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A Lady Upon Freemasonry.
Masonry , and opening a field of thought too vast and varied to allow a fitting response at this late hour . Our Grand Master has impressively reminded us how difficult it is to impart instruction and fix fessons of wisdom in the minds of those famishing with hunger , and the finger of time silently points to the dinner hour as long since past . You remind us of ' fiery ordeals of persecution . ' Well do wc remember scenes of violence a little more than
a quarter of a century ago , when madness ruled the hour , and it was boastfully proclaimed that Freemasonry was dead and buried past resurrection . Frenzied men in all ranks and professions joined a hand to roll the great stone , the rough ashlar of popular indignation , upon its sepulchre . How comes it to pass , then , that Freemasonry is to-day ' a power on earth , ' instinct with life and giving occasion to the scenes and solemn services of this day ? It is because
Iruth crushed to earth revives again , The eternal years of God are Iter ' s . ' It is because the institution is based upon truth—the truth of God , as it stands in silent majesty upon the pure pages of this sacred volume . Its foundation is the rock of ages . This volume is the great light of Masonry . It is the light of the world . It is the pillar of cloud by day and fire by nihtto guide the bannered
g , hosts of Freemasonry and tribes of earth through seas of doubt and the wilderness of sin , to the promised land of a better life and a broader humanity . You speak of Solomon and the ancient temple . His love of woman was not a mere human passion or affection . He was the instrument of a hi gher intelligence . He built that glorious temple by divine command from a divine model , and was thus a link in the chain of Providence—an
honoured link in that golden chain which is to bind earth with heaven ; which is yet to hold in harmony and peace the nations of earth , and lift up fallen men to the dignity of sons of God . He was a favoured channel both for Masonry and reli g ion , and the temple was the hallowed shrine of heaven ' s ' light till a greater than Solomon should come . Hands of violence and hearts of malice sought to quench that lihtVandal hands assailed the
g . first and second temple till not one stone was left upon another , as they had nailed the lord of tho temple to the cross and rolled the . stone upon his sepulchre . Monuments of Masonry and temples of religion and truth may thus fall ; nations that destroy them may perish , but truth survives . Freemasonry and religion still live and arc fulfilling their mission of love and mercy . You recall us to the days of chivalry and the heroism and hospitality
of the Kni g hts . Their mission is not yet fully understood . " They were links m that chain of events by which Christianity is raising woman from the subjection and debasement in which depraved power and passion in the stronger sex had doomed her for longages , to that freedom and equality which heaven designed for her
as the companion and helpmate for man . They sought in vain to recover the holy city and temple with lance , spear and human prowess . Their crusade was a failure , and the holy city is still m sackcloth and her sons in exile , but the heroism of the Knights still lives . Their memory is cherished , and will be till the " last Jink of oppression ' s chain is severed— -till freedom and fraternity encircle the earth , flashing their words of cheer and charity on the
lightning ' s wing from land to land across the ocean waves . Th this work Freemasonry has a noble part to hear . For this she has still her temples , her altars , and her nriesthood . For this she lays the sacred oracles on her altars , around which Brothers . Companions , and Sir Kni ghts bow in humble reverence . A ' aliant men , indeed , surround you , hut you have no occasion for thenprotection or defence in approaching our altar with an offering like tins
. Accept for yourself and the sisters you represent the tribute ol grateful hearts . Assure ( hem that no gift could be more welcome—that with peculiar pleasure wc shall lay it on the pilar of the Standish Lodge , to remain there as our li ght and guide . AA e will guard it with sacred fidelit y , remembering sratefnlly the sisters who thus generously greet the infancy of our enterprise . V \ e ask leave to lay this fair record of their within its
names golden enclosures , there to repose , guarded with the same fidelity with winch we guard this great li ght and the altar on which it rests , that light we shall prize the more for the ffencroiis sympathy and words of cheer with which it is presented . So far a < = human frailty may dare to pledge , we will endeavour to fix its . lessons in the memory , and engrave them on the hearts of those who kneel bsfore it . And when this Lod and all who rather
ge around ! t shall have passed away—when all the temples of Masonry shall have accomplished their work , and the last sound of the gavel is heard—when Brothers , Companions , and Sir Knights who have laithhillv SCrvcd God and their generation shall have fought a good fight' and ' finished their course , '
A Lady Upon Freemasonry.
