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Some Peculiar Views About Freemasonry.
but no amount of enthusiasm would ever havo induced us to lay down tho opinion that it is the dut y of a Mason to go forth for ihe purpose of saving immoral men from tho eoli'leqnonfT ¦'•< T thoir immorality . Wo seo no disgrace in Iioloini ; ' tiii { ' Iho !; h : md of love " to " debased and
unhappv " ] ioi-io :: s , h : il . ! lio onl y * ' honour " connected with such nn act is 'hv -: M ; , of honour derived from tho fulfilment of it . dut y o . ' ; ' o ' i" > il upon ns b y charity , which , as wo have remarked before , is of the very essence of Freemasonry . . Again , wo allow unluvitatingl y that if Masons
are over to exorcise any mtluenco on tho world ' s morality , thoy must themselves set an example of virtue , but we cannot concede that Masons have any " hol y mission " to fulfil . When AVO join the ranks of Masonry , we take upon ourselves certain obligations , but that of reclaiming vicious
men to the paths of virtue is not one of those obligations . We bind ourselves to act with brotherl y love towards our neighbour , but we are not even called npon to help him unless he is found worthy . Wc dare say somo people will consider this is far too matter-of-fact , 'but when some brethren
run away with the idea that Freemasonry is Christianity , and others that ifc never had or ought to have any , even the slightest , connection with religion , it is just as well we should put a curb on the enthusiasm of worthy brethren , when they suggest that Freemasons are a kind of moral
missionaries whose duty it is to go about preaching the gospel of virtue . We have no objection , Bro . Keystone , to enthusiasm in moderate doses , but we have no desire to see Freemasonry swept away into the eternity of folly by whole oceans of gush .
Does Refreshment Refresh?
DOES REFRESHMENT REFRESH ?
FROM TUB KEYSTONE . IN this inquiry we do not refer fco thafc Refreshment which ordinarily follows labour in fche Lodge , but to the prolonged season of Refreshment daring the summer months , through which we are now passing , during which the majority of the Lodges aro called off . Does this Refreshment refresh ? Are we healthier Masons than we
were , physically and morally , when wo are called on to labour in the Autumn ? In other words , have we " mixed reason with pleasure , and wisdom with mirth " in our summer amusements ? A large number of persons cannot consciontionsly answer this question in the affirmative . A contemporary hits tho nail on the head in reporting the following conversation : "Hallo ! whoa did you return ? " asked
Snobson of his friend Binns , whom he met on the street . " "Why , haven't been away , " replied tho latter . < : Yon haven't ? " incredulously asked Snobson , " why you look so worn out aud near dead , that I positively thought that you had been away to One of the watering places for a few weeks for the benefit of your health I" lb is true , that not a few persons return from their summary pursuit of pleasure
only to place themselves in tho doctor ' s , or undertaker's hands . Last week wo saw two of these worthies employed , the one to dose , the other to bnry , victims of ovor-refrcshment . Certainly their Refreshment did not refresh . The truth is , those who are employed the major part of the year in
the buisy walks of civil and Masonic life , are too apt to plunge into somo excess , to become intemperate in their amusements , when a whole season comes to be moro or less given up to enjoyment . In this part of tho voyage of life we are all resolved to have a good time At the outset ,
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes , Youth on the prow , and pleasure afc the helm . " But we are comparatively unskilled to sail among the shallows that aro hidden beneath the dazzling waters , and hence the steersman , Pleasure , ofttimes runs the prow , with tho youth upon it , on a sandbar , and makes shipwreck of both the craffc and tho youth . Such Refreshment does not refresh .
