CONTENTS. LEADERS— PAGE. Grand Lod ges, whicli have tlie misfortune to be alllicted with A Monstrous Resolution ... ... ... ... ... 23 non-affiliate on the brain , but we have never read a resolu- Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... ¦¦ 23 tion passed b the most determined of those Grand bodies The Mark Masonic Calendar ... ... ... ... ... 24 y Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... •¦• 24 mon 1 calculated lo bring ridicule upon Freemasonry than that MASONIC N OTES— which was adopted by the Grand Lodge of Idaho at its 30th First Meeting of Board of Stewards for Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 29 Father Wyndham and "The Freemason " ... ... ... 29 Annual Communication in September against non-affiliates. Quarterly Court of the Girls' School ... ... ... ... 29 This Grand Lod ge was est ablished in lhe later sixties. Annual Convocation of Grand Chapter of Ohio ... ... ... 29 " " It Masonic Cruise to Egypt and the Holy Land ... ... ... 29 has a muster roll of some 50 lodges , and amongst these are Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... so dist ributed subscribing members to (he number of between Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Lodge and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 31 rioo and 1200. There are also residing within the jurisdictio n Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls... ... ... ... ... 32 ol this Grand Lodge a number of brethren , who have at some Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 33 lime or other been subscribing members of lodges either in Idaho or elsewhere , but who , for reasons whicli have appeared A MONSTROUS RESOLUTION to Ihem good and sufficient , have withdrawn from our ranks. Thev joined us livel y and voluntaril y and ri There are not a few among tlie Grand Lodges m tlie United , they ghtl y consider they are as free to leave us. But no. says tlie Grand Lodge of Slates which appear to he alllicted with a certain mental weak- Idaho. True , you joined us freel y, but once a subscribing to Ihem one side of tlie Masonic ness. Present p icture wilh one member of a lod ge always a subscribing member. We need of tlie salient characteristics of the Craft prominently dep icted in your subscri ptions, and unless you re-join—assuming that the foreground , and at once they realise its beauty. They admire you are what is called a Mason in good standing — it; they are prepared at any moment—indeed , at almost every we shall expel vou from lhe Order. This is no e xaggera- moment—of tlieir lives to go into ecstasies over its appropriate- tion , nor the result of any wild e ffort of our imagination. ness to so ancient and honourable a Society. They will talk Mere is the resolution itsell as taken from the printed Report of the Proceedings at the afternoon session together for hours about the beauties of this characteristic , and on the second day of the meet inu - . " Resolved—-That it is the those of them who are alllicted with caeoetlies scribentii are pre- duty ol every Mason residing within the jurisdiction of this pared at any time to write you whole volumes of gush upon the Grand Lod ge to be a member of some Masonic lod ge , either subject. But present to them thc other side—tlie reverse—of within or without the jurisdiction of (his Grand Bod ge. A'eso/ved tlie picture, with thc same salient characteristic dep icted with —That every Mason residing wilhin I his jurisdiction holding a equal prominence in the foreground , and they know it not , thev (limit shall , within six months Irom this date , present his petition ' see it not , neither do they understand the justice and appropri- for membershi p in some lod ge within this jurisdiction , and on ateness of ils presence. Rut the reader will naturally ask— failure so to do , or lo pay dues according to the by-laws ol" the What is the salient characteristic which is recognised and lod ge nearest his residence , the Master of lhe lod ge within admired when it is depicted on the obverse, and i gnored 01 whose jurisdiction such offending brother , if known , resides , rejected when it appears on the reverse ? And our answer is— shall order the Junior Warden of his lod ge to prefer charges the Freedom which is the basis , as it is lhe boast , of Free- against such unaffiliated brother of un-Masonic conduct , in not masonry. No one ever wearies of dilating upon the beauties so presenting his petition for membershi p, and such proceedings of r reedom , when it is app lied to a candidate for our mysteries shall be had as provided lor in trials lor un-Masonic conduct , and- and privileges. Note