Ladies' Night Of The Lodge Of Temperance, No. 169.

LADIES' NIGHT OF THE LODGE OF TEMPERANCE , No . 169 .

The fourth annual banquet and musical evening in connection with this lodge took place at the Tower Bridge Hotel , Tooley-street , on the 22 nd ult ., and proved a great success . A reception was held at six p . m . by Bro . C . W . Cobon , VV . M ., and Mrs . Cobon . Among those present were the following : Bro . Wilmott , S . W ., and Mrs . Wilmott ; Bro . Burgin , J . W ., and Mrs . Burgin ; Bro . Woodland , I . G ., and Mrs . Woodland ; Bro . Cripps , I . P . M ., and Mrs . Cripps ; Bro . Best , P . M ., Sec , Mrs .

Best , and Miss Bond ; Bro . Wilton , P . M ., and Mrs . Wilton ; Bro . Johnson , P . M ., and Miss Johnson ; Bro . Murray , P . M ., and Mrs . Murray ; Bro . Boyd , P . M ., and Mrs . Boyd ; Bro . Gundry , P . M ., and Mrs . Gundry ; Bro . Nicholson and Mrs . Nicholson ; Bro . Savory and Mrs . Savory ; Bro . Mitchell and Mrs . Mitchell ;

Bro . Borthwick and Mrs . Borthwick ; Bro . Newman and Mrs . Newman ; Bro . Smith and Mrs . Smith ; Bro . Markham and Mrs . Markham ; Bro . Wenman and Mrs . Wenman ; Bro . Moss and Mrs . Moss ; Bro . Carpenter and Mrs . Carpenter ; Bro . Hawkins and Mrs . Hawkins ; Bros . Withycombe and Forder , Dr . Hall , Miss M . Glenn , Mr . G . Maud , and Mr . and Mrs . Burrows .

After the toasts of "The Queen , " "T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , and other members of the Royal Family , " " The Ladies " ( which was most eloquently responded to by Bro . TOM BEST , P . M ., Sec . ) , " The Visitors , " and " The Lodge of Temperance , " the company adjourned to the spacious Pillar Hall , where the musical part of the programme was carried out , and which lasted well into the small hours of the morning .

Among those who contributed to the success of this part ** of the programme , with the rendering of some few songs between the dances were : Mrs . Carpenter , Miss M . Glenn , Mr . Burrows , Mr . Geo . Renn , Mr . Geo . Maud , Bros . Wilton , P . M . ; Johnson , P . M . ; Smith , Hawkins , and Gurney Russell . Bro . Herbert Townsend was the accompanist . Bro . Brown , the proprietor , personally superintended the arrangements , which were carried out in a most efficient manner . Great credit is also due to the Stewards and to Bro . C . H . Nicholson , who acted as Hon . Sec .

An Oration.

AN ORATION .

At the consecration of the Addison Potter Chapter recently , in the Province of Northumberland , the following oration was delivered by the Prov . G . H ., Comp . the Rev . J * WALKER , Hon . Canon of Newcastle-on-Tyne . *—At our very first introduction to Masonry , we are told that it is a progressive science , and experience confirms the early jesson . Step by step we are taught to

think of the great problems of life's duties and responsibilities . Nor from beginning to end does Masonry ever permit us to forget that the character it aims at forming in the Brotherhood is not only for a temporary , but for an eternal existence . It will not be perfected even by the most devoted Mason in the present mode of our existence . There is a higher and more perfect sphere in which the life trained in the discipline of Masonry will

reach its full development and fruition . The lessons of Craft Masonry as they come to us in the several Degrees deal for the most part and ostensibly with the duties towards our fellow men , and of those duties under references to a Divine being who is the Architect of all created nature , designing in His wisdom , all distances , forces , and influences . He is the Great Geometrician whom nothing that can be weighed and measured of material and moral volume escapes . He is

