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India.
liim Secretary to the Bombay Medical Board—an instance of liberality which redounds equall y to the honour of the Governor and of the distinguished object of his selection . The health of our Brother , Alexander Grant , is , we are happy to state , much improved . Masonry in the Indian provinces is also progressing : a meeting has been held at Cawnpore in honour of Brother Neave , who has received a well merited
compliment . It has been remarked that one or two clergymen have declined to preach ; their objections appear to be inconsequential , and will probably yield to the better information they may receive as to our tenets and principles . Some Brethren , anxious to promote Masonic objects , have been desirous that exhortations upon scientific subjects should be delivered during JLodge hours . The correctness can hardl y be doubted , provided a sufficient caution be observed in respect to our peculiar system of morals .
It may we worthy of remark , that many Lodges are composed entirely of military members , many of whom are liable to be removed from the station , at a moment ' s warning , to another station , where there is no Lodge . F ' or example , in 1837-38 , the Lodge No . 648 numbered thirtysix members , but in consequence of the " general relief" of the army it was reduced to seventeen ; and in June , 1839 , owing to the march of the army of the Indus , only three members could be mustered ! On the return from Cambool
, however , they rallied to seventeen ; and now , probably , the returns will exhibit an increase in number . The Lodge at Simlah , also , which held a dispensation from 648 , was in a flourishing state before the army took the field , but is now so short as to be unable to work . This fluctuation in Indian Lodges must be looked for , and allowance made for circumstances connected with " Military " especiall
Masonry , y on the frontiers , where constant changes necessarily take place . We have , however , always a few remaining , and on the cantonments refilling , we resume work ivith spirit and alacrity . Masons in England are fortunately exempt from this precarious state , and are hardly aware even of the climate , so unfavourable to exertion .
which naturally engenders lukewarmness among many , and requires , therefore , the greater zeal among the principals to enlighten the inexperienced . Still what are these difficulties compared to the happiness which the study and practice of Freemasonry presents . We cannot too highly estimate , in particular , the high moral services of those Brethren who have recently returned from England , with minds stored with Masonic knowledge , on whom we now depend for instruction in moral disci
pline ancl operative usages , and trust they will not be induced to dispense with any point of Masonic disci pline or practice . This is most essential at this moment , when , in the joyousness attending the revival of Freemasonry , we may , without their stringent admonitions , fall into the errors of the past , wherein the ceremonies , however imposing , have not been strictly in conformity to discipline ! There are many , for example , who remember with deep impression the conductors ofthe ceremony of the three degrees by some of the present Provincial Grand Officers—probably the effect was never surpassed
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India.
liim Secretary to the Bombay Medical Board—an instance of liberality which redounds equall y to the honour of the Governor and of the distinguished object of his selection . The health of our Brother , Alexander Grant , is , we are happy to state , much improved . Masonry in the Indian provinces is also progressing : a meeting has been held at Cawnpore in honour of Brother Neave , who has received a well merited
compliment . It has been remarked that one or two clergymen have declined to preach ; their objections appear to be inconsequential , and will probably yield to the better information they may receive as to our tenets and principles . Some Brethren , anxious to promote Masonic objects , have been desirous that exhortations upon scientific subjects should be delivered during JLodge hours . The correctness can hardl y be doubted , provided a sufficient caution be observed in respect to our peculiar system of morals .
It may we worthy of remark , that many Lodges are composed entirely of military members , many of whom are liable to be removed from the station , at a moment ' s warning , to another station , where there is no Lodge . F ' or example , in 1837-38 , the Lodge No . 648 numbered thirtysix members , but in consequence of the " general relief" of the army it was reduced to seventeen ; and in June , 1839 , owing to the march of the army of the Indus , only three members could be mustered ! On the return from Cambool
, however , they rallied to seventeen ; and now , probably , the returns will exhibit an increase in number . The Lodge at Simlah , also , which held a dispensation from 648 , was in a flourishing state before the army took the field , but is now so short as to be unable to work . This fluctuation in Indian Lodges must be looked for , and allowance made for circumstances connected with " Military " especiall
Masonry , y on the frontiers , where constant changes necessarily take place . We have , however , always a few remaining , and on the cantonments refilling , we resume work ivith spirit and alacrity . Masons in England are fortunately exempt from this precarious state , and are hardly aware even of the climate , so unfavourable to exertion .
which naturally engenders lukewarmness among many , and requires , therefore , the greater zeal among the principals to enlighten the inexperienced . Still what are these difficulties compared to the happiness which the study and practice of Freemasonry presents . We cannot too highly estimate , in particular , the high moral services of those Brethren who have recently returned from England , with minds stored with Masonic knowledge , on whom we now depend for instruction in moral disci
pline ancl operative usages , and trust they will not be induced to dispense with any point of Masonic disci pline or practice . This is most essential at this moment , when , in the joyousness attending the revival of Freemasonry , we may , without their stringent admonitions , fall into the errors of the past , wherein the ceremonies , however imposing , have not been strictly in conformity to discipline ! There are many , for example , who remember with deep impression the conductors ofthe ceremony of the three degrees by some of the present Provincial Grand Officers—probably the effect was never surpassed