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Correspondence.
Yefc Bro . Fort informs ns that in Paris the Masons had St . Blaiso for their patron saint ; and we know that in tho fifteenth century , bo'h in England and Germany , the " Four holy crowned Martyrs * , " wero the Masons' patron saints . In Alnwick St . Michael was the Masons ' patron saint , and we were recently informed by a Spanish brother Mason that in Zamora , iu Spain , the operative Masons had Saint
Julia for their patron saint , but the national patron saint of Spanish Masons is called Saint Eulalia . Now , we know not whether they have in tho Spanish operative Lodges " the point within a circle , " with Saint Julia and Saint Enlalia as " Masonio parallels ; " but we do know that even the Spanish stonecutters and bricklayers were never polished enough to believe that their patron saints had ever been
Grand Masonic nvstresses , and presided over Masonic Lodges or Grand Lodges anywhere . In England there were also a number of bigots who succeeded more or less in introducing sectarian notions into the ritual . Bat the leaders of the English Grand Lodge saw the injustice whioh resnlted therefrom . Hence , in 1813 or 1814 the Rev . Bro . James Hemming ,
D . D ., revised the ritual , and very justly expunged therefrom the most offensive sectarian allusions . The patronage of the Saints John was discarded , and the Saint Johns' days ceased to be their Masonic festivals ; aud the sooner our American Masons are brought to a sense of justice by imitating the example of the Grand Lodge of England the better it will be for the morality of our individual
brethren , and for the reputation of the Craft in general . The above answer the editor of the Keystone should have given to the inquiry of bis subscriber about the origin of the con . nection of the Saints John with Masonry . But I am sorry to say he does not aim or wish to enlighten the minds of his readers , bnt to muddle them . Twenty . five years ago , when we were totally ignorant
of Masonic history , Masonio writers could scribble what they plea ed with impunity . Thus , Oliver either copied or invented Masonic legends . So did Mackey , Moore , and a host of others . It is no wonder , therefore , that Masonio magazines were then crammed with all kinds of glittering trash . Bnt the writings of Bros . Findel , Steinbrenner , Lyon , Hughan , Woodford , and last , though not least ,
Bro . Gould ' s Masonic publications , have opened such a floodgate of Masonic light that our present Masonio editors who have any self respect , or respect for truth , would feel ashamed to spread before their readers such a batch of conglomerate nonsense as appeared in the Keystone on the 15 th December 1883 . It is also possible that the readers of other Masonio periodicals mav be too well in .
formed to ask the question about the St . Johns' legends . The Pbiladrlphian Masons alone seem to be still steeped in the old state of ignorance . The Keystone is their oracle , and its Hierophant can make them believe anything and everything he pleases . Some years ago tbe editor of the Keystone made his Pennsylvanian
readers believe that Daniel Coxe originated their Masonry in 1732 , and now he is persuading them to cling to the silly tradition that the Saints John were clothed with Freemasons' aprons and wielded their gavels as Grand Masters of Masonic Lodges in Jerusalem or Patmos . What next ? Fraternally and respectfully yours , JACOB NORTON .
The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , when Brother Joshua Nunn P . G . S . B . occupied his chair as President . Bros . James Brett and 0 . A . Cottebrune respectively filled their chairs as Vice Presidents , and there was a full
attendance of brethren . Two recommendations of grants from last meeting of the Board were confirmed , and the brethren then proceeded with the list of new cases , twenty-six in number . Of these there were fifteen where
the petitioner , or the petitioner ' s late husband , was initiated in a country Lodge , one from Ireland , one from Constantinople , one from Rotterdam , and eight from the London district . Five cases were deferred for further information respecting the applicants , and the remainder were relieved , the total amount voted reachinsr £ 490 .
