Square Work.

purest and most honoured brethren , who arc not only officers of the Lodge but worthy officials of this Grand I Body , by which they not only violate their most sacred j

obligations but steal the good name of their unfortunate victim , disable his Lodge and cause a rent in our Grand Temple .

Masonry is not Christianity , but it is a religion resting on no other foundation save the Holy Bible , without which no Lodge can work , as it is the lamp , the guide aud the compass . While Masonry does not propose to save you at

the final day , it does make both bad and good men better by urging upon them the wholesome code of morals . I profess to have been a Christian before knocking at the door of Masonry , yet I am free to acknowledge that her

moral precepts and obligations have made me a better man . Masonry must live on its own merits as it has no drumming agents to present its cause , therefore tho necessity of Masons watching the ballot-box , and the transgressing

members , so that disgrace may not strip us of our strength and life , leaving us to pine away in shame . Brethren , let us arise and stand by our laws so that respectability may be maintained .

While in Muskogee s Hall , Let us resolve to try To follow its true call , Though we live or die .

We of the four Nations Should all have but one plan , Square work in every station , Throughout the Red man ' s land .

Iu this temple you have wrought Just a dozen long years , To this altar you have brought Your troubles , joys and fears .

Faithful Craftsmen , hold fast , The labour will soon be o'er , And we will be rewarded at last , On that blessed , happy shore .

Look not here for your pay , But in that Lodge above , Where we'll gather somo day , By the help of God's love .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

— : o : — THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —At its recent session , the Grand Lodge of Iowa elected as Honorary Members , with the rank of P . S . G . W ., five foreign , and two native brethren . My own name figures in the list of the former , and while I should be

sorry , if for an instant , it were imagined that I in any way under , valued the compliment that has been paid me , there are , nevertheless , certain features in the case which cannot altogether be passed over , sub silentio , without some misconception arising . That my " History of Freemasonry " has been pirated in the U . S . A .

is common knowledge , and also , that the publisher was assisted in palming off his spurious wares , as genuine ones , by threo brethren in high quarters . One of these three brethren was Bro . Parvin , and though I accept , without the slightest reserve , his assurance that ( iu effect ) he was

himself both hoodwinked and misled , the fact still remains that the American Craft was gulled by a falso statement that three of its members wero severally co-authors of my work ; therefore , while I appreciate Bro . Parvin ' s suggestion to his Grand Lodge , much , 1 should have appreciated , far more , a public renunciation on his part

of the countenance and support given by him , however unwittingly , to the sale of a History of Freemasonry , purporting to be written by me , with the assistance of himself and others . The action taken by the American Masonic press has somewhat bewildered me . Everywhere I find kindly notices of my book , but

nowhere do I meet with any reprobation of the manner in which the result of long years of labour has been coolly filched from me by an Ohio publisher . Indeed , the Keystone ( Philadelphia ) presents , week after week , in a flaming advertisement , a recommendation by Bro . John Simons ,

P . G . M . New York , to buy my History , as the repertory ( so to speak ) of Masonic wisdom j but at the foot thereof , there is a reference to the local agent of the Ohio publisher , so , in this case , the praise bestowed on the author is simply a ruse to promote the success of

the piracy . Thus , I am virtually being pillaged , under a colourable pretence of extolling my literary and Masouic merits , and here the familiar lines come home to me : ¦—

" They kicked him down-stairs with such exquisite grace , You'd have thought they were handing him up . " I am afraid there is a good deal of unreality—not to say , pure and undiluted humbug—in American Masonry , and that the profession of our trans-Atlantic brethren is in many cases much better than their practice . In my next literary venture—and I am now preparing

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a work on Masonic Jurisprudence—I shall hopo for tho protection of an international law of Copyright , for without it th" Engli-h Masonic author Las little mercy to expect at tho hands of his Inn then in America . " Smooth word * batter no parsnips , " as the old proverb has it , and

while I am fa My sensible of the honour : n : d di-t ineti n in'ailvol in the election to iho Honorary Membership of u Grand Lodge , T sincerely trust that if any other Grand Lodge in America should examine my own claim to bo considered a faithful historian of tho

Craft , the members thereof will place on record smell aa expression of opinion with regard to the way in whi h my labours hive been recognised in the U . S . A . as may tend to render siightly loss pn . b ddo , in the future , any similar spoliation in tho enso of an English Masonio anther . Yours fraternally , Tl . F . GOULD . 30 th July 1 S 88 .

