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Reports Of Meetings.
ANCHOR LODGE , No . 1337 . ON Tuesday , the 12 th inst ., the annual festival and installation was held at the Masonic Hall , Northallerton , when there was a large gathering of Brethren . The ceremony of installation was ably performed by Bro . T . B . Whytehead P . M . P . G . S . B . of England P . P . G . W . of North and East Yorkshire , tho Brother installed into the chair of King Solomon being Bro . Geo . J . Robinson , J . P ., P . M . P . P . G . D . C .
o o o TRUTH LODGE , No . 1458 . THE regular meeting took place at the Mosley Hotel , Manchester , on the 2 nd inst ., Bro . Thomas Pollit Cooper W . M ., being held for the last time upon Saturday afternoon . According to the summons there were five ceremonies due , consisting of two initiations , one passing , and two raisings , but only two were taken . In the first instance Mr . Jas . W . Siddall , Marine Engineer , Blackley , was successfully balloted for , and afterwards initiated by the Worshipful Master , Bro . Alfred Hebden P . M . P . P . G . V . D . G . D . C . giving the charge in the N . E .
Bro . R . Hope Brown was then raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by Bro . Robt . Caldwell P . M . P . P . G . S . B ., the historical lecture being given by Bro . G . T . Lenard P . M . At the festive board , Loyal and Masonio toasts were given and duly responded to , that of the W . M . being proposed by Bro . Caldwell . In responding , the W . M . said it was the usual thing for every new man
to make a pronouncement of what he intended to do ; he might tell them at the onset that he should as far as possible act upon the lines of keeping down extravagance . The W . M . then advocated a social evening , a smoker , and also suggested that the usual picnic should take place during the summer months .
Bro . Cooper next proposed the health of the newly initiated Brother , to which toast the latter responded . Songs , & c , were given by Bros . Caldwell , R . Stevenson , W . Dewhurst , Herring , and E . Roberts P . M . 1459 . Besides those already mentioned there were present : —Bros . A . B . Taylor S . W ., H . Hellewell Sec , J . J . Dean S . D ., Thos . Henry Hall P . M ., Buckley Carr P . M . P . P . G . D . C , S . R . Muller , John Pearce , and others . Visitor : —Bro . C . R . N . Beswicke-Royds Dep . Provincial Grand Master E . L .
WYCHWOOD LODGE , No . 2414 . THE annual installation festival was held at Burford , on the 5 th inst ., when the Lodge was honoured by the presence of the Provincial Grand Master tho Earl- of Jersey , and Deputy Provincial Grand Master Viscount Valentia , the latter of whom installed Bro . E . G . R . Wingfield as W . M . for the ensuing year . The Brethren afterwards sat down to a banquet in the Lodge dining loom , when the Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured .
The Distinguishing Mark Of Freemasonry.
THE DISTINGUISHING MARK OF FREEMASONRY .
THE one distinguishing mark of Freemasonry is the fact that no man becomes a member of the fraternity because of his race , colour , or creed ; neither is it a barrier to his membership . A firm belief in Deity , the Supreme Ruler of the Universe , is the crowning virtue which recommends a
man to Masonry . If to a belief in one God , and that all mankind are Brethren , are added the proper physical and moral qualifications , that man presenting the same is a proper candidate for the sublime teachings of our fraternity .
The Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry practices what it teaches and recognises its membership in every land , though the Brother be a native of the torrid South or the frigid North , of the land of the East , where rises the bright orb of day , or where the setting sun sinks in the far West .
Such is the Freemasonry of the Scottish Rite in its teachings and in its practice , and such is intended to be the universal law of all the rites of the Masonic Order . That it is not so in practice in all the bodies is owing to the teachings of the few who would not acknowledge a man as a member of the fraternity unless he be made a Mason according to their formula and that
formula be changed at their own sweet will . There would be as much reason and sense in one sect of Christians denying that all other sects are Christians because they did not subscribe to the same dogmas as they themselves , as for a legitimate body of Freemasons to deny the legitimacy of another body of Masons practising the same esoteric and exoteric rites
because of not having been organised under the one formula . This is more forcibly true when we consider the fact that the Scottish Rite forms are the older of the two , and that the younger was carried by older bodies from the older lands of the East to the newer nations of the West . Freemasonry may
be legitimate , be it called Scottish or English , German Rite , or York Rite , Swedish or American , as those terms are often used but to designate the country in which our ancient Brethren have wrought , and any so-called rite may be illegitimate cr clandestine for want of the proper authority to organise , or of unlawful teachings .
