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Masonry In India
Grand Lodges of the Punjab and Bombay . At tho former , Bro . Major W . Mackesey , Dep . D . G . M ., presided , and , in the course of his address , congratulated the brethren on the progress which tho Craft had made latel y in India , as wt'll as elsewhere . Tho Report of the Fund of Benevolence
having been read , and sundry resolutions in accordance therewith having been proposed and carried , the actiug D . G . M ., before closing the Lodge , expressed his regret at the paucity of attendance on tho part of the members , and also that so few , on finding themselves unable to attend ,
had thought it worth while to send any apology for their absence . Bro . Hon . J . Gibbs presided at tho half yearly communication of the Bombay D . G . L . In the course of his address , Bro . Gibb 3 touched on the rights and privileges of honorary membership . The sum of Rs . 1 , 000 having
been transferred from the Hall Fund to the Grand Lodge Fund , in order to meet certain expenditure incurred in connection with Masonic- ceremonials on tho Prince of Wales ' s visit to Bombay , and the other business having been disposed of , the D . Grand Lodge was closed with the customary formalities .
Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Cornwall.
PROVINCIAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF CORNWALL .
INSTALLATION OP LORD MOUNT EDGCUMBE . THE Royal Arch Freemasons of Cornwall achieved a notable work last Tuesday , for they secured to themselves the advantage of provincial organisation , and witnessed the installation of the Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe at its head . The event marks the com . plete resuscitation of this superior degree of the order in the county . In the latter part of the last century there was a Provincial Grand Chapter of Cornwall , but , with the exception of tho Falmouth Chap .
ter , which , however , remains dormant , all the Chapters then meeting have died out . The oldest working Chapter is that at Penzance , which dates from 1863 , since which Chapters have been established at Truro , Hayle , St . Austell , Liskeard , St . Day , Tywardreath , and St . Germans . There were therefore good grounds for the formation of a Provincial Grand Chapter . The novelty of tho occasion , aud the
ceremony of installing the Earl as Grand Superintendent , drew a large number of Arch Masons from all parts of the county , as well as from across the Tatnar , who met in the handsome room of the Masonic Hall , at Truro , Ex . Comp . L . P . Metham Proviucial Grand II . of Devonshire kindly undertook to perform the installation ceremony , as the representative of the Grand First Principal ( the Earl of
Carnarvon ) . The Chapter was opened in duo form , with Ex . Comp . Metham pre - siding as Z ., and supported by Comp . Colonel Peard , and Comp . N . J . West occupying the H . and J . chairs respectively ; Comp . W . Tweedy acting as P . Soj ., and Comp . R . John as Master of Ceremonies . Comp . Sir Frederick Martin Williams , Bart ., M . P ., who , on entering
the Chapter , was greeted with hearty applause , occupied a seat near the E . Z . When all were assembled , Ex . Comp . Metham introduced the bnsinesa by observing on its gratifying characteristics—the constitution of a Provincial Grand Chapter , and the installation at its head of one in whom all felfc a pride in the immediate prospect of his filling the office—of one who , always desirous of benefitting the Craft
and humanity in general , was sure to receive from the Chapter that cordial welcome which his kindness deserved . ( Applause ) . The patent for the constitution of the Provincial Grand Chapter and the installation of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe having been read b y Comp . John , Comps . F . W . Dabb , W . J . Johns , G . Kerswel ) , and T . C . Stephens , as the deputation , ushered in the Earl as Grand Superin .
