The Grand Lodge Of Iowa Library.

THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA LIBRARY .

We extract the following from the Librarian's Report of the Grand Lodge of Iowa . It has as much point for English Alasons , we think , as for our American brethren : " The dead upon the eyes of the living . " Daily as we go into the library and open one or more of the volumes containing the garnished wisdom of the past , we

not only behold old truths clothed in new forms , but gather an inspiration which well serves to strengthen us for the daily toils of office life . It is well now and then to measure ourselves by the standard of other men , and no standard so correct as a library of well-selected works . It is only as wc look up through nature that we get an adequate idea of nature's God . So we must look into the

past through the medium of the printed page which the writers of old have left us . And when we have mastered their works will our eyes have been opened to a knowledge of that which before was unknown . VVe once called upon a brother ( a physician ) who prided himself upon his knowledge and intelligence , and asked him to subscribe for a Alasonic periodical , and was shocked at his reply— " 1

know all about Alasonry , and don't need it . " " Well , then , " said we , " only let us come and sit at your feet and learn that knowledge which we have long and diligently sought to acquire . It is only after years of laborious study that we have learned how little we know of the great subject of Freemasonry . " The brother subscribed and paid for the work , and boasts no more of his trreat learning .

The newly-elected Alaster of one of our older and more decayed lodges , a few days since , said to us : "I intend to inaugurate a series of monthly lectures upon suitable topics in my lodge the coming fall and winter . Can the brethren selected have the benefit of the library to prepare themselves for this work ? " Certainly , we assured him , nothing can bc more desirable than to utilise the means we have for the enlightenment of the brethren .

The members ( twenty , all told ) of a country lodge have , for the past year , taken and read more Alasonic works from the library than any other hundred and twenty lodges in the state ; and in that lodge we hear of no"dimits , " no lukewarmness ; but many of the members ride five to ten miles each lodge night to attend the meetings ; while in our cities half of those within sight of the hall seldom darken the doors . It is only by seeking the light that we may hope to find it .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , July y , 1 SS 0 . Thc Editor will be glad lo receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Kncampmenls , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , JULY 3 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 119 I , Villiers , Albany I lot ., Twickenham . LODGES OF I . VSIKUCTIO . V . Alanclicster , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 .

Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-id ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Alexandra Palace , Alasonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 .

AIONDAY , JULY 5 . Festival Royal Order of Scotland , P . G . Chap , and Lodge . Lodge i (> , Royal Alpha , Willis's Rooms , St . James ' s . „ 1319 , Asaph , F . AI . H .

Chap . 2 S , Old King ' s Arms , F . M . 'Tav . „ 91 , Regularity , F . M . II . „ 119 ( 1 , Urban , F . AI . H . Alark I . 3 Q , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . K . T . Precept . 127 , Bard of Avon , T , \ , Golden-sq .

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Alasonic Club , 101 , Oueen Victoria-st ., E . G ., at 6 Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , S to 10 St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , S to 10 . Prince Leopold , Mitfi ) rdTav ., Sandringham-rd ., Dalston , 7 . 30

Sincerity , Railway lav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 , Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at S . Tredegar , Roval Hot ., Alile End-rd ., at 8 . St . James ' s Lfnion , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria 'Tav ., Lower-id ., Rotherhithe , at 8 Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at S .

Alarquis of Ripon , Peinbtiry 1 av ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , £ Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough J une ., at 7 . 3 c Hy de Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rib , at 8 . AVest Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . West Kent , Forest-hill Hot ., Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 .

Doric Chapter , 24 S , G ! obe-rd ., Alile End-rd ., at S . Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10 British Oak Bank of Friendship Tav ., Alile End . Eastern Stai , Royal Hot ., Alile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . High Cross , Coach and Horses , Lower Tottenham , at S .

St . Alark's , S . AI . II ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at S . New Finsbury Park , Plimsoll Arms , St . Thomas-rd ., N ., at S Kilburn , South Alolton Hot ., South Alolton-st ., VV ., at 7 . 30 Strong Alan , George Hot ., Australian Avenue , Barbican , S

TUESDAY , JULY fi . Colonial Board , at 4 . Lodge 171 , Amity , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . Alark 107 , Jerusalem , F . AI . H .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Pilgrim , F . M . H ., 1 st and last Tins . Metropolitan , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . 30 . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 .

Domatic , Surrey M . IL , Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at S . Prince Fredk . Win ., Lord's Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules 'Tav ., Leadenhalf-st ., at 7 . 30 . Dalhousie , The Sisters'Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , IC , 7 . 30

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Florence Nightingale , AI . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-rd ., Battersea , at S . . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at S . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at S .

