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IR 03 T . A . Xi MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION POR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . Grand Patron aud President : His ROJAL HIGHNESS THE PKI . YCE OV WALKS , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Treasurer : JonN A . FAKN'FIELD , Esq . Bankers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK . ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 214 High Holborn , W . C . Upwards of 13 S 1 Annuitants havo received tho benefits of tho Institution since its foundation in 1812 . 1 M Men anil 210 Willows axo Annuitants at tho present time . Amount Paid Annually in Annuities - £ 15 , 820 Permanent Income £ 3 , 600 Deficit £ 12 , 220 Oyer 118 Candidates for next Election . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT TJIE FREEMASONS'TAVERN,LONDON,W.C. ON WEDNESDAY , 22 ND FEBRUARY 1893 , UfJDBB MB DISIIKGtTISnED PBESIDENCX' OV W.Bro.0.E.KEYSER,M.A.,J.P. Junior Grand Deacon . Brethren are earnestly solicited to accept tho Stewardship upon this most important occasion , and to forward thoir names us soon as possible , with full particulars , to JAMES TERBY ( V .-Patron , P . G . Sword Bca ; -or ) , Secretary . OFHCE—1 Freemasons' Hall , London , "W . C .

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^ - ^^ -- j ~ 3 SATURDAY , 18 rn FEBRUARY 1893 .

Very Great Luminaries.

VERY GREAT LUMINARIES .

MASONRY'S ORIGIN , PRINCIPLES , EMBLEMS AND DESIGN . A Saint John the Evangelist ' s Day Oration by Bro . James G . Tfasircll . npHE history of every nation is fraught with eras and -I events of peculiar importance , which extend their

influence to . succeeding ages and generations , and which are fondly commemorated by latest posterity . The I ancients often celebrated the virtues and recounted iu song