the Final Judge with whom abides the great decision whether our lives are to be a continued and never ending approach towards moral perfection or whether we must reap the due reward of wilful negligences and disobedience in the final loss of love and happiness . Craft . Masonry makes Him known to us by His attributes and the revelation of His will as well in the Sacred volume , as in His works in the creation and preservation of nature . But Craft Masonry only suggests His

personality and does not reveal Him by a personal name . That is the peculiar oflice of Royal Arch Masonry and the advance we have made in our studies and the aim of our meditation is shown by the very first object , which arrests our attention as we enter a Royal Arch chapter and by the first observance , to which we are individually drawn , and even constrained , by the peculiar features and arrangements of the sacred enclosure . As soon as we pass

within the portals of a Royal Arch Chapter we encounter the mysterious symbol of the Divine Presence and Personality , the Name which reveals to us what God is in Himself , not only as He is relatively to the works of His hands and the objects of His providential care , but in His own essence and self existence . In a Craft lodge everything speaks to us of a brotherhood whose principles are found in the volume of the Sacred Law . But in the mysteries of Craft Masonry there are not

wanting the suggestions that there is a Great Father , personal and supreme , in whem arc gathered up all human relations and sympathies , in whom pity and compassion , benevolence and beneficence , have their highest exercise and manifestation , and that in due concord with Truth and Justice . VVe feel that something more is wanting—we wish to know and to call by name the All Father . Cratt Masonry leaves us with a conscious need ; Royal Arch Masonry reveals to

us that personal , sacred , and mysterious Name we have begun to desire , and in the Name there is revealed to us more clearly and definitely His Personality , His Majesty , power , glory , and eternity . That He is before all things and over all things , and in Him all things have their order and their form , and depend upon His will for their existence . Well are we taught to regard that name with awe , and to utter it with reverence and fear . VVe ,

perhaps only know it by its main features . We cannot be certain of its proper pronunciation , though we possess it doubtless in thc forms known to the two great families or races in whom and by whom in ancient days God chose to manifest Himself chiefly and personally ; the Jews whom He specially made the keepers of the Sacred Volume , the treasury of the Divine oracles , and the Chaldeans who knew him chidly through the works of I lis Hands , the order and

beauty of the universe . By this combination of the two forms of the Divine name we are taught lo recognise one only object of human study—one only will for our obedience and fear—one great Ruler , omnipotent , omnipresent , omniscient , whom all nature serves , whose revealed will is the touchstone for all moral actions , and by whom all men must be judged . Brethren , may Masonry in all its

branches flourish as well in the lodge room and chapter as in our hearts and lives , and may this the Addision Chapter continue in the ancient traditions . And in the lives of its members may all men see a practical illustration of the noble aims and pure aspirations of Masonry , loving obedience to God , compassionate service ¦ to men , loyalty to Queen and country !

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Honour and Generosity Lodge , No . 165-The ordinary February meeting of this old Iodge , was held on the 2 Sth ult ., at the Inns of Court Hotel , London , Bro . Alfred P . Crabb , W . M ., presiding . The other brethren present were Bros . F . E . Rosher , I . P . M . ; F . H . Rosher , S . W . ; John Woodhouse , J . W . ; J . W . H . Thompson , P . M ., Treas . ; Henry Times , P . M ., Sec . ; Godfrey Sykes , S . D . j W . Marcus Thompson , I . G . ; A . W . Bush , P . M . ; F . T .

Baggallay , P . M . ; C . H . Simmons , W . C . Hulbert , B . B . Van Praagh , H . Bearman , H . W . Clarkson , J . VV . Ellis , and F . Barrallier Thompson . The visitors were : Bros , Alfred Love , P . M . 1791 ; F . Ford , 2032 ; Herbert Grover , 2323 ; Daniel T . Tudor , 176 ; J . H . Ford , 2032 ; F . H . Cheesewright , P . M . 907 ; W . A . Piggott , P . M . 1670 ; H . _ Massey , P . M . G 19 and 192 S ; H . Wharton Wells , W . M . 94 C ; and W . F . Cheesewright , 907 .

