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Conditions Of Future Prosperity For Our Institution.
appeal specially to the mind and the imagination . But these primary suggestions are not followed out in any subsequent lessons to the young Craftsman ; nor is he much appealed to after he has entered upon his Masonic career
to use his mental powers in the way of study on any of the grand themes named . Freemasonry as a system , and under tho forms and practices of its present organisation , does not greatly stimulate its members to investigate
truth , to acquire knowledge , or become specially interested in the arts and sciences . Might it not properly attempt something more of suggestion and influence , perhaps of practical teaching in this direction ? Might it not become
more of a school of intelligence than now r What harm would come if lectures and discussions pertaining to the subjects named were arranged for in the Lodge—if papers were read before the members by eminont specialists in
Science—and considerable more attention given to awakening and quickeniug the intellectual nature ? Freemasonry can hardly hope to live and thrive in the twentieth century merely as a club ; it must have , as justly belongs
to its character—the expression of its true genius—more abundant ministries ; those that provide for tho mind as well as the body . "If I had but two loaves of bread , I would sell one of them , and buy hyacinths to feed my
soul , " was the declaration of one whom the world has pronounced exceeding wise , and bis declaration is at least suggestive of the proposition affirmed that Freemasonry can flourish most efficiently only as it emphasises and presses into use its intellectual ministries .
2 . It must do more and better benevolent work . This is not saying that Freemasonry has not rendered a grand service in the way of enlightened philanthrophy in the past . Its works of practical charity , in feeding the hungry , clothing the naked , burying the dead , educating orphans
and relieving distress , go far beyond any computation that may he made of its expenditure of means . There has been personal help as well as institutional , according to what are
the teachings with which every intelligent Craftsman is familiar . But with all that has been done for charity ' s sake there is still a demand for increased service .
Freemasonry must go well to the front as a working force in the relief of human suffering , or it will not prosper according to what are its possibilities . Within every Grand Lodge jurisdiction there ought to be an Asylum , a home
for aged brethren who may be reduced to poverty , and for the wives or widows of such ; and there ought also to be a school for children left in destitution , where they may be cared for and trained in the things that make for worthy
living . If in any jurisdiction there are happily so few indigent brethren , or those belonging to the families of such a class , that there seems no special call for the home and
school , still let these ministries be provided , and , so far as possible , given to the public , in accordance with the prompting of that universal benevolence which every Mason is taught to respect .
3 . The most vital essential of Masonic prosperity is that the Institution shall stand for the law of practical righteousness . Freemasonry rests upon a moral basis . It inculcates
moral obligations ; it imposes moral restraints ; it places full in view before its members and before the world a high standard of moral excellence . Its decadence will come
only when these principles and rules are forgotten or ignored . Just now , with the tides of intemperance , licentiousness , and selfishness , running with so much force in society , there is a special call that Freemasonry in its
organic life should adhere to the law of practical righteousness , and count no man a true Mason , or worthy of its honours , who does not rigidly observe the moral law . It must make the binding force of its great principles to be
felt by all who bear its name or represent its powers and interests . Selfish and base men , the indolent , undeserving , sensual and vile , must be kept without its lines ; or , if perchance any of this class gain admission , they must be
quickly reformed or sent to the rear . Only thus will Freemasonry become in practice what it is in name—a great moral institution—only thus will it observe one of the most important conditions on . which its future prosperity depends . —Freemasons' Eepository .
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QDFMf ^ FS'Q MASONIC DEPOT AND grCiliv / Cn O MANUFACTORY . ESTABLISHED 1801 . —At ye Sygne of ye « Smootbe Ashlar . " Jewels , Clothing and Furniture for all Degrees of Freemasonry ; Gold and Silver Kmbroideries , Laces , Ac . & c . Publishers to the Grand Lod « -e of England . 15 Great Queen Street , London , W . C . "
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books inended for Beview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , N . — : o : — The National Sin of Literary Piracy . A Sermon , preached hy ITeurv Van Dyke , D . D ., Pastor of the Brick Church iu Now York . New York : Seribners . 18 S 8 .
