more incomprehensible , and far more intrinsically valuable than the latter , demand a most searching and diligent consideration on the part of anyone Avho professes to " minister to a mind diseased" or even to maintain the , " Mens sana in corpore sana . " _ Every mind has some peculiar physiognomy of

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AN ACCOUNT OF ABORIGINAL FREEMASONRY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Article 1
FREEMASONRY AND THE POPE. Article 2
THE PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. Article 5
CLASSICAL THEOLOGY.—LXXXII. Article 5
SECRET SOCIETIES. Article 7
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS. Article 8
FOOD FOR THE POOR. Article 9
AGRICULTURAL LIFE. Article 10
THE PEN-AND-INK SKETCHES OF ONE FANG. Article 12
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 12
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 12
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 13
MASONIC MEMS. Article 13
METROPOLITAN. Article 13
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
Untitled Article 16
MARK MASONRY. Article 17
Obituary. Article 17
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 18
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9TH. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Secret Societies.

tempt and ridicule amongst the more intelligent members of the human family . Moreover , his Holiness , it is said , Avas led into the commission of this grave error of policy and religious blunder by that portion of his council Avho are , if report

speaks truly , members of that greatest of all the secret societies in the Avorld , knoAvn in Rome as the Religious Order or Society of Jesus—better knoAvn wherever the Anglo-Saxon tongue is spoken as Jesuits—than by Avhom ancl through whom the

entire civilised Avorld has suffered the largest amount of misfortune , misery , ancl possibly bloodshed .

This so-called religious order is hated alike by the truly enlightened Roman Catholic as an enemy of his Church , ancl by every other religious denomination , sect , or body of men throughout the world ; yet the Pope , in his blind rage , fails to see

that the most accursed of " secret societies " — those plotters against the Avelfare of individuals and states , ancl of princes and peasants alike , the avoAved enemy of eA ery other Church but that to Avhich it professes allegiance , and under the banner

of Avhich it trades , the Jesuits—must be included in his general condemnation in the mock thunder of his allocution ; or he Avishes it to be assumed and taken for granted by the Avorld at large that the society of Jesuits is not a secret society—a

supposition upon Avhich the Avorld at large will laugh his Holiness to scorn , as being quite iu keeping Avith the holloAvness and jugglery invariably belonging to such pitiful exhibitions as papal allocutions and such like theatrical thunder , as issued from the Vatican .

As Ave have stated , public attention having been called to the subject of secret societies and their constitutions , objects , & c , it may be Avell to give , for the enlightenment of the public , some evidence not only of the secret character

of the Societ y of Jesuits ( to Avhich Order several of' the cardinals and heads of the Romish Church belong ) , but also to point out , by extracts from published documents issued by authority of the heads of the Order , the dangerous character of

that secret society , and the avowedly immoral and degrading practices AAdiich are not only permitted to be practised by them , but are insisted upon by the heads ofthe Order as being necessary under their Avell-known plea that the ( C end justifies the

means ; " and Ave propose , from time to time , to give portions , as Ave aro enabled to complete the translation of the Avork in question , and so to

Secret Societies.

give , in the course of a short time , the entire of the precious document . MeaiiAvhile , it may be interesting to his Holiness to be informed that , in this country , although the society of Freemasons is a secret society , its

existence is recognised by the State , and the lodges of Freemasons meeting throughout the kingdom and elsewhere , under British rule , are especially exempted from the pains and penalties to which secret societies are liable , and that , by the Act

of Parliament of the thirty-ninth year of the reign of George III ., chap . 79 , art . 5 expressly excepts " all lodges holden under the said denomination , and in conformity to the rules prevailing : amone : the said societies of Freemasons . "

Furthermore , for the purpose of preventing illegal bodies from meeting under the denomination of Freemasons , and also the holding of irregular lodges , certain formalities are required to be performed , as directed by articles 6 and 7 , amongst

Avhich is the compulsory furnishing by two or more members of each lodge , once in every year , of a certified list of the names of the members of such lodge , and the time and place of its meeting . This certificate is to be deposited Avith the clerk of the peace . We shall return to the subject next week .

Public Entertainments.

PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS .

It has been an acknoAAdedg-ed fact , since the nature of the mental faculties has been at all studied that they , in common Avith the physical ones , cannot bear to be under a constant strain , but need relaxation in order that they may retain their proper vigour , but much discussion has

arisen , and is likely to arise as to the mode in AA'hich such relaxation should be obtained . The proper development of the physical man is a matter , tolerably simple , beingMisually attained by an uniform exercise of all the physical poAvers , sufficiently strong to call into lay all the organic

p elements and the vital forces by Avhich they are ruled Avithout taxing them too severely . These exercises may as experience SIIOAVS be gradually increased up to a certain point or limit depending upon strength of frame and of constitution . In some degree the action of the mental powers

may be regarded as parallel with that of the physical ones , but the former being far more delicate , far more incomprehensible , and far more intrinsically valuable than the latter , demand a most searching and diligent consideration on the part of anyone Avho professes to " minister to a mind diseased" or even to maintain the , " Mens sana in corpore sana . " _ Every mind has some peculiar physiognomy of

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