Province Of Surrey.

have hope , " says St . Paul , " we are of all men most miserable . " Itis t'o hope of thefn'nre , the assurance of bliss lieyotrd the grave , that carries the Christian through a'l the ttials and troubles of this preset t Iff . He looks n't tor las ing jov on earth . He is but a traveller parsing on to bis home , an <> it is hope tha" cheers him r- _

his way , and enables him to mount higher on the path towards heaven . And then with faith and hope comes love ( or charity as it . is translated in the Bible ) , and that enables him to mount a step higher np the ladder . " We love Him . " snvs St . John . " because bo fist loved

us . The more we know Him , and the more we hope rn tits promises , the more mn > t we love Him who has done so much for ns . Yes , it is when we begin to realize His love , that , a spuk of love is first kin . died in onr hearts . \ Vh « n we meditate on our Saviour ' s words , " Go I so lover ] tho world , that ho g've FFi . s only begotten son , to tho end

that . all that believe in Hun should not perish , but have everlasting life . " And when we feel the truth of St . Paul ' s words , " God commendet h His love towards ns , in lhat while we were yet sinners Christ died for us . " How can we help our hearts being drawn bv love towards that , kind anil loving' Father , who designed such a

marvellous plan for our Salvation . Anil love to God will produce Charity , or love to onr fellow men . We shall feel that we are nil sons of one common Father j members of one common b"dy , of which tie head is Cirri ... : :.-... 1 animated b y one spirit which is the Holy Spirit of ( Jod ; and are heir's of one home where we trust to dwell with

our Father for ever . "If y love Me , " says Christ , " keep My commandments ; " nnd again He says : " a new commandment give I unto yon , that ye love one another . " D is this universal love , which we prize so much in Masonry , ami which unites us into one brotherhood . To fulfil it wo pledge ourselves to supnort and assist one

another in all lawful undertakings ; to remember our brother's wants when we kneel before the throne of grace : to keep his lawful secrets locked up within onr breasts : and to gnard his honour and good name in lis ab-ence as faithfully as we should defend our own . We promise further to relieve his necessities and soothe his afflictions .

and in all respects to act towards him as we would wish others to a''t towards ns . Moreover , those noble Institutions for educating the children of those stricken down by death or poverty , and for soot hing the deeliningyeara of those who have been unsuccessful in the battle of life , prove that the love we profess is no sham , bnt deep

and genuine . In all this our brotherly lovo is that which Christ taught and commanded , and in I his is Masonry the Handmaid ol Christianity . Thus Masonry becomes a help to ns on onr Christian path ; but let us ever rememb T that it is a mans , not the end , and must spring from the true motive , the love of God .

The three which I havo mentioned are the first , and most impartant of tho rounds of * the ladder to heaven , but . above them lise many more ; aud each must be surmounted b y one of tho Christian virtnes which spring np from Christ being planted in the heart . St . Paul gives us a list of them in his Epi . t ' o to the Galatians , " the part of the spirit

is love , joy , peace , long suffering , gentleness , goodness , faith , meekness , temperance . " Ii ' , then , wo giro ourselves up to the i ' -nnctifying influence of God ' s Holy Spirit , all these graces or virtues may he ours , and -o wn may ascend to th" gate of heaven , and there hear- the jovl ' el welcome , " well done , good and faithful servant : enter

thou into the joy of thy Lord . " We read that when the temple at Jerusalem was being built no sound of axe or hammer was heard ; everything was prepared beforehand , and silentl y fitted into its plane . How beautifully r , his tvnifies the silent , growth of Christ ' s kingdom in the heart . The

work of man is noisy and with outward show ; the growth of the spirit , is silent and almost imperceptible . As Christ sail , "the kingdom of God cometh not with observation . " ft was not , in the mighty wind , . r the earthquake , or the fire that Elijah detected the presence of God , but in the still small voice ; and it is the still small

voice of conscience , uttering tbe promptings of the Hol y Spirit , which whispers in onr hearts and reminds us of our Father ' s will . But in the mountains of Lebanon the axe was heard amongst the cedars and the various implements in the stone quarries , so , too , the Christian will have much to prepare before his temple is built , and