And their lances and banners furl , Where the streets arc gold and the gates tire pearl , may you and the sisters you represent enjoy with them a blessed meeting in that Grand Lodge above—that upper temple , where farewell words are not spoken and parting tears are not shed , "
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
TOE SOCIETY OP FJilEXDS . I REPLY to the query of " A . B . G ., " in your Maga-inc of the 12 th ult ., "Are there amongst us any members of the Society of Friends ?"—No member of the Society of Friends can consistently become a Freemason in consequence of the required oath , although the writer knows that several instances have occurred , thereby rendering themselves liable to be disowned by the Society . —A P . M ., AMD FORMERLY A MKMBEI 5 Ol' THE SOCIETY OF FlIIEXPS .
KXIGIIT . S OF MALTA . A Master Mason is not eligible to be installed in any Encampment of Masonic Knights Templar of Malta or Jerusalem until exalted to the Royal Arch degree , and holding a certificate from the Grand Lodge to that effect . Encampments meet quarterly , and Grand Conclave annually . —AY . H . B ., S . P . E . C ., K . T ., 2 nd Capt . C . C .
WAS HIBAM A SLAVE ? He was not . How could Hiram have been a slave ? He was a son of a daughter of the tribe of Dan ; his father was ot'Naphtali ; they were consequently Israelites , not bondsmen or slaves . Solomon ' sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre , to help in building the Temple , which was not commenced until four hundred and eig hty years after the Israelites were brought out of Egypt , where slaves
they were bondsmen to Pharaoh , but not bought or sold as . Moreover , slaves were not permitted to enter the Temple . A reference to 1 Kings vii . 13 , 14 , will show that Hiram was not presented to King Solomon , as stated by the Rev . David Turner . Admitting it to be as stated in 2 Chron . ii . 12 , 18 , 14 , this _ does not prove that Hiram was a slave . The eastern expression of Abi , father , was given to Hiram out of respect , and from being an eminent person ; it certainly does not mean that he belonged to the King-of Tyre ' s father . Sohmon also calls him " father , " 2 Chron . iv . 10 . —AY H . ]! ., S . P . R . C .
C 0 LOXEL -MAINWAMXO . AVho was the Colonel Mainwaring that Ashmole , in his diary , asserts was admitted with himself as a Mason at AVarrington , in Cheshire , in 1040?—A CHESHIRE BnoTiiEi ; . I . XITIATIOX OF THE I . AT'K TlVJKE OF YOllK . Ill what Lodge was His Koyal Hig hness the late Duke of
York initiated ? I have heard it both asserted and denied that he was made in the Royal York , No . 7 . —TEE DEE . [ In 1707 a Lodge at Berlin was formed under the English constitution , and when the Duke of York was travelling on the Continent , in 1787 , he was initiated in that Lodge , which thereupon assumed the name of the Royal York , so that " Tec Deo " has heard from both sides correctly , ' the duke having been made in the Royal York ( . Berlin ) and not in the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 . 1
l ; IOXYSIAX JlYSTlvKIKS . Where can a good account of the Dio ' nysian mysteries be found ? It is often asserted that they bear a strong resemblance to rrrcmasonry .- —G . S . [ Consult Chandler ' s Travels in Asia Minor , -1-to . Lond .,, 177 . % and sec also Chishull's Anliij . Asia / , and the Ionian Aiiti <[ Ui ! ie ^ . If " GS" will carefullread what was written on . the ancient
. . y mysteries in the last volume of the Fre . cma-iorr . i Miia-A-nic , he will , find that till tho mysteries of tho ancients bear a strong resemblance to Freemasonry , but in the particular joints in winch both , agree our correspondent must draw his own inference , 1
S . uvnx . v . —The Impartial , of Smyrna , states : that Bro . H y de Clarice , who has been appointed by the government Vice-President of th .: Imperial Committees for Land Causes , on the !) th November , accompanied by bis suite , paid an official visit at the palace to IT . K , the Va « ha , and tho Kiabya Bey .
