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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed ly Correspondents . VISITING BRETHREN " . TO THE EDITOE OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRKOIt . SIR AND BROTHER , —Iu the report ofthe proceedings of the Board of General Purposes , just issued , I find a London brother making a complaint against a country
lodge for refusing him admission to the lodge . It appeared that he was not acquainted with any one in the town , but , having his certificate , he imagined that would be sufficient . The lodge , however , did not think so , aud he was called upon to make a declaration , which he declined doing , and , consequently , was not admitted . The answer to the complaint was that it was the
invariable practice of the lodge to require and have such declaration from every strange brother , notwithstanding the production of the certificate . The board considered the answer satisfactory , and commended the lodge for its caution . So far , so good ; but there was something else theBoard ought to have done , which was to have informed the complaining brother that there was such a thing as a sojourner ' s obligation , and which used to be frequently
practised . Wh y it has become out of use I know not , but I well recollect hearing it , say twenty years ago ; and I imagine it would be well if some of the old Masons who know it would reintroduce it to our Lodges of Instruction , so that it might be fully disseminated . Considering the facility of transit , aud , consequently , the almost perpetual movement of the brethren , it would be
the means of preventing any inconvenience in future , and avoiding comparatively trivial complaints , as also the inconvenience and expense attending a lodge being required to come toLondon to explain and defend its conduct . As very few of the brethren know anything about the proceedings of Grand Lodge Board of General Purposes , & c , must be my apology for inflicting upon you this
long letter . For the information of a brother who was inquiring a few months since about the Booh of Constitutions , there will be a re-issue almost immediately , in two sizes , price Is . 6 d . each . I remain , Sir and Brother , Tours fraternally , August 31 , 1863 . P . McC .
Masonic Charity.
MASONIC CHARITY .
TO THE EDITOE OF THE FliEESIASONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIIUtOR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Having heard some remarks made on the balance account of a country lodge ( No . 600 ) which appeared in your last impression , showing amounts for various years devoted to charity , I havo looked almost iu vain for the name of that lodge as contributing to any of the Masonic Charities ; and as the
absence of such token , in contrast with the puff in your paper , is a strange anomaly , perhaps you may get enlightened as to the appropriation of the amounts so paraded , which I fear will turn out to bear little of a Masonic character , and if not , appears in your paper under a false colour . Whether wo are Freemasons or popular world , let us be what wo seem .
I am , very truly and fraternally yours , London , Sept . 1 , 1863 . INVESTIGATOR . [ We regret we havo not kept the copy of the tabic ; but perhaps some brother will send us another . In the meantime we can assure " Investigator" that , if the lodge in question is not a subscriber to cither of our Charities directs , it makes provision for the
education of the children of Masons of both sexes , and also for aged brethren and their widows . Wo scorn to lend ourselves to any puff , and , if we are favoured with another copy of the tabic , it shall be published in full . —ED . ]
Masonic Halls.
MASONIC HALLS .
