Obituary.

Obituary .

¦ " - —» v « BRO . C . T . SPEIGHT . ONE of the best known brethren of London and the surrounding districts—in the person of Bro . C . T . Speighthas been taken from among us by the hand of death . Bro . Speight has for years past been known as Tyler of many

Lodges , and made for himself a number of friends in the Craft who will long miss him from their midst . Bro . Speight was initiated in the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 ,

in 1837 , and some six years later rose to the dignity of its Worshipful Master . We desire to offer to his relatives our sincere sympathy in their bereavement .

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NOTICES OF MEETINGS .

Confidence Lodge of Instruction , No . 193 . — At

Bro . Lashbrook ' p , 119 Leadenhall-street , on Wednesday , 18 th inst . Present- Bros . Saint W . M ., McMillan S . W ., Egan J . W ., Jacobs I . G ., Campbell S . D . ; also Bros . Simmonds , McDougall , Harris , Hewlett , Belchamber . After tbe usnal preliminaries , Bro . Lashbrook

answered the questions leading to the third degree , and the ceremony was rehearsed . Lodge was resumed to the first degree . Bro . Belchamber worked the first , second , and third sections of the lecture , assisted by the brethren . Bros . Belchamber 1158 , E . Jacobs 1437 , McDougall , St . George's , No . 12 , New Brunswick , were duly elected

members . Bro . McMillan was appointed W . M . for ensuing week . All labour ended , Lodge was closed in due form , and adjourned to Wednesday next , at seven o'clock . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , No . 860 . —Held a *

Bro . Smyth ' s , Sisters' Tavern , Pownall-road , Dalston , on Tuesday 10 th inst . Bros . Rose W . M ., T . Clark S . W ., Cashing J . W ., A . J , Clark S . D ., Baker J . D ., West I . G ., F . Carr Secretary , Brasted P . M . Preceptor ; also Bros . Watkinson , Catling , Pearcn , Christian , LeCraue , Bunker , Smyth , G . Clark , Lowe , Robinson . Lodge was opened iu

due form , and the minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . S . Clark candidate . This brother offered himself as candidate for passing , was interrogated , and entrusted . Tho W . M . then vacated the chair in favour of Bro . Christian , who opened the Lodge in the second

degree and rehearsed the ceremony . Bro . Rose then resumed the chair , and the brethren assisted Bro . Watkinson to work tho first section of the lecture . Lodgo was resumed , and Bro . Pearce was

elected a member . A cordial vote of thanks was ordered to be recorded on the minutes to Bro . Rose for his efficient duties in tho chair , for the fir .-1 time in this Lodge . Nothing further offering for the good of Freemasonry , the Lodgo was closed , and adjourned .

Sir Hugn Myddelton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1602 —On Thursday , 12 t . h instant , at the White Horse Tavern , Liverpool " road . Present—Bros . Cross W . M ., Crawley S . W ., McMillen J . W . - Hughes Secretary , Garner S . D ., Weerien Preceptor , Baker I . G . ; and other brethren . Lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of

previous meeting were read and confirmed . The first seetion was worked by Bro . McMillen , assisted by the brethren . Lodge was opened iu tho second degree , and tho ceremony of passing rehearsed , Bro . Patient candidate . Bro . Crawley was unanimously elected W . M .

for tbe next meetinjr . Bro . Weeden proposed that a vote of thanks be entered on the minutes to Bro . Cross for his able working in the chair , this being tho first time in this Lodgo of Instruction . This was carried nuanimonsly . Nothing else offeriug , Lodge was closed , and adjourned uutil Thursday , 19 th inst .

Kingsland Lodge of Instruction , No . 1693 . —Held at the Cock Tavern , Highbnry , Monday , 9 th inst . Bros . Trewinnard W . M . 228 W . M ., Cooper W . M . 1693 S . W ., Dixie J . W ., Weeden acting Preceptor , Collingridge ( Secretary ) J . D ., Forge Treasurer , Brett I . G ., P . M . Elliott , and several other brethren . Lodge was opened in due form , and the minntes of last meeting were read and confirmed .

The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed , Bro . Garner acting as candidate . Lodge was opened in the second degree and the ceremony of installation rehearsed . Lodge was opened in the third , and the W . M . was saluted in tho different degrees . Bro . Elliott gave the various addresses in a very able manner . Lodge was closed in due form , and adjourned .

On Monday , 16 th inst ., Bros . J . Cooper W . M ., J . J . Ware S . W ., J . W . Collingridge J . W ., A . W . Fenner acting Secretary , H . C . Turner S . D ., R . Garner J . D ., A . Baker I . G ., A . Trewinnard Preceptor ; also Bros . T . J . Cusworth , W . T . Garrnd , W . Moorhouse , C . Weeden , R . W . Goler , A . J . Dixie , H . Hall . After preliminaries , Lodge was

advanced to the second , when Bro . A . Baker answered the questions , but being only a F . C . was not entrusted . Bro . N . L . Western kindly offered himself as candidate ; he was dulv entrusted , and the

ceremony of raising was ably rehearsed by Bro . Cooper ( W . M . of the mother Lodge ) . Lodge being resumed , Bro . Ware was unanimously elected W . M . for tho next meeting . Lodge was then closed , and adjonrned .

