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Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
THE Quarterly Convocation of Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday evening , in the Temple , Freemasons' Hall . The Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers were strongly represented , bat there was only a small attendance of Principals and Pasfc Principals of
subordinate Chapters . The Companions who acted as Grand Principals were the Kev . H . A . Pickard , M . A ., Grand Superintendent of Oxford as M . E . Z ., Lt .-Col . C . W . Randolph Grand Superintendent of Sussex as H ., and Col . Gerard Noel Money , C . B ., Grand Superintendent of
Surrey as J . Comp . E . Letchworth S . E . was in his usual chair , Comp . Capt . N . G . Philips acted as S . N ., the Rev . Dr . H . R . Cooper Smith was P . S ., Major General J . Crossland Hay as 1 st A . S ., and Baron De Ferrieres 2 nd A . S . Comps . Robert Grey President of the Committee of
General Purposes , Thomas Fenn Pasfc President , F . A , Philbrick , Q . C ., James Glaisher , Dr . Ralp h Gooding , Sii George D . Harris , Henry Maudsley , H . J . P . Dumas , J . L Thomas , C . H . Driver , Col . Charles Harding , W . M
Bywater , W . G . Lemon , Frank Richardson G . D . C ., Lieut .-Col . George Lambert , F . Mead , C . F . Matier , Eugene Monteuuis , W . P . Brown , and A . A . Pendlebnry Assistant Grand Scribe E . were also present . Companion Michael Maybrick Grand Organist presided at the organ .
Charters were granted for two new Chapters , the East Griqualand Chapter , to be attached to the Umzimkulu Lodge , No . 2113 , to meet at Umzimknlu , Easfc Griqualand . and the Beuson Chapter , to be attached to the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 1093 , Wellington , Madras , to meet at Wellington .
A Charter of Confirmation was granted to the Athol Chapter , No . 74 , Birmingham , the original Charter being lost , and permission was given to change the name of the Chapter to the Afchol-Israel Chapter . The Belgrave Chapter , No . 749 , London , was also granted a Charter of Confirmation , the original Charter having been lost .
Permission was given to remove the sites of the follow ing Chapters : —
The Wellington Chapter , No . 548 , from Deptford , to the Bridge Honse Hotel , Southwark . The Boyal Preston Chapter , No . 333 , from the Mess Rooms , to the Castle Hotel , Market Place , Preston . The Beadon Chapter , No . 619 , from Masors' Avenue , Basinghall Street , to Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street .
The St . Ambrose Chapter , No . 1891 , from West Kensington , to the St . James ' s Restaurant , Piccadilly , where it ia meeting temporarily at present , by dispensation . The Albert Edward Chapter , No . G 04 , Lyttleton , Canterbury , New Zealand , having seceded from its allegiance
to the Grand Chapter of England , and now working under the so-called Grand Chapter of New Zealand , asked perluidBion to retain possession of its charter ; but this subject was , on the motion of Comp . Robert Grey , seconded by Comp . Frank Richardson , referred back to the Committee of General Purposes .
Grand Chapter then ordered the Victoria Chapter , No . 440 , Montreal , to be erased from tho list of English Chapters , the Grand Superintendent of Montreal having
returned the Charter , as the Chapter has not worked for years , and is nofc likely to work again . This was all tho business before Grand Chapter , which tvas then closed in ancient and solemn form .
The Three Rabbonis.
THE THREE RABBONIS .
ADDRESS ON CAPITULAR MASONRY . By Alexander TI . Morgan , M . E . Grand High Priest M . E . Grand Holy lioyal Arch Chapter of
Pennsyl-UUIVVlli PART THIRD . SOLOMON , THE THIRD KING OF ISRAEL .
