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On The Present Position And Future Prospects Of The Craft In Scotland.
ON THE PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE CRAFT IN SCOTLAND .
( FROM A CORRESPONDENT . ) The Institution to which we of the present age belong •snrung ( as doubtless most of our readers are aware ) f m what in the olden time was a body composed entirely f men wil 0 were actually Masons , and who earned their their skill in thc of thc mal
lailv bread by manipulation - let and chisel . When , in the seventeenth century , there began to be admitted within its pale those who were other than members of the craft operatively , these were gentlemen who occupied either the highest positions in society , or had rendered their names famous in their country ' s history by their
gallant deeds in times of war , or their chivalrous conduct in times of peace . Then , when there had sprung into existence the institution known in every corner of the world as Freemasonry , and its founders among us had placed at its head as Grand Master the great St . Clair of Roslyn , what a galaxy of noble , talented men stood around him , able and willing to advise and to support him . Then were the
days of the glories of Freemasonry ; then lived the men who were determined to make the name " Freemason " respected wherever it was heard , and , all honour be to their memories , they succeeded . But as time passed on and the strictness of the regulations regarding a man ' s qualifications for admission into its lodges was relaxed , there began to creep into the
fraternity men whom it would have been better without , and who , by their behaviour , degraded the name of the Craft . At one memorable period in the history of its progress in Scotland it was very nearly threatened with annihilation , as one of the consequences of a disgraceful trial for libel , but , though thrown under a cloud for a time , the tenets of the Order soon again began to assert their worth , and it
was not long ere it had regained all it had lost , nnd had increased mightily in the public esteem . No society so honourable ; no institution so much respected . At a time when the fires of revolution blazed throughout continental Europe , and their terrible fury caused nations to shake to their centres , when it was feared their seductive
influences might take a too powerful hold on our own countrymen—when Chartism was not a myth but a reality , and troublous times were looming ominously on the horizon of the political sky—the enemies of the Craft thought that Freemasonry had received its death blow when the bill was introduced which denounced all secret societies
as illegal , and made all secret conclaves liable to be entered upon by the officers of the law , owing to their likelihood to be treasonable . But here the purity of its teachings , and the well-known fact that not even an allusion to politics was allowable inside its lodges , stood it in good stead and saved it . Nay , when the bill became law , it alone was found to be
excluded , and when consternation prevailed among thc members of the other associations , and their meetings were deserted , its members met in their accustomed places , secure and safe from interruption or intrusion . Since that time the numbers of our brotherhood have gone on increasing wonderfully , and the stain which even but lately was attached to our name has gradually but effectively
been effaced . The position which Freemasonry occupies presently , not only in Scotland , but throughout the whole world , when contrasted with that of any other body , be it social , religious , or political , is not only second to none , but preeminently and conspicuously foremost . Freemasons have reason to congratulate themselves upon the fact that this is the case , and to be thankful to those who have striven
nobly and well to bring about such a successful issue . And who are these last ? First , our Grand Masters and the office-bearers of their respective Grand Lodges , and after them the managing committees of our Provincial Grand Lodges . We are all agreed that for many years the work in our Grand and Provincial Grand Lodges has been carried on in a most business-like manner . The members of the various
committees have not confined themselves to talking only , but have gone about the discharge of their duties in such a manner as to merit the commendation of all rightminded men . The visiting committees of our Provincial Grand Lodges deserve our special thanks . They go here and there and everywhere in their provinces , looking after our lodges , just as if they would accept no evidence as to good conduct or bad save and only that of their own
senses , and we know that they are quite as ready to censure ( but always kindly , and animated by a true spirit of Masonry ) where blame is due , as they are to commend , and they are not slow to do that wliere praise is due . Then again , sec how our Grand Lodge office-bearers attend to their duties , and what a lively interest they take in the welfare of the Craft . It is no sinecure holding office in the Grand Lodge , but though the amount of work entailed be great , our Grand Master and his office-bearers do not
seem to shrink from it . But we live in an age of progress , and , having achieved great results , we are not disposed to sit idling our time or lazily to cry " Content , content ; let us leave well alone . " If we had been we would still be travelling in stage coaches on the land ; we would still be taking months instead of weeks for our voyages on the sea ; and we would never have encompassed the earth with
that magic wire to the furthest extremities of which we can Hash our thoughts with the speed of the lightning . The position of thc Craft in Scotland is eminently satis' * ° ry , but though it be so that is no reason why we s « ould desist from our efforts to make its influences even
more widel y felt and to raise its standing still higher . We are very hopeful of the future . The march of intel-<* t and the consequent advancement of the arts and ciences received , we believe , a great impetus when the ompulsory Education Bill was passed . Thcre lies one of our pes . What are we to expect from this act as regards idsonry ? wise counsellors , firm , cautious rulers , and
On The Present Position And Future Prospects Of The Craft In Scotland.