THE Text of this discourse is the following : Eighieousness exalfceth a nation : But Sin is a reproach to any people . PROV . xiv . 3 J . " The central idea of it , " to qnote tho opening words of the
preacher , " is the moral accountability of nations . Men are responsible for their collective conduct , as well as for their separate action . Governments , states , laws , organized societies ' , aro to bo tried by ethical standards . The ultimate question in regard to them is not , what is actual , nor what ia expedient , but what is
right ?" One of the stock argumonts relied upon by those who differ in opinion from Dr . Dyke is thns disposed of by him : — "It is altogether idle and irrelevant t <> talk of tho lonely rancher in Dakota and the humble freedman in the Sonth , and their consuming
desiro to obtain cheap literature . The question is , how do they propose to gratify that desire , fairly or feloniously ? My neighbour ' s passionate love of ltVhfc has nothing to do with his right to o » rry off my candles . " Many of tho points are extremely well put , for example— "If the man who prints and binds the book which you
wish to possess has a right to be paid for his labour , has not . the man who writes that book a right to be paid for his labour ?" Also , the following : "The facts of American history belong to you and me and every man . There they are , recorded in documents , and preserved in traditions . You may go and dig them
oat , and make what nse of them you please . Bab suppose you say , ' That is impossible . I am too busy in making shoes or hate , in building railroads , or in keeping a bank . I have neither the time nor the skill for historical research . If I should undertake it , my business would suffer and my children starve ? ' Well , then , here is a man
who takes the time and cultivates tho skill . He yives up other occupations , and exhumes the story of your country , and sets ifc in order , and writes it in a book . Are yon so mean that you will take that book from him without p ^ yinj ? him for it ?" With one further quotation , wo shall terminate onr review of to be
this powerful address : " Onr country profess ^ founded upon justice , upon the desire to secure to every man his natural rights ; and yet it refuses to recognize the rights of intellectual property within its b < rders , if the owner is a citizen of anothor country .
What mnst be tho effect upon the nvnal sense of the nut on ? It will not differ one whit from tho ( Ift-t which will be produced upon the moral sense of your boy , if you tell him , ' My son , ifc is a sin to steal a pin , but it ia not a sin to steal a book from an Englishman . ' "
The Board of Benevolence held its monthly meeting on Wednesday , at the Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Robert . Grey P . G . D ., President of the Board , presided . Bro . Janus Brett P . G . P ., and Bro . W . H . Perryman P . G . P .,
Vice-Presidents . Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke G . See ., Pendlcbury Asst . G . Sec , Dodd , Neville Green , and Lee attended from Grand Secretary ' s department , and among other brethren present were Bros . Mathews , Brown , Read ,
Dairy , Spaull , Mercer , Garrod , Whitmarsh , Cull , Hogard , Gieve , Bywater , Woodward , Binckes , Murton , Dr . Hogg , Adams , Davis , Taylor , Candy , Britten , Dale , Linscott , Baskett , Cash , Richardson , Webb , Room , Payne , Noyes ,
Simmons , Wright , Johnson , Coombs , Gladwell , Spurgin , Walfentadt , Johnson , Watts , Massey , Welch , Dawson , Lemon , Bunker , Goodall , Edmonston , Porter , Weston , Wyon , Westley , Lane , Todd , Bullock , Chamberlain ,
Wilson , Frewen , Holah , Parkhouse , Fisher , Haslett , Hislop , Darby , Burgess , Perceval , Escott , Pinchin , Ball , Tongue , Wicks , Bridges , King , Lewis Thomas , Snow , Holcroft , Spiegel , Graham , Langley , and Sadler G .
Tyler . The agenda paper for G . Lodge of Gth June was laid before the Board of Masters . The President , after the agenda had been read , informed the brethien that since the last meeting it had been found necessary to sell out £ 3 , 000 of invested funds to meet the calls made . At the Board of
Benevolence the brethren confirmed recommendations to the Grand Master made at the April meetiug of the Board to the amount of £ 320 . The new list contained tho names of 52 petitioners . Four of these cases were dismissed , and six were deferred . The remainder were relieved with a
total of £ 1 , 015 , which was composed of the following sums : Two recommendations to Grand Lodge of £ 50 each , six to the Grand Master of £ 40 each , aud eleven of £ 30 each ; thirteen grants of £ 20 each , seven of £ 10 each , and three of £ 5 each .
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FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended , in London and Country , by Bro . G . A . SUTTON , 17 Newcastle ! Street , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected , "Valuations made .
