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CONTENTS .
EDITORIAL : Is PUBLICATION INJURIOUS TO FREEMASONRY 2 .. .. .. .. Front paqr . LODGE OFFICERS : THE SECRETARY .. .. .. 34 F REEMASON VOLUNTEERS AND CRICKETERS .. .. 34 RITUALISTIC NUTS TO CRACK .. .. .. .. 34 THE MASONIC POET ' S CORNER .. .. .. .. 35
UNITED GRAND LODGE .. .. .. .. 35 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ANSWERS .. .. 35 , 36 OUR T RESTLE BOARD .. .. .. .. .. 36 HIGH TWELVE .. .. .. .. .. 37 REPORTS OF LODGE AND CHAPTER MEETINGS .. .. 37 . 38 RECORDS OF MASONIC SERVICES OF PROVINCIAL GRAND
SECRETARIES .. .. .. .. .. 38 , 3 !) METROPOLITAN REGULAR LODGE AND CHAPTER MEETINGS 40 PROVINCIAL LODGE MEETINGS FORTHCOMING .. 40 , 41 , 42 METROPOLITAN LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .. .. 42 ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. .. .. .. 43 , 44
Is Publication Injurious To Freemasonry?
Is Publication Injurious to Freemasonry ?
E think not ! " The secrets of Freemasonry are her signs , words and tokens ; these the Oath regards , and no more ! " This is the dictum of a Masonic writer of many years
gone by , and with which we entirely agree . It is almost intolerable to reflect on the fact that there exists a narrowminded objection to permit mankind generally to share in the possession of the beautiful precepts of the Craft from fear
' that the exact nature of the obligations which bind 'together its several members should become universally known . Such mistaken reticence has done more harm "than good to Freemasonry ; and has induced a curiosity
which could only be satisfied , and then but partly , by the production of presumed revelations alike untrustworthy and disingenuous . The condemnation of Freemasonry in the past as a Secret Society would probably have never
been experienced had it been made patent to objectors that whatever secrecy there may be is limited solely to the means whereby we can make ourselves known to each other , and so distinguished from the rest of the world .
The SILENCE enjoined upon us on our entry into Freemasonry has been misunderstood . It has distinct reference to the " signs , words and tokens , " but not to the moral teachings and invaluable precepts which are
contained in its ritual and ceremonial . We declare , and rightly so , that if those precepts and the principles of the Order were carried out in practice , the whole human family would be benefitted thereby . By what rig ] it , then , should we arrogate to ourselves alone the benefits of their
Is Publication Injurious To Freemasonry?
influence ? To be true to our principles we should extend our endeavours to communicate light and afford instruction to all our fellow-creatures , and so praise in our works the Great Architect of the Universe , whose power and
goodness to ourselves we never cease to gratefully acknowledge" He ' s true to GOD who's true to JIaii . ' Wherever wrong is clone ,
To the humblest or the weakest 'neath the all-beholding sun . That wrong is also clone to us , and they arc slaves most hase Whose love of Riijltt is for themselves , and not for all their race !"
The secresy which surrounds our signs , words and tokens should certainly be held most sacred—as sacred as the obligations of councils , committees , corporations , or the details of family life ; but results should not be withheld .
If they are , doubt and distrust at once induce depreciatory comment , not infrequently followed by injurious action . On the other hand , what we expound to one another as Freemasons , distinct from all that is affected by our
obligation , may beneficially be known to what Ave are pleased to term '' the outer world . " The treasures wc as Freemasons possess in our beautiful rituals and ceremonials
are precious jewels which we have no right to lock away from universal gaze . They have been bequeathed to us by master minds , and the influence they have for good should be comprehensive .
