To Our Readers.

TO OUR READERS .

ZOXJDON ; SATURDAY , JULY 21 , 1 SC 0 .

OITB Friends ivill percei \* e that the FREEMASONS MAGAZINE is , this day , jjrinted with an entirely new type , which has been cast expressly for us . "We had hoped to have been enabled to commence onr new volume with it , but was unavoidably delayed .

"We shall , shortly , introduce various new features in the literary portion of the MAGAZINE , which we hope will meet with the approbation of our Subscribers . On the 1 st August , our Publishing Office will be removed to No . 5 , Salisbury Street , Strand , ( W . C ) , in order to bring the whole of our business arrangements under one roof .

Masonry In St. Thomas's.

MASONRY IN ST . THOMAS'S .

IN another part of the FREEMASONS MAGAZINE will be found a letter on the subject of the disputes at St . Thomas's , which came before the Grand Lodge on its last meeting , on the report of the Colonial Board , ancl the origin of which ive described in our number of the

Sth May . Prom this communication it ivould appear that neither party are satisfied ivith the decision which was arrived at by Bro . Hart , the ProA * . G . Master for Trinidad , notwithstanding they both voluntarily bound themselves to abide by his decision . According to Bro .

Hart ' s statement he explained in the first instance that his only poAi r er AA-as to inquire and report , and that the Brethren themselves voluntarily asked him to decide ujion the questions in dispute betAveen them , ancl agreed to abide by his award . In doing so they clearly came

before Grand Lodge merely to confirm that award , ina - much as they accepted an arbitration to be made , in legal phrase , a rule of Court—AA'hich the Court has decided it cannot reA'erse , so far as the decision Avas consonant with its laws and regulations ; but , Avhere

Bro . Hart exceeded tlie powers possessed under these laAvs , Grand Lodge has held that his decisions are null void .

That he exceeded his powers in suspending three of the brethren is clear , and , though Ave oivn it does not very clearly appear on the face of the report of the Colonial Board , which AA'as jmblished in our number of the 2 nd June , nor in the subsequent proceedings of Grand Lodge , as the decision of Bro . Hart vvas only upheld

" so far as the said award is in conformity with the poiver vested in Prov . G . Master by the Book of Constitutions , " the suspension of the three brethren ( notwithstanding their appeal was informal ) , ceased AA'ith the meeting of Grand Lodge , and there ought the

matter to end . I It appears , further , from the letter of our correspon- j dent , that the parties whom Bro . Hart is accused of j favouring-, hai-e withdrawn from the Lodge , and "the I Harmonic Loclge , far from being broken up , are most j closely united and cemented , and determined to carry ! through , as far as possible , the principles of unity , j

Masonry In St. Thomas's.

harmony , brotherly love , concord , and peace ; " but he goes on to say that another appeal for justice has been made to the Colonial Board , and if not granted "they may think proper to throw off that allegiance , which , since the year 181 S , they have ever prided themselves !

upon observing . " Such a threat is most- improper , and oiu * correspondent while writing it can scarcely have recollected that he has sworn' to uphold the decisions of lawfully constituted authority , alike of the nation and of the Masonic

body to which he owes allegiance . At the same time we hear that some of the brethren who have seceded from the Lodge have petitioned the M . W . Grand Master for a neAV lodge , a petition which , under the circumstances , is not likely to be granted , for ,

irrespective of the encouragement which would be given by the granting of such a warrant to disputes amongst . the members , and consequent secession from lodges of every brother who felt himself aggriei r ed , all experience has proA'ed that a second English lodge is not wanted ,

in St . Thomas's , the Harmonic , having more than once been in abeyance for want of adequate support , and it being only about four years since it was resuscitated .

The Ineffable Word.

THE INEFFABLE WORD .

I 3 T BItO . ALBERT G . 3 IAC 1 CE 1 ' , M . D . THE Tetragrammaton , * or Ineffable "Word—the Incommunicable Name—is a symbol—for rightly considered it is nothing more than a symbol—that has more than any other ( except , perhaps , the symbols connected AA'ith sunworship , ) pervaded the rites of antiquity . I know ,

indeed , of no system of ancient initiation in which ithas not some jjrominent form and ]) lace . But as it was , perhaps , the earliest symbol which was corrupted by the spurious Freemasony of the Pagans , in their secession from the primitive system of the Patriarchs and ancient Priesthoodit will be most expedient

, for the thorough discussion of the subject which is proposed in the jiresenfc paper , that Ave should begin the investigation with an inquiry into the nature of the symbol among the Israelites . That name of God , which Ave , at a A'enture , pronounce JEHOVAH—although whether this isor is nottlie true

, , pronunciation can IIOAV neA'er be authoritatiA'ely settled —AA'as eA'er helcl by the JCAA * S in the most profound veneration . They derived its origin from the immediate inspiration of the Almighty , AA * 1 IO communicated it to Moses as his es 2 ? ecial appellation , ' to be used only by his chosen people , ancl this communication was made at the

Burning Bush , Avhen he said to him : " Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel : Jehovah , the God of your fathers , the Gocl of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob , hath sent me unto you : this [ Jehovah ] is my name for ever , and this is my memorial unto all generations . " f And at a subsequent period , he