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Conditions Of Future Prosperity For Our Institution.
appeal specially to the mind and the imagination . But these primary suggestions are not followed out in any subsequent lessons to the young Craftsman ; nor is he much appealed to after he has entered upon his Masonic career
to use his mental powers in the way of study on any of the grand themes named . Freemasonry as a system , and under tho forms and practices of its present organisation , does not greatly stimulate its members to investigate
truth , to acquire knowledge , or become specially interested in the arts and sciences . Might it not properly attempt something more of suggestion and influence , perhaps of practical teaching in this direction ? Might it not become
more of a school of intelligence than now r What harm would come if lectures and discussions pertaining to the subjects named were arranged for in the Lodge—if papers were read before the members by eminont specialists in
Science—and considerable more attention given to awakening and quickeniug the intellectual nature ? Freemasonry can hardly hope to live and thrive in the twentieth century merely as a club ; it must have , as justly belongs
to its character—the expression of its true genius—more abundant ministries ; those that provide for tho mind as well as the body . "If I had but two loaves of bread , I would sell one of them , and buy hyacinths to feed my
soul , " was the declaration of one whom the world has pronounced exceeding wise , and bis declaration is at least suggestive of the proposition affirmed that Freemasonry can flourish most efficiently only as it emphasises and presses into use its intellectual ministries .
2 . It must do more and better benevolent work . This is not saying that Freemasonry has not rendered a grand service in the way of enlightened philanthrophy in the past . Its works of practical charity , in feeding the hungry , clothing the naked , burying the dead , educating orphans
and relieving distress , go far beyond any computation that may he made of its expenditure of means . There has been personal help as well as institutional , according to what are
the teachings with which every intelligent Craftsman is familiar . But with all that has been done for charity ' s sake there is still a demand for increased service .
Freemasonry must go well to the front as a working force in the relief of human suffering , or it will not prosper according to what are its possibilities . Within every Grand Lodge jurisdiction there ought to be an Asylum , a home
for aged brethren who may be reduced to poverty , and for the wives or widows of such ; and there ought also to be a school for children left in destitution , where they may be cared for and trained in the things that make for worthy
living . If in any jurisdiction there are happily so few indigent brethren , or those belonging to the families of such a class , that there seems no special call for the home and
school , still let these ministries be provided , and , so far as possible , given to the public , in accordance with the prompting of that universal benevolence which every Mason is taught to respect .
3 . The most vital essential of Masonic prosperity is that the Institution shall stand for the law of practical righteousness . Freemasonry rests upon a moral basis . It inculcates
moral obligations ; it imposes moral restraints ; it places full in view before its members and before the world a high standard of moral excellence . Its decadence will come
only when these principles and rules are forgotten or ignored . Just now , with the tides of intemperance , licentiousness , and selfishness , running with so much force in society , there is a special call that Freemasonry in its
organic life should adhere to the law of practical righteousness , and count no man a true Mason , or worthy of its honours , who does not rigidly observe the moral law . It must make the binding force of its great principles to be
felt by all who bear its name or represent its powers and interests . Selfish and base men , the indolent , undeserving , sensual and vile , must be kept without its lines ; or , if perchance any of this class gain admission , they must be
quickly reformed or sent to the rear . Only thus will Freemasonry become in practice what it is in name—a great moral institution—only thus will it observe one of the most important conditions on . which its future prosperity depends . —Freemasons' Eepository .
Ar00301
QDFMf ^ FS'Q MASONIC DEPOT AND grCiliv / Cn O MANUFACTORY . ESTABLISHED 1801 . —At ye Sygne of ye « Smootbe Ashlar . " Jewels , Clothing and Furniture for all Degrees of Freemasonry ; Gold and Silver Kmbroideries , Laces , Ac . & c . Publishers to the Grand Lod « -e of England . 15 Great Queen Street , London , W . C . "
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books inended for Beview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , N . — : o : — The National Sin of Literary Piracy . A Sermon , preached hy ITeurv Van Dyke , D . D ., Pastor of the Brick Church iu Now York . New York : Seribners . 18 S 8 .
