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Original Correspondence.
1 ( eel assured that svhen the brethren in England become asvare of the fact that so distinguished a brother has passed asvay in their midst , so far from his home , his sorrosving svife and his family , having lost his life in the service of the Empire and the Oueenj they svill take steps to mark
the spot svhere he sleeps svith some enduring monument of their fraternal respect and veneration of his character . I should be happy to afford any further information and to assist in any svay to carry out the idea contained in the latter part of my letter . —Fraternally yours , R . STEWART PATTERSON , D P . G . M . Province of Manitoba , G . L . of Canada . Hale Crescent , Farnham , Surrey .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
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615 ] THE STATUTS OF 1 743 . Students ought to be grateful to Bro . Speth for thus unearthing these records . It seems to me that the Statuts of 1743 clearly betray their real origin by terms and usages unknosvn to Craft Masonry . They are either , as it seems to me , the developement of a pure High Grade body , after the mania for chivalric orders had set in , or are literally
svhat they seem to me to profess to be , in accordance svith Daruty ' s theory , svhich I still believe is the true one after all , despite the high authority of Kloss and Findel , the emanation of a . lodge or Grand Lodge of St . John of Perfection , equally under the presidency of the Comte De Clermont as the Grand Lodge of France , and the precursor of that body svhich gave Stephen Morin his
commission in 17 G 1 . They appear to me to date from the last period . One curious fact connected svith these lasvs is , that they are unknosvn to French svriters except through Kloss , and are nosv for the first time published in French as preserved by Kloss . They do not exist in any knosvn French collection , and are not alluded to in any later collection of lasvs . They come from a High Grade body . There
are svords in them svhich seem to me to point to a 17 G 1 date rather than 1744 , as I said above . They seem to represents complete developement and the current usages of system different from and extern to Craft Masonry . If sealed svith the seal of Scottish Masonry , as sve shall see at the end , and as Kloss mentions , this fact svould make to my mind " assurance doubly sure , " that they represent a High Grade and not a Craft organization . MASONIC STUDENT .
616 J MASTERS , FELLOWS , APPRENTICES . Anderson ' s svords are no doubt very careless , and it is certainly doubtful svhether he makes any essential difference betsveen Fellosv Crafts and Masters , and svhether svhen he uses " Masters" he does not mean either a Master of a lodge or an employer of labour . There seems to me a clear difference betsveen " entering an Apprentice" and " making a Mason , " but Anderson is
unfortunately not at all lucid in his use of th-2 terms ' * Fellosv Craft" and "Master . " We have , no doubt , other evidence to shosv that in 1724 there svas a difference between the " Fellosv Craft " and the " Master . " In 1730 Pennell clearly marks the difference betsveen " Master " and "Master of a lodge , " and the three Degrees of Apprentice , Fellosv Craft , and Master are there clearly defined . But is all this anything more than great carelessness of .--peech ? MASONIC STUDENT .
G 17 J BOARD OF INSTALLED MASTERS . For some time past , a considerable amount of discussion has arisen in Lancashire and adjoining provinces as to the ceremonial opening of a Board of Installed Masters , and this ceremony I find is even printed in a ritual published in London . It might be of some interest to the brethren in the provinces svhere this ceremonial opening has been
introduced to knosv that it is the old ceremony used ( I may almost say illegally ) during the last and early part of this century for the purpose of making a brother a Past Master svithout being elected to , or installed in , the chair of Worshipful Master , to enable such brother to take the Royal Arch Degree . This same ceremony has been up to very
recently , and I believe is in a fesv instances even nosv , used in remote corners of Lancashire for opening a Board of Past Masters , from ' svhich acting W . M . ' s are excluded . It seems therefore inconsistent to use it in the Installed Masters' Board , as the same formula cannot be applicable to both Boards , especially svhen it svas originally invented to evade one of them—I . e ., the Installed Masters . MANCUNIUM . GiSJ THE FRENCH STATUTES OF 1755 . Continued .
14 . Pourqu ' un Mai ; on s'attachea 1 'Art Royale avec Zcle , on nc donnera jamais deux grades a la fois et on ne lui donnera de nouvelles lumicres que lorsque le maitre sera content de son
travail , de sa conduite et de son zele . 15 . Vous vous assemblerez rdgulicrement tous les mois Jours de Fete ou dc Dimanche , les offices divins ctant finis , et cela , parce
que les voursoujrables , vous devez vous attacher aux devoirs de votre et ' it . 16 . Vous vous pourvoirez d'un terrain pour b ;' itir et decorer votre Loge de tout ce qui lui est nccessaire . A
cct effet vous vous cotiserez et conduirez selon les lumirjres d ' un maitre en charge ou son substitut qui agira en son absence .
