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Article TO OUR READERS. Page 1 of 1 Article IMPORTANT NOTICE. Page 1 of 1 Article TO ADVERTISERS. Page 1 of 1 Article Answers to Correspondents. Page 1 of 1 Article Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Page 1 of 1 Article Untitled Page 1 of 1 Article THE RECENT MEETING OF THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE. Page 1 of 1 Article THE RECENT MEETING OF THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE. Page 1 of 1 Article WEST LANCASHIRE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. Page 1 of 1 Article OUR NATIONAL FINANCES. Page 1 of 2 →
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price AO .. It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom . theCor . tinenr , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelvemonths ios . 6 d . 12 s . 6 d . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three , i 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEOltGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and book " , for
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further intormation will be supplied on application to the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to advisus of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current "week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half „ „ 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter fdlto ,. 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... 2 10 o
Half „ 1 IO o Quarter „ . 100 Per inch 030 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a scries of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , •98 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
YORK . — Yes ; full reports will be given ,
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Funny Folks , " "Brief , " "Keystone , " "Thc Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald , " "The Warden , " "Hull Packet , " "Alliance News , " "Die Baiihutte , " " Broad Arrow , " " New York Dispatch , " " Freemasons' Monthly , " " Freemasons' Repository , " " Masonic Record of Western India , " " Hebrew Leader , " " The Masonic Newspaper , " " The Coming Collision between England and Russia . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . CUFIE . —On the 3 rd inst ., at 143 , Sloane-street , the Lady Margaret Cuffe , of a daughter . GonuoN * . —On the 30 th ult ., at 5 , Clarendon . villas , West Brighton , Sussex , the wife of Lieut .-Colonel J . R . Gordon , of a son .
MARRIAGES . MAY—LYO . v .--On the ist inst ., at St . George's , Hanoversquare , Morgan , son of Walter May , Esq ., Bridgman House , Teddington , to Sarah Charlotte , daughter of the late Rev . Thomas Lyon , rural dean and vicar of
Kilbairon , county Tipperary . HOLLEY—HAYTEII-HA . MI-S . —On the ist inst ., at St . Michael ' s Church , Chagford , Edmund Hunt Holley , Esq ., captain Royal Artillery , to Georgina Amelia , daughter of the Rev . H . G . Hayter-Hames , rector of Chagford , Devon .
DEATHS . NANGI . E . —On thc 27 th ult ., at Gibraltar , the Hon . Mrs . W . C . Ningle . YOIIKE . — -On the 2 nd inst ., at the Deanery , Worcester , in his joth ccar , the Hon . and Very Rev . Grantham Munion Yoike , D . D ., Dean of Worcester .
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THEFREEMASON.SATURDAY , OCTOBER 1 r , 1879 .
The Recent Meeting Of The Grand Orient Of France.
THE RECENT MEETING OF THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE .
Though the reports we have so far received from the last " Convent " are neither precise nor particular , we are able to state that in several very important points the last meeting was marked by great moderation and circumspection . We do not so far gather what has been the
result of the Ritual Revision , or what are the exact modifications introduced in the Ritual , but we shall refer to that subect later , and v . e hojoe that previous anticipations of any serious change or of any revolutionary alterations may be found to have been exaggerated or hasty . We are . we confess , struck with the wise tone and
cautious temper of the meeting , so clearly exhibited , and , above all , with the repeated assurances of the speakers that no actual negation of the G . A . O . T . U . is really intended by previous innovations , whatever outward appearances may seem to suggest . We are , therefore , in hopes that a bridge may yet be formed by which the chasm between the Grand Orient of France and
the Grand Lodge of England may be passable , and we shall n-joice if that anticipation prove these , as , while we have always regretted the course events have taken ( and events are sometimes , as we know , stronger than men ) , we have always had a most kindly and fraternal feeling
for French Freemasons . We know the real difficulties of their position , their trials and their troubles , their stumbling blocks and pitfalls , in the face of unwise friends or a bitter Ultramontanism , and if we have spoken strongly it is because we wished sincerely well to the
Grand Orient of France , and were interested as brother Masons in the progress and prestige of French Freemasonry . We ti list that better days are in store for Freemasonry in France , and if moderate counsels prevail , if calm reflection leads our good brethren to modify needless
changes , and to remove unwelcome impressions in the interests of peace , goodwill , and cosmopolitan fraternity , we trust that some " modus vivendi" may yet be discovered as between French and Anglo-Saxon F ' reemasonry . We venture , therefore , with genuine feelings of goodwill and
sympathy , to offer our advice to the members of the Grand Orient of France , in the interests , above all , of peace and confraternity . Do not too hastily take up with alien bodies or doubtful organizations in other jurisdictions , for if you do you will only add complication to complication ,
and stumbling block to stumbling block . Freemasonry is something too high , too grand , too noble , too true , and , above all , too universal to be coloured or dominated b y " Positivism , " or any other " ism , " and remembering what just now is the attack on Freemasonry " all along the
line " by vigilant and unscrupulous Ultramontane antagonists , we feel sure that the only safe position for universal Freemasonry is to be found in the old and religious avowal of positive belief in T . G . A . O . T . U ., the acceptance of the Bible , and the realization of the immortality of the
human being . The questions of " creeds and catechisms" must be left , where Freemasonry leaves it , to the conscientious conviction of humble and pious believers , but , alike in its exoteric symbolism -and its esoteric instructions , Freemasonry , avoiding controversy , seeks to rally
round its peaceful banners all who can reverently look up to T . G . A . O . T . U ,, and work together in love , unity , and harmony , screened altogether from controversial difficulties , and ignoring antagonistic schools of thought , philosophy , and belief . Freemasonry passes judgment on none , condemns none , excommunicates none , but
recognizes bonti fide the sublime axiom 01 inspired authority , that each mortal " to his own master standeth or falleth . " We , therefore , are glad to hail such signs of moderation as the last Convent of the Grand Orient really displays , if we are ri g htly informed , and to express our hope that unfortunate divisions and sad separations
The Recent Meeting Of The Grand Orient Of France.