tendent-Designate . Ex . Comp . Mtfcham , addressing his lordship , said : — " Excellent Companion Lord Mount Edgcumbe : In acting to-day as Installing Officer , it is my pleasing privilege to congratulate you on the distin . guished position you have attained , and the Province on their good fortune in receiving as their ruler one , who , both by precept and
example , illustrates and adorns the principles of Freemasonry . I am also charged to convey to you the warmest congratulations and good wishes of my Illnstrious Chief , the Grand Superintendent , and the Companions of Devonshire . You have already shown , as Provincial Grand Master , that you possess a just and generous mind , which would be more gratified in guiding the judgment and winning the
affections of your brethren , than in exercising a despotic power over their lives and fortunes . To all of U 3 our Great Master haa committed talents , to some more and to others less , for which wo shall have to account at His coming . To yon , more than to most , Ho has committed great and precious talents which I am confident you will not bury in a napkin , but employ to His glory and tho welfare of your
fellow creatures , moro especially the great talent to be committed to your keeping this day . You receive this honourable distinction afc a time when the prelates of a Chnrch , hostile to our Order , are every day , with increased virulence , fulminating anathemas against Freemasons as materialists and atheists . It will be your duty by your public conduct , your private life , and your teaching , to contradict so unfounded a calumny . Before administering to you the solemn
obligation pertainiug to your office , ifc is my duty to call your attention to the supremo and unsurpassable character of the Royal Arch Degree . It must of necessity be the climax of Freemasonry , for it is intimately blended with all that is near aud dear to us in auother and a higher state of existence . It is fonnded on a name which is above every name—the name of the Great I AM , who was from 8 , 11 eternity , ia now , and shall he one andf the , same
Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Cornwall.
tor over ; who it tho Eternal Ruler of tho Universe , tho elemental life , the primordial source of all its principles , the very spring and fountain of all its virtues and of all its b ' ossings . Like the ladder of Jacob ' s dream tho b : i « o of our system rest .-i on the earth , tho intermediate steps are clear ami defined , but tho summit reaches to the Heavens and ia buried in the clouds . When the inst and
upright brother who has modelled his life according to the principles of truth aud virtue ; who haa made Charity his guido , in thought , word and deed , towards all men ; who has cultivated and exercised hia intellectnal powers to the glory of God and tho welfare of hid fellow creatures , stands afc last on the brink of tho grave which ia about to receive him into its cold bosom , ho qnails not , but raises
his eyes in faith to that bright morning star whoso rising shall bring peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of tho human race . And then , when death has thrown his sablo mantle around himwhen the la ? t arrow of our mortal enemy haa boon despatchedwhen the bow of the mighty conqueror has been broken by the iron arm of time—when tho angel of the Lord has declared that time ifc .
self shall bo no more , and when , by that victory , God has subdued all things unto himself , then will our faithful brothor behold the clouds rolled back from the summit of the ladder , and he will find himself in the presence of the Great I AM , his beneficent Creator and merciful Judge , and he shall behold ( not as now , through a glass darkly , but face to face ) Him whom ho has obeyed in life and trusted in
death . The Royal Arch Degree , is , therefore , to ua a pillar of daily admiration and instruction and a beacon of eternal light guiding ua through the intricate windings of our mortal existence , and only leaving us when having passed through the gloomy portals which divide life from death we enter those eternal mansions where the true secrots of Masonry shall be disclosed . nevor again tobe'concealed or lost .
Were there a thousand degrees , eaoh moro beautiful than tho other , useful as they may be aa illustrations , exponents or incentives , tbey are , unless connected with or dependent on the Royal Arch degree , weakened as moral teachers and deprived of their most solemn , vital , and instructive character . They would be like the fruit described in Eastern fable , beautiful and tempting to the eye , but stony and cold
to the touch and bitter as aahe 3 to the taste . Had the soul no aspirations breathed into its inmost onsciousuess by which ifc was convinced it should never perish , the cry of the heathen sensualist , " Let us eat , drink , and be merry , for to-morrow we die , " would be the best philosophy and the easiest rule of life . Still superlative as I claim this degree to be , I emphatically call on yon to remember
that it is but a link , although the most precious link , in the golden chain which hinda together in mutual dependence the various parts of our whole system . And if you have carefully followed tho teaching of the three degrees of which the Royal Arch is the copestone , yon will havo learned that there is no more acceptable service or sacri . fice you can offer to yonr beneficent Creator than to look beyond the narrow limits of particular institutions , whether civil or religious ,
and to behold in every child of Adam a brother of the dust . You obey His will and you do the truost Masonic work when yon tend the sick , feed the hungry , clotho the naked , shelter the outcast , visit the widow aud orphan iu their desolation , cheer the mourners in their sorrow , and extend comfort aud consolation to every one of yonr fellow creatures in their noed , irrespective of nation , language , creed , or colour .