During the past week we have received , from all parts of the kingdom , congratulatory letters respecting our in-¦ stallation as Master of the St . Michael ' s Lodge . Personally we tender our sincere thanks to our courteous correspondents , to whom , perhaps , we ought to apologise for not
having adopted tlio more regular custom of acknowledgment through the post . We can assure them we are intensely gratified at the fraternal and cordial expressions
of interest taken in the Lodge over whose destinies we have been called on to preside . We know we express the sentiments of the menibers o . 211 when we say they appreciate in the highest sense the hononr thus paid their W . M .
It is always a gratifying dnty for us to be able to report progress . Onr esteemed Brother E . Woodman , a Craftsman well known , has found it incumbent on him , in consequence of the Urge increase of his business , to take City
premises , at 68 Finsbury Pavement , E . C . Bro . Woodman will attend daily , at this address , between the hours of 10 a , m . and C > p . m ., wbex-e we have no doubt his services as a Dental Surgeon will be in full requisition .
Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
A NEW CHAPTER OP IMPROVEMENT . FOR many years past it has been a source of considerable regret amongst Royal Arch Masous that so few oppori unities present themselves for them to acquire instruction in the ritual of thia supreme degree , and to enable them to fit themselves for the discharge of those high offices which it is the laudable ambition of all who are admitted to Royal Arch Masonry to obtain . Unlike Craft Lodges of Instrnction they are few nnd far between , and hitherto — : o : —
only scattered with long intervening distances , and limited to districts on the north side of the Thames . Since the days of Dr . Ladd , a great authority in the science , no provision has ever been made for giving instruction to the very numerous body of Royal Arch Masons who are to be found in tho sonthem districts , and if any one was anxions to be instructed , living in that locality , he had .
to travel even miles to obtain it , the nearest and most accessible place being the Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement , in the neighbourhood of Cornhill . The long required change has at lasfc come about , for in future tbe want will be supplied by the . opening of a new Chapter of Instruction , called tbe Panmure , afc the Stirling Castle , Church Street , Camberwell , which was inaugurated on Friday , the 15 th instant , at seven o ' clock , with the advantage of having Comp .
T . Poore as a most talented and courteous Preceptor . 1 he fittings of the Chapter aro of a very correct and elaborate description . All Royal Arch Masons are cordially invited , and those aspiring to office will do well to enrol themselves amongst its membets . At the meeting on Friday , the 15 th instant , the three Principals were Comps . Falwood M . E . Z ., Poore II ., and Allan J . ; Comps . J . S . Terry S .-E . and J . S . Watts P . S . The ceremony of exaltation was very ably rehearsed , and a very pleasant evening was passed .
the evening were Comps . Brasted M . E . Z ., Dean H ., Pinder J ., Sheffield S . N ., Strugnell P . S . A cordial invitation to all Royal Arch Masons to attend this Chapter of Improvement is tendered .
A convocation of the North London Chapter of Improvement was held at tho Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul ' s Road , Canonbury , on Thursday , when the Companions assembled punctually , at eight o ' clock . The Officers for
Bro . James Stevens , P . M . P . Z ., has accepted an invitation to deliver his interesting Masonic Lecture , " Knobs and Excrescences , " in the Union Lodge of Instruction , at Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , on Friday evening , the 14 th March , the occasion of the Annual Festival of the Lodge .
We congratulate our worthy brother on the fact that this announcement denotes a return to health , which we trust will be of permanent character , and that his late serions accident will not check the energy he has so long and so . uccessfully displayed .
We have been requested to announce that there will be no meeting of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge of Instruction on the 29 th instant , the brethren having adjourned so that thoy may attend the Ranelagh Lodge of Instruction ,
at the Six Bells Hotel , Hammersmith , where the Fifteen Sections will be worked on that evening . The following is a list of the brethren who will assist Bro . Jesse Collings , who has been appointed to preside : —
First Lecture—Bros . Purdue * , Willians , Blunden , Stroud , Alais , Taylor , Hardy ; Second Lecture—Bros . Dopson , Nicols , Webster , Spiegel , Smout . Third Lecture—Bros . Barker , Williams , Davis . Lodge will be opened at 7 o ' clock precisely .
