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does good Tl 71 % medicine , which it means like medicine . " From the above the passage iv . 16 will read to us thus : " the tabs also , and the shovels , ancl the fleshhooks , and all their instruments , did Huram like his father make to King

Solomon , " sec Rabbi David Kimchi ' s commentator on Chronicles . I shall beg your reader ' s attention also to Rabbi Solomon Jarchi ( known as l ^ l ) and all the others explanation of the words in the 2 chap . 14 , " and his father was a man of Tyre . "

Drw Tav , Nairn ? "v .. sa attrp nvr "mm vua " He was really a Jew , but lived in Tyre , and he was called a Tyrian like Obedcdom in 2 Sam . vi . 10 ,

is called the " Gittite" because he lived there , for Obededom was one of the Levitcs ( sec 1 Chron . xv . 1 S-21 ) , so likewise , Hiram is called a Tyrian only because he lived in Tyre . Yours fraternally , D . STOLZ .

UNIFORMITY OF WORKING . ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —There never can be an uniformity of working , for several reasons , the principal being that we have to commit to memory the whole of our ceremonies ( learned auricularly )

and transmit them orally . But I should very much like to hear our beautiful ceremonies given grammatically and with sense , so that the candidate shall understand what he hears , and the W . M . shall perfectly understand what he is communicating . Unless the W . M . does fully understand his subject ,

it is impossible for him to make his candidate believe otherwise than that he is listening to a nonsensical compilation . It only requires a brother to observe whilst learning the ceremonies that each sentence is sense and grammar . I am delighted to see that our esteemed Brother

Carpenter has taken up the subject , and hope that he will be able to spare a little time in giving us a hint occasionally , as he has done . With regard to Bro . Stevens' motion for uniformity of work-, in my opinion , that motion can never be carried . I give him the greatest credit for the zeal he has

shown on the subject , and it is bound to do good in the end , but I cannot divest myself of the impression that instead of asking Grand Lodge to sanction an uniformity of working , it would have been better to have asked Grand Lodge to appoint officers to visit Lodges of Instruction and see that

that they are working correctly , and not propagating choice bits of bad grammar , & c . Let every Preceptor be appointed by Grand Lodge ; if any portion of the ceremonies or lectures be given incorrectly , let it be put right at once . No one is infallible ; we are all liable to mistakes at times , and we can always

learn , even from our chuuren . There is another point very objectionable , and that is the hurrying through the ceremonies ; and the motive power to that is the fear of dictation from some anxious brother who thinks because you have made a slight pause to regain breath , that you have lost the thread

of your subject , and he in his anxiety dictatesperhaps incorrectly , thereby shunting you quite off ; then you have to return to the point , ancl if that is done often , what effect docs it have on the candidate ? He conies to the conclusion that you do not know what you arc talking about !

No , you may depend upon it that uniformity of working is a failure , but sense and grammar in our ceremonies arc not hopeless . If every W . M .-elect will determine to make himself perfectly acquainted with the ceremonies before he accepts the highest honour the Craft can bestow upon any of its

members , and conscientiously feel and understand wliat he is talking about , we should have no cause to waste the time of Grand Lodge that could be better employed . In conclusion , allow me to give a little advice to the brethren below the chair . What is worth doing

at all is worth doing well—that is , to the utmost of your zeal and ability—and before accepting office make up your mind to discharge the duties of that office so that your W . M . may be proud of his officers . Remember that every office you learn is lessening the amount of work you will have to learn

for the Master ' s chair . It is simply walking up so many stairs one at a time , which is tolerably easy , but it is somewhat difficult to stride up a whole flight with one step . Kindly accept my apology for trespassing upon

your valuable space , and believe me , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours faithfully and fraternally , JAMES WEAVER , W . M . Whittington Lodge , No . 86

UTILITY OF CORRESPONDENCE . ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In forwarding you the enclosed two letters for your approval , I cannot