Expenditure At The Boys' School.

EXPENDITURE AT THE BOYS' SCHOOL .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I was very pleased to sco the statement of expenditure ; v , the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys and at other similar Charities published iu your colnmns , and I am of opinion its appearance there will onsuro for it a more general

pernsal than would be tho case wero it privately circulated by the brethren who compiled it . I may at once say I consider it tho best basis on which to urge a reform at tho Boys' School , and I believe its preparation will work to tho benefit of all concerned . There are , however , one or two matters appearing iu the signed

statement of Bro . Greatbaoh , and iu the letter of Bro . Tunniohff ( which also appeared in your issue of the 21 st July ) , to whioh I take exception . Both these brethren appaar anxious to create an impress on that tho accounts as set out , by tho management of tho Boys' Sohoal are misleading , and both refer to tho discrepancy in tho average cost oer

boy , —given by the Institution at £ 41 13 s lOd , and by Bro . Greatbach ' s showing amounting to £ 50 16 s . Bro . Tunnicliff goes so far as to say , " either one allegation or the other is untiue , and it is due to the Subscribers to know upon whose shoulders tho inaccuracy rests . " Surely these skilled accountants , and Bro . Alderman E . . 1 .

Hammersley , " Public Accountant and Auditor , llanley , " who verifies the analysis , can see where the discrepancy arises . Even to my unprofessional mind it is quite clear—and although I cannot approve of the Boys' School ignoring " rates and taxes" and " special expenditure" whon they strike their average , I consider it

quite unjustifiable for the other side to attempt t > get up a nensatiou by pretending they caunot understand tho accounts . If they will look at the statements from which they compiled their analysis they wiil at once see the amount given represents the average " ordinary expenditure , " minus rates and taxes , but , as I havo

already said , I cannot see why those items , together with the " special expenditure of tho year should not bj included in tho reckoning . The actual average cost . per boy is shown in Bro . Greatbach ' s analysis , tho Institution only givos the average on the ordinary expenditure . There is no question of untruthfulness

in the respective allegations , but rather a difference of opinion in regard to what should bo reckoned . I consider the Boys' School managers arc tho ones who err , but they evidently do so without any intention of misleading , else why do they make their accounts so clear ?

Another matter I should like to havo decided . Why is all this fuss limited to tho Boys' School ? Mnch the same might bo urged against the sistov Charity , the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , the accounts of which are " averaged " on precisely the samo

principles . That Institution could better afford the cost of an inquiry than its poorer brother , the Boys' School , but on the old principle of striking a man when he is down , I suppose the Boys ' Institution will have all the kicks . Yours trnly , A LOVER OF FAIR PLAY WHO SUT-I ' ORTS lsorn SCHOOLS .

Holiday Haunts.

HOLIDAY HAUNTS .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —There was one point not very clear in my letter last week which I shall be pleased if you will allow me to amplify . I refer to the means of reaching Abergavenny and the district I referred to . We who well know the neighbourhood need

hardly to be told that it is easily accessible from almost ever part of the Kingdom , but there are doubtless others who are not so well acquainted with its position , and on their behalf I should like to say a few words . The London and North Western Eailway Company issue Tourist Tickets from all their principal stations to Abergavenny

which town is also included in their circular tour No . 7 , the other towns included in this latter being Hereford , I ' ontypool , Newport , Chepstow , Gloucester , Monmouth , P „ oss , & c . It would be useless for me to enumerate exactly what stations are in

communication with the Valley of tho Clydach . I would rather refer my brethren in all parts of the country to tho tourist , programme of tho compauy I have mentioned , which can be had , I believe , from tho chief office at Euston or at any station on the North-Weal era system .

I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , GwYLLYJl .