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Father Suffield And Freemasonry.
field speaks in perfect good faith when he gives his views -upon the inner teaching of Masonry ; but he would scarcely thank me to tell him that I knew more of the 'Order of the Dominicans than he did . Yet he does not scruple to inform Mr . Tweddell ( courteously , I admit ) , who has been a well-known contributor of many years ' standing to the Freemasons' Magazine , the recognised
organ of the Fraternity , that he knows nothing of the subject . As to rash oaths , I believe they are not wholly unknown in the Roman Church . To couple Freemasonry with Fenianism is . an insult to the former , unmerited praise to the latter ; and I am afraid , sir , that Father Suffield's lecture on the " Wrongs of Ireland " will not redound to the credit or discretion of the
wellmeaning and intellectual teacher . As he calls attention to works issued against the Freemasons by ecclesiastics ¦ of his own Church , let me ask him to read the Avorks of Dr . Oliver , the most distinguished Masonic author of our day , and a member of the Church of England . If Father Suffield is only searching after truth , and not seeking to destroy an institution older than the Church ot which
he is now a member , he will find much in the works of Dr . Oliver which will tend to alter his vieAvs of Freemasonry . One of our leading tenets is Charity , and if the members of all communions practised that Christian virtue , we should none of us be farther from that home which we all hope to reach , where the Great Architect of the Universe lives and reigns for ever .
I am , Sir , yours fraternally , EMEA . HOLIIES , 30 ° W . M . of the St . Helen's Lodge of Freemasons , Hartlepool , K . O . of the Royal Order of Scotland , & c , & c .
Priority Of The Lodge Of Glasgow St. John, To The Mother Kilwinning.
PRIORITY OF THE LODGE OF GLASGOW ST . JOHN , TO THE MOTHER KILWINNING .
10 THE EDIIOE OH TUB " FEEE JfASOXS' JTAGAZIJfB A 2 f » HASOJTIC MIBBOB . " Dear Sir and Brother , —It is Avith diffidence that I take up a portion of your paper again , after the long letter yon put in your last number ; however as our knowledge of Masonry in the 12 th century is very limited I hope I will be excused
There is a small though important mistake in your last number , in my postcript , viz , you have it " may be deciphered with ease" ( I wish it could be ) , I said " may be deciphered with care . " I wish that I had seen our old Charter itself sooner , as the translation has made us look rather foolish
when one comes to consider it closely , and taking it for granted to be correct ( seeing it seems to haA'e always been held as such by the members ) I acted accordingly ; but having now seen the old Charter "In propria persona , " I can speak upon my own responsibilityand consider it to be of Malcolm IV .
, , and while saying so I feel that I may not only have those still against me Avho would rather make it out to be no charter at all , but also many of our own members may be down upon me for taking . 100 years ¦ off the age of the Charter , and also upsetting their preconceived ideas , but be that as it may , I trust that
the truth will reign paramount , and to my fellow members of St . John ' s I would say , that if , while throwing down the mythical Charter of Malcolm III . I can set up upon a firm and sure basis the Charter of Malcolm IV ., I am sure it AA-ili prove better in the end . The charter of Malcolm IV . is a bridge ¦ over which the brethren of St . John ' s Lodge may
walk into the first position in the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The imaginary Charter of Malcolm LTL , has been a shadow , which , when they attempted to use , they tumbled into the hole of No . 3 its . On reading over our Charter from the Grand Lodge of ScotlandI find it to be admitted that St .
, John ' s is a very old lodge ; but the Gr . L . decidedly refuses to acknowledge our old Charter " as being granted by Malcolm III . ( Canmore ) . " Now when one comes to look at the Charter critically , as given , in the translation , one part of it contradicts the other ; sa to Malcolm III . although in sorrowwe
, , must now say " Eequiescat in pace . " and although I do not suppose that the great grandson could write * any better than his great grandfather , I must e ' en bring Malcolm IV . on the scene , and make him speak through the work he authorised . The more I consider our charterI find that it opens up the wider
, field of inquiry , and that of a very interesting nature ; and I would only hope that I may be able to throwout a ray of light , even should it only prove a feeble one . If it . be a true one , it will do good , and may cause other brethren to follow up the matter more fully .