intelligent members . These are what are wanted , because in many cases we have them not , and these will be what we will have . There is too much ignorance amongst us ; there is too much lethargy amongst us . How many are there , who , having taken the various obligations of their initiatory degrees , attend the meetings of their respective lodges with the most unvarying regularity , and think , each one of
them , " I am doing my duty ; this is Freemasonry ; this is all my obligations require of me . " Arc these men right ? Emphatically , no ! They are wrong ; totally , miserably wrong . That is not their duty , that is not Freemasonry , that is not fulfilling the requirements of their obligations . As well might we say that thc whole duty of a soldier is to become expert in his drill or quick in his motions , or
of a lawyer to become learned in the law . There is something more required of the soldier—to defend and protect the interests of his native country by keeping its enemies at bay ; there is something more required of the lawyerto exercise his learning , in order that the guilty may be punished and the innocent protected . So is there something more required of the Freemason . He is to be the
perpetual enemy of immortality of crime , or of evil of any sort ; he is to assist the weak ; to aid in alleviating human suffering and misery wheresoever found , to bestow his charity and compassion on all possible occasions on the deserving and the needy ; to extend the right hand of fellowship to the stranger , to minister to his wants , and make him feel himself among brethren ; he is to be as
careful of his neighbours' good names as he would have them b £ of his—in a word , he is ever to be on the side of truth , mercy , and justice , and so to order his walk and conversation as to live in the favour of God and man . That is Freemasonry ; that is his duty ; that is what his obligations require of him . How we pray that this is what the future will bring us , and that the time will soon be
when simply to say of a man " He is a Freemason , will be quite sufficient to afford us such an insight into his character as will enable us to trust him implicitly . It is not on our Grand Master nor on our Grand or Provincial Grand Lodges that our future prospects of success depend . It is on each and every member of our ' comraon fraternity . From the moment of his initiation a sacred
duty devolves upon the initiate . The welfare of the Craft is entrusted to his keeping , and there is not one amongst us whose position is so humble or obscure that he cannot cither add to its lustre and its reputation or assist in tarnishing its time-honoured name . That a future lies before us , the glories of which shall eclipse all the glories of the past , we are not slow to believe , but to bring this about we must work . And in
working we have many noble examples to look up to . See what an interest the late Lord Dalhousie took in the Craft , and how he spent a large part of a long lifetime in endeavouring to promote its welfare . How devoted to the work was our last Grand Master , the Earl of Rosslyn , and have we not a Grand Master presently in the person of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , whose reign promises to stand out conspicuously as one during which the Craft has flourished .
" Lives of great men all remind us We should make our lives sublime , And , departing , leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time . " We must work , and work hard too . It is not three oars going in a four-oared boat that we want , but all four swinging merrily and heartily together . It is not big talk
and little work , but big work and little talk . See , the sun is already peeping out upon us , and soon we may be basking in its glorious rays if we can only remove the clouds . Let us remove our Masonic clouds , and we shall see the fruits of our labour springing uparound us like the plants in thc tropics . Let us bend our backs to the oars , let us put our shoulders to the wheel , let us strain every
nerve for the attainment of our common object—that of raising still higher the status of the Craft ; and rest assured that if we do so we shall ultimately be rewarded with that grand prize of perseverance—success . But in all our doings let us never be forgetful that there isoneaboveus , one who sits on the great throne of the Grand
Lodge on high , noting all our actions here below , and let us so work " That to perfection's sacred height We nearer still may rise , And all wc think , and all we do , Be pleasing in His eyes . " X . Y . Z .