The following Festivals were held at the Freemasons ' Tavern during the week ending 23 rd February 1884 : — 18 th February—Grand Master ' s Lodge , Civil Service Vocal Union , British Lodge Installation Banquet , Wandsworth Tricycle Club Meeting ; 19 th February—Warwick Club Ball , Cadogan Lodge ,
Enoch Chapter , Salisbury Lodge , Industry Chapter , National Perseverance Society Meeting ; 20 th February—London Morayshire Clab , Buckingham ancl Chandos Club , Noviomagus , Oak Lodge ; 21 st February—Old Acquaintance Musical Society , St . James ' s Fancy Dress
Ball , Linneau Club , St . Mary's Lodge , Universal Lodge , Great Northern Lodge , United Pilgrim Chapter , Globe Lodge ; 22 nd February— Cricbton Lodge Ball , Jerusalem Lodge , New Holborn Quadrille Assembly ; 23 rd February — Batchelors Quadrille Party , Aplus Cricket Club Ball .
Ho . - OWAV ' S OISTMBNT A in * Pi __ s . —OU 1 wounds , sores , and ulcers . —Daily experience confirms the fact which has triumphed over opposition for more than forty years—viz ., thafc no means are known equal to Holloway ' s remedies , for curing bad leg ., sores , wounds , diseases of the akin , erysipelas , abscesses , burni-, sc _ l _ s , and iu truth , all cases whero the skin is broken . To care these
infirmities quickly is of primary importance , as the comptilsory confinement in-doors weakens the general health . The ready means of cure are found in Hollow-ay ' s Ointment and Pills , which heal the sores ancl expel their cause . Jn the very worst ciises tlio Oiutnient lias succoeded in effecting a perfect cure , niter every other means has failed of giving any relief . Desperate cases best display its virtues .
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Correspondence.
Yefc Bro . Fort informs ns that in Paris the Masons had St . Blaiso for their patron saint ; and we know that in tho fifteenth century , bo'h in England and Germany , the " Four holy crowned Martyrs * , " wero the Masons' patron saints . In Alnwick St . Michael was the Masons ' patron saint , and we were recently informed by a Spanish brother Mason that in Zamora , iu Spain , the operative Masons had Saint
Julia for their patron saint , but the national patron saint of Spanish Masons is called Saint Eulalia . Now , we know not whether they have in tho Spanish operative Lodges " the point within a circle , " with Saint Julia and Saint Enlalia as " Masonio parallels ; " but we do know that even the Spanish stonecutters and bricklayers were never polished enough to believe that their patron saints had ever been
Grand Masonic nvstresses , and presided over Masonic Lodges or Grand Lodges anywhere . In England there were also a number of bigots who succeeded more or less in introducing sectarian notions into the ritual . Bat the leaders of the English Grand Lodge saw the injustice whioh resnlted therefrom . Hence , in 1813 or 1814 the Rev . Bro . James Hemming ,
D . D ., revised the ritual , and very justly expunged therefrom the most offensive sectarian allusions . The patronage of the Saints John was discarded , and the Saint Johns' days ceased to be their Masonic festivals ; aud the sooner our American Masons are brought to a sense of justice by imitating the example of the Grand Lodge of England the better it will be for the morality of our individual
brethren , and for the reputation of the Craft in general . The above answer the editor of the Keystone should have given to the inquiry of bis subscriber about the origin of the con . nection of the Saints John with Masonry . But I am sorry to say he does not aim or wish to enlighten the minds of his readers , bnt to muddle them . Twenty . five years ago , when we were totally ignorant
of Masonic history , Masonio writers could scribble what they plea ed with impunity . Thus , Oliver either copied or invented Masonic legends . So did Mackey , Moore , and a host of others . It is no wonder , therefore , that Masonio magazines were then crammed with all kinds of glittering trash . Bnt the writings of Bros . Findel , Steinbrenner , Lyon , Hughan , Woodford , and last , though not least ,
Bro . Gould ' s Masonic publications , have opened such a floodgate of Masonic light that our present Masonio editors who have any self respect , or respect for truth , would feel ashamed to spread before their readers such a batch of conglomerate nonsense as appeared in the Keystone on the 15 th December 1883 . It is also possible that the readers of other Masonio periodicals mav be too well in .
