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knowledge and attained a not insignificint position among the fraternity by arduous study and labour in the jurisprudence , ritual , and active practice of both the Craft and Arch Degrees . That my brethren may , if they think proper , deny the proud title I hereby claim—repudiate my self-assumed character as champion of the beloved Order—I sign my
name and titles , and scorn to sneak under any nom de plume , whether ironically , cynically , or genuinely adopted ; whether meant to assert veracity or to be accepted on the principle of lucus a non luccndo . It is , perhaps , hypercritical to call attention to the fact that the authority , a recourse to whose aid has been attributed to Mr . Labonchere , has his name spelt Curlile—and
not Carlisle . He was a notorious Atheistic bookseller , he spent several years of his life deservedly in gaol for disseminatingseditious , blasphemous , and obscene publications . His own account of his acquisition of what he promulgates as the genuine secrets of Freemasonry brands him as a man devoid of every principle of honour and morality . As to Eckert , whose authority is vouched bv Mr .
Labouchere , why does not that gentleman ' s flippant , dogmatic , sententious , egotistical profession of knowledge find its own discount among those who really do know , in the fact that he quotes a German writer on Masonry as the authority for the practice , ritual , and secrets of the English odges ? " Save me from my friends , " says the proverb ; " frrm
my enemies I can defend myself . " How truly may this be applied to Freemasonry . Here is this man , obviously sent to curse us , and , like Balaam , " Lo ! he has blessed us this three times . " We all know that we have secrets , choice and invaluable secrets , eminently worth possessing . Let us be thankful then to those who , like Tommy Telltruth , by exhibitions of ignorance , vulgarity , conceit ,
arrogance , and mendacity , help us to resist the attacks of the insidious . I very much doubt whether our secrets could have been so well kept but for the assistance afforded us by the misrepresentations of our enemies . One test—one illustration . This person tells us that he has played the character of El Hakim . * In this matter , for the opinions of the exoteric world I care not one straw , not speaking
disrespectfully—their impressions are not worth recording , but I will appeal to my esoteric brethren . If T . T . ' s pretensions to qualification as a physician were no better grounded than his claim to pass as a Mason , why , either medical knowledge must be at a very low ebb , which is possible in Mussulman countries , or intrusion into a harem ioes . not involve an introduction to the bowstring as it
used to do . " Special Edition 1 —The Editor Cow-hided Again I !" Such a " leaded" heading has been before now used to push the sale of a vapid journal , but then it has heen on the other side of the Atlantic . Now a set of nasty writers desiderate reviving the infamies of the late Barnard Gregory . They give us rechauffes of the "Age , " the
" Satirist , " " Paul Pry , " and the " Town , " and call them " Society journals . " Society may or may not read the nauseous compound , but the sheets sell , and of the coin when it comes in the purveyors of filth , diaphanously disguised , can say with the Roman Emperor " Non olct . " Brethren , as ne stand shoulder to shoulder , let our loins be girt and our arms braced when we recall the
proud—the incontrovertible—fact that no good man—no unsoiled man—no man with cleanly reputation , has ever yet attacked our noble Order . Fear of the law of libel ought , perhaps , to induce our editor to except Tommy Tell-truth from this sweeping proposition , but I do not think that he is so weak-kneed as to crouch like this . This , the latest pretended exposure of
Freemasonry , comes from the pen of a man who pietcnds for amusement to be what he is not , and owns to satisfying a prurient curiosity by invading the sanctity of a brother man ' s home , and outraging his finest feelings of delicacy by acting a part the assumption of which would the better enable him to gratify a spirit of inquiry which I will not characterise .
"There is a soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly di-til it out . " Brethren , this Balaam brings us good . Is it possible this impostor has passed for a Mason ? Has he ever escaped the keen eyes of an O . G ., and the strict scrutiny of a J . W . ? If it be possible , which I do not believe , and in his lucubrations there is certainly no internal evidence
of the fact , it behoves us to be on our guard , and to utilise the warning he has kindly though unintentionally given us by inculcating upon our officers the necessity of greater vigilance in the future . Enough . Again I say , Ex uno disce omnes . He tells , page 134 , third paragraph , number of July 31 st , an utterly impossible anecdote of my own profession , one
which , from internal evidence , I know can not be true . When Dr . Johnson was asked how he could account for some marvellous narration , which his faithful biographer related to him , the great man quietly replied , " A lie , sir , you may depend upon it . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,
SAMUEL POYNTER , P . M . and Treasurer Burgoyne , No . 902 ; P . M . and Founder Athenaeum , No . 1491 ; S . N . Panmure , R . A ., No . 720 ; nine years a member of the Board of General Purposes j ten years a member of the Colonial Board . July 31 .
