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West Yorkshire. Annual Meeting Of Prov. Grand Lodge.
WEST YORKSHIRE . ANNUAL MEETING OF PROV . GRAND LODGE .
ON Tuesday the Provincial Grand Lodgo of West Yorkshire held its annual meeting at Wakefield , under tho banner of tho Unanimity Lodge , 154 , the preliminary Lodge being opened by the W . M . and officers of tho Lodge . Tho meeting was hold in tho Exchange , and was attended by about 350 brethren , representing 58 out of 61 Lodges in the . province , Sir IT . Edwards , Hart . Prov . G . Master ,
presided , and was supported by T . W . Tew , Esq ., J . P ., Deputy Prov . G . M . and other P . Grand Officers . Tho brethren gave their customary salutation in a hearty manner . Tn acknowledging tho salute , the E . W . Prov . Grand Master said : —T regard tho salutation with which this magnificent assembly of Freemasons has just greeted me as a convincing proof of friendship on yonr part towards yonr R . W . G . M .,
and your reception of me this day expressive of fraternal sympathies fast ripening into a bond of durability . My earnest desire in tho position which onr Royal Grand Master has called me to occupy amongst yon is to inspire tho Lodges with that legitimate confidence of unity and sincerity amongst them which alone can contribute strength and Masonic independence of action to this important ,
province of tho other provinces of Grand Lodge , and the fait . hfnl preservation of onr'landmarks , ceremonies , privileges and symbolisms as Ancient , Free and Accepted Masons of England . On acconnt of social cirenmstances , it is , I hope , acceptable to every ono of tho Lodges in tho province , that onr annual meeting is held this day in the ' good old and hospitable town of " Merrie Wakelield , " for tho
invitation that wo should assemble hero is , I trust , a happy medium between us , and not the less gratifying than tho invitations from two such important towns as Huddersfield and Leeds . Wo meet under tho banner of tho Unanimity Lodge , No . 154 , and on tho special invitation of a distinguished brother Mason , tho W . M ., and in association with tho other two Lodges , Wakefield and Sincerity . The
interval which has elapsed since our meeting in Leeds has been pregnant of hopeful results for tho interests of Freemasonry . This year , like the last , now records the accession of Royalty to an important position in the Craft . The installation of H . R . H . Princo Leopold as Grand Master of tho Freemasons of Oxfordshire is an event which has been celebrated with considerable splendor and eclat . Tho visit
of onr Royal Grand Master to Hor Majesty s Indian Empire , and to thoLodges there is another incidentof national importance and Masonic significance . Theso circumstances aro warmly appreciated by the Craft , and cannot but bo attended with the happiest results in the conquest of tho hearts and affections of the princes and people of Hin . dostan , and tho popularity and prosperity of our Order throughout tho
world . Bro . Thomas Hill has resigned tho chairmanship of the Charity Committee , which since 1872 he has filled with such benefit to tho Craft . Ho was always successful in securing the election of our West Yorkshire candidates . Bro . Tomlinson , of Wakefield , has been elected in his place . My doputy informs me that with but one exception to the ruling of tho lato Deputy , and to which ho has not
been able to find a harmonious solution , tho Masonic affairs of tho province aro in a prosperous and satisfactory condition . The Masters of Lodges may be congratulated on the punctual manner in which they have completed and presented their returns to the Provincial Grand Secretary . Two new Lodges have been consecrated , making the roll of Lodges in this province 01 , We havo 3 , 027 active members
of Lodges , paid for in the annual returns , as against 2 . 885 in the previous year , being an accession of 142 brethren in West Yorkshire . During the past , year the initiations into Freemasonry have been considerable . I hope , therefore , the Worshipful Masters have been careful to make diligent inquiries touching tho character and moral fitness of such applicants . 30 !) new noviciates is a largo addition in
one year to the Craft , and indicates in a marked manner tho high esteem felt for the Order iu this province . Brethren , I hope to see upon the increase that source of munificence which pre-eminently stamps the Freemasons as a charitable bod y , the annual voluntary contributions to onr excellent institutions . We have been stigmatized by a Roman Prelate as " merely an catm" and
drinking society . " Let us show to the uninstrueted and popular world the utter fallacy of snch a statement by ever putting into practice the noble principles of our Order—Brotherly Love , Relief and Truth . Whatever ecclesiastical opinions may be felt at home , the author of this statement may find in the records of West Yorkshire Freemasonry , so diversified , so interesting , so associated and
intertwined ivith the history ol ^ every charitable institution in this province and of benevolent actions , instructive lessons and powerful incentives to the cultivation of patriotism , piety and unselfishness . In tho language of my distinguished predecessor , the Marquis of Ripon , let me observe , " In the support we have given to our charitable institutions may be found the proof of what arc the principles and tho
results of the Craft . I earnestly beg of you to reflect that these institutions are the visible proofs which are held up to onr fellow-countrymen of the advantage of the spirit by which the Craft in this country is animated , that the spirit of the Craft is to be judged by the fruits which it bears in institutions like these , because these institutions do not rest upon the generosity of tho few , but because they are founded
upon the broad and staple basis of the general support of the Craft . " Permit me to observe , that when I came to examine tho annual returns of tho Lodge for the selection of eligible brethren to fill the offices in Provincial Grand Lodge , I scarcely ever before approached a duty fraught with so much delicacy , anxiety and difficulty as this one—viz ., to choose names for the ensuing year out of a Ion " list of
most zealous , able , and energetic Past Masters . I wish to thank the outgoing Prov . Grand Officers for tho work they have accomplished , and ihe support they have accorded my deputy during their term of office , and to assure the incoming officers that there is an abundant promise of work in store for them also . ( Applause . ) The Deputy Prov . Grand Master hrving ' also acknowledged the hearty v . > ption of tho brethren ,
West Yorkshire. Annual Meeting Of Prov. Grand Lodge.
