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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS 431 , Consecration of the Londonderry Lodge , No . 2039 432 Consecration of the Sincerity Chapter , No . 428 , Northwich 432 Freemasonry in York in the Eighteenth Century ( Concluded ) 432 Review—Second Notice 433
Tenebra ; e Tenebris . —No . I „ 433 History of the Royal Masonic Institution for fjoys ( Concluded ) 434 Provincial Grand Chapter of Durham 435 Catalogue of the Worcester Exhibition 435 CORRESPONDENCEHome for Sisters 437 The Grand Lodgeof South Australia ... 437 Reviews 43 J
, Notes and Queries 437 Testimonial to the Late Dro . VV . H . Richardson , P . M . 1348 438 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 438 RETORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 43 8 Instruction 43 8
Royal Arch 439 Knights Templar 439 Grand Lodp , e of Massachusetts 439 Royai Masonic Benevolent Institution 440 West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution 440 Masonic and General Tidings 440 The Theatres 440 Lodge Meetings for Next Week Cover .
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THE opening speech of the Presiding Officer at the last Quarterly Communication did all credit to his distinguished position and his kind heart . In a few feeling words he alluded in most appropriate and dignified terms to the great loss English Freemasonry had sustained by the lamented death of Bro . J HAVERS , P . G . W . It would have been impossible in even a
long address to do full justice to the many and invaluable services to the Craft of J HAVERS , and , therefore , the Presiding Officer most wisely confined himself to a few sensible and straightforward words , rendered more impressive by their soldierly brevity and sincerity . A vote of condolence wilh the bereaved family was duly moved and seconded and carried by
an heartily assenting Grand Lodge . And here we could have wished we might have stopped , but our duty as honest journalists compels us to say that we deeply deplore certain unseemly proceedings at last Grand Lodge . The old feuds and the antient controversies are dead , buried , and forgotten , happily for the peace and honour of the Craft . To rake up forgotten
struggles , to allude to bye-gone strife , at a time when a brother has passed away from this sublunary scene , is generally amongst us all , whether Freemasons or not , considered alike unkind , indecorous and unbefitting . We regret , therefore , sincerely , for the prestige of English Freemasonry , for the honour and dignity of Grand Lodge , for that
kindly , sympathetic , and natural feeling which ought at all times and under all circumstances to distinguish not only our Masonic Brotherhood specially , but all bodies of men in similar circumstances , the distressing episode and painful in Grand Lodge , an account of which appeared not only in
our columns last week , but previously in an evening contemporary . We fear that others will think and say a good deal "there anent , " though the general sense of Grand Lodge at such an unprecedented exhibition was forcibly and indignantly expressed .
* * * WE entirely agree with an evening contemporary as to the regret to be felt that Grand Lodge did not see its way to grant the ^ 50 asked for the restoration of St . Giles's Church . Undoubtedly it must be admitted in the outset it was not a question of amount . But we cannot discern the question of
principle , in our humble opinion , very moppor timely raised . Grand Lodge , it is true , is a purely undenominational body ; but yet , curiously enough , its large body of able and enlightened Chaplains and Grand Chaplains is drawn mainly from one great religious body . To assert that we were encouraging thereby the " narrow endof the wedge , " to assume that thereby Grand Lodge
displayed any denominational leanings , are surely needless paradoxes , and establishing a precedent which it will be difficult to pass by , and yet past movement to adhere to as time runs on . The provinces , on the contrary , have very wisely , in our opinion , never allowed themselves to be diverted from being helpful to others in doing good , and manifesting their respect for
religious efforts as connected with the "houses of GOD in the land" b y any fear of what " Mrs . GRUNDY" might say , or what others might think of them . They have done their duty in their time and generation , and feared nought ; neither have they yielded to timorous counsels , childish
vaticinations , unseasonable declarations of alleged first principles . Up and down this good country of ours they have not been ashamed to aid many a great and many a needful work , and our Grand Master shewed us in this , as in all other matters , the plain and straightforward path of Masonic sympathy and practice when he laid the foundation-stone of
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the new Cathedral at Truro . On the principles so glibly cnunced the other evening in Grand Lodge he was wrong in doing so , and our provinces are wrong in the kindly feelings they have avowed , and the liberal offerings they have made , simply to demonstrate as before a doubting world , or amid mocking tongues , their respect for religion , and their unchanging anxiety to
help forward as best they may , not only the material but the spiritual welfare of their friends , neighbours , and fellow countrymen . Just now , amid the many charges brought against our Order by one great body of religionists , that we are an indifferent , freethinking , irreligious corporation , that we help forward no good work except our own Societies , that we make ourselves a
religion to ourselves , and that we practically oppose the work of religion in the world , we regret , we confess , to have to announce to Cosmopolitan Freemasonry that a division took place at all , on a modest proposal ol the Board of General Purposes to vote £ 50 for the repairs of the Church of the parish in which Freemasons' Hall is situated , and above all that our Grand
Lodge by 110 to 92 refused the vote altogether . We think the announcement thus made will be used by our " old enemies " to the disparagement and detriment of English Freemasonry , and therefore it is we are sincerely sorry , that the reasonable and Masonic proposal of the Board of General Purposes was not carried " nemine dissentiente , " instead of being rejected by a small majority .
