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Masonic Notes And Queries.
R . W . D . G . M ,, the Earl of Carnarvon , but we may sincerely wish , as with all brethren , " May T . G . A . O . T . U , bless his labours , and ensure Mm a speedy and a happy return . " MASONRY IN NATAL . The following advertisement appeared in the
" Natal Mercury : "•—I . T . N . O . T . G . A . O . T . U . EESTIVA . II OB ST . JOHN . " The brethren will celebrate tho above Festival at the Lodge-Room , Field Street , on St . John's Day , December 27 th 1870 ylien the installation of the
, W . M . Elect , and other officers , will take place at 3 o ' clock in the afternoon . The banquet will be held in the evening of the same day , at the Masonic Hotel , West Street , at 7 p . m ., tickets for which may be obtained from the Stewards . Bros . J . Goodliffe , W . R . Parker , and T . B .
Burnham , until Monnay , the 26 th insfc . Members wishing to introduce visiting brethren , are requested to make early application . " By Command of the W . M . " C . CTJIIIHTGWORTH , Secretary . " " Durban , 19 th December , 1870 . " EXCAVATION OE ANCIENT MASONIC EMBLEMS .
We read in the " Newark ( N . J . ) Advertiser : "" ¦ Some interest has been created in Sussex county during the excavation for the Midland railroad by the discovery of some relics of former times , in the form of two silver Masonic badges , ornamented with square and compassmoon and sunin accordance with the
, , Masonic emblems of the present day , which were found five feet below the hard earth excavations of the Midland railroad . How the badges ever got there is a mystery , as no human remains were connected with them and the soil is a compact slate . Mr . Victor M . Drake , of the " Newton Herald , " says that it is well
known that Masonic emblems were worn both by the pioneers and Indians of the country as a means of self-preservation against the incursions of tories and robbers , who , in the early settlement of the country , held almost undisputed sway on both sides of the State line . The fact is well established that , as early
as 1776 , Major Wood , of Goshen , who was in command at the Minisink battle , fought opposite the Lackawaxen , when , being overpowered by the Indians and taken prisoner , saved his life by signalling Brandt with the grand hailing Masonic sign of distress ; and Masonic badges were in general use at the timeboth
, in the Delaware and Susquehanna valleys , as one of the means for protection against the bloody Indian incursions to which the frontier settlements were at all times liable . "
PRINCE EDWIN LEGEND . A brother is misinformed . During tlie seven years that I was Secretary to the Record Board there never came into my possession any notice of early manuscript copies of tlie Prince Edwin Legend . CiiAiti / ES PUJITON COOPER
How frequently ib ' that the most unreasonable and unreconciled enemy that yon may have is the one who feels and knows that he has wronged you . And more especially his . enmity and hatred will become intensified when he knows that you know his meanness . And a more unhappy man than such an enemy cannot he found .
Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .
We have been somewhat interested at a curious discussion that has lately been going on between the "Keystone" and "New York Dispatch , " relative to the recognition of Masons not initiated in what we term a Blue Dodge . Now it must be well known to
our readers that our system of Masonry is confined almost exclusively to those portions of the world where the English Language is spoken . It is peculiarly Anglo-Saxon . It was revived , of course , in England , it was nurtured there , and from the Grand Lodge of England in 1717 , it spread to the four
quarters of the globe . But in France , Russia , Prussia , Sweden , and South America , it soon varied to a certain extent . It retained the landmarks , but not the system adopted , in 1717 , by the four London Lodges . Had not France and Sweden as much right to have
a system of their own as England had . Very well , in most of these countries Grand Orients or Supreme Councils exist , and they claim the right of granting
the first three degrees . The " Keystone" would declare these men clandestine Masons . Such extraordinary ignorance or prejudice is entirely beyond conception . If Masonry is exactly the same the world over , how comes it that Pennsylvania work differs so materially from that of the other States .
Are the Masons of New York , Ohio , Illinois , & c , clandestine , because they work differently from us ? Our M . W . Bro . the Prince of Wales is then certainly unable to visit any lodge that works what the " Keystone" terms Ancient York Masonry , because he was made under the Swedish Rite .
Every Mason is bound to recognize another , so long as he is acquainted with the landmarks , and able to give those grips , signs , and words , that are universal . It matters not whether he hails from a Grand Orient or Supreme Grand Council , and if bis governing body
is on terms of friendly intercourse with the Grand Lodge which that brother acknowledges , he should , at once bo admitted to a seat in the lodge . —Gavel .
The Masons at Portland , Oregon , will commence , next spring , tho building of a temple on the site o f the building in which the first lodge was opened in that city . The subject of a new half , is being agitated by the
Masons of Pittsburgh . The Past Grand Blaster Bro . Jno . D . Vincil was presented with a beautiful and costly gold watch , as a reward of merit , at the recent session of the Grand Lodge of Missouri .
