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qae^tioMH touching the case, unless by the'A.cienr Work upon and tts j they were to receive instruction. ^ ;
consent of the accused and the Lodge, practice by I he Lodges enforced by pr.on I,^„.i membership Our IIalls"wo'!l"r^’‘'^
interest as altra(;tive retreats and tin
‘ecodij
Conviction by the Civil Courts doe., not, er legisl.Uion-The aork of Ma.sonp i.s ^ human seces auracuve re.reais ana the great „P
of course, earrv conviolion by the L (l^e lanuiia^e and tdvmholisiii. is iutt-nded to |^b; iences, riiiR it e iii.u ■ ' n-e iirofess to foster would dn ■
The Mason under clEU'ge*i must be trie.! teach and impress npo.i tiie mind uf the ! well as instruct. The monitoria pat ^ men who are now hert
according to Masonic Lrge. suident .In iioiy principle., of our order. : .hesecond deg.-ee furnishes food lor a good -n « o o. kept o„t of o,„,
15 That a petition for the .legrees The hand oM ne innovator .lestroys the wi.ie range of study. 1 et ho« lew evei (ounusv i Cv u ns. A ai.t of tj,
^ , I , 1 li . j 1 . t,,+i .. ..ondLLop whde tak- nnhantvwitn proceedure. J am ,
must be presented at a regular uieetin^^ beaul\ u! o ir order. .;nd tlie hallowed lead it e\en Io the ^ i i...„ i +e,. c.... i “d^fieil,
and lie over one month, under ret'erem-e Sanctit\ wtitj which its antiquity ol style
to the usual committee of ifiquiry into iiu.-re ^es llie mind.
character. Being about to travel to be i'iie j^nrmni work, as taught hy Ste-
ab.sent several montlus is not such an vensun, is sinqde, {dam and grammatical;
emergency as would justify the «uspeu-
gioM of the law by ilis|>eusatiou. excejrt.
perhaps, in the case ofa young man wlm
had jiLst attained majordy. Tiiesiul leri
discovery of’‘a favorable u{)inion nftlie
Ancitur Institution'* on theeve ofajonr
ney, smacks rather much ofa desirvfir
the secrets of M ’souiw' for other f.urposf-s
than a desire for knowledge. Masonrw is
designed for the education and ciiiiglit-
uneijcu111beivd liv iiseles.s cei'emouy, and
leardiiiiu'. tlif" doctrines and {Hire [>rinci-
Let us imvc .surli meel- ' ''7" the reuMm for much neglect „i
„ idiscipline 1 fiat renson should now r.,
these remarks inhicatc .im su„ ish, for their is now fiiiiiisli ’ ' '
ing the degree
ings as ^
gest. ami we would soon hav.. Lodges fell ,
i^^bed thedu*,
active, nselii
I, energr-tic meml'Crs; MASONIC CODE OF XOETII CAEOIlSt
iinw(>rri.y and n.seless would lind no q-pp Pf,,,! result of a resnl iil ion
congeniality u ii hin
and
llud'’
Sind) Wrtll
.U ^J.^Sllnrv in unmisfakeable Ian- ! thev woiihi soun bt-made u> sever
giia-.e, while its fradMOiial aii'l iiiston- : (Muine i.on. aiid thus m tke pure our r^lis.
I al narraMves are {ireseiiie'i in no d.oiibt i Q-ir '■orkf' ot '■ enevuleiice the true wtu'k
ful t'rm, and ihesnhlent I'ca lih reads j of Masoni v — w-mld la* h.istered ainl main-
nf)t onl\- tie event, but ihe grand priuci- . taiued, our light l; ide to sliiue oud tl>e
(]|e iiife'nied lo be iliii-!ral“d Ij- Wie|vvnild to.^ee [hal .M-'i.'-i'iis art what tiiey
'. niiails ao'i ceremon i es Used. | [ > I'oies.s To \> . t Ui r 'vi cm'tire com ml 11 ees
[jeT os revive iheutHfeoi Grand Le.;- i woiild be courts'd Lqiijtv to w hum every
emnent ofitsvotarie^aiid not for conve- | tt,ret lor the State at large, giving lo | grievance migiil i-e teierrei and settle.l
limn I'ieiierv powers as t,i i ijst rucM ng and | wit li sal isla u lull Masons might thus
afqiointiiig Disij'icT Leciufors, '
hdrodiieetl
nieiice solely.
