A Candidate For- Light

the Lodge . He is there when light is dispensed . He se : s , hears , learns , all that is said and done in the Craft . Not only tho youngest Master Mason , but the oldest Past Master , may acquire new light . When Freemasonry

ceases to bo a svm to all of its attendant members , it will deserve to cease to exist . No hoary antiquity can save it , if it be not true to its immemorial purpose as a dispenser of light . What is the Masonic difference between a Jnuior Master

of Ceremonies and a Worshipful Master ? Is it not the measure of light received by them from the Craft , and evidenced by their attainments in the Lodge work ? What is the diil ' ereuce between the Master who is

rarely seen after ho has retired from tho chair , and the Master who becomes tho always regular Past Master , rarely or never absent from his place in the Lodge . Is it not simply a question of Masonic light ? The light in tho one is darkness ; in the other it is the noonday sun .

But there is no light which the candidate for light—be he Master Mason , Worshipful Master , or Past Maste * , can find outside of the Lodge ? In the olden time , when our brethren met in the Dark Ages , before tho invention of printing , All Masonic light

was dispensed in the Lodge . Then our first Great Light , the Holy Bible , existed only in manuscript , aud was kept with all care as a priceless treasure . But now this First Great Light is everywhere . Wo cannot travel anywhere without finding it .

What is the duty of the Freemason with regard to this Great Light ? It contains much Masonry . In the Books of Kings and Chronicle * we may read , we shmld read , the details of the building and the dedication of Solomon ' s Temple ; and in other portions of its pages we should read ,

both in the Old and New Testaments , the words that are quoted in our work , in the connection in which they appear in the original text . A Freemason should be a Bible student , for the reason that the Bible is his First Great Light . If he is a candidate for light , this should be his primary text-book .

The Constitutions of the Grand Lodge , or the Ahiman Rezon—Brothers' Law—as sometimes styled , are full of light for Craftsmen . The candidate for light who neglects these , loses a tutor of the greatest worth . The Annual Proceedings of Grand Lodges are another

source of Masonic light . They give tbe current news of the Craft , and also admirable reviews of the progress of Freemasonry in other jurisdictions . We make a mistake

when wo confine our knowledge of Masonry to its exemplification in our own little world , our own jurisdiction . The field is the world , and Freemasonry is one round the globe .

The printed pages of a weekly journal like The Keystone are a pleasant and profitable source of Masonic light . There may be found intelligence of all the leading contemporaneous events in the Graft . There are bright and crisp paragraphs concerning prominent

Freemasons—Grand Officers , Worshipful Masters , High Priests and Eminent Commanders . There are editorial leaders , discussing timely topics and important principles . The brother who fails to take and read a Masonic journal is not truly a candidate for more light , and fails to keep fully

in touch with his brethren in the Masonic Fraternity around the globe . The best books on Masonic topics—histories like Gould ' s , or Fort ' s , or Lyon ' s , or Stillson ' s ; addresses like Chandler ' s

or Metham ' s ; works upon special Masonic topics like Hughan ' s , or Mackey ' s , or Hayden ' s , or Lawrence ' s , all of these are full of Masonic light , and all are open to tho candidate for light .

Brethren , are you still candidates for light ? If you are , you are happy Masons , and Freemasonry will never cease to be to you a source of pleasure and instruction . —Keystone

In acknowledging a letter from Mr . M . Nicoll , bidding farewell to Lord and Lady Onslow on behalf of the Masons of the New Zealand Constitution , his Excellency the Governor states that the secession of those who established themselves under a Constitution other than that of the Grand Lodges of the United Kingdom , and the

consequent ill-feeling which it aroused , have been matters which caused him as an Officer of the Grand Lodge , no little pain ; and that when ne returned to England he would urge the Grand Lodge 01 England to take such steps as may be most conducive to the restoration of that amity which shonld characterise Masons all over uie world . H would be always willing to givo assistance to the Freemasons of New Zealand totku ^ -Cankrbarg Time * .

New Music.

NEW MUSIC .

All Music intended for review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , If . "The Organist ' s Library . " By Dr . W . J . Westbrook . " Margherita . " Morceau do Genre for the piano , by Angelo

Mascheroni . " Barcarolle . " For the piano , by B . Palrnieri . " Don ' t Cry . " Song . Words by Whitcombe Eiley , musio by R . B . Addison . " Guard my Belov'd One . " Song . English version by Henry

Stevens , Italian words by P . Mazzoni , music by Angelo Mascheroni . " Spirit of Love . " Song . Words by Adela Wilkins , musio by Edwin D . Lloyds . " Go not , Sweet day . " Song . Words by Clifton Bingham , musio by Frank L . Moir .