Freemasonry In India.
FREEMASONRY IN INDIA .
KEYSTONE CHAPTER ( NO . 757 ) held its installation convocation at the Masonic Hall , Mazagon , Bombay , on Monday , the 12 th July , when there were present M . Ex . Comps . Alexr . McKenzie , P . Z . ; C . E . Mitchell , P . P . Z ., as P . M . ; V . Ex . Comps . G . R . Henderson , P . J . ; A . Edginton , P . P . Z . ; H . J . P . Thompson , P . P . Z . ; W . H .
Hussey , P . P . Z . ;; Ex . Comp . F . S . Lewellin , acting S . E . ; Comp . R . Cooper , as S . N . j Ex . Comp . W . C . Rowe , P . S ., who has held this post for four consecutive years ; and Comps . Dr . De Tatham , First Asst ., and W . Richardson , Second Asst . Sojourners ; J . W . Seager , Janitor , and a large attendance of companions . Thc chapter was opened in due form with prayer at 6 . 30
p . m ., and the minutes of the last convocation and permanent committee were read and confirmed . The business of the evening was to install the Principals elect , Comps . ; ' R . G . Henderson , W . C . Rowe , and H . W . Barrow , and the other officers of the chapter . The M . E . P . Z . then requested all the companions below
the rank of an installed Principal , with the exception ofthe Principals elect , to retire from the chapter , when Comps . G . R . Henderson was installed P . Z . ; W . C . Rowe , P . H ., and H . W . Barrow , P . J ., and the companions were then admitted , and M . Ex . P . Z . invested the following companions : —F . S . Lewellen , S . E . ; R . Cooper , S . N . j Dr . De Tatham , P . S . ; and Ex . Comt > . P , S , nominated ,
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Comps . B . Robinson , First Asst ., and W . Richardson , Second Asst . Sojourners . M . Ex . Comp . A . Edginton then proposed that a P . P . Z . jewel be voted by the chapter to M . Ex . Comp . Alexr . McKenzie for the services he had rendered to the chapter , which was carried by an unanimous vote . M . Ex . Comp . McKenzie then thanked the companions in feeling terms for their kindness in recognizing
his past services to thc chapter , but said he must take this opportunity of thanking the past officers of the chapter for the assistance they had given him by attending to their duties in thc way they had done during the past year , and stated that at any time he should be most happy to give his services to the chapter whenever they might require them . Comps . G . R . Henderson , W . C . Rowe , and I-I . W .
Barrow then returned thanks to the companions for electing them to the high offices , and said they would endeavour to perform their duties to the best of their ability , to maintain and uphold the high name the chapter has held in the district for its working . M . Ex . Comp . A . Edginton said he had read with pleasure in the last number of the " Masonic Record " the
announcement of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales being installed as G . P . Z . in the Grand Chapter of England on the 3 rd of May last , and proposed that the chapter record the great satisfaction this has given to all English R . A . Masons in the district , which was seconded by M . Ex . Comp . Mc-Kenzie , and carried with applause . The sum of Rs . 50 was voted to the Janitor , he being out of employment , which was ordered to be paid to him at
once . V . Ex . Comp . H . W . Barrow proposed , and V . Ex . Comp . W . C . Rowe seconded , that Comps . Dr . De Tatham , B . Robinson , and C . Tudball , be elected as members of the Permanent Committee , which was carried unanimously by the companions of the chapter . V . Ex . Comp . W . C . Rowe proposed , and V . Ex . Comp . H . W . Barrow seconded , Comp . T . Council as a joining member . Comp .
tlie Rev . C . Gilder signed the Grand Chapter certificate and received the same . M . E . P . Z . then requested Ex . Comp . S . E . to enter the names of the companions that had passed the ballot , lo be placed on the next summons for installation at the next meeting . There being na further work before the chapter , it was closed in solemn form at 8 . 30 p . m ., the newly installed P . S . giving the closing charge in a most impressive manner .