^ Thero are certain routine pleasures , indulged in by tens of thousands , which are looked upon as harmless , and yet which are frequently full of danger . Take so simple a recreation as salt-water bathing , which is not merely an enjoyment pure and simple , bufc is recommended by physicians for the upbuilding of health . How it is perverted at all of onr sea-side resorts . Instead of remaining in
the water only from fifteen minntes to half-an-hour , many prolong their bath to an hour or more , and wear out their frames instead of mending them . Others do nofc remain so long in tho water , bnfc sport upon the beach aftnrwards in their wet robes , with a fresh wind playing upon them , to the great peril of their lungs , and other vital organs . Hv . rli Refreshment docs not refresh . The recent experience of nofc a few persons who have travelled b y
water , has verified the crusty saying or old Dr . Johnson , that " being in a ship is being in a jail , with the chance of being drowned . " During the present season numerous and sad havo been the casualties to parties in pursuit of pleasure , who have trusted themselves , by night and day , to the carriage of steamers and sailing craffc . Better would it have been for thorn had their labour been unceasing , for then tliry would not have vainly sought refreshment , and paid for ifc in advance with their lives . Then some persons , who do not believe in routine pleasures , have such curious methods of seeking enjoyment . Tako a few famous
Does Refreshment Refresh?
historical examples : Leo X . amused himself with tossing monks in a blanket—possibly because ho thought that was the best uso he could put them to . King Aretas , of Arabia , curried horses for sport ; Ferdinand VII ., of Spain , embroidered pofcfcicoafcs ; Emperor Domitian , nf Rome , caught flies ! There is no knowing what a man may do
when ho goes on a deliberate quest after amusement . Thus Fielding says : "To-day is our pleasure to bo drunk . " Xerxes oven offered a reward to any one who would invent for him a now pleasure . Some ono lias called pleasure and pain twins . They do very often travel in company , or else one follows tho other with disagreeable closeness . Tlio poet Congrcvo says , in a moralizing vein :
" 'Ibus grief still treads upon tho heels of pleasure ; Married in hasfco , wo may repent afc leisure . " Hut many other acts aro committed in haste besides matrimony Some Masons aro made in haste , and tho Lodge repents at leisure This repentance , liko thafc in some other cases , often comes eternally too late .
Tho sweet singer of Scotland , our Brother Robert Burns , was no cynic , bufc his experience , and his muse , corroborate the general view . In his " Tam O'Shanter , " we read : " But pleasures are like poppies spread , You seize tho flower , its bloom is shed ; Or , liko the snow-fall in the river , A moment white , then melts for ever . "
Gastronomic excess , or gluttony , has been the chief pastime of all the northern nations . Americans , Englishmen and Germans undoubtedly are great lovers of the solids and liquids thafc are usually spread upon the table , and afc no time do they indulge in them more freely than dnring tbe midsummer days of Refreshment . When we should eat least , we eat most . At our great summer hotels we dine
at length to the music of a brass band . We all of ns may learn something , at least , from Dr . Tanner . Aud we may also learn something from the saying of the abstemious Venetians , when they invite a friend to dine with them : " Come eat four grains of rice with me . " There is at least some doubt as to whether the long summer Refreshment refreshes , and hence we shall nofc be sorry when tho dog-days are pasfc , and the days of Labour have been reached again . We shall
then recall only the pleasurable events of the Refreshment season , and give the penalties we may have paid for any indiscretions the goby . Fortunately the memory usually treasures up only happy experiences , and buries the rest . If our sorrows were not so readily forgotten life would nofc be worth living . At all events , since we have been refreshing with a will , let us , when the days of Labour come , also labour with a will , and the Craffc shall be the better for it , and ourselves workmen of whom the Fraternity shall nofc be ashamed .
A New P.G.M. For Berwickshire And Roxburghshire.
A NEW P . G . M . FOR BERWICKSHIRE AND ROXBURGHSHIRE .