He prayeth best who loveth best , All things both great and small , For the dear God who loveth us , Hath made and loves them all . We are , therefore , bound as Royal Arch Masons , in gratitude for favours so abundantly showered upon us , and in expectation of the
fulfilment of His gracious promises for the future , to do our utmost to hasten the completion of that glorious Temple , that Spiritual building which is to supersede the typical Temple erected on Mount Moriah . Let us diligently employ the working tools of this degree , let us perform our allotted task while ifc is yet day . With the sword , by our side let na fight for the true against the false , the good
against the evil , and the week agamafc the strong ; with the crowbar let us demolish the strongholds of pride , prejudice , ignorance , and superstition ; with the pickaxe let us bury the rubbish of the body of the old Adam ; with the shovel let us clear away the rnina of a fallen nature , and prepare the ground for a new structure , fitted for the reception of truth , virtue , and wisdom ; with the trowel let us every
day add a white and perfect ashlar to the walls of the new Temple , which , though , alas , ouly too slowly , is gradually and certainly growing up , by-and-by to cover the whole earth , to embrace and fold , within its ample courts , all people , nations and languages , and to be filled with the name , the honour and glory of the Great I AM —( loud and continued applause . )
Tho installing ceremony was then most impressively conducted , Comps . the Rev . G . L . Chnrch , the Rev . G . Ross and R . John assisting Ex . Comp . Metham . The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe having been invested with the robes of office and conducted to his chair , was cordially greeted ana saluted in ancient form . Addressing the Chapter , ho first of all thanked Ex . Comp . Metham for hia most
impressive conduct ; of the day ' s ceremony — ( applause . ) The Chapter , he was sure , would warmly reciprocate Comp . Metham ' a sentiments with regard to tho cordial feeling and congratu . lations he brought with him from the sister Province —( applause )—and it was a matter of deep regret to him that the G . S . of Devon , the Rev . J . Hnyshe , was unable to take upon himself the duties so admirably performed by the second principal of the Devonshire
Province . As years rolled on it was his hope that tho Royal Arch Masons of Cornwall would look back to this day as an era of no little importance in the Masonic history of tho Province —( applause)—not because so humble and inexperienced a person as himself had been placed in the principal chair , but becanse ifc was the commencement of anything like provincial organisation in the county in connection with this high degree —( hear , hear)—a degree which was the climax of pure Masonry . ( Applause . ) He did not mean to say that they
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Masonry In India
Grand Lodges of the Punjab and Bombay . At tho former , Bro . Major W . Mackesey , Dep . D . G . M ., presided , and , in the course of his address , congratulated the brethren on the progress which tho Craft had made latel y in India , as wt'll as elsewhere . Tho Report of the Fund of Benevolence
having been read , and sundry resolutions in accordance therewith having been proposed and carried , the actiug D . G . M ., before closing the Lodge , expressed his regret at the paucity of attendance on tho part of the members , and also that so few , on finding themselves unable to attend ,
had thought it worth while to send any apology for their absence . Bro . Hon . J . Gibbs presided at tho half yearly communication of the Bombay D . G . L . In the course of his address , Bro . Gibb 3 touched on the rights and privileges of honorary membership . The sum of Rs . 1 , 000 having
been transferred from the Hall Fund to the Grand Lodge Fund , in order to meet certain expenditure incurred in connection with Masonic- ceremonials on tho Prince of Wales ' s visit to Bombay , and the other business having been disposed of , the D . Grand Lodge was closed with the customary formalities .
Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Cornwall.
PROVINCIAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF CORNWALL .
INSTALLATION OP LORD MOUNT EDGCUMBE . THE Royal Arch Freemasons of Cornwall achieved a notable work last Tuesday , for they secured to themselves the advantage of provincial organisation , and witnessed the installation of the Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe at its head . The event marks the com . plete resuscitation of this superior degree of the order in the county . In the latter part of the last century there was a Provincial Grand Chapter of Cornwall , but , with the exception of tho Falmouth Chap .
