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Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
The " Masonic Tidings" says that " Bro . Robert H . Waterman ( 33 d ) of Albany , Commander-in-chief of the Albany Consistory , recently discovered the original plates and documents of the Albany Lodge of Perfection , which were formerly in charge of Sir
Wm . Johnston , at Johnstown . The seal of the lodge , which was also recovered , is executed in a style that would do credit to the workmanship of to-day- It hears the date of 1767 . 'These documents and the seal were left by Sir Wm . Johnstone , on his death , in
charge of persons at Johnstown , and Avere by them given in charge of Bro . Waterman . They are highly prized as venerable and important records of the early Masonic history of this State . " The Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the
upreme Council of the A . and A . Rite of the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States , report that , "All efforts to open correspondence with the Supreme Council , whose Grand East is supposed to be at Edinburgh have failed , and the officers of that Grand
Body appear to consider that the labour of a courteous correspondence is not a part of their duty , and the giving of light and Masonic information to sister Grand Bodies does not seem to be one of their tenets . "
The Grand Lodge Of Canada And The Quebec Seceders.
THE GRAND LODGE OF CANADA AND THE QUEBEC SECEDERS .
A reactionary movement seems , to some extent , to have set in amongst the Quebec Secessionists . In the " Craftsman and Canadian Masonic Record Ave find the subjoined petition to the M . W . Grand Master of Canada : "We , the undersigned , residents of the township and village of Dunham , und members in good standing in Provost Loclge , No . 1 , Canadian Register , beg most respectfully to represent
that on or about the month of October , 1869 , while there were only comparatively a lew members present , Pvevost Lodge did proceed to transfer its allegiance to the would-be Grand Lodge of Quebec , and that since that time have continued to hold said lodge and its warrant . That since that time the said lodge has been conducted in a very inharmonious and unmasonic manner . That your memorialists hud hoped that this unhappy state of affairs Avould have been amicably settled at the last
communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada , and renouncing all connection with the aforesaid proceedings , ancl refusing to recognize the authority of the Avould-be Grand Lodgo of Quebec , are in consequence deprived of meeting iu said lodge . That your petitioners are desirous of carrying on the work of the lodge as heretofore under the jurisdiction of the Grand Loclge of Canada , and they now pray that a duplicate Avarrant or dispensation be granted to enable them to do so , free of
charge , ancl further that they may be authorized to proceed Avith the election of officers and their installation forthwith , and your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . DuKirAir , Jan . 7 , 1871 . ( Signed ) Allen Hcgaboom , W . M . ; James Olliver , S . W . ; Henry Pagnello , S . D . ; Levi Stevens , . P . J . W . ; Charles Edwards , M . M . ; Cotton Brown , P . Sec . ; A . K . Terrill , M . M . ; Oscar Burton Woodarde , M . M . ; James McElroy , M . M . ; G . 1 ? . Longeway , P . J . W . ; B . A . Longeway , M . M . ; M . K . Bowker , M . M " . ; D . A . Bowker , M . M . ; Alex . Duff Stevens , PS . W . ; Eugene Nelson Brown , M . M .
The Grand Lodge Of Canada And The Quebec Seceders.