TO THE EDITOE OF THE FItEEMASONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRBOB . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Permit me to call your attention to the fact , for the information of your correspondent "I . O . U ., " as well as to refresh your own memory , that we have a Masonic Hall here , being the first specially erected as a Masonic building in the province , and I believe in the county ; and which was consecrated and
dedicated , and the Provincial Grand Lodge holden therein , on the 5 th day of June , 1862 , a report of the proceedings appearing in your MAGAZINE of ( I think ) tho 13 th of the same month . I at one time purposed writing to you , on seeing your report of tho ceremony of laj'ing the foundation stone of thf- proposed Masonic Hall in Manchester ; for , if I
mistake not , the impression conveyed by such report was that that would be the first building of the kind in tho province . There is no doubt but chat the Manchester brethren will erect a Masonic Temple worthy of their city and of themselves , aud of course of much greater pretensions than ours is , or indeed could be expected to be ; but some
of tho brethren , above alluded to , will most likely recollect that the E . W . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Stephen Blair ( who , as well as the D . Prov . G . M ., A . H . Eoyds , I am happy to say , is a shareholder in our building ) , on the occasion above mentioned , complimented us , not only on erecting the first building of the kind in the province , but upon , the manner in which the project had been carried out . Yours fraternally , P . M . Masonic Hall , Todmorden , Sept . 1 st , 1863 .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
Lalomia , a Masonic Quarterly Journal , Nos . 1 ancl 3 . Leipzig : 1863 . This journal , familiar already , doubtless , to many of our readers , is still comparatively little known to the Craft ; in England . This is to be regretted , for there is probably no Masonic publication that shows us so well the possibility of carrying into Masonic literature that spirit of close inquiry , of exact
examination , and minute description , which seems to be all but peculiar to the German literary world . Indeed , the laborious research of which we find evidence in several of the articles contained in these two numbers of the Latomia is but too frequently wanting in the literature of the Craft . It is , however , scarcely to be desired that this should assume in England the
proportions that we have sometimes seen it do in Germany . These remarks are not , however , in any way applicable to the valuable paper contained iu No . 1 of the Latomia , " On the Communities of Asiatic Brethren in Berlin and Vienna" ( Die
Asiatischen Briider in Berlin und Wien)—which , setting aside its merit as a faithful account of a remarkable instance of the credulity of mankind , is a really important contribution to the history of one of those wonderful secret societies of the last century , concerning which so much has been written , and of whose real history so very little has hitherto been made public .
The principal authority which the author has had we must describe in his own words : — " Rather more than twenty years since , I made the acquaintance of Nicholas Smollnitz . * He was then blind , and more than eighty years of age , and dependent entirely upon charity for means of existence . But his dimmed eyes grow bright again when he spoke of Freemasonry and its followers , anel it is to him that I am chiefly indebted for the facts contained in this memoir . " These "Asiatic Knights , " or "Asiatic Knights and Brethren
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed ly Correspondents . VISITING BRETHREN " . TO THE EDITOE OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRKOIt . SIR AND BROTHER , —Iu the report ofthe proceedings of the Board of General Purposes , just issued , I find a London brother making a complaint against a country
lodge for refusing him admission to the lodge . It appeared that he was not acquainted with any one in the town , but , having his certificate , he imagined that would be sufficient . The lodge , however , did not think so , aud he was called upon to make a declaration , which he declined doing , and , consequently , was not admitted . The answer to the complaint was that it was the
invariable practice of the lodge to require and have such declaration from every strange brother , notwithstanding the production of the certificate . The board considered the answer satisfactory , and commended the lodge for its caution . So far , so good ; but there was something else theBoard ought to have done , which was to have informed the complaining brother that there was such a thing as a sojourner ' s obligation , and which used to be frequently
practised . Wh y it has become out of use I know not , but I well recollect hearing it , say twenty years ago ; and I imagine it would be well if some of the old Masons who know it would reintroduce it to our Lodges of Instruction , so that it might be fully disseminated . Considering the facility of transit , aud , consequently , the almost perpetual movement of the brethren , it would be
the means of preventing any inconvenience in future , and avoiding comparatively trivial complaints , as also the inconvenience and expense attending a lodge being required to come toLondon to explain and defend its conduct . As very few of the brethren know anything about the proceedings of Grand Lodge Board of General Purposes , & c , must be my apology for inflicting upon you this
long letter . For the information of a brother who was inquiring a few months since about the Booh of Constitutions , there will be a re-issue almost immediately , in two sizes , price Is . 6 d . each . I remain , Sir and Brother , Tours fraternally , August 31 , 1863 . P . McC .
Masonic Charity.
MASONIC CHARITY .
