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Ad00902
STARANDGARTERHOTEL, KEWBRIDGE, BROTHER JOHN BRILL , PROPRIETOR . fTTHE accommodation at this Popular Establishment for 1 MASONIC LODGES AND CHAPTERS Will be found of the most complete and perfect character . THE LODGE ROOMS ARE COMMODIOUS AND WELL APPOINTED . THE BANQUET HALL WILL SEAT OVER 100 GUESTS . The Culinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature . Special ^ facilities for ^ fobbing breakfasts , - Soirees , Concerts , $ HIIS , nub ( - . fatmng parties . The Stock of WINES comprise * nil the BEST KNOWN BRANDS , and will be . omul iu PERFECT CONDITION . PEIVATE ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES . GOOD STABLING . CARRIAGES . WAGONETTES . BRAKES , & c . ON HIRE . Scale of Charges and further particulars on application . -T . | .- . . . T ; -j _ ¦ M —— - — . . - ¦ .- — ¦¦ - — ¦ - ¦ — TUB BOTAII ALFRED LODGK , CHISWICK LODGE , CHISWICK MASK LODGE , LOTT-X TY AND CHARITY LODGB , HOSE o _ DEKM _ . _ : CHASTER , ST . MART ' CHAPTER , AND ROYAL AL . KBD LODGB 0 * INSTBUCIIO-T , BOLD THEIB MEETINGS AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT .
Ad00904
VictoriaMansionsRestaurant * VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER , S . W . A SUITE OF ROOMS , MOST CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED FOR MASONIC MEETINGS . EIOHT LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE ; AMPLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHERS . Separate Entrance—apart from the Restaurant—from Victoria Street . The lodge Room , Ante Room , & c , on one Floor , Quite Private . THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT UPWARDS OF 100 GUESTS , CHOICE STOCK OF WINES , SPIRITS , de . "Wedding Brealcfasts , Soirees , Concerts , -Parties , GJ-lee Olnbs , < _ cc , iScc , accommodated . Particulars on Application to H . CLOOTS , Proprietor , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria St ., Westminster , S . W .
Ad00903
EDUCATION AND HOME FOR GIRLS , From 6 to _ Uk Years of _ __ . ge . BOURNEMOUTH . —A well-known medical man , of West End of London , highly recommends tho above , with a Widow lady , who only receives a few Pupils to Educate with , her only daughter , and who resides near Sea and Gardens on the bracing East Clii _ , Bonrnemonth . English , -Trench , and German . Piano and Violin , with Master ' s Lessons . INCLUSIVE MODERATE TERMS . For particulars , address MBDICDS , C / O llvs . M ., Sunny Croft , St . Clement ' s Church Road , Bournemouth .
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Capitular Masonry.
CAPITULAR MASONRY .
Address delivered in tlie Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania , at the Annual Communication , held at Philadelphia , 27 th of Decemlwr 188 G . By Companion Matthias E . Henderson , Most Excellent Grand High Priest .
I DO not address you with the desire io discharge perfunctorily a duty which custom has made it necessary to perform ; but because I consider the occasion of his iDS-allafcion the proper time a . which the Grand High Priest should express whatever appreciation he may feel of
the honours which his associates have conferred upon him , and give his views concerning the condition and propei government , under the Constitution , of Capitular Masonry m his iurisdic-ion .
Four .. nrs ago , at a time when I had no expectation of SII ' . ' 1 ! . <•
Capitular Masonry.
extreme . The names of other worthy Companions had been mentioned for the office , and when at the eleventh hoar mine was suggested , the Grand Chapter responded so kindly and so promptly that it never will be effaced from , my memory . With one exception there never had been in the history of this Grand Chapter a Grand Officer elected
outside of the shadow of this Masonic Temple , and that exception ocenrred twenty-five years ago . Afc each succeeding election I have received continued assurances of yonr confidence , the last elevating me to the highest office iu your gift .
Just here it may be well to consider whether it would not be wise to elect at intervals an officer from some portion of the jurisdiction outside of Philadelphia county . By the
returns to the Grand Secretary ou 27 th of December 1885 , it appears that the Philadelphia Chapters have a membership of 4293 , while those outside of the city have 7067 ,
or nearly twice as many . The amount of dues paid to the Grand Chapter by the Philadelphia Chapters and those outside of the city are in the same proportion . It would seem that that portion of our jurisdiction that has a majority of the membership and contributes so largely to the revenues of the Grand Chapter should be represented among the elective Grand Officers more often that ifc has hitherto been . Aside from the justice of the country ' s
claim I believe it would tend to the benefit of the Grand Chapter , by binding the country Chapters more closely to the parent body , and making them realize more than they do at present their ownership in it . The country has not
asserted itself in this matter as it might have done , and has no right to reflect upon the city , and I feel sure that if they would present at intervals the name of a Companion
who in his private character and Masonic record deserves the honour , the city would assist in electing him . I leave tbe subject for your consideration .