We are led to these remarks by finding , even in this enlightened era , still some amongst us who seem to think '' there is too much publicity about Masonry and Masons , and would , if they could , put a stop to it . " Now , what does
this mean if it does not evidence a somewhat selfish desire to keep that which is of universal good within the narrowest possible limits ? Is Freemasonry so weak in principles and practice that it cannot stand the scrutiny
of inquiring minds ? Certainly not ! Then why seek to relegate its mysteries ( which , after all said and done , are not much of mysteries now-a-days ) , and , what is more important , its moral philosophy to the darkness of absolute
ignorance . We are pleased to think that these would-be withholders of Masonic teachings from universal knowledge and adoption are in a considerable minority in relation to the aggregate body of the Craft ; and it will be our earnest
endeavour , prudently and with all due regard to the preservation of what are our real secrets , to lessen their number by proving that the tenets of the order can be communicated by publication without any injury to Freemasonry in any sense .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
EDITORIAL : Is PUBLICATION INJURIOUS TO FREEMASONRY 2 .. .. .. .. Front paqr . LODGE OFFICERS : THE SECRETARY .. .. .. 34 F REEMASON VOLUNTEERS AND CRICKETERS .. .. 34 RITUALISTIC NUTS TO CRACK .. .. .. .. 34 THE MASONIC POET ' S CORNER .. .. .. .. 35
UNITED GRAND LODGE .. .. .. .. 35 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ANSWERS .. .. 35 , 36 OUR T RESTLE BOARD .. .. .. .. .. 36 HIGH TWELVE .. .. .. .. .. 37 REPORTS OF LODGE AND CHAPTER MEETINGS .. .. 37 . 38 RECORDS OF MASONIC SERVICES OF PROVINCIAL GRAND
SECRETARIES .. .. .. .. .. 38 , 3 !) METROPOLITAN REGULAR LODGE AND CHAPTER MEETINGS 40 PROVINCIAL LODGE MEETINGS FORTHCOMING .. 40 , 41 , 42 METROPOLITAN LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .. .. 42 ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. .. .. .. 43 , 44
Is Publication Injurious To Freemasonry?
Is Publication Injurious to Freemasonry ?
E think not ! " The secrets of Freemasonry are her signs , words and tokens ; these the Oath regards , and no more ! " This is the dictum of a Masonic writer of many years
gone by , and with which we entirely agree . It is almost intolerable to reflect on the fact that there exists a narrowminded objection to permit mankind generally to share in the possession of the beautiful precepts of the Craft from fear
' that the exact nature of the obligations which bind 'together its several members should become universally known . Such mistaken reticence has done more harm "than good to Freemasonry ; and has induced a curiosity
which could only be satisfied , and then but partly , by the production of presumed revelations alike untrustworthy and disingenuous . The condemnation of Freemasonry in the past as a Secret Society would probably have never
been experienced had it been made patent to objectors that whatever secrecy there may be is limited solely to the means whereby we can make ourselves known to each other , and so distinguished from the rest of the world .
The SILENCE enjoined upon us on our entry into Freemasonry has been misunderstood . It has distinct reference to the " signs , words and tokens , " but not to the moral teachings and invaluable precepts which are
contained in its ritual and ceremonial . We declare , and rightly so , that if those precepts and the principles of the Order were carried out in practice , the whole human family would be benefitted thereby . By what rig ] it , then , should we arrogate to ourselves alone the benefits of their
Is Publication Injurious To Freemasonry?
influence ? To be true to our principles we should extend our endeavours to communicate light and afford instruction to all our fellow-creatures , and so praise in our works the Great Architect of the Universe , whose power and
goodness to ourselves we never cease to gratefully acknowledge" He ' s true to GOD who's true to JIaii . ' Wherever wrong is clone ,
To the humblest or the weakest 'neath the all-beholding sun . That wrong is also clone to us , and they arc slaves most hase Whose love of Riijltt is for themselves , and not for all their race !"
The secresy which surrounds our signs , words and tokens should certainly be held most sacred—as sacred as the obligations of councils , committees , corporations , or the details of family life ; but results should not be withheld .
If they are , doubt and distrust at once induce depreciatory comment , not infrequently followed by injurious action . On the other hand , what we expound to one another as Freemasons , distinct from all that is affected by our
obligation , may beneficially be known to what Ave are pleased to term '' the outer world . " The treasures wc as Freemasons possess in our beautiful rituals and ceremonials
are precious jewels which we have no right to lock away from universal gaze . They have been bequeathed to us by master minds , and the influence they have for good should be comprehensive .
We are led to these remarks by finding , even in this enlightened era , still some amongst us who seem to think '' there is too much publicity about Masonry and Masons , and would , if they could , put a stop to it . " Now , what does
this mean if it does not evidence a somewhat selfish desire to keep that which is of universal good within the narrowest possible limits ? Is Freemasonry so weak in principles and practice that it cannot stand the scrutiny
of inquiring minds ? Certainly not ! Then why seek to relegate its mysteries ( which , after all said and done , are not much of mysteries now-a-days ) , and , what is more important , its moral philosophy to the darkness of absolute
ignorance . We are pleased to think that these would-be withholders of Masonic teachings from universal knowledge and adoption are in a considerable minority in relation to the aggregate body of the Craft ; and it will be our earnest
endeavour , prudently and with all due regard to the preservation of what are our real secrets , to lessen their number by proving that the tenets of the order can be communicated by publication without any injury to Freemasonry in any sense .