LODGE CONCORD ( No . 757 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held in the Freemasons' Hall , Mazagon , on Saturday , the ijth fuly , 1875 . Present : —W . Bros . W . C . Rowe , W . M . ; G . R . Henderson , I . P . M . ; B . Robinson , P . M . ; F . Burdett , as S . W . ; F . S . Llewellyn , as J . W . ; O . Tomlinson , Sec . ; J . Spiers , S . D . ; W . G . Davie , J . D . ; J . E . Syers , Org . ; J . F . Grew , Steward ; S . Thomas , I . G . ;
J . W . Seager , Tyler . Members : —Bros . A . Edginton , P . M . ; W . Fearn , I . H . Burrett , W . E . Craddock ; W . W . Wilson , J . Weddle , J . Middleton , J . Jones , & c . Visitors : —Bros . Thomas Connsell , W . M . IIOO J E . C . Mitchell , P . M . 944 j A . McKenzie , P . M . 944 ; H . W . Barrows , P . M . 944 ; W . J . Wilkinson , W . Grant , Rev . C . Gilder , J . Holland , G . Claridge , J . Watkins , J . O . Weeks ,
G . Parker , R . O . Kershaw , J . Hartley , E . Ludhall , W . Waring , & c . The lodge was opened with prayer at 7 p . m . The summons convening the meeting was read . The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . The minutes of the last meeting of the Permanent Committee were read and adopted . The ballot was then taken for Bro . Emanuel Lucas , of Lodge Corinth , No .
1122 , E . G ., as a joining member , and announced clear . One gentleman was then ballotted for as a candidate for initiation , and announced duly elected . The W . Master then said , as there was no work before the lodge , he proposed to deliver an address " On the Solicitation and Selection of Candidates for Freemasonry , " which he did in his usual masterly style . Some delicate points were treated in
such a manner as to surprise most , if not all , present , and evidently to the Satisfaction of all , for on the completion of the address he was warmly applauded . The application of Bro . J . W . Seager , Tyler , for assistance ( he having been a long time out of employment ) was then laid before the lodge , and Bro . F . S . Llewellyn proposed and Bro . J . Weddle seconded , that the sum of fifty rupees be voted
from the lodge funds to Bro . J . W . Seager ( carried ) . The resignation of one brother was then read , and accepted with regret . All dues fully paid up . A letter was read from D . G . Secretary , acknowledging receipt of the returns for the half year ending June 30 th , 1875 , together with a cheque for the amount due for the same . All members present who had not signed the new bye-laws were then
requested by the W . M . to do so , and signed and received a copy of the new bye-laws accordingly . Bro . G . R . Henderson , I . P . M ., then proposed , and Bro . W . C . Rowe , W . Master , seconded , that 100 rupees be given from the charity fund of the lodge to the European General Hospital fund ( carried unanimously ) . The meeting then accorded a vote of thanks to the W . Master for the address
he had delivered , and asked him to allow thc same to be printed . The W . Master accorded his sanction to hand his manuscript copy of the address to his bro . Secretary , to be forwarded , with the proceedings of this meeting , to the " Masonic Record , " as the work done in the lodge during this evening , hut would not agree to its being printed as a separate address . The W . Master then proposed , and Bro . G . R . Henderson , I . P . M ., seconded , that a "
subscription box " be made and placed outside the lodge on lodge meeting nights , for any brother who chose to subscribe his mite to the Masonic Benevolent Institutions , and suggested the amount so collected during the year be brought to the notice of the lodge every regular December meeting , and that it be then decided which benevolent institution the amount so subscribed be voted to . Bro . E . Lucas then proposed , and Bro . B . Robinson , P . M ., seconded , Dr . Gregson de Cuna as candidate for initiation ,
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On The Present Position And Future Prospects Of The Craft In Scotland.
