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open defiance to him by whom he has been so kindly favoured . Such men are suffered to pass through the door of the Mystic Temple . Shame , shame upon such ! they no longer deserve the name of Mason , for they have long since forfeited all claims they may have had by such practices , so closely akin to

swindling , and professions full of falsehood . Figure to yourselves , I pray you , one who , having put on our sacred and time-honoured emblems , goes out into the world , and in the full blaze of day unblushingly prostitutes them for mercenary purposes . Scorn is the sole reward due to all such pretenders . May

stern contempt meet them at every turn , until they reform or forever abandon our temples and avoid our ranks on public and private occasions . I trust that Grand Lodge will , at this time put its

mark of condemnation upon all such vices , and thus re-affirm a right as old as our Institution , to correct such as threatens its prosperity . The integrity of Masonry depends upon the purity of its members . There is no purity in wrong—no sanctity in vice . Whoever , then , would be an upright man and

Mason , must eschew the one and avoid the other . A stand must be taken ! The time is propitious ! Let us , then , do what both law and reason dictates , and find our recompense in a continuance of order , harmony , and peace ; and , while we rejoicejin personal

progress , no less so may we , in the unsullied beauty of our aucient order . Time tries all things and tests all reputations . We , too , must pass the ordeal . May the Supreme Architect grant ns the power to do somewhat as Craftsmen to which our successors

can point with joyous pride and receive with glad emotion . —J . IE . Eroion , G . AL , Kansas . The Indian correspondent of the " Era" writes : — "Freemasonry is flourishing to a great extent in

Bombay , and more particularly amongst the Parsees . There are no less than four Parsee lodges , two working under the English , aud two under the Scotch Constitutions . When I was W . M ., during my former tour in India , I made six Parsees Masons , and more

intelligent , hard-working and conscientious brethren I never met in lodge . I hope sincerely all their lodges may prosper . We regret to have to announce the death an old brother Mason , and P . M . and Master of several

Lodges in Bombay , Henry Hunt Avron . He may be known to some of your readers . He held the post of Superintendent of the Sailors' Home , and was formerly in the police force . He was buried with full Masonic honours , and his funeral was more largely attended than on any such mournful ^ occasion for many yeans in Bombay .

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JEBTJSAI / EM . —A movement is on foot to send under American auspices , an expedition for the purpose of making thorough explorations of Jerusalem and the Holy Land . A committee isalready organised in this city , and is well under way

towards carrying out such a plan . Eecently a meeting was held in Dr . Adam ' s Church , Madison Avenue , at which addresses were made by Dr . Crosby , Rev . W . J . Buddington , Rev . Drs . Hitchcock , Thomson and others . A letter was read from the Archbishop of York , indorsing the movement .

A marble bust of Bro . C . W . Moore , Grand Secretary of Massachusetts , and veteran editor of the " Freemasons Magazine , " is to be placed in the Grand lodge room of the new Temple at Boston . St . Andrews Lodge , Boston , of which ( Bro . Moore was Master in 1833 , furnishes the bust .

The corner-stone of a new Masonic ' jHall at Batesville , Mississippi , was laid on the 20 th ult . by M . W .-Grand Master Fearn , of that State . James Penn , Grand Master of Alabama in 1844

and 1845 , was bom in Virginia , September 22 , 1790 „ and died in Shelby county , Tennessee , July 21 , 1 S 70 ' Union Lodge of jSfantaeket , "U . S ., will celebrate its centennial anniversary on the 26 th of June next ..

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

I T \ e Editor it not responsible for the opinions expressed hy Correspondent THE SLOANE MS .

10 THE EDITOR OF THE FEEESIASOIfS' HAGAZINE AUD MASONIC MIHEOR ; Dear Sir and Brother , —Since I wrote my last letter ' I have consulted a person in every way qualified ,, and express an opinion on the subject ; and he has advised me to publish the MS . with a preface , and a fac simileor the handwriting and mark . This

, paper I will hndeavour forthwith to do , and probably in in this way we shall arrive at a satisfactory solution of the question of the real age of the handwriting , and perhaps discover who was transcriber of the MS . I am , Dear Sir and Brother ,

Faithfully and fraternally yours . A . F . A . WOODTOED , P . G . C . September 4 , 1871 .