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
R . W . D . G . M ,, the Earl of Carnarvon , but we may sincerely wish , as with all brethren , " May T . G . A . O . T . U , bless his labours , and ensure Mm a speedy and a happy return . " MASONRY IN NATAL . The following advertisement appeared in the
" Natal Mercury : "•—I . T . N . O . T . G . A . O . T . U . EESTIVA . II OB ST . JOHN . " The brethren will celebrate tho above Festival at the Lodge-Room , Field Street , on St . John's Day , December 27 th 1870 ylien the installation of the
, W . M . Elect , and other officers , will take place at 3 o ' clock in the afternoon . The banquet will be held in the evening of the same day , at the Masonic Hotel , West Street , at 7 p . m ., tickets for which may be obtained from the Stewards . Bros . J . Goodliffe , W . R . Parker , and T . B .
Burnham , until Monnay , the 26 th insfc . Members wishing to introduce visiting brethren , are requested to make early application . " By Command of the W . M . " C . CTJIIIHTGWORTH , Secretary . " " Durban , 19 th December , 1870 . " EXCAVATION OE ANCIENT MASONIC EMBLEMS .
We read in the " Newark ( N . J . ) Advertiser : "" ¦ Some interest has been created in Sussex county during the excavation for the Midland railroad by the discovery of some relics of former times , in the form of two silver Masonic badges , ornamented with square and compassmoon and sunin accordance with the
, , Masonic emblems of the present day , which were found five feet below the hard earth excavations of the Midland railroad . How the badges ever got there is a mystery , as no human remains were connected with them and the soil is a compact slate . Mr . Victor M . Drake , of the " Newton Herald , " says that it is well
known that Masonic emblems were worn both by the pioneers and Indians of the country as a means of self-preservation against the incursions of tories and robbers , who , in the early settlement of the country , held almost undisputed sway on both sides of the State line . The fact is well established that , as early
as 1776 , Major Wood , of Goshen , who was in command at the Minisink battle , fought opposite the Lackawaxen , when , being overpowered by the Indians and taken prisoner , saved his life by signalling Brandt with the grand hailing Masonic sign of distress ; and Masonic badges were in general use at the timeboth
, in the Delaware and Susquehanna valleys , as one of the means for protection against the bloody Indian incursions to which the frontier settlements were at all times liable . "
PRINCE EDWIN LEGEND . A brother is misinformed . During tlie seven years that I was Secretary to the Record Board there never came into my possession any notice of early manuscript copies of tlie Prince Edwin Legend . CiiAiti / ES PUJITON COOPER
How frequently ib ' that the most unreasonable and unreconciled enemy that yon may have is the one who feels and knows that he has wronged you . And more especially his . enmity and hatred will become intensified when he knows that you know his meanness . And a more unhappy man than such an enemy cannot he found .
Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .
We have been somewhat interested at a curious discussion that has lately been going on between the "Keystone" and "New York Dispatch , " relative to the recognition of Masons not initiated in what we term a Blue Dodge . Now it must be well known to
our readers that our system of Masonry is confined almost exclusively to those portions of the world where the English Language is spoken . It is peculiarly Anglo-Saxon . It was revived , of course , in England , it was nurtured there , and from the Grand Lodge of England in 1717 , it spread to the four
quarters of the globe . But in France , Russia , Prussia , Sweden , and South America , it soon varied to a certain extent . It retained the landmarks , but not the system adopted , in 1717 , by the four London Lodges . Had not France and Sweden as much right to have
a system of their own as England had . Very well , in most of these countries Grand Orients or Supreme Councils exist , and they claim the right of granting
the first three degrees . The " Keystone" would declare these men clandestine Masons . Such extraordinary ignorance or prejudice is entirely beyond conception . If Masonry is exactly the same the world over , how comes it that Pennsylvania work differs so materially from that of the other States .
Are the Masons of New York , Ohio , Illinois , & c , clandestine , because they work differently from us ? Our M . W . Bro . the Prince of Wales is then certainly unable to visit any lodge that works what the " Keystone" terms Ancient York Masonry , because he was made under the Swedish Rite .
Every Mason is bound to recognize another , so long as he is acquainted with the landmarks , and able to give those grips , signs , and words , that are universal . It matters not whether he hails from a Grand Orient or Supreme Grand Council , and if bis governing body
is on terms of friendly intercourse with the Grand Lodge which that brother acknowledges , he should , at once bo admitted to a seat in the lodge . —Gavel .
The Masons at Portland , Oregon , will commence , next spring , tho building of a temple on the site o f the building in which the first lodge was opened in that city . The subject of a new half , is being agitated by the
Masons of Pittsburgh . The Past Grand Blaster Bro . Jno . D . Vincil was presented with a beautiful and costly gold watch , as a reward of merit , at the recent session of the Grand Lodge of Missouri .