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Consecration Of The King's Cross Lodge, No. 1732.
CONSECRATION OF THE KING'S CROSS LODGE , No . 1732 .
On Wednesday evening this new loelge was consecrated at the rooms of the Metropolitan Club , Pentonville-road . The consecrating officer appointed by the Most Worshipful the Grand Master , was Bro . James Terry , Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies , Herts , who is well-known
as one of the most efficient consecrating officers in the Craft . It is needless therefore to say that the ceremony was most admirably performed , especially when we mention that he had the able assistance of Bro . W . Clarke , P . M ., 114 , Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies , Suffolk ; who took the office of Director of Ceremonies ; Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P ., as S . W . ; T . W . Knight , Past Prov . Direc
tor of Ceremonies , Kent , as J . W . ; and Charles Renter , P . M . 1107 . Lodge was opened at half-past three , anel the complete list of the brethren present at the consecration and installation were Bros . J . Terry , Prov . G . D . C . Herts ; J . . ]• Michael , P . M . 1507 ; Wm . Stiles , J . T . Briggs , F . Saintsbury , Henry Stiles , H . J . Higgins , Lewis Solomon , Geo . Musgiavc , 1507 ; J . Willis , P . M . 113 ;
Thos . Puzey , W . M . 1107 ; A . G . Creak , S . W . 157 ; R . J . Tubb , 1305 ; B . Kingham , W . M . 1507 ; Morgan , 138 3 * 1 J . G . " Humphrey , 16 7 ; C . Buckhurst , 157 ; Louis Bamberger , i- ; 66 ; i hos . Cubitt , P G . P . ; Thos . Walton , W . M . 157 ; T . W . Knight , P . M . 1107 , 514 , 615 , P . Z . 824 , P . P . G . D . C . Kent ; W . Clarke , P . M . 114 ; Arthur Thomas , 1319 ; Charles Reutcr , P . M . 1107 ; Burgess
Perry , IIS-J ; Edwin Moss , 1706 ; F . W . Sillis , 177 ; Charles Solomon , 23 , U . S . A . ; Henry Lovegrove , 1507 ; J . G . Edmonel ? , 1507 ; W . J . Murlis , P . M . 1642 and 1499 ; George Penn , W . M . 1642 ; . Thomas Francis Peacock , 21 ; C . P . Kempe , 1615 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 , ( Freemason ); S . Seattle , i $ oj . , The ceremony of consecration having been performed
Bro . Terry installed Bros . J . J . Michael , P . M . 1107 , and P . M . 1507 , in the W . M . chair ; and the following brethren were invested as officers for the year : Bro . W . M . Stiles , Secretary 1507 , S . W . ; J . T . Briggs , P . M . 157 , J . W . ; Rose , Treas . ; F . Saintsbury , Sec ; H . Stiles , S . D . ; Higgins , P . M ., J . D . ; Lewis Solomon , I . G . ; and ° J . Darby , T . Bro . Terry delivered the charge to thc W . M . and the
brethren , and Bro . Clarke elrlivered the charge to the Wardens . Votes of thanks and the honorary membership of the lodge were conferretl on Bros . Terry , Cubitt , Knight , and Reuter , and in returning thanks for the compliment , Bro . Terry acknowledged in graceful terms the great assistance that had been afforded him by Brc . Clarke , who had acted as Director of Ceremonies . Lodge was then
clcsed , and the brethren aeljourned to a splendid banquet , supplied by Bro . Cox , the chef of the Metropolitan Club . After dinner grace was sung , and thc usual toasts were proposed , between which excellent harmony was rendered by the celebrated Masonic quartette , Bros . Burgess Perry , Edwin Moss , Arthur Thomas , and George Musgrave . Bro . Thomas Cubitt P . G . P ., replied to the toast of "Thc
Grand Officers , " and in doing so referred to the great ability displayed by thc Earl of Carnarvon whenever he appeared in Grand Lodge . Al ' uding to the Grand Officers he reminded the brethren that the Duke of Connaught and Prince Leopold held in the present year the offices of Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , and mentioned it as an instance ot the great interest which the Royal Family
of Great Britain took in the affairs of the ancient and honourable Craft . Bro . James Terry proposed " Thc I Iealth of the W . M . " and trusted that the brethren would drink with all heartiness and sincerity the health of a brother who was the first W . M . of the King ' s Cross Lodge . The new W . M . would certainly not have been called upon to fill that high office
