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style worth remembering . That brother said , " impress upon your initiates the dignity and value of Freemasonry , seriously admonish them never to disgrace it ; teach them to practise outside the lodge those excellent precepts they are taught yvithin it ; that by discreet , virtuous , and modest conduct , they mig ht prove to the world the beneficial effects of our ancient institution ; that when any one is

said to be a member of it , the yvorld may know that he is one to whom the burdened heart may pour forth its sorrow , to yvhom the distressed may pour forth their suit , whose hand is extended by mercy , and whose heart is expanded by the benevolence that actuates humanity . That was the mode in which the initiates had taken their obligations that evening , and he yvas sure there would be no cause to say they had been backward in imbibing these

precepts . The initiates would carry out all the obligations they had agreed to perform to the best of their poyver , and he trusted there would be many successors to them in the Langton Lodge . Bro . Langton , who was the first initiate of the lodge , replied first . He said he thanked the brethren exceedingly for the way in which they had drunk thc toast , so feelingly proposed by the W . M . It was a great pleasure for him to be there for the first time , to call those around him brethren . There were , however , other

pleasures connected with it ; one yvas being initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry , and it made him long to see more . It was also a great pleasure to be initiated in a lodge which was named after his own father . But there -was still a greater pleasure in being the first initiate in the Langton Lodge . He hoped that yvhat he had done today would only become a stepping-stone to some

thing higher in Masonry than the position he now held . Bro . McKinlay next replied . He had been very much pleased at his first step in Masonry . The discourse from the W . M . was of a nature which made it go straight to his heart . It was something we should remember through life . He would not say he had not been practising to become a Mason , because such an

observation would be considered fulsome ; but at any rate the ceremony be had impressed quite harmonised with his own feelings , and he hoped he should not be in any way a disgrace to Freemasonry , but on the contrary somewhat of an ornament to it . He should endeavour to carry out to the best of his ability the principles , thc tenour of which he had heard in the lodge . Bro . Barnett

also responded . He had been very deeply impressed with the ceremony he had gone through , and he hoped he should fulfil the promises and undertakings that he had uttered . On a future occasion he hoped to have an opportunity of addressing the brethren at greater length ; but for the present he would content himself by simply thanking the brethren for the cordiality they had shown in

the drinking of the toast proposed by the VV . M . Bro . J . K . Stead , P . M ., Treasurer , proposed " The Health of the W . M . " It was scarcely necessary for him to say with what pleasure he did so , first as Treasurer , and secondly because the W . M . was his revered father . The brethren would agree with him that they had in the chair a Master eminently gratified to do credit to it , and when they

heard , as they had that night , from one of their brother initiates that the ceremony he had performed was such that he would recollect as long as he lived , he thought that was a great testimony in favour of the ability yvith which the ceremony had been performed . The W . M . was well known to most of the brethren , and thc fact was an ample excuse for not troubling them with a long speech in

proposing his health . The VV . M . m responding said , —1 rise under peculiar circumstances this time , because it is to thank you for a compliment yvhich I really cannot feel I deserve ; but at the same time 1 thank our good P . M . Stead for the kind way in which he has introduced my name to you , and I thank you also , brethren , for the very cordial response to his proposition . It affords me great

pleasure to attend these meetings of the Langton Lodge , and I assure you nothing yvill give me greater pleasure than to be able to be here when my duty calls roe , and to perform the duty to the best of my ability . I shall be delighted to find if my performance is to your satisfaction . While I am upon my legs , brethren , and offering you my warmest acknowledgments for the honours you have conferred upon

me , there is a toast which I alyvays feel great pleasure in proposing , and that is " The Health of our Visitors . " Of them yve have to-night a very distinguished assemblage . We have Bro . Morrell , P . M . 111 . and Prov . G . Sup . of Works , Durham , Bro . H . Thomas , P . AI . 277 , Bro . Massey , P . M . 619 , Bro . Gale , W . M . 713 , Bro . Hunter , 1494 , and Bro . Blunt , 1492 . I beg to propose the health of those

visitors , and to assure them that the more frequently they honour our lodge meetings with their presence the more yve shall be pleased . It will afford me alyvays thc greatest pleasure yvhen those visitors are here , and I hope that as our meetings increase month by month the number of our visiti rs may increase , and that we may always give the same welcome as we give them at this present hour . A

very hearty reception having been given to this toast , Bro . Morrell in acknowledging it said it had afforded him great pleasure to be present to yvitness the beautiful rendering of the ceremony of initiation which hid been given by the W . M . He had been noyv a visitor for many years at 16 or 17 Grand Lodges in England , I reland , Scotland , the United States ,

Nova , Scotia , Neyv Brunswick , trance and Italy , and he had never been so well pleased as he had been that night yvith the performance of the Masonic ceremonies . He did not think there had been a yvord missed or misplaced , and he believed heartily what the

candidates said that it yvould never be forgetten by them . He had also been much pleased to find that the son of the worthy bi other after whom the lodge had been named yvas the first initiated in it . He yvas sure that candidate was a good one , but he thought equally well of the other two . They had as fine a three initiates as could have been l

