The Grand Lodge Of The Three Globes ,Berlin.

ill name only . They do not concede to them the right of initiation and affiliation in their lodges , and refuse to be just and practice tolerance . But ancient prejudices must give way before education and Ihe enlightenment of tho ago . Tho Prussian Govcrw-iont now admits its Jewish subjects to seats in

its Parliament , and in liberality and enlightenment , in freedom from prejudices , Masons should lead and not follow . They should not be Sons of Light in name merely . AA e look , at no distant day , for a change in the views of our Sister Grand Lodges of Prussia . Already the signs prognosticating this change appear here and

there on the horizon . Wc will only refer to the circular letter issued on St . John ' s Day , 1867 , by tbe Lodge " Ernst znm Compass , ' at C-otha , a daughter lodge of the Three Globes . Gladly would we transfer the whole of it i . o our pages , but our limits forbid . Let the following points , offered as amendments to tlie constitution ,

therefore suffice to show the sentiments of that enlightened Prussian lodge . 1 . The right of an unrestricted vote by the lodge in the Grand Loelge is asked for . 2 . The requirement of a confession of faith as a condition for thc reception of a candidate is not in

accordance with the principles of Masonry , does not rest upon an historical foundation , and should therefore be abolished . "Wc do not at all doubt that the propositions of this

lodge will be looked upon by many , and perhaps by a majority of tho Prussian Lodges as having a de-Christianizing tendency , whilst those of liberal and cosmopolitan views will regard them as a sign of the revival of pure Masonry , as transmitted to us all by our common mother , the Grand Loelge of England . The propositions

of the loelge at Gofcba are unquestionably of vital importance to Masonry in Prussia . A profession of religion ; the excessive control of the Prussian Grand Lodges over their daughter lodges , extending itself heretofore even to thc approval of the officers elected by the lodges ; no voice or vote iu legislation or tho election of

Grand Lodge offices except through representatives appointed from the Berlin lodges by the Grand Master ; in fact , a complete control in every respect , falls with strange effi-ct upon the ears of an English Mason . The sun of enlightenment is already piercing thc clouds that overhang the sky of Prussian Masonry . The indications

are encouraging . Wc have it , although not from official sources , that the Grand Lodge has it under serious contemplation to repeal that part of the constitution which requires a profession of Christianity of tho candidate . Let them remember tho memorable words on religious belief of their King , Frederick the Great , whose

memory is deeply venerated by every Prussian , and who is the father of Masonry in that country : — "Let every one be happy after his owu fashion . " In the spirit of Masonic kindness , we can only wish our Prussian brethren , God-speed .

PMXCE DE ! i TOTJE D'AUVEBGNE , who lias , recovered from his illness , lie-finitely accepts the post of Ambassador at Vienna .

History Of Freemasonry In Worcestershire.

HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN WORCESTERSHIRE .

We have received from the author , Bro . 0 . 0 . Whitney Griffiths , a very elegant work on the " History of the Worcester Lodge , No . 280 , and the other Masonic Institutions in the Province and City of Worcester . "

Bro . Griffiths is Past Master of 280 , and P . S . G-. Warden of Worcestershire : P . Z . of St . Wultstan ' s Chapter ; P . M . Lechmere Lodge of Mark Masters , No . 59 ; P . S . G . D . Grancl Lodge of Mark Masters ; Knt . Com . K . T . and P . G .

Expert ; P . M . W . S . St . Dunstan ' s Chapter , Rose Croix ; K . K . 30 ° , and a member of the Masonic Archasological Institute , & c . It will be therefore readily admitted that diligent in research , as he evidently has been , he possessed ample facilities for the production of this work , which he has done in so able a manner .

The work is dedicated to R . AV . Bro . Albert Hudson Royds , Prov . Grand Master , Worcester , and the members of the Worcester Lodge , and being '' " published by the Worcester Lodge for presentation only , " it is not likely to reach a

general circulation . AVe , therefore , purpose in the present and succeeding numbers , to give a precis of the History of Masonry in Worcester for the benefit of the great number of our readers , who we know take a deep interest to the lore of our old lodges .

The Worcester Journal , in a lengthened notice of the work says : — " Nothing but very considerable Masonic knowledge , an idomitable determination to exhaust all known sources of information , and an

unquenchable enthusiasm in the laborious task of research , can account for his having so successfully indicated the history of the Order in the Province of Worcester , notwithstanding the grave drawback presenting itself in the fact that from , the

commencement of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcester , in 1790 , no record is extant except what he has gathered here and there , so to speak , from old constitutions and all sorts of miscellaneous sources , until the year 1820 , since which time records have

been duly kept . The writer has divided his work into three separate parts . In the first he furnishes the history of the Provincial Grand Lodge , in the second the history of the AVorcester Lodge , of which he is an honoured and prominent member , and in the third he describes the introduction of