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^1 JOURNAL SON 1726 Wm. O'Brien, Earl of Inchequin. A Chronological Table of the Pa 1727 Henry Hare, Lord Coleraine. Lessons Derived from the First trons and Grand Masters in Ln “MOEE LIGHT.” Degree. 1728 James King, Lord Kingston. gland, from the time of the An 1729 Thomas Howard. Duke of Norfolk. A Wrong Decision. glo-Saxons. Its Symbolism. 1731 T Cooke, Lord Lovel. Editor Jewel.—I see by the published The first or entered apprentice degree Christian Era. 1732 Anthony Browne, Lord Viscount proopedings of the Grand Lodge of Texas is intended to symbolize man, helpless 292 Albanas, Architect, first Grand In Montacute. i liat it was ruled by that body that no and ignorant, entering into the world ; spector of Freemasonry. 1733 James Lyon, Earl of Strathmore. Mason could vouch for another unless he also youth groping in mental darkness 597 Austin, the Monk. 1734 John Lindsay; Earl of Crauford. had actually sat with him in a duly con for intellectual light. 68C Bennett, Abbott of Wirral. 1735 J. Thynne. Lord Viscount Wey stituted Lodge. Qijalific.ytion. 857 St. Swithin. mouth. It seems to me that this ruling is wrong^ Every candidate for initiation must 872 King Alfred the Great. 1736 John Camj hpil, Earl of London. and if strictly carried out, would in a declare his belief in the existence of a 900 Ethred, King of Mercia. 1737 Edward Bligh, Earl of Darnley. great measure defeat the object of Mason Supreme Being and a future state. He Piince Ethelward. 1738 H. Brydges, Marquis Carnarvon. ry. must be of good moral character, and is 924 King Alhelstan. 1739 Robert, Lord Raymond. I presume the object of this decision is required to declare upon his horn r that 925 Prince Edwin, Brother to Athel- 1740 John Keith, Earl of Kintore. tb prevent the unworthy from gaining an he desires admission into the Order of his stan. 1741 James Douglas, Earl of Morton. easy admission to cur Lodges, and we all own free will and accord, entirely unbi 957 St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canter 1742 John, Lord Dudley and Ward. know that any measures taken toward this ased by fiiends, or uninfluenced by mer bury. 1744 Thomas Lyon, Earl of Strathmore. end must prove salutator}' to the order ; cenary or unworthy motives. 1041 King Edward the Confessor, and 1745 James. Lord Cranston. but my experience has led me to believe Preparation. Leofroie, Earl of Coventry. 1747 William, Lord Byron. tnat in the majority of cases the examina “oh. blindness tothefuUn-e! kindly .aiveii 1066 Roger de Montgomery. Earl of 1752 John, Lonl Carrysford. tion given strangers who present them That each maj' lill tl.e circle iiiaiked by Arundel. 1754 James Brydges, Marquis of Caeinar- selves for admission to Lodges is neither Heaven.” The candidate is required to close his Gundulph, Bishop of Rochester. von. thoro.tgh nor by any means what itshould eyes upon the past, and think of the dark, 1100 King Henry I. 1757 Sholto, Lord Aherdour. be ; often the members appointed on the mysterious future. This blindness is 1135 Gilbert de Clare, Marquis of Pem- 1762 Washington Sh rley, Earl Ferrers. committee are Masons totally unfit for the emblematical of ignorance, and the de bioke. 1764 Cahvallader, Lord Blaney. purpose, who themselves know but little signs of the Great Architect of tlie Tni- 1154 The Grand Masters of the Knights 1767 Henry, Duke of Beauforr,. more than the first rudiments of the teach verse being beyond the utmost stretch of human mind. Yet the study of nature Templars. 1772 Robert Edward, Lord Petre, ings of Masonry. That the vouching of will develo).)e intellectual light, dispel 1176 Peter de Colechurch, 1777 George, Duke of Manchester. nuch a committee for a man being a Mas ignorance j and the moi e it is studied, the 1212 William Almaine. 1782 Henry Frd. Duke of Cumberland. ter is of more value than a thorough ex- loftier and more comprehensive ■'"ill he 12] 6 Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Win ■.mination by a single brother who is in- our ideas of the great Creator, and first 1V90 Geo. Aug. Fred., Prince of Wales chester. iclligent and well informed in Masonry, cause of all things. 1813 Duke of Sus.sex. “Xatmv is but a name for an effect Geoffrey Fitz-Peter. 