Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAOE . OUR ADDRFSS .. 1 THE MASON- 'C PRESS ABROAD 1 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS : THE

CRAFTMetropolitan 2 Provincial 2 THE ROYAL ARCHMetropolitan 3 Provincial ... ... ... ... ... 6 ORDERS OF CHIVALRYKnights' Templars , Provincial 6

Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , Metropolitan ... 6 Foreign ... ... 6 MISCELLANEA 4 PARLIAMENT OF FREEMASONRY 4 ZETLAND COMMEMORATION FUND 4 THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS ... 4 THE EDITOR ' S PORTFOLIO 4

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE 5 MULTUM IN PARVO 5 MASONIC ANTIQUITIES ... 5 POETRY 5 SIR KNIGHT W . R . LITTLE ' S ADDRESS 6 ADVERTISEMENTS 7 and 8

Our Address.

OUR ADDRESS .

IN assuming tlio role and responsibility of editorial functions , we do so with a hearty fraternal greeting to all our readers . Upon their indulgence we rely to excuse imperfections , and to their sympathies we confidently appeal

for support in this attempt to establish a journal which wo hopo will become a worthy organ of the great Masonic Fraternity . It is beyond dispute that the progress of

Freemasonry , not only in England but in every part of the globe , has been for some time past almost incalculable . Candidates for ml _ iis « inn throng the hallowed porch-ways of our Temple ,

while men of every clime and creed , are found zealously promoting the welfare of the Craft by the study of its mysteries and the dissemination of its principles . A society at onco so

admirable and so extensive , and which embraces within its ample fold so many members of talent and influence , ought to be , we conceive , as fully

represented in the Press of Great Britain as it is in that of Germany , France , or the United States of America . It will therefore bo our mission to

Our Address.

act as the exponent of our brethren ' s enlightened views , as well as the historian of their proceedings ; and in the discharge of this duty we shall sedulously avoid giving publicity to any

document , from whatever source , which might in the slightest degree infringe the laws of the Order by disclosing the arcana of Freemasonry . We invite the cordial co-operation of every

Mason , as our columns will be opened to reports of . meetings in every established degree and every existing rite . Among other subjects to be considered or

discussed in IHE FREEMASON , will be found " Masonic Jurisprudence . " Under this heading we purpose giving expositions of the laws of

the Masonic institution m its several branches , according to the most generally received interpretations , and not merely as our own editorial

opinions . The utility of "Masonic Notes and Queries " is unquestionable ; many stray facts may bo jotted down , and many little incidents brought

to light through tho medium of this unpretending mode of inquiring , or of communicating information . The "Antiquities , Records , and Bibliography "

of the Order will occupy the position due to the importance of those monuments of the past , aud wo rejoice to hail our esteemed Brother HUGHAN as the first craftsman in this department of labour .

In our "Portfolio" wo shall give excerpts from choice publications ; and this being a work in which all our friends can lend a hel ping hand , we earnestly solicit them to forward suitable extracts

from books in their possession . Non omnia 2 ) 08 sumus omnes was the saying of an ancient sage , but it is fair to add that we may all achieve something .

A prominent feature in THE FREEMASON will bo leading articles upon subjects of interest to tho Order , or upon remarkable events in its history and progress . The " Craft Universal" will , of

course , first claim our attention , and wo promise to devote our utmost endeavours to promote the success of those noble charities which aro near and dear to tho heart of every true Mason

Arrangement :- ) will also be made to obtain foreign Masonic intelligence , and we shall be glad to receive from our brother editors in America and

on the Continent copies of their magazines oi journals in exchange for THE FREEMASON . This , friendly readers , is our programme .

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Regarding Freemasonry as a pure system oi ethics which contains every element that can constitute real greatness and goodness in life , we shall honestly and fearlessly advocate its interests

in the most comprehensive sense of the word . We shall direct attention to its principles and its practices , investigate its records , and

demonstrate its utility . In short , it will be our constant aim to sustain the reputation and enhance the renown of an Institution which has been so long

To fame immortally allied , And crowned with glory . Our readers will observe that our frontispiece is an engraving of Freemasons' Hall , Great

Queen-street , the Grand Temple of English Freemasonry , and we trust this will be accepted as an evidence that , whilst working under the fegis of lawfully-constituted authority , and

paying due deference to the ordinances of ruling powers , we shall ever remember that we are " free" Masons , and vindicate our position as such by maintaining a just independence as the organ of a great and " free " fraternity .

The Masonic Press Abroad.

THE MASONIC PRESS ABROAD .

One of the best magazines published in America is the " Masonic Monthly , " of Boston . We extract from it the following apposite remarks upon -lasonic Literature : —

The existence of a Masonic Science , and a Philosophy of Masonry , suggests and renders possible , a Masonio Literature . Science and philosophy are essential to the existence of any literature . They arc its food and its life . The existence of the one presupposes that of the other . Of late years the literature of Freemasonry has assumed large proportions . It has been developed to such uu extent as to give considerable prominence and importance to the question—What is its mission and its duty . It is a weighty matter how the conductors of the Masonic Press solve this problem . AVe much fear that some of them have not given the subject very much of their thought , while some , we imagine , regard thc earnings as of more consequence than the influence

of their organs . Wc consider that the mission of the Masonic Press is to occupy the field of Masonic science , history , and p hilosophy , and to disseminate the principles of true Masonic life , with the end in view of winning buck ( he Craft into the old ways of our ancient brethren , who sought to penetrate into mid obtain a mastery over every department of Masonry . The lodges have neglected the pursuit of science and philosophy , und confined themselves simply and exclusively to Masonry as an art . Masonic literature is , or should be , a reaction to this tendency , and as a reaction may , we hopo for it all success . '