TO THE EDITOE OF THE FliEESIASONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIIUtOR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Having heard some remarks made on the balance account of a country lodge ( No . 600 ) which appeared in your last impression , showing amounts for various years devoted to charity , I havo looked almost iu vain for the name of that lodge as contributing to any of the Masonic Charities ; and as the
absence of such token , in contrast with the puff in your paper , is a strange anomaly , perhaps you may get enlightened as to the appropriation of the amounts so paraded , which I fear will turn out to bear little of a Masonic character , and if not , appears in your paper under a false colour . Whether wo are Freemasons or popular world , let us be what wo seem .
I am , very truly and fraternally yours , London , Sept . 1 , 1863 . INVESTIGATOR . [ We regret we havo not kept the copy of the tabic ; but perhaps some brother will send us another . In the meantime we can assure " Investigator" that , if the lodge in question is not a subscriber to cither of our Charities directs , it makes provision for the
education of the children of Masons of both sexes , and also for aged brethren and their widows . Wo scorn to lend ourselves to any puff , and , if we are favoured with another copy of the tabic , it shall be published in full . —ED . ]
Masonic Halls.
MASONIC HALLS .
TO THE EDITOE OF THE FItEEMASONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRBOB . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Permit me to call your attention to the fact , for the information of your correspondent "I . O . U ., " as well as to refresh your own memory , that we have a Masonic Hall here , being the first specially erected as a Masonic building in the province , and I believe in the county ; and which was consecrated and
dedicated , and the Provincial Grand Lodge holden therein , on the 5 th day of June , 1862 , a report of the proceedings appearing in your MAGAZINE of ( I think ) tho 13 th of the same month . I at one time purposed writing to you , on seeing your report of tho ceremony of laj'ing the foundation stone of thf- proposed Masonic Hall in Manchester ; for , if I
mistake not , the impression conveyed by such report was that that would be the first building of the kind in tho province . There is no doubt but chat the Manchester brethren will erect a Masonic Temple worthy of their city and of themselves , aud of course of much greater pretensions than ours is , or indeed could be expected to be ; but some
of tho brethren , above alluded to , will most likely recollect that the E . W . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Stephen Blair ( who , as well as the D . Prov . G . M ., A . H . Eoyds , I am happy to say , is a shareholder in our building ) , on the occasion above mentioned , complimented us , not only on erecting the first building of the kind in the province , but upon , the manner in which the project had been carried out . Yours fraternally , P . M . Masonic Hall , Todmorden , Sept . 1 st , 1863 .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
Lalomia , a Masonic Quarterly Journal , Nos . 1 ancl 3 . Leipzig : 1863 . This journal , familiar already , doubtless , to many of our readers , is still comparatively little known to the Craft ; in England . This is to be regretted , for there is probably no Masonic publication that shows us so well the possibility of carrying into Masonic literature that spirit of close inquiry , of exact
examination , and minute description , which seems to be all but peculiar to the German literary world . Indeed , the laborious research of which we find evidence in several of the articles contained in these two numbers of the Latomia is but too frequently wanting in the literature of the Craft . It is , however , scarcely to be desired that this should assume in England the
proportions that we have sometimes seen it do in Germany . These remarks are not , however , in any way applicable to the valuable paper contained iu No . 1 of the Latomia , " On the Communities of Asiatic Brethren in Berlin and Vienna" ( Die
Asiatischen Briider in Berlin und Wien)—which , setting aside its merit as a faithful account of a remarkable instance of the credulity of mankind , is a really important contribution to the history of one of those wonderful secret societies of the last century , concerning which so much has been written , and of whose real history so very little has hitherto been made public .
The principal authority which the author has had we must describe in his own words : — " Rather more than twenty years since , I made the acquaintance of Nicholas Smollnitz . * He was then blind , and more than eighty years of age , and dependent entirely upon charity for means of existence . But his dimmed eyes grow bright again when he spoke of Freemasonry and its followers , anel it is to him that I am chiefly indebted for the facts contained in this memoir . " These "Asiatic Knights , " or "Asiatic Knights and Brethren