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The First Masonic Festival of the Present Year WILL HE THAI OF THE TRj O ^ £ ~ -A . XJ MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION JOB AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 29 ™ FEBRUARY 1888 , rpoir WHICH OCCASION SIR GEORGE ELLIOT , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . PROV . G . M . SOUTH WALES ( BAST DIVISION ) , has been pleased to signify his intention of Presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly invited to accept the office of Stewards upon this occasion , and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their names and Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to ihe Secretary , who will gladly give any information required , and supply them with the nececsary circulars , < tc . It is fraternally hoped that upon this occasion , owing to the large number of applicants and the few vacancies . Brethren will use their influence to obtain donation * towards the funds ef the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present tiino . Expenditure in Annuities alone X ! 15 , 000 . Permanent income only £ 3 , 600 . JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . S . B . Secretary . OFFICE : —1 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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The Votes and Interest of the Governors and Subscribers of 8%%W*%Mtbttktd^mtxixxtmx are earnestly solicited on behalf of OLUFHAXTHAUSENP.M,No.35, Who is a Candidate for election to the benefits of the Institution ' Bro . Haxthansen was initiated into Freemasonry nearly 40 years ago ; has been W . M . of Medina Lodge , No . 35 , Cowes , of which he is still a Subscribing Member ; be was for many years the Consular Agenfc of France for the Isle of Wight , and was in prosperous circumstances ; but owing to depression in trade and domestic afflictions he has been reduced to ntter destitution , and being old and very infirm he is incapacitated from seeking any employment . His application is supported by the Charities' Committee of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and is strongly recommended by the following Brethren . * A . BA »? im , B P . M . 35 P . P . J . G . D . Hants and I . of Wight , 22 Great George Street , Westminster . H . O . DAJUNT P . M . 35 , Cliff Road , West Cowes . * T . W . FAui . KtTER P . M . 35 , I' . Z . 151 , 175 , P . P . J . G . W ., York House , W . Cowes . GIIKS P . M . 35 , P . P . tt . Snpt . W ., liridpnrt , Dorset . R . LovibAND-LovuLANu P . M . ( ii ) 3 , P . Z . 175 . P . P . S . G . W ., Hare Court , Temple . MAWJTERB P . M . 35 . Collector of Customs , Falmouth . ? G . A . MUKSELT . P . M . 35 , P . Z . 175 , P . P . G . J . D ., Gloster Hotel , West Cowes . F . KKWJUK P . M . 175 , 551 , WB , 1881 , P . Z . 151 , 175 , P . P . S . G . W ., Ryde . G . PACK P . M . and P . Z . 175 , P . P . G . J . D ., Yolf's Hotel , Ryde . ? ROBERTO . Y P . M . 35 nnd 21 W ) , P . G . S ., East Cowes , Isle of Wight . * F . RUTLAND W . M . 35 , P . G . Orgt ., Ivy House , West Cowes . ? SADLER , Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court . Proxies will be thankfully received by those marked * .

