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The Institutions In 1892.

to carry on the Benevolent Institution at its present strength . The following are the details of income as officially supplied to us : —

Boyal Masonio Benevolent Institution . £ s d Donations and Subscriptions - « 58253 14 10 Grand Lodge ... . 1600 0 0 Grand Chapter - - - 150 0 0

Dividends and Interest - - - 1792 17 8 Legacy 52 10 0 61849 2 6

Boyal Masonio Institution for Boys . £ s d Donations and Subscriptions - - 13004 2 9 Grand Lodge - - - •150 0 0 Grand Chapter - - - 10 10 0 Purchase of Peruetual Presentation - - 1050 0 0

Dividends and Interest on Cash at Call •892 3 10 Income Tax , & c , Returned - - - 267 19 3 Prize Funds - - - 203 17 0 Miscellaneous Receipts •- 116 15 2 Legacies - - - - . 142 10 0

15837 18 0 Boyal Masonio Institution for Girls . £ H d Donations and Subscriptions - - 10259 1 3 Grand Lodge - - - 150 0 0

Grand Chapter - - •10 10 0 Dividends 1974 11 11 Interest on Deposits - - - 4 7 1 Receipts for Musical Instruction - - 232 11 6 Window Memorials - - - 39 0 0

Admission by Annual Payment •- 16 13 4 Income Tax Recovered - - - 91 7 0 12778 2 1 The following Table shows the number of cases relieved , and the total amounts voted , month by month , by the Board of Benevolence : — Month . Cases relieved . £ s d

January - - 27 - - 645 0 0 February - 23 - 670 0 0 March - 35 - - 880 0 0 April - -23 - 570 0 0 May 39 950 0 0 June - - 27 - - 630 0 0

July - - 20 - 485 0 0 August - 20 - - 515 0 0 September •10 - 245 0 0 October - 35 845 0 0 November - 43 - - 1050 0 0 December - 32 - 835 0 0

334 , 8320 0 0 Summary . £ s d Benevolent Institution - - - 61 , 849 2 6

Boys' School .... 15 , 837 18 0 Girls'School .... 12 , 778 2 1 Board of Benevolence - - 8 , 320 0 0 98 , 785 2 7

How Should A Mason Live.

HOW SHOULD A MASON LIVE .

GOD breathed into man the breath of life , and man became a living soul . From that moment immortality . began . Man has a beginning but no end . He is born into this world , an active , thinking being . He lives

an allotted period here , longer or shorter it may be , and then disappears to the visible eye of those who remain behind him . The visible part dissolves into dust . " The skin slips from the flesh , the flesh cleaves from the bone , " and the bono mingles with the ashes of other men and

How Should A Mason Live.

women who have enriched the earth ' s crust , and the individual with whom yoti and I talked is no more to be found as far aa physical matter is concerned . We gather a spade full of earth—how many men and women who once walked among men , proud as we are to-day , contribute of

their corporeal pride to make up that spade full of earth . The ground beneath our feet has been turned over and over again to cover the skin , and the flesh and the bones of men whose identity cannot be traced . And that is the end of every man in this world .

If the covering earth hid for ever all that makes a man , we might treat lightly the three score years and ten wo spent in this world ; but the mind revolts at the thought of annihilation . If this world was all , if in the grave man ceased his existence , then was man creation ' s abortion , for

his years are filled with care and sorrow , pain and sickness , a fear and a dread of " something after death , " and he spends his time in miserable curses on the day that he was born . The innate feeling of man , revelation , and the

ever resurrecting nature , point to another , a longer life after the " fitfnl fever " of this is gone . What that future life is , with what body we shall be clothed , we do not know , but somewhere in God's great Universe we shall exist .

Man desires happiness . It is his aim for this life , for that which is to come . Happiness in the fulness of its meaning is unattainable in the flesh . The pleasures of life are but for a moment . Each joy is succeeded by sorrow .

Bach hope is followed by disappointment . Every season of sunshine ends in cloud and rain . Every day is followed by night . There is nothing to completely satisfy man ' s craving for happiness .