formed to ask the question about the St . Johns' legends . The Pbiladrlphian Masons alone seem to be still steeped in the old state of ignorance . The Keystone is their oracle , and its Hierophant can make them believe anything and everything he pleases . Some years ago tbe editor of the Keystone made his Pennsylvanian
readers believe that Daniel Coxe originated their Masonry in 1732 , and now he is persuading them to cling to the silly tradition that the Saints John were clothed with Freemasons' aprons and wielded their gavels as Grand Masters of Masonic Lodges in Jerusalem or Patmos . What next ? Fraternally and respectfully yours , JACOB NORTON .
The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , when Brother Joshua Nunn P . G . S . B . occupied his chair as President . Bros . James Brett and 0 . A . Cottebrune respectively filled their chairs as Vice Presidents , and there was a full
attendance of brethren . Two recommendations of grants from last meeting of the Board were confirmed , and the brethren then proceeded with the list of new cases , twenty-six in number . Of these there were fifteen where
the petitioner , or the petitioner ' s late husband , was initiated in a country Lodge , one from Ireland , one from Constantinople , one from Rotterdam , and eight from the London district . Five cases were deferred for further information respecting the applicants , and the remainder were relieved , the total amount voted reachinsr £ 490 .
During the past week we have received , from all parts of the kingdom , congratulatory letters respecting our in-¦ stallation as Master of the St . Michael ' s Lodge . Personally we tender our sincere thanks to our courteous correspondents , to whom , perhaps , we ought to apologise for not
having adopted tlio more regular custom of acknowledgment through the post . We can assure them we are intensely gratified at the fraternal and cordial expressions
of interest taken in the Lodge over whose destinies we have been called on to preside . We know we express the sentiments of the menibers o . 211 when we say they appreciate in the highest sense the hononr thus paid their W . M .
It is always a gratifying dnty for us to be able to report progress . Onr esteemed Brother E . Woodman , a Craftsman well known , has found it incumbent on him , in consequence of the Urge increase of his business , to take City
premises , at 68 Finsbury Pavement , E . C . Bro . Woodman will attend daily , at this address , between the hours of 10 a , m . and C > p . m ., wbex-e we have no doubt his services as a Dental Surgeon will be in full requisition .
Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
A NEW CHAPTER OP IMPROVEMENT . FOR many years past it has been a source of considerable regret amongst Royal Arch Masous that so few oppori unities present themselves for them to acquire instruction in the ritual of thia supreme degree , and to enable them to fit themselves for the discharge of those high offices which it is the laudable ambition of all who are admitted to Royal Arch Masonry to obtain . Unlike Craft Lodges of Instrnction they are few nnd far between , and hitherto — : o : —
only scattered with long intervening distances , and limited to districts on the north side of the Thames . Since the days of Dr . Ladd , a great authority in the science , no provision has ever been made for giving instruction to the very numerous body of Royal Arch Masons who are to be found in tho sonthem districts , and if any one was anxions to be instructed , living in that locality , he had .
to travel even miles to obtain it , the nearest and most accessible place being the Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement , in the neighbourhood of Cornhill . The long required change has at lasfc come about , for in future tbe want will be supplied by the . opening of a new Chapter of Instruction , called tbe Panmure , afc the Stirling Castle , Church Street , Camberwell , which was inaugurated on Friday , the 15 th instant , at seven o ' clock , with the advantage of having Comp .
