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Certain Forms Of Uncharitable Ness.
his ankle when somewhat inebriated ; he did not attend his Lodge as he had not recovered from a former debauch , and his late return home is only to bo explained by some act of dissipation . It never occurs to people to suggest a simple or a harmless reason for these accidents of our dailv life .
A late return , for instance , migrht easily be accounted for by tho loss of a train , or the breaking down of a cab or omnibus , but people are never too charitably disposed , and even if one of these reasons suggested itself , something' malicious would be added to it . People arc so wonderfully knowing ,
or at least they flunk themselves so , about other persons affairs , that if their imagination had any approach to reality , the lives of many mon would exhibit the most marvellous transformations from fair average virtue to an extraordinary standard of vice . Why people should
trouble themselves in this fashion has always puzzled us , but they do so , and women , in particular , are conspicuous sinners in this respect , especially in regard to their own sex . Even Masons , in spite of the solemn charge administered to them at their initiation , seem to think it a
part of their duty to indulge in this and the other forms of uncharitableness we have referred to . We know , of course , that when men become Masons , they by no means lay aside the weaknesses of humanity , bnt we should have thought they would give a practical turn to the lessons
inculcated by Freemasonry , and especially in the matter of Charity . It is not so , hoAvever we very much regret to say , and there are numbers of Craftsmen who are as determined enemies to kindly feeling as they are to almsgiving .
We should like to see it otherwise , and we think it would be well if people made the attempt to exercise a little self-restraint , and not fancy they can trace every petty act of a man ' s life to something- sinister or discreditable . And
possibly it would do them no great amount of harm if they were at the pains occasionally of saying what they mean , and meaning what they say ; in other words , if they attempted to make a more intimate acquaintance with the virtue of sincerity . We certainly think the experiment might be made with very great advantage to many .
The entertainment to the pupils of the Girls School , who remain during the holidays , took place , as announced in our last issue , on Monday . Several brethren who take a great interest in the Institution attended , and made every effort to make the hours pass amusingly , we may say with
complete success . Amongst those present were : —Bros . H . A . Dubois , M . B . White , Thomas Kingston , P . Burdett , Jabez Ho _ 'g , S . Rawson , Rev . T . W . Morris , W . W . Morgan jun ., J . Faulkner , H . Massey , E . Cox , A . H . Diaper , B . Head , A . Sack , A . H . Tattershall , & c .
The regular monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on Saturday afternoon , at 4 p . m . Bro . Wm . Roebuck occupied the chair , and there were present Bro . W . Hyde Pullen , C . P . Matier , S . Rosenthal , F . Adlard , R . B .
Webster , John Boyd , Jesse Turner , Jabez Hogg , W . F . 0 . Moutrie , H . Cox , & c , & c , and Bro . F . Binckes , Secretary . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and verified , the Secretary announced that there would be nine vacancies at the April election , and on motion duly made
and seconded , it was agreed that this number should be further increased to thirty . It was further stated that forty-six eligible candidates still remained on the list from the October election , as many as ten names having been struck off in accordance with the law which fixes the
maximum limit of age for candidates at eleven . Twelve applications had since been entertained , and thus the number already of approved candidates was fifty-eight . Twenty-one new cases were submitted , and of these nineteen were approved , while the other two were held over for
reference to the next Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers . There will thus be seventy-seven , and there may be seventy-nine candidates to compete for the thirty appointments to be balloted for at the April election . It was also proposed to recommend the
expenditure of the sum of £ 1 , 500 in providing a new playground , with the requisite fences , & c , which is rendered necessary by the extension , now in progress , of the . school premises . A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings . The Boys' School Club held their usual dinner after the meeting .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE .
ON Wednesday , the 9 th hist ., tho usual quarterly gathering of West Yorkshire Freemasons took p ' aeo in tho Corn Exchange , Wakefield , which had been most tastefully decorated , under the banner of the Lodgo of Sincerity 1019 , by the Officers of which tho Lodge was opened in tho nsnal style . At 1 . 30 p . m ., tho Prov . Grand Lodgo entered , and was presided over by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir IT . Edwnrds , Bart ., Prov . Grand Master , supported by Bro . Tow , D . Prov .
Grand Master , both of whom wero saluted in tho usual ancient stylo . In response , Bro . Sir Henry Edwards Prov . Grand Master said : In compliance with established custom , I embrace the opportunity of meeting you thus assembled in this Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , to address to you a few words on topics of interest . I need
only briefly express to you tho pleasure I experience iu being present with you to-day . In acknowledging your salutation , I appreciate mosb highly the reception again accorded to mo by tho Freemasons of West Yorkshire , and let mo assure yon , I am proud not only of belonging to your body as Freemasons , bub also that I am called npon to preside over those quarterly gatherings .
