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Masons , and are supposed to have been frequently initiated among the Syrian fraternity . On the dissolution of their Order in the 14 th century , the Provincial Grand Master of Auvergne , Pierre d'Aumont , with two Commanders and five Knights fled disguised as Masons to one of the Scottish isles , where they
found the Grand Commander Hamptoncourt , and other members of their Order ; and they resolved to preserve the institution , if possible , although in secret , and adopted many of the forms of the Ereemasons to conceal their real designs . They held a chapter on St . John ' s Day 1313 when D'Aumont
, , was chosen Grand Master , and in 1361 their seat was removed to Aberdeen , and by degrees the Order spread , under the veil of Preemasonry , over great part of the Continent , though its rank and power were at an end . Now , sir , which am I to believe—a respectable and unprejudiced authoritlike the " Encyclopcedia
y Metropolitana , " supported as it is by the greatest light in modern Masonry , Dr . Oliver , or the selfconstituted President General of the Masonic Literary Hnion ? Yours fraternally , A KNIGHT TEMPLAE .
EED CEOSS KNIGHTS . 50 THE EDITOE 01 ? THE ESEE _ lIASOSS' MAGAZINE AND HASOISIC 3 II 3 E 0 E . DEAE SIB AND BEOTHEE , —In the last number of the Freemasons' Magazine , under the above title , there is an account of the meeting of the Eose and Lily Conclave , in which it is stated that , in the course of
the evening , the G . Eecorder , Sir Knt . Little , undertook to confer the dignity of K . H . S . and Knight of St . John upon all members of the conclave who were also Eoyal Arch Masons , in conformity with'an edict to that effect recently promulgated by the Grand Council .
May I ask Bro . Little by what authority the degree of Knight of St . John ( of Jerusalem , I presume ) , is given in a conclave of Eed Cross Knights ? I was under the impression that that degree could only be conferred in a Priory of Malta , under the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar and Knights of St .
John of Jerusalem and Malta . Perhaps Bro . Little will oblige us with a little information upon this subject . Yours fraternally , A KNIGHT TEMPLAB AND KNIGHT OP THE EOYAL OEDEE OE SCOTLAND . [ We believe the degree referred to is not the same
as a Knight of Malta , and , indeed , has nothing to do with it , the degree of Knight of St . John only beingconferred as appendant to the degree of that of the K . H . S .-ED . P . M . 1
THE TWELVE TEIBES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AUD MASONIC MIEJiOH . DEAE SIB AND BEOTHEE , —In your valuable Magazine of llth August , 1 S 60 , you give the ground colours of the banners of the twelve tribes , omitting those of Levi ancl Joseph in inserting the two half
tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh . If the above is correct , what are the devices for the banners of E . and M ., as they are not given in the 49 th chapter of Genesis ; and what is the ground colour for Joseph ?
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Can you at the same time inform me the order in which the banners should be placed in the chapter ? Your reply will greatly oblige a constant reader . Yours fraternally , H . HOTHAM , P . Z . Chapter de Sussex . Neweastle-on-Tyne , June 4 th , 1 SG 7 .
[ The colour ofthe standard of Ephraim was green , and the device an ox . The ensign of the tribe of Mannasseh ( or Joseph ) was flesh colour , and the device is a fruitful bough growing by a well , with luxuriant branches running over the wall . The E . A . tracing board gives the order in which
the banners or ensigns should he placed , viz .: first on the left of the M . E . Z . is Judah—a lion surmounted by a crown and sceptre—then follows Issachar , an . ass couching beneath its burdens ; Zebulum , a ship ; Ruben , a man or running water ; Simeon and Levi , a sword and dagger ; Gad , a troop of horsemen ;
Ephraim , an ox ; Mannassa , a bough growing by a well ; Dan , an eagle—it is also represented by a serpent biting the heels of a horse ; Asher , a cup ; Naphtalh a hind . The ensign of Simeon and Levi was yellow ; they were represented by implements of war , the former by a sword , the latter by a dagger . ]
10 THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC HIRROE ; DEAE SIE AND BROTHER , —Doubtless some good brother at Madras will have informed you of the great loss our district has suffered in the death of our District Grand' Master , Major-General AVilliam Pitt Macdonald . Too much cannot be said in praise of so good a
man and Mason . His lodge at Madras had a funeral service to his memory , and Lodge Victoria in Burmah ( No . 832 ) , the Master of which had beeu his friend for upwards of thirty-years , had also a service . This I enclose a copy of , as also of the letter of condolence sent to his bereaved widow . The addresses are by E . W . Bro . Colonel Greenlaw , P . S . G . Warden of England , ancl G . M . of 832 . We naturally ask ourselves what will be the fate of the Order in Madras ?
Who is there " able and willing" to undertake the work ? There are those willing to take the honour , but are they willing to work , and , if willing , are they able ? We hope the M . W . the Grand Master will not nominate a successor till he is certain the person is fit . The brethren feel that in Madras they require
oneat their head who has the Order at heart , who is a steady , temperate man , and one ivho is conversant with all the rules and working of the Order , and look with some anxiety at the selection . Yours fraternally . Rangoon , 25 th April , 1 S 67 . J . J ) .
THE LATE BEO . MAJOE-GENEEAL MACDONALD , D . G . MASTER POR MADRAS .
The following is the address of condolence above referred to : — Lodge Victoria in Burmah ( No . S 32 ) , Eaugoon , 16 th April , 1 SG 7 . To Mrs . Macdonald . Madam—Wethe MasterPast MastersWardens
, , , , , and Pellows of Lodge Victoria in Burmah ( No . 832 ) , have just received , with deep concern , the intelligence of your sad bereavement , aud of the severe loss experienced by our Order by the demise of TOUT
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Correspondence.
