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Masonic Jottings, No. 74.
YASTNESS . English Freemasonry , considered nofc as a Universal Freemasonry , but as a Christian Freemasonry only , would lose very ' little of its vastness . A NURSERY .
Brother—You may call Masonry a Nursery—a Nursery of the young virtues . INFINITE . Amongst Speculative Masons there is as much diffence of opinion respecting this word as there is amongst Metaphysicians . Probably
Speculative Masons , in general , think with Locke , that " we have no positive idea of fche infinite ; that ifc is only the negative of an end or termination . " ROSICRUCIANISM—THEOSOPHY— 17 TH CENTURY . During parts of the 17 th century , the Accepted Masons of the English Lodges are said to have pursued Rosicrucianism and Theosophy in preference to their own Speculative Philosophy .
THE MORAL LAW . The moral Law is part of God , the Mason ' s Glorious Architect of Heaven and Earth . THE 1717 THEORY . Brother , —You are mistaken . The denial which has for some time been found at the root of this
theory , is not a denial that Speculative Masonry existed , but merely a denial that it was taught before the beginning of the 18 th century .
IGNOTUM PER IGNOTIUS . See the communication " Christian Freemasonry , " ante page 428 . An Entered Apprentice calls this a very notable example of an attempt ; to explain the " ignotum per ignofcius . "
The example , adds my young Correspondent , is the more notable , from the Contributor having , in the columns of the ' ' ¦ ' Freemasons'Magazine , " more than once , and not long ago , denied the existence of Christian Freemasonry .
LECTURES OP 1720 . A Brother suggests that there was much in the Lectures of 1720 which was incompatible with the doctrines of the Churches and Sects , whose members were admitted into our Lodges by virtue ofthe Charges of 1723 .
ADMISSION INTO OUR LODGES , 1723 TO 173 S . From the year 1723 to the year 1738 , admissions into our Lodges were regulated by the Charges of 1723 , which , however , were not , as I have reason to believe , very strictly observed .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
THEISM—THE KILWINNING FRATERNITY . [ Continued from page 447 ) . According to the Eglinton MSS ., Wardens of Lodges were held responsible to the Presbytery ( a convocation of parish ministers ) for ' all ofiensis ' committed by the 'Maisson's subject to the ludgeis ' over which they were placed ; and to the Deacon and
Warden of Kilwinning was it 'geeven to put forth of their societie and cumpany all personnes disobedient ather ta Kirh , Craft , Counsall , & e . ' At the period in which these statutes were penned in connection with the Ordinance issued for ' ye guid ordour keeping' of the Lodge of Kilwinning , the Presbyterian Kirk of Scotland was that to which the
Scottish Craft was amenable for offences against religion . " An old MS ., ' Narration of the Founding of the Craft of Masonry , ' still preserved in the archives of the Lodge of Kilwinning , opens with a prayer which could only be offered by Christian Masons : —0 , Lord God , the Father of Heaven , with the power of His
Glorious Son , and the Holy Ghost , which are three Persons in . one Godhead , be with us at our beginning , and give us grace so to govern us in our living that we may come to the bliss which shall never have au ending . Amen . So mote it be . " And the following sentence in the Charges to Prentices embraced in the same MS ., clearly shows the Roman Catholic Faith to have been thafc of ths
Craftsmen to whom the Mason oath was administered prior to the Reformation : — ' That you sail be a trew man to God and the Holy Church and that you use no heresie nor error , to your understanding , or discredit man ' s teaching , So help me God and the Holy Dame . ' " So much , then for the universality of the Masonic faith , as exemplified in the practice , past and present , of Mother Kilwinning . "—CHAELES PUETOS COOPEE .
ORIGINAL YORK CONSTITUTIONS . Bro . Dr . Oliver , in a note to his edition of "Preston ' s Illustrations , " page 121 , says that for reasons which he has stated in extenso in the "American Freemasons ' Quarterly Review , " for 1 S 58 , page 546 , he takes the Constitutions , of which a copy may be found in the old Royal Library at the British Museum ( Bib . Reg . 17 A . L , ff 32 ) , and published by Mr . Halliwell in 1840 , to be a veritable copy of the original York Constitutions . —CHARLES PUBTO-N- OOOVT-E .
OPINIONS ON THE VOLUME OP THE SACRED LAW . An Entered Apprentice will find a small collection of opinions on the volume of the " Sacred Law , " vol . 15 , page 30 , of our good periodical . My young brother is strongly recommended to commit all ot them to memory , including opinions of individuals supposed to have been pure Theists . —CHAELES FUS - ION COOPEE .
THE FRENCH ANTI-GERMAN LEAGUE . The anecdote subjoined is taken from the "Freemasons' Magazine , " vol . 13 , page 430 . A Metropolitan Correspondent suggests that it should he brought under the eyes ot a French Brother , Member of the Anti- German League . But will it nofc be said that the anetdote is not applicable ; that the year 1793 does
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Masonic Jottings, No. 74.
