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No . 4 , Richard William Delafons , ono of five fatherless children still dependent on their mother , brings forward 1 ( 49 votes on this , his fifth application . He has many friends in the Masonic world , and will no donbt eventually secure enough votes to place hiai within the coveted

portals of the School . He has a sister in the Girls' Institution . No . 12 , Reginald A . L . Mitchell , also oue of five dependent children , has stood three elections , but so far has but < S votes to his credit . The father served the office of W . M . in his mother Lodgo . No . 17 , Herbert J . Mc . L .

Lilly white , has 217 votes to tho good from tho two contests in which he has taken part ; we gather from the remarks osi tlie list , that this lad's father is still living , though , being paralysed , ho is incapacitated from earning a livelihood for himself and family . No . 20 , Frederick T . Davis ,

from the Eastern Division of South Wales , has two votes to show for the two elections iu which he has taken part . There is littlo fear , however , of his being left in the cold if tliere is any possibilit y of the brethren of his father ' s Province taking his case in hand . No doubt his time will

como , ancl then , in all probability , his mother will be repaid for having waited . No . 24 , Albert E . Cmtchett , has even less to show for his two elections , as he has but one vote standing to his credit ; his case is a Devonshire one , and no doubt his turn for support from that Province is already

decided upon . Let us hopo it may como ere the limit of ago law excludes him from the contests . No . 34 , James C . Besly , a Loudon candidate , has been somewhat more fortunate as regards votes , he having had 161 polled on his behalf at the last election ; that number , however is but a

very small modicum of what will eventually be needed . Ho has a sister in the Girls' School ; but this statement has , through an error , been omitted from the Balloting Paper .

No . 37 , Ernest H . Anderson , also a second application case , has three votes to his credit ; while the other , and last of this series , No . 51 , Frank K . Manning , is a new application .

Seven of the remaining candidates are members of families of four dependent , while one other is described as being of a family of which three are wholly , and two partially unprovided for . Of these , No . 10 , John E . Walters , a fourth application case , has a , sister in the Girls '

School , and has himself polled 887 votes for the Boys ' . No . 23 , Robert H . Whiting , stands as good a chance of election as any one of the fifty-two candidates , from the fact that he has 2181 votes already polled . This will be the third ballot in which he has taken part , and no doubt the

last he will need to attend . His case is accredited to Kent . No . 28 , John S . B . Allan , polled 5 votes last October ; No . 29 , James A . Gore , 86 vo'tes ; No . 32 , Lionel B . J . Manby , 633 votes ; No . 33 , Charles B . Cooper , 242 votes ; and No . 36 , William F . Sharland , 219 votes , all on the

same occasion . Perhaps it is wrong for us to refer , in such an article as this , to our personal acquaintances , but we cannot allow the namo of Manby ( No . 32 ) to pass us without recalling old times . This lad ' s father was among the first to enrol his name on the list of subscribers to the

FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE , and his orders reached us halfyearly until within a very short time of his decease . Under these circumstances we ask for some little recognition from the readers of our journal to help the orphans of an old and esteemed friend . If any of our readers have votes

to spare , we ask them to kindly remember the cause of one who in his lifetime did as much as he was able for those who appealed to him . No . 43 , Arthur Moore , is the case we have already referred to , in which , of five children , two only are partially provided for . The present is the first application in this case , which is accredited to Dorset .

It is not our intention to individualise the remaining cases , of which there are sixteen . In twelve of them the families consist of three children . In three there are two dependent , and in the other , the applicant for the benefits of the Boys' School is an only child , for which a widowed

mother has to provide . No . 14 , Frederick W . Longman , perhaps , requires some notice , his father and mother being both alive , but the former is described as incapacitated , so that our objection to this class of case does not apply . We do not wish to infer , by curtailing our re

marks , that some of the cases where three , two , or one child are dependent are not as deserving , or perhaps more so , as are the members of large families , but oar space ,

and perhaps the patience of our readers—although we must remind all that oar comments are written in a good causehas a limit , and we have been obliged to stop . We can only again hope that the mosfc deserving cases will receive

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the most support , and that each of the candidates may meet with success as his turn comes .