THE Text of this discourse is the following : Eighieousness exalfceth a nation : But Sin is a reproach to any people . PROV . xiv . 3 J . " The central idea of it , " to qnote tho opening words of the
preacher , " is the moral accountability of nations . Men are responsible for their collective conduct , as well as for their separate action . Governments , states , laws , organized societies ' , aro to bo tried by ethical standards . The ultimate question in regard to them is not , what is actual , nor what ia expedient , but what is
right ?" One of the stock argumonts relied upon by those who differ in opinion from Dr . Dyke is thns disposed of by him : — "It is altogether idle and irrelevant t <> talk of tho lonely rancher in Dakota and the humble freedman in the Sonth , and their consuming
desiro to obtain cheap literature . The question is , how do they propose to gratify that desire , fairly or feloniously ? My neighbour ' s passionate love of ltVhfc has nothing to do with his right to o » rry off my candles . " Many of tho points are extremely well put , for example— "If the man who prints and binds the book which you
wish to possess has a right to be paid for his labour , has not . the man who writes that book a right to be paid for his labour ?" Also , the following : "The facts of American history belong to you and me and every man . There they are , recorded in documents , and preserved in traditions . You may go and dig them
oat , and make what nse of them you please . Bab suppose you say , ' That is impossible . I am too busy in making shoes or hate , in building railroads , or in keeping a bank . I have neither the time nor the skill for historical research . If I should undertake it , my business would suffer and my children starve ? ' Well , then , here is a man
who takes the time and cultivates tho skill . He yives up other occupations , and exhumes the story of your country , and sets ifc in order , and writes it in a book . Are yon so mean that you will take that book from him without p ^ yinj ? him for it ?" With one further quotation , wo shall terminate onr review of to be
this powerful address : " Onr country profess ^ founded upon justice , upon the desire to secure to every man his natural rights ; and yet it refuses to recognize the rights of intellectual property within its b < rders , if the owner is a citizen of anothor country .
What mnst be tho effect upon the nvnal sense of the nut on ? It will not differ one whit from tho ( Ift-t which will be produced upon the moral sense of your boy , if you tell him , ' My son , ifc is a sin to steal a pin , but it ia not a sin to steal a book from an Englishman . ' "
The Board of Benevolence held its monthly meeting on Wednesday , at the Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Robert . Grey P . G . D ., President of the Board , presided . Bro . Janus Brett P . G . P ., and Bro . W . H . Perryman P . G . P .,
Vice-Presidents . Bros . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke G . See ., Pendlcbury Asst . G . Sec , Dodd , Neville Green , and Lee attended from Grand Secretary ' s department , and among other brethren present were Bros . Mathews , Brown , Read ,
Dairy , Spaull , Mercer , Garrod , Whitmarsh , Cull , Hogard , Gieve , Bywater , Woodward , Binckes , Murton , Dr . Hogg , Adams , Davis , Taylor , Candy , Britten , Dale , Linscott , Baskett , Cash , Richardson , Webb , Room , Payne , Noyes ,
Simmons , Wright , Johnson , Coombs , Gladwell , Spurgin , Walfentadt , Johnson , Watts , Massey , Welch , Dawson , Lemon , Bunker , Goodall , Edmonston , Porter , Weston , Wyon , Westley , Lane , Todd , Bullock , Chamberlain ,
Wilson , Frewen , Holah , Parkhouse , Fisher , Haslett , Hislop , Darby , Burgess , Perceval , Escott , Pinchin , Ball , Tongue , Wicks , Bridges , King , Lewis Thomas , Snow , Holcroft , Spiegel , Graham , Langley , and Sadler G .
Tyler . The agenda paper for G . Lodge of Gth June was laid before the Board of Masters . The President , after the agenda had been read , informed the brethien that since the last meeting it had been found necessary to sell out £ 3 , 000 of invested funds to meet the calls made . At the Board of
Benevolence the brethren confirmed recommendations to the Grand Master made at the April meetiug of the Board to the amount of £ 320 . The new list contained tho names of 52 petitioners . Four of these cases were dismissed , and six were deferred . The remainder were relieved with a
total of £ 1 , 015 , which was composed of the following sums : Two recommendations to Grand Lodge of £ 50 each , six to the Grand Master of £ 40 each , aud eleven of £ 30 each ; thirteen grants of £ 20 each , seven of £ 10 each , and three of £ 5 each .
Ad00303
FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended , in London and Country , by Bro . G . A . SUTTON , 17 Newcastle ! Street , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected , "Valuations made .