Honourable as the stations of the Grand Scribe and Grand King are , there is but little responsibility attached to them when compared to the station of the Grand High Priest , and I assume the mitre and sceptre with a full realization of all the exacting cares which they bring with them , but with a firm and stedfast purpose to discbarge
my duties as faithfully as I can , and not to prove recreant to the trust you have given me , through any fault of my own . The distance at which I am situated from Philadelphia may prevent me from giving that close personal attention
to the Chapters and Mark Lodges meeting in this city which they have had . They have been so thoroughly inspected during the past four years by my two immediate predecessor ? , whose reports of their condition are so
favourable that I am persuaded they will not need further attention , for a time at least . Let them not think , however , that they will be neglected , or that they will suffer for the
want of proper advice and inspection of their work . I shall have that general supervision over them and take that interest in their welfare which they have a right to expect of me .
As I am just entering upon the administration of the affairs of this office , I have no record of duties done to submit to your consideration , but I desire to call your
attention in a few plain words to some points in regard to the working of subordinate Chapters which have at various times come under my observation . Our Chapters are sometimes applied to for the degrees by brethren who are members of Lodges in other jurisdictions . Some of these
applications—and the word application in this sense does not mean petition—are to frontier Chapters by brethren residing across the line , who are nearer the Pennsylvania Chapter than they are to one in their own jurisdiction ;
the remainder are from brethren residing in our own territory . The obstacle to the reception of these petitions is , that the applicants have not passed the chair . We call it " Passing the Chair , " while our contemporaries call it
the ' •Past Master ' s Degree , " and for the purposes of this address we will adopt that form of expression . In Pennsylvania this is done in the Lodge . In all the other jurisdictions of this country it is conferred in tho Chapter ,
oxcept in the comparatively few instances where it is given to the elected Worshipful Master of a symbolic Lodge . Our Constitution , in section 107 , says that an applicant
for the degrees must be a " Past Master either by election or dispensation . " The case of an applicant who holds membership in a foreign lodge is therefore governed by three different conditions , as follows : First . If he is not a Past Master he cannot present a petition .
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Ad00902
STARANDGARTERHOTEL, KEWBRIDGE, BROTHER JOHN BRILL , PROPRIETOR . fTTHE accommodation at this Popular Establishment for 1 MASONIC LODGES AND CHAPTERS Will be found of the most complete and perfect character . THE LODGE ROOMS ARE COMMODIOUS AND WELL APPOINTED . THE BANQUET HALL WILL SEAT OVER 100 GUESTS . The Culinary Arrangements embrace every modern feature . Special ^ facilities for ^ fobbing breakfasts , - Soirees , Concerts , $ HIIS , nub ( - . fatmng parties . The Stock of WINES comprise * nil the BEST KNOWN BRANDS , and will be . omul iu PERFECT CONDITION . PEIVATE ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES . GOOD STABLING . CARRIAGES . WAGONETTES . BRAKES , & c . ON HIRE . Scale of Charges and further particulars on application . -T . | .- . . . T ; -j _ ¦ M —— - — . . - ¦ .- — ¦¦ - — ¦ - ¦ — TUB BOTAII ALFRED LODGK , CHISWICK LODGE , CHISWICK MASK LODGE , LOTT-X TY AND CHARITY LODGB , HOSE o _ DEKM _ . _ : CHASTER , ST . MART ' CHAPTER , AND ROYAL AL . KBD LODGB 0 * INSTBUCIIO-T , BOLD THEIB MEETINGS AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT .
Ad00904
VictoriaMansionsRestaurant * VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER , S . W . A SUITE OF ROOMS , MOST CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED FOR MASONIC MEETINGS . EIOHT LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE ; AMPLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHERS . Separate Entrance—apart from the Restaurant—from Victoria Street . The lodge Room , Ante Room , & c , on one Floor , Quite Private . THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT UPWARDS OF 100 GUESTS , CHOICE STOCK OF WINES , SPIRITS , de . "Wedding Brealcfasts , Soirees , Concerts , -Parties , GJ-lee Olnbs , < _ cc , iScc , accommodated . Particulars on Application to H . CLOOTS , Proprietor , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria St ., Westminster , S . W .