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forbear giving my testimony to the great benefit that is arising from your opening your columns to correspondence calling attention to irregularities in lodges . Some few weeks ago , under anom de plume , I called attention to great irregularities that were being practised in some of our lodges here . Since then , in one of the greatest offenders there has been

a complete reform . I will not assume , for fear of being charged with egotism , that my letter produced any effect , but as it and other letters were discussed here at the time , and as I know the esteemed W . M . of that lodge , and several of his officers and prominent brethren read THE FREEMASON , it is very probable they have profited by the contents of some

of the letters that appeared at the time , as since then there has been a marked improvement , and an adherence to Constitutions in matters relating to Lodges of Emergency , & c . The pleasing improvement in this lodge is somewhat marred by the fact , that an old lodge of very high repute both for its

working and its care in the selection of members , has apparently been inoculated with the general looseness , and has recently held ( to say the least of it ) a very questionable Lodge of Emergency . Yours fraternally , Sunderland , May 2 nd , 1870 . . J . H . C . [ Other two letters next week . -ED . F . \

HIRAM ABIF . ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In common with others of your readers , I perused the remarks of Bro . E . M . Epstein . M . D ., on this subject , as given at page 181 , but was rather surprised at their contents , anil prefer to hold by the remarks of Bro .

Carpenter at page So , Feb . 5 th . Bro . Epstein ' s letter I have no doubt might have passed muster in many quarters ten years ago or so , but now we arc getting to be a little less romantic in our Masonic ideas and rather more critical , and , I trust I may also add , more truthful , hence " the Masonic light " which Bro . Epstein speaks of so highly we now find

to be Masonic ignorance . The Masons simply adopted the current knowledge of the day in so far as they were able , hence the usual mistake of alluding to " the five noble Orders of Architecture , " which idea was not known before the sixteenth century A . D ., and was manufactured by the Palladian School . The composite is

is only a variety of the Corinthian . Had the Masons been able to store up knowledge from the neutral world , how did they not stand up for the three Orders , and repudiate the " five " ? Then may I ask where llro . Epstein was able to examine " the original Hebrew " ? I was not aware there was an " original " M . S . of the Books of Kings and Chronicles in

existence . And as for Solomon , except in some instances , what was he butavain glorious spendthrift , a man with a clever head , but , I am afraid , with a bad heart . He owed his position to the fact , that his father , one of the noblest heroes , and truest-hearted men of all antiquity , was born before him . Wc love to pass in review the many-changing scenes of

David slife , and cud many lessons therefrom . When passion led him to the temporary committal of some foolish action , we see him ever rising superior to all its attacks , whereas such was the conduct of Solomon , that even while he yet lived , the fiat went forth that his posterity should not possess his kingdom , and 1 need not refer to the revolt of the ten

tribes . From all this I consider that if we were a little milder in our Solomonic notions it would show more good sense . As to tlie words in 2 Cliron . iv . and 16 th , "did Huram his father make to King Solomon , " I confess to being / athcr puzzled . The question is , who is the ' Huram" here alluded to ? If we sav ,

Hiram tnc worker in brass , then what mean the words , ' his father" in the above connection ? If it is really Hiram the worker in brass that is meant , there is possibly some mistake made in copying from the original MS ., "his father" being written down in place of " the worker in brass , " or sonicthing similar . However , if the " I luranr" here alluded

to is Hiram the King , then probably he might well under the circumstances be designated " Huram his father , " as he had acted in a very fatherly way lo Solomon and given him all the assistance in his power , and as it was one of his own artificers that he had sent to Solomon for an express purpose , then the words , "did Huram his father make to

King Solomon , " would simply show that the contract entered into between lliram and Solomon was now finished , and that Hiram , the artist , whom Hiram the King had sent , having done his work , was now at liberty to return to his own country , whichfor . ' . nythingwe know to the contrary , he thereafter did , I am , yours fraternally ,

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1 H ;; meeting of the Supreme Grand Council 33 for the purpose of conferring the 30 ° will be held on Tuesday , the 10 th instant , and not on Wednesday , as previously notified .

