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"R * O ~ X ~ -A . XJ MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOB AGED FREEMASONS km WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYD ON . — : 0 : — Patron and President : His ROVAL HIGHNESS THE P IUNCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M THEAMIVEuSAttYPESTIYAI or THIS l-xsTitnios * wn . t IUCK PL \ CE OX TUESDAY , 21 ST FEBRUARY 1882 , FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , VPOX WHICH occxsiox Lieut . - Colonel J . A . LLOYD - PHILIPPS , R . W . PROV . G . M . FOR SOUTH WALES ( Western Division ) , ± Ias been pleased to signify his intention of presiding . Brethren aro earnestly- invited to accept tlio Office of Steward upon this occasion , nnd they will greatly oblige by forwarding their Names and Masonic Rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly givo any information required . JAMES TERRY , Prov . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary . i Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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ESTABLISHED 1802 . SODA WATER AND SELTZER MANUFACTORY . PAUL & BURROWS , WILSON STREET ancl ENDELL STREET , LONG ACRE , "VV . C . ¦ r „ i „„ ( S CIPLT—Always regular . M » tvf 1 QDAIITY—Best possible . IUARXS . ( . PHICES—Lowest consistent with FIRST CLASS ARTICLES .

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G.WISE&SOKS, Sbtfommx,Jlariatemttrgwlwlfete, 17 MILTS END ROAD , LONDON , E . AND 302 CALEDONIAN ROAD , N . GOLD , SILVER AND RIVER FISH , The Largest Stock in London . BRITISH AND FOREIGN FERNS , FERN GASES , AQUARIUMS . Peat Mould , Shirasrle , "Virj-sin Cork . FLORAL DECORATIONS for EANCY FAIRS , FETES , & c

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ESTABLISHED 5 8 5 9 . JOSEPH STOCK & 0 0 . W&ixkx$<&kdw(Silto#flitters, 14 COBOURG STREET , SKINNER STREET , OLEEKENWELL , E . O . « pecialite — Masonic Jewels , Furniture and Regalia Renovated , and made Equal to New . PAST MASTERS' JEWELS ( MADE TO ANY DESIGN .

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BORD'SpFANos. CHAS . STILES & CO ., tho well-known Importers of those celebrated Pianos , have Removed to 42 Southampton-row , Holborn , London , W . C . Where may be seen a large and varied assortment of Instruments , o £ New and Artistic Design , at Low [' rices , with Twenty-Five per Cent . Co-operative Disct . for Cash , OK OH T H I "<; T II II K T- j Y E A IIS' SYS T K M , From 15 s per Month . SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED LIST . Second-Hand Pianos on Uio Three Years' System , from 10 s Cd pur Month . Full Value allowed for Old Instruments of any kind in Exchange .

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AMERICANORGANS, CHEAPEST AND BEST , BY the STERLING ORGAN CO ., DERBY , CONN ., U . S . A ., at Low Prices , with Twenty-Five per cent . Co-operative Discount for Cash ; or on the THKEK Y ¦ •JARS' SYSTKM , iron Ills Ud per Month . SEND F O R ILLUST RA T E D LIST TO CHAS . STILES and CO ., 42 SOUTHAMPTON ROW , HOLBORN , LONDON , W . C . These Organs aro eminently suited for use in MASONIC LODGES .

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T.8L T.GATES, GOLD BEATERS , AND FOREIGN GOLD LEAF IMPORTERS . English . Gold 45 s and 47 s 6 d per lOOO , yoreipn Gold 41 s and 43 s do . Bronze Powder 3 a 6 d and 5 s per lb . 44 HATTOH WALL , LONDON , E . C . Merchants and Shippers supplied .

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Crown 8 vo , price 2 s 6 d , cloth lettered . IMJOTIII ) < tf ff »»! s % \\ m \\ mu \ f & bmmtt . By Bro . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z ., & c . " May be rend with ail vantage by the whole Craft . "—Sunday Timet . " Grand Lodgo should at once set to work to secure tho desired uniformity . " —Sheffield l'o » t . "The subject is ably argued by the author . " —Western Daily Mercury , " Useful and valuable in the highest degree . "—Exeter Gazette . "Will have a material effect on the future of Masonic Ritual . "—South Western Star . ' " Tho author adduces many variations in the language used by different Preceptors , " —Cox ' g Monthly Legal Circular . " Ought to be in the hands of every Mason . " —Northampton Guardian . " To Freemasons generally it will be found useful and valuable , and wo commend it to their notice accorJingly . "—Surrey ConntifObsercer . " Bro . Stevens' motion for a Committee on the subject of Uniformity of Ritual was carried by a large majority . " —Freemason ' * Chronicle report of Grand Lodgo meeting , 3 rd December 1879 . Sent , by post , en receipt of stamps , by the Author , Bro . JAMES STEVENS , ] 12 High-street , Clapham , S . W . ; or by Bro . W . W . MOKGAN , 23 Great Queen Street , London , W . C .

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Eleventh Edition , post free , One Shilling . DR . WATTS on ASTHMA . A Treatise on the only Successful Method of Curing this Disease . By KOBERT 6 . WAITS , M . D ., F . R . S . L . F . C . S ., & c , 5 Bulstrode-street , Cavendish-squaro , London . London : C . MITCHKLI AND Co ., Bed Lion-court , Fleet-street .

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BRO . R . HIRST engages to provide , at short notice , an efficient Band for Annual Banquets , Dinners , Excursions and Quadrille Parties . For terms apply to " R . Hirst , The Three Crowns , 237 Mile End Road , E . "

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RHEUMATISM. THE only real remedy for this complaint is the Northern Cure ( patent ) . In bottles Is \\< X each , to bo had . of all Chemists . Proprietors and Manufacturers , Edwards and Alexander , 29 Blaekctt-strcet , Newcastle-on-Tyne .

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23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . O .

Egypt, The Ancient Mysteries And Freemasonry.

EGYPT , THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND FREEMASONRY .

( BY BROTHER T . B . WHYTEHEAD ) .

A COUNTRY whose history is bound up Avith allegorical teachings , ancl much of whose story has been clecyphered from the hieroglyphs of its stone monuments , must naturally have a deep interest for a society of Masons whose system is based on allegory and illustrated by symbols . Ifc has occasionally been thrown afc our Society

that our ceremonies are childish , that wo are liko overgrown children with toys , and that our teachings are beneath the notice of men of reason and education . But if this be so , what is to be regarded as worthy of the attention of rational men ? I know of no system of morality , religion

or history that is nofc a system of symbolical teaching . Certainly thero is no religion that is nofc from beginning to end a series of symbols , and the more wo analyse them the more wo shall find that this is the case . Why , even our very language , our every day conversation , embraces amass

of symbols . We talk symbolically , and onr speech is full of unconscious metaphor . Hence comes one reason , I think , why Freemasonry is so widely popular . Ifc commends itself to tho human mind from the very fact that in its symbolic language and teaching wc find a chord of sympathy which

draws us into closer union on common ground . Dr . Oliver , in ono of his many learned works , "The Book of tho Lodge , " lias well explained the system of Masonic symbolism , and shows tho valuable uses to which ifc is put . The cowan

would reject all symbolism , and call it childish ancl ridiculous . Then the Bible is ridiculous , our churches are ' •idiculous , our prayers are ridiculous , for in tho Bible , in our churches , iu oar prayers , ia to be found such a maze