17 . La Loge aura neuf Ofiiciers qui seront * . 1 , le Maitre ; 2 , Le ler Surveillant ; 3 , le second Surveillant ; 4 , l'Orateur ; 5 , Le Secretaire ; G , Le Tresorier ;
14 . In order that a Mason may prosecute thc Royal Art svith zeal , two degrees shall never be conferred at one and the same time , and nesv light shall only then be granted him when the Master
shall be satisfied svith his svork , behaviour and zeal . 15 . You shall meet regularly once a month on a holiday or a Sunday after the _ conclusion of Divine service , because on svorking
days you should attend to the duties of your profession . iG . You shall provide yourselves svith a piece of ground svhereon to build your Lodge and furnish it svith all things
necessary . For this purpose you shall all contribute and act under the direction of a Master in the chair , or of his substitute svho shall act in his absence .
17 . There shall be nine ofiicers in the lodge , to svit * . 1 , the Wursh . Master ; 2 , the Sen . Warden ; 3 , the Junior Warden ; 4 , the Orator ; 5 , the Secretary ;
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7 , Le Maitre desCeremonies ; S , Le Couvreur ; 9 , L'Architecte . Ils seront tous decorcs de leurs cordons et bijoux suivant l ' usage et places ainsi qui chaque maitre rcgulier l ' a vu pratiquer dans la Grande Loge .
lS . Comme il est important qu ' une Loge ait des Fonds pour se soutenir , pour faire des aumonesa ceux qui en ont besoin dans l'indigence , chaque recipiendaire sera tenu de payer avant sa
reception au Tresorier 120 livres pour la Loge et 12 livres pour son Tablier , ses gants et la IumieredelaLoge . Le Banquet sera un piquenique * at a pcu de frais . 19 . Les loges ne se convoqueront jamais . Le Maitre
en charge donnera le jour de St . Jean Baptiste ( 'indication der douze loges de l'Annee et les mombres seront censes Otrc avertis , pour le courant k cause que les convocations cependant convoques pour des cas extraordinaires , a la
diligence du MAitre . f 20 . Chaque Frere payera annuellenent au Jour de St . Jean Baptiste six livres entre les mains du Tresorier pour sa quotite et a chaque loge qu'on tiendra le Tresorier aura un Tronc triangulaire devant lui et il exhortera les Freres d ' y mettre en aumone pour les pauvres .
21 . Chaque voyageur indigent de quelque nation qu'il soit , aura purement et sitnplement de quoi se conduire jusqu' ;\ la premiere Loge oil il passera ; afin que la chose ne soit pas abusive au detriment de l'Ordre et 1 ' on n'accordera des bienfaits qu' a des Freres munis de certiricats d'une Loge
Rcguliere qui attesteront Ia bonne conduite de ceux qui sont porteurs . 22 . Les compagnons garderont l'Interieur de I-i Loge etles ApprentifsrEryerieur , a tour de role . lis rendront comptc de leur mission
au couvreur et ce dernier aux Surveillants qui en rendront compte au Maitre . 23 . II n'y aura que le Mftitre de la Loge et les Ecossais qui aient la liberie d'etre couverts . L'Archtecte
aura celle d * prendre les Apprentifset les compagnons pour se faire aider et servir . Lorsqu'ils travailleront ils seront toujours en tabliers et gants . 25 . Si un macon fait une bassesse et donne atteinte a
son honneur il sera semonce fiour la premiere fois et pour . a seconde amande de 12 livres , niais la troisieme fois ll sera exclu jusqu' a ce qu'il se comporte mieux .
25 . Lorqu'un visiteur arrivera , le mAitre des ceremonies ira l ' examiner sur ses grades et sur son rapport on F'admettra en loge , de la maniere accoutumee .
2 G . Le Secretaire inscrira sur son rcgistre toutes les deliberations , morts des Freres et generalement tout ce qui sera necessaire . ll
expediera des certificats sur du Velin , revetus du sceau de la Loge , qu'il fera signer par le maitre ct tous les officiers et il prendra pour chaque certificat trois Livres .
27 . Le Tresorier enregistrera exactement toutes les recettes et ses depenses , 11 n'en pourra . faire ancune [ usage ?] sans l ' agrement de la loge . 11 rendra son compte
annuel a la St . Jean Baptiste . 2 S . Les ofiiciers ne payeront point de picquenicque pendant leur annce d'exercice mais ils payeront le Banquet du Jour de Ia St . Jean et repartiront entre eux Neuf .
