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The Palestine Exploration Fund.
has hitherto eluded Bro . Warren ' s efforts . We have been unable as yet to undertake the investigation of the geology of the country , and so the money entrusted to us for that purpose , together with 'that for the purpose of the museum , remains
on deposit still . The contributions to the Flora and Fauna of the country by Dr . Tristram and and others remains yet to be supplemented , and much may be done in meteorology . In conclusion , the Executive Committee are of
opinion that the time has come when it will be desirable that the General Committee of the society should consider what should be their future policy . It will probably be agreed that no interruption should take place in Bro . Warren ' s
present work at Jerusalem ; that the party should be retained there , at least until the setting of the hot weather . And the Executive Committee would
advise that , as heretofore' Bro . Warren should be requested to confine himself as far as possible to the neighbourhood of the Haram itself , to avail himself of every possible opportunity of examining the interior of the Haram , and of any promising
opportunity which chance vn & y offer in any other part of the city ; that he should be requested to report on the advisability of excavations made to the north of the city , and what probability there may be of our being able to work anywhere near
the Church of the Hol y Sepuchre , and north of Wilson ' s Arch . It will be for the General Committee to determine whether after the setting in of the hot season , and supposing the liberal support of the public to be continued , we should
still pursue our investigation at Jerusalem , or turn our attention to other perhaps not less important work .
The thanks of the societ y are especially due to Dr . Chaplin , who has given his gratuitous attendance to the members of our exploring party during the whole period of the sojourn at Jerusalem . This has been no sinecure office ,
as is proved by the loss ive have sustained b y illness . Dr . Chaplin also took charge of the excavations during Bro . Warren ' s absence in England , in the summer of 1868 , and has at all times been ready to afford all possible hel p to our
work . The committee desire also to express thenobligations to Bro . Eldridge , the British Consul-General at Beyrout , who has kindl y undertaken the meterological observations at that station , which he is conducting with great care and efficiency .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
POPEET AND BOMAN CATHOIICS . At page 127 " Cafcholicus " asks what connexion my remarks at page IOS had to do with Freemasonry . In answer to which , I beg to state that Popery takes ado with Freemasonry , consequently Freemasonry canuot help itself , but -nolens , volens is made to have
ado with Popery . It is Popery that takes the initiative . The two systems as such are entirel y opposite and antagonistic in principle aud practice . Freemasonry respects the right of private judgment , but Popery would annihilate both . Freemasonry , however , while standing firm as a rock on the
defensive , hurling back the waves of Popish bigotry which dash against it , is yet ever ready to hold out the right hand of fellowship to all good men , even although they be Catholics . It can adopt the man , although it must reject the system . Were Popery only " the faith" of Roman Catholics , my remarks might have been superfluous , but Popery is more . — PICTUS .
EEEEMASONKY AND SAXELBT . Perhaps Bro . " Saxelby " would kindly inform me how "Freemasonry" in the sense that Bro . Buchan means , viz ., consisting of speculative Masons chieflv , without any bona fide operative intentions , is "older than 152 years . " I have the Act of Parliament he
refers to , and also the Book of Constitutions , A . D . 1723 , but in neither do I find any evidence to support Bro . Saxelby ' s position . It is only for the evidence of the existence of * speculative Freemasonry 500 years ago , to be presented and confirmed by competent judges , to make
me a decided convert to the fact ; but until then I cannot agree to " pin my faith " to mere statements . The term lodge was employed in the constitution of 1723 as synonymous with chapter ( vide page 59 ) , It is also worthy of note that in neither editions of the Constitutions published b y the Grand Lod
ge of England is there to be found any reference to the Royal Arch in the eighteenth century , and no mention of the degree in any edition of the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Scotland whatever . —W . J . HUOHIAN .
THE PRINCE OF WALES . As " new brooms " are proverbial for "sweeping clean , " a " new member" may perhaps be expected to show great alacrity in assuming to interpret the regulations of the Order . But to a somewhat older member like , myself it appears very clear that the
Grand Lodge is the supreme governing power in the Craft , and that the Grand Master is the highest representative of that power . The Grand Lodge and the Grand Master acting together may therefore confer on the Prince of Wales whatever rank they chooseand if an entirely new title is requiredthe
, , Constitutions can he constitutionally altered for the purpose . As to the un-Masonic title of Grand ' Patron—utterly unfitted for a fraternity in which social distinctions merge in a common brotherhood—I am surprised that the independence of Scotchmen
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The Palestine Exploration Fund.
