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India.
" preferment among Masons should be by merit only ; " and he has already conferred on these Brethren the crimson apron . ROYAL ARCH MASONRY is progressing in Calcutta as to numbers , but the overpowering heat of the season compels us to postpone working until the colder season . & TEMPLAR MASONRY —It is deeplregretted that cannot
. y we so satisfactoril y report on this subject . A year and half ago we remitted the dues for a warrant—but no reply . Does there some evil counsel prevail against us ? Will not the Review , that obtained for us re-animation as Masons , aid us to assume our moral armour as Templars ? *
BROTHER GRANT . —It is with unaffected regret that we observe the failing health of this kind Brother ancl zealous Mason has compelled Aim to arrange for his final return to Europe , which has been insisted on by his medical advisers ; his constitution is broken by long residence in , ancl disorders incidental to , this climate . He will leave us in February next , accompanied by the regret of all Masons ; but that resrret will be : cheered by the hope that Providence will , in its goodness , give a new life to the Brotherwho will be
, enabled thereby to sustain Masonry with the advantage of renewed health . We send to Europe one of our best friends . Cherish him , Brethren , for our sakes—you will love him lor ms own . Here , in Calcutta , he is our Grand Secretary ; and although his vacancy may be supplied , even by a Boileau , still he will be missed . How well he has worked all can perceive . Four evenings a week has ne devoted to Lodge duty , and three hours of every day to Masonic
The Emulation Lodge of Improvement is the crowuing feature ofhis private success , as the portfolio of the Grand Secretary , and the embellishments of the Masonic Hall , are the visible proofs of his public zeal . KURNAUL , October .-The gratif ying parcel from Messrs . Thacker and Co . has brought us the continuation of the '' Review , " not designated certain circularthe late
as a , " " F . Q . R ., which was an announcement premature , unnecessary , and inconsistent ; and exhibiting not merely a want of information , but a desire to want information , and to expose a want ot knowledge . Alas ! poor human nature , where is that kind principle of the true sons of " Lux " that charity which " thinketh no Many country Lodges suffer as usual by the unsettled state of the political horizon , more especially the military . On the frontier it is particularl y difficult to hold a Chapter just now ; but as the season advances—say about October—we hope to do better , f
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India.
" preferment among Masons should be by merit only ; " and he has already conferred on these Brethren the crimson apron . ROYAL ARCH MASONRY is progressing in Calcutta as to numbers , but the overpowering heat of the season compels us to postpone working until the colder season . & TEMPLAR MASONRY —It is deeplregretted that cannot
. y we so satisfactoril y report on this subject . A year and half ago we remitted the dues for a warrant—but no reply . Does there some evil counsel prevail against us ? Will not the Review , that obtained for us re-animation as Masons , aid us to assume our moral armour as Templars ? *
BROTHER GRANT . —It is with unaffected regret that we observe the failing health of this kind Brother ancl zealous Mason has compelled Aim to arrange for his final return to Europe , which has been insisted on by his medical advisers ; his constitution is broken by long residence in , ancl disorders incidental to , this climate . He will leave us in February next , accompanied by the regret of all Masons ; but that resrret will be : cheered by the hope that Providence will , in its goodness , give a new life to the Brotherwho will be
, enabled thereby to sustain Masonry with the advantage of renewed health . We send to Europe one of our best friends . Cherish him , Brethren , for our sakes—you will love him lor ms own . Here , in Calcutta , he is our Grand Secretary ; and although his vacancy may be supplied , even by a Boileau , still he will be missed . How well he has worked all can perceive . Four evenings a week has ne devoted to Lodge duty , and three hours of every day to Masonic
The Emulation Lodge of Improvement is the crowuing feature ofhis private success , as the portfolio of the Grand Secretary , and the embellishments of the Masonic Hall , are the visible proofs of his public zeal . KURNAUL , October .-The gratif ying parcel from Messrs . Thacker and Co . has brought us the continuation of the '' Review , " not designated certain circularthe late
as a , " " F . Q . R ., which was an announcement premature , unnecessary , and inconsistent ; and exhibiting not merely a want of information , but a desire to want information , and to expose a want ot knowledge . Alas ! poor human nature , where is that kind principle of the true sons of " Lux " that charity which " thinketh no Many country Lodges suffer as usual by the unsettled state of the political horizon , more especially the military . On the frontier it is particularl y difficult to hold a Chapter just now ; but as the season advances—say about October—we hope to do better , f