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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS or MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . The R . W . Bro . Col . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , Bart ., Prov . G . Maater . THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS of the Province of Middlesex and Surrey will be holden at the Masonic Hall , 8 a Bed Lion Square , Holborn , on Thursday , 10 th July 1884 , when » 11 Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , together with the Worshipfnl Musters , Past Masters and Acting Wardens of Lodges in the Province , are hereby summoned to attend , and all Mark Master Masons are invited to be present . The Provincial Grand Lodgo will be opened at five o ' clock . The Frederic Davison Mark Lodge , No . 331 , will be opened at 1 o'clock , for Advancement of Brethren . I Brethren to appear in full Masonic Costume of the Mark Degree , and Provincial Grand Officers in the clothing of their respective rank . By command of the R . W . P . G . M . M , Wm . G . BRIGHTON P . M . & o . Provincial Grand Mark Secretary I Bisbopsgate Street Without , E . C . 30 th June 1834 . Banquet at 6 . 30 o ' clock , at the Holborn Restaurant . Tickets One Pound each , including "Wine . Brethren intending to be present should notify their intention to the Provincial Grand Mark Secretary on or before the 7 th July .

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ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST . ANNE ' S SOCIETY . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OP WALES , ACCOMPAHIBD BY H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES , Will lay the FOUNDATION STONE of the CHAPEL OP 1 HH "STEW SCHOOLS , At Eedhill , with Masonio Honours , On WEDNESDAY , the 9 th JULY 1884 , at "Four o'clock * Tickets to the ceremony , 10 s 6 d each . Ladies and children presenting purses of £ 5 6 s and upwards will be entitled to a Life Vote and Free Admission to the ceremony . Tickets to be obtained at the Office , 58 Gracechurch Street , E . C . Railway tickets ( 1 st and 2 nd class only ) from all stations on the South-Eastern and Brighton Railways will be issued for the return journey at a single fare . Visitors must be in their seats by 3 * 30 , when the doors will be closed . R . H . EVANS , Secretary .

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Freemasonry V. The Church Of Rome.

FREEMASONRY v . THE CHURCH OF ROME .

WE have pleasure iu transferring to our columns tbe following article , from the pen of the Editor of tbe Olevedon Mercury and Courier ; we also publish the sermon to which it refers , which was preached on Sunday evening , the 22 nd ultimo , at the Franciscan Friary , where an

unusually large congregation had assembled . Several mem - bers of our Fraternity , we have been given to understand , were specially invited , and as a consequence the Coleridge Lodge , No . 1750 , which meets at Olevedon , was fairly represented . The Rev . Father Mathias , who was the preacher " n question , was most attentively listened to .

FROM THE OLEVEDON MERCURY AND COURIER . A ND now abideth Faith , Hope , Charity , these three j bnt the r . . . latest of these is Charity . " Thus wrote St . Pan ! to the Uinnthians , the Apostle whose " sword was the Saint , which is f . hn

Word of God , " that sword which was never wielded by a braver haiicl and never responded more effectaally to tho impulses of a truer p , •Since the days when these living words were written , the _ rch founded at Rome by the Apostles Pan ! and Peter has had

"""¦ y strange experiences . A Chnrch established on a basis of oant y and Humility has waxed wealthy , arrogant , and intolerant , ti , , ° * 'efatbei' 8 > »«» ' <* » sea of blood , swept the Romish Chnrch from we shores of this island ; they fought , bled , and died for religious "oerty , and won . Takinsr to heart the t . eiwhincr nf Sainf . Pnni mn .

„ f i „ of to-day have allowed Romish priests to once again sefctTe tia "J , **"" . 11 ^ 8 * - them ' aocl have met > them with open hand and Chris-Fm ° ntv * Wests not good enongh for Germany , too bad for hmH ' l with ns to-day , and we are treating them as onr

njffnf Q •f ° tarso g ° - We are carrying out practically the teach-DBBB ? £ u ** Bnt in retnrn how Dave they accepted onr kindthe R th ° En 07 clioal Letter of the Pope and carefnlly peruse Simd m ° Freemasoniy preached at the Olevedon Friary on last nunn v " S- This is not the first time a Pope has called down 1 a moiBGtf the ridicule of the world when attackiug Freemasonry ,

