Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE REVIT-WSThe Mason's Home Book 165 The Book ofthe Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 165 THE MASONIC REUNION AT LTEGE 165

GATHERING OF FREEMASONS IN L IVERPOOL ... 166 PERFECT ASHLAR LODGE , NO . 1173 166 STANZAS 166 ST . ANDREW 167 CRYSTAL P ALACE LODGE , NO . 742 167 MEETINGS FOR NEST WEEK 167 THE CRAFT—Metropolitan and Provincial 168

ROYAL ARCH—Metropolitan 169 MARK MASONRY—Metropolitan 169 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR—Prov . G . Conclave of Surrey ... 169 PROVINCE OF LINCOLNSHIRE 169 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE 169 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 170 NATIONAL MASONIC JURISDICTION 170

OBITUARYBro . The Earl St . Maur 171 MASONIC JOTTINGS 171 PAPERS ON MASONRYNo . XXVI . —Masonry and Saturn 171 A DANGEROUS INNOVATION ON TEMPLARISM IN SCOTLAND 172 PROV . GRAND LODGE OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND

RUTLAND 172 & 173 CENTENARY FESTIVAL OF ST . JOHN ' LODGE , NO . 167 173 174 & 175 LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF A NEW CHURCH AT LINCOLN 176 & 177 LITERARY AND GENERAL MISCELLANY 177

Reviews.

Reviews .

——The Mason ' s Eomc-Booh , Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 . Philadelphia : No . 814 , Chestnut-street j published by Bro . LEON HYNEMAN . We commend this excellent publication to the

attention and support of our readers . No . 1 commences with a reprint of the Rev . Dr . Oliver ' s "Antiquities of Freemasonry , " which is continued in No . 2 and concluded in No . 3 , in which we also find a reprint of the Constitutions of 1723 . No . 4 . contains the celebrated " Illustrations of

Masonry by Preston , which has long been considered a standard Masonic work . The enterprising editor promises a rich literary banquet to his subscribers , and from the excellence of the material already collected we

anticipate a great success for the " * Mason ' s Home-Book . " Each part comprises G 4 pages of closely-printed matter , which will make a volume of 7 G 3 pages at the end of the year . The annual subscription is 3 dollars , and thc prico of a single

copy 25 cents . From the editor ' s preface we extract tho following admirable remarks : — " The true history of Freemasonry has never been written , nor havo the principles upon which

the institution is founded been rightly comprehended . It will be our province , having prepared tlie minds of our readers by laying before them the almost universally accepted authorities of the past century , with the accumulated myths of recent times , to so

induct the reader as to enable him to separate the wheat from tlie chaif , tho right from the wrong , tho true from the false , and thus cause him to have a higher appreciation of our mystic Order , a higher regard for its sublime principles , and thus incite him

to higher and holier aspirations so to live as to commend him to the good and virtuous of mankind , to have the approval of his own conscience , and tlie approving assurance of God in the silent whisper of his inner temple . There never was , in the world ' s history , an institution founded on such elevated and

exalted ethics as the Masonic . Its system of morals is the natural unfoldmunt of a graud and sublime Truth impressed upon the consciousness of man by Divine Being . Its principles , broad and comprehensive as the universe , luvve always commended it to

the good aud true in every laud , in every age . Tho promoters of civilization , of science and tlie arts , were at all times enrolled as members of our Order , having assumed ^ its covenants aud practicall y illustrated in their lives its ennobling principles . It will be our endeavour to so enli ghten the Masonic mind that the fraternity will become imbued with the

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divine principles of the Institution , and exhibit ita vitalizing power in their life and actions , and thus become living stones in the Universal Temple , whose Architect and Former is Jehovah . " The Book of ihe Ancient and Accepted Scottish

Rite , by Bro . CHARLES T . MCCLENACHAN , 33 ° . New York , 432 , Broome-street . This is tho most comprehensive and exhaustive work upon the hig h degrees which we have ever seen . It unfolds the beauties of the system in

due succession from the degree of Secret Master to the grade of Sovereign Grand Inspector-General . We are free to confess that we did not realize the philosophical importance of the Rite until we . had scanned the pages of Bro .

McClenachans admirable compilation , and even now , although we hasten to commend his labours in the cause , we cannot do justice to the value of the instruction contained in the work itself , which embraces a wide circle of Masonic

information . We must carefully peruse it , and weigh deliberately in the scale of impartial justice the claims of the Ancient and Accepted Rite to the support of the Fraternity at large , for , as we have intimated , the subject is presented to our

consideration in an entirely new lig ht through the medium of Bro . McClenachan ' s researches . The legends gravely recited by foolish enthusiasts in the high grades as positive facts are , in the work now before us , assigned their proper

position as allegories , and it is this candour which jiroduces a generally favourable impression on our mind . We will now merely add that no member of the Ancient and Accepted Bite can

consider his library complete without this book , and to the general Masonic student it will be found replete with rare and beautiful illustrations of Freemasonry .