mn-t engage in vigorous and constant warfare against the temptations of the world , must daily try to subdue the lusts of the tlesh , and must ever watch arid pray lost he be caught oft'his guard by the evil one . We have to aim at a high and almost impossible standard . Our . Master says , " Be ye perfect , even as your Father in heaven is

perfect . " But we have the promise of Hii aid whenever we seek for it , and fie has given us means and ordinances sufficient to assist in our Christian course . And when the ladder is united in our hearts and the Chn-tiau is united to his God ; then , as Jacob saw the angels ascending and

descending , prayers , praises , thanksgivings , and meditations a bout-Go 1 will be constantly ascending from the Christian's heart , aud God Vvill send down . 'rations promises of strength and snppott , message ^ of lovo and comfort in time of trouble nnd trial , nnd sweet

glimpseof heaven itseif to cheer the Christian ' s living hour . God grant , my Brethren , that that holy ladder of Jacob ' s visio may thus silently but surely grow up in your hearts aud mine , anc that we may have peace and joy in believing . A banquet followed at the Greyhound Hotel , where the toast customary on these occasions were frill v honoured .

HOLLOW-AY ' S Orricvtu . vf IVD Trr . t . s . —Notable . ' act-. — -Intense bent , augment the annoyances r , _ ' skin disease , ami en .. mrage-i the development of l _ > ri _ disorders ; wherefore they should , . as thoy may , be remove 1 by these r 1 _ . tei gent and nnrityiag preparations . Tn ' - ' en . > _ -h crnolamts , liver affections pains and spasms of the bowels , [[ oiio ' . vay ' s ointment wa'l rubbed over t i

altected part immediaf . de give- ; the greatest ease , prevent * congestion am iatl animation , chocks the threatening di . irrhun mid averts incipient cholera , The poorer inhaoitants ot' largo c Me ; will find t' . e -r . roue Ucs to ' bo thciv be ., friend when nay pestilence rages , or when from unknown cans'S , o . vip tions , '¦> iils , ab-x-- . se-, or ulcerations betoken the pie ^ ence 'if taints or impuri ties within the system , and call for instant and effective curative me . . cines .

Consec Ration Of The Queex's Westminster Chapter, No. 2021.

CONSEC RATION OF THE QUEEX'S WESTMINSTER CHAPTER , No . 2021 .

\ NOTFFER important link was added to the great chain ot Freemasonry on Tuesday last , fith inst ., by tho consecration of a new Chapter , to be attached to the Queen ' s Westminster Lodge , wh'ch h is enjoyed [ . rent success ever since its consecration about tloe" years ago . The ceremony in respect to the ushering into existence of the Chapter took phve at the Lodge premises , No . 8 A

Red Lion-square , and the important rite was ably rendered by that Eminent 0 mipanion Col . Shadwell IT . Gierke G . S . E ., who presided as M . E . Z . ( Consecrating Officer ) , ass stod by Comps . J . M . P . Montagu Grand Superintendent Dorset as FT ., Rev . John Studholmo Brownrio-nr P . A . G . S . as J ., and Frank Richardson as D . C . There were

present many members of the Queen ' s Westminster Lodge who are / Vrch Masons , and several visitors , amongst whom were Comps . H . Cbobert 21 , Payne 1328 , Coop IfiOk Probyn 21 , Flint 753 Livett 507 , Kempton 703 , FT . Thompson 619 , Smith 1039 , Diprose 507 , Bywater 19 , and main others whose names we were not able to obtain . The

ma-deal arrangements werp under the direction of Comp . J . btedman , F . R . G . S , who was assisted by Comps . Hodges , of Her Majesty ' s Cmipol , St . James ' s , G . F . Smith , and Lawler . The P . incipils Designate were Comns . G . Lambert M . E . Z ., R . Payne H ., and H . 0 . Limbert J . Th' < Chapter having been formally opene 1 in the

presence of installed Principals , . and the rest of the Companions admitted , the C > nseernt ng Officer said they had met there that day to perform a most important duty , that was to consecrate a new Chapter , to be attached to the Queen ' s Westminster Lodge ; the Lodge was stated thr e years ago , and dm p . Fjambert was its first

