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The Reality and the Peculiarity of Masonic THE REALITY AND THE PECULIARITY walking have cast over them, we behold on all sides of us at once that our labour is really Herculean, after all, and OF MASONIC HISTORY. that still, as of old, " Augtean " are the " impedimenta " we was once said, one of the ablest aud most acute of IT by have to remove, the heaps of rubbish we have to clear Freemasons, a brother who was emphatically a think- away. ing member of our Fraternity, that what had most struck Often as the vexed and weary student of our own period him in the History of Freemasonry was its very existence. pauses for a moment to repose and take stock, he finds out He used to like to add, we hear him saying it still, most truly what a task he has set before him, how serious, " When you survey the past history of our remarkable and how enduring. If now we are anxious to offer cer- Order, even in this good English Jurisdiction of ours, you tainty to conviction , and give reality to representation ; if are startled by realizing at once how much has been evolved we endeavour to dispel the mists of the past by the sun- out of so very little. How small beginnings, how insigni- shine of the present, there comes around us a startling ficant appearances have tended to and ended in such large sense of the seriousness of our enterprise, and the difficul- results. How its weaknesses, and littlenesses, and imper- ties of the attempt. fections have all given way before a wondrous growth, and If having got rid, as we fondly hoped, of the " Fables of a real and living manifestation of kindness, utility ancl the Freemasons," we proceed to append to our annals the good." striking and welcome " factors " of critical accuracy and And no doubt the proposition, startling as it is, is not historical certainty, as best beseems the dignity of a great only well founded, but deserves our notice and attention . confraternity, we are led ere long to feel, and feel sensibly, Those of us who have studied the " indicia) " of Freema- how arduous is the effort, how unpromising the outlook, sonry in the world, must be convinced both of the reason- how unpopular the result. ableness and even truthfulness of the view we have just For after all, when the work thus far is completed, how mentioned. As we look back from our present unequalled hesitating at best are the conclusions, how partial the standpoint of maturity and light, on the infantine struggles, verifications of the historian. so to speak, of Freemasons, as.in the presence of mankind, The labours of the authentic school, the praiseworthy are inevitably struck with that marvellous change which and valued lucubrations of Findel and Mackay, of Fort has come over not only the framework of Freemasonry and Gould , of Hughan and MacCalla, of Rylands and itself , but also with that extraordinary expansion which has Jacob Norton , and many more, have only whetted an followed its silent tread , its undemonstrative advance, on appetite for an after banquet, but leave much, about which the highway of life and the world. We almost come now we desire to know a great deal, just where it was. to regard with astonishment that propagation of Masonic We cannot, do what we will at present, with the best principles which hardly seems to be measured by what intentions m the world, the most anxious toil, or the most we ourselves actually know of the earlier annals, the caref ul compilation, achieve more than theorize dubitably, past struggles, the present outcome of the Craft. and suggest respectfully. To-day, with many jurisdictions, and a million and When, for instance, to-day we seek to recover from the a half of votaries in the Lodges of the world, we often feel debateable land of doubt and difficulty the past records of inclined to wonder how it has all come about, how it has our Order, and rescue them alike from fanaticism and all taken place. sciolism, and seek to remove from them the reproach of Ihere seems to us reflectingly something strange, unpre- being a puzzle and a snare to students and writers alike, cedented about it all; there appears to be no natural sequence there seems to arise up before us that impenetrable of cause and effect , no commensurate starting point for " chevaux de frise " of obscuration and ignorantism which such an after " output." The little sluggish stream of an would hinder all advance, baffle all effort, and bar the way earlier epoch , unknown and hidden, winding in serpentine to a scientific realism. If we admit much has been folds amid hill and dale, has " debouched " into a mighty quietly and happily done for Masonic history and river, rapid in its current, and ceaseless in its wavelets. archaeology, how much yet, we say it with all respect for Indeed the very obscurity of the past records of our many an able writer, remains to be done. Fraternity has lent doubt to conjecture, and has affixed If light has been shed here and there, (great light no uncertainty to suggestion. doubt in comparison with past darkness), yet what a large The past of Freemasonry is invested with a sort of haze, portion of our Masonic annals still remains in doribt, which seems to baffl e the. inquirer and repel the enthusiast. obscurity, and " darkness visible." The more we seek to explain, the more there is we desire If we know now a great deal we did not know before, to be explainable ; the closer we unroll the Masonic dip- a generation back let us say, how much more do we want t to ychs the more clearly clo we realize how dust and debris know to-day, and how much,—say what we will, unravel contusion and carelessness, uncertainty and unreality, still this hard knot, disclose this hidden fact as we may, reign —yet supreme. We cannot, for instance, clear up one remains to baffle the inquiries and curiosity of the ablest inaccuracy, rectify oue anachronism, establish one histori- of us all, and to throw still around the cal almost weird page fact , relegate one dissolved myth to the limbo of foro*et- of Masonic studies a prevailing colouring of uncertaint tulness y and , without discovering how like the armed crop from unreality. We have to beware to-day of hasty averments, Minerva's head in the old world fable, there arise up for us rash fads, ancl uncritical conclusions. countless hindrances and obstacles to a clear, consistent We seem rather inclined to " rest and be thankful " critical History of Freemasonry, however much it may be when, according to our view wanted , we are but " tapping " at the , however much.it should be desired. Temple Gate of historic truth. We are ready to assume If agai , n we succeed in diverting from our annals, or a- it would seem, that we know all that need be known ; portion of them at any rate, that often fascinating preva- that nothing lence much is now to be obtained by study and of romanticism and muthos which time ancl sheep research. No more hurtful or blighting suggestion ever was made 1. The power and authority of Oxnard to grant this to the student and searcher. It is enough to dwarf and Charter are beyond dispute, and have been admitted by the put a stop to all legitimate efforts afterMasonic light, to stifle Grand Lodge. and silence all honest expression of opinion, all critical 2. The identity and authenticity of the Charter itself expositions of our history and archaeology. We believe no one has the audacity or the desire to question. firmly, on the contrary, that the future has a great deal in 3. That the citizens to whom it was granted were true store for all loyal inquirers after truth. We have, indeed , and legitimate Freemasons, entitled and qualified for such thanks to many very able brethren, partially lifted the an investiture, is also an uncontested fact. veil, but so far only partially. We still know very little Further, that the Lodge organized in 1750, under this of the actual past history of English Freemasonry, behind charter, has had a continuous, unbroken existence to this 1717, so to say, and between 1G46 and 1717 especially. day, or rather to the day of its recent trouble with the There extend some pages of our annals between these Grand Lodge of Connecticut, is admitted on all hands. dates, through which if Ave see, as we think we do, certain That during all this time it has been an active Lodge, gleams of light gradually breaking forth, that is all we and has fulfilled faithfully all the conditions and stipula- can safely venture yet to advance. We cannot speak de- tions imposed upon it by the terms of its institution, and cidedly on much before 1717. the demands of its related existence, is not only not dis- But we trust the day may come when we shall be able puted, but certified and proved by the historical records of to do so, when tentative efforts and thoughtful explanations the Grand Lodge, prepared and published by its authority may be crowned with successful reality, and when we shall and with its sanction. Thus they say, " From this simple be able to mark, grasp and explain , in all their intricate wind- beginning ' Hiram Lodge ' has continued its regular com- ings, development ancl outcome, the living and authentic munications until its initiates have become an exceeding annals of Freemasonry in England, and in the world.
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