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and went away threatening to " show me up in the Mirror . " He was not refused admission because "the Lodge was about to close , or that there was no business before the Lodge , " but because he hacl failed to prove his claim to admission . Of all the duties attached to a Mason , there is not one more important than the examination and admission of visitors . I have sometimes wished that we hacl some control over the admission of those we do knowjust

, because they are known . But at all times there is risk in the admission of strangers ; ancl an individual' , presenting himself for admission into a Lodge where he is utterly unknown , is bound , by his Masonic obligations , to give the fullest ancl most unequivocal proofs of his brotherhood . " The very fact of being desirous to enter a Lodge without giving these proofs , shows a deficiency in one of the essentials of Freemasonry , viz . —obedience , " which must be proved by a close conformity to our laws and regulations . "

I am sure the character of the Globe Lodge lor giving a brotherly welcome to visiting—particularly provincial—Brothers , will not suffer depreciation from tills event . My experience of London Loclges is , that no article in the Book of Constitutions is more widel y interpreted , or more liberally carried out than that which " enjoins Masters ancl AVardens of a Lodge to visit other Lodges , in order that the same usages ancl customs may be observed throughout the Craftancl a good understanding

culti-, vated amongst Freemasons . " Ancl in this respect , the Globe Lodge is not a whit behind her metropolitan sisters . For my own part , I think the presence of visitors necessary , to make a- perfect Lodge , and at the festive Board , " if they had been forgotten , It had been as a gap in our great feast , And all things unbecoming . ' '

But for the purpose of gaining a fair name for being courteous and hospitable iu making welcome strange visitors , am I to set at nought the laws and regulations of our Constitution ; ancl , neglecting the caution imposed upon me at my initiation , am I to place in jeopardy the privileges and landmarks ofthe Order ? I trust that I shall ever feci the full weight of responsibility imposed upon me when examining a visitor who seeks admission into my Lodge ; and that I shall at all times greet well as a Brother him that proves

his claim to the title , ancl not be deterred in refusing admission to him that thinks the only passport needful for admission into a Freemason ' s Lodge is to present himself with most lame and impotent conclusions , even though such refusal should subject me to the vulgar threat of being " shown up " in a periodical . I remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternall y , AVIIXI .-UI Br . ACKBui . N , P . M ., Sec . li os . 23 and loll .

Christianity C. Universality.

CHRISTIANITY c . UNIVERSALITY .

TO TUB EDITOE 01 ' THE EKEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MffiliOI ., DEAU SIR AXD BnornEi ., —Two letters iu your Muqasine by "AV . IL , " will be read probably with much pleasure by Christian Freemasons ; another by a " Univevsalist , " perhaps with pain . Fortunately the subject of these letters does not rest on the dictum of the latter . if I recollect