Correspondence.

What is the consequence of all this ? Simply that brethren seeking admission and recognition can only do so by joining the A . ancl A . Eite . Take the Mark Degree for instance . Is it not worked at Tork in an irregular lodge ? What are its certificates worth ? Nothing ! 1 know several Masons who took the Mark there

, and who finding its useless , joined properly constituted lodges , and are now worth y Mark Masters , and some of them I dare say members of the Mark Grand Lodge . I feel assured that the Supreme Council would , if properly approached , gladly meet the doubt ,

that these degrees had been worked from brethren half-way , where it could be proved beyond " time immemorial , '' found chapters , and lend their authority to their establishment ou a proper and Masonic basis . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Faithfully and fraternally yours , A MASON WHO BELIEVES IN HIS 0 . 13 .

Master Mason Degree And The Resurrection.

MASTER MASON DEGREE AND THE RESURRECTION .

TO THB BL 1 I 0 K 02 TEH EREE 1 IAS 0 KS MAGAZINE A 2 TD MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —In our beautiful and sublime M . M . degree the doctrine of the resurrection is graphically shadowed forth . We are there taught that the grave is not the goal of all our hopes . Chemists tells us that there is no waste in nature , there may be change but nothing is lost . Seeing

, therefore , that there is change but no loss in matter , the idea naturally follows that there may he change but no loss in mind . From this springs hope—the lovely Fairy Queen that has so often whispered words of joy and consolation into the ear of many a sad despairing soul . Hope tells the bereaved or the

forlorn that the friend or brother , wife , husband , sister or child , whose loss they mourn is not in reality lost but only gone before , and when they also have taken the same " degree " and heen admitted into the fellowship of the saints in light they will find themselves gladly welcomed by those who

have been waiting to receive them . In our Father ' s house are many mansions , all will therefore he suited , and each will find congenial work to do . The scholar and the teacher will both be there for it will take all eternity to develope the Wisdom , and goodness , love and mercy of our adorable Lord

—The Great Architect of the Universe . To whom be all the glory , both now , henceforth , and for evermore . —Amen . I am , Tours fraternally , B .

Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad .

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

MASONIC ELECTIONEEEING . —M . W . Bro . Stevenson , of Canada , from " the Throne , " ( as our brethren there call the Grand East ) lately said .- " From various parts of our jurisdiction , I have learned with great

regret that the ambition of some of our brethren , w regard to obtaining lodge offices , seems to have outrun their discretion . In several instances this has been carried so far as to result in the formation of two or more parties in a lodge , and under the eagerness and excitement which such a state of things invariably run their discretion . In several instances this has been carried so far as to result in the formation of two or more parties in a lodge , and under the eagerness and excitement which such a state of things invariably

produces , open canvassing for the office has been actually resorted to . Brethren , this is an evil of great magnitude , fraught with most disastrous consequences , and it ought not to be tolerated , either in private lodges , or in Graud Lodges . To be elected to a prominent position in the Craft is , doubtless , an produces , open canvassing for the office has been actually resorted to . Brethren , this is an evil of great magnitude , fraught with most disastrous consequences , and it ought not to be tolerated , either in private lodges , or in Graud Lodges . To be elected to a prominent position in the Craft is , doubtless , an

honour to which all deserving and duly qualified brethren may aspire ; yet it ought always to be remembered that merit and ability alone are the true grounds of preferment among Masons , and it is most unseemly that anything like electioneering for officeshould ever be attempted . " Brethren , so mote it be ! honour to which all deserving and duly qualified brethren may aspire ; yet it ought always to be remembered that merit and ability alone are the true grounds of preferment among Masons , and it is most unseemly that anything like electioneering for office should ever be attempted . " Brethren , so mote it be !

M . W . Bro . Robert Rusling , G . M . of New Jersey , in his address before the Grand Lodge at its recent annual communication , used the following language upon the subject of factious spirit in lodges ; it is applicable , perhaps , nearer home than New Jersey . *—M . W . Bro . Robert Rusling , G . M . of New Jersey , in his address before the Grand Lodge at its recent annual communication , used the following language upon the subject of factious spirit in lodges ; it is applicable , perhaps , nearer home than New Jersey . *—

" I regret that I am obliged to call attention to the factious spirit which has mauifested itself in some of our lodges . Indeed , it has come to my knowledge that this spirit has become so wide-spread in the lodges referred to , as to completely prevent their growth . Men whose morality and integrity are un" I regret that I am obliged to call attention to the factious spirit which has mauifested itself in some of our lodges . Indeed , it has come to my knowledge that this spirit has become so wide-spread in the lodges referred to , as to completely prevent their growth . Men whose morality and integrity are

unquestioned , and who stand high in the esteem of their communities , have been excluded by the action of one or more of the members of one faction , because the petition was presented by one of another , or for the questioned , and who stand high in the esteem of their communities , have been excluded by the action of one or more of the members of one faction , because the petition was presented by one of another , or for the

reason that the applicant was a particular friend of some one toward whom they felt a dislike . The spirit of revenge should never enter the sacred precincts of a Lodge of Master Masons . Masons are but men ,, subject to the passions , temptations , and weaknesses of fallen humanity ; but shall it be said of us , that we reason that the applicant was a particular friend of some one toward whom they felt a dislike . The spirit of revenge should never enter the sacred precincts of a Lodge of Master Masons . Masons are but men ,, subject to the passions , temptations , and weaknesses of fallen humanity ; but shall it be said of us , that we

cannot exemplify in our lodge-rooms the teachings and obligations of our Order ? No man of character and high social position is willing to have a suspicion raised as to his reputation , hy being rejected in a-Masonic lodge , simply because rejection by the lodge in question is the rule . When such a state of things cannot exemplify in our lodge-rooms the teachings and obligations of our Order ? No man of character and high social position is willing to have a suspicion raised as to his reputation , hy being rejected in a-Masonic lodge , simply because rejection by the lodge in question is the rule . When such a state of things

exist , it is better , tenfold , to pass a resolution to admit no more members , and thereby prevent the application of candidates . ' ' exist , it is better , tenfold , to pass a resolution to admit no more members , and thereby prevent the application of candidates . ' '

The Mississippi " Clarion , " in speaking the numerous travelling impostors , says : — "The regulation of our Grand Lodge positively forbid relief to non-affiliates who do not contribute-