Bro . Major Le Gendre Starkie , Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire , having been saluted by the brethren , replied to the compliment iu a few well chosen remarks . The province he presided over , he said , was fast striving to rival in its good deeds that of West Yorkshire . In conclusion , ho expressed a hope that the Prov .
Grand Master of West Yorkshire and his Deputy might long live to carry on their work , and that their stars , which now shone bright in the heavens of Masonry , might go on increasing in lustre till they became fixed planets in tho Order . ( Applause . ) After the routine work of the Lodgo had been gone through , the following brethren wero appointed and invested as officers for tho
ensuing year : — Prov . S . G . W . Bro . W . H . Gill Mavor of Wakefield . „ . T . G . W . Bro . I . Booth Halifax . „ G . Chap . Bro . Rev . J . W . Cassells ... Barley . „ „ Bro . Rev . E . W . Makinson ... Leeds . ,, G . Treas . Bro . R . I . Critchley , J . P .... Dewsbury .
„ Tlc ^ . Bro . . T . Ibberson Mirfield . „ Sec . Bro . II . Smith Wakefield . „ S . G . D . Bro . F . Horsley Leeds . „ G . J . D . Bro . Allan Jackson Hnddersfiold . „ G . Supt . of W . Bro . J . Rcanland ... Bradford . .. Dir . of Cor . Bro . J . J . Rhodes ... Huddersfield .
,. A . D . C . Bro . T . Collinson ... .. . ( 139 ) . „ S . Bearer , Bro . J . R . Artnitago ... Bradford . „ Organist , Bro . J . 0 . Perrott ' ( 901 ) .
„ Pars . Bro . J . Marshall ( 1283 ) . „ A . Pnrs . Bro . Henry Ward ( 1018 ) . „ Stewards—Bro . E . Walshaw ( 448 ) . „ „ Bro . J . G . Hutchinson ... ( 1034 ) .
„ „ Bro . Snmmerscales ,.. ( 205 ) . „ „ Bro . J . Hirst ( 337 ) . „ „ Bro . J . Simpson ( 904 ) . Bro . J . P . Moss ( 296 ) .
„ Tyler Bro . J . Leo Huddersfield . „ Asst . Tyler , Bro . J . Shears Batloy . Tho remaining business of the Lodge having been gone through , the Lodgo was closed . A number of tho brethren afterwards sat down to an excellent banquet , served at the Bull Hotel , at which Liout .-Col . Sir H . Edwards presided .
Polluting The Ballot Box.
POLLUTING THE BALLOT BOX .