Allow me to offer tho congratulations of the now year to every brother in this Province , and to express tho hopo that as new year succeeds now year , our distinguishing characteristics may still tend to bind us together in thoso bonds of brotherly communion for the promotion of peace and the extension of Charity , which havo existed for so many centuries as principles of tho Craft . It is our
good fortune to meet under tho banner of the Lodge of Sincerity in Wakefield at this winterly season of tho year . We have an agreeable recollection of a previous occasion when , under the banner of Unanimity , we assembled in this same most hospitable town . I am delighted to perceive that Freemasonry is on the increase in Wakefield , and that Sincerity Lodgo , the youngest of the three , founded in 1861 ,
is growing up into a wide-spreading tree . Under its banner havo been enlisted brethren of personal influence , who will carry tho principles of the Craft wherever they go , so that wherever the name of Sincerity Lodge is mentioned , and wherever the names of its Worshipfnl Masters are spoken of , there also will the Lodgo be esteemed and honoured . Sincerity Lodgo numbers in its ranks 50 members , some of them the
most active business men of the town . It is , I am informed by my Deputy , a popular Lodge , and one of which tho present ex-Mayor of Wakefield had the hononr of being elected the first Worshipful Mastor . Bro . William Clayton , of Oakenshaw Grange , as the result of a long and continued attendance to the duties of this Lodge , has earned the highest honour his brethren could confer upon him—viz .,
his election as W . M . for 1878 in the chair of tho Lodge . Wo thank him for the excellence of the arrangements for receiving the brethren of this Provincial Grand Lodge to-day . The prosperity of Wakefield appears to follow the prosperity of its three Lodges . A visitor coming to the town now , after the lapse of a few years , would at once notice the change which is taking place
in the architectural appearance of the streets . I am pleased to find this town will not be behind other towns in the Riding , and will shortly possess a magnificent Town Hall , a necessity which has long been felt , and at tho inaugural ceremony of which this Prov . Grand Lodge may look forward to participate in hearty congratulations on tlie accomplishment of a noblo work . On Saturdav , 25 th November ,
1877 , under the auspices of Lodge No . 495 , I was present , on tliat wet and dismal day , at the commencement of a noble pile of buildings for tho relief of suffering humanity—tho Clayton Hospital—a credit to the town and its principal contributors , amongst whom wero Colonel Charlesworth , and tho family of our respected Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . Tew , and which is approaching
completion under its able architect , Bro . Bakewell of Leeds . Much of this architectural extension and educational expansion of Wakefield is dno to tbe individual efforts of the Freemasons of tho three Lodges —( applause)—and moro particularly is owing to tho untiring exertions of Bro . W . H . Gill , tho original founder of tho Lodgo of Sincerity , who has shown himself to bo not only an eminent
speculative Mason in tho science of jurisprudence , either Masonic or legal , but we may venture to call him also a scientific operative master builder . I trust I shall not bo over stepping the circle of Masonic topics in alluding to tho healthy rivalry and friendly emulation between Wakefield and Halifax with regard to the new bishopric . Whilst I and others advocate the claims of Halifax , there aro
doubtless many active friends in this room who advocate tho claims of Wakefield to be a city . Both towns have , I believe , a moro brilliant future before them than anything which has yet transpired in tho history of either . The solution of this question is now in the hands of Government . Both towns desire to preserve in full activity everything that is loving and brotherly and true , and everything that
is full of energy ; and I cannot say whether the next timo I am invited to Wakefield I shall have to describe it as the " city , " or whether Provincial Grand Lodge visits the " city " of Halifax . I feel certain tho efforts made by each town for this honour will only show that all did more than their ancestors to create an institution which shall be a blessing to increased populations in this Riding , and hononr and praise to Jehovah , whom wo serve as the
great Architect of the Universe . ( Applause . ) I mnst make a brief remark upon the recent proceedings of tho Grand Lodge of England relative to the position which that body has taken up towards the Grand Orient of France , and tho Berlin Grand Lodge . Tho Prov . Grand Lodgo must endorse tho individual opinion of the Pro Grand Master of England in regretting the course which the Grand Lodge of the "Three Globes " of Berlin has followed . But we havo faith in tho wisdom anrl
expediency of the conrso which our Grand Lodge has taken , lest wo should be interfering with tho internal regulations of an independent Masonic body , with which perhaps English Freemasons havo at present a grand opportunity for bringing to tho notice
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Certain Forms Of Uncharitable Ness.
his ankle when somewhat inebriated ; he did not attend his Lodge as he had not recovered from a former debauch , and his late return home is only to bo explained by some act of dissipation . It never occurs to people to suggest a simple or a harmless reason for these accidents of our dailv life .
