Lodge, No. 155, Has Again Resumed Her Rightful Position In Fche Masonic Brotherhood. Brethren, I Sometimes Think That We Do Not Fully Realize

Lodge , No . 155 , has again resumed her rightful position in fche Masonic Brotherhood . Brethren , I sometimes think that we do not fully realize

the high honour conferred on us , and the responsibility imposed on us , by being admitted to membership in this Ancient and Honourable Fraternity , and becoming Brothers of this Mystic Brotherhood . We claim that it is the

noblest and grandest Fraternity ever instituted by man , and so it is . Noble and grand , not merely because it is so ancient , and has withstood all the tests of ages , ancl remains unchanged in its pure principles and moral

teachings from the first until the present , and will continue to remain unchanged until time shall be no more , but noble and grand because of its belief in the universal Fatherhood of God , and universal Brotherhood of man , and because it

unites together so many men into one common bond of brotherhood and elevates and ennobles them both by precept and example . There is a justifiable pleasure and pardonable pride in

which we may all indulge , not only because we have been admitted as members into this Ancient and Honourable Fraternity , but also because we are members of Mount .

Moriah Lodge . Many times have I rejoiced that there was a Lodge named Mount Moriah , and many a time have I been proud thafc I was ever admitted to membership in it .

Brethren , have you ever thought about how much honour and glory there is connected with that grand old mountain , Mount Moriah , from which we derive our name ? Nearly four thousand years ago God appeared to

Abraham ( be to whom the Almighty promised that in him and his seed should all the nations of the earth be blessed ) , and commanded him to take his beloved son , the son of his old age , and go into the land of promise , and on one of

the mountains which He would show him , there to offer him as a sacrifice to the One only true and living God . Abraham , as commanded , started on his journey . On the third day he beheld Mount Moriah afar off . Thither he

went , erected an altar , bound his son , laid him on the altar , and when about to strike the fatal blow , his arm was stayed by the Almighty , who , accepting the will for the deed , provided a lamb for the sacrifice , typical of the

spotless Lamb of God , to be sacrificed in due time on Calvary ( Calvary being a portion of Mount Moriah ) for the sins of the whole world , and through whose merits and atonement you and I as Christians may find everlasting life .

Though Mount Moriah was a high mountain , and visible from afar , yet it seems to have been farmed , for we learn that some eight hundred and fifty or more years after Abraham went there to offer up his son as a sacrifice to

the Almighty , David , King of Israel , purchased from Oman the Jebusite a threshing floor , situated on Mount Moriah , on which he erected an altar , and offered sacrifices and appeased the wrath of the destroying angel after

70 , 000 of the Israelites had perished by the plague for their transgressions . A few years after this event , this lofty mountain top was levelled down , and on it King Solomon erected the most magnificent and costliest ; Temple

the world ever saw , and dedicated it as a place in which to worship the only trne and living God . There in the Holy of Holies and on the solid rock of the mountain rested the Ark of the Covenant . There the Divine

presence manifested itself over the Mercy seat . From there went forth the light and truth of the Urim and Thummim . And there our Ancient and Honourable

Fraternity was formulated , there its principles were so beautifully illustrated , and there the arts and sciences were made the basis of an institution which has continued until

the present time , of which institution we are a part , and whose principles we endorse and teach . That magnificent Temple ( the glory of which has spread to all countries ) has crumbled into dust . The Divine Presence is seen

there no more over the Mercy Seat . The Ark of the Covenant rests no longer there on the solid rock . It is gone , nor has any one to the present time been able to tell "what has become of it . The city built on Mount Moriah

the people who dwelt therein , and who were once so numerous , active and prosperous , have all passed away . But the grand old mountain , Mount Moriah , still remains , and beneath its surface , beneath the ruins of the city and Temple , and beneath the accumulated rubbish of centuries ,

are to-day to be found massive foundation walls , subterraneous passage ways , caverns , aqueducts , and pools , as memorials and relics of the ancient city and Temple that once adorned the lofty summit of Mount Moriah . The

Lodge, No. 155, Has Again Resumed Her Rightful Position In Fche Masonic Brotherhood. Brethren, I Sometimes Think That We Do Not Fully Realize

Light and Truth there unfolded from the Urim and Thummim still continue , and are spreading and increasing throughout all countries . Tho Fraternity there instituted , and the pure principles and moral teachings there formulated , still continue , still are endorsed , taught and practised

throughout the world , and will continue to exist and be practised until there are no more rough Ashlars to be fitted as living stones for that spiritual Temple , that house not marie with hands , eternal in tho heavens .