unless he had been able actually , fully and conscientiously to discharge the duties appenaining to that office . He was a brother who had been tried in the Metropolitan Lodge and whom the brethren present knew how to appreciate . During the time he presidetl over the Metropolitan Lodge and the Cornwallis Loelge he acted with creelit to those lodges and honour to himself . It was
no light matter to be the first W . M . of a loelge , audit was Bro . Michael's distinguished privilege to be selected for that high office . There was a great responsibility attaching to thc office , especially when it was a new lodge a brother was called upon to presiele over . He hael to consolidate the whole ofthe various interests which were combined in the formation of a new lodge , and to
harmonise all jealousies which might exist . He hael to bring all these into combination and to unite them for thc general interests of the loelge . If he could not do this his year of office woulel not be a happy one . He was happy to say that Bro . Michael had the ability to do this , and he consequently looked on the future of this lodge as a glorious one . If it was
his ( Bro . Terry ' s ) good fortune to be present at thc end of the next twelve months he thought he might prophesy that he would then see that thc brethren woulel accord to Bro . Michael their universal approbation of the way in which he had elischarged his eluties . He was certain he would never tolerate anything which was not in strict accordance with thc Book of Constitutions , and that he
would never permit the slightest deviation from the ancient landmarks of the Order . Following this course it would be found that the brethren woulel not regret having among them any brethren . He advised the brethren to exercise great caution in the admission of members , and that tne-y should know something af them before they introeluceel
them . Let them first ask themselves the simple qucstian whether the man they were about to introduce was a man whom they would admit to their own private table , and if they could conscientiously answer that question in the affirmative they might admit him to Freemasonry , provided be was willing to come . On the other hand , if the man seeking admission was one they would
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not like to speak to if they met him m the street , or would not like to recognise them when they were walking with a friend , by all means let them not introduce him to Freemasonry . This course bethought would be of great value to them , and if they followed it in this lodge they would find they would have a good working loilge and one which would be a credit and honour to the Order .
The W . M . in reply , said Bro . Terry had alluded to the fact that he ( the W . M . ) had sat in the W . M . chair in two other lodges , but that he was for the first time the first W . M . of a loelge on this occasion . That alone was enough to make a man a little off his heael , and he hoped the brethren would excuse him if he made any mistakes . Bro . Terry had spoken of the responsibilities of a W . M ., and
Bro . Terry being that evening in the same position as the G . M . he was really his mouthpiece . With respect to his ( the W . M . ) responsibilities there was no brother in the Croft that held them more than he . However much a Master might sati-sfy the brethren he would not satisfy himself , and although he ( the W . M . ) had twice before filled the office of W . M . he was not satisfied with the way
he petformed his duties . He had striven hard to please the brethren , but though they said he had elone so it was not up to his own mark . There was something outside Freemasonry which he had never yet been able to arrive at . Strive as he would there was always something in Freemasonry that was not in him . There was something outside it better than himself .
