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The Trestle-Board Of Masonry.
THE TRESTLE-BOARD OF MASONRY .
110 insure success in any undertaking , there must be first a well defined plan of action . To produce such a p lan , it must be drawn out in detail , so that all its parts may be readily understood by those who have the work in
charge . It is never best to leave anything to chance if we would not be disappointed in the result . First decide what is to be done , and then go to work in a systematic manner to accomplish it . The man who starts out to make a
fortune by buying lottery tickets will be pretty sure to end his days in a poor house . He might as well attempt to sail around the world without chart , compass or rudder . He is at the mercy of the winds which blow from all
quarters , drifting hither and thither without a knowledge of his course or the power to follow it . "We read with wonder and admiration the grandeur of King Solomon ' s Temple , or perhaps gaze upon the
cathedrals of Strasbourg and Cologne , or some of the mighty monuments of architectural skill that furnish examples of how great things may be accomplished . Need
any one be told that all the plans and designs for these edifices were first delineated upon the trestle-board of the master workman ?
The trestle-board of the Architect is the starting point , and upon it he formulates in detail all that is required to carry out his grand designs . The Mason understands how the Grand Master Architect , at the building of the Temple ,
placed upon its trestle-board each day the designs necessary for the Craft to pursue their labours . So perfect were these plans that we are told that when the Temple was completed
its several parts fitted with such exactness that it had more the appearance of the handiwork of the Supreme Architect of the Universe than of human hands .
The importance of the trestle-board to the Operative Mason needs no elucidation . It furnishes him all the information necessary to complete the task assigned him . In the transition from Operative to Speculative Masonry
the trestle-board was very properly retained as one of the emblems to teach a Mason his duty . The Great Light of Masonry is given him as a Masonic trestle-board , and he
is taught to erect his spiritual building agreeably to the designs there laid down by the Supreme Architect of the Universe . The Mason who does not build by these designs can never become a Master workman .
We want to ask every Lodge and every Masonic organisation : What designs have you on the trestle-board ? You have a great work before you . Are your plans carefully drawn , so that it may proceed without interruption
or confusion ? Are they in harmony with the grand principles of Freemasonry ? Do they illustrate fully the noble tenets of your profession ? Are you building an edifice that , like the work of the Ancient Masters , is the wonder and admiration of the world ?
# The beginning of a new year is a proper time to consider these questions . Yon have made choice of those who are to preside over and conduct your affairs for the ensuing term . Now is the time to delineate upon your
trestleboard what you intend to do , that each Craftsman may take of his part , and all go to the work in harmony . Make your designs worthy of the noble cause in which you are
engaged and require all to work by them . By so doing your labours will produce results that will reflect credit upon your skill as Master Workman , and you will enjoy the great satisfaction that comes from a faithful performance of duty . —Masonic Advocate .
Mr . Eoberfc Lonis Stevenson ' s new story , " Kidnapped , " will be published early in July by Messrs . Cassell and Company . (( So great has been the demand for Messrs . CasseU ' s new serial , The Life and Times of Queen Victoria , " that although an exceptionally large edition of part I was prepared , the copies were all exhausted within a few days of publication .
Mistress June , " the summer number of Caswell ' s Magazine , which will be published on 25 th Juno , takes its title from the leading Story which occupies the greater part of it . The number includes
a'so an account of a co-operative holiday on the Continent , and lepers on pocket refreshments , dress for travelling , and hints for the prevention and core of seasickness . Among the other contents are a Paper on honse-boating and two short complete stories . —Academy
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. FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended in London or Country by Bro . Gt . A . HTJTTON , 17 Newcastle Street , Btxand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .
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PROVINCE OF BERKS AND BUCKS . Bro . the R . W . Sir DANIEL GOOCH , Bart . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER . A MEETING of the Provincial Grand Lodge will be held afc the Masonic HaU , Aylesbury , on Monday , the 28 th June 1886 , at 2 * 30 p . m . Banquet at the Corn Exchange at 4 o ' clock . Tickets 6 s 6 d each ( exclusive of wine ) . By command of the Provincial Grand Master . ROBERT BRADLEY , Prov . Grand Secretary . Reading , 5 th June 1886 .
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THE AMERICAN PORTABLE MUSIC STANDS , J . F . WALTERS' PATENT . Iron , from 10 / 6 each . Brass , from 30 / - each . u % JI ^ ^ HMts T g s * 4 f THESE Stands are tinsurpassed in simplicity , strength , portability , cheapness , and elegance of finish . They are suitable for Military Bands Orchestras , Reading and News Rooms , Libraries , Studies , and Drawing Rooms When opened to their full capacity they stand o feet high , and eft" be folded nd enclosed in a case 21 inches long by 2 inches diameter . The weight is about 31 bs . 12 oz ., and they will support a weight of 50 lbs . To be obtained of all Music Dealers , and of the Manufacturers and Proprietors of the Patent ,
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HARROW & CO . MUSIC SMITHS , BRASS WORKERS , & o 13 and 14 Portland Street , Soho , London , W . DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS FREE .