London : ROISERT COCKS AND Co ., New Burlington Street , W . The first item of this paroel will be heartily welcomed by those fond of the organ . It is tho first nnmber of a series of sir , entitled " The Organist's Library , " by Dr . W . J . Westbrook , and contains an overture , " Lazarns . " an andante , larghetto movement , and an

allegretto movement , —all of which are capital pieces . " Margherita , " Morceau de Genre for the piano , by Angelo Mascheroni , is a charming composition , and although somewhat easy will be most effective if well performed . A thoroughly good piece is the " Barcarolle" for the piano , by B . Palrnieri , and should become popular . This work

is more difficult than tho previous one , so that it will be seen that Messrs . Cocks study both the beginner and the more advanced pupil . We now come to the songs , the first of which , " Don't Cry , " is a capital life lesson ; th-a words are from the pen of Whitcombe Riley , while R . B . Addison has supplied some attractive musin . " Guard my

Beloved One" has Italian words supplied by P . Mazzoni , and the English version is by Harry Stevens , while the music is by Angelo Mascheroni . This work shonld be included in every one ' s repertoire , for it is a thoroughly good and intellectual song . Adela Wilkins and Edwin D . Lloyds are responsible for " Spirit of Love ; " and here we

have good words set to musio in a style that should well repay both composer and writer . Tho last of the present parcel is a pretty theme entitled " Go not , Sweet Day , " and the words Clifton Bingham has written have been set to such attraotive musio by Frank L . Moir that it cannot fail to be justly appreciated . We doubt not that " Go not , Sweet Day " will remain a favourite for some long time .

Masonic Ball At Portsmouth.

MASONIC BALL AT PORTSMOUTH .

IT was indoed a happy idea to utilise the charitable maohinery of the Order of the Province of Hampshire and tho Isle of Wight for helping forward the movement initiated by His Worship the Mayor of Portsmouth !( Mr . Alderman Scott Foster , J . P ., ) for the relief of the sufferers by the collapse of the Portsea Island Building Society . Tho proposal was readily , not to say eagerly , adopted by

the Portsmouth Freemasons , and the committee , whioh was formed of representatives from the various Lodges , found a ready response to their efforts to make the gathering a success . The Right Worshipfnl the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., was applied to for his official sanction for the ball to be held under the

banner of Provincial Grand Lodge , and this having been promptly accorded , the arrangements proceeded apace and the result will be the addition of a substantial sum to the Mayor ' s fund . The ball , which was held on Wednesday , the 20 th ult ., at the Town Hall , was an exceptionally successful affair , which will long retain a place in the memory of all who took part in it .

St. Aubyn Council.

ST . AUBYN COUNCIL .

THE Knights of Constantinople of this Council held their annual meeting on the 29 th ult ., at Fidelity Hall , Devonport . The I . S . elect Sir Kt . John Bray was installed by the Rev . Dr . Lemon , assisted by Past I . S . P . B . Clemens , E . Aitken Davies , W . H . Cawse , and S . Hatchings . The Officers invested were Fraters W . H . Cawse I . P . I . S ., Rev . Dr . Lemon Prelate , T . Shears C . A ., J . T . Wiloocks

M . A ., S . Hutchings M . F ., E . J . Seymour M . D ., F . M . H . Somerville Seneschal , A . Churchill P . P ., A . Trout Marshal , J . R . H . Harris C . G ., J . Sandy 1 st H ., R . T . Parsons 2 nd H ., C . Tozer S . B ., E ,

Santillo 0 ., J . Dewstone Standard Bearer , A . Maddook Purveyor , W . J . Everett Almoner , G . Henderson Sentinel . The Grand Counoil has elected Rev . Dr . Lemon the Secretary-General , and re-eleoted P . B . Clemens the Treasurer-General .

It is somewhat remarkable how many of the present advocates of the idea that Grand Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons should take part in the Scottish Rite controversy , between rival Supremo Councils , were , a few years since , of a direotly opposite opinion . Ifc

is not so very remarkable either , when we come to consider the faot , that , in most instances , this change of opinion followed closely upon the elevation of tho individual to the high honour of being made 33 ° Mason . It is only an illustration of the old adage of how " Circum . stances alter cases . "—Advocate .

Marriage.

MARRIAGE .

CIUCK—r-ARISH . —On the Stli inst .. at Sheprcth , Cambs ., Iiy tho Hev . — Hinc , Bro . WILLIAJI I ' IUCK to IAMA PAHISII .