Masons , and are supposed to have been frequently initiated among the Syrian fraternity . On the dissolution of their Order in the 14 th century , the Provincial Grand Master of Auvergne , Pierre d'Aumont , with two Commanders and five Knights fled disguised as Masons to one of the Scottish isles , where they
found the Grand Commander Hamptoncourt , and other members of their Order ; and they resolved to preserve the institution , if possible , although in secret , and adopted many of the forms of the Ereemasons to conceal their real designs . They held a chapter on St . John ' s Day 1313 when D'Aumont
, , was chosen Grand Master , and in 1361 their seat was removed to Aberdeen , and by degrees the Order spread , under the veil of Preemasonry , over great part of the Continent , though its rank and power were at an end . Now , sir , which am I to believe—a respectable and unprejudiced authoritlike the " Encyclopcedia
y Metropolitana , " supported as it is by the greatest light in modern Masonry , Dr . Oliver , or the selfconstituted President General of the Masonic Literary Hnion ? Yours fraternally , A KNIGHT TEMPLAE .
EED CEOSS KNIGHTS . 50 THE EDITOE 01 ? THE ESEE _ lIASOSS' MAGAZINE AND HASOISIC 3 II 3 E 0 E . DEAE SIB AND BEOTHEE , —In the last number of the Freemasons' Magazine , under the above title , there is an account of the meeting of the Eose and Lily Conclave , in which it is stated that , in the course of
the evening , the G . Eecorder , Sir Knt . Little , undertook to confer the dignity of K . H . S . and Knight of St . John upon all members of the conclave who were also Eoyal Arch Masons , in conformity with'an edict to that effect recently promulgated by the Grand Council .
May I ask Bro . Little by what authority the degree of Knight of St . John ( of Jerusalem , I presume ) , is given in a conclave of Eed Cross Knights ? I was under the impression that that degree could only be conferred in a Priory of Malta , under the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar and Knights of St .
John of Jerusalem and Malta . Perhaps Bro . Little will oblige us with a little information upon this subject . Yours fraternally , A KNIGHT TEMPLAB AND KNIGHT OP THE EOYAL OEDEE OE SCOTLAND . [ We believe the degree referred to is not the same
as a Knight of Malta , and , indeed , has nothing to do with it , the degree of Knight of St . John only beingconferred as appendant to the degree of that of the K . H . S .-ED . P . M . 1
THE TWELVE TEIBES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AUD MASONIC MIEJiOH . DEAE SIB AND BEOTHEE , —In your valuable Magazine of llth August , 1 S 60 , you give the ground colours of the banners of the twelve tribes , omitting those of Levi ancl Joseph in inserting the two half
tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh . If the above is correct , what are the devices for the banners of E . and M ., as they are not given in the 49 th chapter of Genesis ; and what is the ground colour for Joseph ?
Correspondence.
Can you at the same time inform me the order in which the banners should be placed in the chapter ? Your reply will greatly oblige a constant reader . Yours fraternally , H . HOTHAM , P . Z . Chapter de Sussex . Neweastle-on-Tyne , June 4 th , 1 SG 7 .
[ The colour ofthe standard of Ephraim was green , and the device an ox . The ensign of the tribe of Mannasseh ( or Joseph ) was flesh colour , and the device is a fruitful bough growing by a well , with luxuriant branches running over the wall . The E . A . tracing board gives the order in which
the banners or ensigns should he placed , viz .: first on the left of the M . E . Z . is Judah—a lion surmounted by a crown and sceptre—then follows Issachar , an . ass couching beneath its burdens ; Zebulum , a ship ; Ruben , a man or running water ; Simeon and Levi , a sword and dagger ; Gad , a troop of horsemen ;
Ephraim , an ox ; Mannassa , a bough growing by a well ; Dan , an eagle—it is also represented by a serpent biting the heels of a horse ; Asher , a cup ; Naphtalh a hind . The ensign of Simeon and Levi was yellow ; they were represented by implements of war , the former by a sword , the latter by a dagger . ]
10 THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC HIRROE ; DEAE SIE AND BROTHER , —Doubtless some good brother at Madras will have informed you of the great loss our district has suffered in the death of our District Grand' Master , Major-General AVilliam Pitt Macdonald . Too much cannot be said in praise of so good a
man and Mason . His lodge at Madras had a funeral service to his memory , and Lodge Victoria in Burmah ( No . 832 ) , the Master of which had beeu his friend for upwards of thirty-years , had also a service . This I enclose a copy of , as also of the letter of condolence sent to his bereaved widow . The addresses are by E . W . Bro . Colonel Greenlaw , P . S . G . Warden of England , ancl G . M . of 832 . We naturally ask ourselves what will be the fate of the Order in Madras ?
Who is there " able and willing" to undertake the work ? There are those willing to take the honour , but are they willing to work , and , if willing , are they able ? We hope the M . W . the Grand Master will not nominate a successor till he is certain the person is fit . The brethren feel that in Madras they require
oneat their head who has the Order at heart , who is a steady , temperate man , and one ivho is conversant with all the rules and working of the Order , and look with some anxiety at the selection . Yours fraternally . Rangoon , 25 th April , 1 S 67 . J . J ) .
THE LATE BEO . MAJOE-GENEEAL MACDONALD , D . G . MASTER POR MADRAS .
The following is the address of condolence above referred to : — Lodge Victoria in Burmah ( No . S 32 ) , Eaugoon , 16 th April , 1 SG 7 . To Mrs . Macdonald . Madam—Wethe MasterPast MastersWardens
, , , , , and Pellows of Lodge Victoria in Burmah ( No . 832 ) , have just received , with deep concern , the intelligence of your sad bereavement , aud of the severe loss experienced by our Order by the demise of TOUT