The Masonic Reunion At Liege.

THE MASONIC REUNION AT LIEGE .

[ FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT . ] I take the first opportunity after my return from Belgium to givo you a short aud rough account of our Masonic reception at Liege . Wo were invited to attend the Masonic Hall

No . 1 , Rue des Hivets , at 7 p . m . on Sunday , the 19 th . Tho Hall consists of Tyler ' s quarters and offices , two preparation rooms , Secretary ' s offices , a library , containing about 2000 volumes of Masonic works ; a waiting-room hung round with

Masonic engravings ; au entrance hall to lodgeroom , in which were several sword-racks from whence each Brother arms himself before entering the lodge . The lodge-room itself is about 70 feet in length , 40 feet wide , and 40 from floor to

crown of arch , the arch or ceiling representing the cloudy canopy studded with tho usual Masonic emblems . A dais , with three steps , was in the East ; ou this was placed the Master ' s chair , which was covered by a canopy decorated

in a tasteful manner . Both Wardens were in the west , Orator on left of Master , Treasurer and Secretary on his ri ght , the Brethren boing placed on cushioned benches which rose in tiers on either side , leaving a space of about 10 feet up centre

of hall . Previous to entering , those who held certificates gavo them to the Secretary , were then subjected to a short examination , called upon to sign the lodgo-book , and then accepted as vouchers for those who had not brought their certificates .

Each visitor was then supplied with a medal ( one of which I enclose ) , and all were ushered into the lodge under an arch of steel . On entering I was invited , together with Bro . Mason , Past Grand Sword-bearer , Bro . Captain Bramble , and several other P . M . ' s , to tako our seats upon the dais .

After the opening ceremony , which was im-2 ) ressively performed by tho Master , ho welcomed the visitors to his lodgo , expressing the great pleasure it gave him to meet their French and English brethren that evening , and especially to

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see them muster in such goodly numbers . ( There were about eighty or ninety English Masons present . ) He then called upon" ? the Orator to deliver the " speech of welcome " to the visitors . This was done in the most eloquent manner . He spoke of Masonry as carrying its tenets to

the remotest corners of the world ; there was now a lodge in every city and town , and in every village one was sure to find a Brother , and , of course , a friend . He went on to say that in the lodge all met on the most perfect equality , for there was the only spot in which true freedom

could be found—freedom of thought , freedom of opinion . Masons were ever ready to help each other , and the only nationality they required in a lodge was that of Freemasonry . He welcomed the visitors — especially the English brethren , whom he congratulated upon the prosperity of the Order in England . He welcomed the whole

most heartily to Liege , hailed each by the sacred name of Brother , and asked them to remember that the brethren of Liege were extremely anxious to do all in their power to contribute to the comfort and amusement of their foreign brethren . Towards this purpose the Hall would be open daily from 7 a . m . till 9 p . m ., and brethren would be there to attend to the desires of the

visitors . Captain Irwin , the Adjutant of the Second Battalion of Volunteers at Liege , responded on the part of the English brethren . He thanked the Master , officers , and members of the lodge for the hospitable reception given to the visitors

that evening , and said that from the reception , given that day to the "Volunteers he fully expected the visitors to the lodge would be well received , but the reception given was far in excess of anything they anticipated . The English Masons fully reciprocated the sentiments

conveyed in the eloquent oration delivered by the Avorthy brother the Orator of the lod ge . They would carefully preserve the medals g iven to them that evening as mementoes of their reception by the Masons of Liege , and would not fail on their return to England , to lay before their

respective lodges an account of the fraternal reception they had met with ; and ho ( Capt . Irwin ) , with the Master ' s permission , would on his return home propose him as an honorary member of the lodge to which he belonged , and lie had little doubt that the Master ' s name would be

enthusiastically received by the brethren of Lodge No . 122 * 2 . Capt . Ivwm went on to say that it was well for Masons to visit the lodges of other countries in such large numbers as had met thero that evening , as it gave confidence and support to the Craft in both countries .

Bro . Mason , P . G . S . B ., then rose and thanked the brethren , on the part of tho London Masons , and suggested that , instead of tlie W . M . being appointed an honorary member of a local English lodge , the matter should bo referred to Grand

Lodge , who would doubtless tako satisfactory steps to do honour to tho W . M . After a few more speeches from different officers and visitors , the lodge was called from labour to refreshment .

I noticed with regret the absence of the Holy Volume from the lodge-room . There were no working tools or emblems as in our British and American lodges The refreshment hall , which appeared to be about 80 feet square , was laid out for upwards of 300 guests . The expenditure of champagne during

the evening was something wonderful . Tha health , of tho Bourgmestre , Bro . d' Andrimont , was drunk in tho most hearty manner , especially by the English brethren . Bro . d'Andrimont responded in a few well-chosen words . Iu responding to a subsequent toast , Bro . the Mayor d'Andrimont made a most eloquent speech , the substance of which I hopo to give you in a further com-, munication .

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