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Masonic Interlopers.
If we really had wise rulers in all branches of Freemasonry , such a want of Masonic unity would never occur . They manage these things infinitely better in Ireland . There they have a " Council of Rites , " in which all degrees are represented , and everything outside the pale , —as well as all persons assisting at
such meetings , —are declared to be contumacious and ineligible to take part in any degree . That is what we require here . We want it put out of the power of any one brother to introduce Masonic schism , and for those who love variety , we would
go so far as to erect a controller of all unrecognized degrees , but , with this conceded , if we found brethren starting private Grand Lodges , administering the degrees of any established Eite , or attempting to solemnize a union between two dynasties ,
—one of the ancient world , and another of the twelfth century , —out of Freemasonry every one of them should pack , bag and baggage , and never be admitted again within the walls of a legitimate lodge , chapter , encampment , consistory , or council . Why we would get rid of the first class is because they are
innovators on the cosmopolitan order . The second are still more dangerous , because , having some truth in their knowledge of the degrees they administer , they are subverters of loyalty , and the third class are such intellectual imbeciles , that the sooner their folly ceases to be placed to the account of any degree in Freemasonry , —or out of it , —the better for all parties concerned .
In conclusion , those who agree with us in upholding the established authority of each degree , system , order , or rite , will be doing " good service if they will give us timely notice of all present , or future , infractions of common duty . To the Craft let Craftsmen turn their attention . In the Arch let Companions
examine the matter . For the Military Orders Sir Knts . should be active everywhere ; and for the Ancient and Accepted Eite , those exceedingly ornamental , but rarely useful , members of the 31 ° ought to be made to do their duty , and act as the eye of THE SUPREME COUNCIL , under whose authority , alone ,
brethren can be legally installed into the degrees of Freemasonry from the fourth to the thirty-third , both inclusive .
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Masonic Interlopers.
If we really had wise rulers in all branches of Freemasonry , such a want of Masonic unity would never occur . They manage these things infinitely better in Ireland . There they have a " Council of Rites , " in which all degrees are represented , and everything outside the pale , —as well as all persons assisting at
such meetings , —are declared to be contumacious and ineligible to take part in any degree . That is what we require here . We want it put out of the power of any one brother to introduce Masonic schism , and for those who love variety , we would
go so far as to erect a controller of all unrecognized degrees , but , with this conceded , if we found brethren starting private Grand Lodges , administering the degrees of any established Eite , or attempting to solemnize a union between two dynasties ,
—one of the ancient world , and another of the twelfth century , —out of Freemasonry every one of them should pack , bag and baggage , and never be admitted again within the walls of a legitimate lodge , chapter , encampment , consistory , or council . Why we would get rid of the first class is because they are
innovators on the cosmopolitan order . The second are still more dangerous , because , having some truth in their knowledge of the degrees they administer , they are subverters of loyalty , and the third class are such intellectual imbeciles , that the sooner their folly ceases to be placed to the account of any degree in Freemasonry , —or out of it , —the better for all parties concerned .
In conclusion , those who agree with us in upholding the established authority of each degree , system , order , or rite , will be doing " good service if they will give us timely notice of all present , or future , infractions of common duty . To the Craft let Craftsmen turn their attention . In the Arch let Companions
examine the matter . For the Military Orders Sir Knts . should be active everywhere ; and for the Ancient and Accepted Eite , those exceedingly ornamental , but rarely useful , members of the 31 ° ought to be made to do their duty , and act as the eye of THE SUPREME COUNCIL , under whose authority , alone ,
brethren can be legally installed into the degrees of Freemasonry from the fourth to the thirty-third , both inclusive .