POLLING DAYS AND SCENES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As a Vice-Patron of all our excellent Charities , and often of late honoured by my brethren with a request to preside at our Quarterly Courts and on polling days , 1
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have had my attention called to a letter in your columns of last week by Bro . Simpson , P . G . C , in which he talks , I see , of polling days and " scenes . " As I am utterly unaware of any " scenes , " and equally ignorant of what Bro . Simpson can possibly allude to , in justice to many worthy
friends I think it but fair to ask him publicly in the Freemason ivhat are the " scenes " to which he refers . I think there must be some mistake . Yours fraternally , J . CREATON , G . T . Union Club , Trafalgar-square .
EXCHANGE OF VOTES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As a reader of the Freemason I have noted the letters you have inserted on so called " Charity Reform , " and in particular the objections to exchange of votes , with
which I have not been able to agree , and as I take it that all large questions arc only the accumulation of individual ideas , I wish to give an instance why I believe in exchange of votes . 1 now know a very eligible case for the Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons , and as I have some votes
lor Boys' School that I have no particular candidate for , I should be glad to exchange them fcr Benevolent votes , and it seems to me I should be benefiting both cases by exchange , whereas , if I do not exchange , the full use of both votes will be lost . I am , yours fraternally , CHARLES FENDELOW .
A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Can you , or any of the readers of the Freemason , inform me where I can get a perfect version of an old Freemasons' song beginning " You , brethren , all who wish to know
How Masonry first began , 'Twas in the garden of Paradise , Where Adam first he sprang . " I took it down from the lips of an old lady of over fourscore years , some years ago , and have never yet come across the verses in print . The second stanza runs thus" 'Twas in the garden of Paradise , As plainly you may see ,
When the fig-leaf aprons they put on To show their Masonry . " I will be much obliged by any one giving me informa tion on the above . HERMES . Kelso , August 2 nd , 187 a .
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* See " The Talisman , "—Sir Walter Scott . ;
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LE MONDE MACONNIQUE . Paris . " Le Monde Maconnique " is an interesting number for French Freemasons for July . It has come very late to us . But we are much amused with the manner in which our good old opponent , Bro . Grimaux , is induced to " envisager" or regard the present crisis in the " Rite Ecossais . " No one knows better than Bro . Grimaux the
utter hollowness and unnghtfulness of the present agitation against the "Administrative Commission , " and the absurdity of the demands of these pseudo reformers to make the " Grande Loge Centrale " a second Grand Orient . He sees it , and he is manly enough to avow it . Bro . Grimaux and ourselves equally recognize the ridiculous pretensions of those who arc agitating the "Rite Ecossais "
to ignore the rightful claims of the High Grades , and the impossibility of making the "Rite Ecossais" a symbolic body . But then , such is the state of excitement and agitation into which the proceedings of the Grand Orient and the old and longcontinued manoeuvres of Massol and others have thrown all French Freemasonry , confounding right and wrong , truth and falsehood , legality and illegality , that
though his premise is sound , his conclusion is hopelessly illogical . He regrets the " act of suspension , " but why ? Surely the "Administrative Commission " had a moral as well as a legal right to " frapper , " that is , to put a stop to Jesuitical and unlawful attempts to change by violent agitation the whole constitution of the "Rite Ecossais , " and to throw down a burning torch of discussion ,- discord , and revolution . We
wonder what Bro . St . Jean , or the " Grand Conseil of the Grand Orient , " would have said , if some uneasy spirits had circulated resolutions and appeals , calling upon the lodges to interfere and protest against the legal decisions of the Grand Conseil ? Would they not have frappe'd ? Yes , and frappe'd with vigour ? We think so , and we only wish that our worthy and able adversary would be consistent and
