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258 EXPOSITIONS
EXPULSION
1 . A Mason's Examination, which appeared
in The Flying Post for April 11-13, 1723.
(Gould's Hist . of F . M ., iii ., 487.)
2. The Grand Mystery of Freemasons Discovered
. London, 1724 . (Gould's Hiss. of
F. M ., iii ., 475 .)
3. The Secret History of the Freemasonry .
London, 1724 .
4. Masonry Dissected, by Samuel Prichard .
London, 1730. There were several subsequent
editions, and a French translation in
1737, and a German one in 1736.
5. The Secrets of Masonry made known to
all men, by S. P . [Samuel Prichard.) London,
1737.
6. The Mystery of Masonry . London, 1737 .
7. Masonry further dissected . London, 1738 .
8. Le Secret des Franc-Masons, par M .
l'Abbd Perau . Geneva, 1742.
9. Catechisme des Franc-Masons, par Leonard
Gabanon (Louis Travenol) . Paris, 1745 .
He published several editions, varying the
titles.
10. L'Ordre de Franc-Masons trahi et le
Secret des Mopses revelE . Amsterdam, 1745 .
Many subsequent editions, and a German
and a Dutch translation .
11 . Le Mason demarque . 1751 .
12 . A Master Key to Freemasonry . 1760.
13 . The Three Distinct Knocks . 1760.
14 . Jachin and Boar . 1762 .
15 . Hiram ; or, The Grand Master Key .
London,1764 .
16 . Shibboleth, or Every Man a Freemason .
1765 .
17 . Solomon in all his Glory . 1766.
18 . Mahhabone, or the Grand Lodge Door
Open'd. 1766.
19. Tubal Kain . 1767.
20 . The Freemason Stripped Naked, by
Charles Warren . London, 1769 .
21 . Receuil precieux de la Magonnerie Adonhiramite,
par Louis Guillemain de St . Victor.
Paris, 1781 . This work was not written
with an unfriendly purpose, and many editions
of it were published .
22. The Master Key, by I. Browne. London,
1794 . Scarcely an exposition, since the
cipher in which it is printed renders it a sealed
book to all who do not possess the key .
23. A Masonic Treatise, "than Elucidation
on the Religious and Moral Beauties of Freemasonry,
etc ., by W . Finch. London, 1801 .
24 . Manual of Freemasonry, by Richard
Carlisle. London, 1825 .
25 . Illustrations of Masonry, by William
Morgan . The first edition is without date or
place, but it was probably printed at Batavia,
N . Y. . in 1828 .
26 . Light on Masonry, by David Bernard .
Utica, N . Y ., 1829.
27 . A Ritual of Freemasonry, by Avery
New York, 1852 .
There have been several other American
expositions, but the compilers have only been
servile copyists of Morgan, Bernard, and
Allyn . It has been, and continues to be,
simply the pouring out of one vial into another.
The expositions which abound in the French,
German, and other continental languages, are
not attacks upon Freemasonry, but are written
often under authority, for the use of the
Fraternity. The usages of continental Masonry
permit a freedom of publication that
would scarcely be tolerated by the English or
American Fraternity . [E . L. H .]
Expulsion . Expulsion is, of all Masonic
penalties, the highest that can be inflicted on
a member of the Order, and hence it has been
often called a . Masonic death . It deprives
the expelled of all the rights and privileges
that he ever enjoyed, not only as a member of
the particular Lodge from which he has been
ejected, but also of those which were inherent
in him as a member of the Fraternity at large .
He is at once as completely divested of his
Masonic character as though he had never
been admitted, so far as regards his rights,
while his duties and obligations remain as
firm as ever, it being impossible for any
human power to cancel them . He can no
longer demand the aid of his brethren, nor require
from them the performance of any of
the duties to which he was formerly entitled,
nor visit any Lodge, nor unite in any of the
public or private ceremonies of the Order .
He is considered as being without the pale,
and it would be criminal in any brother, aware
of his expulsion, to hold communication with
him on Masonic subjects .
The only proper tribunal to impose this
heavy punishment is a Grand Lodge . A subordinate
Lodge tries its delinquent member,
and if guilty declares him expelled . But the
sentence is of no force until the Grand Lodge,
under whose jurisdiction it is working, has
confirmed it. And it is optional with the
Grand Lodge to do so, or, as is frequently done,
to reverse the decision and reinstate the
brother. Some of the Lodges in this country
claim the right to expel independently of the
action of the Grand Lodge, but the claim is
not valid . The very fact that an expulsion is a
penalty, affecting the general relations of the
punished brother with the whole Fraternity,
proves that its exercise never could with
propriety be entrusted to a body so circumscribed
in its authority as a subordinate
Lodge . Besides, the general practise of the
Fraternity is against it. The English Constitutions
vest the power to expel exclusively in
the Grand Lodge. A Private Lodge has only
the power to exclude an offending member
from its own meetings .
All Masons, whether members of Lodges or
not, are subject to the infliction of this punishment
when found to merit it . Resignation or
withdrawal from the Order does not cancel a
Mason's obligations, nor exempt him from
that wholesome control which the Order exercises
over the moral conduct of its members .
The fact that a Mason, not a member of any
particular Lodge, who has been guilty of immoral
or unmasonic conduct, can be tried and
punished by any Lodge within whose jurisdiction
he may be residing, is a point on which
there is no doubt .