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A Lady Upon Freemasonry.
Masonry , and opening a field of thought too vast and varied to allow a fitting response at this late hour . Our Grand Master has impressively reminded us how difficult it is to impart instruction and fix fessons of wisdom in the minds of those famishing with hunger , and the finger of time silently points to the dinner hour as long since past . You remind us of ' fiery ordeals of persecution . ' Well do wc remember scenes of violence a little more than
a quarter of a century ago , when madness ruled the hour , and it was boastfully proclaimed that Freemasonry was dead and buried past resurrection . Frenzied men in all ranks and professions joined a hand to roll the great stone , the rough ashlar of popular indignation , upon its sepulchre . How comes it to pass , then , that Freemasonry is to-day ' a power on earth , ' instinct with life and giving occasion to the scenes and solemn services of this day ? It is because
Iruth crushed to earth revives again , The eternal years of God are Iter ' s . ' It is because the institution is based upon truth—the truth of God , as it stands in silent majesty upon the pure pages of this sacred volume . Its foundation is the rock of ages . This volume is the great light of Masonry . It is the light of the world . It is the pillar of cloud by day and fire by nihtto guide the bannered
g , hosts of Freemasonry and tribes of earth through seas of doubt and the wilderness of sin , to the promised land of a better life and a broader humanity . You speak of Solomon and the ancient temple . His love of woman was not a mere human passion or affection . He was the instrument of a hi gher intelligence . He built that glorious temple by divine command from a divine model , and was thus a link in the chain of Providence—an
honoured link in that golden chain which is to bind earth with heaven ; which is yet to hold in harmony and peace the nations of earth , and lift up fallen men to the dignity of sons of God . He was a favoured channel both for Masonry and reli g ion , and the temple was the hallowed shrine of heaven ' s ' light till a greater than Solomon should come . Hands of violence and hearts of malice sought to quench that lihtVandal hands assailed the
g . first and second temple till not one stone was left upon another , as they had nailed the lord of tho temple to the cross and rolled the . stone upon his sepulchre . Monuments of Masonry and temples of religion and truth may thus fall ; nations that destroy them may perish , but truth survives . Freemasonry and religion still live and arc fulfilling their mission of love and mercy . You recall us to the days of chivalry and the heroism and hospitality
of the Kni g hts . Their mission is not yet fully understood . " They were links m that chain of events by which Christianity is raising woman from the subjection and debasement in which depraved power and passion in the stronger sex had doomed her for longages , to that freedom and equality which heaven designed for her
as the companion and helpmate for man . They sought in vain to recover the holy city and temple with lance , spear and human prowess . Their crusade was a failure , and the holy city is still m sackcloth and her sons in exile , but the heroism of the Knights still lives . Their memory is cherished , and will be till the " last Jink of oppression ' s chain is severed— -till freedom and fraternity encircle the earth , flashing their words of cheer and charity on the
lightning ' s wing from land to land across the ocean waves . Th this work Freemasonry has a noble part to hear . For this she has still her temples , her altars , and her nriesthood . For this she lays the sacred oracles on her altars , around which Brothers . Companions , and Sir Kni ghts bow in humble reverence . A ' aliant men , indeed , surround you , hut you have no occasion for thenprotection or defence in approaching our altar with an offering like tins
. Accept for yourself and the sisters you represent the tribute ol grateful hearts . Assure ( hem that no gift could be more welcome—that with peculiar pleasure wc shall lay it on the pilar of the Standish Lodge , to remain there as our li ght and guide . AA e will guard it with sacred fidelit y , remembering sratefnlly the sisters who thus generously greet the infancy of our enterprise . V \ e ask leave to lay this fair record of their within its
names golden enclosures , there to repose , guarded with the same fidelity with winch we guard this great li ght and the altar on which it rests , that light we shall prize the more for the ffencroiis sympathy and words of cheer with which it is presented . So far a < = human frailty may dare to pledge , we will endeavour to fix its . lessons in the memory , and engrave them on the hearts of those who kneel bsfore it . And when this Lod and all who rather
ge around ! t shall have passed away—when all the temples of Masonry shall have accomplished their work , and the last sound of the gavel is heard—when Brothers , Companions , and Sir Knights who have laithhillv SCrvcd God and their generation shall have fought a good fight' and ' finished their course , '
A Lady Upon Freemasonry.