G , the Treasurer ; 7 , the Director of Ceremonies ; 8 , the Inner Guard ; 9 , the Architect . They shslr all be decorated svith tha collars and jesvels according to custom , and placed as every regular Master has seen it
done in Grand Lo Ige . iS . It being important that the Lodge should possess funds to support it , and to give alms to those svho being indigent require them , every candidate shall pay , previous to his reception ,
120 livres to the Treasurer for the use of the lodge and 12 livres for his apron , gloves and the lighting of the lodge . The Banquet shall be a picnic and at small cost . ig . The lodges shall never convoke themselves . The
Worshipful Master on St . John the Baptist ' s Day shall indicate the tsvelve lodge meetings of the year , and the members shall be held to be thereby summoned for the ensuing tsvelve months , ln cases of emergency ,
hosvever , the Master shall convoke the members at his discretion . 20 . Every Brother shall pay annually on St . John the Baptist ' s Day six livres to the Treasurer as his subscription , and at every lodge
meeting the Treasurer shall have before him a triangular box , and he shall enjoin upon the Brothers to place therein alms for the poor . 21 . Every indigent traveller , of svhatsoever nation , shall receive purely and
simply as much as may suffice to carry him to the next lodge on his route , in order that the Charity may not be abused to the detriment of the Order , and only those Brothers shall be relieved svho are provided svith
certificates from a regular ledge attesting the good behaviour of the bearer . 22 . The Fellosv Crafts shall guard the interior and tne Apprentices the exterior of the lodge , in order of rotation . They shall render
an account of their mission to the Inner Guard , this latter to the Wardens , and they to the Master . 23 . Only the Worshipful Master and the Scots masons shall be permitted to remain covered . The architect shall
be at liberty to require the apprentices and fellosv crafts to aid and assist him . Whilst at svork they shall alsvays be clothed in apron and gloves . 24 . Should a Mason commit an infamy or dishonour
himself he shall be reprimanded the first time , fined 12 livres the second , and the third excluded until he conduct himself better .
25 . On the arrival of a Visitor the Director of Ceremonies shall proceed to test him in the degrees and on his report he shall be admitted into the lodge in the usual manner .
2 G . Thc Secretary shall enter in his register all debates , deaths of Brethren and in general all that may be necessary . He shall
issue certificates on vellum , svith the Lodge seal affixed and shall cause them to be signed by the Master and all the officers and he shall levy 3 livres for each
certificate . 27 . The Treasurer shall book accurately all receipts and expenses . He may not make any [ use of the funds . ' ] svithout the consent of the lodge . He shall deliver his
account yearly on St . John Baptist's day . 2 . S . The lodge ofiicers shall be held free at the picnics during their year of ofiice , but they shall pay for the banquet on St . John ' s day , apportioning amongst the nine of them . G . VV . SPETH .
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The most obvious origin of this svord is the Hebresv term , " Goim "— "Strangers , " or Gentiles—those svho impeded so much the rebuilding of the Temple under Ezra and Nehemiah . We have another genuine Hebresv word in " Abif , " svhich even the revised version misinterprets by translating too literally . A learned Mason among the revisers svould have set them right as regards this Hebresv term , svhich puzzles all but Masons , it seems . P . M . 1705 . 619 ] THE MEANING OF THE WORD "COWAN . "
Reports Of Masonic Meetings.
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .
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CARDIFF . —Glamorgan Lodge ( No . 36 ) . —The annual installation and festival in connection svith the above lodge svas held on Wednesday , the 23 rd ult . The brethren met in the afternoon at the Freemasons' Hall , in Workingstreet , to the number of about 60 , svhen Bro . Geo . Burgess Hughes , M . A ., was installed VV . M ., the ceremony being performed by Bro . Dr . Wallace . The follosving officers
svere aftersvards appointed : Bros . Thos . Wallace , I . P . M . ; Sydney Coleman , S . W . ; J . Grosvenor Monro , J . W . ; J . Williams , Treas . ; C . VV . Page , Sec ; J . S . Kendall , Org . ; Arthur J . Harris , S . D . ; VV . C . Hurley , J . D . ; L . Strina , I . G . ; J . A . B . Du Sautoy and A . H . Roberts , Stsvds . ; and Amos Jenkins , Tyler . A banquet svas held in the evening at the Royal Hotel , and a number of toasts , chiefly in connection svith the Craft , svas proposed .