However- he would strive to get at that still better p s ' tion , and he hoped when he left that chair , he hoped he would leave it as he was sure he would , to a worthy successor . I le trusted he should have instilled into his mind something he did nut know , and that there was something which he might attain to . With regard to the admission of brethren to the lodge , he
had often thought it was all very well for a Master to say he would do this or that , and admit only gentlemen who were A I . If they ever departed from that principle , he thought it was on account of the great impetus given to Freemasonry , but if they did , it was the fault of Freemasons . A great many of the outside world were anxious to know what Freemasons knew , but why should this
knowledge be sold for mere pence , and not given only to those who were worthy to receive it ? The brethren forming this lodge were few in number , and why should they lose the power to exclude those whose introduction to Freemasonry might be inimical to its interests ? Was it not their bounden duty from this night to see that only those who would care for the interests of Freemasonry
should be admitted ? Freemasonry was different toother institutions where pounds , shillings , and pence had great sway . Freemasons elid not subscribe £ 40 , 000 in one year without an obje ct in view . From the highest in the land to thc lowest , they askeet only for the anmission of those -who would be an ornament to thc Craft , and it was not the man who had money only they wanted , but the
man who had a great and noble heart . It was the object of the King ' s Cross Lodge to admit only such men . At present they had no initiate , and they would not introduce any with whom they were not satisfied . Let them keep that grand object in view , and only admit those who were fit to become members of the Masonic body . The W . M . then proposed " The Health of the
Consecrating Officer Bro . Terry , " and said he did not know that he had ever listened with greater pleasure tc the elelivery of the charges on the nature and principles of the institution which Bro . Terry delivered . If the brethren carried those principles home anel acted upon them , they would never elisgrace the noble Order to which they belonged . Bro . Teiry had hael more eloquence than he ( the W . M . ) .
With this toast he inclueled the names of Bros . Cubitt , Knight , Clarke , and Reuter . Bio . James Terry , in reply said it would ill become him aneljwould be a mere act of affectation , were he to say that he elid not expect that his health would be proposed that evening , but to tell the brethren that he had any prepared form of words in which to return thanks would also
be a piece of affectation . He would rather speak as he felt , than prepare any words and repeat them parrot-like . He was deeply thankful for the compliment they hael paid him and the older brethren who had assisted him , and he appreciated very , very highly indeed the compliment of electing him an honorary member of the lodge . To have to be present as a
consecrating eifficer was of itself a very high compliment , more especially when it was thc 102 nd lodge , and more , of which he was an honorary member . It was , therefore , not a novel thing for him to have to respond to this toast . He was pleased to sec this lodge launched uneler such auspices , and he hoped it would be conducted , as he was sure it would be after what the W . M . hael said
on the broadest and fairest Masonic principles ; and that there would not be thc least elesire to rush into Freemasonry any person who might present himself ; but that there would bc thought , judgment and discretion exercised . Under such circumstances he had no doubt that when it came to the ballot the candidate would be admitted . There could not be a more painful thing than for a gentleman
to be blackballed . His own opinion was that when the summons came out if any of the members knew anything tf the candielate named on it which would be prejuducial to the lodge the proposer and seconder of the candidate should be communicated with and asked to withdraw li ' m , that he might not be subjected to the pain of being blackballed . He could only wish this
Lodge God speed anel that it might be a continuation of a long line of successes which during the time of the present Giand Master hael occurred . During that time 500 or 600 lodges hael been consecrated , and all of them were doing well and had maele their mark in Freemasonry . No doubt the King ' s Cross Lodge uneler the rule of Bro . Michael would prosper ; but he woulel most earnest ' y
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impress upon the brethren not to make undue haste in enlarging the number of their members . It was far better to have one good member introduced into it in one year than to find at the end of it that there were ten or a dozen they elid not care for . Bro . Terry then passed a very high compliment on Bro . Clarke for the admirable way in which he discharged the duties of Directors of
Ceremonies . The present was his first appearance 111 London in a Masonic character and he hoped sincerely it would not be his last . When he asked Bro . Clarke to attend and perform the duties of D . C , he knew he would have a brother to help him who thoroughly well understood the duties entrusted to him . Bro . Clarke also replied . He had done the best that lay
in his power . He had come simply out of love for Masonry , to do his duty so long as Masonry was conducted in the way it now was , with the volume of the Sacred Law open in the lodges , so long would it continue to succeed . Thc W . M . had said he was deeply impressed with the ceremonies that evening , and all the brethren must have been impressed who had listened attentively to Bro .
