, 1875-09-05
international Reunion---Ma-
sonic Charities---The
Eastern Star.
Session Of The Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows Of the United States.
Schuyler Colfax at Ravenna-.-
The Order in Chill.
Ancient Order of United Work
men.
MASONIC.

Euenln4 Post DISCUSSES very ee''34p'J WIG Poe@4@'
lar ideas Of the Roman Catholic Church az to
Freemasonry and the penalties which it pre-
scribes for membership in the institution og one
Of the st true fnith." Following ls the essential
portion OF the letter:
There ia no moro striking sign o. the times tnan tho
real Of the Roman Catholic clergy IN proselyting.
within the past few years that body has entirely
enanced its attitude being contcnsed formerly with
tocEato and sno"PG aow no tue ease i
changed, aad the Roman Catholics nfe assos:ng mem
s.lyes In variety OF WHY'S. !: Is c11ons tat one OF
of Frcemssonry convert, who Is also Freernakon,
has not only abjurc protestantam but to 1enonnce
tho craft. At one time Roman cathonee nuRnt JON
1odoa without iucurrnX ecclesiastical censure, but
time has cone by proof OF the bitterness with
which the Church Of Rome regards the Order 1a
Furnished BY book 5Sst transa
ion iroua tho German, and Is entitled "The
Secret Warfare Of Frsemasonry Against Church and
sense. iorg insrodurtiou evidently written by de-
You Roman Catholic. fs hardly tess Floacoous snan
thu rest but Is noteworthy % testimony to tue class
Honan Cathoice. What clearly annoys the writer is
that the Prince Of Wees should have accepted the oce
Of Grand Master in suece 'sion to the MARQUIS OF
Ripou who hul to resign joining the Church OF
Rome. It appears. too, That converts. OF whom tue
Marquis Of i:iron is douutless one. "hare conscien-
tousl assorted tha. there vs. nothing N 1, ne Pns1 P
IN their iude:nent r4iitated against tho system Of
faith and morals imposed uron them by Etrtce Of
their new allegiance The fair conclusion from
tbs would De that Freomasonry ia no! 50 evil .
thing nftez all. conclusion go simple. seaal-
be- and natural is not that drawn By tho writer tor
ba alleges that these have been HOODWINKED,
aud that the real principles and purposes Of the oEuer
have been carefully concesed from tnen. As 70 sno
position Of the Itomsn Cashonsa. ne Nasss re
Catholic enroll himself in secret society without
incur1ing e1eom1nunication; and no Fresmason can
be received into the fold of Christ unless ho has pre-
vio:sy naado up his mind t1 w1thaaw at0getn%es % IRON
against society which Is alleged 70 oe me eney 81
Cor7sdanity Its leaders are represented % saying
revelation and practical realization Of our great Gnos
tic secret: and we shall sec With our o"a eyes the
erection Of our altar to the Unknown On me runs Of
eEete Christianity while from ont he sepuenre of
buried Kings. OF buried Gosernments, OF buried CIV
iiza.ion, shall arise the Phoenix Of one undivided Ae-
publio-one universal bEotherhcod, win tne sp1on;
fore5cr as tho worla's sole regaa Az tMs "oul1 90
very dreadful we're 1t not so lntcroas me
t.on Of tha Phoenix alone suhces to snow tnas rs
writor must be joking. for no sensible person c'n
refer seriously to that mythical FOWL Eorse taln8s
could occur than the sstsblishnent Of uofYe1sal
may BE- hoveyes taat the eass y no,
resented and that the accusations brought against It
fq Of eIaggersons .nd lsIvt5@oas @ o. ,ti. trnth
(Which, We believe, the o7othren WALL uno IL ul1acus
70 rto;e'' s ao1 iass 10 .pa sro11v atateJ. IA
In itself serions violation Of the natural
law, Which forosds Us to Aodieate % tne 11eeaom nn
on.t;tr,sd anhotv md to bind ourselves trrey-
ocaby to tho propagation Of tenets, or to the blind
execution Of ORDERS shout which In utter lgnor
anco the time and are therefore to determine
Iigatons to ourselves, cur nerhbors, and our God"
II it be that there II 0co COZ Of M1sons In the
world, then tho number Of persons over whom the
Pope exercise control s considerable and it IL
csy to bei.ve that hs should dread the Of
such multitude. 1t Is ce:tain that the paral denun-
cations of Freemasen,y have had dises. effect in
adding to the numbers OF the craft In this country
Books such a. this *ill operate in like manner.
Thus the Church Of Kome would appear to have
Prince Of Wales Joined the Order he has shown
great liking for 1t, md may be s.id to b enthu
aiastic NkEon. Most Of those who are IN authority
around him think it their duty to join tho Order Tho
Rev. Canon Duckworth. who succeeded the late
Charles Kingsley Canon Of Westminster and who Is
to go India private chaplain to tho Prince, was
Lodge Of Antiquity. Canon Duolkworth thought It
Il well to qualify himself for accompanying the Prince
seouid he Tis some Of hs lodges N y t1hia nay
the world. and Of the moot selsct the English
lodges. By common understanding tie number Of
men,bers is limited to thirty Prince Leopold was re-
Gently, ut his own specul request, admitted xnong
their humber. Sir Christopher Wren for mony
years MaAter Of that 1odge and he presented to 1t
ostinc relics.
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Masone IN Amoric. ia from tho Voice or Masonry
~ saa,anha-. -
1ol oeptemoe1
There are no Masonic designs and works which
nssonc ar;,1es NJ FnrIsnd 'E arr ,u,a W. sse an
account Of what they arc accomplishing in behalf Of
tae nsea snd ,nnfm @ members o. the ana f o.
English Freenasonry is Increased and we are con
strained 70 reitsrate the assertion Anerican Free-
~ ~. IS no. aong ~ whole dnty Loos te %ne We
sttort - ,o sba11 MT fnd sSs ~ Kantcrr uhsre
n Masms, Ridnxa' and nrInhans, Homn haa been g.
tablizhed and is royalty sustained, This leads to tho
query. why may not other Jurisdictions do well
And 1t also serves as reuder that at the last annual
communication Of tue Grand Lodge Of Illinois R5e-
II tSs stss Ing Ing ausy o. at ac
ntons a. nav anpesr to be boz: far the eabsh1eut Of
such Homie, and to appoint committed to inquire
into the same and report at tho next annual COM
municaton adorted. And further, tha: the COM
mitee appointed to thia exceedingly important work
CONSIST GO g! .ae aoao~inR sat "0rshipn! nresa1eh @
,rooc ,'d SoaIa So 1 T. -; -. u ~,
t nerfo-,o his narf of the rr,r. sahnr In Ills cou
uccHon tt may 10 sugccstel the Eupish Freernasons
haye furnished the nodel-ths theoretical and prscsi-
cal designwhich but nee<l7 to b adapted to the df-
ference in location to he successfully carried o.it IN
1noa. Ihe eapof1enee and succeas q, tae oeetasen
r t"av o . u.s. aui, ~ z oount
to tie M Of reat
laaonic charity work Is It too much to M ssuns Il
lsnols Will b the second, only because it is I'M,