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BREAKFAST . - — EPPS ' S COCOA . — Grateful and Comforting . —The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite . The Civil Sei ~ o : ce Gazette remarks : " By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition , and by a careful application of the fine

properties of well-selected cocoa , Mr . Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a clelicately-fiavomed beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills . " Made simply with boiling water or milk . Sold only in tin-lined packets , labelled J AMES Errs & Co ., Homoeopathic Chemists , London . —[ Advt . l

The New Vade Mecum ( invented and manufactured by Charles H . Vincent , optician , of 23 , Windsorstreet , Liverpool ) consists of a telescope well adapted for tourists , & c , to which is added an excellent microscope of great power and first-class definition , quite equal to others

sold at ten times the price . Wonderful as it may seem , the price of this ingenious combination is only 3 s . 6 d ., and Mr . Vincent sends it ( carriage free ) anywhere , with printed directions , upon receipt of post-office order or stamps to the amount of 3 s . lod . —[ Advt . l

THE BLOOD PURIFIER . —Old Dr . Jacob Townsend ' s Sarsaparilla . Other Medical Testimony . —In speaking of the "Blood Purifier , " old Dr . JacobTownsend ' s Sarsaparilla , G . C . Kcrnott , M . D ., L . S . A . Lond ., says : "I strongly recommend it in cutaneous diseases and all impurities of the blood . " March 24 , 1869 . —In a letter to the proprietors ,, June 6 , 1869 , Dr . Irvine , of Irvine ' s-town ,

says : I have been 111 the habit of ordering your Sarsaparilla for my patients with the best results . Send me six quarts and six mammoth bottles . " —For all skin diseases , for purifying the system of mercurial poisons , and building up the broken constitution it is the only safe and certain remedy . In bottles 2 s . Cd ., 4 s ., 4 s . 6 d ., 7 s . 6 d ., us .

Sold by all Druggists . Pills and Ointment each in boxes , is . iyid ., 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d . Testimonials also from the Hon . the Dean of Lismore ; General William Gilbert , of the Indian Army ; ordered also by Apothecaries' Hall , London . Caution —Get the red and blue wrappers , with the old Doctor ' s head in the centre . No other genuine .

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cP im'tismnvts . Leicestershire & Rutland PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER M . E . Companion William Kelly , Grand Superintendent . FREEMASONS' HALL , LEICESTER , April 291 I 1 , 1 S 70 . CoMrAiciox , A Patent of appointment as Grand Superintendent of the Province having been granted to Companion KELLY , V . 7 ., a CONVOCATION of the PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER will be held at this Hall on THURSDAY , the 121 I 1 of MAY next . The Chapter will be opened at Two o'clock p . m ., for the Installation of the newly-elected Principals of Chapters No . 279 , 779 , and 1130 , at which only Past Principals and the Principals-elect can be present . At 3 . 30 the other Companions of the several private Chapters will be admitted , when the Provincial Grand Officers will be appointed and invested , and other business transacted and propositions received . There will be a BANQUET ( Ticket ; 3 s . 6 d . each ) at 4 . 30 o ' clock . Those Companions who may intend to be present arc requested to send in their names to the Hall not later than Tuesday , the loth of May . ( By command of the Grand Superintendent ) GEORGE BANKART , P . G . S . E .

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PYTHAGOREAN Chapter of Instruction , No . 79 . Preceptor : Comp . W . WEST SMITH , J . 79 . THE OPENING MEETING Of the above CHAPTER of INSTRUCTION will be held at the PRINCE OF ORANGE TAVERN , GREENWICH ROAD , ( NEXT Till-: RAI 1 AVAV STATION , ) On FRIDAY , the 13 th inst ., At 7 . 30 l ' . M ., when the CEREMONY OF CONSECRATION Will he performed by Comp . R . WENTWORTH LITTLE , P . Z ., P . G . S . Middlesex , &> c , d-Y ., Assisted by Comp . JAMES BRETT , P . Z ., A . G . P , Trains to and from Charinc Cross everv half-hour .