ON THE PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE CRAFT IN SCOTLAND .
( FROM A CORRESPONDENT . ) The Institution to which we of the present age belong •snrung ( as doubtless most of our readers are aware ) f m what in the olden time was a body composed entirely f men wil 0 were actually Masons , and who earned their their skill in thc of thc mal
lailv bread by manipulation - let and chisel . When , in the seventeenth century , there began to be admitted within its pale those who were other than members of the craft operatively , these were gentlemen who occupied either the highest positions in society , or had rendered their names famous in their country ' s history by their
gallant deeds in times of war , or their chivalrous conduct in times of peace . Then , when there had sprung into existence the institution known in every corner of the world as Freemasonry , and its founders among us had placed at its head as Grand Master the great St . Clair of Roslyn , what a galaxy of noble , talented men stood around him , able and willing to advise and to support him . Then were the
days of the glories of Freemasonry ; then lived the men who were determined to make the name " Freemason " respected wherever it was heard , and , all honour be to their memories , they succeeded . But as time passed on and the strictness of the regulations regarding a man ' s qualifications for admission into its lodges was relaxed , there began to creep into the
fraternity men whom it would have been better without , and who , by their behaviour , degraded the name of the Craft . At one memorable period in the history of its progress in Scotland it was very nearly threatened with annihilation , as one of the consequences of a disgraceful trial for libel , but , though thrown under a cloud for a time , the tenets of the Order soon again began to assert their worth , and it
was not long ere it had regained all it had lost , nnd had increased mightily in the public esteem . No society so honourable ; no institution so much respected . At a time when the fires of revolution blazed throughout continental Europe , and their terrible fury caused nations to shake to their centres , when it was feared their seductive
influences might take a too powerful hold on our own countrymen—when Chartism was not a myth but a reality , and troublous times were looming ominously on the horizon of the political sky—the enemies of the Craft thought that Freemasonry had received its death blow when the bill was introduced which denounced all secret societies
as illegal , and made all secret conclaves liable to be entered upon by the officers of the law , owing to their likelihood to be treasonable . But here the purity of its teachings , and the well-known fact that not even an allusion to politics was allowable inside its lodges , stood it in good stead and saved it . Nay , when the bill became law , it alone was found to be
excluded , and when consternation prevailed among thc members of the other associations , and their meetings were deserted , its members met in their accustomed places , secure and safe from interruption or intrusion . Since that time the numbers of our brotherhood have gone on increasing wonderfully , and the stain which even but lately was attached to our name has gradually but effectively
been effaced . The position which Freemasonry occupies presently , not only in Scotland , but throughout the whole world , when contrasted with that of any other body , be it social , religious , or political , is not only second to none , but preeminently and conspicuously foremost . Freemasons have reason to congratulate themselves upon the fact that this is the case , and to be thankful to those who have striven
nobly and well to bring about such a successful issue . And who are these last ? First , our Grand Masters and the office-bearers of their respective Grand Lodges , and after them the managing committees of our Provincial Grand Lodges . We are all agreed that for many years the work in our Grand and Provincial Grand Lodges has been carried on in a most business-like manner . The members of the various
committees have not confined themselves to talking only , but have gone about the discharge of their duties in such a manner as to merit the commendation of all rightminded men . The visiting committees of our Provincial Grand Lodges deserve our special thanks . They go here and there and everywhere in their provinces , looking after our lodges , just as if they would accept no evidence as to good conduct or bad save and only that of their own
senses , and we know that they are quite as ready to censure ( but always kindly , and animated by a true spirit of Masonry ) where blame is due , as they are to commend , and they are not slow to do that wliere praise is due . Then again , sec how our Grand Lodge office-bearers attend to their duties , and what a lively interest they take in the welfare of the Craft . It is no sinecure holding office in the Grand Lodge , but though the amount of work entailed be great , our Grand Master and his office-bearers do not
seem to shrink from it . But we live in an age of progress , and , having achieved great results , we are not disposed to sit idling our time or lazily to cry " Content , content ; let us leave well alone . " If we had been we would still be travelling in stage coaches on the land ; we would still be taking months instead of weeks for our voyages on the sea ; and we would never have encompassed the earth with