FOR many years the Masonic Lodges in this district have laboured under the disadvantage of having no Provincial Grand Master to preside over them , and the consequence was only too apparent , irregularities having crept in unchecked , and in somo places Lodges suffered to fall into abeyance . For about thirty years this state of affairs has gone on , until it seemed as if all that was left of the once
flourishing province would gradually become absorbed in the surrounding districts . To prevent this gradual absorption , represen . tations were made some years ago to Grand Lodge to appoint a Provincial Grand Master , and after considerable delay the Right Hon . the Earl of Haddington was appointed fco the office last year . Circumstances had hitherto prevented his Lordship from being
installed , but that ceremony was fixed for Wednesday , the 1 st of September , when tbe Right Hon . the Earl of Kintore attended in Kelso , by desire of the most Worshipful the Grand Master Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart , and installed Lord Haddington as fche new Provincial Grand Master of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire . The
ceremony took place in the Masonic Hall , where the ancient Lodge of Kelso , No . 58 , regularly holds its meetings , and most unquestionably there a large turn-out of the Border brethren . We understand that both the Kelso Lodges have received considerable accessions of late , and that there were five or six candidates to be initiated this week in fche older Lodge .
P.G. Superintendent Elect (R.A.), Somersetshire.
P . G . SUPERINTENDENT ELECT ( R . A . ) , SOMERSETSHIRE .
Colonel Adair , of Heatherton Park ( who was lately killed by the newspapers ) , has jnst been elected Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons for Somerset . An attempt is to be made to induce the Princo of Wales to attend the installation ceremony , but the number of the Prince ' s engagements is so great that it is very unlikely he will be able to do so , in which case Lord Carnarvon will probably officiate , as he will then be in the district , afc Pixton Park , his beautiful place on the borders of Exmoor .
HoiiiO'WA . Tr's OiNTiraNT ANB PILLS aro the host , fche cheapest and . the most popular remedies . At all seasons anil under all circumstances they may bo used with safety and with the certainty of doing good . Eruptions , rashes , and all descriptions of skin diseases , sores , ulcerations , and burns are presently benefited and ultimately cured by these healing , soothing and purifying medicaments . The ointment , rubbed upon the abdomen , checks all tendency to irritation of the bowels , and averts dysentery nnd other disorders of the intestines . Pimples , blotches , inflammations of the skin , muscular pains , neuralgic affections , and enlarged glands can be effectively overcome by naing HoIIoway ' s remedies , according to the "instructions " accompanying each packet .
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Some Peculiar Views About Freemasonry.
but no amount of enthusiasm would ever havo induced us to lay down tho opinion that it is the dut y of a Mason to go forth for ihe purpose of saving immoral men from tho eoli'leqnonfT ¦'•< T thoir immorality . Wo seo no disgrace in Iioloini ; ' tiii { ' Iho !; h : md of love " to " debased and
unhappv " ] ioi-io :: s , h : il . ! lio onl y * ' honour " connected with such nn act is 'hv -: M ; , of honour derived from tho fulfilment of it . dut y o . ' ; ' o ' i" > il upon ns b y charity , which , as wo have remarked before , is of the very essence of Freemasonry . . Again , wo allow unluvitatingl y that if Masons
are over to exorcise any mtluenco on tho world ' s morality , thoy must themselves set an example of virtue , but we cannot concede that Masons have any " hol y mission " to fulfil . When AVO join the ranks of Masonry , we take upon ourselves certain obligations , but that of reclaiming vicious
men to the paths of virtue is not one of those obligations . We bind ourselves to act with brotherl y love towards our neighbour , but we are not even called npon to help him unless he is found worthy . Wc dare say somo people will consider this is far too matter-of-fact , 'but when some brethren
run away with the idea that Freemasonry is Christianity , and others that ifc never had or ought to have any , even the slightest , connection with religion , it is just as well we should put a curb on the enthusiasm of worthy brethren , when they suggest that Freemasons are a kind of moral
missionaries whose duty it is to go about preaching the gospel of virtue . We have no objection , Bro . Keystone , to enthusiasm in moderate doses , but we have no desire to see Freemasonry swept away into the eternity of folly by whole oceans of gush .
Does Refreshment Refresh?
DOES REFRESHMENT REFRESH ?