has hitherto eluded Bro . Warren ' s efforts . We have been unable as yet to undertake the investigation of the geology of the country , and so the money entrusted to us for that purpose , together with 'that for the purpose of the museum , remains
on deposit still . The contributions to the Flora and Fauna of the country by Dr . Tristram and and others remains yet to be supplemented , and much may be done in meteorology . In conclusion , the Executive Committee are of
opinion that the time has come when it will be desirable that the General Committee of the society should consider what should be their future policy . It will probably be agreed that no interruption should take place in Bro . Warren ' s
present work at Jerusalem ; that the party should be retained there , at least until the setting of the hot weather . And the Executive Committee would
advise that , as heretofore' Bro . Warren should be requested to confine himself as far as possible to the neighbourhood of the Haram itself , to avail himself of every possible opportunity of examining the interior of the Haram , and of any promising
opportunity which chance vn & y offer in any other part of the city ; that he should be requested to report on the advisability of excavations made to the north of the city , and what probability there may be of our being able to work anywhere near
the Church of the Hol y Sepuchre , and north of Wilson ' s Arch . It will be for the General Committee to determine whether after the setting in of the hot season , and supposing the liberal support of the public to be continued , we should
still pursue our investigation at Jerusalem , or turn our attention to other perhaps not less important work .
The thanks of the societ y are especially due to Dr . Chaplin , who has given his gratuitous attendance to the members of our exploring party during the whole period of the sojourn at Jerusalem . This has been no sinecure office ,
as is proved by the loss ive have sustained b y illness . Dr . Chaplin also took charge of the excavations during Bro . Warren ' s absence in England , in the summer of 1868 , and has at all times been ready to afford all possible hel p to our
work . The committee desire also to express thenobligations to Bro . Eldridge , the British Consul-General at Beyrout , who has kindl y undertaken the meterological observations at that station , which he is conducting with great care and efficiency .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
POPEET AND BOMAN CATHOIICS . At page 127 " Cafcholicus " asks what connexion my remarks at page IOS had to do with Freemasonry . In answer to which , I beg to state that Popery takes ado with Freemasonry , consequently Freemasonry canuot help itself , but -nolens , volens is made to have
ado with Popery . It is Popery that takes the initiative . The two systems as such are entirel y opposite and antagonistic in principle aud practice . Freemasonry respects the right of private judgment , but Popery would annihilate both . Freemasonry , however , while standing firm as a rock on the
defensive , hurling back the waves of Popish bigotry which dash against it , is yet ever ready to hold out the right hand of fellowship to all good men , even although they be Catholics . It can adopt the man , although it must reject the system . Were Popery only " the faith" of Roman Catholics , my remarks might have been superfluous , but Popery is more . — PICTUS .
EEEEMASONKY AND SAXELBT . Perhaps Bro . " Saxelby " would kindly inform me how "Freemasonry" in the sense that Bro . Buchan means , viz ., consisting of speculative Masons chieflv , without any bona fide operative intentions , is "older than 152 years . " I have the Act of Parliament he
refers to , and also the Book of Constitutions , A . D . 1723 , but in neither do I find any evidence to support Bro . Saxelby ' s position . It is only for the evidence of the existence of * speculative Freemasonry 500 years ago , to be presented and confirmed by competent judges , to make
me a decided convert to the fact ; but until then I cannot agree to " pin my faith " to mere statements . The term lodge was employed in the constitution of 1723 as synonymous with chapter ( vide page 59 ) , It is also worthy of note that in neither editions of the Constitutions published b y the Grand Lod
ge of England is there to be found any reference to the Royal Arch in the eighteenth century , and no mention of the degree in any edition of the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Scotland whatever . —W . J . HUOHIAN .
THE PRINCE OF WALES . As " new brooms " are proverbial for "sweeping clean , " a " new member" may perhaps be expected to show great alacrity in assuming to interpret the regulations of the Order . But to a somewhat older member like , myself it appears very clear that the
Grand Lodge is the supreme governing power in the Craft , and that the Grand Master is the highest representative of that power . The Grand Lodge and the Grand Master acting together may therefore confer on the Prince of Wales whatever rank they chooseand if an entirely new title is requiredthe
, , Constitutions can he constitutionally altered for the purpose . As to the un-Masonic title of Grand ' Patron—utterly unfitted for a fraternity in which social distinctions merge in a common brotherhood—I am surprised that the independence of Scotchmen