COLCHESTER . —Angel Lodge ( No . 51 ) . —The annual festival of this old and distinguished lodge svas held on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., the chief business of the day being the installation of Bro . Joseph Grimes , S . VV ., as W . M . for the ensuing year . The ceremony—by kind permission of the Mayor of Colchester—took place in the Assembly Room of the Tosvn Hall—the svork being * most
ably performed by the outgoing Master , Bro . R . Hasvard Ives , P . G . Stsvd . At its close , the nesv W . M . appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . R . Hasvard Ives , P . G . Stsvd ., I . P . M . ; A . S . B . Sparling , S . W . ; George Harrison , P . M ., J . W . ; Rev . C . L . Acland , P . M ., P . P . G . Chap ., Chap . ; W . P . Lewis , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Treas . ; Thos . J . Railing , P . M ., P . G . Sec , Sec ; Frank Ouilter , S . D . ; R . C . Knight , J . D . ; E . Hennemeyer , P . P , L , P . P .
U . S . W ., D . C . ; J . J . C . turner , f . M ., P . P . G . O ., Org . ; F . Horsman , I . G . ; R . O . Coombs and F . Reichter , Stsvds . ; and S . Munson , Tyler . On the motion of Bro . W . Sosvman , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Alfred Welch , P . M ., Bro . Charles Cobb , P . M ., P . P .
G . S . of VV ., svas re-elected representative of the lodge upon the Essex Provincial Charity Committee . Hearty votes of thanks svere passed , and ordered to be entered on the minutes , to Bro . Ives for so kindly and ably performing the ceremony of the day , and to the Mayor for allosving the use of the Tosvn Hall .
In the evening Gi brethren dined together , under the presidency of the W . M ., a capital repast being svell served by Bro . Besford , the host . After dinner , the toast of "The Queen and the Craft " having been duly honoured , the VV ! M . gave "The Most Worshipful the Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of VVales , " remarking that the interest his Royal Highness shosved in Freemasonry svas clearly evidenced by the fact
that he had recently initiated his eldest son , Prince Albert Victor , into thc Craft . "The Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon ; the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Lathom ; and the Grand Ofliccrs , Present and Past , " svas the next toast ; and the W . M ., in proposing it , reminded the brethren that Lord Carnarvon svas not unknosvn in Colchester , and that Lord Lathom had on three occasions visited the province—to
consecrate the Arnold Lodge at Walton , launch the lifeboat at Clacton , and , lastly , to install V . W . Bro . Philbrick as Grand Superintendent of the Arch Masons of Essex . The Worshipful Master next gave "The Provincial Grand Master , " recalling the fact of the installation of Lord Brooke liaving taken place by the late lamented Duke of Albany at Colchester , svhen his lordship svon golden opinions , and had maintained his popularity ever
. In proposing "The V . W . D . P . G . M . and the Provincial Grand Officers , " the W . W . said he very much regretted the absence of Bro . Philbrick , svho had svritten him a most kind letter , stating that nothing but an official engagement with the Grand Secretary svould have kept him asvay . They sverc all proud of Bro . Philbrick as a Colchester man and member of the Angel Lodge .
Bros , the Rev . VV . Morgan Jones , Prov . G . Chap , j John Mann , an old P . M . of 51 and P . P . G . Sec . Essex ; and E . Hennemeyer , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W ., responded . Bro . John Mann said he had been particularly gratified at having an opportunity of once more visiting the Angel Lodge , it having been his mother lodge . He svas admitted into Alasonry at the Angel , svhere the lodge then met , in 1 S 35 , and he cherished many loving memories of the happy evenings he had spent in this lodge . His only regret svas
that he sasv so very few present svho svere members then ; in fact , he might say he svas almost the only living representative of those svho svere then members . VV . Bro . Ives proposed "The Health of the VV . M ., " svhich he said svas essentially the toast of the evening . They svere all pleased to see Bro . Grimes in the chair of the lodge , and svith the assistance of the officers , they felt confident that the W . M . svould ably carry out the duties of thc chair .
The Worshipful Master , svho received a most hearty reception , said hc felt deeply the responsibility he had undertaken , and also the high honour they had conferred upon him in electing him W . M . of the lodge . He looked upon Freemasonry as essentially a religious institution ; and if they carried out its principles in their daily walk and
conversation , they could not but influence for good those svith svhom they svere brought into contact . Masonry svas calculated to make a good , man a better man , it svas entirely consistent svith the Word of God , and he repeated , thar if they as a body adhered to the principles laid down for their guidance , they could not but do all that lay in their power for the good of their fellosv men . He felt his own shortcomings , but all thc time and talents he had at
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Original Correspondence.