13. That a unanimous iialiol wa.s n»*
ces.sarv to restore an expelled or suspend
ed Mason Heshonld not exp-‘ct higher
privilege than that of holding in his lia'nl
a certificate of his being in good .'•landing
in his former Lodge
17. That the marriage ofa Ma.son’s
widow annuls herclaiD»sas sitcli to • a
Sonic Chanty, but does not afiect tlie
rights of th« children.
18. That no or e has a right to ques
tion a brotlier's vote on petition tor de
grees or membership, no one has any
right to know how another voted It is
uumavsonic to disclose how any one voted
or to exhibit ids ballot tliat it may be
known.
19. Non age ofappiici*nt isgoud ground
for adverse report of commit tee of inquiry.
Petition tiled and referred tiiust ’ako the
regular course, it cannot be witluirawu.
20. A levy of a tax l)y way of contii
bution for a beitevolerit object is not un
constitution al
shun 1 he kuirt !louse, and much ill
ha ilship oe avoidtul 3 heu, indeed
Ijcl Him
he-r'-^ will) kiiuWf'the aiicieul work, not
orb' i , th-^ Let (er of I tie esoterii'. but who
;i}'preneiids a.ud can teach its crv{)iic uu-
pu t
I>M iiim be the Custo>iiau of the work,
eiit'inted "dth its di.s^em uaiion liirough
District Lecturers to lie appoifiieti on uj.^
reciuniiieudatlou, — this to |’er elii.ite liie
u'O/’A', I he ancient work. — not to change
or amend. Unle.ss there be some head
centre e>{>fc.ciiilly eiAnisted wit tj this Me-
{•arnueiit anti duly, and -ftiiiueni!y armed j knowledge,
bv pi'oj.er le.qislutMii lot- ciilofciiu uii | 1 vf r\ mnull Uvui'I In
2L. The resoliUuuj furbi Mins' Mock ‘be pfoposed new Lo'lne huve
Md.sonie burial ha.s been repealed It
should not.be Uvored except tinder pecu
liar circumstances.
22. A charge once preferred and filed
bv the Lodge over the signature ol a M.
M. must take the regular course of trial
pres.'fibed ; ihe snbseqiient preferring of
charges agairi.st the M. M. Signing tlie
fir»t d es not hinder the [irosecution.
WORK.
I fell justified by the action of the ias
Grand Lodge (see page 41, Proceedings ot
1H74,; in discarding the interjiolations
ind addenda to the work ariii lecture
and in declaring that ta ght by Steven
•i n 11
we
vsoiihl be a Dviiid buu lid ' oget her l»y the
'‘in'ii'soiuiiie diain of sincere allectioii
iiiU'Uii' wleuu ihere wouid be Ii" cotiien
tIon, suve 1 h.a' jusl Itiuhle emulation as io
who call best work aiul agree afid united
bv a sincere .-ilt.ouiiiienl and pleasure
reciprt>call V com.uun!cate> 1. ddien virtoe,
lu.iJii.vms iis the Sun at Meridian wouid
stiinr 1' filigeut on In.-* niiiid. enir*en the
hea't and elevate and mature us in
call made by
the M Mb (L’and Master of Masons in
Klori'ia fora Gbjnventiun of Grand .Mas
l"is. looking to (he adoptioti of unifuriui
ty (.d vvoi k Wilde (lie end may
j r-o ticai- e \ ef, in Hindi a convention iinudi
might be ijjuie to {.rotect Masonry against
imjiu. iure. tSm h is our coiiiiecion, every
section witli the other, tliat a common
bond ought to be e.-tabliahed wliereby
we mav more |)eriecliv know each otlier,
TiieCTiMrul Master of Florida has is.siied
been found 'tube well skilled in ihe a ciivulnr letter culling fi.r such a Con
ri7«a/and Zau's of Mesonrv. U[ion this, vention to meet in Jacksonville on the
(vverv thing else being regular, the Grami ; J5tl, ,„st. Shonid there lie evidence ofa
Mastei causi's liispeusation lo issue ! pretty general acqueisjence. we should
poti’Otrtf/the dispensing ol the true light | fa.I of riqiresentat'on there. Mnlnal
of Ma.sonrv in a new Lodge, declaring j fraternal interchange of senliment.s in
that, repo.sing special trust and confidence „ friendly, .-ocial meeting could not
ftu'uiitv, we mav as well desj sir of ever
attaining unifoniiity He migid be
