Ever Beneficently Advancing.

pensation , wherein it is written : " To him that overcometh will I g ive to eat of the hidden manna ; and I will givo him a white stone , and in the stono a new name written , which no man knoweth , saving him that receiveth it . " And : "This is the stone " which was sot at nought of

you builders , which is become the head of the corner ; through which a more diffusive benevolence haa been exercised by tlie human race . This keystone , in the moral arch of Freemasonry , becomes tho living princip le .. * " onr institution , by tho practical teaching of the new revel .- *! ion .

And who will deny that , in proportion as this " new revelation " has been acknowledged , the whole condition of society has beeu advanced ? that law has obtained higher influence ; property has been rendered more secure ; science has stretched a moro vigorous flight ; the general mind has

become moro intelligent ; subordination less slavish , and authority at once more lenient and limited ? Freemasonry draws the circle of lig ht and darkness . Christendom is the intellectual portion of the world . But

still higher results may ! je awaiting mankind . The future can only be matter of hope . There are illustrious intimations , in the first great light of Masonry , that the progress of good shall not continue thus tardy beyond a certain time .

Of the three great forms of human society—clanship , empire and kingdoms—the last is drawing to a close . Prophecy announces one form to come ; but it is still wrapt in clouds . Yet who shall say that splendour beyond

all existing conceptions may not follow in its tram , scatter the darkness and guilt of the fall , and more than reinstate tho original grandeur of the race of man ? The Fraternity are faithfully and silently performing their peaceful labours for that beneficent end . —Voice of Masonry .

Much gratification has been expressed that tbe West Yorkahiro Masonio Library has secured another copy of the " Old Charges , " and , as in two instances before , it is the gift of the esteemed Prov . Grand Master , the Right Worshipful Bro . Thomas W . Tew . The manuscript is to be known as "The Hughan MS . " in accordance with tho wish of the donor . Assuredly , continues the Freemason , if

any brother ' . " name should be permanently identified with these Masonio " R ' . ! s" or " Constitutions , " it is that of Bro . Hnghan , wh .-i has done , mora than any student , past nr present , in relation to the discovery , description and reproduoti"i jf these valuable documents . We consider it both happy and appropriate for the Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire thus to commemorate Brother Hughan ' s invaluable services not only on behalf of that Province but

to the Craft generally , as they have been unstinted , free , and most generously rendered for nearly thirty years . Bro . William Watson , of Leeds , says : — "This MS ., whioh has recently come to light , is a parchment scroll , 81 feet in length , 6 inches in width , and consisting of five strips sewn together . It is very legibly and finely written , and dates probably late 17 th centnry—say 1700 circa . There aro somo unusual , if not unique , points in the text , which will be specially interesting to the student . "—Glasgow Evening News .

Although Uckneld cannot boast of a Masonio Lodgo of its own , it has many members of the Fraternity . Among them is Bro . Beatty , of the Maiden ' s Head Hotel , where informal meetings cf tho brethren take place , nnd on the 30 th ult . a banquet iu recognition of Brother Beatty ' s services took place in the Assembly Boom of the Hotel . Bro . Wright occupied the chair , and Bro . Hunt tho vice-chair . The

toasts of the Qneon and tho Craft and tho M . W . G . M . and Grand Officers wero given from the chair and duly acknowledged . Tho toaet of the M . W . Prov . G . M . the Duke of Connaught and tho Provincial Officers was proposed by Bro . Every , and responded to by Brother Calway P . P . G . P . The next toast , "Our Guest , " was propose ! by Bro . Wright , who spoke in high terms of the services rendered by

Bro . Beatty . Bro . Beatty having responded , the Chairman , Visitors * -, and Secretary were toasted . During the intervals somo excellent aoDgs were rendered by Bros . Bruce , Downs , Rule , Hunt , and others . Among the Lodges represented were tho Pantiles , Tonbridge Wells ; the Holmesdale ; South Saxon ; the Pelham , Lewes ; and the South , down , Haywards Heath .

At Kirby-le-Soken tho funeral took placo , on the 26 th ult ., of Bro . Wm . Piuor , who had died suddenly on 22 nd March . Bro . Finer had carried ou business as a grocer and draper in Lower Kirby for the past thirty years . The funeral was largely attended . Bro . Finer was a l ' . M . of the Arnold Lodge , No . 1799 , Walton-on-tbo-Nazo , and a nnmber of members of this and other Lodges in the district journeyed by rail and road to Kirby in order to pay a last tribute of respect to his memory .

Hor . town- ' s OijfTMRNTAjfD FILM . —Sure relief . —The weak and enervated suflur severely from nervous afl ' t ctions when storms of electric disturbance * -jKUate the atmosphere . >' euralgiat gouty pangs , and Hying pain . 1- , very uistreasing to a delicate aytOam , may bo readily removed by rubbing thii umtrecnt upon the affected part after it has been ' fomented with warm water .

A . F "" . ' ? occasionally iu tho doses prescribed by the instruct ' - '' S keep tue digestion in order , excite a t ' reo flow of healthy bile , and rogeuta .. to the impoverished blood with richer materials , resulting from thoroughly ass _ 'iil , it ; d " , > w * antiusf which tho strongest must inevitably soon sink into feeuio . ieds , ' . H , ^ otlc'ica- e find it dillicult to maintain existence . Holioway ' s Ointment ¦ "¦ aiU ' iUs arc infallible remedies .