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got together , and one of them ( Bro . Barnett ) had proved himself to be a good musician as yvell as a good Mason . He wished the S . W . every success and that hc might see his " bairns , '' as the Scotch called them , rise to the chair of the lodge . Not only that , but he yvished to see the other initiates attain to the same honourable distinction ; and he had no doubt from the way in yvhich they had

conducted and expressed themselves that they yvould do so . Bro . Gale also replied : As W . M . of 713 he felt great interest in Masonry . He had been connected yvith it some seven , eight , or nine years , and it was a pleasure to him that evening to see so goodly a company . He had come by the invitation of Bro . McKinlay -with whom he had been associated some time , not in Masonry , but in something

which was quite as good as Masonry , in the City of London , which yvas promoting the cause of charity . He had listened very attentively , as he always did , to the ceremony of initiation . Belonging to one of the chapter lodges , he had paid much attention for some years to the working of the sections , yvhich were as beautiful a thing as a man could listen to , and when he sayv any ceremonies

peiformed it yvas a great delight to him to see them performed well , as the ceremony of initiation had been performed that evening . Bro . Thomas said that the brother opposite had made so good a speech that there yvas scarcely anything left for him to say . It was yvith feelings of great pleasure that he had been there that night to see the ceremony of initiation performed on one yvho

was very dear to him . He hoped and believed it had made a deep impression on him which yvould last during his life . Masonry , if properly applied , could do nothing' but good to every one yvho yvas a Mason . He could not help , although it yvas reiterating the remarks of his friend opposite , expressing the great pleasure he had experienced at the admirable manner

in which the W . M . had performed the ceremony of initiation . He himself yvas initiated in the Crystal Palace Lodge , No . 742 , and he then went to Lancashire , where they thought they could teach a great deal ; but be came back to London , and he found that in London the Masons could equal the Masons of Lancashire . It was no untruth to say that thc ceremonies could never be

better performed than the initiation of candidates had been performed that evening . Bro . Blunt thanked the brethren in nearly the same terms , and expressed the pleasure he had had in seeing Bro . Barnett introduced into the Order . The W . M . proposed "The Officers of the Lodge . " In doing so , he said he would not expect the brethren to feel as hc felt just then , but as Master of

the lodge he would be worth very little if he had not a first-class crew . He had a first-class creyv , and he had to propose their health . He had to thank them for their close attention to the business of the lodge in all its preliminaries . In the formation of a lodge there was a great deal to do . The officers had rendered him great assistance in getting up the lodge , and he had to thank

them for what they had done so enthusiastically . Bro . Langton , S . W ., in his reply , said he fancied the yV . M . had rather flattered the officers in speaking of their ability , for up to the present time he had had very little opportunity of testing it . He hoped , however , that on future occasions they yvould be able to prove the justice of his remarks . In answering for himself and his brother officers he was

quite certain they had but one feeling and one desire , and that was to be as efficient as they possibly could be and to yvork with their W . M ., yvhom they all yvere proud to have over them , and yvhom they would all endeavour to assist to the utmost . With reference to the remarks made by the visitors as to the yvorking of the lodge , as those brethren came from many old lodges yvhere the yvork was

perfect , he thought that it was 111 the kindness of their hearts that they spoke so highly of the lodge working . This lodge was young , but by and bye it yvould improve , and the officers yvould then shoyv that they yvere yvorth y of the kind observations that had been made . In speaking to this toast he wished to be permitted to make one observation , yvhich , perhaps , would not be considered out

of place , considering that this was the first meeting of the lodge after its consecration . Personally , he felt very proud to think that hc had been so honoured by having a lodge named after him , not oyving to any good quality in himself , he . kneyv , but the reason of it yvas , and he thought the visitors ought to knoyv it , that he had been one of the founders of the London Masonic Club , and

being chairman of the club , those members yvho wished to form a lodge thought they could not do better than name it after him . But there yvas one interesting part of this proceeding yvhich he could not pass over , that his son had been permitted to become the first initiate , and he had also to return thanks to Bro . Hervey , the Grand Secretary , for the very great interest he evinced , and the cordiality

he exhibited in obtaining a * dispensation for his son , who yvas under age , to be the first initiate . He yvould like tc mention another matter . The Past Grand Chaplain , Bro . Simpson , hiid delivered an excellent oration at the consecration of the lodge , in yvhich he made some very kind observations on the circumstances connected with lhe name of the lodg >* , and yvith ; his ( Bro . Lington ' s ) son

being the first initiate . It certainly yvent very much to his heart to hear the kind observation made by Bro . Simpson . He also thought that all the brethren would regret that a reporter of the Fnemason yvas not present on the occasion , not for himself or for the members of the lodge , because they all kneyv one another and what took place ; but when they found the Grand Officers came down in such large

numbers , and the great interest they displayed , and the great trouble they took , that in record was preserved or what took place , must be a matter of regret to them all . It was no wish of any of them to exclude reporters from that meeting ; it was only the result of pure accident . Bro . F . C . Dobbing , J . W ., said after the exhaustive speech of if- i ir Bro . S . W ., really he felt in the position of being