WE have read , thafc " in the lowest deep there is a deeper still . " This may appear paradoxical , but whether it is or is nofc so , if there be any word more mean than meanest , then we wish to apply that epithet to the man claiming to bo a Mason and a member of a Lodge who deliberately , wilfully , and with malice prepense , determines to destroy tho best interest of his Lodge , by , on every occasion that offers , depositing a black-ball , and for no other or better reason
than that a majority of his Lodge would not elect him to office . Every Mason should havo a laudable ambition , but that ambition , so far as the gratification of tho same , should be governed , not by his own desires but by those of his follow-members , who , appreciating his worthiness and qualifications , seek to elevate him . To seek office is unmasonic ; to vent yonr spleen because your inordinate vanity is not
gratified , by stabbing the character of worthy and unoffending gentlemen who form a favourable opinion of the Masonio institution , and who desire to aid in tho extending of its benevolence , is not only moro than unmasonic , it is ' cowardly , dastardly , fiendish , and hellish . Tho man calling himself a Freemason , who deposits a black-ball from other than purely Masonic motives , is a Thug , and though by the
Masonic law his base and iniquitious motives cannot be inquired into , yet , if he is possessed of the least fractional part of what is known as conscience , then must he feel that ho has a hell within his own breast . Hu must know and feci that ho is a murderer of an innocent and nnoffending man ' s character , a character which for manliness , uprightness , and common honesty , is as far superior to his own as light is to
darkness . Indeed , we do not hesitate to say that the man who would be guilty of violating his covenants as a Mason in the manner we have indicated ( aud wo fear there are more than ono in this metropolitan city ) wonld not hesitate to commit a murder were it not for the fear of the gallows . In committing the latter , tho greatest of all crimes , though he confessed it not , suspicions , or suspicious circumstances
would place him under at least confinement until it was cleared away , and ho would therefore hesitate before rendering himself amenable to the hands of justice ; but in committing the former , he , in his coward ' s heart , knows that neither suspicion or suspicions circumstances can reach him , and though suspected , and he knows that he is suspected , he continues in his infamous career , and shelters himself , coward-like , behind the sanctity of tho Masonic ballot-box , to the injury of hia Lodge and tho stigmatising of the character of men as far above him .
self as heaven is above earth . If the days of miracles had not passed away , we should pray thafc the devil which dwells in the clayey tabernacle of snch wretches should by a miracle be cast out , and those features which bear the impress of manhood and manliness should not belie themselves . N . Y . Square .
HOIIOWAY ' S OIXTMENT ASD Pins . —Rheumatism and Neuralgia . —Those cases which have withstood all other means of treatment will best test the curative powers of these medicaments ; they aro sure , whatever tho condition or duration of the complaint . It is sometimes difficult to determiue which of these diseases is afflicting the sufferer , but this ignorance will not matter if
Houoway s remedies be used . They alleviate and cure all muscular and nervous pains . Iu hereditary Rheumatism , after bathing the affected parts with warm salt water , Holloway ' s Ointment should be well rubbed upon the pkin , that it may penetrate and exert its soothing and regulating properties on the deeper vessels and nerves , which are unduly excited , and cause both the pain and swelling .
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West Yorkshire. Annual Meeting Of Prov. Grand Lodge.
WEST YORKSHIRE . ANNUAL MEETING OF PROV . GRAND LODGE .
ON Tuesday the Provincial Grand Lodgo of West Yorkshire held its annual meeting at Wakefield , under tho banner of tho Unanimity Lodge , 154 , the preliminary Lodge being opened by the W . M . and officers of tho Lodge . Tho meeting was hold in tho Exchange , and was attended by about 350 brethren , representing 58 out of 61 Lodges in the . province , Sir IT . Edwards , Hart . Prov . G . Master ,
presided , and was supported by T . W . Tew , Esq ., J . P ., Deputy Prov . G . M . and other P . Grand Officers . Tho brethren gave their customary salutation in a hearty manner . Tn acknowledging tho salute , the E . W . Prov . Grand Master said : —T regard tho salutation with which this magnificent assembly of Freemasons has just greeted me as a convincing proof of friendship on yonr part towards yonr R . W . G . M .,
and your reception of me this day expressive of fraternal sympathies fast ripening into a bond of durability . My earnest desire in tho position which onr Royal Grand Master has called me to occupy amongst yon is to inspire tho Lodges with that legitimate confidence of unity and sincerity amongst them which alone can contribute strength and Masonic independence of action to this important ,
province of tho other provinces of Grand Lodge , and the fait . hfnl preservation of onr'landmarks , ceremonies , privileges and symbolisms as Ancient , Free and Accepted Masons of England . On acconnt of social cirenmstances , it is , I hope , acceptable to every ono of tho Lodges in tho province , that onr annual meeting is held this day in the ' good old and hospitable town of " Merrie Wakelield , " for tho