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bnt snob attacks were directed to France , not England . In 1738 , Clement XII . issued tho Boll , Jit Eminent ! , which denounces all secret societies , as , indeed , the Council of Trent had done before . It ia amusing to tracb thronsrh the later Bulls the inflated phrase of Papal indignation , Providas issned by Benedict XIV . in 1751 , whioh , oblivions for the moment of tho Society of Jesus , says , " honesta

semper publica gaudent . " Pins VII ., iu 1811 , issued a declamation , as also did Leo XII . in 1826 , whilst Pins IX ., in 18 & t , emphatically damns all Masons , damnantur clandestine ^ societates . The attack on Freemasons using the ritual of the English language by the Pope was most unwarranted , and utterly uncalled for , and if the power of Freemasonry in France and Germany has been the means of exiling

the Jesuits from those countries , it is only what the Jesuits themselves sought , and is , after all , a providential retaliation , for the Roman Catholic clergy of France were always most bitter iu their denunciations of Freemasonry , and during the reactionary policy of Murat the yonuger , from 1852-62 , used every effort to crush the " Grand Orient" Lodge and exhaust its funds , and beoanse of the bitter

treatment they experienced at the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy ( and never having had the education of Protestantism ) the " Grand Orient " threw up the belief in a personal God as a test of membership . l * ad the members of the " Grand Orient" Lodge of France had the benefit of a liberal religious education this would never have occurred . And now we find the Roman Catholics complaining

of what they themselves actually brought about . Bat whatever retaliation the Roman Catholics experienced in France or Germany is no justification for the Encyclical Letter of the Pop ^ . There are only abont 350 Lodges in all France , and 314 in Germany . The thousands of Lodges and the hundreds of thousands of Freemasons are to be found in Great Britain , Aranrioa , Australia , Canada , India ,

an empire npon whioh the sun never sets . And who are the brethren of the Craft ? The son of the most noble woman the world ever knew is proud to subscribe himself the Grand Maater of the English Freemasons . This Prince , who bears the world-renowned characteristics of an English gentleman , has successively filled the Grand Master ' s Chair , and takes the despest interest in the Order . Onr

soldier prince , the Duke of Connaught , is a Freemason , the late talented and gentle Duke of Albany was a Freemason . All the Queen's kinsmen and the noble husbands of her loving daughters are Freemasons . Our broad-sheet would not hold the names on the grand roll of Freemasonry -, the empenrs , kings and princes , patri . oians , statesmen , dignitaries of the Church , our judges and brave

soldiers , men of gentle birth , who are the husbands anl sons of the most gifted and beautiful women beneath the sun . The members of the Craft are to be counted by millions , and they have but one aitn—Charity and Loving . Kindness . They are the heralds of the Millennium , all good men and true , for it is impossible for a good Freemason to be a bad man . No man can be a partaker of the English . spoken ritual

without a belief in a Supreme God—the great Architect of the Universe . At the bar of every Lodge the first question asked is , " In whom do you put your trust , " and the satisfactory answer given to this question is paramount . To state that our Order compels ua to support our government and protect the honour of every woman ia unnecessary ; the names of our brethren are a sufficient guarantee of

this , and as regards our not knowing who are those brethren ia absurd , for every member must be made in open Lodge in the presence of other brethren , tho ritual itself renders this necessary . As regards the secrets of Freemasonry , we maintain there are none , for our Lodges are open to all guod meo ; and yet there are secrets , and we will disclose them , they are our Masonic Charitable Institu

tions : — " The Royal Masonio Institntion for Girls , " " The Royal Masonio Institution for Boys , " and " The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of _ Freemasons . " The chief patroness of these Institutions is our Sovereign Lady the Queen , the patroness Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales . These are oar great secretsand in revealing them we would also state that at the

, present time there are thousands of poor Freemasons who have reason to thank the Divine Architect of the Universe that their footsteps were led into the light of Charity . The repeated denunciations of Popes against the Freemasons of France created Atheism and hatred of the Romish Church , which was followed by expulsion . In Great Britain , our Colonies , and America , Freemasonry will be immensely

strengthened , as every good Protestant will now see that it is a duty thafc he owes to himself and his country to enrol himself under our banner . With us Enalishmen "blood runs thicker than water , " and the Encyclical letter of the Pope will cement us all very firmly together . Our Queen is to us an open book , we have studied her pious aud beautiful life from childhood , her sons and daughters have grown up

amongst us , their gentle lives are known alike to the highest aud poorest in the land , and no breath of suspicion has ever been cast upon them until this denunciation of the Pope at Rome . And what is this denunciation worth ? To every Englishman ifc is worth more than his birthright . Ifc is tbe first public step made by the Church of Rome , the Pope has at lasfc shown his hand . This is the beginning ,

the end will be the taking away of our religions liberty , tho destruc tion of the free Press , and the imprisonment , not only of action , bat of thought . The Romnn Catholics contemplate thafc fche Protestants will tamely give them all the privileges Englishmen died for . Oar opinion is fche same , indeed , Protestants are fast doing this . The Chnrch of Rome does nofc fear Protestantism ; Freemasonry ifc does , thafc is evident , or why issue an Encyclical letter ancl exclaim

against Freemasonry from every Roman Catholic altar . the end , f . herefore , will he thafc fche Chnrch of Rome of fche future will bo _ met by a vast and powerful organization , before which all other societies will pale ; thia organization the Romish Chnrch has ifcsolf created by an exhibition of priestly intolerance in a free coantry where its doctrines havo never been questioned by Freemasons , and where its

priests have teen treated as honoured guests . Ifc was after fche Resurrection . Jesus appeared a last time to fche eleven on a mountain where He had appointed them to meet Him ,