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considerably flashed , but the S . W . had fortunatel y giy en him one opportunity . Before he availed himself of the opportunity he must thank the W . M . for the very kind yvay in which he had proposed the health of the officers and also the brethren for the very kind and cordial way in which they had received the toast . He spoke for himself only . The S . W . had mentioned the circumstance

that at the consecration of the lodge the reporters of the press were conspicuous by their absence . He had had the misfortune to act as Honorary Secretary for the inci pient Langton Lodge , and he must take upon himself to express his very sincere regret that the reporters were not asked to come . The fault was quite his oyvn . Being entirely new to the very important duties of Secretary , until about five

minutes before the ceremony of consecration took place he had forgotten there was such a being as a reporter to the Masonic press . It yvas then suggested that the reporters should have been invited , but it was thought that it would be a very poor compliment to send for them at only five minutes notice . As a reporter was noyv pre . sent , he thought it best to explain the matter in order

that it might go forth that no slight was intended , but that the yvant of an invitation to the press for the consecration ceremony was the result of a pure oversight . Bro . J . K . Stead added that as Treasurer he should en . deavour to do his duty to the lodge , and requested that the brethren yvould give him the poyver to do it nobly . Bro . Laing then gave the Tyler ' s toast , and the brethren separated after spending a delightful evening .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The following is the agenda of business for Wednesday , 6 th June , 1877 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 7 th March for confirmation . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 25 th April for confirmation . Election of the Members of the Board of General Pur .

poses . Election of Members of the Colonial Board . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of the " Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widoivs of Freemasons . " Reporl of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in yvhich are recommendations for the following grants ,

viz : — The yvidoyv of a brother of the Lodge of Virtue and Silence , No . 332 , Hadleigh ... £ 73 o 0 A brother of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 206 , London ... ... ... ... ... 100 o o The widoyv of a brother of the old Dundee Lodge , No . 18 , London 130 o 0

The widow of a brother of the Burlington Lodge , No . g 6 , | London ... 100 o 0 A brother of the Fitz-Roy Lodge , No . 3 6 9 . London " ... ... ... ... ... o 0 A brother of the Polish National Lodge , No . 334 , London 30 o 0 A brother of the Neptune Lodge , No . 22 ,

London ... ... ... ... ... 130 o 0 The yvidoyv of a brother ofthe Welchpool Lodge , No . 998 , Welchpool 100 o 0 A brother of Nyanza Lodge , No . 1197 , llminstcr ... ... ... ... ... 75 o 0 The yvidow of a brother of the British Kaffrarian

Lodge , No . 863 , Port Elizabeth , Cape of Good Hope ... ... ... ... ... 50 o 0 Report of the Board of General Purposes : — 1 . It having been repiesentcd to the Board that a brother had been raised to tbe Third Degree iu twenty-five days only after having passed to the Se'cond Degree , the circumstances were fully enquired into , and , in result , it was

ordered that the brother be re-obhgated , and the Lodge ( No . 329 ) fined one guinea , and admonished to be more careful in future . 2 . A complaint having been laid before the Board alleging that a candidate had been initiated into Masonry by thc VV . Master of Lodge No 820 , yvhose name and description had not previously appeared in the lodge

summons , as enjoined by the Book of Constitutions , such candidate being afterwards passed to the Second Degree , in the face of a protest , the lodge yvas duly summoned to appear before the Board by its Master and Wardens yvith the Ir . dge warrants and books , and after the complaining Past Masters had been heard , as also thc W . Master I . P . Master and other members , the Board arrived unanimously

at the conclusion that not only was the Masonic offence fully proved , but so unsatisfactory a condition of things yvas found to exist in the lodge , that the Board suspended it from all its Masonic functions for the space of six months , and directed that , the candidate in question should be regularly initiated and passed , before being entitled to Masonic position and privileges .

3 . The Board of General Purposes further report that the number of the trustees of the real property of Grand Lodge , originally ten , has become by death and resignation reduced to [ our , ami the Board recommend that the original number be made up by Grand Lodge , and that u be rtfened back to the Board to take the necessary steps for vesting in them the real property of Grand Lodge .

( Signed ) J OHN B . M ONCKTON . President . At the meeting of the 16 th May , after the ordinary business was concluded , it was proposed , seconded , an cairied unanimously , that the best thanks of the member of the board are eminently merited by the President : for office

the great attention he has paid to the duties of the , for the admirable manner in which he has discharge them , and the great courtesy and kindness he has on a occasions evinced to his colleagues , and they are the fore fraternally tendered to him . . ( Signed ) PETER DE LANDE L ONG , Vice-President .