just to the ruling powers of the Rite Ecossais . We are quite one with Bro . Grimaux , when he regrets that warrants tor symbolic lodges are granted by the Rite Ecossais . With Bro . Albert Pike , ( no mean authority ) , we doubt the power of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite to give warrants for Craft -odges ; but that is not the question
before us now . The Administrative Commission has inherited a " system , " and it is seeking loyally to abide by its own laws . It deserves in our opinion the support of all honest Masons , and we trust that Bro . Grimaux may yet , like us , learn to see that that most hateful of all teaching is a lie and a snare , which declares that " the end justifies the means , " and that we " may do evil that good may come . "
MODERN THOUGHT . Richardson Best , 5 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . We have rcceUed No . 7 of this monthly magazine , but , unfortunately , cannot discuss its articles properly in our columns , as they infringe upon the " debateable ground " of theological controversy . It seems ably written up to
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its own " standard , " but , to say the truth , as far as we know anything of " modern thought , " judging [ , „ some works we have to " wade through , " it is hazy and unsatisfactory in the extreme . THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES . Buonaparte Town
U . S . We have to acknowledge No . 2 of a new Masonic serial , and we wish it all possible success . It very wisely reproduces some of the able articles of that srood anH
sound old teacher , Bro . T . W . Bailey , founder , we believe and for some time editor , of the well-known American Masonic periodical , The Fbicc of Masonry .
MUSIC . I'M MOVING ON . Words by WALTER R . CLEMENTS , Music by CHAIII . ES GLOVER . We commend this successful and pleasant song to the notice of all our musical brethren .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Mark Masters Of Middlesex & Surrey.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS OF MIDDLESEX & SURREY .
A meeting of this Provincial Grand Mark Lodge was held at the Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , on the 24 th ult ., under the banner of the Hiram Mark Lodge , No . 13 . At five o ' clock Bro . Raymond Thrupp , P . G . J . O ., opened the Hiram Lodge , with Bro . W . G . Brighten , Prov . G . Sec ,
acting S . W ., Bro . Dr . A . Clarke , Prov . S . G . W ., as J . W ., when Bro . J . A . Anderson , of the Old Dundee Lodge , was advanced to the Mark Degree in a very able manner . The ballot was then taken for W . M ., which resulted in the unanimous election of Bro . Littor . Bro . R . H . Thrupp was re-elected Treasurer , and had the pleasure of announcing that the funds in hand
amounted to £ 103 . Bro . Harrison was re-elected Tyler , and after the transaction of some routine business the lodge was closed . At six o ' clock the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form , the Prov . Grand Mark Master , Bro . Colonel Burdett , 32 , being received with enthusiasm . The officers and biethren present were V . W . Bro . Davison ,
Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; W . Bro . A . Clark , Prov . S . G . W . ; Bros . Rev . Ambrose Hall , Prov . G . Chap . ; C . Hammerton , Prov . G . Treas . ; J . Mason , M . O . ; J . B . Shackleton , Prov . G . D . C . ; A . W . Hume , Prov . G . Std . B . ; H . Court , jun ., Prov . G . O . ; Dr . E . Passawer , Prov . I . G . r E . Gilbert and R . W . Brown , Prov . G . Stewards j John Gilbert , Prov . G . Tyler ; F . Binekes , P . G . W ., and G . Sec . ;
Donald M . Dewar , P . G . M . O . ; J . M . Klenck , P . P . G . Reg . ; E . B . Bright , J . Baker , J . H . Knaggs , Dr . Ramsey , G . S . D . ; O . H . Pearson , K . R . Murchison , H . Lovegrove , C . Pulman , P . G . Std . B . ; H . Ridge , W . Stephens , and many others . The minutes of the previous Provincial Grand Lodge were read and confirmed , and the roll of lodges called over . The Prov . G . Secretary reported an increase in the
number of lodges and members . The Treasurer ' s account was circulated and approved . The reappointment of Col . F . Burdett as Prov . Grand Mark Master was proposed by Bro . J . Stevens , P . G . J . O . The next business was the appointment of Grand Officers for the year , when the following were invested : — Bro . O . H . Pearson Prov . G . S . W .
