, 1876-02-20
Objects Of 1Iasonry---The Pope
and the Ordcr---LOcul
Notes.
Meeting Of the Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows for Michigan.
Condition OF the Order in That State.'.
General Items.
MASONIC.
4 BROTHERS WORD.

article Was rendered none too soon:
There is class Of Masons. considerable in number,
which seems to think the institution created and kept
up partly for the special benefit and convenience Of
its members, and altogeter general INSURANCE
against any and everything that u. hi happen. If
one Of them lends ANYTHING to- hro.her Mason, or
CELLS him blu OF goods credit and tie lo1n is not
returned nor the merchandise paid for, their idea
seems to hc TINT the Masonic organisation should
sumo the role Of collector. and make good for them
their business mistakes. These people entirely overlook
the fact that Masonic Court has civil powers, and
only pass upon dereesions which relate to its
sl:rs or are III yo!=uon Of the lws Of marniity, aud
even tnen its highest penalty il exclusion from the
privileges Of the Craft The best authorities Of the
Craft have decided with great uuanimiy that Masonry
cannot take the p-cs Of the ordiaazy courts OF 1w
nor uaurp the functions Of Deputy Sheriff. Nearly
every Grand Lodge, when tue subject had been
brough: before It, decided lilo the Grand Lodge Of
Illinois. that:
"Lodges shall not take cognizance Of difficulties OF
legal character. growing out Of business
Eetween brethren. cntertA3n charges against O
brother for the purpose Of adjusting legal rights,
| pccunixry otherwise, unless such ehar9es shah
tteary specify fraud on the part Of the alleged Of
Aud Grand Masters have decided with GRIND A1estcr
Thorne, Of this State. that: Masonic tribunal will
nor will Masoury allow itself to be niauc convenient
means through which creditor may collect what Is
due him from his Masonic debtor."
Tho plain English OF this that while lawsuits
and contentious among brethren are to he avoided,
possble, still when there is suit must be tried bc
fore one OF the acknowledged tribunals Of the country
nvng authority to enforce its dccrees Moreover, tt
should be understood tha. u business matters
to depend On business methods, and not on some ab-
Btract and underlined power, which Is expected to
come to the rescue ind correct our own want Of udg
ment.
rectio and that ~ the haot soue men have Of pIed9
ing and others Of accepting the word of lason on
the most trivial ocesaous. loan Of 20 cents any
oAcr equally unmpo1tant nntter, calls out the
eraton only in ninc out Of ten to be violated
from sheer forgetfainess. Now serious things should
be treated seriously, and should ever keep watch
them. The habit appears to be muc1 like the habit OF
uslng profane Language, which adds nothing 10 the
eogency Of IN argument q Of force % declaration
made to were backed up by needless oath, and in
Ike manner we fear to trust man who has Masonic
thought anu broken without hesitation. We respect
fully submit that the aLt should 10 corrected by the
individuals given to it, il possible and certainly by all
hiage, laviux no deeper foundation than tie lips
Of the speaker. But, occasion arising where
Sss fa p. sa' peas wav Of :" e,4a s'e ssees.9
broken, then we, having the power would a*sess such
M.sonic punishment as might tend to sharpen the roc
olsso9 Of TIC oasnas @ q oshs 70 % u tao hshent lest
word equal to hi4 bond. and VIXEN . promise, made
freely, needs to be backed by MI ooJurgation Ma
certain discount aud therefore, not se taken 1T par
II at all A general agreement Oh tha subject viii
put an end to tho evil arising from it. and savo Great
deal Of nlfeeling needlesa!y esoksd by thoughteas
indulgence in foolish and undignfcd habit. and We
trust thzt every reader Of ths article viii enroll him.
seI IS one to put 1t down.
TUE rorE AND TUE NAsoHs.
l. Master Mason writes az follows to the Lon
don 1tOles, having reference to the recent e1-
traordinary publication Of Mgr. Na1di, said to
have been based On statements made by e1-
Grand Master Lord Riron, who was not long ago
head Of the Graft in England:
II you can afford space Ishould like to say fow
zrnr 4hnrt Rafra lord EiDpD and FraamaSAnrr
Masonry is not, as honsignor Sarh supposes soci-
ETY. in England for eatng. drinking, anu merrymak-
and make merry together, but 30 do Monsignori and
do Carinals, and SO might popes, only there can't
we'll be more than one Al time; and some OF his pre-
decesso1s perhaps the Last persons the present III
cumlcut might care to have Visiting acquaintance
with. It seems to me that Brother Ripoa has been
playing OF one Of bis Masonic Jokes upon tie SIM
nor Nardi really wanta to know what nlason-
y is 4 viii tell hin-thero is no secret
apout It. Il IL system Of morality sl1egoric-
a1ly hidden from the vulgar, but symbo:icaIy
illustrated to the initiated. II Continental Masonry
Goes not appear Monsignor Na1di to to this
description the mistake Is his, not mine The pr'n-
ciPes of Masonry quite aa uniform and - catholic
(perhars more sol than those Of the Roman Church,
while it claims antiquity much greater. Il is pcs
sble that in countries where oppression has driven
men to secret means Ct resistance they may have
formed societies (which outsiders may mistake for
Masonry for political purposes but those societies
Masonry, is Masonry ausWerable for their
istcuce. Can the Church OF Rome say rs much for
4tkGH3 "Lek Inc E3ue4 JaG9 OUT W1LQE13 3TG
Masonic morality II limited IL better than
NO morality. Thus. II Masonry objected to treat Car
ticuar case Of heresy by combustion. on the
ground that the hereto Mason, it would be so
far superior forms Of religion that have
ployed combustion cunfue dstastefu1 opinions, al
though a religion which refused to burn hereto be-
cause he WAS q might be superior in morality to
Masonry. As Rome condemns all WHO te:ome or r.
main Masons # does rot feem wonderful that the
they7 But whether 1t be the Nssoos who are ut- I
friendly to the Church, or the Church to sous, two
things cear-hrst that St. Paul, who csta himself
in plain words 'Wiso Master Mason, was one Of the
craft; the other that st. Peters writings full Of
Masonic aliusion aE1 far from saying that tue Last
two Witnesses may not be hostile to Rome, but should
have thought Mous1gnor Nar would be the LIST nzn
to adult it.
r. B. vARREy LODGE.
TIE officers eject OF William B. Warren Lodge, |
No. 2OD, were regularly installed By D. G. II. ".
S. Stevens, at Masonic Hall, No. " Monroe
street, Feb. 12:
". NE. Borneman. |
j. MD. $. OConnor.
Se.r.urg-. r Dunlop. /
Chapta,n--I. @. Underwood.
5. D.-A> II. Adcock-
J. DC. II. AskroJd- J
s. S.-W. Robinson.
!. Sc. Somers. |
T,tT-J. I. Ferns. |
At tho same-communication tho following res
,lutons relative to the death of the late Ed |
ward Z. Whit!emore gentleman for many years |
, teacher in the public schools. were adopted:
wAxrEAs. It has pleased tho Great Architect Of tho
Universe to from cur tnds: our late Brother,
Edw. T. Whitsemore.
K<5oped, Tha. while We bow with humble auly1nis- I
non to the will OF the aoat High, do not the losa
mourn for Drollcr who has been taken from us.
Rfs0!rd, That in the death Of o1z Brother, Edv- T.
Tho ready to nrocr tho hand Of ntd and the
soce Of Gympaty to the needy and distressed Of the
aEa ss sDd
shp Wos dear to Us all - citizen WEoso upright anu