1 ( eel assured that svhen the brethren in England become asvare of the fact that so distinguished a brother has passed asvay in their midst , so far from his home , his sorrosving svife and his family , having lost his life in the service of the Empire and the Oueenj they svill take steps to mark
the spot svhere he sleeps svith some enduring monument of their fraternal respect and veneration of his character . I should be happy to afford any further information and to assist in any svay to carry out the idea contained in the latter part of my letter . —Fraternally yours , R . STEWART PATTERSON , D P . G . M . Province of Manitoba , G . L . of Canada . Hale Crescent , Farnham , Surrey .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
615 ] THE STATUTS OF 1 743 . Students ought to be grateful to Bro . Speth for thus unearthing these records . It seems to me that the Statuts of 1743 clearly betray their real origin by terms and usages unknosvn to Craft Masonry . They are either , as it seems to me , the developement of a pure High Grade body , after the mania for chivalric orders had set in , or are literally
svhat they seem to me to profess to be , in accordance svith Daruty ' s theory , svhich I still believe is the true one after all , despite the high authority of Kloss and Findel , the emanation of a . lodge or Grand Lodge of St . John of Perfection , equally under the presidency of the Comte De Clermont as the Grand Lodge of France , and the precursor of that body svhich gave Stephen Morin his
commission in 17 G 1 . They appear to me to date from the last period . One curious fact connected svith these lasvs is , that they are unknosvn to French svriters except through Kloss , and are nosv for the first time published in French as preserved by Kloss . They do not exist in any knosvn French collection , and are not alluded to in any later collection of lasvs . They come from a High Grade body . There
are svords in them svhich seem to me to point to a 17 G 1 date rather than 1744 , as I said above . They seem to represents complete developement and the current usages of system different from and extern to Craft Masonry . If sealed svith the seal of Scottish Masonry , as sve shall see at the end , and as Kloss mentions , this fact svould make to my mind " assurance doubly sure , " that they represent a High Grade and not a Craft organization . MASONIC STUDENT .
616 J MASTERS , FELLOWS , APPRENTICES . Anderson ' s svords are no doubt very careless , and it is certainly doubtful svhether he makes any essential difference betsveen Fellosv Crafts and Masters , and svhether svhen he uses " Masters" he does not mean either a Master of a lodge or an employer of labour . There seems to me a clear difference betsveen " entering an Apprentice" and " making a Mason , " but Anderson is
unfortunately not at all lucid in his use of th-2 terms ' * Fellosv Craft" and "Master . " We have , no doubt , other evidence to shosv that in 1724 there svas a difference between the " Fellosv Craft " and the " Master . " In 1730 Pennell clearly marks the difference betsveen " Master " and "Master of a lodge , " and the three Degrees of Apprentice , Fellosv Craft , and Master are there clearly defined . But is all this anything more than great carelessness of .--peech ? MASONIC STUDENT .
G 17 J BOARD OF INSTALLED MASTERS . For some time past , a considerable amount of discussion has arisen in Lancashire and adjoining provinces as to the ceremonial opening of a Board of Installed Masters , and this ceremony I find is even printed in a ritual published in London . It might be of some interest to the brethren in the provinces svhere this ceremonial opening has been
introduced to knosv that it is the old ceremony used ( I may almost say illegally ) during the last and early part of this century for the purpose of making a brother a Past Master svithout being elected to , or installed in , the chair of Worshipful Master , to enable such brother to take the Royal Arch Degree . This same ceremony has been up to very
recently , and I believe is in a fesv instances even nosv , used in remote corners of Lancashire for opening a Board of Past Masters , from ' svhich acting W . M . ' s are excluded . It seems therefore inconsistent to use it in the Installed Masters' Board , as the same formula cannot be applicable to both Boards , especially svhen it svas originally invented to evade one of them—I . e ., the Installed Masters . MANCUNIUM . GiSJ THE FRENCH STATUTES OF 1755 . Continued .
14 . Pourqu ' un Mai ; on s'attachea 1 'Art Royale avec Zcle , on nc donnera jamais deux grades a la fois et on ne lui donnera de nouvelles lumicres que lorsque le maitre sera content de son
travail , de sa conduite et de son zele . 15 . Vous vous assemblerez rdgulicrement tous les mois Jours de Fete ou dc Dimanche , les offices divins ctant finis , et cela , parce
que les voursoujrables , vous devez vous attacher aux devoirs de votre et ' it . 16 . Vous vous pourvoirez d'un terrain pour b ;' itir et decorer votre Loge de tout ce qui lui est nccessaire . A
cct effet vous vous cotiserez et conduirez selon les lumirjres d ' un maitre en charge ou son substitut qui agira en son absence .