A late return , for instance , migrht easily be accounted for by tho loss of a train , or the breaking down of a cab or omnibus , but people are never too charitably disposed , and even if one of these reasons suggested itself , something' malicious would be added to it . People arc so wonderfully knowing ,
or at least they flunk themselves so , about other persons affairs , that if their imagination had any approach to reality , the lives of many mon would exhibit the most marvellous transformations from fair average virtue to an extraordinary standard of vice . Why people should
trouble themselves in this fashion has always puzzled us , but they do so , and women , in particular , are conspicuous sinners in this respect , especially in regard to their own sex . Even Masons , in spite of the solemn charge administered to them at their initiation , seem to think it a
part of their duty to indulge in this and the other forms of uncharitableness we have referred to . We know , of course , that when men become Masons , they by no means lay aside the weaknesses of humanity , bnt we should have thought they would give a practical turn to the lessons
inculcated by Freemasonry , and especially in the matter of Charity . It is not so , hoAvever we very much regret to say , and there are numbers of Craftsmen who are as determined enemies to kindly feeling as they are to almsgiving .
We should like to see it otherwise , and we think it would be well if people made the attempt to exercise a little self-restraint , and not fancy they can trace every petty act of a man ' s life to something- sinister or discreditable . And
possibly it would do them no great amount of harm if they were at the pains occasionally of saying what they mean , and meaning what they say ; in other words , if they attempted to make a more intimate acquaintance with the virtue of sincerity . We certainly think the experiment might be made with very great advantage to many .
The entertainment to the pupils of the Girls School , who remain during the holidays , took place , as announced in our last issue , on Monday . Several brethren who take a great interest in the Institution attended , and made every effort to make the hours pass amusingly , we may say with
complete success . Amongst those present were : —Bros . H . A . Dubois , M . B . White , Thomas Kingston , P . Burdett , Jabez Ho _ 'g , S . Rawson , Rev . T . W . Morris , W . W . Morgan jun ., J . Faulkner , H . Massey , E . Cox , A . H . Diaper , B . Head , A . Sack , A . H . Tattershall , & c .
The regular monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on Saturday afternoon , at 4 p . m . Bro . Wm . Roebuck occupied the chair , and there were present Bro . W . Hyde Pullen , C . P . Matier , S . Rosenthal , F . Adlard , R . B .
Webster , John Boyd , Jesse Turner , Jabez Hogg , W . F . 0 . Moutrie , H . Cox , & c , & c , and Bro . F . Binckes , Secretary . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and verified , the Secretary announced that there would be nine vacancies at the April election , and on motion duly made
and seconded , it was agreed that this number should be further increased to thirty . It was further stated that forty-six eligible candidates still remained on the list from the October election , as many as ten names having been struck off in accordance with the law which fixes the
maximum limit of age for candidates at eleven . Twelve applications had since been entertained , and thus the number already of approved candidates was fifty-eight . Twenty-one new cases were submitted , and of these nineteen were approved , while the other two were held over for
reference to the next Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers . There will thus be seventy-seven , and there may be seventy-nine candidates to compete for the thirty appointments to be balloted for at the April election . It was also proposed to recommend the
expenditure of the sum of £ 1 , 500 in providing a new playground , with the requisite fences , & c , which is rendered necessary by the extension , now in progress , of the . school premises . A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings . The Boys' School Club held their usual dinner after the meeting .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE .
ON Wednesday , the 9 th hist ., tho usual quarterly gathering of West Yorkshire Freemasons took p ' aeo in tho Corn Exchange , Wakefield , which had been most tastefully decorated , under the banner of the Lodgo of Sincerity 1019 , by the Officers of which tho Lodge was opened in tho nsnal style . At 1 . 30 p . m ., tho Prov . Grand Lodgo entered , and was presided over by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir IT . Edwnrds , Bart ., Prov . Grand Master , supported by Bro . Tow , D . Prov .
Grand Master , both of whom wero saluted in tho usual ancient stylo . In response , Bro . Sir Henry Edwards Prov . Grand Master said : In compliance with established custom , I embrace the opportunity of meeting you thus assembled in this Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , to address to you a few words on topics of interest . I need
only briefly express to you tho pleasure I experience iu being present with you to-day . In acknowledging your salutation , I appreciate mosb highly the reception again accorded to mo by tho Freemasons of West Yorkshire , and let mo assure yon , I am proud not only of belonging to your body as Freemasons , bub also that I am called npon to preside over those quarterly gatherings .