Bro . Francis Barrallier Thompson was passed to the Second Degree by the W . M ., who also gave the explanation of the tracing board . Afterwards he initiated Mr . Frank Samuel Gaylor . The brethren subsequently partook of an elegant banquet , and honoured the customary toasts , between which the company was entertained with some beautiful singing by Bros . F . H . and VV . F . Cheesewright , and Bro . Herbert Grover . Bro . F . E . Rosher . I . P . M ., proposed " The W . M . "

Bro . Crabb , VV . M ., thanked the brethren for drinking the toast , and then proposed "The I . P . M . and the P . Ms , ofthe Lodge . " All the brethen , he said , knew that there was a great deal of work done in connection with a lodge which did not come under the observation of the ordinary members . This was done by the P . Ms ., and it was of invaluable assistance to the lodge ; in fact , if it were not for the P . Ms , a lodge could not go on . In this lodge a great deal of this work fell on Bro . Times , the Secretary , and Bro . J . VV . H . Thompson , the Treasurer . They had to see the manager of the hotel

frequently , so that everything should be provided for the comfort and enjoyment of the members of the lodge when they met , and it was due to these brethren to say that to them , as well as the manager of the hotel , thebrethren were so well provided for this evening . He hoped they all felt better for their dinner . Bro . A . VV . Bush , P . M ., who was called upon to reply , said he did not know why , because Bros . Thompson and Times had done so much , ! while he had done nothing With regard to the comtort of the brethren and Bro . Bush ' s remark as to their feeling

better than they did when they came in , for himse ' . f he might say he did , and it would be a vety poor dinner if they did not feel better after partaking of it than before . Bro . J . W . H . Thompson , P . M ., Treas ., proposed " The Initiate , " and said it had been stated by one of the greatest cynics of the 19 th century , that there were three ages of man—youth and folly , manhood and struggle , and old age and regret . If there was one thing more than another in the world which went to prove the fallacy of such a proposition it was Freemasonry . Freemasonry was a very great power for good ; it helped

a man to higher things and made him feel that there were a great many to live for in the world besides himself ; it taught the utility of unselfishness , proper , manly unselfishness . It taught many other things ; it taught friendship . A philosopher said 2000 years ago they seem to takeaway the sunlight from the world who withdraw friendship from life —for we have received nothing from the immortal gods more delightful . If Freemasonry was famous for anything it was for friendship . With such ideas as those words

impressed on the minds of all , it was his pleasing duty to bid a right hearty welcome to the newly-made brother , who had come into a great Order , a popular Order , and an Order that stood well in that country and many other countries . If Freemasonry was properly understood by the initiate it would be a great advantage and benefit to him in life , and when he looked back at the third age he ( Bro . Thompson ) had hinted at he would be glad he entered Freemasonry , and he would know that the principles and precepts of Freemasonry had taught him to look up to other things in life .

Bro . F . S . Gaylor , in acknowledging the toast , said he was extremely gratified with the very kind manner he had been received , and especially with the charming way in which his health had been proposed by Bro . Thompson , who need offer no apology , for the toast could scarcely have been submitted more suitably or in aptei * words . it not infrequently happened when one anticipated something , the happening of which was to be an epoch in his life , he found that his forecast had been far from correct . There had been occasions in the lives of all of them when they

had looked forward with equanimity to what was to happen , and when their expectations had not been at all realised . His ideas of Freemasonry were of a most crude and shadowy description , but what he had seen that day had told him that the ideas such as he had were almost all of them without foundation , and certainly all of them were erroneous . He anticipated that the ceremony would be of an interesting character , but he did not expect to take part in a ceremony at once so beautiful and so impressive , and he was deeply moved by what he saw and the proceedings in which he

took part . Bro . Thompson had said that perhaps the fundamental idea of Freemasonry was brotherhood . They had heard a great deal about peace being established among the nations of the world . Without at all attempting to discuss that subject , it seemed to him that thc only solution would be not the holding of the conferences , but inculculating in men ' s hearts the charitable feelings which were the fundamental doctrines of Freemasonry , that was the millennium which every man ought to hope for ; it was only to be brought about by remodelling men ' s aspirations , dispositions , and character , that