invitation that wo should assemble hero is , I trust , a happy medium between us , and not the less gratifying than tho invitations from two such important towns as Huddersfield and Leeds . Wo meet under tho banner of tho Unanimity Lodge , No . 154 , and on tho special invitation of a distinguished brother Mason , tho W . M ., and in association with tho other two Lodges , Wakefield and Sincerity . The
interval which has elapsed since our meeting in Leeds has been pregnant of hopeful results for tho interests of Freemasonry . This year , like the last , now records the accession of Royalty to an important position in the Craft . The installation of H . R . H . Princo Leopold as Grand Master of tho Freemasons of Oxfordshire is an event which has been celebrated with considerable splendor and eclat . Tho visit
of onr Royal Grand Master to Hor Majesty s Indian Empire , and to thoLodges there is another incidentof national importance and Masonic significance . Theso circumstances aro warmly appreciated by the Craft , and cannot but bo attended with the happiest results in the conquest of tho hearts and affections of the princes and people of Hin . dostan , and tho popularity and prosperity of our Order throughout tho
world . Bro . Thomas Hill has resigned tho chairmanship of the Charity Committee , which since 1872 he has filled with such benefit to tho Craft . Ho was always successful in securing the election of our West Yorkshire candidates . Bro . Tomlinson , of Wakefield , has been elected in his place . My doputy informs me that with but one exception to the ruling of tho lato Deputy , and to which ho has not
been able to find a harmonious solution , tho Masonic affairs of tho province aro in a prosperous and satisfactory condition . The Masters of Lodges may be congratulated on the punctual manner in which they have completed and presented their returns to the Provincial Grand Secretary . Two new Lodges have been consecrated , making the roll of Lodges in this province 01 , We havo 3 , 027 active members
of Lodges , paid for in the annual returns , as against 2 . 885 in the previous year , being an accession of 142 brethren in West Yorkshire . During the past , year the initiations into Freemasonry have been considerable . I hope , therefore , the Worshipful Masters have been careful to make diligent inquiries touching tho character and moral fitness of such applicants . 30 !) new noviciates is a largo addition in
one year to the Craft , and indicates in a marked manner tho high esteem felt for the Order iu this province . Brethren , I hope to see upon the increase that source of munificence which pre-eminently stamps the Freemasons as a charitable bod y , the annual voluntary contributions to onr excellent institutions . We have been stigmatized by a Roman Prelate as " merely an catm" and
drinking society . " Let us show to the uninstrueted and popular world the utter fallacy of snch a statement by ever putting into practice the noble principles of our Order—Brotherly Love , Relief and Truth . Whatever ecclesiastical opinions may be felt at home , the author of this statement may find in the records of West Yorkshire Freemasonry , so diversified , so interesting , so associated and
intertwined ivith the history ol ^ every charitable institution in this province and of benevolent actions , instructive lessons and powerful incentives to the cultivation of patriotism , piety and unselfishness . In tho language of my distinguished predecessor , the Marquis of Ripon , let me observe , " In the support we have given to our charitable institutions may be found the proof of what arc the principles and tho
results of the Craft . I earnestly beg of you to reflect that these institutions are the visible proofs which are held up to onr fellow-countrymen of the advantage of the spirit by which the Craft in this country is animated , that the spirit of the Craft is to be judged by the fruits which it bears in institutions like these , because these institutions do not rest upon the generosity of tho few , but because they are founded
upon the broad and staple basis of the general support of the Craft . " Permit me to observe , that when I came to examine tho annual returns of tho Lodge for the selection of eligible brethren to fill the offices in Provincial Grand Lodge , I scarcely ever before approached a duty fraught with so much delicacy , anxiety and difficulty as this one—viz ., to choose names for the ensuing year out of a Ion " list of
most zealous , able , and energetic Past Masters . I wish to thank the outgoing Prov . Grand Officers for tho work they have accomplished , and ihe support they have accorded my deputy during their term of office , and to assure the incoming officers that there is an abundant promise of work in store for them also . ( Applause . ) The Deputy Prov . Grand Master hrving ' also acknowledged the hearty v . > ption of tho brethren ,
West Yorkshire. Annual Meeting Of Prov. Grand Lodge.
Bro . Major Le Gendre Starkie , Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire , having been saluted by the brethren , replied to the compliment iu a few well chosen remarks . The province he presided over , he said , was fast striving to rival in its good deeds that of West Yorkshire . In conclusion , ho expressed a hope that the Prov .
Grand Master of West Yorkshire and his Deputy might long live to carry on their work , and that their stars , which now shone bright in the heavens of Masonry , might go on increasing in lustre till they became fixed planets in tho Order . ( Applause . ) After the routine work of the Lodgo had been gone through , the following brethren wero appointed and invested as officers for tho
ensuing year : — Prov . S . G . W . Bro . W . H . Gill Mavor of Wakefield . „ . T . G . W . Bro . I . Booth Halifax . „ G . Chap . Bro . Rev . J . W . Cassells ... Barley . „ „ Bro . Rev . E . W . Makinson ... Leeds . ,, G . Treas . Bro . R . I . Critchley , J . P .... Dewsbury .