FROM TUB KEYSTONE . IN this inquiry we do not refer fco thafc Refreshment which ordinarily follows labour in fche Lodge , but to the prolonged season of Refreshment daring the summer months , through which we are now passing , during which the majority of the Lodges aro called off . Does this Refreshment refresh ? Are we healthier Masons than we
were , physically and morally , when wo are called on to labour in the Autumn ? In other words , have we " mixed reason with pleasure , and wisdom with mirth " in our summer amusements ? A large number of persons cannot consciontionsly answer this question in the affirmative . A contemporary hits tho nail on the head in reporting the following conversation : "Hallo ! whoa did you return ? " asked
Snobson of his friend Binns , whom he met on the street . " "Why , haven't been away , " replied tho latter . < : Yon haven't ? " incredulously asked Snobson , " why you look so worn out aud near dead , that I positively thought that you had been away to One of the watering places for a few weeks for the benefit of your health I" lb is true , that not a few persons return from their summary pursuit of pleasure
only to place themselves in tho doctor ' s , or undertaker's hands . Last week wo saw two of these worthies employed , the one to dose , the other to bnry , victims of ovor-refrcshment . Certainly their Refreshment did not refresh . The truth is , those who are employed the major part of the year in
the buisy walks of civil and Masonic life , are too apt to plunge into somo excess , to become intemperate in their amusements , when a whole season comes to be moro or less given up to enjoyment . In this part of tho voyage of life we are all resolved to have a good time At the outset ,
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes , Youth on the prow , and pleasure afc the helm . " But we are comparatively unskilled to sail among the shallows that aro hidden beneath the dazzling waters , and hence the steersman , Pleasure , ofttimes runs the prow , with tho youth upon it , on a sandbar , and makes shipwreck of both the craffc and tho youth . Such Refreshment does not refresh .
^ Thero are certain routine pleasures , indulged in by tens of thousands , which are looked upon as harmless , and yet which are frequently full of danger . Take so simple a recreation as salt-water bathing , which is not merely an enjoyment pure and simple , bufc is recommended by physicians for the upbuilding of health . How it is perverted at all of onr sea-side resorts . Instead of remaining in
the water only from fifteen minntes to half-an-hour , many prolong their bath to an hour or more , and wear out their frames instead of mending them . Others do nofc remain so long in tho water , bnfc sport upon the beach aftnrwards in their wet robes , with a fresh wind playing upon them , to the great peril of their lungs , and other vital organs . Hv . rli Refreshment docs not refresh . The recent experience of nofc a few persons who have travelled b y
water , has verified the crusty saying or old Dr . Johnson , that " being in a ship is being in a jail , with the chance of being drowned . " During the present season numerous and sad havo been the casualties to parties in pursuit of pleasure , who have trusted themselves , by night and day , to the carriage of steamers and sailing craffc . Better would it have been for thorn had their labour been unceasing , for then tliry would not have vainly sought refreshment , and paid for ifc in advance with their lives . Then some persons , who do not believe in routine pleasures , have such curious methods of seeking enjoyment . Tako a few famous
Does Refreshment Refresh?
historical examples : Leo X . amused himself with tossing monks in a blanket—possibly because ho thought that was the best uso he could put them to . King Aretas , of Arabia , curried horses for sport ; Ferdinand VII ., of Spain , embroidered pofcfcicoafcs ; Emperor Domitian , nf Rome , caught flies ! There is no knowing what a man may do
when ho goes on a deliberate quest after amusement . Thus Fielding says : "To-day is our pleasure to bo drunk . " Xerxes oven offered a reward to any one who would invent for him a now pleasure . Some ono lias called pleasure and pain twins . They do very often travel in company , or else one follows tho other with disagreeable closeness . Tlio poet Congrcvo says , in a moralizing vein :
" 'Ibus grief still treads upon tho heels of pleasure ; Married in hasfco , wo may repent afc leisure . " Hut many other acts aro committed in haste besides matrimony Some Masons aro made in haste , and tho Lodge repents at leisure This repentance , liko thafc in some other cases , often comes eternally too late .