Terry . He asked the brethren to take Bro . Terry ' s words home and carry them out with them in the world tomorrow . Let them practice the principles and tenets of the Craft , and say that Masonry taught them not enly what to do in lodge , but what to do in every-day life . Bros . Walton , Penn , Kingham , and Puzey responded to the toast of " The Visitors , " and Bros . W . M . Stiles
Briggs , Saintsbury , and other brethren for "The Officers . " Bro . James Terry in reply for "the Masonic Institutions , " said that if every Mason would subscribers , a year , and every lodge £ 1 . they would not require an annual festival , or turn away any candidate who presented himself . What a grand spectacle would Masonry then present to the outer world . They would do away with the Charity
Organization Society , and our friends who were so loud in our praise would defeat their own plans and would have nothing at all to speak about . One point however the brethren could not look over , and that was that they were not going to hand over to an irresponsible body the duties and responsibilities imposed upon them by those who had thought fit to place their money with the institution for
the purchase of privileges which nobody could take away from them . He trusted that the day was very distant indeed when amidst all the voting charities of England the brethren of the Craft would give up the privileges to En irresponsible body . Bro . Terry then explained the progress the other Masonic Institutions had maele , and the increased and still increasing number of candidates they
were taking on their funds in order to keep pace with the great increase in the botly of the Order , and thc enlarged support which the Institutions were receiving . He afterwaids made a stirring appeal on behalf of all the Institutions , and said although they could not ask for a Steward in a new lodge like the present , they yet hoped for the support of the brethren . The brethren shortly afterwards separated .
Our Royal Grand Master At Cambridge.
OUR ROYAL GRAND MASTER AT CAMBRIDGE .
The following very appropriate remarks from our esteemed contemporary the Graphic will be read with pleasure by all Freemasons : — " The visit of the Prince of Wales to Cambridge passed off very successfully . The University gave him a genuine
hearty welcome , and the inhabitants were , if anything , a little too enthusiastic in their demonsttations . This may be accounted for not only by the personal popularity of the Prince , but by the feeling still generally entertained for his ather . There are few things more remarkable in our recent history than the admiration for the Prince Consort which is still steadily maintained . While he lived , it
cannot be said that he was a universal favourite . His manner was somewhat cold , and John Bull , who is rather suspicious , did not relish the idea of a foreigner interfering with British affairs , even when the foreigner was the Queen ' s husband . We have graelually learned , however , that it would not have been possible for any one in his difficult position to act with greater wisdom ; and , now
that the importance of Art as an element of the national life is better understood , people are beginning to see how admirable were his attempts to cultivate thc artistic sympathies of thc very untcsthetic community in which he lived . His efforts to encourage music were especially enthusiastic , and it is only now that we are reaping the full benefit of them . Within the last few weeks public
attention has been drawn in a vety marked manner to his opinions on the Eastern Question , and it certainly has not lessened the general esteem for him that he so thoroughly comprehended the intetests of his adopted country , and so ardently associated himself with them . Altogether , his
career affords a striking proof of the influence which , even in these days of Constitutional Government , may still be exerteel by the Court . If it is excludeel from direct political action , it may wield power of a far more subtle kind , power that will make itself felt long after temporary political excitement is forgotten .
Bro . Dr . Rhys Williams , of Bethlehem Hospital , attended a meeting of oflicers of the Stuart Lodge , Bedford , of which he is W . Master , and met with a rather serious accident at Bcdfotel Railway Station , by which one of the small bones in his leg was broken , several of the officers of thc lodge being medical men , every thing was done for him that could be done .
The meetings of the Whittington Lodge of Instruction , No . 862 , are now held at the Red Lion , I'oppins-court , Fleet-street , every Wednesday , at 8 p . m ., Bro . W . Long , P . M . 435 , Preceptor .