Ad00903
EDUCATION AND HOME FOR GIRLS , From 6 to _ Uk Years of _ __ . ge . BOURNEMOUTH . —A well-known medical man , of West End of London , highly recommends tho above , with a Widow lady , who only receives a few Pupils to Educate with , her only daughter , and who resides near Sea and Gardens on the bracing East Clii _ , Bonrnemonth . English , -Trench , and German . Piano and Violin , with Master ' s Lessons . INCLUSIVE MODERATE TERMS . For particulars , address MBDICDS , C / O llvs . M ., Sunny Croft , St . Clement ' s Church Road , Bournemouth .
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Capitular Masonry.
CAPITULAR MASONRY .
Address delivered in tlie Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania , at the Annual Communication , held at Philadelphia , 27 th of Decemlwr 188 G . By Companion Matthias E . Henderson , Most Excellent Grand High Priest .
I DO not address you with the desire io discharge perfunctorily a duty which custom has made it necessary to perform ; but because I consider the occasion of his iDS-allafcion the proper time a . which the Grand High Priest should express whatever appreciation he may feel of
the honours which his associates have conferred upon him , and give his views concerning the condition and propei government , under the Constitution , of Capitular Masonry m his iurisdic-ion .
Four .. nrs ago , at a time when I had no expectation of SII ' . ' 1 ! . <•
Capitular Masonry.
extreme . The names of other worthy Companions had been mentioned for the office , and when at the eleventh hoar mine was suggested , the Grand Chapter responded so kindly and so promptly that it never will be effaced from , my memory . With one exception there never had been in the history of this Grand Chapter a Grand Officer elected
outside of the shadow of this Masonic Temple , and that exception ocenrred twenty-five years ago . Afc each succeeding election I have received continued assurances of yonr confidence , the last elevating me to the highest office iu your gift .
Just here it may be well to consider whether it would not be wise to elect at intervals an officer from some portion of the jurisdiction outside of Philadelphia county . By the
returns to the Grand Secretary ou 27 th of December 1885 , it appears that the Philadelphia Chapters have a membership of 4293 , while those outside of the city have 7067 ,
or nearly twice as many . The amount of dues paid to the Grand Chapter by the Philadelphia Chapters and those outside of the city are in the same proportion . It would seem that that portion of our jurisdiction that has a majority of the membership and contributes so largely to the revenues of the Grand Chapter should be represented among the elective Grand Officers more often that ifc has hitherto been . Aside from the justice of the country ' s
claim I believe it would tend to the benefit of the Grand Chapter , by binding the country Chapters more closely to the parent body , and making them realize more than they do at present their ownership in it . The country has not
asserted itself in this matter as it might have done , and has no right to reflect upon the city , and I feel sure that if they would present at intervals the name of a Companion
who in his private character and Masonic record deserves the honour , the city would assist in electing him . I leave tbe subject for your consideration .
Honourable as the stations of the Grand Scribe and Grand King are , there is but little responsibility attached to them when compared to the station of the Grand High Priest , and I assume the mitre and sceptre with a full realization of all the exacting cares which they bring with them , but with a firm and stedfast purpose to discbarge
my duties as faithfully as I can , and not to prove recreant to the trust you have given me , through any fault of my own . The distance at which I am situated from Philadelphia may prevent me from giving that close personal attention
to the Chapters and Mark Lodges meeting in this city which they have had . They have been so thoroughly inspected during the past four years by my two immediate predecessor ? , whose reports of their condition are so
favourable that I am persuaded they will not need further attention , for a time at least . Let them not think , however , that they will be neglected , or that they will suffer for the
want of proper advice and inspection of their work . I shall have that general supervision over them and take that interest in their welfare which they have a right to expect of me .
As I am just entering upon the administration of the affairs of this office , I have no record of duties done to submit to your consideration , but I desire to call your
attention in a few plain words to some points in regard to the working of subordinate Chapters which have at various times come under my observation . Our Chapters are sometimes applied to for the degrees by brethren who are members of Lodges in other jurisdictions . Some of these
applications—and the word application in this sense does not mean petition—are to frontier Chapters by brethren residing across the line , who are nearer the Pennsylvania Chapter than they are to one in their own jurisdiction ;
the remainder are from brethren residing in our own territory . The obstacle to the reception of these petitions is , that the applicants have not passed the chair . We call it " Passing the Chair , " while our contemporaries call it
the ' •Past Master ' s Degree , " and for the purposes of this address we will adopt that form of expression . In Pennsylvania this is done in the Lodge . In all the other jurisdictions of this country it is conferred in tho Chapter ,
oxcept in the comparatively few instances where it is given to the elected Worshipful Master of a symbolic Lodge . Our Constitution , in section 107 , says that an applicant
for the degrees must be a " Past Master either by election or dispensation . " The case of an applicant who holds membership in a foreign lodge is therefore governed by three different conditions , as follows : First . If he is not a Past Master he cannot present a petition .