The Ancients And Moderns.

aristocratic Grand Lodgo of England at first looked with haughty indifference upon theso organisations of brethren in the humbler walks of l ! fi > , and only adopted active measures of 3 uppriss ou when the latter felt themselves strong and numerous cnonj-h to organise , in 1753 , under the

vigorous leadership of Laurence Dermott , himself an Irishman , a Grand Lodge of thoir own , which , by displaying mnch activity , bwfimpa most formidable rival of the constitutional Grand Lodge , warranting many Lodges at homo and abroad , but especially in America . Tho Irish

element being preponderant , thoy formulated their Constitutions as well as their by-laws for private Lodges in accordance with thoso ( Spratt's ) of tbo Grand Lodge of

Ireland , and preserving and practising moro of the old customs than their rivals , called themselves "Ancient Masons . " Thoir warrants for tho constitution of Lodges began as follow :

" We , tho Grand Lodge of tho most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of F . and A . Masons , according to the Old Constitutions granted by his Royal Highness Prince Edwin , at York , A . D . 926 , in amp ^ e form assembled , Ac . "

The words " according to the Old Constitutions granted by his Royal Highness Princo Edwin , at York , A . D . 926 , " were inserted for effect—historical researches having shown that these " Old Constitutions , " like the Charter of Cologne , are apocryphal , and that Princo Edwin is a

traditionary or mythical personage—but this insertion dTd wonders for the Ancients , especially in this country , where to this very day we often meet with the expression "Ancient York Rite , " and where still a vast number of brethren labour under the delnsion that they aro descended from the

real "Ancient York Masons , " whereas their early Lodges wero constituted by a society that never had the remotest connection with tho Grand Lodge of York , and as a matter of fact that old Lodge was in abeyance and almost defunct when tho Ancients started as an independent body .

There can be no doubt that the Grand Lodgo of tho Ancients exerted a corrective influence on the too progressive tendency of the Moderns by lowering thoir standard , and at the time of their Union in 1813 they dictated terms to thoir rivals near akin to unconditional surrender .

4 . The old Lodge "Antiquity , " in consequence of dissensions having arisen betwixt it and the Grand Lodge of England , was constituted in 1779 by a deputation from the Grand Lodge of all England at York , as a Grand Lod ^ e

of England south of the river Trent . It met with little success , and 10 years after its constitution it returned repentant to the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodgo of England . —The South African Freemason .

A " Revival " Movement.

A " REVIVAL " MOVEMENT .

M . PUVIS DE CHAVANNES , the eminent painter , denies indignantly that he has been enrolled among

the Now Rosicrucians , the sect founded by M . Peladan , the aesthetic poet , and by M . Antoino do La Rochefoucauld , ono of tho champion acrobats in tho private Cirque Molier . After the self-styled " Sar " Peladan , Comte de Larmandie , another leading dignitary of the new order , the members of which propose to dazzle the world by an exhibition of

pictures and statuary next March , gives an account of the sect . The Comte and his friends deny tho assertion that they have broken away from tho Catholic Church . They hy no means want to bo excommunicated by bell , book , and candle , but they object to the prohibitions of tho Church in

tho matter of tho study of occult sciences and magic . M . Peladan and his associates style themselves Mages , and maintain that the Apocalypse called Revelations by Protestants is a book full of symbols like theirs , which can only bo understood by gifted persons who prepare

themselves by praying and fasting for their work—in fact , the ¦ New Rosicrucians intend to graduate for saintships , and people accordingly may expect to see M . Peladan , who formerl y wrote some peculiar books , and M . de La

xiocnetoucauld , who astonished Paris as an amateur acrobat , qualifying for positions in tho Hagiological Calendar . This , at least , is to be surmised from the utterances of the Comte de Larmandie , who insists that the ijatter-Day Mages , Rosicrucians , Zoroastrians , or whatever

A " Revival " Movement.