Master ; ho was now proposed as the first M . E . Z . of the Chapter . The Lodge thus started had attained such an amount of success that the members had an ambition to add to it a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , and on applying to the Supreme Chapter a warrant was granted for that purpose , and in pnr _ uance

of which they were assembled there that day to launch it into existence , trusting that the same success might follow it as had been the good fortune of tho Queen ' s Westminster Lodge . The cera-nony of co ' seemtion was the o proceeded with ; in the course of it , Camp . the Rev . John St'idh > bne Brownrigg remarked that Freemasonry had

always allied itself to what was good in times past , and in every case when there was any great national movement in the country , it had invariabl y taken a great and prominent part , but at the same time had carefully disentangled itself from any party warfare . Freemasonry had for its obj > ot to h dp all that was good and noble in

the country , and towards that , end the consecration of the Chapter pointed that day . The interest it took in that direction was always shown , and was particularly gratifying in what it did at the time of the great movement , in Em - land in 1859 , when they rea'ised the fact that invasion was not onlv possible but probable .

England , however , never hesitated to look difficulties in the face , an I did so at th't crisis , when the Volunteer Movement sorang into existence , nnd so general was the feeling in its favour , that in one short . vea > ' there was not a town in the country , indeed scarcely a village , bnt contributed a band of volunteers . There

were , however , at that time not . wanting tlnse who sneered at the movement , and stigmatised it as only " playing at sol liers , " but in a few months afterwards these Volnnt u er . _ went by with all the force and steadiness of old soldiers at the review of them by Her Majesty in TFvde Park , and every vear sine" ) then the men have increased iu

efficiency and numbers . The spirit which animated them was truly Masonic , for if embraced their duty to their c inntry and loyalty to their Queen . Time wonld not permit him , or he could speak much longer upon this snbj- 'ct , and upon what was good and noble in the country , but be warned them not to be careless in the

performance of their duty , for in prooortion as men became inattentive and careless they became unpatriotic . At thr ; present , time , wherr certn ' n at acks were made on them they , as Masons , shonld help forward what was right , and oppose that which was wrong , and , strong in their right arm shonld go shoulder to shoulder to meet the enemies

of their country , whether they were at . home or came from abroad . The rest of the consecration ceremony having been gone through , the Consecrating Officer said that no installation ceremony was necessary , as the Principals Designate had already served their offi . es , and he at once proceeded to invest them and place them respectively

in tho different chairs of tho Queen ' s Westminster Chapter , viz ., Comps . Major G . Lambert M . E . Z ., Captain R . Payne H ., and Lieut . IT . 0 . Lambert J . The M . E . Z . said before they proceeded to the election of the other Offi ers he wished to return their gra'eful thanks to the Grand Scribe E . for hia kindness in coming there to consecrate

their Chapter . 'I hey were not insensible of what they owed to the Supreme Grand Chapter of England , but thev were pirticularl y grateful to Col . Shadwell H . Gierke and the Officers by whom he had been so ably assisted , and he begged of them to accept their thanks . Words were but words , but on behalf of tho Chapter he

asked them to accept their gratitude for coming amongst them that 'lay . Comp . Shadwell H . Gierke , in reiuring thank-, said it had given them great pleasure to give what assistance they had rendered to the Chapter , and was pleased that thoir efforts had met with approbation . The M . E . Z . had a fur'hor motion to submit ; that wa . to

ask the Three Principals of the day hi accept the honorary membership of the Chapter , a motion which was nnanimous ' y carried , T-o appointment of Officers was then proceeded with . Comps . Coop S . E ., Capt , Luett S . N ., Probyn Treasurer , 0 . P . Bellamy P . S ., Kiugdon 1 st AS ,, Simoson 2 nd A . S ., WoorlrofFe D . C , Van Joel 1 st

steward , FJdmans 2 'id Stoward . Twelve candidates were proposed for exalratio . 'i , and the Chapter wa . closed in due fo"tn . The Companions then adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant , where the c ms cratioii banquet was to take pla-. o , the M . E . Z . occupying the

chair , supported by the Grand Chapter Officers . The fare was characteristic of . his splendid establishment . At the co ¦ . elusion the formal toi't-t werj given and responded to with tho usual honours . Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Gierke said he bad been asked to