may one day be healed and removed-. We sneak as we said before , with some diffidence and ret serve , as we do not quite understand as yet what has actuall y taken place on that most important point , the revision of the ritual , and which must affect , for good or for evil , French Craft
Masonry , from our Anglo-Saxon point of view greatly and gravely for the future . But we are willing and ready to hope , we repeat , for the best . As regards the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , the accounts of the position do not appear . We have alieady expressed our
sympathy , clear and decided , with the " Grand Conseil , " but we fear that men ' s minds are too heated just now to accept either pleas of moderation or the traditions of honour , justice , and truth . We fear that with the animus prevalent in some quarters in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in France there is a
tendency to " extreme measures , " both of defiance , of authority , and levoluntionary change , and while we still feel how unjust is this violent excitement , this rampant insubordination to the governing body on the hierarchical and sovereign principles of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite itself , we will add another expression of hope that calmer counsels and moderate measures may yet prevail .
West Lancashire Educational Institution.
WEST LANCASHIRE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .
Wc are so much struck with the report of this excellent Charity , so much so that we think it right to call the attention of our readers to it , ami support thc earnest appeal of the Com - mittee for continuous and ieicreased support . It is impossible to overrate its utility and needs , as
a few figures will speedily show . It was founded in 1850 , and from 1850 to 186 3 it expended £ 7 S 0 1 is . ( jd . in the prosecution of its laudable designs , its philanthropic efforts . From 1863 to 1878 its payments have amounted 10 ^ 4 6 47 16 s ., and in 1 S / 8 it reached the hi ghest amount ,
£ 5 80 it 5 s . id . With this sum it helps the education and advancement in life of ei ghty-nine children , of whom forty-four are girls , and fortyfive are boys . The hi ghest sum paid for any child is James Mott , £ 30 •the lowest is E . Warlington , £ 1 t . s . yd . The Association has
now £ 14 , 900 invested and luckily for it , it has been that in past years its resources have been husbanded , as the donations antl subscriptions from brethren do not now cover its working expenses . Its annual balance-sheet is as follows : —It had a balance at the bank of
£ 306 IJS . 7 d ., and received from investment , & c - > £ 7 . 55 , 5 - r ° d- j from Masonic ball , Liverpool , ^" 103 ios . pd . ; Provincial Grand Lodge Charity Fund , £ 103 ; donations and subsciiptions , £ 46 9 ps . 6 d . j interest £ 2 1 5 s . 8 d . •in all £ 1742 6 s . ; d . Its expenditure for education
of children , & c , was £ 5 80 16 s . id . ; it purchased stock £ 807 18 s . : it paid for stationery and small expenses £ 24 , and had a balance in hand of , £ 329 12 s . 6 d . Such is the resume of twelve months' work of a very useful Provincial Institution , and such we commend to the notice and approval of our readers .
Our National Finances.
OUR NATIONAL FINANCES .
