Church Services.

CHURCH SERVICES .

THE Most Worshipful Grand Master H . R . H . The Prince of Wales has granted a dispensation to hold a Masonic Service at St . Mary Abbot's Church , Kensington , on Sunday , 11 th , at 4 p . m . Bro . the Rev . Canon Somerset Pennefather Past Provincial Grand Chaplain of Northumberland P . M . 685 , Vicar

of Kensington , has kindly consented to preach the Sermon , assisted by Bro . the Rev . W . Smale , M . A ., Bro . the Rev . Charles Darby Reade , M . A ., Bro . Rev . Tyrell , A . K . C ., and Bro . Rev . Hornby Steer , M . A . The Committee deem it of the utmost importance that every publicity should be given to the Service ,

and that no effort should be spared to render the occasion one worthy of the Craft in West London . It is hoped that those Lodges possessing banners will bring them , so as to make the procession as effective as possible . Morning dress will be worn , with full Masonic Clothing and Jewels , Arch or Craft . The

offertory will be given to local Charities . The Committee is an influential one , and includes the following Officers of Grand Lodge : —W . M . Stiles P . G . Treasurer , James Stephens Assist . Grand Director of Ceremonies , Dr . Pocock P . G . A . D . C , G . Read P . G . Standard Bearer .

IN commemoration of the 60 th anniversary of the Queen ' s accession , a well attended Masonic service was held at Colchester , on Sunday afternoon . By invitation of Bro . Claude E . Egerton Green W . M . 51 P . P . G . Treas . the Brethren assembled

in the grounds of East Hill House , and , by special dispensation from the Provincial Grand Master the Earl of Warwick , wore their Masonic clothing and jewels . Before the service Bro . C . Wood , A . R . C . O ., played on the organ a selection of music .

Preceded by a brazen cross , the choir and clergy—the Revs . C . F . C . Goodwin , Rev . W . Cree ( Manningtree ) , C . C . Naters , and the Archdeacon of Essex , marched in procession down the church , and met the Masonic procession , which had left the grounds of East Hill House by a private door leading directly to the west door of the church .

The service was intoned by Bro . the Rev . C . C . Naters , rector of St . James ' s and Chaplain to Lodge 51 , and Bro . the Rev . W . Cree , vicar of Manningtree and Chaplain of Lodge 2339 . Special psalms were chanted . The first lesson was read by Bro . H . E . Baker W . M . 697 , and the second by Bro . Claude E . Egerton Green P . M . 51 2479 P . P . G . Treasurer .

Bro . the Yen . Archdeacon Stevens P . G . Chaplain of England , Archdeacon of Essex , preached from the words " Honour all men . Love the brotherhood . Fear God . Honour the king . " After the benediction the National Anthem was sung .

PERHAPS the most interesting of the services held at Eastbourne on Sunday , 20 th ult ., was that which took place at St . Peter ' s Church , in the afternoon . Assembling in the Compton Place Infant School , the Freemasons donned their regalia ; and eventually a procession was formed , headed by the

Directors of Ceremonies Bros . J . H . Ewart , Captain C . de M . Frauklyn , and C . Warwick Tomes . The Brethren present mos-tly belonged to the Eastbourne Lodges , but members of other Lodges had accepted the invitation to attend , and upwards of one hundred and thirty were present .

Church Services.

Proceeding to St . Peter s Church , the procession of Masons entered the west door , the large congregation rising to greet them . The service , intoned by the Rev . C . L . Norris , was of a special commemorative nature , as appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , with special lessons which were read by Councillor Welch and the Rev W . Wakeford . Previous to the sermon the

National Anthem was sung . The Rev . H . G . Jameson preached from the text " The King and all Israel with him . " He said that in 493 Saxon Aldernan Gerdic came to Britain , after the fall of the fortress of Anderida had established the kingdom of the West Saxons on the coast , and Gerdic was made king of the West Saxons . And of that Gerdic our own Queen was the direct

representative . But ideal of kingship had grown indeed—from fierce autocratic chief to a Queen who had learned the lesson familiar to us that the crown should ever remind her that to reign in the hearts and affections of men was more gratifying to a generous mind than to rule over their lives and fortunes . Yes , in God ' s providence , both King and people had had a long and

happy education in this realm of England , and in this education Masonry claimed to have no small part . We looked back on a reign of 60 years , and on a royal line of 1 , 400 years . But if historians were to be believed , the first Masonic Lodge in Britain was held two centuries earlier still by St . Alban . At any rate , King Athelstan granted a charter in 926 . The assemblies were

prohibited in 1425 , but 25 years later Henry VI . was initiated . Then . King after King followed , brother joining hand with brother , till 30 years ago Albert Edward , Prince of Wales , was made Grand Master . And how had they helped ? By no mere formal bond of union , but by practising those great virtues of brotherly

love , relief to the distressed , and zeal for truth , which were the soul of Masonry , Might they ever continue . Might those badges of the heavenly blue , which they wore that day , remind them of that charity and universal beneficence which , in the heart of a Mason , should be as pure and expansive as the blue Arch of Heaven itself . The collection was in aid of the Masonic charities . — "East-: bourne Gazette . "

"One Touch Of Nature."

" ONE TOUCH OF NATURE . "

A PATHETIC incident occurred on the occasion of the visit of the Belfast Brethren to the Dublin Masonic Schools , already referred to in our pages . It was in the case of a little fellow whose father , once a prominent citizen of Belfast , had gone to that bourne from whence no traveller is known to return . A few Masonic Brethren who had known the father intimately

determined that they would take advantage of the opportunity and make the boy a small present , and having acquainted the head master with the purpose , the little fellow was brought into their presence . Questioned as to his mode of life at the Clonskeagh establishment , the boy replied that he was quite

happy , and that he received the utmost kindness from those id authority over him , but with true northern instinct he was anxious to go to business . After further questions bearing on the lad ' s future welfare , one of the gentlemen intimated that they had known his father well , and requested the boy to accept the

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