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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS . In future numbers of the Freemason we purpose giving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters who have been recently installed . Recognising the fact that no greater honour can be bestowed on a brother than to be

elected the Master of his lodge , we desire to do our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .

In consequence of the pressure on our space , we are compelled this week to omit the reports of lodges of Instruction , as well as the following 1 CRAFT . —St . Martin ' s Lodge , No . 98 ; Wycombe Lodge , ' No . ijoi ; Orpheus Lodge , No . 1716 : ; Duke of Fife Lodge , No , 3545 ; Bushcy Park Lodge , No . 2381 ; and Woodgrange Lodge , No . 3409 . ROYAL ARCH . —Brunswick Chapter , No . ijg ; Pattison Chapter , No . 913 j and Henley Chapter , No . 147 a . AXCIBNT AND AccEprii ) RITE . —Shadwell Clerke Chapter .

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^S^gM^SjM^ SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 5 , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The proceedings at the recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland were of a more than usually attractive character , and there was consequently a very full attendance of the brethren of the province and many visitors , among 'he latter being Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov .

G . M . East Lancashire , who occupied the chair in Provincial Grand Lodge , and acted as the spokesman of those present in the chief function of the day . The first noteworthy event was the presentation to Bro . the Earl ot Bective , Prov . G . M ., whose state of health , fortunatel y , enabled him to attend , of a beautifully

illuminated address , in which the brethren took advantage of the meeting to congratulate his lordship on having presided over their Province for 2 $ years , and to express the hope that he might be spared to preside over them for many years longer . The Provincial Grand Master having returned thanks for the compliment paid him , 'he incident terminated .

* That Bro . the Earl of Bective well deserves this recognition of his services to the Province , and , indeed , ' ° Masonry generally and in its most important Ranches , is beyond all question . His occupancy of l "e chair of Prov . Grand Master for a quarter of a

century would alone justify the compliment , which 'hose he has presided over in this capacity have paid im . During that period the Craft , as was properly Pointed out in the address , has increased to the extent of some 40 per cent in the matter of lodges , while the distance rendered to the Masonic Institutions ha s

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been very considerable . But Lord Bective ' s services have by no means been confined to this particular branch of Masonry , He has been Grand Superintendant of Royal Arch Masons for 15 years , and Prov . Grand Master in the Mark Degree for 20 years , and his success as ruler in these fields of labour have been only less conspicuous than in the Craft , because the duties attaching to the two offices are less onerous .

* * * Bro . Lord Bective is indeed one of the foremost Masons of our day . In addition to the offices we have already enumerated , he has held that of Most Illustrious G . Sovereign of the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine , and is Hon . President of the Rosicrucian Society of England . Thus it would

be very difficult to replace him , should his lordship , on the score of health or for other reasons , consider it desirable to vacate his offices , and we cordially echo the hope expressed by our Cumberland and Westmorland brethren that he may be spared for many years to preside over them as their chief in Craft , Arch , and Mark Masonry .

* * * The other principal incident at the same meeting was the installation as Deputy Provincial Grand Master of our respected Bro . Geo . J . McKay , P . G . Std Br . of England , in succession to Bro . L . F . B . Dykes , P . G . D . The latter has retired on the ground of ill-health , but the vacancy thus created will be ably filled by Bro .

McKay , whose 11 years' experience as Provincial Grand Secretary will stand him in goodstead in his . new capacity . He enjoys already the respect and esteem of his Provincial brethren , and we are confident the ties which bind him and them together will be greatly strengthened by the ability and geniality he is certain to exhibit in the performance of his new and more responsible duties .

* * * The entertainment by Bro . J . de Bels Adam , in his character of Mayor of Liverpool , of Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , is an event worthy of being recorded in letters of gold in the annals of West

Lancashire Masonry . There are but few men to whose lot it falls to be able to give such an entertainment , and there are still fewer to whom it can be given so worthily . We have so often recorded the services which Lord Lathom has rendered to Freemasonry in general , and the Province of West Lancashire in particular , that we

need not be at the pains of repeating them . The banquet , however , is one more illustration of the generous feelings which exist between his lordship and his Province , and in his case , as in that of his brother Provincial Grand Master of Cumberland and Westmorland , we trust that his rule may be continued for many

years . » » * We had not the slightest intention of criticising unfavourably the conduct of the editor of our worthy contemporary , the American Tyler , when we recently referred to his taking a holiday at Denver , and leaving

his readers without their usual weekly supply of Masonic pabulum , and we are delighted to hear he is all the better for his rest . We merely desired to point out that in this country it was not in the power of a newspaper editor to take such a liberty . Here , the man who undertakes such responsibilities realises to

the fullest extent the truth of the old saying , Necessitas non habet leges—at all events , in the sense that the necessity for doing one ' s duty does not furnish a man with legs with which to run away from it for a week ' s holiday . The Tyler will see by our leading article this week that we highly appreciate the contents of his estimable journal .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