Devon Masonic Educational Fund.

DEVON MASONIC EDUCATIONAL FUND .

rTIHE annual meeting of the subscribers to the Devon Masorio JL Educational Fund was holt ] , on the 5 th inst ., at th * Freemasons' Hall , Gandy Street , Exeter . Bro . W . Powell , a Vice-President of the Institution , presided , aud there were also present Bros . S . Jones , J . Stocker , J . B . Gover Secretary , J . R . Lord Treasurer , E . T . Fulford , C . Watson , J . Griffin , J . Jerman , C . Mutten , W . H . Kelland , J . H . Higes , W . Sweet , R . Pengelly , II .

Jorman , J . R . Lisle , W . Cook " , W . Allsford , T . W . Atherton , W . Fowler , W . Gregory , R . G . Bird , W . Lavers , W . H . Williams , E .. H . Shorto , and W . H . Dillon Assistant Secretary . Bro . J . R . Lord read the Treasurer's report , whioh showed total receipts amounting to £ 437 14 s , 'vhioh included £ 118 9 a lid brought forward from the previous year , £ 292 4 s subscriptions , and

£ 27 interest on deposits . The balance in hand at the- end of 1891 , after paying all liabilities , amounted to £ 163 12 s 7 d .. A sum of £ 900 remains on deposit in the Devon and Cornwall Bank at three per cent , interest , and the total value of the fund at the present time is £ 1 , 063 12 s 7 d , compared with £ 1 , 018 9 s lid in the previous year . The report having been adopted , Bro . Allsford proposed tha

re-election of Bro . Lord as Treasurer of tbe Fund . He remarked that the manner in which Brother Lord had piloted the institution through difficulties and troubles until it had reached , its * , present satisfactory position , was worthy of the highest praise . His zeal ia the cause waa incessant , and a better or more attentive and hard , working Treasurer they could not possibly have . Bro . Fulford , who

seconded the motion , said there were no brethren in the Province who had a higher appreciation of Bro . Lord ' s valuable services than those at Exeter , and they all hoped that the fund would have the benefit of his trained experience for many yean to cone . The motion was carried unanimously . On the motion of Bro . Gregory , seconded by Bro . Bird , Bro . Gover

was unanimously re-elected Secretary , and both the mover and seconder bore testimony to the great personal interest which Bro . Gover had taken in the fund ever since its establishment . Bro . Lord proposed , and Bro . Lavers seconded , the re-election of Bro . Dillon as Assistant Secretary , Bro . Lord speaking in the warmest terms of the valuable services whioh Bro . Dillon rendered .

This motion was also unanimously passed . ' Bros . E . J . Knight and W . Powell were elected as auditors } the Finance Committee waa re-elected , and the Educational and General Purposes Committee was also appointed . A motion stood on the agenda in the name of Bro . J . Moysey P . P . G . J . D ., " That every subscriber of five shillings for three con *

seoutive years , aud still continued , shall be entitled to two votes at every election , instead of one . " In the absence of Bro . Moysey , tbe proposition was brought forward by Bro . Gover , who remarked that although the alteration would probably entail muoh extra work upon himself and his colleagues , yet he believed it would encourage a much larger number of members to subscribe to the fund than did so

at present . It was pointed out , on the other hand , that such a rule , if adopted , could not be continued to five shilling subscribers only , but would involve a rearrangement of the whole voting power in the case of Life Governors as well as of Annual Subscribers . A further objection was that the existing by-law would have to be repealed before such a motion could be ontertained . In deference to the

objections raised Bro . Gover withdrew the motion . Bro . E . H . Shorto next moved , " That in future a report and financial statement be printed and circulated annually . " He said he thought if this were done members of the Order would be induced to take a greater interest in the fund , because they would have before

them more frequently than was at present the case the character of the work whioh the institution was doing . There were many who would be willing to subscribe to benevolent objects , but who needed to be reminded from timo to time of their existence . The proposition mot with general approval , and was unanimously agreed to . The next basines . s was tho election of two children on the fond .

Thero wero nine candidates for tbo two vacancies , and ot this number one candidate—a child of a deceased member of Lodge Dandas , Plymouth—had 411 votes standing to his credit from the last election , while tho other , from Tiverton had 195 votes to his credit . Neither , however , was successful , the largo majority of votes , 765 , going to the daughter of a deceased member of St . George ' tt Lodge , a very

old supporter of the fund , of which he waa a Life Governor , and 756 votes to the daughter of an Exeter brother , who had failed in business , and whose wife and children were in needy circumstances . The votes carried forward from the other candidates ranged from 546 down to 15 . In view of the unusually large number of applicants to the fund it was suggested that three , and if possible four

candidates should be elected iu October instead of only two . Both before and after thc meeting the visitors from a distance were most hospitably entertained by the W . M . and brethren of St . John tho Baptist Lodge , under whose banner the meeting was hold , and a very hearty voto of thanks was passed to them for their generous kindness .

Members of the Hoyshe Chapter , No . 1099 , held their animal election of Officers on fcho 5 th inst ., at their rooms Home Park , Stoke . The elected Officers were Comps .

W . H . Pengelly Z ., J . Foster H ., S . J . Page J ., W . H . Gillman S . E ., G . H . Olver S . N ., W . H . Dillon P . S ., S . Yeomans lst A . S ., T . S . May 2 nd A . S ., W . J . Stanbury Treasurer , J . Rashbrook Janitor .

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