HAVING spoken of the two Most Excellent Masters who wore by divine appointment kings of Israel , we come to the third king and celebrated character in Freemasonry , the builder and dedicator of the Temple . Solomon was made king several years before the death of
his father . It was a political movement on the part of David to place Solomon in power , the object no doubt being to prevent opposition on the part of Adonijah , his elder brother , who was really the legitimate heir to the throne : but it was not entirely successful . Soon after
David ' s death , a conspiracy was discovered to exalt Adonijah ; it was , however , soon crushed , Joab and Adonijah were executed and Solomon reigned in peace . The time had now arrived when the prophecies of Samuel were to be verified and tbe Jews to experience the exactions
of a splendid despotism . The primitive customs of their forefathers , the auxiliary government by the assemblies of the people , which had continued to exist under the preceding monarchies , were to be swept away . The voice of the high priest , formerly so potent with the Hebrews both .
in Church , and State , had lost its power , aud the new Rabboni was not only a Most Excellent , but also an allpowerful Master . A standing army , the pillar of absolutism , was organised ; " chariots of war , " horse and cavalry , heretofore unknown
in the Jewjsh armies , were introduced . Jerusalem and other cities were fortified and garrisoned , and tbe citadel was strengthened so that the king could find a place of refuge against popular commotions . Having
made himself secure with domestic foes , our politic Most Excellent Master sought in foreign alliances to extend his power beyond the borders of Israel . Egypt was a country well- known to the Hebrews . Upon its fertile plains their ancestors had found sustenance when famine had
driven them out . of their own land , and the sweat and blood of Israel had been expended in the erection of the pyramids . The story of Joseph and his brethren ; the infant Moses found floating in the bulrushes ; the efforts of the Israelites to free themselves from their Egyptian
taskmasters ; the blood upon the doorposts ; the Passover ; the stealing out of the land by night ; the armies in pursuit ; the passage through the narrow lane , with the wall of water on either side , and the coming together of the mighty flood , overwhelming the hosts of Pharaoh , wero
all , both in legend and iu written records , stamped indelibly upon the Hebrew memory , and while they naturally associated many sorrowful recollections with the kingdom of the Pharaohs , yet their feeling towards Egypt was that of a colony towards tbe country from which it
had emigrated . Ties of consanguinity united Hebrew aud Egyptian families . Joseph married an Egyptian woman , a daughter of the Priest of On , and there is no doubt but many of the Israelites had also contracted marriages with the daughters of the Nile . Solomon , in curving out hia
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Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
THE Quarterly Convocation of Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday evening , in the Temple , Freemasons' Hall . The Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers were strongly represented , bat there was only a small attendance of Principals and Pasfc Principals of
subordinate Chapters . The Companions who acted as Grand Principals were the Kev . H . A . Pickard , M . A ., Grand Superintendent of Oxford as M . E . Z ., Lt .-Col . C . W . Randolph Grand Superintendent of Sussex as H ., and Col . Gerard Noel Money , C . B ., Grand Superintendent of
Surrey as J . Comp . E . Letchworth S . E . was in his usual chair , Comp . Capt . N . G . Philips acted as S . N ., the Rev . Dr . H . R . Cooper Smith was P . S ., Major General J . Crossland Hay as 1 st A . S ., and Baron De Ferrieres 2 nd A . S . Comps . Robert Grey President of the Committee of
General Purposes , Thomas Fenn Pasfc President , F . A , Philbrick , Q . C ., James Glaisher , Dr . Ralp h Gooding , Sii George D . Harris , Henry Maudsley , H . J . P . Dumas , J . L Thomas , C . H . Driver , Col . Charles Harding , W . M
Bywater , W . G . Lemon , Frank Richardson G . D . C ., Lieut .-Col . George Lambert , F . Mead , C . F . Matier , Eugene Monteuuis , W . P . Brown , and A . A . Pendlebnry Assistant Grand Scribe E . were also present . Companion Michael Maybrick Grand Organist presided at the organ .
Charters were granted for two new Chapters , the East Griqualand Chapter , to be attached to the Umzimkulu Lodge , No . 2113 , to meet at Umzimknlu , Easfc Griqualand . and the Beuson Chapter , to be attached to the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 1093 , Wellington , Madras , to meet at Wellington .
A Charter of Confirmation was granted to the Athol Chapter , No . 74 , Birmingham , the original Charter being lost , and permission was given to change the name of the Chapter to the Afchol-Israel Chapter . The Belgrave Chapter , No . 749 , London , was also granted a Charter of Confirmation , the original Charter having been lost .