else they may caro to call themselves , must load perfectly virtuous lives . Tho Comto states further thit ho and his brethren believe that there is an astral as well : is a spiritual and material world , and thoro aro astral bodios visible as the ordinary human frame , but impalpable and possessing

all tho attributes of the spirit . The presence of these bodies explains such phenomena as dreams , craticy , somnambulism , and seeing into tlie future . Great stress

is laid by tho Rosicrucians on the relation of tho astral only to dreams , which they hold presage invariably tint fatiuv . The Comto is less lucid in his explanation of another attribute of astral bodies called envoiltement , or o .-istiiiw

magical spells on others which may lead to tho death of the persons so acted upon . All theso phenomena aro to bo studied and developed by tho Mage * of Pari ? , V . IKSO doctrines savour strongly of tho hypnotic theory which Gabricllo Buna pa rd , or her legal advisers , cndonvouied to

utilise during tho trial of Eyraud and herself for fim rnurdor of Gouffe . Outside of tho Saltpetriero and tho Schools of Hypnotism , not much interest will attach to the

vagaries of tho Rosicrncifins . Tho sect , however , is in itself a novelty , and may havo a run of curiosity for a season , then to bo buried nnder inevitable ridicule and oblivion . —Daily Telegraph .

Tho Committee of Management of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution hold their monthly mooting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday . Brother J . S . Cumberland presided , and there wero present Brothers W . J . Murlis , Joseph Freeman , C . A . Cottebrune P . G . P ., G . Bolton ,

James Brett P . G . P ., S . Vallentine , Hugh Cotter , W . B . Hubbert , J . J . Berry , C . J . Perceval , J . Newton , H . Garrod , C . Kempton , L . G . Gordon-Bobbins , C . F . Hogard P . G . Std . Bearer , G . Mickley , M . A ., M . B ., A . Mnllord , T . B . Purchas , J . P . Fitzgerald , A . Darrant , A . Forsyth ,

Lennox Browne , T . B . Daniel ! , Hugh M . Hobbs , and James Terry P . G . S . B . Secretary . The minutes of tho August meeting having been read and verified , tho Secretary reported the death of one malo and ono widow annuitant , and tho Warden ' s reporfc for tho pasfc month

was read . The application from the widow of a recentl y deceased annuitant for half her late husband ' s annuity was granted , and the petition of a widow candidate accepted , and her name ordered to bo entered on tho list for the election in May 1892 . The usual vote of thanks to the Chairman closed tho proceedings .

A warrant has beon granted by Grand Lodgo for tho formation of a new Lodge of Freemasons at Stroud , which will be named tho Hicks-Beach Lodge , in honour of tho present Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire . Ifc will bo numbered 2407 on fche roll of Grand Lodge and tho

15 bh on the list of Lodges of the Province . Nearly twenty yer rs have elapsed since tho last Lodgo of Gloucestershire waa warranted , Lodge Tyndall , at Chipping Sodburynamed after William Tyndall , the first translator of tho Bible into English , whoso birthplace was afc Nibley , not far

from Sodbury—having been constitnted in November 1871 . This Lodgo is numbered 1363 ; in the interval sinco its constitution there have , therefore , beon 1044 new Lodges constituted under tho jurisdiction of the English Grand Lod ^ e . While no new warrant has been issued in Glou-O

_ cestershire during tho past twenty years , tho previous period of twenty years saw ten new Lodges created within the county , only four , viz ., tho two Cheltenham Lodges , tbe Lodgo at Berkeley , and one of the three Lodges at Gloucester dating existence before 1850 . Masonry in

Gloucestershire received its greatest fillip in 1856 , when the county was reconstituted a Province , under the lato Lord Sherborne , chiefly through tho exertions of Mr .

Newmarcb , its first Deputy Grand Master , and of the lato Mr . Gwinnott , and his brother-in-law , the lato Mr . T . G . Palmer . Within ten years of the date mentioned not less than eight of the existing fourteen Lodges wore founded .

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dried , Holloway ' s Ointmsnt must bo rubbed in firmly and evenly for a few minutes twice a day , and his Pills taken according to the printed directions wrapped round each box of his medicine . Both Ointment and I'ilis are accompanied by instructions designed for the public at large , and no invalid , who attentively reads them , can now be all any loss how to doctor himself successfully ,