that magic wire to the furthest extremities of which we can Hash our thoughts with the speed of the lightning . The position of thc Craft in Scotland is eminently satis' * ° ry , but though it be so that is no reason why we s « ould desist from our efforts to make its influences even
more widel y felt and to raise its standing still higher . We are very hopeful of the future . The march of intel-<* t and the consequent advancement of the arts and ciences received , we believe , a great impetus when the ompulsory Education Bill was passed . Thcre lies one of our pes . What are we to expect from this act as regards idsonry ? wise counsellors , firm , cautious rulers , and
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intelligent members . These are what are wanted , because in many cases we have them not , and these will be what we will have . There is too much ignorance amongst us ; there is too much lethargy amongst us . How many are there , who , having taken the various obligations of their initiatory degrees , attend the meetings of their respective lodges with the most unvarying regularity , and think , each one of
them , " I am doing my duty ; this is Freemasonry ; this is all my obligations require of me . " Arc these men right ? Emphatically , no ! They are wrong ; totally , miserably wrong . That is not their duty , that is not Freemasonry , that is not fulfilling the requirements of their obligations . As well might we say that thc whole duty of a soldier is to become expert in his drill or quick in his motions , or
of a lawyer to become learned in the law . There is something more required of the soldier—to defend and protect the interests of his native country by keeping its enemies at bay ; there is something more required of the lawyerto exercise his learning , in order that the guilty may be punished and the innocent protected . So is there something more required of the Freemason . He is to be the
perpetual enemy of immortality of crime , or of evil of any sort ; he is to assist the weak ; to aid in alleviating human suffering and misery wheresoever found , to bestow his charity and compassion on all possible occasions on the deserving and the needy ; to extend the right hand of fellowship to the stranger , to minister to his wants , and make him feel himself among brethren ; he is to be as
careful of his neighbours' good names as he would have them b £ of his—in a word , he is ever to be on the side of truth , mercy , and justice , and so to order his walk and conversation as to live in the favour of God and man . That is Freemasonry ; that is his duty ; that is what his obligations require of him . How we pray that this is what the future will bring us , and that the time will soon be
when simply to say of a man " He is a Freemason , will be quite sufficient to afford us such an insight into his character as will enable us to trust him implicitly . It is not on our Grand Master nor on our Grand or Provincial Grand Lodges that our future prospects of success depend . It is on each and every member of our ' comraon fraternity . From the moment of his initiation a sacred
duty devolves upon the initiate . The welfare of the Craft is entrusted to his keeping , and there is not one amongst us whose position is so humble or obscure that he cannot cither add to its lustre and its reputation or assist in tarnishing its time-honoured name . That a future lies before us , the glories of which shall eclipse all the glories of the past , we are not slow to believe , but to bring this about we must work . And in
working we have many noble examples to look up to . See what an interest the late Lord Dalhousie took in the Craft , and how he spent a large part of a long lifetime in endeavouring to promote its welfare . How devoted to the work was our last Grand Master , the Earl of Rosslyn , and have we not a Grand Master presently in the person of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , whose reign promises to stand out conspicuously as one during which the Craft has flourished .
" Lives of great men all remind us We should make our lives sublime , And , departing , leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time . " We must work , and work hard too . It is not three oars going in a four-oared boat that we want , but all four swinging merrily and heartily together . It is not big talk
and little work , but big work and little talk . See , the sun is already peeping out upon us , and soon we may be basking in its glorious rays if we can only remove the clouds . Let us remove our Masonic clouds , and we shall see the fruits of our labour springing uparound us like the plants in thc tropics . Let us bend our backs to the oars , let us put our shoulders to the wheel , let us strain every
nerve for the attainment of our common object—that of raising still higher the status of the Craft ; and rest assured that if we do so we shall ultimately be rewarded with that grand prize of perseverance—success . But in all our doings let us never be forgetful that there isoneaboveus , one who sits on the great throne of the Grand
Lodge on high , noting all our actions here below , and let us so work " That to perfection's sacred height We nearer still may rise , And all wc think , and all we do , Be pleasing in His eyes . " X . Y . Z .