That the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is recognised as lawfully formed and legitimately conducted is beyond all question , and by all true Masonic bodies throughout the world , and because of its application of tho universal law , which should govern all bodies of Freemasons , is due its present popularity . There is no body of
Freemasons but recognises that the only qualifications requisite to become a member of this great fraternity are a belief in one God , the Great I Am ; that the candidate be a free man , with all the senses and moral qualifications which go to make the true man , with no serious physical defect or maim of body , and that he be a peaceable subject to the civil powers where he resides .
The Distinguishing Mark Of Freemasonry.
These are the true and ancient landmarks of Freemasonry , which none deny , and it is only as to the formula by which some of the bodies were created and the authority under which created about which there is any dispute . On that authority and its legitimacy our rights stands pre-eminent . — Gen . John Corson Smith , in " Canadian Craftsman . "
According to the rule laid down by Mr . Brand , when , speaker of the House of Commons , that the title of " Father of the House" pertained to that member who had represented the same constituency in Parliament for the greatest number of years in an unbroken series , we find that the legitimate successor to the venerable Mr . C . P . Villiers , who at present
has the title , is our beloved and respected Bro . William W . B . Beach Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , who has represented the Andover or Western Division of Hants since he entered Parliament in 1857 . He has never suffered an electorial defeat , says the " Daily Mail , " and he can claim , despite the slight changes made in the divisions of
the county by the Eedistribution Act of 1885 , to have represented for an unbroken period of forty years that division of the county in which he was bred . Bro . W . W . B . Beach is a cousin of Bro . Sir Michael B . Hicks-Beach , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Senior Grand Warden in 1865 , and the present Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire .
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Reports Of Meetings.
ANCHOR LODGE , No . 1337 . ON Tuesday , the 12 th inst ., the annual festival and installation was held at the Masonic Hall , Northallerton , when there was a large gathering of Brethren . The ceremony of installation was ably performed by Bro . T . B . Whytehead P . M . P . G . S . B . of England P . P . G . W . of North and East Yorkshire , tho Brother installed into the chair of King Solomon being Bro . Geo . J . Robinson , J . P ., P . M . P . P . G . D . C .
o o o TRUTH LODGE , No . 1458 . THE regular meeting took place at the Mosley Hotel , Manchester , on the 2 nd inst ., Bro . Thomas Pollit Cooper W . M ., being held for the last time upon Saturday afternoon . According to the summons there were five ceremonies due , consisting of two initiations , one passing , and two raisings , but only two were taken . In the first instance Mr . Jas . W . Siddall , Marine Engineer , Blackley , was successfully balloted for , and afterwards initiated by the Worshipful Master , Bro . Alfred Hebden P . M . P . P . G . V . D . G . D . C . giving the charge in the N . E .
Bro . R . Hope Brown was then raised to the sublime degree of M . M . by Bro . Robt . Caldwell P . M . P . P . G . S . B ., the historical lecture being given by Bro . G . T . Lenard P . M . At the festive board , Loyal and Masonio toasts were given and duly responded to , that of the W . M . being proposed by Bro . Caldwell . In responding , the W . M . said it was the usual thing for every new man
to make a pronouncement of what he intended to do ; he might tell them at the onset that he should as far as possible act upon the lines of keeping down extravagance . The W . M . then advocated a social evening , a smoker , and also suggested that the usual picnic should take place during the summer months .
Bro . Cooper next proposed the health of the newly initiated Brother , to which toast the latter responded . Songs , & c , were given by Bros . Caldwell , R . Stevenson , W . Dewhurst , Herring , and E . Roberts P . M . 1459 . Besides those already mentioned there were present : —Bros . A . B . Taylor S . W ., H . Hellewell Sec , J . J . Dean S . D ., Thos . Henry Hall P . M ., Buckley Carr P . M . P . P . G . D . C , S . R . Muller , John Pearce , and others . Visitor : —Bro . C . R . N . Beswicke-Royds Dep . Provincial Grand Master E . L .