17 . La Loge aura neuf Ofiiciers qui seront * . 1 , le Maitre ; 2 , Le ler Surveillant ; 3 , le second Surveillant ; 4 , l'Orateur ; 5 , Le Secretaire ; G , Le Tresorier ;
14 . In order that a Mason may prosecute thc Royal Art svith zeal , two degrees shall never be conferred at one and the same time , and nesv light shall only then be granted him when the Master
shall be satisfied svith his svork , behaviour and zeal . 15 . You shall meet regularly once a month on a holiday or a Sunday after the _ conclusion of Divine service , because on svorking
days you should attend to the duties of your profession . iG . You shall provide yourselves svith a piece of ground svhereon to build your Lodge and furnish it svith all things
necessary . For this purpose you shall all contribute and act under the direction of a Master in the chair , or of his substitute svho shall act in his absence .
17 . There shall be nine ofiicers in the lodge , to svit * . 1 , the Wursh . Master ; 2 , the Sen . Warden ; 3 , the Junior Warden ; 4 , the Orator ; 5 , the Secretary ;
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7 , Le Maitre desCeremonies ; S , Le Couvreur ; 9 , L'Architecte . Ils seront tous decorcs de leurs cordons et bijoux suivant l ' usage et places ainsi qui chaque maitre rcgulier l ' a vu pratiquer dans la Grande Loge .
lS . Comme il est important qu ' une Loge ait des Fonds pour se soutenir , pour faire des aumonesa ceux qui en ont besoin dans l'indigence , chaque recipiendaire sera tenu de payer avant sa
reception au Tresorier 120 livres pour la Loge et 12 livres pour son Tablier , ses gants et la IumieredelaLoge . Le Banquet sera un piquenique * at a pcu de frais . 19 . Les loges ne se convoqueront jamais . Le Maitre
en charge donnera le jour de St . Jean Baptiste ( 'indication der douze loges de l'Annee et les mombres seront censes Otrc avertis , pour le courant k cause que les convocations cependant convoques pour des cas extraordinaires , a la
diligence du MAitre . f 20 . Chaque Frere payera annuellenent au Jour de St . Jean Baptiste six livres entre les mains du Tresorier pour sa quotite et a chaque loge qu'on tiendra le Tresorier aura un Tronc triangulaire devant lui et il exhortera les Freres d ' y mettre en aumone pour les pauvres .
21 . Chaque voyageur indigent de quelque nation qu'il soit , aura purement et sitnplement de quoi se conduire jusqu' ;\ la premiere Loge oil il passera ; afin que la chose ne soit pas abusive au detriment de l'Ordre et 1 ' on n'accordera des bienfaits qu' a des Freres munis de certiricats d'une Loge
Rcguliere qui attesteront Ia bonne conduite de ceux qui sont porteurs . 22 . Les compagnons garderont l'Interieur de I-i Loge etles ApprentifsrEryerieur , a tour de role . lis rendront comptc de leur mission
au couvreur et ce dernier aux Surveillants qui en rendront compte au Maitre . 23 . II n'y aura que le Mftitre de la Loge et les Ecossais qui aient la liberie d'etre couverts . L'Archtecte
aura celle d * prendre les Apprentifset les compagnons pour se faire aider et servir . Lorsqu'ils travailleront ils seront toujours en tabliers et gants . 25 . Si un macon fait une bassesse et donne atteinte a
son honneur il sera semonce fiour la premiere fois et pour . a seconde amande de 12 livres , niais la troisieme fois ll sera exclu jusqu' a ce qu'il se comporte mieux .
25 . Lorqu'un visiteur arrivera , le mAitre des ceremonies ira l ' examiner sur ses grades et sur son rapport on F'admettra en loge , de la maniere accoutumee .
2 G . Le Secretaire inscrira sur son rcgistre toutes les deliberations , morts des Freres et generalement tout ce qui sera necessaire . ll
expediera des certificats sur du Velin , revetus du sceau de la Loge , qu'il fera signer par le maitre ct tous les officiers et il prendra pour chaque certificat trois Livres .
27 . Le Tresorier enregistrera exactement toutes les recettes et ses depenses , 11 n'en pourra . faire ancune [ usage ?] sans l ' agrement de la loge . 11 rendra son compte
annuel a la St . Jean Baptiste . 2 S . Les ofiiciers ne payeront point de picquenicque pendant leur annce d'exercice mais ils payeront le Banquet du Jour de Ia St . Jean et repartiront entre eux Neuf .