Freemasonry In India.
FREEMASONRY IN INDIA .
KEYSTONE CHAPTER ( NO . 757 ) held its installation convocation at the Masonic Hall , Mazagon , Bombay , on Monday , the 12 th July , when there were present M . Ex . Comps . Alexr . McKenzie , P . Z . ; C . E . Mitchell , P . P . Z ., as P . M . ; V . Ex . Comps . G . R . Henderson , P . J . ; A . Edginton , P . P . Z . ; H . J . P . Thompson , P . P . Z . ; W . H .
Hussey , P . P . Z . ;; Ex . Comp . F . S . Lewellin , acting S . E . ; Comp . R . Cooper , as S . N . j Ex . Comp . W . C . Rowe , P . S ., who has held this post for four consecutive years ; and Comps . Dr . De Tatham , First Asst ., and W . Richardson , Second Asst . Sojourners ; J . W . Seager , Janitor , and a large attendance of companions . Thc chapter was opened in due form with prayer at 6 . 30
p . m ., and the minutes of the last convocation and permanent committee were read and confirmed . The business of the evening was to install the Principals elect , Comps . ; ' R . G . Henderson , W . C . Rowe , and H . W . Barrow , and the other officers of the chapter . The M . E . P . Z . then requested all the companions below
the rank of an installed Principal , with the exception ofthe Principals elect , to retire from the chapter , when Comps . G . R . Henderson was installed P . Z . ; W . C . Rowe , P . H ., and H . W . Barrow , P . J ., and the companions were then admitted , and M . Ex . P . Z . invested the following companions : —F . S . Lewellen , S . E . ; R . Cooper , S . N . j Dr . De Tatham , P . S . ; and Ex . Comt > . P , S , nominated ,
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Comps . B . Robinson , First Asst ., and W . Richardson , Second Asst . Sojourners . M . Ex . Comp . A . Edginton then proposed that a P . P . Z . jewel be voted by the chapter to M . Ex . Comp . Alexr . McKenzie for the services he had rendered to the chapter , which was carried by an unanimous vote . M . Ex . Comp . McKenzie then thanked the companions in feeling terms for their kindness in recognizing
his past services to thc chapter , but said he must take this opportunity of thanking the past officers of the chapter for the assistance they had given him by attending to their duties in thc way they had done during the past year , and stated that at any time he should be most happy to give his services to the chapter whenever they might require them . Comps . G . R . Henderson , W . C . Rowe , and I-I . W .
Barrow then returned thanks to the companions for electing them to the high offices , and said they would endeavour to perform their duties to the best of their ability , to maintain and uphold the high name the chapter has held in the district for its working . M . Ex . Comp . A . Edginton said he had read with pleasure in the last number of the " Masonic Record " the
announcement of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales being installed as G . P . Z . in the Grand Chapter of England on the 3 rd of May last , and proposed that the chapter record the great satisfaction this has given to all English R . A . Masons in the district , which was seconded by M . Ex . Comp . Mc-Kenzie , and carried with applause . The sum of Rs . 50 was voted to the Janitor , he being out of employment , which was ordered to be paid to him at
once . V . Ex . Comp . H . W . Barrow proposed , and V . Ex . Comp . W . C . Rowe seconded , that Comps . Dr . De Tatham , B . Robinson , and C . Tudball , be elected as members of the Permanent Committee , which was carried unanimously by the companions of the chapter . V . Ex . Comp . W . C . Rowe proposed , and V . Ex . Comp . H . W . Barrow seconded , Comp . T . Council as a joining member . Comp .
tlie Rev . C . Gilder signed the Grand Chapter certificate and received the same . M . E . P . Z . then requested Ex . Comp . S . E . to enter the names of the companions that had passed the ballot , lo be placed on the next summons for installation at the next meeting . There being na further work before the chapter , it was closed in solemn form at 8 . 30 p . m ., the newly installed P . S . giving the closing charge in a most impressive manner .
