The Secretaryship Of The Boys' Sohool.

because A , B or C is substituted for D . All manner of suggestions may be expected ; real or imaginary grievances will arise ; and , above all things , there will be the ormosition of the friends of the defeated

candidates to be reckoned with . Can it be expected the Institution will immediately benefit from a change surrounded with such disturbing elements ? No , and we shall be somewhat snrDrised if a feelincr does not

arise within the first year or two that the winners in the present movement have been the cause of considerable losS to the Charity on whose behalf they have so actively worked and pertinaciously laboured .

The days are drawing to a close when we shall feel it our duty to oppose the action of the Institution that has undertaken the radical changes witnessed in connection with the Eoyal Masonic Institution for

Boys during the last few months . We have not hesitated to say that it was most unwise to remove Bro . Binckes , and we remain of that opinion , with no chance of of changing our views ; but we recognise that the claims of the Charity itself are of far greater

moment , and while we shall not fail to regret tbe loss of our old friend , we shall not lose an opportunity of supporting his successor , and the work he will be called npon to perform , when once he is regularly installed

in the office . We strongly urge all supporters of the Institution to consider the the advisability of adopting similar tactics . When once [ the 30 th June has arrived and the Secretaryship of the Boys' School has passed

from Bro . Binckes' opposition to the views of the Committee can do no good to the brother whose removal is so much regretted , and we believe that Bro . Binckes himself would be the foremost in advocating that his

friends should bow to tho force of events , and loyally work in the management of the ship , even though it be in the hands of another lieutenant . " Our Hercules " has made such a record in connection with

the Charities of the Craft that there is no fear of his , services being ultimately forgotten . We sympathise j with him sincerely in the fact that so many Masons , have arisen who have not the ability to see matters I

in the same light as his long experience has shown I them , but he is sufficiently a man of the world to ' recognise that changes are inevitable in human ' affairs , and wo believe he will be one of the most

earnest in urging his friends to labour hard to complete the good work he commenced , and , so long as he was able , faithfully maintained .

Within the next few clays the Craft will have further details before them of the coming election , and we can only conclude with the hope that whatever is done may lead to ultimate benefit for the

Institution so intimately concerned in the matter . If we and those who have hitherto supported Brother Binckes cannot render him any service in the clays of his retirement , we can at least show our

appreciation of his past services by . endeavouring to carry on the Institution as he would have liked to have seen it carried on had he been retained in his office as Secretary .

Freemasonry A Survival Of The Fittest.

FREEMASONRY A SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST .

THB reorganisation of the Craft in England in tbe year 1717 , by the formation of the first " Moderns " Grand Lodge of England , which reorganisation was participated in by some four , five or six Lodges ( ifc is uncertain which ) and a number of old Brethren , is ordinarily styled the

" revival of Masonry . It should rather be styled the " survival . " Masonry had never beon dead . From the time when it was first constituted , by wise men in the East more than five thousand years ago , it has had a continuous existence .

Adam is dead—and buried ; so is Abraham ; and Moses ; and St . John ; but tho human race hos survived aU the accidents of time , all the attentions of physicians , all the

Freemasonry A Survival Of The Fittest.

ministrations of undertakers . With Daniel Webster , it says , " I still live . " So Freemasonry still lives . It has never revived ; it has always s ?« rvived . It has lived through all the centuries and millennials since its origin , through the

rise and fall of dynasties and nations , through all the epi . demies of blind frenzy and heated ignorance , through evil report and good report ; and it is to-day not the most wealthy , nor tho most numerously supported by members

of » 1 ] the institutions among men , bat it is tho most richl y dowered with principle , with charity , wifch the milk , nay , with the cream of human kindness . It is a survival of the fittest .

The fithst of what ? The fittest of all the Mysteries of the ages . There are no true Mysteries , ancient or modern , which are not closely related , which were not in tho lino of suivival . Tho OsiriarJ , the Phoenician , the Diouysian , the

Samothracian , tho Solomonic , the Eleusinian , the mediaeval European , the modern Masonic Mysteries , are all branches of one family , are all in the samo line of ascent , are all similar , but not tho same . The son is not tho same as the father , but he tears his name and caules his blood

in his veins . The principle of the one is the principle of the other . Blood wi'l tall . So with Freemsonry . Its outward form is its body ; its animating , controlling , undying principles are its soul , ar . d tho soul never diesnot even the soul of pilnciple . Truth is deathless , and

charity , and fraternity . Freemasonry is an embodiment of all these 'Tjmortal principles , which first contained , so far as we know , in tho Osirian Mysteries , live and move and have their be ng to-day in Freemasonry , and only in Freemasonry .

There are no attempted copies of Freemasonry which are not as distant from it as tho poles from the equator . Freemasomy is equatoiial in the fervour of the Brotherly love which actuates its members , in the warmth of truth

which animates its principles , in tho glow of charity which clothes its actions . Modern fraternal societies , compared with it , aro as cold as an iceberg drfiing from tho pola circle towards the torrid zone .

Tho world has had but one Solomon , and one Freemasoniy . It will never have another . Who that is farrvliar with the Masonic fraternity whether he is conscious or not thafc it is the survival of the best mystic societies of alt tho ages , does not know

that it is the fittest of all tho organisations which have had for their object tho unification of men of liko physical , mental and moral gifts as Brethren ; of those who could best enjoy each other's society , and minister to each other ' s needs , and ablo and anxious to do good and distribute

without forgetting ? Other societies are united by frail cords , which were woven in modern times , bufc Freemasonry is subject to the laws of hereditary , —descends to us as an inheritance from the past . It is the mystic gem of the

ages . Its tie is irrefragible . Ifc exists to-day , as it existed thousands of years ago , because it was fit to survive , and it is the most signal example in nature of the truth of the doctrine of the survival of the fittest . —Keystone .

Duke Of Connaught In Canada.

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT IN CANADA .

H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , during his recent visit to Toronto , was accorded a most enthusiastic aud cordial reception by the Masonic fraternity of that city . An emergent meeting of tho Ionic Lodge was called , to which all the Craffc in the city was heartily invited . Bro . F . M . Morson opened the Lodge , when about five

hundred of tho Craft were present . Every inch of standing room in the magnificent hall on Toronto-street was occupied , and many could nofc obtain admission . His Highness arrived about 10 o ' clock , accompanied by Col . Cavaye and fche following members of the reception Committee : Bros .

G . Sterling Ryerson Chairman , Baird Secretary , J . K . Kerr P . G . M ., R . W . Roaf D . D . G . M ., F . M . Morson G . R ., Bennett P . G . R ., Mayor E . F . Clarke , J . B . Rousted and Swaifc . He was received with grand hononrs , and was requested by Bro . Ryerson to take the gavel . Bro . Ryerson , iu welcoming him to the Lodges , said : —

Tour Eoyal Highness , —On behalf of this groat assembly of Freemasons , the like of which never was seen in this country ; on behalt of the Maaonic Reception Committee , of which I am the chairman and servant , I bid yon most heartily welcome . We welcome you as a distinguished brother , whose life has been a bright and shining