T . Poore as a most talented and courteous Preceptor . 1 he fittings of the Chapter aro of a very correct and elaborate description . All Royal Arch Masons are cordially invited , and those aspiring to office will do well to enrol themselves amongst its membets . At the meeting on Friday , the 15 th instant , the three Principals were Comps . Falwood M . E . Z ., Poore II ., and Allan J . ; Comps . J . S . Terry S .-E . and J . S . Watts P . S . The ceremony of exaltation was very ably rehearsed , and a very pleasant evening was passed .
the evening were Comps . Brasted M . E . Z ., Dean H ., Pinder J ., Sheffield S . N ., Strugnell P . S . A cordial invitation to all Royal Arch Masons to attend this Chapter of Improvement is tendered .
A convocation of the North London Chapter of Improvement was held at tho Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul ' s Road , Canonbury , on Thursday , when the Companions assembled punctually , at eight o ' clock . The Officers for
Bro . James Stevens , P . M . P . Z ., has accepted an invitation to deliver his interesting Masonic Lecture , " Knobs and Excrescences , " in the Union Lodge of Instruction , at Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , on Friday evening , the 14 th March , the occasion of the Annual Festival of the Lodge .
We congratulate our worthy brother on the fact that this announcement denotes a return to health , which we trust will be of permanent character , and that his late serions accident will not check the energy he has so long and so . uccessfully displayed .
We have been requested to announce that there will be no meeting of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge of Instruction on the 29 th instant , the brethren having adjourned so that thoy may attend the Ranelagh Lodge of Instruction ,
at the Six Bells Hotel , Hammersmith , where the Fifteen Sections will be worked on that evening . The following is a list of the brethren who will assist Bro . Jesse Collings , who has been appointed to preside : —
First Lecture—Bros . Purdue * , Willians , Blunden , Stroud , Alais , Taylor , Hardy ; Second Lecture—Bros . Dopson , Nicols , Webster , Spiegel , Smout . Third Lecture—Bros . Barker , Williams , Davis . Lodge will be opened at 7 o ' clock precisely .
The following Festivals were held at the Freemasons ' Tavern during the week ending 23 rd February 1884 : — 18 th February—Grand Master ' s Lodge , Civil Service Vocal Union , British Lodge Installation Banquet , Wandsworth Tricycle Club Meeting ; 19 th February—Warwick Club Ball , Cadogan Lodge ,
Enoch Chapter , Salisbury Lodge , Industry Chapter , National Perseverance Society Meeting ; 20 th February—London Morayshire Clab , Buckingham ancl Chandos Club , Noviomagus , Oak Lodge ; 21 st February—Old Acquaintance Musical Society , St . James ' s Fancy Dress
Ball , Linneau Club , St . Mary's Lodge , Universal Lodge , Great Northern Lodge , United Pilgrim Chapter , Globe Lodge ; 22 nd February— Cricbton Lodge Ball , Jerusalem Lodge , New Holborn Quadrille Assembly ; 23 rd February — Batchelors Quadrille Party , Aplus Cricket Club Ball .
Ho . - OWAV ' S OISTMBNT A in * Pi __ s . —OU 1 wounds , sores , and ulcers . —Daily experience confirms the fact which has triumphed over opposition for more than forty years—viz ., thafc no means are known equal to Holloway ' s remedies , for curing bad leg ., sores , wounds , diseases of the akin , erysipelas , abscesses , burni-, sc _ l _ s , and iu truth , all cases whero the skin is broken . To care these
infirmities quickly is of primary importance , as the comptilsory confinement in-doors weakens the general health . The ready means of cure are found in Hollow-ay ' s Ointment and Pills , which heal the sores ancl expel their cause . Jn the very worst ciises tlio Oiutnient lias succoeded in effecting a perfect cure , niter every other means has failed of giving any relief . Desperate cases best display its virtues .