* * * DEATH has been very busy with our Masonic Order lately , and has taken ' away , in its irresistible power , those whom we can ill-afford to spare from amongst us , whose words of wisdom and sympathy we should always gladly hail amid our mundane life and struggles to-day . It often happens with us
all , alike in our public pursuits and our private circles , that we hardly realize a person ' s worth until we lose him altogether . Then it is that we sometimes sadly call to mind how little we valued him , how coldly we appreciated him while with us . Now that we can greet his kindly presence no more , we feel how much we have lost , how little we can fill up the void . But it is then
a gratifying recollection to us that friendship and goodwill mutually cheered us until the end , and that we have left to us no clinging recollections of hard words or uncourteous acts , this " epea pteroenta " of controversy or disagree * ment , which , in a moment of haste or inconsideration sometimes escape from
us all , and come between benignant natures and mar long friendships . The friendship of Freemasonry is meant to be something more than a name and a profession ; let it unite us in pleasant bonds of amity now ; let it gild the fast fading " souvenirs" of the past with the ever fragrant corona of interest , regard , and affection .
* , * FREEMASONRY has ever had its charm for many of us , in that it seems to hallow friendship and elevate sympathy one for another , each for each . And if this be so of the living Fraternity , how much more is it so of our departed friends and brethren ? Then if we differed from them , or they from us , how
ought all to be forgotten , except their common work and lifelong services to our great Order . When old friends and loyal brethren pass away from our midst , every voice except that of kindliest memory should be hushed . It is simple cant to talk of Masonic friendship and brotherly love if we can put no restraint on unruly tongues and angry passions , and forget every
profession of Freemasonry in the self-assertion of idle complaint , or noisy vindictiveness . The voice of that true charity which is bound up with every portion of our Masonic lore would bid us one and all , be we who we may , never let go our sympathy for living brethren , never forget our respect and reverence for those who have passed into the Eternal East before us .
# * WE call attention to an item in our Tidings column , by which it would seem , if our contemporary the Montreal Daily Star of the 20 th August is correctly informed , there is a prospect of a movement for peace as between
the Grand Lodge of Quebec and the English lodges . We should ourselves rejoice to announce the fact , but we fear much that at present any such hope would be delusive . The position of the English lodges is so good and Masonic , and legal , that our brethren of Quebec must bid high to obtain what they want . We hope the Councillors selected are good ones .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS 431 , Consecration of the Londonderry Lodge , No . 2039 432 Consecration of the Sincerity Chapter , No . 428 , Northwich 432 Freemasonry in York in the Eighteenth Century ( Concluded ) 432 Review—Second Notice 433
Tenebra ; e Tenebris . —No . I „ 433 History of the Royal Masonic Institution for fjoys ( Concluded ) 434 Provincial Grand Chapter of Durham 435 Catalogue of the Worcester Exhibition 435 CORRESPONDENCEHome for Sisters 437 The Grand Lodgeof South Australia ... 437 Reviews 43 J
, Notes and Queries 437 Testimonial to the Late Dro . VV . H . Richardson , P . M . 1348 438 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 438 RETORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 43 8 Instruction 43 8
Royal Arch 439 Knights Templar 439 Grand Lodp , e of Massachusetts 439 Royai Masonic Benevolent Institution 440 West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution 440 Masonic and General Tidings 440 The Theatres 440 Lodge Meetings for Next Week Cover .
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THE opening speech of the Presiding Officer at the last Quarterly Communication did all credit to his distinguished position and his kind heart . In a few feeling words he alluded in most appropriate and dignified terms to the great loss English Freemasonry had sustained by the lamented death of Bro . J HAVERS , P . G . W . It would have been impossible in even a
long address to do full justice to the many and invaluable services to the Craft of J HAVERS , and , therefore , the Presiding Officer most wisely confined himself to a few sensible and straightforward words , rendered more impressive by their soldierly brevity and sincerity . A vote of condolence wilh the bereaved family was duly moved and seconded and carried by
an heartily assenting Grand Lodge . And here we could have wished we might have stopped , but our duty as honest journalists compels us to say that we deeply deplore certain unseemly proceedings at last Grand Lodge . The old feuds and the antient controversies are dead , buried , and forgotten , happily for the peace and honour of the Craft . To rake up forgotten
struggles , to allude to bye-gone strife , at a time when a brother has passed away from this sublunary scene , is generally amongst us all , whether Freemasons or not , considered alike unkind , indecorous and unbefitting . We regret , therefore , sincerely , for the prestige of English Freemasonry , for the honour and dignity of Grand Lodge , for that
kindly , sympathetic , and natural feeling which ought at all times and under all circumstances to distinguish not only our Masonic Brotherhood specially , but all bodies of men in similar circumstances , the distressing episode and painful in Grand Lodge , an account of which appeared not only in
our columns last week , but previously in an evening contemporary . We fear that others will think and say a good deal "there anent , " though the general sense of Grand Lodge at such an unprecedented exhibition was forcibly and indignantly expressed .
