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those who were visitors there were sonic who , should they ljcgin to talk together , woulel find in their history a great many converging points . Let him say that as a clergyman he had had frequent opportunities to thank God that i , c was a Freemason . In his parish it bail often enabled him to elo and say things and to overcome difficulties that lie would not have done without his connection with

Freemasonry . Hc coultl look back with very great pride to the time when he first , like their brother initiate that evening saw thc light in the glorious Apollo Lodge , at Oxford ; since then he had had the opportunity of wirking his way from the I . G . to VV . M . in a grander lodge , and passing on tothe Prov . G . Lotlge of his county where he had the opportunity ami the happiness of making many

staunch friends who , he hoped , would be fi lends through life . j- ) e thanked them very much on behalf of his thirty-seven brethren for drinking their health , and he trusted it would not be the last opportunity the brethren of Kilburn would give them of returning thanks for the visitors . The next toast was '' The Masonic Charities , " in , proposing which the acting VV . M . said that hc neetl not tell them that Freemasonry was nothing without charity . He could scarcely

conccive of any better investment then that of laying up any spare money one might possess , for thc education of the boy or girl of a dNtresseel Mason , or for providing against oltl age . MissTutltir , then very appropriately gave a pathetic rendering of "My lodging ' s on the coitl ground " which was very warmly applauded . Bro . Terry , P . M ., very briefly replied , and vvas followed by Bro . Bines , P . G . S ., who after some preparatory re-marks to the effect that in thc minds of Freemasons the three Charities

should never be the subject of invidious preleience , inasmuch as these institutions stootl on one common platform , went on to say that as Masons they hail to provide for both sexes in the decline of life-, and for the y <» <• ¦ " , of both sexes on their entrance into life . They were turce distinct institutions , lhat coultl only appeal to Masons for support . Brethren hatl heard a great deal lately , and a

great ileal had been written about what real Masonic charity was . Well , he- simply and without any reserve or hesitation whatever , as In- hail expressed in writing , so woulel he say to them rim voce , that unless every man who offt-ietl him-ae-lf as a worthy candidate for admission into the rinks of this Order , thoroughly understood , appreciated , nnd acted up to the obligations administered to

him of doing something in the way of practical charity , that man did not understand what Freemasonry really was . lie was not now going to occupy time by a discourse as to what charity generally meant . They all knew that it was a synoynm for love , that it meant the bearing anel forbearing with each other ' s weaknesses , and all those other little matters that affected them as

citizens and men of the world , in short that they shoultl be charitable to 'each oihcr , and make allowances where they differed . But he did say that there was a specific , undeniable , and distinct claim laiel upon the shoulders of every candidate who was admitted into their Oreler , that he should do something , however small it might be ( and God , in His mercy , knew that he

shoultl be thc last one in the world to ask any one to exceed the means he had at his command ) , in support of the distressed poition of what he had often called the " household faith . " Alter a few more remarks of a similar import , Bro . Bines went on to say that he , and such as he , did not address their appeals for help to those who were liberal supporters ol the Charities , but they must not forget

that they hatl this fact staring them in the face-, which must not be ignored and coultl not be gainsaitl , that the great majority of the members of tlieir Order did not contribute anything whatever to the Masonic Charities , and as long as thc biethren found those uncultivated fields , — those lands lying fallow , so long was it their bounden duty to endeavour to stimulate into wholesome action those who

had not done anything to fulfil the obligation hc had alluded tei ? Their work would not be elone until the great majority , not the minority , as it now was , were made to support the charitable institutions of their Order . The presiding Master here announced that Bro . Bines' earnest reminder of a Mason ' s duties hail been followed by subscriptions amounting to over J-130 , a statement which

drew forth loud cheers . Bro . Hyatt then sang " The Blue Alsatian Mountains , " in excellent style , anti " The Office-is " having been drunk anti replied to , the toast " To all Poor anti Distressed Masons , tec , " brought the proceedings to a close' . The musical arrangements were ably carried out under the direction eif Bro . Parry Cole , P . M ., P . P . G . O ., whilst the W . S ., left nothing to be desired in his attention to thc comfort of the brethren .

CAMBRIDGE . —Scientific Lodge ( No . 88 ) . — A meeting of this ancient and flourishing lotlge vvas held at the Lion Hotel on the 13 th ult ., thc chief interest being the installation of Iiro . C F . Jariold , W . M . elect . The ceremony of installation was preceded by raising Bro . Ennioii to the Sublime Degree of M . M ., and thc initiation of Mr . Frank Piggult , who had been unanimously elected . The

Worshipful Master , Bro . B . Chenneli resigned the gavel to Bro . J . Dimmock , P . M ., P . G . I I ., the Installing Master , who as a skilled workman performeel the ancient ceremony in a most able manner . Thc musical part was performed by the Organist , Bra . VV . Purchas . At the close of the ceremony the Worshipful Master made the following appointments : —Bros . B . Chenneli , I . P . M . ; A . H . Mayes , S . VV . ; T . Huimybuii , J . W . ; J . V . Pryor , S . D . ; C . W .