cliarged with another dutv, one witi'-ij is
verv important atid should be in vom
petent liatids, iha( of recoi.jmendation for
dis{>etisarion for new Lodges. As now
exist ingMhat duty falls u['0:i the nearest
Lodge, which under the solemn sanction
of U.s seal, de«d:o es to the Grand Master
that the a{)plicatils, “or at least tiie Mas*
several years ago lo(tking to the conit,:
lalion of M hand 1)00 tor the guides
I.odgps in Ma.sonic law. 1 caiinot heUj,
shv than has Pro. Bain what ths volunf,
contains lltsavsinllie preface. "](
embr.icc.s I he const it ut ion ami law.'; oflb
Grand Lodge, tlie Ancient Constitiitioj
and Cii.irges, all public cereiuoiiie,., juj
iipcessar. blank forms asked bv I/idjipp'
It will be seen at a glance tliai
work involving greai labor, researcli and
knowledge uf Masonicr jaw. He p,,
from the past legislation of the Grat,l
I.origp, frrun its bv-laws anil resehitiocs
eliminated the law as now e.xisting, j.,
ranged the various snbjecis nmlerapiiro
priate .sections, and perl’eitlv digesifiitli
crude mass into in tel liiaiblp, and Ifo.]
|duaspolog'- and with the index we lujv
with reiiline.*.' tnni luanv snkje t. fo,
liieli praise eannof be awarded for |1,(
laiibfuln-ss witli whieh liie work liasleei
rlone. a'ld, I iiiiglit almost sav, the ej-
qiiisitp taste in its arrangeii.ent andorder.
It will relieve J/asIers and olliei cS-
ofiii er- and Lodges ot mneli woiki.. tlie
perloi'iiianee of ibeir duties, ami save
t he Troilble td' coi'respondeiice with tte
Gland J/aster: and lo a verv g eat h-
teiit aid I lie (l-.iiid J/avter Let it fe
a'lufiled by the Grand Lodge as the lav,
and tlien lei every Lodge, J/aster, ami ii-
telligent J/ason obtain copies, and mab
tiie work a band book indeed Let tin
not lie j Grand Sei re'iiiy be rewarded for Id. !a-
boi, by seeing tlie l esiilt appreciated Iv
tbe fiaternilv ami liv proi er coinfeiisa-
tion nv orde, of the Grand Lodge. Be
makes no change, he is cut it led lo wages,'
in til- irze.il and Masonic knowledge, iie
doe.'! so. i\'o i, I am pei'.suade.l that he
lioes so (>n triial, fur tie cannot have ocen
[lied the grand Master's chair verv long
before he finds that very few of the ciiar-
tered Lodges are competent judges of
fail ot good results, in [iioruotiiig harmo
ny and the cultivation of the brotlierlv
element so peculiarly onrs.
DISCIPIjINF,.
In conlormitv to tlie recommendation
Our 1’eriodicai.s.
The ,1 osniic Ji urna/ [uiblishfil a;
Greetislioro. and the (/rj>/ia^is' Fnevi,
at t ixford, should receive the jialroiUBf
of every Mason. Tlie one to discUAvaiil
promolgale questions which [irilainto
Masonry in general, to cliionicle tliemove
uient* of the Order, lo serve ns a mskt.!
for the more general diffusion oi'MasoBit
intelligence, and as i: vehicle for cctnimi-
nieation among tlie brotlierliood.—that
it may be such in everv sense it shonlilte
the weekly Masonic visitor to every one
desiring such 'iitelligence and coninnini'
cation The other, estalilislied and |nb-
lished 1)V the Orjdian Asylum, i. 'beme-
IS what IS a proper knowledge of the ritual i of the Committee on Proiiositiums and , Hi„m through which we are informed of
a, j and law's t Ma.sonry, , Grievances, adopted by the mrand Lodge | ,p, of 'he work, it.s nature, nee.k
n ! OnrLodge.s are becoming too much en. I at its host,.es,s.on, seepages 47 848) I : .mi nece.ssities. No Mason h.iviiig iL
son as the .^ncent Work ol Masonry, and | .gh ened to be .saii.sfied with poll parrott , gave notice to tlie W. M of Bine Lodge, | pst of the Craf- at heart and wtlnnS
that intended Ky the Grond Lodge to be I each.ng, and will not brook instruction ' No 287, to show cause why the cliarter ^ keepabreast with ail the events oftl.