This deplorable schism , by Avhich a large number of Masons , hitherto in good standing , are IIOAV placed in . tho position of expelled Masons , seems likely to come to no amicable settlement , Avhich must be a source of regret to eA'ery true Mason . We can see no possible end to the affair , unless the Quebec faction honourably renounce their assumption of
the privileges of the Grand Lodge , to Avhich undoubtedly they owe allegiance . The few recognitions which they have received from some of the Grand Lodges in the United States , only help to Aviden the breach , while they can haveno useful effect in obtaining recognition from the more influential Grand Lodges of the World , by the members of Avhom fche movement is held in decided
disfavour . If there was fas is argued by the Seceders ) , a new territorial arrangement of the Country , and ib was desirable that the Masonic Jurisdiction should be co-exisfcent , the initiative should have been taken by the Grand Lodge of Canada . This course Avas declined by a large majority , doubtless for reasons known to those who held the reins
of Masonic Government . To put a parallel case , ifc may be asked whether , if the lodges in Wales should imagine thafc they are sufficiently numerous to constitute a Grand Lodge , or that the vanity of some few of them led the members to desire fche Grand Lodge honours Avhich Avould be the result of such a division , it is likely that the Grand Lodge of England
Avould quietlysurrender its jurisdiction upon the first demand , and Avithout weighty reasons being shown as to the desirability of such a proceeding ? And is ifc likely thafc in the face of fche opposition of the Grand Lodge of England , Continental Masonic bodies would accord their recognitions ? The Petition Avas favourably recommended by the Committee , to whom ifc was referred , and the Grand Master has decided fco grant the prayer of the petitioners .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
Peoples' Magazine . London : the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . The April part is at hand . This work has "been favourably noticed by us on previous occasions . The present part is equal to its predecessors . Jfeiospaper Cntlinqs . London : Livermore aud Robinson ,
Bedford Street , W . C . These will be found most useful hooks for the preservation of cuttings from Newspapers , periodicals , & c , and are arranged Avith Index at beginning , so as to render them easy for immediate reference to any subject , and forming at tbe same time a useful and elegaut appendage to the drawing room table or
counting-house . They are produced in various sizes and styles , all of them inan * els of cheapness . Pocket JS ' otes on tlie use of Adhesive Stamps . By Bro . Edward Cox , P . M . ( 157 , V . P . Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys ' . London : E . Cox , Chancery Laue . This guide to tbe use of adhesive stamps on receipts ,
agreements , and other legal and commercial documents , cannot fail to be of the greatest use amongst our brethren engaged in the legal profession or in commerce . Tho conditions Avith regard to the use of stamps on various documents are so different that Avithout " some sure information " even that astute personage " A Philadelphia Lawyer " would be puzzled in their use . The little pamphlet of Bro . Cox ( published at Sixpence ) will remove every difficulty .
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Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
The " Masonic Tidings" says that " Bro . Robert H . Waterman ( 33 d ) of Albany , Commander-in-chief of the Albany Consistory , recently discovered the original plates and documents of the Albany Lodge of Perfection , which were formerly in charge of Sir
Wm . Johnston , at Johnstown . The seal of the lodge , which was also recovered , is executed in a style that would do credit to the workmanship of to-day- It hears the date of 1767 . 'These documents and the seal were left by Sir Wm . Johnstone , on his death , in
charge of persons at Johnstown , and Avere by them given in charge of Bro . Waterman . They are highly prized as venerable and important records of the early Masonic history of this State . " The Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the
upreme Council of the A . and A . Rite of the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States , report that , "All efforts to open correspondence with the Supreme Council , whose Grand East is supposed to be at Edinburgh have failed , and the officers of that Grand
Body appear to consider that the labour of a courteous correspondence is not a part of their duty , and the giving of light and Masonic information to sister Grand Bodies does not seem to be one of their tenets . "
The Grand Lodge Of Canada And The Quebec Seceders.
THE GRAND LODGE OF CANADA AND THE QUEBEC SECEDERS .