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Consecration Of The King's Cross Lodge, No. 1732.
CONSECRATION OF THE KING'S CROSS LODGE , No . 1732 .
On Wednesday evening this new loelge was consecrated at the rooms of the Metropolitan Club , Pentonville-road . The consecrating officer appointed by the Most Worshipful the Grand Master , was Bro . James Terry , Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies , Herts , who is well-known
as one of the most efficient consecrating officers in the Craft . It is needless therefore to say that the ceremony was most admirably performed , especially when we mention that he had the able assistance of Bro . W . Clarke , P . M ., 114 , Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies , Suffolk ; who took the office of Director of Ceremonies ; Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P ., as S . W . ; T . W . Knight , Past Prov . Direc
tor of Ceremonies , Kent , as J . W . ; and Charles Renter , P . M . 1107 . Lodge was opened at half-past three , anel the complete list of the brethren present at the consecration and installation were Bros . J . Terry , Prov . G . D . C . Herts ; J . . ]• Michael , P . M . 1507 ; Wm . Stiles , J . T . Briggs , F . Saintsbury , Henry Stiles , H . J . Higgins , Lewis Solomon , Geo . Musgiavc , 1507 ; J . Willis , P . M . 113 ;
Thos . Puzey , W . M . 1107 ; A . G . Creak , S . W . 157 ; R . J . Tubb , 1305 ; B . Kingham , W . M . 1507 ; Morgan , 138 3 * 1 J . G . " Humphrey , 16 7 ; C . Buckhurst , 157 ; Louis Bamberger , i- ; 66 ; i hos . Cubitt , P G . P . ; Thos . Walton , W . M . 157 ; T . W . Knight , P . M . 1107 , 514 , 615 , P . Z . 824 , P . P . G . D . C . Kent ; W . Clarke , P . M . 114 ; Arthur Thomas , 1319 ; Charles Reutcr , P . M . 1107 ; Burgess
Perry , IIS-J ; Edwin Moss , 1706 ; F . W . Sillis , 177 ; Charles Solomon , 23 , U . S . A . ; Henry Lovegrove , 1507 ; J . G . Edmonel ? , 1507 ; W . J . Murlis , P . M . 1642 and 1499 ; George Penn , W . M . 1642 ; . Thomas Francis Peacock , 21 ; C . P . Kempe , 1615 ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 , ( Freemason ); S . Seattle , i $ oj . , The ceremony of consecration having been performed
Bro . Terry installed Bros . J . J . Michael , P . M . 1107 , and P . M . 1507 , in the W . M . chair ; and the following brethren were invested as officers for the year : Bro . W . M . Stiles , Secretary 1507 , S . W . ; J . T . Briggs , P . M . 157 , J . W . ; Rose , Treas . ; F . Saintsbury , Sec ; H . Stiles , S . D . ; Higgins , P . M ., J . D . ; Lewis Solomon , I . G . ; and ° J . Darby , T . Bro . Terry delivered the charge to thc W . M . and the
brethren , and Bro . Clarke elrlivered the charge to the Wardens . Votes of thanks and the honorary membership of the lodge were conferretl on Bros . Terry , Cubitt , Knight , and Reuter , and in returning thanks for the compliment , Bro . Terry acknowledged in graceful terms the great assistance that had been afforded him by Brc . Clarke , who had acted as Director of Ceremonies . Lodge was then
clcsed , and the brethren aeljourned to a splendid banquet , supplied by Bro . Cox , the chef of the Metropolitan Club . After dinner grace was sung , and thc usual toasts were proposed , between which excellent harmony was rendered by the celebrated Masonic quartette , Bros . Burgess Perry , Edwin Moss , Arthur Thomas , and George Musgrave . Bro . Thomas Cubitt P . G . P ., replied to the toast of "Thc
Grand Officers , " and in doing so referred to the great ability displayed by thc Earl of Carnarvon whenever he appeared in Grand Lodge . Al ' uding to the Grand Officers he reminded the brethren that the Duke of Connaught and Prince Leopold held in the present year the offices of Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , and mentioned it as an instance ot the great interest which the Royal Family
of Great Britain took in the affairs of the ancient and honourable Craft . Bro . James Terry proposed " Thc I Iealth of the W . M . " and trusted that the brethren would drink with all heartiness and sincerity the health of a brother who was the first W . M . of the King ' s Cross Lodge . The new W . M . would certainly not have been called upon to fill that high office