A successful search has been made for old documents connected with the Glasgow Incorporation and Lodge ; amongst other things an old minute-book has been found , containing the names of the brethren who Bigned St . Clair of Eoslyn's Charter . So , between one thing and another , I hope to be able to
give something further soon . Xours fraternally , "W . P . P . IICHAK .
FOE ADJIIBAI PAKBAGUT AUD GAEIBAIDI to exchange courtesies was natural and proper , from the positions occupied by either in his own country ; from the sympathy always existing among heroes and men of expanded hearts , from their common sympathy for the whole people , from their mutual detestation of tyranny , and from their Masonic relations . As an officer , we do not see that Bro . the Admiral Farragut , in any wise compromised himself or our GovernmentVfe are satisfied that the
. admiral agrees with our Masonic view that any reform movement , ecclesiastical or civil , must he kept strictly within the Italian Church and nation , and must avoid every form and feature of foreign intervention . Our Italian brethren , must work out ( vie would say patiently and peacefully ) their own reformation—do their own thinking , writing , and printing , and suffer their own persecutions , if they wished to be crowned with to do
final success . As Freemasons we have nothing directly with Italian regeneration ; but we may and must sympathisa individually with all real progress , and with such noble brethren as Garibaldi . It is our duty to give careful and guarded sympathy , aiding judiciously the persecuted when in distress , and especially when persecuted for their Freemasonry , and encouing such puhlicatious teach reliious tolerationbut beyond
rag as g , this leaving the policy , the mistakes , the sufferings , tbe triumphs of our Italian brethren , as entirely as possible to the Italians . We have never doubted of their success . We have never doubted of the triumph of the principles of religious toleration and civil freedom . It may not be this year , nor next , when Masons will have their lodges at Home , publicly known and advertised : but it will come . —National Freemason .
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Father Suffield And Freemasonry.
field speaks in perfect good faith when he gives his views -upon the inner teaching of Masonry ; but he would scarcely thank me to tell him that I knew more of the 'Order of the Dominicans than he did . Yet he does not scruple to inform Mr . Tweddell ( courteously , I admit ) , who has been a well-known contributor of many years ' standing to the Freemasons' Magazine , the recognised
organ of the Fraternity , that he knows nothing of the subject . As to rash oaths , I believe they are not wholly unknown in the Roman Church . To couple Freemasonry with Fenianism is . an insult to the former , unmerited praise to the latter ; and I am afraid , sir , that Father Suffield's lecture on the " Wrongs of Ireland " will not redound to the credit or discretion of the
wellmeaning and intellectual teacher . As he calls attention to works issued against the Freemasons by ecclesiastics ¦ of his own Church , let me ask him to read the Avorks of Dr . Oliver , the most distinguished Masonic author of our day , and a member of the Church of England . If Father Suffield is only searching after truth , and not seeking to destroy an institution older than the Church ot which
he is now a member , he will find much in the works of Dr . Oliver which will tend to alter his vieAvs of Freemasonry . One of our leading tenets is Charity , and if the members of all communions practised that Christian virtue , we should none of us be farther from that home which we all hope to reach , where the Great Architect of the Universe lives and reigns for ever .
I am , Sir , yours fraternally , EMEA . HOLIIES , 30 ° W . M . of the St . Helen's Lodge of Freemasons , Hartlepool , K . O . of the Royal Order of Scotland , & c , & c .
Priority Of The Lodge Of Glasgow St. John, To The Mother Kilwinning.
PRIORITY OF THE LODGE OF GLASGOW ST . JOHN , TO THE MOTHER KILWINNING .