G , the Treasurer ; 7 , the Director of Ceremonies ; 8 , the Inner Guard ; 9 , the Architect . They shslr all be decorated svith tha collars and jesvels according to custom , and placed as every regular Master has seen it
done in Grand Lo Ige . iS . It being important that the Lodge should possess funds to support it , and to give alms to those svho being indigent require them , every candidate shall pay , previous to his reception ,
120 livres to the Treasurer for the use of the lodge and 12 livres for his apron , gloves and the lighting of the lodge . The Banquet shall be a picnic and at small cost . ig . The lodges shall never convoke themselves . The
Worshipful Master on St . John the Baptist ' s Day shall indicate the tsvelve lodge meetings of the year , and the members shall be held to be thereby summoned for the ensuing tsvelve months , ln cases of emergency ,
hosvever , the Master shall convoke the members at his discretion . 20 . Every Brother shall pay annually on St . John the Baptist ' s Day six livres to the Treasurer as his subscription , and at every lodge
meeting the Treasurer shall have before him a triangular box , and he shall enjoin upon the Brothers to place therein alms for the poor . 21 . Every indigent traveller , of svhatsoever nation , shall receive purely and
simply as much as may suffice to carry him to the next lodge on his route , in order that the Charity may not be abused to the detriment of the Order , and only those Brothers shall be relieved svho are provided svith
certificates from a regular ledge attesting the good behaviour of the bearer . 22 . The Fellosv Crafts shall guard the interior and tne Apprentices the exterior of the lodge , in order of rotation . They shall render
an account of their mission to the Inner Guard , this latter to the Wardens , and they to the Master . 23 . Only the Worshipful Master and the Scots masons shall be permitted to remain covered . The architect shall
be at liberty to require the apprentices and fellosv crafts to aid and assist him . Whilst at svork they shall alsvays be clothed in apron and gloves . 24 . Should a Mason commit an infamy or dishonour
himself he shall be reprimanded the first time , fined 12 livres the second , and the third excluded until he conduct himself better .
25 . On the arrival of a Visitor the Director of Ceremonies shall proceed to test him in the degrees and on his report he shall be admitted into the lodge in the usual manner .
2 G . Thc Secretary shall enter in his register all debates , deaths of Brethren and in general all that may be necessary . He shall
issue certificates on vellum , svith the Lodge seal affixed and shall cause them to be signed by the Master and all the officers and he shall levy 3 livres for each
certificate . 27 . The Treasurer shall book accurately all receipts and expenses . He may not make any [ use of the funds . ' ] svithout the consent of the lodge . He shall deliver his
account yearly on St . John Baptist's day . 2 . S . The lodge ofiicers shall be held free at the picnics during their year of ofiice , but they shall pay for the banquet on St . John ' s day , apportioning amongst the nine of them . G . VV . SPETH .
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The most obvious origin of this svord is the Hebresv term , " Goim "— "Strangers , " or Gentiles—those svho impeded so much the rebuilding of the Temple under Ezra and Nehemiah . We have another genuine Hebresv word in " Abif , " svhich even the revised version misinterprets by translating too literally . A learned Mason among the revisers svould have set them right as regards this Hebresv term , svhich puzzles all but Masons , it seems . P . M . 1705 . 619 ] THE MEANING OF THE WORD "COWAN . "
Reports Of Masonic Meetings.
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .
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CARDIFF . —Glamorgan Lodge ( No . 36 ) . —The annual installation and festival in connection svith the above lodge svas held on Wednesday , the 23 rd ult . The brethren met in the afternoon at the Freemasons' Hall , in Workingstreet , to the number of about 60 , svhen Bro . Geo . Burgess Hughes , M . A ., was installed VV . M ., the ceremony being performed by Bro . Dr . Wallace . The follosving officers
svere aftersvards appointed : Bros . Thos . Wallace , I . P . M . ; Sydney Coleman , S . W . ; J . Grosvenor Monro , J . W . ; J . Williams , Treas . ; C . VV . Page , Sec ; J . S . Kendall , Org . ; Arthur J . Harris , S . D . ; VV . C . Hurley , J . D . ; L . Strina , I . G . ; J . A . B . Du Sautoy and A . H . Roberts , Stsvds . ; and Amos Jenkins , Tyler . A banquet svas held in the evening at the Royal Hotel , and a number of toasts , chiefly in connection svith the Craft , svas proposed .