We cannot concur with the gloomy estimate which our contemporary , the Times , is pleased to take of our " financial ppsition " in respect of the Chancellor of tha Exchequer ' s Budget , neither do we profess to understand the princi p le on which this melancholy , ( rather morbid ) ,
view of our financial struggles has been arrived at . If we understand rig-ares , as we hope we do , they tell us a very different tale , apart from interested speculations or party " discounting , " and we venture to think , on the ' contrary , though not as good , and certainly not as cheerful as they mig ht be , they are yet coloured with a brighter gleam
of hope , are yet suggestive of slight , and , let us trust , increasing improvement . As we read the figures , they amount to this •a deficit , no doubt , in some items , but on the whole , if a loss on the quarter , a gain on the half year , and the twelve months . The decrease in the quarter appears to be £ 100 , 305 , mainly , as was to be expected , on the Customs and Excisi ; the gain
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price AO .. It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom . theCor . tinenr , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelvemonths ios . 6 d . 12 s . 6 d . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three , i 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEOltGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and book " , for
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further intormation will be supplied on application to the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to advisus of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current "week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half „ „ 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter fdlto ,. 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... 2 10 o
Half „ 1 IO o Quarter „ . 100 Per inch 030 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a scries of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , •98 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
YORK . — Yes ; full reports will be given ,
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Funny Folks , " "Brief , " "Keystone , " "Thc Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald , " "The Warden , " "Hull Packet , " "Alliance News , " "Die Baiihutte , " " Broad Arrow , " " New York Dispatch , " " Freemasons' Monthly , " " Freemasons' Repository , " " Masonic Record of Western India , " " Hebrew Leader , " " The Masonic Newspaper , " " The Coming Collision between England and Russia . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . CUFIE . —On the 3 rd inst ., at 143 , Sloane-street , the Lady Margaret Cuffe , of a daughter . GonuoN * . —On the 30 th ult ., at 5 , Clarendon . villas , West Brighton , Sussex , the wife of Lieut .-Colonel J . R . Gordon , of a son .
MARRIAGES . MAY—LYO . v .--On the ist inst ., at St . George's , Hanoversquare , Morgan , son of Walter May , Esq ., Bridgman House , Teddington , to Sarah Charlotte , daughter of the late Rev . Thomas Lyon , rural dean and vicar of
Kilbairon , county Tipperary . HOLLEY—HAYTEII-HA . MI-S . —On the ist inst ., at St . Michael ' s Church , Chagford , Edmund Hunt Holley , Esq ., captain Royal Artillery , to Georgina Amelia , daughter of the Rev . H . G . Hayter-Hames , rector of Chagford , Devon .
DEATHS . NANGI . E . —On thc 27 th ult ., at Gibraltar , the Hon . Mrs . W . C . Ningle . YOIIKE . — -On the 2 nd inst ., at the Deanery , Worcester , in his joth ccar , the Hon . and Very Rev . Grantham Munion Yoike , D . D ., Dean of Worcester .
Ar00609
THEFREEMASON.SATURDAY , OCTOBER 1 r , 1879 .
The Recent Meeting Of The Grand Orient Of France.
THE RECENT MEETING OF THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE .
Though the reports we have so far received from the last " Convent " are neither precise nor particular , we are able to state that in several very important points the last meeting was marked by great moderation and circumspection . We do not so far gather what has been the
result of the Ritual Revision , or what are the exact modifications introduced in the Ritual , but we shall refer to that subect later , and v . e hojoe that previous anticipations of any serious change or of any revolutionary alterations may be found to have been exaggerated or hasty . We are . we confess , struck with the wise tone and
cautious temper of the meeting , so clearly exhibited , and , above all , with the repeated assurances of the speakers that no actual negation of the G . A . O . T . U . is really intended by previous innovations , whatever outward appearances may seem to suggest . We are , therefore , in hopes that a bridge may yet be formed by which the chasm between the Grand Orient of France and
the Grand Lodge of England may be passable , and we shall n-joice if that anticipation prove these , as , while we have always regretted the course events have taken ( and events are sometimes , as we know , stronger than men ) , we have always had a most kindly and fraternal feeling
for French Freemasons . We know the real difficulties of their position , their trials and their troubles , their stumbling blocks and pitfalls , in the face of unwise friends or a bitter Ultramontanism , and if we have spoken strongly it is because we wished sincerely well to the
Grand Orient of France , and were interested as brother Masons in the progress and prestige of French Freemasonry . We ti list that better days are in store for Freemasonry in France , and if moderate counsels prevail , if calm reflection leads our good brethren to modify needless
changes , and to remove unwelcome impressions in the interests of peace , goodwill , and cosmopolitan fraternity , we trust that some " modus vivendi" may yet be discovered as between French and Anglo-Saxon F ' reemasonry . We venture , therefore , with genuine feelings of goodwill and
sympathy , to offer our advice to the members of the Grand Orient of France , in the interests , above all , of peace and confraternity . Do not too hastily take up with alien bodies or doubtful organizations in other jurisdictions , for if you do you will only add complication to complication ,
and stumbling block to stumbling block . Freemasonry is something too high , too grand , too noble , too true , and , above all , too universal to be coloured or dominated b y " Positivism , " or any other " ism , " and remembering what just now is the attack on Freemasonry " all along the
line " by vigilant and unscrupulous Ultramontane antagonists , we feel sure that the only safe position for universal Freemasonry is to be found in the old and religious avowal of positive belief in T . G . A . O . T . U ., the acceptance of the Bible , and the realization of the immortality of the
human being . The questions of " creeds and catechisms" must be left , where Freemasonry leaves it , to the conscientious conviction of humble and pious believers , but , alike in its exoteric symbolism -and its esoteric instructions , Freemasonry , avoiding controversy , seeks to rally
round its peaceful banners all who can reverently look up to T . G . A . O . T . U ,, and work together in love , unity , and harmony , screened altogether from controversial difficulties , and ignoring antagonistic schools of thought , philosophy , and belief . Freemasonry passes judgment on none , condemns none , excommunicates none , but
recognizes bonti fide the sublime axiom 01 inspired authority , that each mortal " to his own master standeth or falleth . " We , therefore , are glad to hail such signs of moderation as the last Convent of the Grand Orient really displays , if we are ri g htly informed , and to express our hope that unfortunate divisions and sad separations
The Recent Meeting Of The Grand Orient Of France.