Permission was given to remove the sites of the follow ing Chapters : —
The Wellington Chapter , No . 548 , from Deptford , to the Bridge Honse Hotel , Southwark . The Boyal Preston Chapter , No . 333 , from the Mess Rooms , to the Castle Hotel , Market Place , Preston . The Beadon Chapter , No . 619 , from Masors' Avenue , Basinghall Street , to Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street .
The St . Ambrose Chapter , No . 1891 , from West Kensington , to the St . James ' s Restaurant , Piccadilly , where it ia meeting temporarily at present , by dispensation . The Albert Edward Chapter , No . G 04 , Lyttleton , Canterbury , New Zealand , having seceded from its allegiance
to the Grand Chapter of England , and now working under the so-called Grand Chapter of New Zealand , asked perluidBion to retain possession of its charter ; but this subject was , on the motion of Comp . Robert Grey , seconded by Comp . Frank Richardson , referred back to the Committee of General Purposes .
Grand Chapter then ordered the Victoria Chapter , No . 440 , Montreal , to be erased from tho list of English Chapters , the Grand Superintendent of Montreal having
returned the Charter , as the Chapter has not worked for years , and is nofc likely to work again . This was all tho business before Grand Chapter , which tvas then closed in ancient and solemn form .
The Three Rabbonis.
THE THREE RABBONIS .
ADDRESS ON CAPITULAR MASONRY . By Alexander TI . Morgan , M . E . Grand High Priest M . E . Grand Holy lioyal Arch Chapter of
Pennsyl-UUIVVlli PART THIRD . SOLOMON , THE THIRD KING OF ISRAEL .
HAVING spoken of the two Most Excellent Masters who wore by divine appointment kings of Israel , we come to the third king and celebrated character in Freemasonry , the builder and dedicator of the Temple . Solomon was made king several years before the death of
his father . It was a political movement on the part of David to place Solomon in power , the object no doubt being to prevent opposition on the part of Adonijah , his elder brother , who was really the legitimate heir to the throne : but it was not entirely successful . Soon after
David ' s death , a conspiracy was discovered to exalt Adonijah ; it was , however , soon crushed , Joab and Adonijah were executed and Solomon reigned in peace . The time had now arrived when the prophecies of Samuel were to be verified and tbe Jews to experience the exactions
of a splendid despotism . The primitive customs of their forefathers , the auxiliary government by the assemblies of the people , which had continued to exist under the preceding monarchies , were to be swept away . The voice of the high priest , formerly so potent with the Hebrews both .
in Church , and State , had lost its power , aud the new Rabboni was not only a Most Excellent , but also an allpowerful Master . A standing army , the pillar of absolutism , was organised ; " chariots of war , " horse and cavalry , heretofore unknown
in the Jewjsh armies , were introduced . Jerusalem and other cities were fortified and garrisoned , and tbe citadel was strengthened so that the king could find a place of refuge against popular commotions . Having
made himself secure with domestic foes , our politic Most Excellent Master sought in foreign alliances to extend his power beyond the borders of Israel . Egypt was a country well- known to the Hebrews . Upon its fertile plains their ancestors had found sustenance when famine had
driven them out . of their own land , and the sweat and blood of Israel had been expended in the erection of the pyramids . The story of Joseph and his brethren ; the infant Moses found floating in the bulrushes ; the efforts of the Israelites to free themselves from their Egyptian
taskmasters ; the blood upon the doorposts ; the Passover ; the stealing out of the land by night ; the armies in pursuit ; the passage through the narrow lane , with the wall of water on either side , and the coming together of the mighty flood , overwhelming the hosts of Pharaoh , wero
all , both in legend and iu written records , stamped indelibly upon the Hebrew memory , and while they naturally associated many sorrowful recollections with the kingdom of the Pharaohs , yet their feeling towards Egypt was that of a colony towards tbe country from which it
had emigrated . Ties of consanguinity united Hebrew aud Egyptian families . Joseph married an Egyptian woman , a daughter of the Priest of On , and there is no doubt but many of the Israelites had also contracted marriages with the daughters of the Nile . Solomon , in curving out hia