Fundamental Principles, 219 Impressive Masonic Initiation Ceremonies of Indiana Military Lodge, 27 Indiana, Ancient and Accepted Rite in 141 Is Freemasonry Partial and Selfish? 181 J. John the Baptist, 328 K. Funeral Obsequies in honor of C. A. Davis, Kansas, Lawrence Lodge, on the recent 153 Funeral of the late Col. Davis, 306 G. Gen. Butler and Masonry, 307 Gen. Cass, 241 Goethe on Masonry, 234 Grand Bodies in Ohio, 93 Grand Consistory, Annual Session of 241 Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and R. Grand Encampment of Maine, 81 Grand Encampment of the U. States, History Grand Encampment of the United States, 280 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Organiza- Grand Lodge of New Jersey, 157 H. Hall, Willard M., obituary notice of 223 "He doeth all things well," 222 History of the Establishment of the G. En- I. Ill. Bro. Evans' Addresses, 273 Illinois, Decisions by the Grand Master 190 Illinois and Kentucky, Conservators in 52 murders 29 King, Leander G., Obituary notice of 63 Knapp, William, obituary notice of 95 Knights Templars, Order of 41, 77, 105, 145 L. Lash, Robert, death of 25 Lawrence Lodge, Kansas, on the recent mur- Laying Corner-Stone at Chicago, 369 Lewis, Winslow, M. D., brief Memoir of 20 M. Maine, Elections in Grand Bodies of 254 Masonic Ball at Liverpool, Eng., 158 Masonic Celebration at Harper's Ferry, 218 Masonic Chit Chat, 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, Masonic Darkness, 215 Masonic Friendship, 348 Masonic Funeral in San Francisco, the first, Masoinc Greetings, 143 Masonic Humanity. 251 Masonic Incident, an interesting 375 Masonic Initiation Ceremonies of the An- Masonic Interchange of Courtisies, 378 Masonic Memories, or Teachings from the Masonic Portrait of Washington, 346 Masonic Rules which ought to be observed, save us, 184 Masonry on the Battle-Field, 187, 317 Masonry on the Mississippi, 193 Masonry, Practical 26, 373 Masonry, Progress of, in California 92 Masonry, Rapid Increase of 303 Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Grand En- Massachusetts, Grand Lodge of 89 Massachusetts, Organization of G. Lodge of Massachusetts, the Scottish Rite in 24 Michigan, Conservators in 182 Military Lodge, Indiana, 27 Montacute Lodge, 86 Monument to Philip C. Tucker, 339 Moore, the late Dr. Marcus A., 206, 254, 287 More Infamous Forgeries by the so-called Mount Lebanon Lodge, 114 Mount Olivet Lodge, 178 Public Parades, 213 Q. Qualification of Candidates, 30 R. Randall, the late Judge, notice of 305 Raymond, the late R. W. Brother, notice of Rebellion against the State, 217 Relief Lodge in Louisiana, 16 S. Scottish Rite in the West, 31 Secret Ballot-Its Use and Abuse, 353 Society of the Illuminati, 97 South America, Masonry in 344 St. John's Day in South Carolina, 368 Supreme Council (?) Fraud, the N. York 65 Symbolism, 382 T. Templar Masonry, Decisions in 370 FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOL. XXIII. NOVEMBER 1, 1863. No. 1. OUR TWENTY-THIRD VOLUME. TO-DAY the "Freemasons' Monthly Magazine" enters upon its twentythird year, and when we reflect upon the stirring, solemn, and critical character of the times, in which this anniversary occurs, and also upon the stability and success indicated by so long a Magazine-life, (to which we might add the twenty preceding years, as the sum of our life as a public Masonic writer,) we cannot but lift up the heart in gratitude, not unmingled with a deep and solemn sense of responsibility, to the great Being, upon whose blessing alone depends all true success in mortal undertakings, no less than all happiness in the life immortal. When we consider the exalted position of prosperity and power to which our Order has now attained, more especially in these States, and the mighty and most beneficial influence, which it is destined, we firmly believe, to exercise over the future of America, in alleviating the pangs and healing the wounds inflicted by the suicidal hands of Civil War, we cannot but feel that the position of a periodical, which is confessedly the leading organ of Freemasonry on this Continent, is at the same time a position of dignity and of danger. To be trusted, consulted, supported, as we have been, through so many years, by our Brethren in all parts of the Union, has been, and is indeed felt to be, an honor and a reward that might well recompense us for much labor, console us for much opposition and obloquy, incurred at the hands of enemies, and cheer us on to the encounter of like labors in the future. But on the other hand, living and writing as we do, in a period of such intense excitement, and great public peril when not only every deed done by public men, but every word written by public writers, may be fraught with consequences of the vastest and most vital import, not only to our Order, but to the welfare and |