„ Tlc ^ . Bro . . T . Ibberson Mirfield . „ Sec . Bro . II . Smith Wakefield . „ S . G . D . Bro . F . Horsley Leeds . „ G . J . D . Bro . Allan Jackson Hnddersfiold . „ G . Supt . of W . Bro . J . Rcanland ... Bradford . .. Dir . of Cor . Bro . J . J . Rhodes ... Huddersfield .
,. A . D . C . Bro . T . Collinson ... .. . ( 139 ) . „ S . Bearer , Bro . J . R . Artnitago ... Bradford . „ Organist , Bro . J . 0 . Perrott ' ( 901 ) .
„ Pars . Bro . J . Marshall ( 1283 ) . „ A . Pnrs . Bro . Henry Ward ( 1018 ) . „ Stewards—Bro . E . Walshaw ( 448 ) . „ „ Bro . J . G . Hutchinson ... ( 1034 ) .
„ „ Bro . Snmmerscales ,.. ( 205 ) . „ „ Bro . J . Hirst ( 337 ) . „ „ Bro . J . Simpson ( 904 ) . Bro . J . P . Moss ( 296 ) .
„ Tyler Bro . J . Leo Huddersfield . „ Asst . Tyler , Bro . J . Shears Batloy . Tho remaining business of the Lodge having been gone through , the Lodgo was closed . A number of tho brethren afterwards sat down to an excellent banquet , served at the Bull Hotel , at which Liout .-Col . Sir H . Edwards presided .
Polluting The Ballot Box.
POLLUTING THE BALLOT BOX .
WE have read , thafc " in the lowest deep there is a deeper still . " This may appear paradoxical , but whether it is or is nofc so , if there be any word more mean than meanest , then we wish to apply that epithet to the man claiming to bo a Mason and a member of a Lodge who deliberately , wilfully , and with malice prepense , determines to destroy tho best interest of his Lodge , by , on every occasion that offers , depositing a black-ball , and for no other or better reason
than that a majority of his Lodge would not elect him to office . Every Mason should havo a laudable ambition , but that ambition , so far as the gratification of tho same , should be governed , not by his own desires but by those of his follow-members , who , appreciating his worthiness and qualifications , seek to elevate him . To seek office is unmasonic ; to vent yonr spleen because your inordinate vanity is not
gratified , by stabbing the character of worthy and unoffending gentlemen who form a favourable opinion of the Masonio institution , and who desire to aid in tho extending of its benevolence , is not only moro than unmasonic , it is ' cowardly , dastardly , fiendish , and hellish . Tho man calling himself a Freemason , who deposits a black-ball from other than purely Masonic motives , is a Thug , and though by the
Masonic law his base and iniquitious motives cannot be inquired into , yet , if he is possessed of the least fractional part of what is known as conscience , then must he feel that ho has a hell within his own breast . Hu must know and feci that ho is a murderer of an innocent and nnoffending man ' s character , a character which for manliness , uprightness , and common honesty , is as far superior to his own as light is to
darkness . Indeed , we do not hesitate to say that the man who would be guilty of violating his covenants as a Mason in the manner we have indicated ( aud wo fear there are more than ono in this metropolitan city ) wonld not hesitate to commit a murder were it not for the fear of the gallows . In committing the latter , tho greatest of all crimes , though he confessed it not , suspicions , or suspicious circumstances
would place him under at least confinement until it was cleared away , and ho would therefore hesitate before rendering himself amenable to the hands of justice ; but in committing the former , he , in his coward ' s heart , knows that neither suspicion or suspicions circumstances can reach him , and though suspected , and he knows that he is suspected , he continues in his infamous career , and shelters himself , coward-like , behind the sanctity of tho Masonic ballot-box , to the injury of hia Lodge and tho stigmatising of the character of men as far above him .
self as heaven is above earth . If the days of miracles had not passed away , we should pray thafc the devil which dwells in the clayey tabernacle of snch wretches should by a miracle be cast out , and those features which bear the impress of manhood and manliness should not belie themselves . N . Y . Square .
HOIIOWAY ' S OIXTMENT ASD Pins . —Rheumatism and Neuralgia . —Those cases which have withstood all other means of treatment will best test the curative powers of these medicaments ; they aro sure , whatever tho condition or duration of the complaint . It is sometimes difficult to determiue which of these diseases is afflicting the sufferer , but this ignorance will not matter if
Houoway s remedies be used . They alleviate and cure all muscular and nervous pains . Iu hereditary Rheumatism , after bathing the affected parts with warm salt water , Holloway ' s Ointment should be well rubbed upon the pkin , that it may penetrate and exert its soothing and regulating properties on the deeper vessels and nerves , which are unduly excited , and cause both the pain and swelling .