Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts,

of Bro . C . Jarvia Danforth , who was appointed and invested as Junior Grand Warden at the last annual Communication . Bro . Danforth had been initiated into Freemasonry in Columbian Lodge , Boston , on 6 th January 1859 . He had rendered valuable service in the course of

his career , and had held the office of District Deputy Grand Master of the Third District for four years . Ho had " held tho first office in Chapter and Council , " and had recently received the orders of Masonic knighthood . As an evidenco of the zeal he habitually displayed , it was

stated that he had compiled a most elaborate index of the complete set of Bro . Charle 3 W . Moore ' s Masonic Magazine for Grand Lodgo Library . Resolutions of regret at his decease , and of respect for his memory wero passed , and copies thereof were directed to be sent to his widow .

A successor was then elected and installed , in the person of Bro . E . Avery , and Bro . Z . L . Bicknell was appointed Grand Standard Bearer vice Bro . Avery . Five hundred dollars were appropriated for charitable purposes , to be administered by the Committee on Charity . A report was then

submitted , suggesting that a person deemed to be a clandestine Mason who shall have received the degrees solely by the fault or mistake of the Lodge conferring the same may be healed by order of the Grand Master , without petition to Grand Lodge . A report declining to recognise

a so-styled Grand Lodge of Cuba was submitted and accepted . Other reports were submitted , among them being one to the effect that the petition for healing W . E . Whitehead , whose petition to Ancient York Lodge had

Borne four years previously been rejected , but who in 1875 and 1876 had received the degrees in the Stamford and Warrington Lodge , No . 1408 , Stalybridge , England , Bhonld be referred to the Grand Master . The

Committee on Bye-Laws recommended that in balloting for degrees or membership , a W . M . " may allow three ballotings , at his discretion ; but when the balloting has been commenced it must be concluded , and the candidate declared accepted or rejected , without the intervention of any other business whatever . " The result of a trial for

unmasonic conduct , on the part of a brother of the John T . Heard Lodge , for revealing to a profane "the action taken by the Lodge upon the application for the degrees by the latter and others , was that the respondent was found not guilty . An amendment to the form of application Art . III . Sec . I .

of Part IV . of the Constitutions , in which a candidate declares that he has never before applied for initiation , or that be has done so , as the case may be , in a certain Lodge , was referred to a Committee . The Past Master ' s Diploma of Past Grand Master the Hon . Timothy Bigelow

was presented to Grand Lodge by his grandson , and an engraved portrait of Thomas Smith Webb by Bro . William Sutton , the said portrait having come into Bro . Sutton ' s possession under peculiar circumstances . Bro . Wilder

likewise promised to present to Grand Lodge copy of an address , on the death of General Washington , delivered in 1800 by the late Bro . Bigelow , in the Old South Church , Boston . Grand Lodge was shortly afterwards closed .

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A BOLTON LUMINABY . " The need I havo of thee , thine own goodness hath made 3 better not to have had thee , than thus to want thee : thon , having made me businesses , which none , without thee , can sufficiently manage , must

either stay to execute them thyself , or take away with theo the very services thou hast done ; -which if I have not enough consider'd ( as too much I cannot ) , to be more thankful to theo shall bo my study ; and my profit therein , the heaping friendships . "

IT is , we believe , pretty generally conceded that more people are injuriously affected by too little rather than by an excess of work . There are living at this present time , and there have lived within the memory of the present genetion , large numbers of persons in the highest rank of

society , as well as in the various professions and businesses which humbler men do follow , who are capable of achieving , or have achieved in their day , an amount of work which is simply incredible . Let us take , by way of

illustration , the cases of such men as the late learned Lords Brougham , Lyndhurst , and Campbell , the late Sir Robert Peel and Lord Palmerston amongst Statesmen , the present Mr . Gladstone and his great rival the Earl of Beaconsfield ; turn wo to the domain of science , in which occur the fami-

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liar names of Airey , Brodie , Tyndall , and Faraday , or to the industrial world , where we read of the Brasseys , the Salts , tho Fairbairns , and others who have achieved the most magnificent successes , but only at the cost of unceasing toil . The lives of men of this stamp—and we rejoice to say the number

of such is great in this country—are one endless round of work , not dono perfunctorily or haphazard , but completely and successfully . Even the rest they occasionally permit themselves is no rest at all , but rather a change from one kind of labour' to another . These hardy sons of toil

scarcely know what relaxation is in the sense in which ordinary people understand it . It is not they who lounge about onr seaside resorts in the make-belief they are enjoying themselves . It is impossible for theso men to bo inactive , and oftener than not , with their hands seemingly

full of business , they will take upon themselves some additional task and accomplish it successfully . And what is more satisfactory still , they thrive on their numerous occupations . The greater the difficulties they encounter , the

greater their energy and determination in overcoming them . They treat lightly what would daunt another man , and with all their labour they seemingly grow stronger , both bodily and mentally , every day .

The brother whose portrait we are about to present to our readers belongs to this class of energetic doers . Though not placed in the exalted class of jurists and statesmen , though he ranks not with the leaders of science and manufacture , yet , in his particular sphere , he has made his mark

in the world . He is a man of many avocations , and thorough master of them all . His career has been a laborious one , and in the whole course of it he has enjoyed the esteem and respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact . At the age of twenty-five he was apppointed to

the official position he still holds , and may look forward to holding for many years to come . It is not generally believed that the tenant of a public office ever has his energies seriously overtaxed ; but this we know to be a popular fallacy . Public officials , and especially those who are

brought directly into contact with the public , are not to be envied on the score of the lightness of their duties . We happen , indeed , to know from experience that the public is far from being the least exacting of masters . They will have their strict dues , and are apt , John-Bull-like ,

to grumble if their wants are not satisfied on the instant . Moreover , as in this instance , there are many public officers who not only havo heavy duties to fulfil , but likewise many serious responsibilities to bear . Yet they do and bear what is required of them cheerfully , and they have their reward

in the almost unlimited satisfaction they give . But our esteemed brother is a very Hercules in the labours he is prepared to undertake . Most people are content to follow one calling , but not so the subject of our portrait , who , besides fulfilling satisfactorily the duties we have indicated ,

has a large and increasing business as an estate agent and accountant , and in the latter of these capacities it has been his duty to act as secretary to several commercial companies . In every case his labours have been crowned with success . Our readers are well aware that , in organising

and working a company , very much depends on the energy and ability of the secretary . A good managing director may be able to effect much good , but he has to combat the

whims and caprices of his co-directors . A secretary , whose experience and skill as an accountant stamps him at once as the right man in the right place , is far better situated . He is in contact with all the members of

the directorate . He is very soon able to gauge with tolerable accuracy the extent of their business capacity , and at a very early stage he is able to exercise the chief voice in the conduct of affairs , without seeming to have any real authority . The secretary who unites with

great powers of application a large amount of tact , and has discernment enough to see instantly what measures are necessary , rarely has to lament a failure . Our brother , at

all events , has always enjoyed a hig h reputation as tho possessor of those qualities we have indicated ; and as we have already announced , the result , in every case , of his secretarial labours has been a great financial success .

Of course , with such an array as this of duties to perform , we should naturally expect he would pass what leisure moments might fall to his lot , in absolute and well-merited repose . But your man of energy is wretched if there is

nothing to occupy his mind , and our hero ' s well-earned leisure has been devoted to the study of Freemasonry . Even before he had attained his majorit y , he was initiated in St . John ' s Lodge , No . 221—then No . 268—the actual day on