YASTNESS . English Freemasonry , considered nofc as a Universal Freemasonry , but as a Christian Freemasonry only , would lose very ' little of its vastness . A NURSERY .
Brother—You may call Masonry a Nursery—a Nursery of the young virtues . INFINITE . Amongst Speculative Masons there is as much diffence of opinion respecting this word as there is amongst Metaphysicians . Probably
Speculative Masons , in general , think with Locke , that " we have no positive idea of fche infinite ; that ifc is only the negative of an end or termination . " ROSICRUCIANISM—THEOSOPHY— 17 TH CENTURY . During parts of the 17 th century , the Accepted Masons of the English Lodges are said to have pursued Rosicrucianism and Theosophy in preference to their own Speculative Philosophy .
THE MORAL LAW . The moral Law is part of God , the Mason ' s Glorious Architect of Heaven and Earth . THE 1717 THEORY . Brother , —You are mistaken . The denial which has for some time been found at the root of this
theory , is not a denial that Speculative Masonry existed , but merely a denial that it was taught before the beginning of the 18 th century .
IGNOTUM PER IGNOTIUS . See the communication " Christian Freemasonry , " ante page 428 . An Entered Apprentice calls this a very notable example of an attempt ; to explain the " ignotum per ignofcius . "
The example , adds my young Correspondent , is the more notable , from the Contributor having , in the columns of the ' ' ¦ ' Freemasons'Magazine , " more than once , and not long ago , denied the existence of Christian Freemasonry .
LECTURES OP 1720 . A Brother suggests that there was much in the Lectures of 1720 which was incompatible with the doctrines of the Churches and Sects , whose members were admitted into our Lodges by virtue ofthe Charges of 1723 .
ADMISSION INTO OUR LODGES , 1723 TO 173 S . From the year 1723 to the year 1738 , admissions into our Lodges were regulated by the Charges of 1723 , which , however , were not , as I have reason to believe , very strictly observed .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
THEISM—THE KILWINNING FRATERNITY . [ Continued from page 447 ) . According to the Eglinton MSS ., Wardens of Lodges were held responsible to the Presbytery ( a convocation of parish ministers ) for ' all ofiensis ' committed by the 'Maisson's subject to the ludgeis ' over which they were placed ; and to the Deacon and
Warden of Kilwinning was it 'geeven to put forth of their societie and cumpany all personnes disobedient ather ta Kirh , Craft , Counsall , & e . ' At the period in which these statutes were penned in connection with the Ordinance issued for ' ye guid ordour keeping' of the Lodge of Kilwinning , the Presbyterian Kirk of Scotland was that to which the
Scottish Craft was amenable for offences against religion . " An old MS ., ' Narration of the Founding of the Craft of Masonry , ' still preserved in the archives of the Lodge of Kilwinning , opens with a prayer which could only be offered by Christian Masons : —0 , Lord God , the Father of Heaven , with the power of His
Glorious Son , and the Holy Ghost , which are three Persons in . one Godhead , be with us at our beginning , and give us grace so to govern us in our living that we may come to the bliss which shall never have au ending . Amen . So mote it be . " And the following sentence in the Charges to Prentices embraced in the same MS ., clearly shows the Roman Catholic Faith to have been thafc of ths
Craftsmen to whom the Mason oath was administered prior to the Reformation : — ' That you sail be a trew man to God and the Holy Church and that you use no heresie nor error , to your understanding , or discredit man ' s teaching , So help me God and the Holy Dame . ' " So much , then for the universality of the Masonic faith , as exemplified in the practice , past and present , of Mother Kilwinning . "—CHAELES PUETOS COOPEE .
ORIGINAL YORK CONSTITUTIONS . Bro . Dr . Oliver , in a note to his edition of "Preston ' s Illustrations , " page 121 , says that for reasons which he has stated in extenso in the "American Freemasons ' Quarterly Review , " for 1 S 58 , page 546 , he takes the Constitutions , of which a copy may be found in the old Royal Library at the British Museum ( Bib . Reg . 17 A . L , ff 32 ) , and published by Mr . Halliwell in 1840 , to be a veritable copy of the original York Constitutions . —CHARLES PUBTO-N- OOOVT-E .
OPINIONS ON THE VOLUME OP THE SACRED LAW . An Entered Apprentice will find a small collection of opinions on the volume of the " Sacred Law , " vol . 15 , page 30 , of our good periodical . My young brother is strongly recommended to commit all ot them to memory , including opinions of individuals supposed to have been pure Theists . —CHAELES FUS - ION COOPEE .
THE FRENCH ANTI-GERMAN LEAGUE . The anecdote subjoined is taken from the "Freemasons' Magazine , " vol . 13 , page 430 . A Metropolitan Correspondent suggests that it should he brought under the eyes ot a French Brother , Member of the Anti- German League . But will it nofc be said that the anetdote is not applicable ; that the year 1793 does