Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAOE . EOYAL ARCH MASONRY 1 OBITUARY 1 KEPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS 2 SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OP ENGLAND 3

MASOUIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS 3 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 4 THE GRAND OFFICERS 4 MULTUM IN PARVO 4 MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE 4

SOCIETY FOR PREVENTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ... 4 ANNIVERSARY OF STABILITY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION 5 NEW MASONIC HALL , JAPAN 6 CONSECRATION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH LODGE 7 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 7

INSTALLATION FESTIVAL , ABBEY LODGE , ABINGDON 8 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEPast Masters as Preceptors 9 Chair Degree ... 9

The Romish Auti-Masomc Bogle 9 A Correction 9 A HVMN _ 9 MASONIO GATHERING AT SKIBBEREEN 10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWO GRAND LODGES OF ENGLAND

IN RATIFICATION OF THE UNION , 1813 10 LIST OF AGENTS II ADVERTISEMENTS 11 & 12

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ROYAL ARCH MASONRY .

BY TUB SON OP SALATHIEL . { Continued . ) [ The rights of translation and reproduction reserved . '] In . tho Royal Arch degree wo aro taught the knowledge of tlie Sacred Name and word of the

Most High—to reverence His holy law—to bend with humility ancl repentance before the throne of grace — to pour out our supplications and thanksgivings to thc Father of mercies—to placo our whole trust and confidence in His boundless

goodness—to look up to Him alono for support in tho hour of trial , for comfort under affliction , and for protection against danger . Wo aro led to contemplate those periods iu tho ancient history of tho world when tho Almi ghty visited the sons

of men , and spake with them face to face ; when tho patriarchs of old were favoured with special tokens of the Divine Presence , and with visible

manifestations of the Divino will . Of theso it will be necessary to specify a few instances , as illustrative of the ori gin cf some of our ceremonial observances . One of tho earliest and most remarkable of thesesupematural events was the appearance of the

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angel of the Lord , robed in a flame of fire , when he addressed the astonished shepherd , Moses , from the centre of the burning bush : — "I am the God of thy fathers—the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob . "

Moses , we are told , hid his face , for he was afraid to look upon God , whose awful presence hallowed the earth around ; and the chosen servant of Jehovah was accordingly directed by a celestial voice to " put oiF his shoes from off his feet , " and

not approach too near the consuming Shechinah of flame , in which sat enthroned the majestyof God . The spot , therefore , became sacred to Moses , as the temple of his Eternal Master , and throughout the East , to this day , all worshippers on entering

a bouse of prayer divest themselves of their sandals , lest any pollution adhering thereto should defile thc pure abode of Deity . In reference to this custom , from a Masonic point of view , the learned Hutchinson states : — "As Moses and

Joshua were commanded to put their shoes from off" their feet because tho ground whereon they trod was sanctified by the presence of the Divinity , so tho Mason should bo divested of

every degree of arrogance , and advance in the naked paths of Truth , with steps of innocence , humility , and virtue , to challenge the ensigns of an Order whose institutions arise on the most

solemn and sacred principles of religion . " The next Divine appearance , which illustrates a circumstance alluded to in tho preceding remarks , was vouchsafed to Joshua , and is recorded in the 5 th chapter : — " And it came to

pass when Joshua was by Jericho , that ho lifted up his eyes , and behold there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand ; and Joshua went unto him , and said unto him , 'Art thou for us , or for our adversaries i' and ho

said , 'Nay , but as captain of thc host of tho Lord am I now come / and he said unto Joshua , 'Loose thy shoe from off thy feet , for tho placo whereon thou standest is holy . " But the grandest and most awful manifestation of the

Divine iMajesly shono forth from Mount Sinai , when the Sacred Law was promulgated . This consecrated mountain was ori ginally called Horeb , from its dryness and sterility , and afterwards Sinai , from tho miracle of the burning bush .

Stupendous as was the code of legal institutions there delivered to Moses , not less stupendous and awe-inspiring wero tho wonders under which it

was unfolded . Tho glory and grandeur of the Locos in this appearance are beyond description , and evidently announce tho descent of the Deity Himself . It is expressly and sublimely said that

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Jehovah descended in fire upon Mount Sinai , and while the voice of the trumpet sounded long , and waxed louder and louder , He answered Moses in a voice which struck terror through all the camp of the Israelites . It was on Sinai that the future Messiah revealed himself in all tho

radiance of his own unapproachable brightness—the mountain tottering on its base , and convulsed to its very centre ; the tremendous and incessant thunders , that rent the air in peals that seemed to indicate the return of chaos ; and the glare of those impetuous lightnings , at once magnificent and terrible , that darted in every direction from

the recumbent SuECinifAii—all these marvels evinced the presence of the true and living God , and the whole scene was so inexpressibly glorious that Moses , the favoured servant of the Most High , tremblingly veiled his face from the insupportable splendour of the Divine Majesty . ( To be continued . )

Obituary.

Obituary .

BR . GEOEGE CRAMP , S . AV . UNION LODGE , MARGATE . " Defluit sic flos in tempore verno . "

AVe have to record the decease of Bro . Georgo Cramp , late S . W . of the Union Lodge , Margate ( No . 127 ) , who expired at the early age of thirty-six , a victim to that fell disease , " consumption , " winch has been long remarked as peculiarly fatal to thc finest

specimens of the Anglo-Saxon race . The deceased gentleman was in the early summer of his days , of fine proportions , noble countenance , and of courteous and generous manners . From his cultivated mind and close attention to Masonry , ho was deemed a young Mason of great promise , when

the disease , which has laid low so many of the strongest nnd fairest of Britain's sons and daughters , showed itself ; anil , despite the skill and unremitting attention of the most talented physicians , it was but too apparent that the " fiat " had gone forth . "Yet such the destiny of all 011 earth , So ( liurishcs and fades majestic man ;

Fair is the bud his vernal morn brings forth , And fostering gales awhile the muscling fan ;" until death ( the ruthless destroyer of both strong nnd weak amongst mortals ) steps in , and cuts short hia brief career . Bro . George Cramp ( one of the sons of Robert

Cramp , Esq ., of Cannon Brewery , Ramsgate , nnd brother to the AV . M . of the Royal Navy lxidgo , Ramsgate , No 429 ) was interred in the family vault in tho cemetery of St . John ' s , Margate , on Saturday last , May 1 st , when ( in addition to his relatives , who were in mourning coaches ) he was followed to the grave by

a mournful procession of thirty gentlemen , attired in deep mourning , with all the solemn trappings of woo ( but without collar , badge , or emblem)—sorrow depicted in every face . That solemn band of mourners formed on cither side of the entrance or avenue to the church whilst tho chief mourners passed , and then

followed into tho sacred edifice . An idle spectator inquired who they were . Our readers will recogniso in them the bereaved brethren of his lodge . Peace to his manes . May he have ascended to the summit of his profession , and reached " Thoso blessed mansions not built by mortal hands , but eternally in tho heavens . "