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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 86, 14 March 1885, Page 4

j *iir ' William I^ollett** ViewT ' of masonry. ; ' ; ' ■'*' -^~- Ll^ '■ -i ' /-.'n '«';.! ! >9Pf • 9f the best lawyers known to ■the x Enj?lfaTi ;Baf, rtow 'hioW flitini itHre'^ ' decades • ''passed! ! away^-Sir j William Follett— -is said to haye 'rev. Igarded the Masonic Institution as jono of the most, hallowed ; means of 'beneficence among the 'associations of earth. Sir William-was Attorney©eheral' of Fngland when he had the following conversation with one who afterwards became: a; shining light W the great- Brotherhood of . Masons. This brother . jeptvts as follows : — " In the course, of conversation with Sir W. Follett,; J inferred from a ;. passing remark 'that he had? become a Mas6n.. I aisked if my cohclusioa was correct. *It is ' w^sKis reply-: XI was initiated at Cambridge.' Light had' not then beamed upon myself.;. and I; cxpVessed 'm sebffiug^erms . my astonishment. *In yp.ur. early struggles at the Bar,' remarked Jie, with ; quiet I earnestness, tyou require : somßthing to reconcile < y^u. ta iyour , kind* You see so much of bitterness,. ,^^and rivalry and jealousy, and hatred; -that you are thankful to call into,; active i agency a system, which creates, jn all j its varieties, kindly syifipashy.i j cor- ' dial 'and widespread. '. benevolence and- brotherly 10ve.. -,,»« Bu t .surely,' said I, « you don't go the leijgth of i asserting that Masonry does all! this ?' . ■ < Arid '■■ more ! The true j Mason thinks no ill of his brother,) and cherishes no designs against! him: r - The system linnihilates' parties, An 4, *s fp censoriousness and: calumny, most salutary and stringent; ( isthe, cur.b which Masonic principles,; duly carried oiit, apply, 'to an uh-i bridled! tongue.' ' Well, well, you cannot connect itwith'relig'iolii;''you cannot ; say, _pr affirm of it, that; JVlaspnry . • ;is*', a , feligibus system.' *3y and. by you will ..know better,' was the : reply, . : ' ; Now ,1 will only say that the. Bible js. ..never closed m atMasanic -Lodge :. that Masons habiitually use prayer m their lodges i ahdy m point of fact^never assemble for any purpose without' 1 performing acts of religion.' I gave you credit,!" contiriued' I; with' 'd kmile,' for being nirbre' thoroughly emancipated" from nursery tram 'rriets 'and 1 slatigh ptejudices,' ... ' Meanwhile,' said he * is >i% hot worth while tOibelong to afr^-ternityi-whoseprinciplesi if universal, would put down at once 'and for 1 'ever the selfish' ' and 'rancorous feei- ' ings which now divide 'tind distract society ?."-r-Kqystone. , ;. ;-■ > j •i; J >. . .■ J . ... ' ■ i V