Palmer , J . D . ; A . Thompson , I . G . ; VV . H . JarroV . l , Treas . ; T . Nichols , Sec . ; C . A . Smith , D . C . ; W . Davidson , P . M ., Steward ; B . Chenneli , P . M ., Chap . ; W . Purchas , Org . The lodge was closed in solemn form , when about filly biethren sat down to a sumptuous banquet . Bro . C . F . Jarrold , W . M ., presided , supported by the Past Masters of thc lodge . The invited visitors composed the Worshipful the Mayor ( Bro . H . Ranee , I ' . M . ) and several other brethren , and the evening was spent in true Masonic harmony .

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EXMOUTH .-Sun Lodge ( No . 106 ) . — The brethren of this lotlge assembled at their lodge-room , at the Beacon Hotel , Exmouth , on Wednesday the 15 th inst ., at threo p . m ., for thc purpose of their yearly installation of a Worshipful Master to preside over them . Thc choice had fallen on Bro . VV . Creasy , anil , having been duly presented by Past Master T . Freeman , the worthy

brother was duly and impressively installed by Bro . VV . 1 . Maynard , P . P . G . T ., whose excellent working and perfect acquaintance with the ritual invested thc proceedings with more than usual interest . Thc W . M . appointed the following as his officers f . ir the ensuing year , and a kindly word was given to each as he received his collar -. —W . G Lacey , I . P . M . ; S . G . Blackmore , S , W . ; Ii . Bishop , J . W . ;

VV . Thomas , Treasurer ; T . P . Jones , Regitrar ; A . A . Carter , Secretary ; W . Cocks , S . D . ; J . R . Stevens , J . D . ; J . H . Cloile . D . C . ; P . Sylvester , S B . ; H . B . Starke , Org . ; J . Wills , B . B . ; I-I . F . Piatt , J . James , anil F . Dutton , Stewards ; F . Burriiige , I . G . ; W . White , Tyler . Bro . W . Brodie , P . G . J . D ., was called upon by the Worshipful Installing Master to deliver the address to the Wardens and

brethren . Bro . Past Master W . T . j Maynard was unanimously elected to represent the lodge on the Committee of Petitions . The lodge was then closed in peace , order and harmony , and the brethren adjourned to partake of the customary banquet , which was served in admirable style by Mrs . « -Bastin , and thoroughly enjoyed hy nearly fifty of the brethren , amongst whom were the following , viz .:

—Bros . Captain VV . E . Stone , P . P . G . [ . VV . ; W . T . Mavnard , P . P . G . T . ; H . W . Hooper , P . P . G . R . ; VV . Brodie ; P . G . J . D . ; W . Haymes , P . P . G . P . ; H . B . Starke , P . P . G . O . ; G . Bishop , P . G . S . B . ; W . Thomas , P . M . ; A . A . Carter , P . M . ; 1 * . Higgs , P . M . ; G . VV . Lt-ggc , P . M . ; VV . Vinnicombi-, P . M . ; G . C . Maynard , P . M . ; VV . G . Lacey . P . M . ; W . Creasy , VV . M . ; G . W . Madge . W . M . 3 . 2 ; | . R .

Stevens , P . Sylvester , VV . Cocks , E . Bishop , v . Burridge , i * Dutton , E . Arnold . J . II . Clode , F . Collins , J . Matthews , H . F . Piatt , li . O . lie-nee , S . G . Blackmore , J . Bennetts , F . Horn , J . T . Ilnrnc , II . li . Thompson , T . P . Jones , J . Turner , J . Wills , J . R . Ctieal ) , VV . Gilford , li . J . Mulchings , J . Linelsay , VV . Perry , J . Kitto , VV . White , So . After the tables had been cleared , the usual loyal and Masonic

toasts were proposed and duly honoured , that of Ihe Provincial Grand Master llro . the Rev . John Huyshe , and the P . G . Ofiicers , Past anti Present , being especially well received . Bro . VV . Brodie , whose name was coupled with the toast responded . Thc brethren who had subscribed the necessary sum then drew numbers for a Life Governorship in the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Ager ]

Freemasons , Bro . E . Bishop , the newly-appointed Junior Warden , drawing the Life Governorship ticket , of the value of five guineas . ' which confers a vote , at each election of an annuitant , during thc lifetime of thc Governor . Thc toast list having been gone through , some excellent songs were sung , anel the convivial spirit rcigneel supreme until the brethren separated .