Chiswiek Lodgo of Instruction , No . 2012 . — On Saturday , 7 th inst ., at the Tabard Hotel , Bedford Park , W ., Bros . Williams W . M ., Gammell S . W ., Gomm J . W ., Gardner Treasurer , Johnson Secretary , DowliDg S . D .. Sims J . D ., Hopkins I . G ., Ayling P . M . Precepor , Weeks Tyler ; also Bros . Gaimnell . Brown , and j

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Furze . Lodge was opened and minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed . Lodge was advanced to the second and third degrees , and resumed in the first , when the ceremony was rehearsed . Questions leadiug to second degree were put , and answered by Bro .

Gammell . Lodge was resumed to the second degree . Bro . Gardner and Brown occupied the Senior and Junior Wardens' chairs re--npectively , when the ceremony was I'ehearsed . Lodge was resumed to the first degree . Bro . Gammell was unanimously elected a member .

THE FIFTEEN SECTIONS WILL BE WORKED In the Royal Jubilee Lodge of Instruction , No . 72 , on Wednesday , 2 nd December , at the Haunch of Venison , 1 Bell Yard , Fleet-street , W . C , at 7 p . m . precisely . Bro . J . Hemming J . D . 1287 W . M ., D . T .

Davies 72 S . W ., B . Kauffmann J . W . 1732 J . W . First Lecture—Bros . Bromley , Kanffmann , Nickolls , Drury , Stroud , Burgess , Davies . Second Lecture—Bros . Bathard , Greenway , Soodin , Paul , Day . Third Lecture—Bros . Kershaw , Smith , Solomon . Bro . E . Walker I . P . M . 72 is the Preceptor . Brethren are fraternally invited .

The following Festivals were held at the Freemasons ' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , 21 st November 1885 : -

Monday—British Lodge , Royal Albert Lodge . Tuesday—Cadogan Lodge , Salisbury Chapter , Ebury Chapter . Wednesday—Oak Lodgo , Grand Steward ' s Lodge , Noviomagus . Thursday—St . Mary's Lodgo , Universal Lodge , Great Northern Lodge , Globe Lodge , United Pilgrim Chapter . Friday—Jordan Lodge , University Lodge .

A TESTIMONY . r PHE Rt . Rev . Alex . V . Griswnld , the first Bishop in the Pro I testant Episcopal Church of the E istern Diooesn , in 1811 ,

afte-wards the Presiding Bishop of the Epismpal Chnrch in the United States , and'for ten yea > -8 Chancellor of B * own Uuiversitv , was a thorough Freemason . During the Anti-M'tsonic persecution of 1828-35 , a wealthy layman accosted the Bishop , and made sundry insinuations to the discredit of a certain clergyman , w indiug up with the

remark" And now , Bishop , you will be shocked—much shocked , at hearing what I nm qnite prepared to prove ; this man is—I have no doubt of it—a Mason !" "A Ma- < on , is he ? lam one myself , " replied Bishop Griswold . The villifier was completely flabbergasted . Bnt the Bis ' iop con .

tinned — " I wish all my clergy were Masons ; 1 wish they all b . ilong ^ d to the Craft , providing they would act up to its obligations , and fulfil its engagements . " " And in what may these consist ? " said the talebearer . The Bishop replied : —

"I will show you practically . Yon have sought me with a long and labonred statement ; yon have said much that has had a tendency to injure another . Now , I will believe that yon have been actuated by no other than perfectly pure and disinterested feelings , I will believe that no personal animosity in any degree moved you .

This conclusion you ovvo to Masonry . That teaches me charity —that charity which bids us invariably put the best construction upon the acts and motives of others . This I learned from Masonry . " Bro . Bishop Griswold was not only a learned theologian , bnt tho greatest American mathematician after Dr . Bowditch . He was born at Simsbury , Conn ., in 1766 , and died at Boston , in 1843 . —Keystone .

Is HE A MASON ?—Not unfrequently have I asked this question since I took the symbolic degrees of Masonry , and very often havo been compelled to answer it thus : "He has taken the degrees . " Every one who has been initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry knows that the preparations required of a man to be made a Mason

must or ought to take place before he can lawfully enter the sanctum sanctorum of our Temple . One of the first lessons I was tanght , after the ceremony of initiation , was the great duty I owed to God , to nevermention His name but with that reverential awe whioh is due from a creature to his Creator . Then is he a Mason who , at all times

and in all public places , ignores that lesson ? I am ashamed to say that even in our Temple sometimes we hear the name of God spoken in vain by the mau who boastingly says , " I am a Mason . " Ho who thus acts has only taken tho degrees . Ho ia as far from being a

Mason , in the strict sense of the term , as the mau is from being a Christian who attends his church and , kneeling in public worship , goes through the " form of prayer , " while in his heart he holds bitter enmity aud hatred towards his brother . — Voice of Masonry .

THE SECRETS OF FREEMASONRY . -Let the possessor of them bo expatriated , shipwrecked or imprisoned ; let him be stripped of everything he has got in the world , these credentials remain . They havo stayed tho hand of the destroyer ; they havo softened the asperities of the tyrant ; they have mitigated the horrors of enptiviry ; they

have subdued the rancour of malevolence , and br > ken down tho barrier of political animosity . Ou the field of battle , in the solitudes of tho uncultivated forest , and in the busy haunts of tho crovded city , they have made friends of men of the most hos'ile feelings . — Bro . Dr . Benjamin Franklin .

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