ter , which , however , remains dormant , all the Chapters then meeting have died out . The oldest working Chapter is that at Penzance , which dates from 1863 , since which Chapters have been established at Truro , Hayle , St . Austell , Liskeard , St . Day , Tywardreath , and St . Germans . There were therefore good grounds for the formation of a Provincial Grand Chapter . The novelty of tho occasion , aud the
ceremony of installing the Earl as Grand Superintendent , drew a large number of Arch Masons from all parts of the county , as well as from across the Tatnar , who met in the handsome room of the Masonic Hall , at Truro , Ex . Comp . L . P . Metham Proviucial Grand II . of Devonshire kindly undertook to perform the installation ceremony , as the representative of the Grand First Principal ( the Earl of
Carnarvon ) . The Chapter was opened in duo form , with Ex . Comp . Metham pre - siding as Z ., and supported by Comp . Colonel Peard , and Comp . N . J . West occupying the H . and J . chairs respectively ; Comp . W . Tweedy acting as P . Soj ., and Comp . R . John as Master of Ceremonies . Comp . Sir Frederick Martin Williams , Bart ., M . P ., who , on entering
the Chapter , was greeted with hearty applause , occupied a seat near the E . Z . When all were assembled , Ex . Comp . Metham introduced the bnsinesa by observing on its gratifying characteristics—the constitution of a Provincial Grand Chapter , and the installation at its head of one in whom all felfc a pride in the immediate prospect of his filling the office—of one who , always desirous of benefitting the Craft
and humanity in general , was sure to receive from the Chapter that cordial welcome which his kindness deserved . ( Applause ) . The patent for the constitution of the Provincial Grand Chapter and the installation of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe having been read b y Comp . John , Comps . F . W . Dabb , W . J . Johns , G . Kerswel ) , and T . C . Stephens , as the deputation , ushered in the Earl as Grand Superin .
tendent-Designate . Ex . Comp . Mtfcham , addressing his lordship , said : — " Excellent Companion Lord Mount Edgcumbe : In acting to-day as Installing Officer , it is my pleasing privilege to congratulate you on the distin . guished position you have attained , and the Province on their good fortune in receiving as their ruler one , who , both by precept and
example , illustrates and adorns the principles of Freemasonry . I am also charged to convey to you the warmest congratulations and good wishes of my Illnstrious Chief , the Grand Superintendent , and the Companions of Devonshire . You have already shown , as Provincial Grand Master , that you possess a just and generous mind , which would be more gratified in guiding the judgment and winning the
affections of your brethren , than in exercising a despotic power over their lives and fortunes . To all of U 3 our Great Master haa committed talents , to some more and to others less , for which wo shall have to account at His coming . To yon , more than to most , Ho has committed great and precious talents which I am confident you will not bury in a napkin , but employ to His glory and tho welfare of your
fellow creatures , moro especially the great talent to be committed to your keeping this day . You receive this honourable distinction afc a time when the prelates of a Chnrch , hostile to our Order , are every day , with increased virulence , fulminating anathemas against Freemasons as materialists and atheists . It will be your duty by your public conduct , your private life , and your teaching , to contradict so unfounded a calumny . Before administering to you the solemn
obligation pertainiug to your office , ifc is my duty to call your attention to the supremo and unsurpassable character of the Royal Arch Degree . It must of necessity be the climax of Freemasonry , for it is intimately blended with all that is near aud dear to us in auother and a higher state of existence . It is fonnded on a name which is above every name—the name of the Great I AM , who was from 8 , 11 eternity , ia now , and shall he one andf the , same
Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Cornwall.
tor over ; who it tho Eternal Ruler of tho Universe , tho elemental life , the primordial source of all its principles , the very spring and fountain of all its virtues and of all its b ' ossings . Like the ladder of Jacob ' s dream tho b : i « o of our system rest .-i on the earth , tho intermediate steps are clear ami defined , but tho summit reaches to the Heavens and ia buried in the clouds . When the inst and
upright brother who has modelled his life according to the principles of truth aud virtue ; who haa made Charity his guido , in thought , word and deed , towards all men ; who has cultivated and exercised hia intellectnal powers to the glory of God and tho welfare of hid fellow creatures , stands afc last on the brink of tho grave which ia about to receive him into its cold bosom , ho qnails not , but raises
his eyes in faith to that bright morning star whoso rising shall bring peace and salvation to the faithful and obedient of tho human race . And then , when death has thrown his sablo mantle around himwhen the la ? t arrow of our mortal enemy haa boon despatchedwhen the bow of the mighty conqueror has been broken by the iron arm of time—when tho angel of the Lord has declared that time ifc .
self shall bo no more , and when , by that victory , God has subdued all things unto himself , then will our faithful brothor behold the clouds rolled back from the summit of the ladder , and he will find himself in the presence of the Great I AM , his beneficent Creator and merciful Judge , and he shall behold ( not as now , through a glass darkly , but face to face ) Him whom ho has obeyed in life and trusted in
death . The Royal Arch Degree , is , therefore , to ua a pillar of daily admiration and instruction and a beacon of eternal light guiding ua through the intricate windings of our mortal existence , and only leaving us when having passed through the gloomy portals which divide life from death we enter those eternal mansions where the true secrots of Masonry shall be disclosed . nevor again tobe'concealed or lost .
