A Master's Address To His Lodge Which Should Do Good.

A MASTER ' S ADDRESS TO HIS LODGE WHICH SHOULD DO GOOD .

nPHE Master of ono of our Lodges , in beginning his JL term of office , issued tho following address to his members . "In entering upon my offioo as Worshipful Master , my duty leads mo to invito your earnest consideration to some important facts which the Secretary ' s records disclose .

" During the firat seven years of my membership , from 1867 to 1874 , we admitted 152 members and lost 124 , an average gain of four members annually ; but during the last seventeen years we have admitted a fraction less than seven members per annum , while our loss by death ,

resignations and suspensions , have averaged slightly in excess of seventeen a year , making tho net loss during the past seventeen years 174 . In other words : While we have admitted 116 to membership since 1874 , we have lost 290 of our members . My Brethren , how are we to arrest

this depletive tendency , which , if continued at the same rate for another seventeen years , wonld leave us with our membership reduced to eighty ? The one thought that must necessarily arise in every Brother ' s mind is : Our gains shonid equal our losses or rather exceed them .

" The question that logically follows is : How is that resnlt to be accomplished ? My answer is : We should make all of our Lodge meetings so interesting that every member , from tbe oldest to the youngest , would not only feel it a pleasure , but an imperative duty , to be present ,

and the proceedings at every meeting—from the opening to the closing—ought to be so congenial that all should feel equally and alike at home and desirous of taking part in them . The fellowship of fraternity should be so cordially extended to every member of the Lodge—old or

young , rich or poor—and especially to all new members , whether such by initiation or affiliation , as to lead them to cheerfully engage in the work of the Craft , and we should so manage the important trust confided to us as to avoid a parsimony that would justly merit the displeasure of the

Brethren ; by not yielding so to indulgence as to justly invite censure , but by adhering to a conservative policy between the two , we ought to secure a unity of purpose and harmony of fiction that would undoubtedly restore our Lodge to its old time prosperity . Brethren , the end we

all so much desire can only be attained by every member of the Lodge squaring himself for the Work of the Craft , and in entering upon my labour for the year , the promise

is here and now made , with mature deliberation , that , with your co-operation , your help and assistance , we will make the year 1892 the banner year of our Lodge , so far as its prosperity is concerned .

" In the appointment of Officers and Committees my duty leads me to name those who I believe will cheerfully and creditably perform the duties assigned them . From the day you elected me Senior Warden , I have been considering this important matter of appointments , and the

WorBhipful Master ' s staff for 1892 will be the result of long and careful deliberation . The policy that has prevailed in our Lodge of a Brother holding three or even four offices is wrong , and w ll bo discontinued , and the honours and Labour of the Craft more widely distributed

among tbe Brethren . In the Work of the Craft , I maintain that Labour ought always to be followed by refreshments for the mind as well as for the body ; this is one of the usages of the Fraternity , and ever entertaining

a hi gh regard for Masonic landmarks , usages and customs , my inclination is to adhere to this ono . Let us , therefore , so labour that wo may enjoy tho mental and material refreshment our work may merit . "—Keydme .

Referring to a letter by tho Grand Secretary , appearing in an ^ dinbnrgh con torn porn ry , suggesting that tho Fieoinasons of Sentland should secure ono of tho four panels on tho pedestal of tho Burns Statno at Ayr , unveiled last July , Brother Thomas Duncan , Secretary of the Ayr Burns' Statin-, wihua : — "I think all Masons should feel proud of having thoir names associated with a siutue of "no of tho most illustrious of the brethren . It wonld als > bo H

memmto of the grnnd Mnsnnio function at thn unveilinif . if each Lntlgn wai to Hnbucribe £ 1 , tliare would be very lit' . lo difficulty in raisin" the necessary amount . If this movement cnmmoinis itault to yon , I will do nil in my power to help it on . " The proposul , it will e granted , i , « , must InmJablo one , and rtciuireu no commendation . 1 * mention of it in , I hare no doubt , euyugh to secure success . — ulasgow Evening News .

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