COLCHESTER . —Angel Lodge ( No . 51 ) . —The annual festival of this old and distinguished lodge svas held on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., the chief business of the day being the installation of Bro . Joseph Grimes , S . VV ., as W . M . for the ensuing year . The ceremony—by kind permission of the Mayor of Colchester—took place in the Assembly Room of the Tosvn Hall—the svork being * most
ably performed by the outgoing Master , Bro . R . Hasvard Ives , P . G . Stsvd . At its close , the nesv W . M . appointed and invested his officers as follows : Bros . R . Hasvard Ives , P . G . Stsvd ., I . P . M . ; A . S . B . Sparling , S . W . ; George Harrison , P . M ., J . W . ; Rev . C . L . Acland , P . M ., P . P . G . Chap ., Chap . ; W . P . Lewis , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Treas . ; Thos . J . Railing , P . M ., P . G . Sec , Sec ; Frank Ouilter , S . D . ; R . C . Knight , J . D . ; E . Hennemeyer , P . P , L , P . P .
U . S . W ., D . C . ; J . J . C . turner , f . M ., P . P . G . O ., Org . ; F . Horsman , I . G . ; R . O . Coombs and F . Reichter , Stsvds . ; and S . Munson , Tyler . On the motion of Bro . W . Sosvman , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Alfred Welch , P . M ., Bro . Charles Cobb , P . M ., P . P .
G . S . of VV ., svas re-elected representative of the lodge upon the Essex Provincial Charity Committee . Hearty votes of thanks svere passed , and ordered to be entered on the minutes , to Bro . Ives for so kindly and ably performing the ceremony of the day , and to the Mayor for allosving the use of the Tosvn Hall .
In the evening Gi brethren dined together , under the presidency of the W . M ., a capital repast being svell served by Bro . Besford , the host . After dinner , the toast of "The Queen and the Craft " having been duly honoured , the VV ! M . gave "The Most Worshipful the Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of VVales , " remarking that the interest his Royal Highness shosved in Freemasonry svas clearly evidenced by the fact
that he had recently initiated his eldest son , Prince Albert Victor , into thc Craft . "The Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon ; the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Lathom ; and the Grand Ofliccrs , Present and Past , " svas the next toast ; and the W . M ., in proposing it , reminded the brethren that Lord Carnarvon svas not unknosvn in Colchester , and that Lord Lathom had on three occasions visited the province—to
consecrate the Arnold Lodge at Walton , launch the lifeboat at Clacton , and , lastly , to install V . W . Bro . Philbrick as Grand Superintendent of the Arch Masons of Essex . The Worshipful Master next gave "The Provincial Grand Master , " recalling the fact of the installation of Lord Brooke liaving taken place by the late lamented Duke of Albany at Colchester , svhen his lordship svon golden opinions , and had maintained his popularity ever
. In proposing "The V . W . D . P . G . M . and the Provincial Grand Officers , " the W . W . said he very much regretted the absence of Bro . Philbrick , svho had svritten him a most kind letter , stating that nothing but an official engagement with the Grand Secretary svould have kept him asvay . They sverc all proud of Bro . Philbrick as a Colchester man and member of the Angel Lodge .
Bros , the Rev . VV . Morgan Jones , Prov . G . Chap , j John Mann , an old P . M . of 51 and P . P . G . Sec . Essex ; and E . Hennemeyer , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W ., responded . Bro . John Mann said he had been particularly gratified at having an opportunity of once more visiting the Angel Lodge , it having been his mother lodge . He svas admitted into Alasonry at the Angel , svhere the lodge then met , in 1 S 35 , and he cherished many loving memories of the happy evenings he had spent in this lodge . His only regret svas
that he sasv so very few present svho svere members then ; in fact , he might say he svas almost the only living representative of those svho svere then members . VV . Bro . Ives proposed "The Health of the VV . M ., " svhich he said svas essentially the toast of the evening . They svere all pleased to see Bro . Grimes in the chair of the lodge , and svith the assistance of the officers , they felt confident that the W . M . svould ably carry out the duties of thc chair .
The Worshipful Master , svho received a most hearty reception , said hc felt deeply the responsibility he had undertaken , and also the high honour they had conferred upon him in electing him W . M . of the lodge . He looked upon Freemasonry as essentially a religious institution ; and if they carried out its principles in their daily walk and
conversation , they could not but influence for good those svith svhom they svere brought into contact . Masonry svas calculated to make a good , man a better man , it svas entirely consistent svith the Word of God , and he repeated , thar if they as a body adhered to the principles laid down for their guidance , they could not but do all that lay in their power for the good of their fellosv men . He felt his own shortcomings , but all thc time and talents he had at