„ R . P . Spice Prov . G . J . W . „ Rev . Ambrose Hall ... " > r > , ^ r-i . „ Rev . H . B . Hunt ... j Prov . G . Chaps „ C . Hammerton ... , Prov . G . Treas . „ W . G . Brighten Prov . G . Sec . „ Dr . Passawer Prov . G . Reg . „ K . R . Murchison Prov . G . M . O . „ A . W . Hume Prov . G . S . O .
„ H . E . Coaper Smith Prov . G . J . O . „ E . Gilbert Prov . G . S . D . „ C . Golden Prov . G . J . D . „ Henry Lovegrove ... ... Prov . G . S . of Wks „ J . B . Shackleton Prov . G . D . C . „ R . T . Hill Prov . G . A . D . C . „ Clayton Palmer , LL . D Prov . G . S . B . „ C . Palmer ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ H . J . Sturk Prov . G . Organist „ B . H . Ridge Prov . G . I . G . Bros . Stephens , Palmer , Orlanda , } ProvGStewards
. . Lilley , Beasley , and Cuffe ) ' ' Bro . J . Gilbert Prov . G . Tyler . The revised bye-laws of the Province were taken as read , and printed copies distributed . A Committee for General Purposes was elected , and the Grand Lodge closed in ample form . The banquet was served in the large room of the
Greyhound , when the usual toasts were duly honoured . The toast of "The M . W . G . M . M ., and the Grand Officers , " brcught a most effective response from Bro . Binekes , who mentioned the great progress made by the Degree during the last twenty years , and its recognition by almost all the great Masonic bodies . The gathering was very successful , and indicates the flourishing condition of the province .
HOLLOWAV ' Pins are the proper medicine for people whose faculties arc jaded and whose energies * are exhausted by excessive heat . A few doses of ttiese Pills always prove a simple , safe , ana cooling treatment for all stomach and liver complaints , a longer course will set right every org-an whose action is impaired , strengthen every structure whose tone is diminished , and renovate that blood whose puiity is tainted . Giddiness , headache , nausea , flatulency , and all other dj-speplic symptoms yield with surprising certainty ' and celeri'y to these corrective Pills , which lay suge tff the seat of these distressing sensations and carry off without an ) pain or other disagreeable drawback those peccant matters wnico are disordering the entire human machine . —[ A OVT . 1
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knowledge and attained a not insignificint position among the fraternity by arduous study and labour in the jurisprudence , ritual , and active practice of both the Craft and Arch Degrees . That my brethren may , if they think proper , deny the proud title I hereby claim—repudiate my self-assumed character as champion of the beloved Order—I sign my
name and titles , and scorn to sneak under any nom de plume , whether ironically , cynically , or genuinely adopted ; whether meant to assert veracity or to be accepted on the principle of lucus a non luccndo . It is , perhaps , hypercritical to call attention to the fact that the authority , a recourse to whose aid has been attributed to Mr . Labonchere , has his name spelt Curlile—and
not Carlisle . He was a notorious Atheistic bookseller , he spent several years of his life deservedly in gaol for disseminatingseditious , blasphemous , and obscene publications . His own account of his acquisition of what he promulgates as the genuine secrets of Freemasonry brands him as a man devoid of every principle of honour and morality . As to Eckert , whose authority is vouched bv Mr .