The Scope Of Masonry.

THE SCOPE OF MASONRY .

WE do not desire to startle the reader by any remarks that might bo justly characterized as undul y landa . tory , but wo do wish to do justice to Freemasonry , and if in so doing wo go boyond the views of some , wo trust they will fairly weigh our remarks before they assume to cast them over among the rubbish .

Tho Masonic Fraternity is a wonderful one in whatever aspect it is viewed , the most wonderful that has come down to mankind through , the ages . It is an elect society , and in numbers the elect are a great army . They could do anything they would ; they choose to do only that which is

for the highest and best advantage of themselves , and at the same time , and only in a less degree , for the advantage of their fellow-men ; for whatsoever lifts up , morally and mentally , any class of men , indirectly benefits every other class . It is an ancient society . No one can locate , in time or

place , its beginning . It has existed since a time beyond which the memory of man runneth not to the contrary . We find evident landmarks of its existence back through the ages , even where little else is found . There is a charm to many minds in searching for evidences of its material

works , ancl its labours of love . They feel that they are en route to an " undiscovered country , " from which the traveller may return . They are encouraged by frequent " finds , " ancl they thus go on , enlarging the boundaries- of knowledge , and completing the history of the Craft . It

is a charitable society , charitable in its best sense . It does not merely dole out pecuniary aid ; the world can do that , and often does it . Whenever it gives it gives feelingly , fraternally . In giving to a Brother , it feels that it ia giving to itself . All that it has belongs to the Brotherhood , and from its members in distress it can withhold none of

its possessions . The charity of Freemasonry is merely incident to its Brotherly Love . It is a moral society . Its morality is that of the First Great Light . All of its symbols and working-tools are instrumental in teaching its " beautiful system of morality . " It does not supplant the

church ; it assumes only io be the handmaid of reli gion . " But it is a powerful ally . Its teaching is always and everywhere the same , and always and everywhere for good morals . It is an intellectual society . The philosophic system of Freemasonry , in its principles and teachings , is

to the thoughtful observer its most remarkable characteristic . There seems practically to be no end to the beauty , force and variety of its philosophic systems . Men of the largest culture and the profoundest thought find pleasure

and profit in its studies . No one can give it attention without having the field of his reflctions enlarged , and deriving intellectual pleasure of the highest character . The many may be satified with the spectacular exhibition of what is termed the " work of the floor . " Even this

they may see without comprehending more than its merest surface-meaning . In doing so they throw away opportunities for the most satisfying and delightful instruction . Indeed , it is scarcely too much to say , that they gather the husk ancl throw away the corn . This is owing , in part , to

the Officers of the Lodges , and other Masonic bodies , themselves . They do not explain , they do not illustrate . But this knowledge , which the Brethren cannot at times gather within the tyled doors , is not all contraband . Some of it , at least , nay , mnch of it , may be found in the acknowledged

literature of the Craft . Freemasonry now has a literature of which it may justly he proud . The Proceedings of its different Grand bodies , and the Reports on Foreign Correspondence therein contained , are replete with instruction . The published works of such Brethren as Mackey , Fort ,

Lyon , Woodford , Hughan and Gould , are worthy of the most careful reading . They give facts ancl principles that are truly Masonic . They are logical , accurate and entertaining . The Brother who has them in his Masonic library has an unfailing source of literary pleasure . He may

know all of Freemasonry , and thereby become a complete Freemason . He becomes also , as a consequence , practically more regular and punctual in his attendance on his Masonic

bodies , and more useful as a member . He is an intelligent member . He advises wisely , and acts promptly . He not only knows the work , but he understands its meaning . He comprehends the entire scope of Freemasonry . To