Brethren , have we not a right to feel proud of our Fraternity , proud thafc wo have been admitted as brothers into this Mystic Brotherhood , proud of the name of out-Lodge , and proud that wo are members of Mount Moriah

Lodge , a Lodge deriving its name from a place where so many remarkable , important and glorious transactions have transpired ? If we are proud of our Fraternity , if we are proud of our connection with the Masonic

Brotherhood , if we aro proud of our Lodge and its Damp , and of our membership in it , let us now and for the future resolve and determine not only to maintain the pure principles ancl moral virtues formulated , taught and practised

by our Ancient and Honourable Fraternity , of being a true and lawful brother in the Mystic Brotherhood , but also to the utmost of our ability to do our part in making Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 155 , what she Masonically ought

to be , and placing her where she rightfully belongs , in the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons . Brethren , it is perfectly right and just thafc there should bo contentions among us ( or rather emulations ) of who can

accomplish the mosfc towards this laudable purpose , and as the Urim and Thummim , contained in Aaron ' s Breastplate , were the source of Light and Truth , so also may Mount Moriah Lodge not only be a source of Masonic Light and

Truth , an example of Fidelity to the Fraternity , an example of obedience to the Rules , Regulations and Edicts of the Grand Lodge , and an example of brotherly love , protection and care for one another , but also a pattern of what Esoteric Freemasonry is and ought to be . —Keystone .

In July last the Board of General Purposes of tho Grand Lodge of New South Wales voted a third share in a probable outlay of £ 1000 or more for the purposes of making the election and installation of the Grand Master all it

should be . The importance of the occasion , the wealth and influence of the members , and the exalted position of the Grand Master elect , demand that- the coming ceremonies shall not lack in splendour and importance . The

board were of opinion that every facility should be afforded to every subscribing Mason to take some parfc in the ceremonials , and that the purely formal business be as brief as consistent with legality , so that as many as possible may participate in such auspicious ceremonies .

On Saturday , the 8 fch inst ,, the remains of Bro . William Pierson Smith were interred at Sfc . Anne ' s Cemetery , Stanley , the chief mourners being Mrs . Smith , and daughters , Messrs . Etchells , T . Taylor , D . Taylor , and H .

Ockleston . The Toxteth Lodge , No . 1356 , of which he was a highly respected member , was represented by Brothers Hugh H . Hughes W . M ., Lawrance Phillips S . W ., Haydn P . Cowell O ., John Hughes , & c .

South Australia.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA .

\ NEW Lodge waa opened afc Malmsbury on Tuesday , the 10 th -LX- July , under the title of the Sandiford Lodge . Bro . T . W . Fowler , D . G . D . O . and I . P . M . of the Gippsland Forest Lodge , Warragnl , performed the ceremonies of consecration and installation , assisted by Bros . Elliott P . M . Zetland Lodge , Kyneton , Storey P . M . Zetland Lodge ; and Nind W . M , Gippsland Forest Lodge . Bro . W .

Smyth W . M . designate waa installed into the chair , after which the following Officers were invested : —Bros . W . Yoang S . W ., J . Hunter S . W ., S . Hoopell S . D ., S , Sandiford J . D ., and 11 . R . Fretwell I . G . Seven candidates were proposed , and the Lodge being closed ,

an adjournment was made to Mrs . Horsfield's Hotel , where fche brethren partook of an excellent sapper . A couple of hoars were very pleasantly passed , the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts being interspersed by songs and recitations .

HOLIOWAY ' OijnraiEirr AND PILLS . —Biliousness and Dyspepsia . —There is no organ in the human body more liable to derangement than the Liver ; food , fatigue , climate , and anxiety , all disorder its action and render its secretion , the Bile , more or less depraved , superabundant or scanty . The first symptoms should receive attention . A pain in the side or on the top of the shoulder , a harsh cough and difficulty of breathing , restlessness at night , alarming dreams , dry mouth , furred tongue with morning squeamishness , are signs of Liver disease , which are removed without delay by friction with Holioway ' s inestimable Ointment over the pit of the stomach and right Bide . The "PiUa should be taken without delay . Peers and paupers will alike be cured .