Labouchere , why does not that gentleman ' s flippant , dogmatic , sententious , egotistical profession of knowledge find its own discount among those who really do know , in the fact that he quotes a German writer on Masonry as the authority for the practice , ritual , and secrets of the English odges ? " Save me from my friends , " says the proverb ; " frrm
my enemies I can defend myself . " How truly may this be applied to Freemasonry . Here is this man , obviously sent to curse us , and , like Balaam , " Lo ! he has blessed us this three times . " We all know that we have secrets , choice and invaluable secrets , eminently worth possessing . Let us be thankful then to those who , like Tommy Telltruth , by exhibitions of ignorance , vulgarity , conceit ,
arrogance , and mendacity , help us to resist the attacks of the insidious . I very much doubt whether our secrets could have been so well kept but for the assistance afforded us by the misrepresentations of our enemies . One test—one illustration . This person tells us that he has played the character of El Hakim . * In this matter , for the opinions of the exoteric world I care not one straw , not speaking
disrespectfully—their impressions are not worth recording , but I will appeal to my esoteric brethren . If T . T . ' s pretensions to qualification as a physician were no better grounded than his claim to pass as a Mason , why , either medical knowledge must be at a very low ebb , which is possible in Mussulman countries , or intrusion into a harem ioes . not involve an introduction to the bowstring as it
used to do . " Special Edition 1 —The Editor Cow-hided Again I !" Such a " leaded" heading has been before now used to push the sale of a vapid journal , but then it has heen on the other side of the Atlantic . Now a set of nasty writers desiderate reviving the infamies of the late Barnard Gregory . They give us rechauffes of the "Age , " the
" Satirist , " " Paul Pry , " and the " Town , " and call them " Society journals . " Society may or may not read the nauseous compound , but the sheets sell , and of the coin when it comes in the purveyors of filth , diaphanously disguised , can say with the Roman Emperor " Non olct . " Brethren , as ne stand shoulder to shoulder , let our loins be girt and our arms braced when we recall the
proud—the incontrovertible—fact that no good man—no unsoiled man—no man with cleanly reputation , has ever yet attacked our noble Order . Fear of the law of libel ought , perhaps , to induce our editor to except Tommy Tell-truth from this sweeping proposition , but I do not think that he is so weak-kneed as to crouch like this . This , the latest pretended exposure of
Freemasonry , comes from the pen of a man who pietcnds for amusement to be what he is not , and owns to satisfying a prurient curiosity by invading the sanctity of a brother man ' s home , and outraging his finest feelings of delicacy by acting a part the assumption of which would the better enable him to gratify a spirit of inquiry which I will not characterise .
"There is a soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly di-til it out . " Brethren , this Balaam brings us good . Is it possible this impostor has passed for a Mason ? Has he ever escaped the keen eyes of an O . G ., and the strict scrutiny of a J . W . ? If it be possible , which I do not believe , and in his lucubrations there is certainly no internal evidence
of the fact , it behoves us to be on our guard , and to utilise the warning he has kindly though unintentionally given us by inculcating upon our officers the necessity of greater vigilance in the future . Enough . Again I say , Ex uno disce omnes . He tells , page 134 , third paragraph , number of July 31 st , an utterly impossible anecdote of my own profession , one
which , from internal evidence , I know can not be true . When Dr . Johnson was asked how he could account for some marvellous narration , which his faithful biographer related to him , the great man quietly replied , " A lie , sir , you may depend upon it . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,
SAMUEL POYNTER , P . M . and Treasurer Burgoyne , No . 902 ; P . M . and Founder Athenaeum , No . 1491 ; S . N . Panmure , R . A ., No . 720 ; nine years a member of the Board of General Purposes j ten years a member of the Colonial Board . July 31 .
POLLING DAYS AND SCENES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As a Vice-Patron of all our excellent Charities , and often of late honoured by my brethren with a request to preside at our Quarterly Courts and on polling days , 1
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have had my attention called to a letter in your columns of last week by Bro . Simpson , P . G . C , in which he talks , I see , of polling days and " scenes . " As I am utterly unaware of any " scenes , " and equally ignorant of what Bro . Simpson can possibly allude to , in justice to many worthy
friends I think it but fair to ask him publicly in the Freemason ivhat are the " scenes " to which he refers . I think there must be some mistake . Yours fraternally , J . CREATON , G . T . Union Club , Trafalgar-square .
EXCHANGE OF VOTES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As a reader of the Freemason I have noted the letters you have inserted on so called " Charity Reform , " and in particular the objections to exchange of votes , with
which I have not been able to agree , and as I take it that all large questions arc only the accumulation of individual ideas , I wish to give an instance why I believe in exchange of votes . 1 now know a very eligible case for the Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons , and as I have some votes
lor Boys' School that I have no particular candidate for , I should be glad to exchange them fcr Benevolent votes , and it seems to me I should be benefiting both cases by exchange , whereas , if I do not exchange , the full use of both votes will be lost . I am , yours fraternally , CHARLES FENDELOW .
A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Can you , or any of the readers of the Freemason , inform me where I can get a perfect version of an old Freemasons' song beginning " You , brethren , all who wish to know
How Masonry first began , 'Twas in the garden of Paradise , Where Adam first he sprang . " I took it down from the lips of an old lady of over fourscore years , some years ago , and have never yet come across the verses in print . The second stanza runs thus" 'Twas in the garden of Paradise , As plainly you may see ,
When the fig-leaf aprons they put on To show their Masonry . " I will be much obliged by any one giving me informa tion on the above . HERMES . Kelso , August 2 nd , 187 a .