PENZANCE . —Mount Sinai Logde ( No . 121 ) . —The brethren of this lotlge celebrated the festival of St . John on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., when Bro . J . J . TaylJr , of Marazion , who has filled the S . Ws . chair during the past year , was installed W . M . by his predecessor in office , Bro . W . H . Kinsman , who in the impressive ceremony was assisted by the following Board of Instal'ed

Masters : —Bros . F . Boase , P . P . G . S . W . ; I . Levin , P . P . G . S . D . ; J . Maxwell , S . II . James ( St . Just . ) , C . Read , Beringer , VV . A . Gerry ( Prov . G . O . ) ; Past Masters of 121 ; anti H . S . Hill , VV . M . 223 ( Plymouth ) . The newly-installed W . M . invested his ofiicers as follows : —Bros . W . H . Kinsman , I . P . M . ; A . O . Michell ( Marazion ) , S . W . ; James Lovell , jun ., J . W . ; Rev . R . W . Aitken , Chaplain ;

C . Read , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W ., Treas . ; G . H . Small , Sec . ; F . Holman , S . D . ; M . Sampson , J . D . ; F . Rodda , I . G . ; J . C . Simpson , D . C . ; W . A . Gerry , O . ; W . Colenso , S . S . ; G . Wetllakc , J . S . ; and R . Reynolds , Tyler . Bro . Levin , P . M ., vvas re-elected Stetvardjof tlie ' . Masonic Annuity Fund . On the motion of VV . Bro . Boase , seconded by W . Bro . Levin , the retiring W . M . was cordially thai . ked for his

devotion to the office anti the excellent example he had set to his successors . VV . Bro . Kinsman acknowleelged thc compliment . Hearty votes of thanks were also accorded to W . Bro . Read , many years Treasurer , and to Bro . Lovell , who for five years had been the couiteous and indefatigable Secretary t > f the lodge . W . Bro . Read , in returning thanks , exptcsscel a belief that if thc lodge

continued to prosper as it hatl during thc last two years , they would be in a position to consider the advisability of erecting a building of their own . At the close of the lodge , W . Bro . Gerry , P . M , on behalf ot the subscribers , presented to VV . Bro , Kinsman a handsome Past Master ' s jewel , in recognition of Ihe highly satisf .-iclory manner in which hc had dischargee ! the duties of W . M . The

brethren adjourned to W . Bro . Mitchell ' s Western Hotel , where a sumptuous banquet was tastefully spreail and admirably served . W . Bro . J . J . Taylor , W . M ., who presided , hail issued a large number of invitations , hut not a few brethren had hail to t . celiac in consequence of business engagements in connection wilh the failure of the Cornish Bank . Bro . Boase , P . M ., was kept away by a professional

engagement , bul he sent a fraternal greeting . Bro . the Rev . R . VV . Aitken was absent through indisposition . In proposing " Thc Queen and Craft , " the W . M . said that as an American-born citizen , it gave him peculiar pleasure to propose this toast , for all the world over he had ever found the name o [ the Queen of England honoured and beloved . To them as Masons she was especially dear , as

the daughter of a past and the mother of the ir present G . M . W . Bro . C Read followed with " The Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal family , " requesting the brethren to testify to their sympathy with the Royal Family in their bereavement by drinking the toast in silence . " The M . W . Grand Master , Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ; " " The R . W . the Pro . G . M . the Earl of Carnar-

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von ; " and "The D . G . M . thc R . W . the Earl of Skclmersdale anti officers of G . L ., " were next given by VV . Bros . Reatl , Maxwell , anti L-.-vin respectively ; and then in terms of eulogy Bro . A . O . Michell , S . W ., submitted " The R . W . thc Prov . G . M . thc Earl of Mount Edgcumbe andthe Prov . G . L . of Cornwall , " appropriate response being made by Bro . Read , P . P . G . S . W . ; Bro . Levin , P . P . G . S . D . ; and Bro .