There is , then , a responsibility in living . For as we shape the bent of the immortal soul , so may be the ultimate weal or woe or the longer part of our existence . If it chance that hereafter our happiness depends npon our mode of living here , how important that we follow such rules as

appeal to our better judgment as conducive to that desirable end . Men scoff at religion—a Mason never will —make light of churches and creeds , bnt suppose that when the time comes that we are to part with this companion of clay in which we have spent the years of

life , it should be that only " Holiness to the Lord " will serve as a sure passport , what then ? Who of us would be willing to face tbe last dread enemy amid the revels of

sinful pleasures ? Who wonld care to go into the great hereafter from scenes of debauchery ? We rather shrink from the thought . Then we should live in such a way that we can approach our end without a fear .

The Mason should be an example of good works . From tbe first ray of light to the darkness of the tragedy is a lesson of right living . " An upright man and Mason "so shalt thou live , is heard , when for the first time the candidate is taught his duty . When he passes on to the

higher duties of a Fellow Craft , "the plumb admonishes him to walk uprightly before God and man , squaring his actions by the square of virtue , for he is travelling upon the level of time to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns . " Again he is told that there

is a better part of man . The evergreen sprig of acacia is typical of the ever-living soul that survives the assassin ' s blow , and if we prove faithful to the trust reposed in us ,

will secure honour in immortality . Thus is brought to mind in every degree the duty of men to live in such a way that the future , whatever or wherever it may be , will bring that happiness for which we sigh .

Heaven's one law , " Do unto others as ye would that they would do unto you , " points out a mode of living that will bring more happiness and contentment in this life than any other . And so should a Mason live . No stain upon the emblem

of purity he wears . No forgetfulness of our duty to God and our fellow men . No neglect of our duty to ourselves , to practise temperance . Temperance in word and action . No hatred or malice , backbiting or slander . A Mason

should be a living example of uprightness and devotion to principle , the champion of virtue and defender of innocence . If all men , even all Masons practised the teachings of the fraternity , the world wonld be better off than it is to-day . —N . Y . Bispateh .

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The Institutions In 1892.

to carry on the Benevolent Institution at its present strength . The following are the details of income as officially supplied to us : —

Boyal Masonio Benevolent Institution . £ s d Donations and Subscriptions - « 58253 14 10 Grand Lodge ... . 1600 0 0 Grand Chapter - - - 150 0 0

Dividends and Interest - - - 1792 17 8 Legacy 52 10 0 61849 2 6

Boyal Masonio Institution for Boys . £ s d Donations and Subscriptions - - 13004 2 9 Grand Lodge - - - •150 0 0 Grand Chapter - - - 10 10 0 Purchase of Peruetual Presentation - - 1050 0 0

Dividends and Interest on Cash at Call •892 3 10 Income Tax , & c , Returned - - - 267 19 3 Prize Funds - - - 203 17 0 Miscellaneous Receipts •- 116 15 2 Legacies - - - - . 142 10 0

15837 18 0 Boyal Masonio Institution for Girls . £ H d Donations and Subscriptions - - 10259 1 3 Grand Lodge - - - 150 0 0

Grand Chapter - - •10 10 0 Dividends 1974 11 11 Interest on Deposits - - - 4 7 1 Receipts for Musical Instruction - - 232 11 6 Window Memorials - - - 39 0 0

Admission by Annual Payment •- 16 13 4 Income Tax Recovered - - - 91 7 0 12778 2 1 The following Table shows the number of cases relieved , and the total amounts voted , month by month , by the Board of Benevolence : — Month . Cases relieved . £ s d

January - - 27 - - 645 0 0 February - 23 - 670 0 0 March - 35 - - 880 0 0 April - -23 - 570 0 0 May 39 950 0 0 June - - 27 - - 630 0 0

July - - 20 - 485 0 0 August - 20 - - 515 0 0 September •10 - 245 0 0 October - 35 845 0 0 November - 43 - - 1050 0 0 December - 32 - 835 0 0

334 , 8320 0 0 Summary . £ s d Benevolent Institution - - - 61 , 849 2 6

Boys' School .... 15 , 837 18 0 Girls'School .... 12 , 778 2 1 Board of Benevolence - - 8 , 320 0 0 98 , 785 2 7

How Should A Mason Live.

HOW SHOULD A MASON LIVE .