* * * WE entirely agree with an evening contemporary as to the regret to be felt that Grand Lodge did not see its way to grant the ^ 50 asked for the restoration of St . Giles's Church . Undoubtedly it must be admitted in the outset it was not a question of amount . But we cannot discern the question of
principle , in our humble opinion , very moppor timely raised . Grand Lodge , it is true , is a purely undenominational body ; but yet , curiously enough , its large body of able and enlightened Chaplains and Grand Chaplains is drawn mainly from one great religious body . To assert that we were encouraging thereby the " narrow endof the wedge , " to assume that thereby Grand Lodge
displayed any denominational leanings , are surely needless paradoxes , and establishing a precedent which it will be difficult to pass by , and yet past movement to adhere to as time runs on . The provinces , on the contrary , have very wisely , in our opinion , never allowed themselves to be diverted from being helpful to others in doing good , and manifesting their respect for
religious efforts as connected with the "houses of GOD in the land" b y any fear of what " Mrs . GRUNDY" might say , or what others might think of them . They have done their duty in their time and generation , and feared nought ; neither have they yielded to timorous counsels , childish
vaticinations , unseasonable declarations of alleged first principles . Up and down this good country of ours they have not been ashamed to aid many a great and many a needful work , and our Grand Master shewed us in this , as in all other matters , the plain and straightforward path of Masonic sympathy and practice when he laid the foundation-stone of
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the new Cathedral at Truro . On the principles so glibly cnunced the other evening in Grand Lodge he was wrong in doing so , and our provinces are wrong in the kindly feelings they have avowed , and the liberal offerings they have made , simply to demonstrate as before a doubting world , or amid mocking tongues , their respect for religion , and their unchanging anxiety to
help forward as best they may , not only the material but the spiritual welfare of their friends , neighbours , and fellow countrymen . Just now , amid the many charges brought against our Order by one great body of religionists , that we are an indifferent , freethinking , irreligious corporation , that we help forward no good work except our own Societies , that we make ourselves a
religion to ourselves , and that we practically oppose the work of religion in the world , we regret , we confess , to have to announce to Cosmopolitan Freemasonry that a division took place at all , on a modest proposal ol the Board of General Purposes to vote £ 50 for the repairs of the Church of the parish in which Freemasons' Hall is situated , and above all that our Grand
Lodge by 110 to 92 refused the vote altogether . We think the announcement thus made will be used by our " old enemies " to the disparagement and detriment of English Freemasonry , and therefore it is we are sincerely sorry , that the reasonable and Masonic proposal of the Board of General Purposes was not carried " nemine dissentiente , " instead of being rejected by a small majority .
* * * DEATH has been very busy with our Masonic Order lately , and has taken ' away , in its irresistible power , those whom we can ill-afford to spare from amongst us , whose words of wisdom and sympathy we should always gladly hail amid our mundane life and struggles to-day . It often happens with us
all , alike in our public pursuits and our private circles , that we hardly realize a person ' s worth until we lose him altogether . Then it is that we sometimes sadly call to mind how little we valued him , how coldly we appreciated him while with us . Now that we can greet his kindly presence no more , we feel how much we have lost , how little we can fill up the void . But it is then
a gratifying recollection to us that friendship and goodwill mutually cheered us until the end , and that we have left to us no clinging recollections of hard words or uncourteous acts , this " epea pteroenta " of controversy or disagree * ment , which , in a moment of haste or inconsideration sometimes escape from
us all , and come between benignant natures and mar long friendships . The friendship of Freemasonry is meant to be something more than a name and a profession ; let it unite us in pleasant bonds of amity now ; let it gild the fast fading " souvenirs" of the past with the ever fragrant corona of interest , regard , and affection .
* , * FREEMASONRY has ever had its charm for many of us , in that it seems to hallow friendship and elevate sympathy one for another , each for each . And if this be so of the living Fraternity , how much more is it so of our departed friends and brethren ? Then if we differed from them , or they from us , how
ought all to be forgotten , except their common work and lifelong services to our great Order . When old friends and loyal brethren pass away from our midst , every voice except that of kindliest memory should be hushed . It is simple cant to talk of Masonic friendship and brotherly love if we can put no restraint on unruly tongues and angry passions , and forget every
profession of Freemasonry in the self-assertion of idle complaint , or noisy vindictiveness . The voice of that true charity which is bound up with every portion of our Masonic lore would bid us one and all , be we who we may , never let go our sympathy for living brethren , never forget our respect and reverence for those who have passed into the Eternal East before us .
# * WE call attention to an item in our Tidings column , by which it would seem , if our contemporary the Montreal Daily Star of the 20 th August is correctly informed , there is a prospect of a movement for peace as between
the Grand Lodge of Quebec and the English lodges . We should ourselves rejoice to announce the fact , but we fear much that at present any such hope would be delusive . The position of the English lodges is so good and Masonic , and legal , that our brethren of Quebec must bid high to obtain what they want . We hope the Councillors selected are good ones .