Were there a thousand degrees , eaoh moro beautiful than tho other , useful as they may be aa illustrations , exponents or incentives , tbey are , unless connected with or dependent on the Royal Arch degree , weakened as moral teachers and deprived of their most solemn , vital , and instructive character . They would be like the fruit described in Eastern fable , beautiful and tempting to the eye , but stony and cold
to the touch and bitter as aahe 3 to the taste . Had the soul no aspirations breathed into its inmost onsciousuess by which ifc was convinced it should never perish , the cry of the heathen sensualist , " Let us eat , drink , and be merry , for to-morrow we die , " would be the best philosophy and the easiest rule of life . Still superlative as I claim this degree to be , I emphatically call on yon to remember
that it is but a link , although the most precious link , in the golden chain which hinda together in mutual dependence the various parts of our whole system . And if you have carefully followed tho teaching of the three degrees of which the Royal Arch is the copestone , yon will havo learned that there is no more acceptable service or sacri . fice you can offer to yonr beneficent Creator than to look beyond the narrow limits of particular institutions , whether civil or religious ,
and to behold in every child of Adam a brother of the dust . You obey His will and you do the truost Masonic work when yon tend the sick , feed the hungry , clotho the naked , shelter the outcast , visit the widow aud orphan iu their desolation , cheer the mourners in their sorrow , and extend comfort aud consolation to every one of yonr fellow creatures in their noed , irrespective of nation , language , creed , or colour .
He prayeth best who loveth best , All things both great and small , For the dear God who loveth us , Hath made and loves them all . We are , therefore , bound as Royal Arch Masons , in gratitude for favours so abundantly showered upon us , and in expectation of the
fulfilment of His gracious promises for the future , to do our utmost to hasten the completion of that glorious Temple , that Spiritual building which is to supersede the typical Temple erected on Mount Moriah . Let us diligently employ the working tools of this degree , let us perform our allotted task while ifc is yet day . With the sword , by our side let na fight for the true against the false , the good
against the evil , and the week agamafc the strong ; with the crowbar let us demolish the strongholds of pride , prejudice , ignorance , and superstition ; with the pickaxe let us bury the rubbish of the body of the old Adam ; with the shovel let us clear away the rnina of a fallen nature , and prepare the ground for a new structure , fitted for the reception of truth , virtue , and wisdom ; with the trowel let us every
day add a white and perfect ashlar to the walls of the new Temple , which , though , alas , ouly too slowly , is gradually and certainly growing up , by-and-by to cover the whole earth , to embrace and fold , within its ample courts , all people , nations and languages , and to be filled with the name , the honour and glory of the Great I AM —( loud and continued applause . )
Tho installing ceremony was then most impressively conducted , Comps . the Rev . G . L . Chnrch , the Rev . G . Ross and R . John assisting Ex . Comp . Metham . The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe having been invested with the robes of office and conducted to his chair , was cordially greeted ana saluted in ancient form . Addressing the Chapter , ho first of all thanked Ex . Comp . Metham for hia most
impressive conduct ; of the day ' s ceremony — ( applause . ) The Chapter , he was sure , would warmly reciprocate Comp . Metham ' a sentiments with regard to tho cordial feeling and congratu . lations he brought with him from the sister Province —( applause )—and it was a matter of deep regret to him that the G . S . of Devon , the Rev . J . Hnyshe , was unable to take upon himself the duties so admirably performed by the second principal of the Devonshire
Province . As years rolled on it was his hope that tho Royal Arch Masons of Cornwall would look back to this day as an era of no little importance in the Masonic history of tho Province —( applause)—not because so humble and inexperienced a person as himself had been placed in the principal chair , but becanse ifc was the commencement of anything like provincial organisation in the county in connection with this high degree —( hear , hear)—a degree which was the climax of pure Masonry . ( Applause . ) He did not mean to say that they