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FANCY DRESS BALLS and PRIVATE THEATRICALS rCOSTUMES , WIGS , SCENERY , and every necessary for the J above supplied . On Sale , or Hire , by Bro . WALMB , Stanhope Logde , No , 126 f > . Address—W . WALLER , Theatrical Costumier , . 84 and 86 Tabernacle Street , Finsbury Sauare , London , E . C .
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STANMORE HILL , MIDDLESEX . TH ® 4 BSRGORS H © TK 9 10 miles from Marble Arch , by road . 2 mile * from JEdgasare Station , G . N . H . 3 \ miles from the Harrow Station , L . ScN . W . Ti . 3 ? miles from Mill Hill Station , Midland Railway . THIS old established Hotel is very retired , healthy , and charmingly situated , it offers great inducements to private families , and a large Assembly ' Room has lately been added for Meetings , Balls , Wedding Breakfasts , Dinners , Mitsonic Lodates , Banquets , & c . Arrangements can be made for conveyances . CHARLES VEAL , Proprietor . The Abereorn Lodge , 1549 ; Sub-Urban Lodge , 1702 : and the Stanmore Chapter , are held here .
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MASONIC LECTURE ! . KNOBS AND EXCRESCENCES . BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . is open to accept invitations for the delivery of his LECTURE in METKOPotiTAS or PKOvijfcux LODGES , or LODGES OI ? I NSTRUCTION . No Lecture fee ; travelling expenses only accepted . Address—Clapham S . W
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£ 20 . —TOBACCONISTS COMMKWCTMG . —An illustrated guide ( 110 pages ) , " Hnw to Open Bespectably from £ 20 to £ 20 <) 0 . " 3 Stamps . H . MI -ESS & Co ., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants , 107 and 109 Euaton Road , London , Wholesale [ only , Telephone No , 7541 ,
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The Trestle-Board Of Masonry.
THE TRESTLE-BOARD OF MASONRY .
110 insure success in any undertaking , there must be first a well defined plan of action . To produce such a p lan , it must be drawn out in detail , so that all its parts may be readily understood by those who have the work in
charge . It is never best to leave anything to chance if we would not be disappointed in the result . First decide what is to be done , and then go to work in a systematic manner to accomplish it . The man who starts out to make a
fortune by buying lottery tickets will be pretty sure to end his days in a poor house . He might as well attempt to sail around the world without chart , compass or rudder . He is at the mercy of the winds which blow from all
quarters , drifting hither and thither without a knowledge of his course or the power to follow it . "We read with wonder and admiration the grandeur of King Solomon ' s Temple , or perhaps gaze upon the
cathedrals of Strasbourg and Cologne , or some of the mighty monuments of architectural skill that furnish examples of how great things may be accomplished . Need
any one be told that all the plans and designs for these edifices were first delineated upon the trestle-board of the master workman ?
The trestle-board of the Architect is the starting point , and upon it he formulates in detail all that is required to carry out his grand designs . The Mason understands how the Grand Master Architect , at the building of the Temple ,
placed upon its trestle-board each day the designs necessary for the Craft to pursue their labours . So perfect were these plans that we are told that when the Temple was completed
its several parts fitted with such exactness that it had more the appearance of the handiwork of the Supreme Architect of the Universe than of human hands .
The importance of the trestle-board to the Operative Mason needs no elucidation . It furnishes him all the information necessary to complete the task assigned him . In the transition from Operative to Speculative Masonry
the trestle-board was very properly retained as one of the emblems to teach a Mason his duty . The Great Light of Masonry is given him as a Masonic trestle-board , and he
is taught to erect his spiritual building agreeably to the designs there laid down by the Supreme Architect of the Universe . The Mason who does not build by these designs can never become a Master workman .
We want to ask every Lodge and every Masonic organisation : What designs have you on the trestle-board ? You have a great work before you . Are your plans carefully drawn , so that it may proceed without interruption
or confusion ? Are they in harmony with the grand principles of Freemasonry ? Do they illustrate fully the noble tenets of your profession ? Are you building an edifice that , like the work of the Ancient Masters , is the wonder and admiration of the world ?