unless he had been able actually , fully and conscientiously to discharge the duties appenaining to that office . He was a brother who had been tried in the Metropolitan Lodge and whom the brethren present knew how to appreciate . During the time he presidetl over the Metropolitan Lodge and the Cornwallis Loelge he acted with creelit to those lodges and honour to himself . It was
no light matter to be the first W . M . of a loelge , audit was Bro . Michael's distinguished privilege to be selected for that high office . There was a great responsibility attaching to thc office , especially when it was a new lodge a brother was called upon to presiele over . He hael to consolidate the whole ofthe various interests which were combined in the formation of a new lodge , and to
harmonise all jealousies which might exist . He hael to bring all these into combination and to unite them for thc general interests of the loelge . If he could not do this his year of office woulel not be a happy one . He was happy to say that Bro . Michael had the ability to do this , and he consequently looked on the future of this lodge as a glorious one . If it was
his ( Bro . Terry ' s ) good fortune to be present at thc end of the next twelve months he thought he might prophesy that he would then see that thc brethren woulel accord to Bro . Michael their universal approbation of the way in which he had elischarged his eluties . He was certain he would never tolerate anything which was not in strict accordance with thc Book of Constitutions , and that he
would never permit the slightest deviation from the ancient landmarks of the Order . Following this course it would be found that the brethren woulel not regret having among them any brethren . He advised the brethren to exercise great caution in the admission of members , and that tne-y should know something af them before they introeluceel
them . Let them first ask themselves the simple qucstian whether the man they were about to introduce was a man whom they would admit to their own private table , and if they could conscientiously answer that question in the affirmative they might admit him to Freemasonry , provided be was willing to come . On the other hand , if the man seeking admission was one they would
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not like to speak to if they met him m the street , or would not like to recognise them when they were walking with a friend , by all means let them not introduce him to Freemasonry . This course bethought would be of great value to them , and if they followed it in this lodge they would find they would have a good working loilge and one which would be a credit and honour to the Order .
The W . M . in reply , said Bro . Terry had alluded to the fact that he ( the W . M . ) had sat in the W . M . chair in two other lodges , but that he was for the first time the first W . M . of a loelge on this occasion . That alone was enough to make a man a little off his heael , and he hoped the brethren would excuse him if he made any mistakes . Bro . Terry had spoken of the responsibilities of a W . M ., and
Bro . Terry being that evening in the same position as the G . M . he was really his mouthpiece . With respect to his ( the W . M . ) responsibilities there was no brother in the Croft that held them more than he . However much a Master might sati-sfy the brethren he would not satisfy himself , and although he ( the W . M . ) had twice before filled the office of W . M . he was not satisfied with the way
he petformed his duties . He had striven hard to please the brethren , but though they said he had elone so it was not up to his own mark . There was something outside Freemasonry which he had never yet been able to arrive at . Strive as he would there was always something in Freemasonry that was not in him . There was something outside it better than himself .