I We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

A WILD SUGGESTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The reading of your article on this subject set me a-thinking , and when I had completed my lucubrations , the " wild " suggestion really did not appear so very " wild " after all . A little time since I was

spending an evening with one of the most energetic Masons I know , and the very subject you mention came up in conversation , It was thus—my energetic brother had just provided himself ( and the lodge ) with a new minute book , and I saw him put the old one away for safe keeping ( well wrapped up ) in a cupboard , where he preserves a very large quantity of miscellania . I said , " Why does no

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your lodge take care of it ; and suppose you resign or die , what is to ensure the transfer of the old book to the new Secretary ? " His reply was " Nothing ; and I do not know where the last old book , some 15 years old now , could be found . " We thereupon decided unanimously that it would be a wise and not wild proceeding

if Grand Lodge would , upon request , take charge of old minute books and store them away . They are of little worth certainly , and yet we think it possible that a hundred years hence some of them would be read with considerable interest . The present writer has done a good deal of secretarial work , and has in his

possession more than one filled minute book , which he would ( with the approval of his lodges ) readily store as suggested , and he ventures to think that his minutes will be of much interest to future ages , as one of the lodges draws its members from a very special and circumscribed area . I take it a minute book lasts , on the average ,

from 7 to 10 years , and this would bring in some 200 to 250 volumes a year—no great number . Grand Mark Lodge and other supreme bodies might follow the same example with regard to their respective jurisdictions . Such a course would meet in the happiest way the views of the brother who made the " wild "

suggestion ; and if it were made a sine qua non for an applicant desiring to examine any lodge record , that he should bring with him a written permit from the owning lodge , all difficulty as to privacy would be easily avoided , and I am quite sure that any other matter might be well left to the good taste of the budding Masonic " Historicus . " GILTSPAR .

HYMNS AT LODGE CEREMONIES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , At the recent Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham , held in September last , a hymn was sung at the opening , of which the first line

is' Oft in danger , oft in woe . This would seem to me to be an innovation that were best not repeated , as the hymn is not one that would find acceptance with our Jewish brethren , and it is the pride and glory of Freemasonry that it is free from any doctrine and creed , save that of belief in and

reverence of the Great Architect of the Universe . The question is—Who is to blame for its introduction ? I am sure not our P . G . M . nor the D . P . G . M . Does the matter fall under the duties of the P . G . D . C , or is it left to some musical brother , who is as yet ignorant of the grand tenets of ancient Freemasonry ? —Yours fraternally , A P . M . OF 940 AND P . P . S . G . D . DURHAM . October 31 st .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

1012 ] — SCALD MISERABLE MASONS . I have the old engraving by Benoist dated 1771 , and I believe Bro . Spencer had one for sale in his last catalogue . 1 would like to know if the impressions lately enumerated are dated 1742 or from the plate of I 7 ? I ' GEORGE H . BAIN .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

( Craft flDasortrE , METROPOLITAN MEETINGS .

Great Northern Lodge ( No . 1287 ) . —One of the ordinary meetings of this lodge was held on Thursday evening , the 20 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , when Bro . George Flint , W . M ., presided . The lodge was well attended , and among the brethren present were Bros . Hy . Bell , l . P . M . ; F . Osborne , S . W . ; Geo . Ridout , J . W . ; Rev . lohn H . Rose , Chap . ; Samuel Webb , Treas . ; W .

Cleghorn , P . M ., Sec ; Paul , P . M . ; J . Edgar , P . M . ; R . Cane , P . M . ; C . Kempton , P . M . ; T . Owen , P . M . ; Reed , P . M . ; and Webb , P . M . The visitors were Bros . G . F . Edwards , 766 ; J . T . Fripp , 209 S ; W . Jordan , 17 68 ; C . Dean , S 79 ; H . Theobald , 1672 ; and H . Massey , 1 O 0 , P . M . G 19 and 192 S . In the lodge no work had to be performed beyond the

granting of sums from the Benevolent Fund , but this work was done most heartily , and the brethren afterwards closed the lodge , and adjourned to a charming banquet . The usual toasts followed . Bro . Bell , l . P . M ., in proposing " The Health of the W . M ., " said that Bro . Flint was one who had worked the hardest and done the best he could in every way for the Great Northern Lodge , and he need not extol his virtues any

further . Bro . Flint , W . M ., replying , said he had simply done his best so far in the lodge , and he would always try to do his best . He had ever been proud of the Great Northern Lodge , and also to introduce worthy members to it . As far as his own doings went , he could not speak very much ol them ; but still the brethren had placed him in the position

of W . M ., and he was glad to be there . He had always been proud to do the best he could for the Great Northern Lodge . He had represented the _ lodge , and he had been well received as its representative in a lodge 300 and 400 miles away . When so received he had felt that the compliment was not to himself , but to the Great Northern Lodge . The lodge had always been to the front when wanted . It had obtained its position by its own strength and votine