WYCHWOOD LODGE , No . 2414 . THE annual installation festival was held at Burford , on the 5 th inst ., when the Lodge was honoured by the presence of the Provincial Grand Master tho Earl- of Jersey , and Deputy Provincial Grand Master Viscount Valentia , the latter of whom installed Bro . E . G . R . Wingfield as W . M . for the ensuing year . The Brethren afterwards sat down to a banquet in the Lodge dining loom , when the Loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured .
The Distinguishing Mark Of Freemasonry.
THE DISTINGUISHING MARK OF FREEMASONRY .
THE one distinguishing mark of Freemasonry is the fact that no man becomes a member of the fraternity because of his race , colour , or creed ; neither is it a barrier to his membership . A firm belief in Deity , the Supreme Ruler of the Universe , is the crowning virtue which recommends a
man to Masonry . If to a belief in one God , and that all mankind are Brethren , are added the proper physical and moral qualifications , that man presenting the same is a proper candidate for the sublime teachings of our fraternity .
The Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry practices what it teaches and recognises its membership in every land , though the Brother be a native of the torrid South or the frigid North , of the land of the East , where rises the bright orb of day , or where the setting sun sinks in the far West .
Such is the Freemasonry of the Scottish Rite in its teachings and in its practice , and such is intended to be the universal law of all the rites of the Masonic Order . That it is not so in practice in all the bodies is owing to the teachings of the few who would not acknowledge a man as a member of the fraternity unless he be made a Mason according to their formula and that
formula be changed at their own sweet will . There would be as much reason and sense in one sect of Christians denying that all other sects are Christians because they did not subscribe to the same dogmas as they themselves , as for a legitimate body of Freemasons to deny the legitimacy of another body of Masons practising the same esoteric and exoteric rites
because of not having been organised under the one formula . This is more forcibly true when we consider the fact that the Scottish Rite forms are the older of the two , and that the younger was carried by older bodies from the older lands of the East to the newer nations of the West . Freemasonry may
be legitimate , be it called Scottish or English , German Rite , or York Rite , Swedish or American , as those terms are often used but to designate the country in which our ancient Brethren have wrought , and any so-called rite may be illegitimate cr clandestine for want of the proper authority to organise , or of unlawful teachings .
That the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is recognised as lawfully formed and legitimately conducted is beyond all question , and by all true Masonic bodies throughout the world , and because of its application of tho universal law , which should govern all bodies of Freemasons , is due its present popularity . There is no body of
Freemasons but recognises that the only qualifications requisite to become a member of this great fraternity are a belief in one God , the Great I Am ; that the candidate be a free man , with all the senses and moral qualifications which go to make the true man , with no serious physical defect or maim of body , and that he be a peaceable subject to the civil powers where he resides .
The Distinguishing Mark Of Freemasonry.
These are the true and ancient landmarks of Freemasonry , which none deny , and it is only as to the formula by which some of the bodies were created and the authority under which created about which there is any dispute . On that authority and its legitimacy our rights stands pre-eminent . — Gen . John Corson Smith , in " Canadian Craftsman . "
According to the rule laid down by Mr . Brand , when , speaker of the House of Commons , that the title of " Father of the House" pertained to that member who had represented the same constituency in Parliament for the greatest number of years in an unbroken series , we find that the legitimate successor to the venerable Mr . C . P . Villiers , who at present
has the title , is our beloved and respected Bro . William W . B . Beach Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , who has represented the Andover or Western Division of Hants since he entered Parliament in 1857 . He has never suffered an electorial defeat , says the " Daily Mail , " and he can claim , despite the slight changes made in the divisions of
the county by the Eedistribution Act of 1885 , to have represented for an unbroken period of forty years that division of the county in which he was bred . Bro . W . W . B . Beach is a cousin of Bro . Sir Michael B . Hicks-Beach , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Senior Grand Warden in 1865 , and the present Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire .
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