However- he would strive to get at that still better p s ' tion , and he hoped when he left that chair , he hoped he would leave it as he was sure he would , to a worthy successor . I le trusted he should have instilled into his mind something he did nut know , and that there was something which he might attain to . With regard to the admission of brethren to the lodge , he
had often thought it was all very well for a Master to say he would do this or that , and admit only gentlemen who were A I . If they ever departed from that principle , he thought it was on account of the great impetus given to Freemasonry , but if they did , it was the fault of Freemasons . A great many of the outside world were anxious to know what Freemasons knew , but why should this
knowledge be sold for mere pence , and not given only to those who were worthy to receive it ? The brethren forming this lodge were few in number , and why should they lose the power to exclude those whose introduction to Freemasonry might be inimical to its interests ? Was it not their bounden duty from this night to see that only those who would care for the interests of Freemasonry
should be admitted ? Freemasonry was different toother institutions where pounds , shillings , and pence had great sway . Freemasons elid not subscribe £ 40 , 000 in one year without an obje ct in view . From the highest in the land to thc lowest , they askeet only for the anmission of those -who would be an ornament to thc Craft , and it was not the man who had money only they wanted , but the
man who had a great and noble heart . It was the object of the King ' s Cross Lodge to admit only such men . At present they had no initiate , and they would not introduce any with whom they were not satisfied . Let them keep that grand object in view , and only admit those who were fit to become members of the Masonic body . The W . M . then proposed " The Health of the
Consecrating Officer Bro . Terry , " and said he did not know that he had ever listened with greater pleasure tc the elelivery of the charges on the nature and principles of the institution which Bro . Terry delivered . If the brethren carried those principles home anel acted upon them , they would never elisgrace the noble Order to which they belonged . Bro . Teiry had hael more eloquence than he ( the W . M . ) .
With this toast he inclueled the names of Bros . Cubitt , Knight , Clarke , and Reuter . Bio . James Terry , in reply said it would ill become him aneljwould be a mere act of affectation , were he to say that he elid not expect that his health would be proposed that evening , but to tell the brethren that he had any prepared form of words in which to return thanks would also
be a piece of affectation . He would rather speak as he felt , than prepare any words and repeat them parrot-like . He was deeply thankful for the compliment they hael paid him and the older brethren who had assisted him , and he appreciated very , very highly indeed the compliment of electing him an honorary member of the lodge . To have to be present as a
consecrating eifficer was of itself a very high compliment , more especially when it was thc 102 nd lodge , and more , of which he was an honorary member . It was , therefore , not a novel thing for him to have to respond to this toast . He was pleased to sec this lodge launched uneler such auspices , and he hoped it would be conducted , as he was sure it would be after what the W . M . hael said
on the broadest and fairest Masonic principles ; and that there would not be thc least elesire to rush into Freemasonry any person who might present himself ; but that there would bc thought , judgment and discretion exercised . Under such circumstances he had no doubt that when it came to the ballot the candidate would be admitted . There could not be a more painful thing than for a gentleman
to be blackballed . His own opinion was that when the summons came out if any of the members knew anything tf the candielate named on it which would be prejuducial to the lodge the proposer and seconder of the candidate should be communicated with and asked to withdraw li ' m , that he might not be subjected to the pain of being blackballed . He could only wish this
Lodge God speed anel that it might be a continuation of a long line of successes which during the time of the present Giand Master hael occurred . During that time 500 or 600 lodges hael been consecrated , and all of them were doing well and had maele their mark in Freemasonry . No doubt the King ' s Cross Lodge uneler the rule of Bro . Michael would prosper ; but he woulel most earnest ' y
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impress upon the brethren not to make undue haste in enlarging the number of their members . It was far better to have one good member introduced into it in one year than to find at the end of it that there were ten or a dozen they elid not care for . Bro . Terry then passed a very high compliment on Bro . Clarke for the admirable way in which he discharged the duties of Directors of
Ceremonies . The present was his first appearance 111 London in a Masonic character and he hoped sincerely it would not be his last . When he asked Bro . Clarke to attend and perform the duties of D . C , he knew he would have a brother to help him who thoroughly well understood the duties entrusted to him . Bro . Clarke also replied . He had done the best that lay
in his power . He had come simply out of love for Masonry , to do his duty so long as Masonry was conducted in the way it now was , with the volume of the Sacred Law open in the lodges , so long would it continue to succeed . Thc W . M . had said he was deeply impressed with the ceremonies that evening , and all the brethren must have been impressed who had listened attentively to Bro .