A reactionary movement seems , to some extent , to have set in amongst the Quebec Secessionists . In the " Craftsman and Canadian Masonic Record Ave find the subjoined petition to the M . W . Grand Master of Canada : "We , the undersigned , residents of the township and village of Dunham , und members in good standing in Provost Loclge , No . 1 , Canadian Register , beg most respectfully to represent
that on or about the month of October , 1869 , while there were only comparatively a lew members present , Pvevost Lodge did proceed to transfer its allegiance to the would-be Grand Lodge of Quebec , and that since that time have continued to hold said lodge and its warrant . That since that time the said lodge has been conducted in a very inharmonious and unmasonic manner . That your memorialists hud hoped that this unhappy state of affairs Avould have been amicably settled at the last
communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada , and renouncing all connection with the aforesaid proceedings , ancl refusing to recognize the authority of the Avould-be Grand Lodgo of Quebec , are in consequence deprived of meeting iu said lodge . That your petitioners are desirous of carrying on the work of the lodge as heretofore under the jurisdiction of the Grand Loclge of Canada , and they now pray that a duplicate Avarrant or dispensation be granted to enable them to do so , free of
charge , ancl further that they may be authorized to proceed Avith the election of officers and their installation forthwith , and your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . DuKirAir , Jan . 7 , 1871 . ( Signed ) Allen Hcgaboom , W . M . ; James Olliver , S . W . ; Henry Pagnello , S . D . ; Levi Stevens , . P . J . W . ; Charles Edwards , M . M . ; Cotton Brown , P . Sec . ; A . K . Terrill , M . M . ; Oscar Burton Woodarde , M . M . ; James McElroy , M . M . ; G . 1 ? . Longeway , P . J . W . ; B . A . Longeway , M . M . ; M . K . Bowker , M . M " . ; D . A . Bowker , M . M . ; Alex . Duff Stevens , PS . W . ; Eugene Nelson Brown , M . M .
The Grand Lodge Of Canada And The Quebec Seceders.
This deplorable schism , by Avhich a large number of Masons , hitherto in good standing , are IIOAV placed in . tho position of expelled Masons , seems likely to come to no amicable settlement , Avhich must be a source of regret to eA'ery true Mason . We can see no possible end to the affair , unless the Quebec faction honourably renounce their assumption of
the privileges of the Grand Lodge , to Avhich undoubtedly they owe allegiance . The few recognitions which they have received from some of the Grand Lodges in the United States , only help to Aviden the breach , while they can haveno useful effect in obtaining recognition from the more influential Grand Lodges of the World , by the members of Avhom fche movement is held in decided
disfavour . If there was fas is argued by the Seceders ) , a new territorial arrangement of the Country , and ib was desirable that the Masonic Jurisdiction should be co-exisfcent , the initiative should have been taken by the Grand Lodge of Canada . This course Avas declined by a large majority , doubtless for reasons known to those who held the reins
of Masonic Government . To put a parallel case , ifc may be asked whether , if the lodges in Wales should imagine thafc they are sufficiently numerous to constitute a Grand Lodge , or that the vanity of some few of them led the members to desire fche Grand Lodge honours Avhich Avould be the result of such a division , it is likely that the Grand Lodge of England
Avould quietlysurrender its jurisdiction upon the first demand , and Avithout weighty reasons being shown as to the desirability of such a proceeding ? And is ifc likely thafc in the face of fche opposition of the Grand Lodge of England , Continental Masonic bodies would accord their recognitions ? The Petition Avas favourably recommended by the Committee , to whom ifc was referred , and the Grand Master has decided fco grant the prayer of the petitioners .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
Peoples' Magazine . London : the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . The April part is at hand . This work has "been favourably noticed by us on previous occasions . The present part is equal to its predecessors . Jfeiospaper Cntlinqs . London : Livermore aud Robinson ,
Bedford Street , W . C . These will be found most useful hooks for the preservation of cuttings from Newspapers , periodicals , & c , and are arranged Avith Index at beginning , so as to render them easy for immediate reference to any subject , and forming at tbe same time a useful and elegaut appendage to the drawing room table or
counting-house . They are produced in various sizes and styles , all of them inan * els of cheapness . Pocket JS ' otes on tlie use of Adhesive Stamps . By Bro . Edward Cox , P . M . ( 157 , V . P . Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys ' . London : E . Cox , Chancery Laue . This guide to tbe use of adhesive stamps on receipts ,
agreements , and other legal and commercial documents , cannot fail to be of the greatest use amongst our brethren engaged in the legal profession or in commerce . Tho conditions Avith regard to the use of stamps on various documents are so different that Avithout " some sure information " even that astute personage " A Philadelphia Lawyer " would be puzzled in their use . The little pamphlet of Bro . Cox ( published at Sixpence ) will remove every difficulty .