Installation Of A New District G.M. For The Punjab.

J . R . Campbell , W . M . of Lodge Mayo , and an old P . M ., to be D . G . D . of Ceremonies in room of Wor . Bro . Colonel lYIinchin , who had resigned . A vote of thanks to Bro . Major Beamish , 36 th Reg ., having been passed , for making over the Vice-Presidency of the P . M . I , to the D . G . M . for the

time being , and several warm and hearty letters of congratulation having been read from sundry brethren and Lodges , and also several apologies for inability to be present , the D . G . L ., having no further business to transact , was closed in the usual manner at 10 p . m .

Masonic Energy.

MASONIC ENERGY .

IT is generally believed among the profane that Masons devote such energies as they possess to the important studies , " What to eat , drink and avoid , " and " How to spend a happy day . " We are looked on , in fact , as what the late "A . Ward , showman , " would probably have

described as a vast body of " gay and festive cusses " —who never weary of banquetting , with its attendant toasts and harmony . When our regular course of meetings is run , we hold Emergency meetings , and when wo have nothing better to do , we run about to other Lodges , receiving—as

we have previously given—hospitality . If nothing worse than this could be said of any body of men , we fancy the world would be a little less wicked than it is . To be a convivial fellow—by which we mean not either a " Greedy Jack" or a " Guzzling Jimmy "—implies the possession of

many good qualities . A man must be genial , open-hearted , take good broad common sensible views of things . He must have a tender regard for the weaknesses , and it may be , the prejudices of his next neighbour , carefully avoiding what may create sourness or soreness of temper . He must

study the proprieties of time , place , and circumstance , introducing no awkward or unseemly references to painful events that have passed , and being , in fact , prepared to do all that lies in his power to promote the general entertainment . The man who can do all these things well is

certainly not a bad fellow , but the belief that Masons devote their energies to the one pursuit of pleasure is a most erroneous one . All members have not the same energy , but it occurs to us wo can point to a very formidable array of brethren who never weary in their efforts to advance the interests of our Order or tho institutions it fosters . These

exhibit an astounding energy , aud notably the following among them . A W . M . who is desirous of keeping or raising his Lodge into good working order , stands little chance of success if he is not a man of energy . He may be

perfect in our ritual , an example to follow in all that relates to the main scope of our Order , but , without energy to cany them into practice his knowlcge and example will be of little service . Attendance at Lodco will be * rin to fall

off , carelessness , or , perhaps , a state of somnolence will affect the members . The W . M . then who keeps his Lodge well up to the work may , ipso facto , be assumed to possess an energy , not limited by tho pursuit of happiness or the study of good dinners . So with the secretary of a Lodge .

Few are , or should be , content with the mere routine business of preparing minutes or sending out notices . That these should be attended to is essential to the well-being of the Lodge . But there are other duties he may perform . By tact and energy he may help forward the labours of a

W . M ., and being often a P . M ., who during his occupancy of the chair had done good service , he is anxious to keep up the fair fame which he had helped to secure , and he applies himself therefore zealously to his functions , by no means limiting his attention to those which are purely official . Then

the Stewards of our Anniversary Festivals . Energy , or the want of it , makes all the difference between a high and low standard of contribution . Accidental circumstances , such as a good donation from seme millionaire or the presidency of a prince of blood royal , or of some eminent nobleman

will occasionall y explain any abnormal increase of tho Stewards' lists ; but a slow and sure increase or diminution in this total amount marks whether , as a body , the brethren who have undertaken these most important functions are men of energy or indifferent to their trust . Now the

wonderful progress that has been made of late years by tho Order , points to something more than a few exceptional displays of energy . We aro so distributed throughout the country that it is possible to explain our advance in numbers and the world ' s esteem except by the euergy of the main body of the Order ,

Masonic Energy.