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The Votes and Interest of the Governors and Subscribers of Cbcllgl.|kiwfolc».tIirstttw&rir are earnestly solicited on behalf of ALICEVASEY, WIDOW OF THE LATE BRO . SAMUEL VASEY . Bro . Samuel Vasej was a ship ' s provision merchant , afe WappiDg , 1818-18 S 0 , where he was unsuccessful in bnsines . o , and died shortl y after , leaving his widow qnito without means . lie was initiated in the Yarborongh Lodge , No . 554-, in 1854 ; W . M . 1860 ; subscribed 12 yeara . Joined Unity Lodge , No . 183 , in 1866 ; W . M . 186 D ; subscribed 12 years . P . Z . of Yarborough Chapter . Self and wife Life Subscribers R . M . I . B . Proxies thankfully received by the following Brethren : — G . R . LANGLEr W . M . 133 . IS Gowlett Road , Peckham Rye . G . P . BRITTEX P . M . and Treas . 1 S 3 , 11 Friday Street . G . W . Speth P . M . and Sec . 183 , Streatham House , Margate . Strongly recommended by the following Subscribers : — Robert Gray , Past Grand Deacon , George Mickley , P . P . G . S . W . Herts , Pres . Board of Benevolence . Bro . George Motion , P . P . G . D . Essex Richard Evo , Grand Treasurer . T . W . Ockendcn , P . M . 1512 PPGD Horace B . Marshall , Past G . Treas . Middlesex . R . W . Stewart , Past Grand Deacon . H . W . Roberts , P . M . 12 !) 3 , P . G . W . Midx ¥ . Richardson , Past Grand Deacon . W . A . Scurrah , P . P . G . S . W . Middlesex w . Roebuck , Past Grand Swd . Nearer . i \ Atlkril , P . M . 7 Fred . Binckes , Past G . Sword Bearer . IL C . Archer , P . M . 1 S 3 E . Bowyer , Past Grand St . Bearer . TV . P . Brown , P . M . !)() , T . H . Matthews , Past G . St . Bearer . Thomas Griffith , P . M . 1 ) 07 C . F . Hogard , Past Grand St . Bearer . N . B . Headon , P . M . 1126 C . E . Soppet , Past Grand Steward . A . T . Hirsch , 183 Thomas Cubitt , Past G . Pursuivant . II . Hooper , J . XV . 1 S 3 C . E . Cottebrune , Past G . Pursuivant . H . Massev , P . M . 619 and 1028 Charles Helton , P . P . G . TV . Surrey , David D . Mercer , P . M . 1811 V .-Pres . Board of Gen . Purposes . Rev . Richard Morris , LL . D . P M 1185 TV . . T . Crutch , P . M . 1278 , P . P . G . W . G . W . Pinnock , P . M . 183 - ' 113 a Hert « . Thomas Poore , P . M . 720 T . C . Eager , P . M . 1395 , P . P . G . S . W . Stephen Richardson , P . M . 183 Surrey . P . R . Spaull , P . M . 1121 and 1763 J . Glass , P . M . 453 , P . G . S . Wks . Essex . R . . r . Taylor , P . M . lit and 1922 G . Kenning , r . AU 5 : J , P . l \ U . W . Midax . 0 . W . Todd , P . M . lsa

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fUrplHfas0mrimitationfor(girls, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : His SOYAII HIGHNESS THE PBINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROYAL H IGHNESS THE PRINCESS OK WALES . POUNDED 178 8 . CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1888 . PRESIDENT OY THE B OARD OF STEWARDS : The Right Hon . the EARL OF LATHOM DEPUTY G . M ., Prov . G . M . Lancashire Western Division . — : 0 : — Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion will greatly oblige by sending in their names as early as convenient . F . R . VT . HEDGES , Secretary . OFFICE—5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C .

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THE MASONIC AND MILITARY ORDERS OF KNIGHTS OF ROME AND OF THE RED CROSS OF GONSTANTINE , K . H . S ., AN \ D ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST . Colonel Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , Bart ., M . III . Grand Sovereign , and Grand Commander of St . John . THE ANNUALASSEMBLY OF IHE GRANDIMPERIALCONCLAVE ¦ WILL BE HOMES' AT 16 A GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C , On MONDAY , the 5 th MARCH 1888 . At Five o'Clock in the Afternoon . A BANQUET will be provided at Half-past Six o ' clock . Tickets , One Guinea each . It is requested that every Knight Companion intending' to dino will forward his namo to tho Grand Recorder with as litJc delay as possible . Knights will not be admitted unless they appear in thc insignia of their rank in tho Order , Knights of St . John in White Sashes . CHAS . FRED . HOGARD , Grand Hccordcr anil Registrar General , I 6 ' a Great Queen Street , W . C . The GENERAL STATUTES of the ORDER , with an Appendix and Engravings of th © Jewels and Regalia—Price , Cloth , Is 6 d—can be obtained of the Grand Recorder , 16 a Great Queen Street .

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Common Sense Not Yet Extinct Among American Masons.

COMMON SENSE NOT YET EXTINCT AMONG AMERICAN MASONS .

BY BKO . JACOB NOKTOH .

BEFORE the invention of printing ^ Masons had no Bibles in their Lodges . The rituals , however , of the seventeenth century required the candidate at a certain part of the initiation to lay his hand on a book , viz ., the Bible , and the said custom was continued after the

formation of the Grand Lodge in 1717 . The several earliest rituals , however , do not indicate that Ike Bible was referred to as a Masonic symbol . Anderson , in both editions of his Constitutions , did not mention the Bible

and m his second edition , of 1738 , he distinctly informs ns that ihe Grand Lodge was opened in those days "in due form , " when on the pedestal was laid ( uot the Bible , & c , but ) ' thc Couutiluiiona aud tbo Swoirel . " Aud if audi