may one day be healed and removed-. We sneak as we said before , with some diffidence and ret serve , as we do not quite understand as yet what has actuall y taken place on that most important point , the revision of the ritual , and which must affect , for good or for evil , French Craft
Masonry , from our Anglo-Saxon point of view greatly and gravely for the future . But we are willing and ready to hope , we repeat , for the best . As regards the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , the accounts of the position do not appear . We have alieady expressed our
sympathy , clear and decided , with the " Grand Conseil , " but we fear that men ' s minds are too heated just now to accept either pleas of moderation or the traditions of honour , justice , and truth . We fear that with the animus prevalent in some quarters in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in France there is a
tendency to " extreme measures , " both of defiance , of authority , and levoluntionary change , and while we still feel how unjust is this violent excitement , this rampant insubordination to the governing body on the hierarchical and sovereign principles of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite itself , we will add another expression of hope that calmer counsels and moderate measures may yet prevail .
West Lancashire Educational Institution.
WEST LANCASHIRE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .
Wc are so much struck with the report of this excellent Charity , so much so that we think it right to call the attention of our readers to it , ami support thc earnest appeal of the Com - mittee for continuous and ieicreased support . It is impossible to overrate its utility and needs , as
a few figures will speedily show . It was founded in 1850 , and from 1850 to 186 3 it expended £ 7 S 0 1 is . ( jd . in the prosecution of its laudable designs , its philanthropic efforts . From 1863 to 1878 its payments have amounted 10 ^ 4 6 47 16 s ., and in 1 S / 8 it reached the hi ghest amount ,
£ 5 80 it 5 s . id . With this sum it helps the education and advancement in life of ei ghty-nine children , of whom forty-four are girls , and fortyfive are boys . The hi ghest sum paid for any child is James Mott , £ 30 •the lowest is E . Warlington , £ 1 t . s . yd . The Association has
now £ 14 , 900 invested and luckily for it , it has been that in past years its resources have been husbanded , as the donations antl subscriptions from brethren do not now cover its working expenses . Its annual balance-sheet is as follows : —It had a balance at the bank of
£ 306 IJS . 7 d ., and received from investment , & c - > £ 7 . 55 , 5 - r ° d- j from Masonic ball , Liverpool , ^" 103 ios . pd . ; Provincial Grand Lodge Charity Fund , £ 103 ; donations and subsciiptions , £ 46 9 ps . 6 d . j interest £ 2 1 5 s . 8 d . •in all £ 1742 6 s . ; d . Its expenditure for education
of children , & c , was £ 5 80 16 s . id . ; it purchased stock £ 807 18 s . : it paid for stationery and small expenses £ 24 , and had a balance in hand of , £ 329 12 s . 6 d . Such is the resume of twelve months' work of a very useful Provincial Institution , and such we commend to the notice and approval of our readers .
Our National Finances.
OUR NATIONAL FINANCES .
We cannot concur with the gloomy estimate which our contemporary , the Times , is pleased to take of our " financial ppsition " in respect of the Chancellor of tha Exchequer ' s Budget , neither do we profess to understand the princi p le on which this melancholy , ( rather morbid ) ,
view of our financial struggles has been arrived at . If we understand rig-ares , as we hope we do , they tell us a very different tale , apart from interested speculations or party " discounting , " and we venture to think , on the ' contrary , though not as good , and certainly not as cheerful as they mig ht be , they are yet coloured with a brighter gleam
of hope , are yet suggestive of slight , and , let us trust , increasing improvement . As we read the figures , they amount to this •a deficit , no doubt , in some items , but on the whole , if a loss on the quarter , a gain on the half year , and the twelve months . The decrease in the quarter appears to be £ 100 , 305 , mainly , as was to be expected , on the Customs and Excisi ; the gain