# The beginning of a new year is a proper time to consider these questions . Yon have made choice of those who are to preside over and conduct your affairs for the ensuing term . Now is the time to delineate upon your
trestleboard what you intend to do , that each Craftsman may take of his part , and all go to the work in harmony . Make your designs worthy of the noble cause in which you are
engaged and require all to work by them . By so doing your labours will produce results that will reflect credit upon your skill as Master Workman , and you will enjoy the great satisfaction that comes from a faithful performance of duty . —Masonic Advocate .
Mr . Eoberfc Lonis Stevenson ' s new story , " Kidnapped , " will be published early in July by Messrs . Cassell and Company . (( So great has been the demand for Messrs . CasseU ' s new serial , The Life and Times of Queen Victoria , " that although an exceptionally large edition of part I was prepared , the copies were all exhausted within a few days of publication .
Mistress June , " the summer number of Caswell ' s Magazine , which will be published on 25 th Juno , takes its title from the leading Story which occupies the greater part of it . The number includes
a'so an account of a co-operative holiday on the Continent , and lepers on pocket refreshments , dress for travelling , and hints for the prevention and core of seasickness . Among the other contents are a Paper on honse-boating and two short complete stories . —Academy
Ar01108
. FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended in London or Country by Bro . Gt . A . HTJTTON , 17 Newcastle Street , Btxand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .
Ad01101
PROVINCE OF BERKS AND BUCKS . Bro . the R . W . Sir DANIEL GOOCH , Bart . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER . A MEETING of the Provincial Grand Lodge will be held afc the Masonic HaU , Aylesbury , on Monday , the 28 th June 1886 , at 2 * 30 p . m . Banquet at the Corn Exchange at 4 o ' clock . Tickets 6 s 6 d each ( exclusive of wine ) . By command of the Provincial Grand Master . ROBERT BRADLEY , Prov . Grand Secretary . Reading , 5 th June 1886 .
Ad01102
THE AMERICAN PORTABLE MUSIC STANDS , J . F . WALTERS' PATENT . Iron , from 10 / 6 each . Brass , from 30 / - each . u % JI ^ ^ HMts T g s * 4 f THESE Stands are tinsurpassed in simplicity , strength , portability , cheapness , and elegance of finish . They are suitable for Military Bands Orchestras , Reading and News Rooms , Libraries , Studies , and Drawing Rooms When opened to their full capacity they stand o feet high , and eft" be folded nd enclosed in a case 21 inches long by 2 inches diameter . The weight is about 31 bs . 12 oz ., and they will support a weight of 50 lbs . To be obtained of all Music Dealers , and of the Manufacturers and Proprietors of the Patent ,
Ad01103
HARROW & CO . MUSIC SMITHS , BRASS WORKERS , & o 13 and 14 Portland Street , Soho , London , W . DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS FREE .
Ad01104
FANCY DRESS BALLS and PRIVATE THEATRICALS rCOSTUMES , WIGS , SCENERY , and every necessary for the J above supplied . On Sale , or Hire , by Bro . WALMB , Stanhope Logde , No , 126 f > . Address—W . WALLER , Theatrical Costumier , . 84 and 86 Tabernacle Street , Finsbury Sauare , London , E . C .
Ad01105
STANMORE HILL , MIDDLESEX . TH ® 4 BSRGORS H © TK 9 10 miles from Marble Arch , by road . 2 mile * from JEdgasare Station , G . N . H . 3 \ miles from the Harrow Station , L . ScN . W . Ti . 3 ? miles from Mill Hill Station , Midland Railway . THIS old established Hotel is very retired , healthy , and charmingly situated , it offers great inducements to private families , and a large Assembly ' Room has lately been added for Meetings , Balls , Wedding Breakfasts , Dinners , Mitsonic Lodates , Banquets , & c . Arrangements can be made for conveyances . CHARLES VEAL , Proprietor . The Abereorn Lodge , 1549 ; Sub-Urban Lodge , 1702 : and the Stanmore Chapter , are held here .
Ad01106
MASONIC LECTURE ! . KNOBS AND EXCRESCENCES . BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . is open to accept invitations for the delivery of his LECTURE in METKOPotiTAS or PKOvijfcux LODGES , or LODGES OI ? I NSTRUCTION . No Lecture fee ; travelling expenses only accepted . Address—Clapham S . W
Ad01107
£ 20 . —TOBACCONISTS COMMKWCTMG . —An illustrated guide ( 110 pages ) , " Hnw to Open Bespectably from £ 20 to £ 20 <) 0 . " 3 Stamps . H . MI -ESS & Co ., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants , 107 and 109 Euaton Road , London , Wholesale [ only , Telephone No , 7541 ,