Allow me to offer tho congratulations of the now year to every brother in this Province , and to express tho hopo that as new year succeeds now year , our distinguishing characteristics may still tend to bind us together in thoso bonds of brotherly communion for the promotion of peace and the extension of Charity , which havo existed for so many centuries as principles of tho Craft . It is our
good fortune to meet under tho banner of the Lodge of Sincerity in Wakefield at this winterly season of tho year . We have an agreeable recollection of a previous occasion when , under the banner of Unanimity , we assembled in this same most hospitable town . I am delighted to perceive that Freemasonry is on the increase in Wakefield , and that Sincerity Lodgo , the youngest of the three , founded in 1861 ,
is growing up into a wide-spreading tree . Under its banner havo been enlisted brethren of personal influence , who will carry tho principles of the Craft wherever they go , so that wherever the name of Sincerity Lodge is mentioned , and wherever the names of its Worshipfnl Masters are spoken of , there also will the Lodgo be esteemed and honoured . Sincerity Lodgo numbers in its ranks 50 members , some of them the
most active business men of the town . It is , I am informed by my Deputy , a popular Lodge , and one of which tho present ex-Mayor of Wakefield had the hononr of being elected the first Worshipful Mastor . Bro . William Clayton , of Oakenshaw Grange , as the result of a long and continued attendance to the duties of this Lodge , has earned the highest honour his brethren could confer upon him—viz .,
his election as W . M . for 1878 in the chair of tho Lodge . Wo thank him for the excellence of the arrangements for receiving the brethren of this Provincial Grand Lodge to-day . The prosperity of Wakefield appears to follow the prosperity of its three Lodges . A visitor coming to the town now , after the lapse of a few years , would at once notice the change which is taking place
in the architectural appearance of the streets . I am pleased to find this town will not be behind other towns in the Riding , and will shortly possess a magnificent Town Hall , a necessity which has long been felt , and at tho inaugural ceremony of which this Prov . Grand Lodge may look forward to participate in hearty congratulations on tlie accomplishment of a noblo work . On Saturdav , 25 th November ,
1877 , under the auspices of Lodge No . 495 , I was present , on tliat wet and dismal day , at the commencement of a noble pile of buildings for tho relief of suffering humanity—tho Clayton Hospital—a credit to the town and its principal contributors , amongst whom wero Colonel Charlesworth , and tho family of our respected Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . Tew , and which is approaching
completion under its able architect , Bro . Bakewell of Leeds . Much of this architectural extension and educational expansion of Wakefield is dno to tbe individual efforts of the Freemasons of tho three Lodges —( applause)—and moro particularly is owing to tho untiring exertions of Bro . W . H . Gill , tho original founder of tho Lodgo of Sincerity , who has shown himself to bo not only an eminent
speculative Mason in tho science of jurisprudence , either Masonic or legal , but we may venture to call him also a scientific operative master builder . I trust I shall not bo over stepping the circle of Masonic topics in alluding to tho healthy rivalry and friendly emulation between Wakefield and Halifax with regard to the new bishopric . Whilst I and others advocate the claims of Halifax , there aro
doubtless many active friends in this room who advocate tho claims of Wakefield to be a city . Both towns have , I believe , a moro brilliant future before them than anything which has yet transpired in tho history of either . The solution of this question is now in the hands of Government . Both towns desire to preserve in full activity everything that is loving and brotherly and true , and everything that
is full of energy ; and I cannot say whether the next timo I am invited to Wakefield I shall have to describe it as the " city , " or whether Provincial Grand Lodge visits the " city " of Halifax . I feel certain tho efforts made by each town for this honour will only show that all did more than their ancestors to create an institution which shall be a blessing to increased populations in this Riding , and hononr and praise to Jehovah , whom wo serve as the
great Architect of the Universe . ( Applause . ) I mnst make a brief remark upon the recent proceedings of tho Grand Lodge of England relative to the position which that body has taken up towards the Grand Orient of France , and tho Berlin Grand Lodge . Tho Prov . Grand Lodgo must endorse tho individual opinion of the Pro Grand Master of England in regretting the course which the Grand Lodge of the "Three Globes " of Berlin has followed . But we havo faith in tho wisdom anrl
expediency of the conrso which our Grand Lodge has taken , lest wo should be interfering with tho internal regulations of an independent Masonic body , with which perhaps English Freemasons havo at present a grand opportunity for bringing to tho notice