and especially of those to whom the governance of our Lodges is delegated . In fact Masonic energy is directed in the main towards the development of our Order , and not to mere festivity . The slowly increasing aggregate of our annual contributions to the several

Masonic Charities betokens a greater energy on the part of the Stewards . But where energy is most needed , and where , happily , it is in the highest degree illustrated , is in those to whom the business of the Masonic Charities is chiefly entrusted , and equally in those members through

whom the business of Grand Lodge or of Provincial Grand Lodges is made known , in the former case to the whole Order , and in the latter to the Lodges of the various provinces . The routine of duty is in the case of these brethren a never-ending one , varied not unfrequently by

unusual pressure , yet very seldom by slackness . Let us try to imagine the amount of labour which the recent Installation of our M . W . G . M . has entailed on sundry of the Grand Officers . It were far easier to reckon what they have not been called upon to do or suffer . We

assume , to begin with , that none of them have been allowed a moment's rest whenever it has been in the power of any busybody or disappointed brother to air his particular grievance Everybody conceives he has a right to badger a Secretary or Director of Ceremonies . What otherwise

were these latter invented for . Then again , the Secretaries of our Institutions are fair game for the busy trifler . One wants to know the whole history of a small item of expenditure , amounting to a few pence . Another is nervous about the growing extravagance of the Board of

Management , because one more box of steel pens has been purchased than in the previous year . Then another wants a presentation all to himself , knowing all the time tho absurdity of preferring such a request . These are a few only of the minor annoyances to which a Secretary of

every board is made liable . But there are far more trying duties for them to perform . They have to be here , there , and everywhere , all over London , round about the provinces , in person or by deputy , so that the claims to support of the Charities they represent must

be ever kept before the world of Masonry . All this movement of course entails much personal labour , their advocacy of the cause of Charity is a duty and a pleasure , but he who observes this office faithfully , has little

chance of much personal rest and enjoyment . Day after day office work ; evening after evening the cause of charity must be pleaded , so that a zealous and energetic Secretary must be content to have one day ' s rest in the course of tho week , and then find himself too tired to

enjoy it . 1 et they bear it all famously . They are genial and courteous , ever ready to go anywhere so that the cause they advocate may bo bettered , be it never so little . Is there reason in the accusation that Masonic energy looks only to a course of good feeds , and the more the jollier ,

when we can point to such grand results as have been achieved in these latter years , both in respect of the extension of our Order , and of the greater amount of good we are

doing ' i These sneers of the silly , however , are like the blows of the little woman who was constantly whacking her husband—a huge giant of a " navvy . " They please the silly , but they hurt not Masonry .

Masonic Gatherings On The Evening Of The Festival.

MASONIC GATHERINGS ON THE EVENING OF THE FESTIVAL .

THROUGHOUT the metropolis every available resort , and every place where tho good things of this life aro provided , was taxed to its utmost to satisf y the requirements of those of onr brothron who never consider a Masonic celebration complete till it has beeu supplemented by a banquet . Fortunate , indeed , wero those who had taken steps to arrange beforehand , as the

cry was universal that every scat was engaged , and so soon as one party bad satisfied their cravings , another was ready to tax the powers of tho enterprising caterers . At the Holborn Restaurant , tho Criterion , Simpson ' s , the popular resturants in the Strand , and even to Richmond , to the well-known " Star aud Garter "

, did brethren wend their steps , and again and again did regrets arise that no accommodation was to be found . This was not to be wondered at when we remember that , in addition to those who attended tho Festival at the . Albert Hall , almost every Lodge throughout the kingdom considered itself bound to celebrate the occasion in

somo way or another , aud the most popular one was to meet those members of their respective Lodges who had been so fortnnato as to obtain tickets , and discuss the events of tho day at somo popular and well-known resort . At tho Cannon Street Hotel a joint banquet of the Lion and Lamb Lodgo , 192 , and the William Preston Lsdge , 766 , took place , and here , the brethren mus . tered . to thenumbev