And their lances and banners furl , Where the streets arc gold and the gates tire pearl , may you and the sisters you represent enjoy with them a blessed meeting in that Grand Lodge above—that upper temple , where farewell words are not spoken and parting tears are not shed , "
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
TOE SOCIETY OP FJilEXDS . I REPLY to the query of " A . B . G ., " in your Maga-inc of the 12 th ult ., "Are there amongst us any members of the Society of Friends ?"—No member of the Society of Friends can consistently become a Freemason in consequence of the required oath , although the writer knows that several instances have occurred , thereby rendering themselves liable to be disowned by the Society . —A P . M ., AMD FORMERLY A MKMBEI 5 Ol' THE SOCIETY OF FlIIEXPS .
KXIGIIT . S OF MALTA . A Master Mason is not eligible to be installed in any Encampment of Masonic Knights Templar of Malta or Jerusalem until exalted to the Royal Arch degree , and holding a certificate from the Grand Lodge to that effect . Encampments meet quarterly , and Grand Conclave annually . —AY . H . B ., S . P . E . C ., K . T ., 2 nd Capt . C . C .
WAS HIBAM A SLAVE ? He was not . How could Hiram have been a slave ? He was a son of a daughter of the tribe of Dan ; his father was ot'Naphtali ; they were consequently Israelites , not bondsmen or slaves . Solomon ' sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre , to help in building the Temple , which was not commenced until four hundred and eig hty years after the Israelites were brought out of Egypt , where slaves
they were bondsmen to Pharaoh , but not bought or sold as . Moreover , slaves were not permitted to enter the Temple . A reference to 1 Kings vii . 13 , 14 , will show that Hiram was not presented to King Solomon , as stated by the Rev . David Turner . Admitting it to be as stated in 2 Chron . ii . 12 , 18 , 14 , this _ does not prove that Hiram was a slave . The eastern expression of Abi , father , was given to Hiram out of respect , and from being an eminent person ; it certainly does not mean that he belonged to the King-of Tyre ' s father . Sohmon also calls him " father , " 2 Chron . iv . 10 . —AY H . ]! ., S . P . R . C .
C 0 LOXEL -MAINWAMXO . AVho was the Colonel Mainwaring that Ashmole , in his diary , asserts was admitted with himself as a Mason at AVarrington , in Cheshire , in 1040?—A CHESHIRE BnoTiiEi ; . I . XITIATIOX OF THE I . AT'K TlVJKE OF YOllK . Ill what Lodge was His Koyal Hig hness the late Duke of
York initiated ? I have heard it both asserted and denied that he was made in the Royal York , No . 7 . —TEE DEE . [ In 1707 a Lodge at Berlin was formed under the English constitution , and when the Duke of York was travelling on the Continent , in 1787 , he was initiated in that Lodge , which thereupon assumed the name of the Royal York , so that " Tec Deo " has heard from both sides correctly , ' the duke having been made in the Royal York ( . Berlin ) and not in the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 . 1
l ; IOXYSIAX JlYSTlvKIKS . Where can a good account of the Dio ' nysian mysteries be found ? It is often asserted that they bear a strong resemblance to rrrcmasonry .- —G . S . [ Consult Chandler ' s Travels in Asia Minor , -1-to . Lond .,, 177 . % and sec also Chishull's Anliij . Asia / , and the Ionian Aiiti <[ Ui ! ie ^ . If " GS" will carefullread what was written on . the ancient
. . y mysteries in the last volume of the Fre . cma-iorr . i Miia-A-nic , he will , find that till tho mysteries of tho ancients bear a strong resemblance to Freemasonry , but in the particular joints in winch both , agree our correspondent must draw his own inference , 1
S . uvnx . v . —The Impartial , of Smyrna , states : that Bro . H y de Clarice , who has been appointed by the government Vice-President of th .: Imperial Committees for Land Causes , on the !) th November , accompanied by bis suite , paid an official visit at the palace to IT . K , the Va « ha , and tho Kiabya Bey .