tangnt and [.racMaed. In the Convention | from persons who cannot do more than [ ofsaid Lodge shonl l not be forfete,). He ' [„ ,pe ......onic splvere can atiord t»
ot Grand I.ecturers it was agreed tliat all j give the mere verbiage of the ceremony. ■ answered fully, franklv , and explicitly. ^ l„.'de,,r,ved of either Besi,:e.s Win?
who desired to teach would first qualify | !• we cannot have in.struction of the U'nllv exonerating hi.s Lodge from anv
themselves by immediately learning the | right kind, if our intelligent young men, . criminality in the7roceedin°gs which
work. L jion examination it was found I who are daily coming into our ranks, : subject of complaint. Ilisanswer «
that Brethren S,.inuel H. Rountree and | cannot he made to .see something more in ' ed that hi.s Lodge wa.s not perfectly la
onr rights than mere ceremony, if they : miliar with the rates of proceed..,'e t'n the , [.ernicions [uiblica, ions insinnatii.g tbeir
a n o instructed as that the beauti- , conduct of Masonic trial, and there were wav into uLce, ,t is [.a, ticnUrlr incu.-
be Tfl ^ T' '^egnlarities. Were we to with- bent upon all desiring .he preserva.ieuof
unmeaning jargon, and he votes the tng roll than we now have , ” i . i , i .nnrf
Lodge room a bore and Masonry a cheat. 1 find tint in nmt.ers of d' 'f ^ develop a pore
Thomas Palmer an 1 T. M. Gardner. ^ Then follows complaints of lukewarmness Lodges are alarming loose , ‘ P’’"® l ^7
Gpon proper recommendation I after-"n all the activities which engage the much dispositioa tf wink ' at the 'short ’ know tlmt both paperssre
Masonic heart and hand, inattention to comings of their luember.s. It must be
the plaine.st requirements of duty-then , remedied. Our halls must be purified —
defection and Masonic crime. ! purged of that wliich gives otfense to Hie HmTr^ffoHs
Me should have more frequent meet-j pure Masonic principles. One Lodire
inga of the Lodges, this the membership ' with twenty good men, exemDlifvim? Tn
qthe ro-estabhshment of the Ancient wo'.ild desire if they were instructed in i their walk the doctrines wo 'profess is
. , „ , . ,1 tG G'"'''’ ^rpnehended its import, : worth more than fifty with hundreds’ ol
Uniformity.a work throughout the ; Members would be glad when the day | their rolls, immoral, dissolute inatten.l,!
■; fiT-lcrl 1 nf •/'ly^ IC Xl/E« f Wa o i vv -.if _ • •» .1 ’ l'C6ntlYC
Bernice Walker, of those pre.-ient, liad
the work in its original purity as taught
by Stevenson. They were then ap
pointed Custodians upon whose Certifi
cate Commissions would be issued. Un-
on their revommendatious Commissions
were i.ssued to Brethren W. F. Davis,
wards Commissioned Bro. C. D. Ilicy.
The action taken has received the appro
bation of the large mass of old Masons,
from many of whom I Lave received let
ters commendatory of the action looking
means ol commnniention tliest j'ii|'en
"ere | contain most wliolesome reading lualtiT
how , lor the lamilv—piuticiiliirlv for chilihen;
, and now, when there IS .'lu ll a flood ol
meeting with merited success. Let us
give them such an imjietus at this meeting
as that abnudanl prosperity may cro*u
jurisdiction is what we sincerely desire, j and hour of meeting arrived, if they j to Masonic duty, contemning Masonic re
but will be hard of attainment unks; the I knew that on the opening of Ihe Lodge i qntremenl. kVitb ‘
proper enforcement of
DISrE.N'tiATJOH.
I have caused to issue dispensations lot
Ihe establishment of new Lodges, vfhiclt
will be particularly defind to by
Grand Secratary. v
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