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t eW . W . W . M . VVS [^{¦ JJJ JWWWU JOTS ) S^^^ gg ^^ SATUEDAY , 4 TH APEIL 1896 .

A Few Points.

A FEW POINTS .

FEBEMASONBY -was not designed for all men . It was devised by wise men for men of all countries who are worthy and well qualified , and who can and will conform to its principles and requirements .

Freemasonry is peculiarly and firmly an institution of law and order . Its law is that of justness and uprightness before God and man , and its order is the perfect symmetry of geometry . It has no place for confusion and discord . It demands perfect peace and harmony .

Intellectually , scientifically , commercially , socially , Masonically , and religiously , the world is so vastly in advance of what it was one hundred , or even fifty years ago , that the ideas and rules of the then are not wholly practical now . Then small local communities could fence themselves in , and almost utterly refuse to see and know anything of any like community . Now ,

by reason of the facilities for travelling and for transacting business , in a large sense all the world is a community , and world-wide ideas and doings are essential . Now a Chinese wall principle is war against the world , and cannot be tolerated . Now , more than ever before , the idea of the Brotherhood of man

prevails , and , in all things , demands world-wide comity . As , in all real progress , Preemasonry ' s station ever is at the front , its present duty is plain , namely , to more than ever promote the reign of the sublime principle , " The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man . "

There is difference between what Freemasonry requires and what it accepts . It requires perfection , physically , intellectually , morally , and spiritually , but it accepts literal conformity to its forms , ceremonies , tenets , and principles . Its ideal is perfection , but no man is absolutely perfect , and , necessarily , it accepts those nearest its standard , and pronounces them worthy and well

qualified . Thus the ideal and the symbolism are preserved and perpetuated , and the Temple is erected with the best material . The test of the material is the All-Seeing Eye , and the trial of the work is the unerring square , hence the quality cannot be deteriorated and imperfect and pass inspection . Not quantity of

material , but quality , is demanded , and the ideal of the quality is not too high . " Boston Ideas " dissents to this by saying that Masonry would not be the widespread power it is if the title to membership had to wait for the balanced character thus claimed to be necessary for Masonic acceptance , but the fact of the requirement , and its essentiality , remains unchanged .

" The Scottish Freemason" proclaims the want of " a Masonic ideal . " It says : " There is wanting in very many of out Lodges a proper ideal of Freemasonry . The higher objects and purposes of our Ancient Craft are not sufficiently impressed upon initiates , nor kept steadily in view of our members generally . Not a few good men are lost by this . " It declares

that in effect Freemasonry says to its votaries : " On the foundation of those great truths which , in every age and in every civilised race have been held in common , raise ye a superstructure of manly life , perfect in all its parts , and honourable to the Builder . " Freemasonry ' s moral and spiritual ideal is that of the Temple of Solomon—the worshipping of God in spirit and in truth , and the erecting of the temple of the soul to His honour

and glory . It is the being not only a son of light , but a son of wisdom , and thus a son of God . To be this is to be a Master Mason , entitled to Master ' s wages , which are immortal life in the presence of God in heaven . If in the making , passing ,

raising , and exalting of Masons this sublime ideal is not constantly and impressively portrayed , then the work is not faithfully and skilfully done , and fails to evince true wisdom , strength , and beauty . — " Voice of Masonry . "

Although there has been a gain in the number of Lodges in Scotland since 1877 of 230 , making a total of 722 , the secessions of Lodges in the colonies , through the formation of Grand Lodges in these dependencies within the last twenty years , has reduced that gain to sixteen , and the total to 508 . There are nineteen

home Provinces , and six other Provinces represented on Grand Committees as presently constituted . The nineteen Provinces represented include 295 Lodges . There are eleven Provinces not represented on Grand Committee , including ninety-three Lodges . — " Glasgow Evening News . "