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* See " The Talisman , "—Sir Walter Scott . ;
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LE MONDE MACONNIQUE . Paris . " Le Monde Maconnique " is an interesting number for French Freemasons for July . It has come very late to us . But we are much amused with the manner in which our good old opponent , Bro . Grimaux , is induced to " envisager" or regard the present crisis in the " Rite Ecossais . " No one knows better than Bro . Grimaux the
utter hollowness and unnghtfulness of the present agitation against the "Administrative Commission , " and the absurdity of the demands of these pseudo reformers to make the " Grande Loge Centrale " a second Grand Orient . He sees it , and he is manly enough to avow it . Bro . Grimaux and ourselves equally recognize the ridiculous pretensions of those who arc agitating the "Rite Ecossais "
to ignore the rightful claims of the High Grades , and the impossibility of making the "Rite Ecossais" a symbolic body . But then , such is the state of excitement and agitation into which the proceedings of the Grand Orient and the old and longcontinued manoeuvres of Massol and others have thrown all French Freemasonry , confounding right and wrong , truth and falsehood , legality and illegality , that
though his premise is sound , his conclusion is hopelessly illogical . He regrets the " act of suspension , " but why ? Surely the "Administrative Commission " had a moral as well as a legal right to " frapper , " that is , to put a stop to Jesuitical and unlawful attempts to change by violent agitation the whole constitution of the "Rite Ecossais , " and to throw down a burning torch of discussion ,- discord , and revolution . We
wonder what Bro . St . Jean , or the " Grand Conseil of the Grand Orient , " would have said , if some uneasy spirits had circulated resolutions and appeals , calling upon the lodges to interfere and protest against the legal decisions of the Grand Conseil ? Would they not have frappe'd ? Yes , and frappe'd with vigour ? We think so , and we only wish that our worthy and able adversary would be consistent and
just to the ruling powers of the Rite Ecossais . We are quite one with Bro . Grimaux , when he regrets that warrants tor symbolic lodges are granted by the Rite Ecossais . With Bro . Albert Pike , ( no mean authority ) , we doubt the power of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite to give warrants for Craft -odges ; but that is not the question
before us now . The Administrative Commission has inherited a " system , " and it is seeking loyally to abide by its own laws . It deserves in our opinion the support of all honest Masons , and we trust that Bro . Grimaux may yet , like us , learn to see that that most hateful of all teaching is a lie and a snare , which declares that " the end justifies the means , " and that we " may do evil that good may come . "
MODERN THOUGHT . Richardson Best , 5 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . We have rcceUed No . 7 of this monthly magazine , but , unfortunately , cannot discuss its articles properly in our columns , as they infringe upon the " debateable ground " of theological controversy . It seems ably written up to
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its own " standard , " but , to say the truth , as far as we know anything of " modern thought , " judging [ , „ some works we have to " wade through , " it is hazy and unsatisfactory in the extreme . THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES . Buonaparte Town
U . S . We have to acknowledge No . 2 of a new Masonic serial , and we wish it all possible success . It very wisely reproduces some of the able articles of that srood anH
sound old teacher , Bro . T . W . Bailey , founder , we believe and for some time editor , of the well-known American Masonic periodical , The Fbicc of Masonry .
MUSIC . I'M MOVING ON . Words by WALTER R . CLEMENTS , Music by CHAIII . ES GLOVER . We commend this successful and pleasant song to the notice of all our musical brethren .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Mark Masters Of Middlesex & Surrey.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS OF MIDDLESEX & SURREY .
