Meetings Next Week.

5 86 Elias De Derham , F . M . H ., Salisbury 5 88 St . Botolph , Corn Exchange , Sleaford 732 Royal Brunswick , Pavilion , Brighton 739 Temperance , F . M . H ., Birmingham 816 Royd , Fajlcon , Littleborough 973 Royal Somerset , F . M . H ., Fromc

991 Tyne , F . M . H ., Wallsend 103 5 Pr . of Wales , Skelmers . Hall , Liverpool 1055 Derby , Victoria , Manchester 1061 Triumph , County & Com ., Lytham 1099 Huyshe , F . M . H ., Stoke 110 7 Cornwallis , Bull , Chislehurst

1144 Milton , George and D ., Ashton-u-I . yne 1145 Equality , Red Lion , Accrington 1147 St . David , F . M . H ., Manchester 1182 Duke of Edinburgh , M . H ., Liverpool 121 3 Bridgwater , Assembly Rooms , Eccles 1387 Chorlton , M . H ., Chorlton-cum-Hardy 1416 Falcon , F . M . H ., Thirsk

1429 Albert Edward P . W ., Newport , Mon . 1583 Corbet , Whitehall House , Towyn 16 97 Hospitality , Royal , Waterfoot 1750 Coleridge , Public Hall , Clevedon 1863 Priory , F . M . H ., Tynemouth

1915 Graystonc , Foresters H ., Whitstable 1992 Tennant , Masonic Temple , Cardiff 2109 Pr . Edward , Assy . Hall , Heaton Moor 2132 Egerton , F . M . H ., .. New Brighton 2217 Windermere , Mas . Room , Windermere 2227 White Horse , F . M . H ., Westbury

Meetings Next Week.

2234 Onslow , F . M . H ., Guildford 2262 Dagmar , Anglers Rest , Wraysbury 228 5 Eden , Masonic Rooms , Workington 2311 St . Alkmund , Victoria , Whitchurch 2343 Sir W . Harpur , Assy . Room , Bedford 2372 James Terry , Falcon , Waltham Cross

2420 Ferdinand de Rothschild , Aylesbury 2428 Gracedieu , F . M . H ., Coalville 2449 Duke of York , AJbion , Manchester 2501 Ixion , Roebuck , Buckhurst Hill 2606 Fforest , Masonic Rooms , Treharris 2619 New Brighton , Victoria , New Brighton

25 68 Delava . 1 , Central , Newcastle-on-Tyne 2649 Sir Francis Drake , F . M . H ., Plymouth 2806 Three Pillars , Parish R ., Cockington Friday .

780 Royal Alfred , Star & Garter , Kew Edge . 1602 Sir Hugh Myddelton , Agricultural Hall 266 3 Commemoration , Holborn Restaurant 3 6 Glamorgan , F . M . H ., Cardiff 81 Doric , Private Room , Woodbridge 170 All Souls , F . M . H ., Weymouth

4 . 58 Aire and Calder , F . M . H ., Goole 516 Phoenix , Fox , Stowmarket 526 Honour , Star & Garter , Wolverhampton 815 Blair , Town Hall , Hulme 951 Prince of Wales , F . M . H ., Stow-o-Wold 1001 Harrogate & Claro , F . M . H ., Harrogate % r « M tf — . 1 \ i u \ t .. , r \ r v ' v IIVVI / A 'A J 7 A"X"A 71 A A"AUILA'A'WA A 7 v A

Meetings Next Week.

1087 Beaudesert , Ass . Rs ., Leighton Buzistfd 1102 Mirfield , F . M . H ., Mirfield 1121 Wear Valley , F . M . H ., Bishop Auckland 128 9 Rock , Masonic Chambers , Birkenhead 1295 Gooch , Queen ' s Royal , New Swindon 1428 United Service , F . M . H ., Landport

1605 De la Pole , F . M . H ., Hull 1676 St . Nicholas , Cen . M . H ., Newcastle-o-T . 1715 A . J . Brogden , M . H ., Grange-o-Sandi 198 3 Martyn , Town Hall , Southwold 2359 Doric , F . M . H ., Chorlton-cum-Hardy