1830 King Willinm IV., Declares him no one I presume will contend. Whose cause is God ” 1272 Walter Griffard, Archbishop of self Patron of the Order. If it is required that before we can Equality. know a brother we must sit in a Lodge Y'ork. 1843 Duke of Sussex died, succeeded by As Masonry does not regard or admit Gilbert de Claire, Earl of Glonceiiter with him, then in the majority of cases anv person on account of rank or fortune, 1844 The Earl of Zetland. , - 1 -» T_____X T_________..foil rolfioL 1272 Ralph, Lord of Mount Hermer. Masonry is of no value whatever as a so- j Pe'skould divest his mind of all selfish and 1870 Albert Edward, the present Prince cial or benevolent institution ; for it is | and worldly considerations, and lay aside 1307 W. Stapleton, Bishop of Exeter. of Wales, installed P- G.. M. wMl known that a large proportion of the I fte trinkets and trappings of the outward 1327 King Edward III. 1870 The Et. Hon, the Earl de Grey w HI Known u g ; ^-orld, becoming for the time penniless, so 1350 John de Spoulce, Master of the brethren we meet through life we never , shall always remember that Ma- and Ripon, installed R. W. G. M. have the oportunity of sitting in a Lodge i ,gceived him in poverty, and be in Giblim. 1875 H. R. H. Albert Edward Prince of with. This is especially t.je case with bro- | |;fg pg practice the virtue, 1357 William of Wykeham, Bishop of Wales, install id R. W. G. M, thers who are sailors, with travelers, and | p, ■, Winchester those who reside in the frontier settle-i . -.i -i . i The Lessons of OOr PRFrAR.ATioN.— Western Territories Of 1 P’"" 1375 Robert of Barnham. menta of our Brotlier to brother bineVs, and man to man.” How beautiful are the Si.st lessons taught course we must know a man to bene a Masoniiiason , jio,ys. Henry Yevele, called the Kings in the finst steps of onr initiation ! Even before we can assist him as a brother , ana Freemason. before the candidate is admitted into the we can only know him by sitting in a Of my Own Pree Will and Accord Simon Langham, Abbott of West lodge, how significant the preparatory Lodt^e with h'im, then under the above !—“No solicitation of any sort can be law forms and ceremonie.s ■ m teachir.g him •circitmstances we shall probably never : fully used inducing men to become Ma- minster. 1399 Thomas Fizallen, Earl of Surrey. that Masonry regards ho man lor his know him at all, and the object of Mason- : sons. The oiilj allurement proper is so vi-orUly wealth or honors ; that it is the rv is in such cases certainly defeated. It : to act toward all men, so to reverence 1413 Henry Chicheley, Archbishop of internal rather than the external qnalifi • 13 absurd to contend that we can foioit'a God, so to obey the laws of the country Canterbury. cations of every candidate that command orother to be a worthy Master Mason, and and the Divine injunctions, and so to hon 1443 Wm. Wainfleet, Bishop of Winches attention ; in impressing upon him that nill not have the right to vouch for him to . our Masonry, that outsiders may admire we are here all brethren, requiring noth I the institution which contains such men, ter. The^only question that can be asked is and the bond that unites such mon, and ing to defend ourselves from each other : 1471 Richard Beauchamp, bishop of SaL in showing him how important it is that lo we know him to be such ? Some may , become earnestly desirous of connecting isbury. themselves with such men.” his heart should emteeive and proiierly es contend that except the brother is exam 1485 King Henry VII. timate before he suffers his eyes to look ined by a committee in the regular way, Against Local Tests.—“Brethren 1493 John Islip, Abbott of Westminster. upon the beauties of Masonry ; in repre we cannot .be sure that he is not a suspend senting the necessity of extreme caution ed or expelled Mason. The argument :s anxious to work the work of Masonry, I 1502 Sir Reginald Bray, should beware of inventing or perpetua in taking a professed brother by the hand; ; ngod one but it does no. aflectmy state i 1515 Cardinal Thomas Woolsey, ting local tests. Nothing weakens the and by that part of the preparation whicli ment in the least that the ruling of the I 1539 Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex. refers to the beautiful ancient custom, Grand Lodge of Texas is wrong ; for the Masonic tie so effectually as for one decision oUhat body only requires that , lodge to pr^cHse_cus^nm^s^ not^known^^to ; 1640 John Touchet, Lord Andley whereof we read in the Book of Ruth, exhorting the candidate to ainemty'm the v, e sit in a Lodge with a brother before the rest. There are many of these unph i 1549 Edward Seymour, Duke ofSomer- losopliic and dangerous tests in vogue.” biisine.ss in which he is about to engage. vouching for him. It does not matter j set. —N.