Gerry , Prov . G . O . W . Bro . Kinsman then gave the toast of thc evening , " The W . M . of Mount Sinai , " it-marking that Bro . Taylor first came amongst them a stranger in a strange land , but they soon found in him one whose whole heart and soul was in Freemasonry , and who in his life exemplified its principles . Every member was bound to feel that in their present W . M . they had one who would

rule the lodge well and wisely . W . Bro . Taylor responded in a thouhtful speech . Very proud indeed did he feel ' of the honour that day conferred on him , for he believed he vvas the first American-born citizen that had filled the chair of a lodge in the county and probably of any lodge in England . To Bro . Michell , their S . W ., he owed the pleasure of introeluction into Freemasonry—a great and

glorious institution . The high and honoured names connected with it was conclusive evidence that it was not a mere convivial society as many thought , or designed to upset authority ; whilst thc fact the clergy sought admission into it was proof that it was not an irreligious assembly . Masonry was truly a religious and a moral institution capable of accomplishing a great deal of good for the

human race . Its historical associations too were of thc greatest possible interest . It had been his pleasure to stand on the site of the temple at Jerusalem , from which Masons obtained most of their symbols , and to have slept in all that remained of that famous forest which supplied much of the material for the building of that temple ; but tenfold would have been

the pleasure if at that time of the visit he had been a Freemason . Freemasoniy , in a figurative sense , was itself a magnificent temple , not indeed made with hands , but fountletl on the firm foundation of a belief in the Great Architect of the Universe . It was true there was a spurious Masonry that was mX built on that rock , and hc regretted to say that they must now include in it thc Grand Orient

of France , which had eliminated the name of the Most High from its constitution . But that spurious form would long have died when true Masonry flourished , every member a stons in a temple far exceeding in beauty the temple of King Solomon . None should cnier the Order but trom the purest motives , determined ever to exercise the virtues of Faith , Hope , and Charity . In conclusion , Bro . Taylor

expressetl the fervent hope that when the great ocean should divide them his memory would still remain fresh in their hearts as theirs would in his . " The Installing Master " was next proposed by the W . M ., who remarked that Bro . Kinsman had worked well and worthily , with the result of being an adept in the Masonic art . It had given him unfeigned pleasure to be his S . W . Bro . Kinsman

feelingly responded . He was glad of having had the opportunity of doing anything for an institution that did so much to soften and relieve the asperities and troubles of life , and proud of having presided over so important a lodge . " The Past Masters of Mount Sinai" was the next toast , and W . Bro . Read , responding , took the opportunity of welcoming to their ranks W . Bro . Kinsman , whose

industry had not been surpassed by any W . M . of the year , and who had installed his successor with an effect anel solemnity he had never witnessed before . W . Bro Lovell having congratulated the lodge on fhe prosperity of the past year , and expressed himself confident that equal prosperity woultl attend the coming year , prop ised " The Wardens and Officers of Mount Sinai , " and Bros . Michell

and Lovell suitably acknowledged the compliment . The next toast was '' The Visiting Brethren , " and the W . M . gave expression to his regret that the financial disaster in the county had deprived them of the pleasure of the presence of some worthy brethren . In a few heart ) words the toast was given by W . Bro . Gerry , who believed that the permanent advancement of Masonry was

promoted by a cordial intercourse between lodges . W . Bro . Trevithick , W . M . 430 , and W . Bro . Eustice , P . M . 450 , responded , congratulating the W . M . ( a member of their lodge ) on his preferment . Bro . H . C . Martin , of Dutch " De GoedeTrowi" ( The Good Trust ) Lodge , Capetown , also responded , remarking that he could conscientiously say , although he had visited many lodges , hc had

not been more cordially or more fraternally treated than he had at Mount Sinai Lodge , and he should not fail to . let his lotlge at Capetown know it . Especially did he thank Bro . Wcdlake for introducing him . " The Initiates " was the next toast , and Bros . Laity and Edkins responded . The im .-ortant toast of "The Masonic Charities" was entrusted to W . Bro . Lewin , who remarked that thc Cornish

province hatl lis Annuity Fund instituted by their late G . M ., Bro . Augustus Smith , and now existing on a very sound and firm basis . Its income was about £ 300 a year , derived from £ 2000 to £ 2300 capitalised subscriptions from lodges anti chapters , and from the individual contributions of the brethren . The income provided annuities [ or £ 20 . 1 year to four deserving- Masons , affordetl assistance to

widows , and grants from £ 1 ,= ; to £ 20 a year to assist in educating children of deceased brethren of the province . First established of the general Masonic Charities was the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which had between three and four hundred annuitants , the men receiving £ 40 a year anti the women £ 23 . This institution in some measure was proof , that the fraternity practised the great

virtues it professed . But , in addition , there was the Masonic School , wliich clothed , maintained , and educated 200 girls and 220 boys ; and last year these three institutions received upwards of £ 40 , 000 in subscriptions from the brethren . And it should be remembered that every province , like that of Cornwall , had its own special Masonic charities ; so that they could proudly and truly say that one of the brightest ornaments