LODGE CONCORD ( No . 757 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held in the Freemasons' Hall , Mazagon , on Saturday , the ijth fuly , 1875 . Present : —W . Bros . W . C . Rowe , W . M . ; G . R . Henderson , I . P . M . ; B . Robinson , P . M . ; F . Burdett , as S . W . ; F . S . Llewellyn , as J . W . ; O . Tomlinson , Sec . ; J . Spiers , S . D . ; W . G . Davie , J . D . ; J . E . Syers , Org . ; J . F . Grew , Steward ; S . Thomas , I . G . ;
J . W . Seager , Tyler . Members : —Bros . A . Edginton , P . M . ; W . Fearn , I . H . Burrett , W . E . Craddock ; W . W . Wilson , J . Weddle , J . Middleton , J . Jones , & c . Visitors : —Bros . Thomas Connsell , W . M . IIOO J E . C . Mitchell , P . M . 944 j A . McKenzie , P . M . 944 ; H . W . Barrows , P . M . 944 ; W . J . Wilkinson , W . Grant , Rev . C . Gilder , J . Holland , G . Claridge , J . Watkins , J . O . Weeks ,
G . Parker , R . O . Kershaw , J . Hartley , E . Ludhall , W . Waring , & c . The lodge was opened with prayer at 7 p . m . The summons convening the meeting was read . The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . The minutes of the last meeting of the Permanent Committee were read and adopted . The ballot was then taken for Bro . Emanuel Lucas , of Lodge Corinth , No .
1122 , E . G ., as a joining member , and announced clear . One gentleman was then ballotted for as a candidate for initiation , and announced duly elected . The W . Master then said , as there was no work before the lodge , he proposed to deliver an address " On the Solicitation and Selection of Candidates for Freemasonry , " which he did in his usual masterly style . Some delicate points were treated in
such a manner as to surprise most , if not all , present , and evidently to the Satisfaction of all , for on the completion of the address he was warmly applauded . The application of Bro . J . W . Seager , Tyler , for assistance ( he having been a long time out of employment ) was then laid before the lodge , and Bro . F . S . Llewellyn proposed and Bro . J . Weddle seconded , that the sum of fifty rupees be voted
from the lodge funds to Bro . J . W . Seager ( carried ) . The resignation of one brother was then read , and accepted with regret . All dues fully paid up . A letter was read from D . G . Secretary , acknowledging receipt of the returns for the half year ending June 30 th , 1875 , together with a cheque for the amount due for the same . All members present who had not signed the new bye-laws were then
requested by the W . M . to do so , and signed and received a copy of the new bye-laws accordingly . Bro . G . R . Henderson , I . P . M ., then proposed , and Bro . W . C . Rowe , W . Master , seconded , that 100 rupees be given from the charity fund of the lodge to the European General Hospital fund ( carried unanimously ) . The meeting then accorded a vote of thanks to the W . Master for the address
he had delivered , and asked him to allow thc same to be printed . The W . Master accorded his sanction to hand his manuscript copy of the address to his bro . Secretary , to be forwarded , with the proceedings of this meeting , to the " Masonic Record , " as the work done in the lodge during this evening , hut would not agree to its being printed as a separate address . The W . Master then proposed , and Bro . G . R . Henderson , I . P . M ., seconded , that a "
subscription box " be made and placed outside the lodge on lodge meeting nights , for any brother who chose to subscribe his mite to the Masonic Benevolent Institutions , and suggested the amount so collected during the year be brought to the notice of the lodge every regular December meeting , and that it be then decided which benevolent institution the amount so subscribed be voted to . Bro . E . Lucas then proposed , and Bro . B . Robinson , P . M ., seconded , Dr . Gregson de Cuna as candidate for initiation ,