10 THE EDIIOE OH TUB " FEEE JfASOXS' JTAGAZIJfB A 2 f » HASOJTIC MIBBOB . " Dear Sir and Brother , —It is Avith diffidence that I take up a portion of your paper again , after the long letter yon put in your last number ; however as our knowledge of Masonry in the 12 th century is very limited I hope I will be excused
There is a small though important mistake in your last number , in my postcript , viz , you have it " may be deciphered with ease" ( I wish it could be ) , I said " may be deciphered with care . " I wish that I had seen our old Charter itself sooner , as the translation has made us look rather foolish
when one comes to consider it closely , and taking it for granted to be correct ( seeing it seems to haA'e always been held as such by the members ) I acted accordingly ; but having now seen the old Charter "In propria persona , " I can speak upon my own responsibilityand consider it to be of Malcolm IV .
, , and while saying so I feel that I may not only have those still against me Avho would rather make it out to be no charter at all , but also many of our own members may be down upon me for taking . 100 years ¦ off the age of the Charter , and also upsetting their preconceived ideas , but be that as it may , I trust that
the truth will reign paramount , and to my fellow members of St . John ' s I would say , that if , while throwing down the mythical Charter of Malcolm III . I can set up upon a firm and sure basis the Charter of Malcolm IV ., I am sure it AA-ili prove better in the end . The charter of Malcolm IV . is a bridge ¦ over which the brethren of St . John ' s Lodge may
walk into the first position in the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The imaginary Charter of Malcolm LTL , has been a shadow , which , when they attempted to use , they tumbled into the hole of No . 3 its . On reading over our Charter from the Grand Lodge of ScotlandI find it to be admitted that St .
, John ' s is a very old lodge ; but the Gr . L . decidedly refuses to acknowledge our old Charter " as being granted by Malcolm III . ( Canmore ) . " Now when one comes to look at the Charter critically , as given , in the translation , one part of it contradicts the other ; sa to Malcolm III . although in sorrowwe
, , must now say " Eequiescat in pace . " and although I do not suppose that the great grandson could write * any better than his great grandfather , I must e ' en bring Malcolm IV . on the scene , and make him speak through the work he authorised . The more I consider our charterI find that it opens up the wider
, field of inquiry , and that of a very interesting nature ; and I would only hope that I may be able to throwout a ray of light , even should it only prove a feeble one . If it . be a true one , it will do good , and may cause other brethren to follow up the matter more fully .
A successful search has been made for old documents connected with the Glasgow Incorporation and Lodge ; amongst other things an old minute-book has been found , containing the names of the brethren who Bigned St . Clair of Eoslyn's Charter . So , between one thing and another , I hope to be able to
give something further soon . Xours fraternally , "W . P . P . IICHAK .
FOE ADJIIBAI PAKBAGUT AUD GAEIBAIDI to exchange courtesies was natural and proper , from the positions occupied by either in his own country ; from the sympathy always existing among heroes and men of expanded hearts , from their common sympathy for the whole people , from their mutual detestation of tyranny , and from their Masonic relations . As an officer , we do not see that Bro . the Admiral Farragut , in any wise compromised himself or our GovernmentVfe are satisfied that the
. admiral agrees with our Masonic view that any reform movement , ecclesiastical or civil , must he kept strictly within the Italian Church and nation , and must avoid every form and feature of foreign intervention . Our Italian brethren , must work out ( vie would say patiently and peacefully ) their own reformation—do their own thinking , writing , and printing , and suffer their own persecutions , if they wished to be crowned with to do
final success . As Freemasons we have nothing directly with Italian regeneration ; but we may and must sympathisa individually with all real progress , and with such noble brethren as Garibaldi . It is our duty to give careful and guarded sympathy , aiding judiciously the persecuted when in distress , and especially when persecuted for their Freemasonry , and encouing such puhlicatious teach reliious tolerationbut beyond
rag as g , this leaving the policy , the mistakes , the sufferings , tbe triumphs of our Italian brethren , as entirely as possible to the Italians . We have never doubted of their success . We have never doubted of the triumph of the principles of religious toleration and civil freedom . It may not be this year , nor next , when Masons will have their lodges at Home , publicly known and advertised : but it will come . —National Freemason .