carefull y, they say, lhat of the thousands if no sufficient excuse shall be shown for such failure to affiliate , upon thousands who have joined our ranks since Freemasonry and the offending brother be found guilty, he shall be expelled was established in its present form , all have done so from the Order. " Ireely and voluntaril y. They have been neither invited 1101 It is dillicult to realise lhat such a monstrous resolution as coerced to join us against their own inclination , neither have this could ever have been formulated , much less adopted by a lliey presented themselves under the influence of any mercenary body of men who , we presume , are in the possession of lheir <'i - other unworth y motive. They have formed a favourable senses. opinion of the Craft and its princi ples , and they are of the "p inion that if they are admitted , they will bc enabled lo enlarge lli '-ir store of knowled ge, and at the same time prove themselves AltS QUAT UOR CORONATORUM*. more useful members of society generally. They come lo us , as I he third and concludin g Part ol \ olume X. of the Transac- w<- have said , without invitation , freely and voluntarily, in ac- tions of our famous literary lod ge—-which wc' need hardl y be at cordance with that freedom which is necessarily at the root of the pains of say ing has been edited with that care and discrimi- ; 'H Freemasonry wheresoever it may be distribute d over the nation which we are in the habit of associating with its Sl'iiace of land and water. But the moment you suggest to lhe respected Secretary , Bro. Sl'F.TII, P.A.G.D.C. —well maintains wiseacres in these minor American jurisdictions that those who the presti ge whicli the lod ge has acquired for the tone and were free to join, are likewise! free to quit our ranks , and they character of its work. The first item in the Contents is a con- •s'reet you with volumes and resolutions , just lo show how inex- tribution from the pen of Bro. K. F. Goui.D , and forms no part pressibly great is the ini quity of those abandoned reprobates , the of the Transactions proper. Ils title is " Masonic Celebrities : ''on-affiliates , that is, the men who, having joined ua freely, have No. VII. — Bro. fo.SIAII II. D KI / MMOND , " the eminent Masonic "¦'id the hardihood to leave us freely to our own devices. ,:; AUS Q UATUOR CORONATOKUM . Heim_r the Transactions of the Quatuor We have often been amused by the nonsensical endeavours Coronati Lodge, No. 207c). London. Edited for the Committee h y G. W. Spet-i , P.A. which G.D.C, Sec. Volume X.—Part 3. Together with the "ST. JOHN 'S CARD ," 27th are ever and again put forth by those of the United States December, 1S97. Margate : Printed at " Kcblc's Gazette " Ollice, 1S97. Statistician of thc United States, Past Grand Master of Maine, is accustomed to examine minutely into abstruse questions which and unquestionably one of the most distinguished amongst our are outside the track pursued by the ordinary student. Hence American Brethren. Bro. D RUMMOND , one of whose ancestors this paper of his will be found exceptionally instructive, as those migrated from the North ol" Ireland and settled near the mouth who have read it in our Christmas Number will , no doubt , most of the Kennebec river in 1729, is in his 7Ist year, having been readil y bear witness. The rest of the number is occupied with born at Winslow on the 30th August, 1S27. In earl y life he Notes and Queries , Reviews, and other li ghter matter. exhibited great proficiency in mathematics, and even before the Thc " St. John 's Card " of greeting from theW.M. and officers close of his academic career, discharged the duties of Princi pal of to the members of the two circles of the lodge is a work China Academy. But in 1848 hc gave his attention to the study of art, accompanied , as wc mentioned last week, by of the law, and no long time elapsed ere he succeeded in winning an engraving of thc philosopher, ARISTIPPUS , discovering the a hi h reputation at the Bar. Mis Masonic career dates from geometrical fi gures drawn upon the sands of the island upon g was the 1C rst which initialed 1849, on ^ 'i c'ay °^ he in Watcr- which hc was wrecked. The greeting is most cordial , and thc ville Lodge, No. 33. Me presided over it as W.M. in 18 56 and card convey ing it most appropriate to the year to which it 1857, and is still a subscribing member. After serving as Deputy belongs. As usual , the " Card " is accompanied by a complete " from 1858 to 18C0 , he was, in 1863, elected ancl installed Grand list ol thc names and addresses and Masonic qualifications in Master of thc Grand Lod ge of Maine.