St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at S . Islington , Aloorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at S . Alount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's , at S . Dukeof Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , S . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 1 O 2 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at S .

St . Alarylebone , Eyre Arms , l'inchley-rd ., at S . Corinthian , George Hot ., Alillwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at S . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Aletropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhiil . Islington , Aloorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 .

WEDNESDAY , JULY 7 . Lodge 1549 , Abercorn , Abercorn Hot ., Great Stanmore . ,, 1707 , Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . „ 1 S 27 , Alliance , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . Chap . 55 , Constitutional , Private Rooms , Leytonstone . ,, 77 S , Bard of Avon , Greyhound Hot ., Hampton Ct K . T . Precept . 129 , Holy Palestine , 33 , Golden-sq ., VV .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till g . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Alt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , S . Pythagorean , Portland I lot ., Greenwich , at S . Burdett Coutts , Salmon & Ball , Bethnal Green-rd ., at S . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Aladdox-st ., VV . at S . 45 .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at S . Finsbury Park , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul's-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park 'Tav ., Southwark Park , at S . Dukeof Connaught , Kyi . Edwd . Hot ., Alare-st ., Hackney , S United Strength , Hope & Anchor , Crowndalc-rd ., N . W ., S Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at S . Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at S . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at S .

Temperance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , lda-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M . ; The Harp Tav ., at S . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmonton . Zetland , King ' s Anns Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at S . Alerchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdclt-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 . Creaton , Prince Albert 'Tav ., Portobello-tc-., Notting-hill , S . Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , al 7 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , JULY S . Lodge 1321 , Emblematic , Horns Tav ., Kennington . „ 1 C 42 , Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting-hl . Chap . 554 , Hope , Spread Eagle , Rochdale . ,, 619 , Beadon , 1 loins Tav ., Kennington . „ S 13 , New Concord , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., ^ . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grev , London-st ., VV . C ., at 8 . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Alillbank , at S .

Highgate , Hull and Gale , Kentish-town , at . S . 'The Great City , ALII ., Alasons' Avenue . Hi g h Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., 'Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd ., at R , Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Wahncr Castle Hot ., Peckhani-rd ., at S .

Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at 9 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Mariners , Three Cranes Tav ., Alile End-rd ., at S . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvederc-rd ., Lambeth , at 8 . Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at S . Capper , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 .

Alarquisof Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amhur . st-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 30 . Royal Albert , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park-, 'The Two Brewers , Stratford , at S . West Aliddlesex , Feathers I lot ., Ealing , at 7 . 30 . North London Chap . Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . St . Michael's , Moorgate ' Station Restaurant , at 8 .

FRIDAY , JULY 9 . Lodge 1702 , Sub-Urban , Abercorn Hot ., Great Stanmore Chap . 33 , Britannic , Freemasons' Tav . Rose Croix 4 , Alount Calvary , 33 , Golden-sq . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union 'Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at S .

Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . AI . H ., at 7 . Temperance , Victoria'Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford , at 8 . Aletropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Alarylebone , British Stores 'Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at S . United Pilgrims , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . James's , Gregorian Arms , ] amaica-rd ., S . 1 C , at 8 .

Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden 'Town , N . W ., at S . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hili , at 8 . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N ., atS Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmilh-rd ., at 8 .

Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., I Jp . George-st . , Edgware-rd Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Golborne-rd ., Notting-hill Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich St . George ' s , Globe 'Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . 30 . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Clapton , White Hart 'Tav ., Clapton , at 7 . 30 .

AIASONIC AIEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE . AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , July 10 , 1 SS 0 . AIONDAY , JULY 5 . Lodge 113 , Unanimity , Bull Hot ., Preston . ,, 1045 , Stamford , 'Town Hall , Altrincham . „ 10 5 1 , Rowley , AI . R ., Lancaster . ,, 126 4 , Neptune , AI . H ., Liverpool . ,, 13 S 0 , Skelmersdale , Queen ' s Hot ., Waterloo .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Chap . 594 , Downshire , AI . H ., Liverpool . Everton L . of I ., AI . H ., Liverpool . TUESDAY , JULY 6 . Lodge O 73 , St . John , AI . H ., Liverpool . ,, 995 , Furness , M . T ., Ulverstonc . „ 147 ( 1 , Blackpool , Clifton Hot ., Blackpool . Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , AI . H . Liverpool