GOD breathed into man the breath of life , and man became a living soul . From that moment immortality . began . Man has a beginning but no end . He is born into this world , an active , thinking being . He lives

an allotted period here , longer or shorter it may be , and then disappears to the visible eye of those who remain behind him . The visible part dissolves into dust . " The skin slips from the flesh , the flesh cleaves from the bone , " and the bono mingles with the ashes of other men and

How Should A Mason Live.

women who have enriched the earth ' s crust , and the individual with whom yoti and I talked is no more to be found as far aa physical matter is concerned . We gather a spade full of earth—how many men and women who once walked among men , proud as we are to-day , contribute of

their corporeal pride to make up that spade full of earth . The ground beneath our feet has been turned over and over again to cover the skin , and the flesh and the bones of men whose identity cannot be traced . And that is the end of every man in this world .

If the covering earth hid for ever all that makes a man , we might treat lightly the three score years and ten wo spent in this world ; but the mind revolts at the thought of annihilation . If this world was all , if in the grave man ceased his existence , then was man creation ' s abortion , for

his years are filled with care and sorrow , pain and sickness , a fear and a dread of " something after death , " and he spends his time in miserable curses on the day that he was born . The innate feeling of man , revelation , and the

ever resurrecting nature , point to another , a longer life after the " fitfnl fever " of this is gone . What that future life is , with what body we shall be clothed , we do not know , but somewhere in God's great Universe we shall exist .

Man desires happiness . It is his aim for this life , for that which is to come . Happiness in the fulness of its meaning is unattainable in the flesh . The pleasures of life are but for a moment . Each joy is succeeded by sorrow .

Bach hope is followed by disappointment . Every season of sunshine ends in cloud and rain . Every day is followed by night . There is nothing to completely satisfy man ' s craving for happiness .

There is , then , a responsibility in living . For as we shape the bent of the immortal soul , so may be the ultimate weal or woe or the longer part of our existence . If it chance that hereafter our happiness depends npon our mode of living here , how important that we follow such rules as

appeal to our better judgment as conducive to that desirable end . Men scoff at religion—a Mason never will —make light of churches and creeds , bnt suppose that when the time comes that we are to part with this companion of clay in which we have spent the years of

life , it should be that only " Holiness to the Lord " will serve as a sure passport , what then ? Who of us would be willing to face tbe last dread enemy amid the revels of

sinful pleasures ? Who wonld care to go into the great hereafter from scenes of debauchery ? We rather shrink from the thought . Then we should live in such a way that we can approach our end without a fear .

The Mason should be an example of good works . From tbe first ray of light to the darkness of the tragedy is a lesson of right living . " An upright man and Mason "so shalt thou live , is heard , when for the first time the candidate is taught his duty . When he passes on to the

higher duties of a Fellow Craft , "the plumb admonishes him to walk uprightly before God and man , squaring his actions by the square of virtue , for he is travelling upon the level of time to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns . " Again he is told that there

is a better part of man . The evergreen sprig of acacia is typical of the ever-living soul that survives the assassin ' s blow , and if we prove faithful to the trust reposed in us ,

will secure honour in immortality . Thus is brought to mind in every degree the duty of men to live in such a way that the future , whatever or wherever it may be , will bring that happiness for which we sigh .

Heaven's one law , " Do unto others as ye would that they would do unto you , " points out a mode of living that will bring more happiness and contentment in this life than any other . And so should a Mason live . No stain upon the emblem

of purity he wears . No forgetfulness of our duty to God and our fellow men . No neglect of our duty to ourselves , to practise temperance . Temperance in word and action . No hatred or malice , backbiting or slander . A Mason

should be a living example of uprightness and devotion to principle , the champion of virtue and defender of innocence . If all men , even all Masons practised the teachings of the fraternity , the world wonld be better off than it is to-day . —N . Y . Bispateh .

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TTVT'DA'DT A TffT 'K ^^ TT ^ 1 TI , The con * XBLJCUlXM AJX X Vt \ J ± L < jJu . tains invaluable advica on an important subject to men contemplating marriage * ID formation in matters yon ought to know . Send for it to-day , Gratis and Post Free . [ Address , THH SKCBBTABT , 4 Pitzallan Square , Sheffield .

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