A meeting of this Provincial Grand Mark Lodge was held at the Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , on the 24 th ult ., under the banner of the Hiram Mark Lodge , No . 13 . At five o ' clock Bro . Raymond Thrupp , P . G . J . O ., opened the Hiram Lodge , with Bro . W . G . Brighten , Prov . G . Sec ,
acting S . W ., Bro . Dr . A . Clarke , Prov . S . G . W ., as J . W ., when Bro . J . A . Anderson , of the Old Dundee Lodge , was advanced to the Mark Degree in a very able manner . The ballot was then taken for W . M ., which resulted in the unanimous election of Bro . Littor . Bro . R . H . Thrupp was re-elected Treasurer , and had the pleasure of announcing that the funds in hand
amounted to £ 103 . Bro . Harrison was re-elected Tyler , and after the transaction of some routine business the lodge was closed . At six o ' clock the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form , the Prov . Grand Mark Master , Bro . Colonel Burdett , 32 , being received with enthusiasm . The officers and biethren present were V . W . Bro . Davison ,
Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; W . Bro . A . Clark , Prov . S . G . W . ; Bros . Rev . Ambrose Hall , Prov . G . Chap . ; C . Hammerton , Prov . G . Treas . ; J . Mason , M . O . ; J . B . Shackleton , Prov . G . D . C . ; A . W . Hume , Prov . G . Std . B . ; H . Court , jun ., Prov . G . O . ; Dr . E . Passawer , Prov . I . G . r E . Gilbert and R . W . Brown , Prov . G . Stewards j John Gilbert , Prov . G . Tyler ; F . Binekes , P . G . W ., and G . Sec . ;
Donald M . Dewar , P . G . M . O . ; J . M . Klenck , P . P . G . Reg . ; E . B . Bright , J . Baker , J . H . Knaggs , Dr . Ramsey , G . S . D . ; O . H . Pearson , K . R . Murchison , H . Lovegrove , C . Pulman , P . G . Std . B . ; H . Ridge , W . Stephens , and many others . The minutes of the previous Provincial Grand Lodge were read and confirmed , and the roll of lodges called over . The Prov . G . Secretary reported an increase in the
number of lodges and members . The Treasurer ' s account was circulated and approved . The reappointment of Col . F . Burdett as Prov . Grand Mark Master was proposed by Bro . J . Stevens , P . G . J . O . The next business was the appointment of Grand Officers for the year , when the following were invested : — Bro . O . H . Pearson Prov . G . S . W .
„ R . P . Spice Prov . G . J . W . „ Rev . Ambrose Hall ... " > r > , ^ r-i . „ Rev . H . B . Hunt ... j Prov . G . Chaps „ C . Hammerton ... , Prov . G . Treas . „ W . G . Brighten Prov . G . Sec . „ Dr . Passawer Prov . G . Reg . „ K . R . Murchison Prov . G . M . O . „ A . W . Hume Prov . G . S . O .
„ H . E . Coaper Smith Prov . G . J . O . „ E . Gilbert Prov . G . S . D . „ C . Golden Prov . G . J . D . „ Henry Lovegrove ... ... Prov . G . S . of Wks „ J . B . Shackleton Prov . G . D . C . „ R . T . Hill Prov . G . A . D . C . „ Clayton Palmer , LL . D Prov . G . S . B . „ C . Palmer ... Prov . G . Std . Br . „ H . J . Sturk Prov . G . Organist „ B . H . Ridge Prov . G . I . G . Bros . Stephens , Palmer , Orlanda , } ProvGStewards
. . Lilley , Beasley , and Cuffe ) ' ' Bro . J . Gilbert Prov . G . Tyler . The revised bye-laws of the Province were taken as read , and printed copies distributed . A Committee for General Purposes was elected , and the Grand Lodge closed in ample form . The banquet was served in the large room of the
Greyhound , when the usual toasts were duly honoured . The toast of "The M . W . G . M . M ., and the Grand Officers , " brcught a most effective response from Bro . Binekes , who mentioned the great progress made by the Degree during the last twenty years , and its recognition by almost all the great Masonic bodies . The gathering was very successful , and indicates the flourishing condition of the province .
HOLLOWAV ' Pins are the proper medicine for people whose faculties arc jaded and whose energies * are exhausted by excessive heat . A few doses of ttiese Pills always prove a simple , safe , ana cooling treatment for all stomach and liver complaints , a longer course will set right every org-an whose action is impaired , strengthen every structure whose tone is diminished , and renovate that blood whose puiity is tainted . Giddiness , headache , nausea , flatulency , and all other dj-speplic symptoms yield with surprising certainty ' and celeri'y to these corrective Pills , which lay suge tff the seat of these distressing sensations and carry off without an ) pain or other disagreeable drawback those peccant matters wnico are disordering the entire human machine . —[ A OVT . 1