WEDNESDAY , JULY 7 . Lodge 1013 , Victoria , ALU ., Liverpool . i > 1334 , Lindsay , M . H ., Wigan . ,, 1354 , Alarquisof Lome , AI . R ., Leigh . ,, 1 C 20 , Marlborough , Derby Hot ., Liverpool . Alark 65 , VV . Lancashire , AI . H ., Liverpool . Downshire L . of L , AI . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JULY S . Lodge 21 C , Harmonic , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . ,, 333 , Royal Preston , Royal Hot ., Preston . ,, 7 SC , Croxteth , United Service , ALT ., Liverpool . „ 1035 , Prince of Wales , M . H ., Kirkdale . ,, 11 S 2 , Duke of Edinburgh , AI . H ., Liverpool . ,, 1213 , Bridgewater , Cross Keys , Eccles . „ 13 S 4 , Equity , Alford Chambers , Widnes .

AIASONIC AIEETINGS IN EAST LANCASHIRE . Forthc Week ending Saturday July 10 , 1 SS 0 . AIONDAY , JULY 5 . Lodge 3 S 1 , Harmony and Industry , Shirey Bank . „ 1009 , Shakspere , F . AI . H ., Alanchester . „ 10 S 3 , Wilton , Red Lion Hot ., Black-ley . ,, 1519 , Albert Edward , Albion Hot ., Clayton-le-AIoors-,, 179 S , Zion , Hulmc Tower H ., Hulme .

TUESDAY , JULY 6 . Lodge 226 , Benevolence , Red Lion Hot ., Littleborough . „ 1134 , Newall , F . M . H ., Adelphi-st ., Salford .

WEDNESDAY , JULY 7 . Lodge 29 S , Harmony , AI . R ., Ann-st ., Rochdale . „ O 45 , Humphrey Chetham , F . M . H ., Alanchester . ,, G 7 S , Earl Ellesmere , Church Hot ., Kersley . Chap . 54 , Hope , Spread Eagle Inn , Rochdale . ,, 30 c , Perseverance , Pitt and Nelson Hot ., Ashton under-Lyme . Alark 3 O , Furness , Hartington Hot ., Barrow-in-Furness Rose Croix PalatinePalatine Hot ., Alanchester .

, THURSDAY , JULYS . Lodge 191 , St . John , Knowsley Hot ., Bury . ,, 1055 , Derby , AI . R ., Bedford-st ., Manchester . „ 1144 , Alilton , Commercial Hot ., Ashton-under-Lyme . ,, 1145 , Equality , Red Lion Hot ., Accrington . ,, if' 97 , Hospitality , Royal Hot ., Waterfoot . Chap 325 , St . John , AI . R ., Peel-crescent , Salford . ,, 4 G 2 , Bank-terrace , Hargreaves Arms H ., Accrington

FRIDAY , JULY 9 . Chap . 793 , Alexandra , Aledway Hot ., Levenshulme . Precept . St . Joseph , F . M . H ., Manchester . St . George , F . AI . H ., Oldham . ,, St . John of Jerusalem , F . AI . H ., Todmorden

Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]

BIRTHS . BROOKFIEI . D . —On the 24 th ult ., at Combe House , Canterbury , the wife of Air . Arthur Alontagu Brookfield , of a son . SMAI . I .. —On the 27 th ult ., at Ellen Bank , Dundee , the wife of Mr . VV . J . Small , of a son .

MARRIAGES . CLARK—LARKIN . —On the 22 nd ult ., at St . Sepulchre ' s , Holborn Viaduct , by the Rev . James Jackson , Vicar , ALA ., Edwin Horatio Clark , fourth son of Henry Alunday Clark , of 145 , Camden-road , to Alary

Elizabeth Larkin , daughter of John Larkin , of Cheapside , and 24 , Charterhouse-square . No . cards . FiNCHAM—GREEN . —On the 24 th ult ., at St . Alary ' s , Lewisham , by the Rev . C . IL Simpkinson , Rolland Philip Finchain , son of the late Air . Philip Fincham , of Ceylon , to Julia , daughter of Air . William Green , of Lewisham .

WARD—VAUGHAN . —On the 28 th ult-, at St . Jude ' s Church , South Kensington , by the Rev . Robert Forrest , D . D ., Osliert Ward , late 53 rd Regiment , son of the late Air . Alfred Ward , to Eleanor Louise Maafarlane , daughter of Air . Tom Vaughan , J . P ., D . L ., of Ugthorpe , Whitby .

DEATHS . CAAKER . —On thc 2 Stl . ult ., at Atkins-road , Clapham-park , Mr . Thomas John Chafer , aged 78 years . PECK . —On the 24 th ult ., at Baldock Herts . Mr . Henry John Peck , aged 52 .

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