Tho sweet singer of Scotland , our Brother Robert Burns , was no cynic , bufc his experience , and his muse , corroborate the general view . In his " Tam O'Shanter , " we read : " But pleasures are like poppies spread , You seize tho flower , its bloom is shed ; Or , liko the snow-fall in the river , A moment white , then melts for ever . "
Gastronomic excess , or gluttony , has been the chief pastime of all the northern nations . Americans , Englishmen and Germans undoubtedly are great lovers of the solids and liquids thafc are usually spread upon the table , and afc no time do they indulge in them more freely than dnring tbe midsummer days of Refreshment . When we should eat least , we eat most . At our great summer hotels we dine
at length to the music of a brass band . We all of ns may learn something , at least , from Dr . Tanner . Aud we may also learn something from the saying of the abstemious Venetians , when they invite a friend to dine with them : " Come eat four grains of rice with me . " There is at least some doubt as to whether the long summer Refreshment refreshes , and hence we shall nofc be sorry when tho dog-days are pasfc , and the days of Labour have been reached again . We shall
then recall only the pleasurable events of the Refreshment season , and give the penalties we may have paid for any indiscretions the goby . Fortunately the memory usually treasures up only happy experiences , and buries the rest . If our sorrows were not so readily forgotten life would nofc be worth living . At all events , since we have been refreshing with a will , let us , when the days of Labour come , also labour with a will , and the Craffc shall be the better for it , and ourselves workmen of whom the Fraternity shall nofc be ashamed .
A New P.G.M. For Berwickshire And Roxburghshire.
A NEW P . G . M . FOR BERWICKSHIRE AND ROXBURGHSHIRE .
FOR many years the Masonic Lodges in this district have laboured under the disadvantage of having no Provincial Grand Master to preside over them , and the consequence was only too apparent , irregularities having crept in unchecked , and in somo places Lodges suffered to fall into abeyance . For about thirty years this state of affairs has gone on , until it seemed as if all that was left of the once
flourishing province would gradually become absorbed in the surrounding districts . To prevent this gradual absorption , represen . tations were made some years ago to Grand Lodge to appoint a Provincial Grand Master , and after considerable delay the Right Hon . the Earl of Haddington was appointed fco the office last year . Circumstances had hitherto prevented his Lordship from being
installed , but that ceremony was fixed for Wednesday , the 1 st of September , when tbe Right Hon . the Earl of Kintore attended in Kelso , by desire of the most Worshipful the Grand Master Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart , and installed Lord Haddington as fche new Provincial Grand Master of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire . The
ceremony took place in the Masonic Hall , where the ancient Lodge of Kelso , No . 58 , regularly holds its meetings , and most unquestionably there a large turn-out of the Border brethren . We understand that both the Kelso Lodges have received considerable accessions of late , and that there were five or six candidates to be initiated this week in fche older Lodge .
P.G. Superintendent Elect (R.A.), Somersetshire.
P . G . SUPERINTENDENT ELECT ( R . A . ) , SOMERSETSHIRE .
Colonel Adair , of Heatherton Park ( who was lately killed by the newspapers ) , has jnst been elected Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons for Somerset . An attempt is to be made to induce the Princo of Wales to attend the installation ceremony , but the number of the Prince ' s engagements is so great that it is very unlikely he will be able to do so , in which case Lord Carnarvon will probably officiate , as he will then be in the district , afc Pixton Park , his beautiful place on the borders of Exmoor .
HoiiiO'WA . Tr's OiNTiraNT ANB PILLS aro the host , fche cheapest and . the most popular remedies . At all seasons anil under all circumstances they may bo used with safety and with the certainty of doing good . Eruptions , rashes , and all descriptions of skin diseases , sores , ulcerations , and burns are presently benefited and ultimately cured by these healing , soothing and purifying medicaments . The ointment , rubbed upon the abdomen , checks all tendency to irritation of the bowels , and averts dysentery nnd other disorders of the intestines . Pimples , blotches , inflammations of the skin , muscular pains , neuralgic affections , and enlarged glands can be effectively overcome by naing HoIIoway ' s remedies , according to the "instructions " accompanying each packet .