Ancient Operative Freemasonry, Or Travelling Freemasonry.

built at the same place by the same artist . For instance , we find , at different epochs , churches as far distant from each other as the north of Scotland and the south of Italy , to be minutely similar in all the essential characteristics . "—8 cm Francisco . Masonic Mirror .

Masonic Jottings.—No. 44.

MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 44 .

IBr A PAST PEOVIWCIAL GRAND MASTER . SOME FREEMASONRIES WHICH ARE NOT TRUE FREEMASONRIES . The Freemasonry existing , as a recent

traveller asserts , in Tibet , the religion of which is Lamaism is , not true Freemasonry . The Freemasonry existing , as some brothers say , in the islands of the Pacific , in Africa , and in Americathe religion of which is Fetishism—is not true

Freemasonry . The Freemasonry known to exist in some parts of Europe , which has not religion as an ingredient , is not true Freemasonry . *

MASONIC ETHICS . My answer to the question of an entered apprentice , who has just taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Cambridge is , that the lines of the . Roman poet f may well find a place in a paper on Masonic Ethics . * * My correspondent cites

a passage of a book which he has not seen , but which he calls "A Mason on Self-knowledge . " This is a mistake , the book is " A Treatise on Selfknowledge , by John Mason , A . M . " The passage is in the preface .

TOLERATION IN ENGLISH FREEMASONRY , — CORRECTION . See the Jotting thus entitled , page 325 of the present volume . A learned correspondent at Cambridge is right . The Continental Lodge there

referred to came some time ago to a conclusion , which by no means accords with the statement that the year 1717 should seem to be the year which gave us toleration . The word " may , " line 6 of the Jotting , is an error of the press ; the word " has " is the proper reading .

A CONTINENTAL LODGE . A Continental Lodge which has made our charges of 1723 part of its Constitution , is not obliged to adopt our amended charges of 1738 . —Old MS . '

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A LODGE BEHIND THE AGE . A Lodge which prefers the original Charges of 1723 to the amended Charges of 1738 is a Lodge behind the age . HOW CANDIDATES WERE FORMERLY OBLIGATED

IN FRANCE . In France formerly , whilst the Religion of her Masonry , like that of England , the parent country , was Christianity , the candidates were obligated on the four Gospels . —From the papers of a deceased

brother . OBLIGATION—OATH—CORRECTION . See a Jotting ante page 366 . For " Oath" in the heading , and in the text , read " Obligation . " STUPID IGNORANCE . Stupid Ignorance is unable to understand that

the mythical is not less morally useful than the real . THE FUTUBE . There will prevail over all the earth three things : —The Anglo-Saxon Race , Christianity , and Freemasonry .

Freemasonry In Japan.

FREEMASONRY IN JAPAN .

( Jfrom a Correspondent ^) To those brethren who have been welcomed at our lodges in this , the " ' chief " Foreign Port of Dia Niphou , " I am sure the memory of old times will be reviyidly recalled and remembered with all pleasure at hearing of the Craft ' s progress in Yokohama , the fair

whilst to those countless brethren to whom Isles of Japan are but yet dreamland , their interest and sympathy will be awakened in reading the records of Masonic advancement in this "The Ear East . " On the 24 th of June last , the Installation of the W . M . of the Yokohama Lodge , No . 1 , 092 , E . G ., took place , and on the 20 th July a similar ceremony was performed for "The O Tentosama Lodge , i . e ., in native vernacular , "The Lodge of the Rising Sun . "

Tbese are at present the only lodges under the English Constitution in Japan , the former having been established in 18 G 6 , whilst the latter was only inaugurated last year , yet within so brief a period , nigh 300 fit and worthy brethren have been tabled on the rolls of these lodges , and hopes are entertained but

that such solid progress will not only continue , increase sufficiently to justify the application for a warrant for the estahlishmeut of a lodge at one of the other ports . Ihe ceremony of installation was on both occasions most ably performed by our Bro . Dallas , P . M ., and when

sincere were the thanks accorded him for having , in England studiously availed himself of opportunities of obtaining so perfect a knowledge of the ritual of our many ceremonies from such undoubted sources as the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . The following are the officers for the current year : YOKOHAMA LODOE , ( NO . 1092 , E . G . ) . — Bros . Raines , P . M ., W . M .,- Bourne S . D . ; Geoghegan