this was to be done ; and even if this was only a dream , Freemasons would resolve to go on as they had gone on under the conscientious belief that it was their duty to their neighbour . He was not at all unmindful of the grandeur of the ceremony he had gone through , he appreciated it to the full , and as far as in him lay should do everything in his power to be worthy of the great honour that had been conferred upon him by his initiation in the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Freemasons . ( Applause . ) Bro . VV . Marcus Thompson , I . G ., proposed "The Visitors . " In the lodge a

discussion took place which would lead visitors to believe the lodge were throwing cold water upon themselves , and that the biethren were not going to have much enjoyment , and that this was rather curious in a lodge which called itself Honour and Generosity . Subsequent proceedings would lead the visitors to believe that a little trick was tried to be played upon them . The lodge was bound to live up to its title , and yet the visitors had , so to speak , been asked not to expect too much . Although the lodge had somewhat depreciated what they were going to give the visitors , and the J . W . had acted his part

to perfection in just now getting up and saying in the presence of those who were experts in thc art of dining , that he had fed fairly well that evening , he ( Bro . W . M . Thompson ) thought the lodge had entertained thc guests admirably . ( Hear , hjar . ) In the first place , * had they seen in their visits so admirable , while so young , a W . M . ? That in itself was a measure of entertainment and pleasure . It was also an exemplification of

what Freemasonry really was—it had no distinction of persons—the youngest and humblest might aspire to the highest offices . The W . M . had performed all the work most perfectly . The music of Bros . Cheesewright and Herbert Grover had been charming . The attractions altogether had been great , and included in that he must not omit to mention the speeches which had been delivered by the Treasurer and by the initiate .

Bros . Cheesewright , Wells , Ford , Love , and Piggott responded , and Bros . Van Prough and Rosher replied on behalf of " The Ollicers . " Thc proceedings closed with the Tyler ' s toast .

Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192-The installation m-jeting of this ancient lolge , h ** ld at thc Cannon-street Hotel on the 2 nd inst ., was an inducement for the following large and influential gathering of brethren and visitors to witness the proceedings : Bros . John G . Robeson , VV . M . ; F . R . VV . Hedges , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . G . j G . Rawlinson , P . M . 1 O 57 ; Rupert Smyth , VV . M . 1657 ; Tidman , P . M . 266 .- ; William Baker , I . P . M . j J . G . Marsh , P . M . ; G . Abbott , P . M . ; James Akers , W . M . 55 ; II . Legge , P . M . Sec ; C . Garton , P . M . ; VV . II . Grigg , 2 M 5 ; Arthur B . HuJson , P . M . 1057 ; S . Rippin , A . J . Rippin , J . D .

C . Evans , i . | 2 i ; J . R . Johnson , P . M . 2005 , P . P . G . D . Essex ; Jones , Fishleigh , Lockett , Stwd . ; Chatterton , P . M . S 79 , Org . ; T . Stokes , S . VV . ; F . Newman , 1310 ; Francis , C . Thompson , 2374 ; Pierson , G . Chillingworth , 122 S ; Ward , A . I . Allen , 2 Ci \ 2 ; T . VV . Bamford , 2632 ; VVilliams , A . Williams , 2631 ; Hipwell , A . Millbourn I U . 1237 ; VV . M . Graham , VV . M . elect fis ; T . VV . Hyde , 299 ; G . Wetton , Collins ' VV . M . Sherring , 1 O 19 ; Meers , Bayley , Roche , l . G . ; Crawshaw , J . Smith , P . M . ' D . C ; E . Nelson Hole , 2391 ; Taylor , Davies , Thomson , Welch , Lloyd , T . Deta cou rt Woodhouse , 704 ; Farr , J . Miller , S 79 ; Mullins , S . D . 211 ; Brown , I . P . M