Terry . He asked the brethren to take Bro . Terry ' s words home and carry them out with them in the world tomorrow . Let them practice the principles and tenets of the Craft , and say that Masonry taught them not enly what to do in lodge , but what to do in every-day life . Bros . Walton , Penn , Kingham , and Puzey responded to the toast of " The Visitors , " and Bros . W . M . Stiles
Briggs , Saintsbury , and other brethren for "The Officers . " Bro . James Terry in reply for "the Masonic Institutions , " said that if every Mason would subscribers , a year , and every lodge £ 1 . they would not require an annual festival , or turn away any candidate who presented himself . What a grand spectacle would Masonry then present to the outer world . They would do away with the Charity
Organization Society , and our friends who were so loud in our praise would defeat their own plans and would have nothing at all to speak about . One point however the brethren could not look over , and that was that they were not going to hand over to an irresponsible body the duties and responsibilities imposed upon them by those who had thought fit to place their money with the institution for
the purchase of privileges which nobody could take away from them . He trusted that the day was very distant indeed when amidst all the voting charities of England the brethren of the Craft would give up the privileges to En irresponsible body . Bro . Terry then explained the progress the other Masonic Institutions had maele , and the increased and still increasing number of candidates they
were taking on their funds in order to keep pace with the great increase in the botly of the Order , and thc enlarged support which the Institutions were receiving . He afterwaids made a stirring appeal on behalf of all the Institutions , and said although they could not ask for a Steward in a new lodge like the present , they yet hoped for the support of the brethren . The brethren shortly afterwards separated .
Our Royal Grand Master At Cambridge.
OUR ROYAL GRAND MASTER AT CAMBRIDGE .
The following very appropriate remarks from our esteemed contemporary the Graphic will be read with pleasure by all Freemasons : — " The visit of the Prince of Wales to Cambridge passed off very successfully . The University gave him a genuine
hearty welcome , and the inhabitants were , if anything , a little too enthusiastic in their demonsttations . This may be accounted for not only by the personal popularity of the Prince , but by the feeling still generally entertained for his ather . There are few things more remarkable in our recent history than the admiration for the Prince Consort which is still steadily maintained . While he lived , it
cannot be said that he was a universal favourite . His manner was somewhat cold , and John Bull , who is rather suspicious , did not relish the idea of a foreigner interfering with British affairs , even when the foreigner was the Queen ' s husband . We have graelually learned , however , that it would not have been possible for any one in his difficult position to act with greater wisdom ; and , now
that the importance of Art as an element of the national life is better understood , people are beginning to see how admirable were his attempts to cultivate thc artistic sympathies of thc very untcsthetic community in which he lived . His efforts to encourage music were especially enthusiastic , and it is only now that we are reaping the full benefit of them . Within the last few weeks public
attention has been drawn in a vety marked manner to his opinions on the Eastern Question , and it certainly has not lessened the general esteem for him that he so thoroughly comprehended the intetests of his adopted country , and so ardently associated himself with them . Altogether , his
career affords a striking proof of the influence which , even in these days of Constitutional Government , may still be exerteel by the Court . If it is excludeel from direct political action , it may wield power of a far more subtle kind , power that will make itself felt long after temporary political excitement is forgotten .
Bro . Dr . Rhys Williams , of Bethlehem Hospital , attended a meeting of oflicers of the Stuart Lodge , Bedford , of which he is W . Master , and met with a rather serious accident at Bcdfotel Railway Station , by which one of the small bones in his leg was broken , several of the officers of thc lodge being medical men , every thing was done for him that could be done .
The meetings of the Whittington Lodge of Instruction , No . 862 , are now held at the Red Lion , I'oppins-court , Fleet-street , every Wednesday , at 8 p . m ., Bro . W . Long , P . M . 435 , Preceptor .