2554 Manchester , F . M . H ., Manchester 2558 Fumival , F . M . H ., Sheffield 2608 Headingley , Parochial Institute , Leeds 2674 Ravensworth , F . M . H ., Gateshead 2677 Calcaria , Masonic Rooms , Tadcaster

Saturday . 1446 Mount Edgcumbe , Holborn Restaurant 1607 Loyalty , London Tavern 168 5 Guelph , Town Hall , Leyton 1 S 39 Duke of Cornwall , Freemasons' Hall 2384 Mitcham , Lower Mitcham 2579 Lewisham , Parish Hall , Lewisham

S 6 9 Gresham , Great House , Cheshunt 1755 Eldon , Royal , Portishead 2246 Cyclist , Castle , East Molesey 2278 Kingswood , Crown , Broxbourne 2442 St . Clement , Bell , Leigh

Parsee And Christian.

PARSEE AND CHRISTIAN .

A DEVOUT Presbyterian , who was a very wealthy man , was . travelling through Palestine . On his journey he met a Parsee , or Sun Worshipper . Both were Freemasons , and in conversing on the merits . of the ancient Fraternity

the Christian told the Parsee that he could not understand how a man who bowed down before the sun to worship it could be a Freemason . The Parsee smiled and said : "We regard the sun as the great symbol of the Life Giver . Without the light and warmth of the sun all animal and vegetable

ltfrlifr life would perish from the earth . When we behold the sun our eyes are dazzled by its brilliancy . It is our symbol of all creative power . You bow down before a cross of inanimate wood or metal . Doubtless the cross is symbol of your faith ;' You may not worship the cross , but use it only as a symbol . To the Parsee the cross is but two pieces of lifeless wood without meaning , but the glorious sun is our symbol of life everlasting . "

Principles Of Freemasonry.

PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONRY .

DR . C . M . CARTER , of Kansas City , Secretary of Heroine Lodge , No . 104 , A . F . and A . M ., is the author of the following outline of the principles of Freemasonry , apropos of the recent attack on Fraternal Orders made by a number of ministers of the citv :

" Freemasonry regards no man on account of worldly wealth or honours , but teaches that humanity which is so necessary to the acquisition of true knowledge . It teaches man to divest himself of all the vices and superfluities of life—to stand and act by the square of virtue , " and to live by the plumb line of truth . The initiate is presented in the

beginning with an emblem representing purity of life and rectitude of conduct . He is taught to so divide his time whereby he may devote eight hours to the service of God and distressed humanity , eight hours to the common vocations of life , and eight to refreshment and sleep . He is taueht to

look with admiration upon the handiwork of his Divine Creator . He views with delight the starry heavens , whither every , good Mason hopes to arrive by aid of that theological ladder , the principal rounds of which have been denominated

faith , hope and charity , and which admonish us to have faith in God , hope in immortality and charity to all mankind . His attention is directed to the mosaic pavement , the indented tassel and the blazing star , to remind him that life is

checkered with good and evil , that surrounding it hangs , as it were , a beautiful border of comforts and blessings , which he may enjoy : through his own virtues , efforts and a firm reliance upon Divine Providence . He is taught not to be a drone in

the hive of nature , wasting his time in idleness and luxury , while surrounded by suffering fellow creatures . The three living principles of man ' s earthly happiness , Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth , are impressed upon his mind , and practical exemplification of the four cardinal virtues . —temperance , fortitude , prudence and justice—leave with him an ever

Principles Of Freemasonry.

present reminder of his duty to God , his neighbour and himself . As he progresses in Masonry he is taught to govern the unruly tongue ; and instructed in that greatest of all charity which teaches , us that where we cannot say aught of good report about our fellow man , we can at least be ¦ silent .

Such teachings , not classed or claimed as being a part of any religious creed or dogma , have been and will continue to be a benefit to mankind , and having existed for hundreds

of years , will continue to exist throughout all time , notwithstanding the attacks of the clergy , who , possibly , do not even know the form of a Lodge . "— " Tyler . "

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