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To A DVERTISERS . THE Circulation of THE F REEMASON being now at the rate of nearly Ilalf-a-million per annum , t offers peculiar facilities to all who advertise . It is well known that the Fraternity of Freemasons is a large and constantly increasing botly , mainly composed of the influential and educated classes of society ; and as The Freemason is now the accepted organ ofthe Brotherhood in the United Kingdom , and also enjoys an extensive sale in the colonies and foreign parts , its advantages as an advertising medium can scarcely be overrated . For terms apply to GEORGE KENNING , I , 3 , & 4 , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON , E . C .
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M OT I CE . 0 Tlie Subscription to THE FREEMASON is now ios . per annum , post-free , payable in advance . Vol . I ., bound in cloth 4 s . 6 , 1 . Vol . II ., ditto 7 s- <> d . Vol . III ., ditto 15 s . od . Reading Cases to hold 52 numbers ... 2 s . 6 d . United States of America . TUB FREEMASON is delivered free in any part of the United States for 12 s . per annum , payable in advance .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
MARRIAGE . C OOKE—STKPIIENS . —( in the 1 st instant , at the parish church . Wil . es . ' icn , by the Kev . J . C . Wharton , M . A ., vicar , George Edwin , second son of Lieut .-Colonel Thomas Cooke , late of the Bengal Army , to Charlotte Augusta , eldest daughter of Bro . Richard Stephens , formerly of Chester .
DEATHS . El . EY—On the 71 I 1 inst ., at 36 , Guil-lford-road , S . W ., Elizabeth Jane , wife of Charles Eicy , Esq ., and eldest daughter of liro . Demy Browse , P . G . L , of Upper
Tooling , in her 43 rd year . HAMII . 'I"N . —On t e 71 I 1 instant at No . r , Ilawick-] lace , Victoria-street , S . W ., Eleanor Ann , the wife of Jt . W . liro . Robert llamillon , M . D ., District Grand " Master for Jamaiia .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
o ~ All communic . 'ituins for THK KHFK . MASON should bc u-rittcn legihl ) cm one side ol the puper only , ; : nd , if intended tor inserti * . m iii the c irrent uunibev , must bc received not later than io o ' clock a . m . on Tmus-Aays , \ mlc < s in very special enst *;* -, The name and address of every writer must bc se . n to us in conlidence .
IJRO . Wt . A . I . OKWKXSTAKK . —Wc must decline inserting your letter respecting the Ark MurineiV decree . AN UNTOKTUNATK MASON .- If you liavc subscribed to your loti j ^ e , ns doublless you bave , for two years , you are eligible to npply to ilu Ludjje of Benevolence for assistance , which is never withhel . l from any deserving ca > c .
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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , J 15 , 1 S 71 .
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THB FKKKM ASON is published ou Saturday Monnn ^ K time for thc early trains . The price of Tint FKKKMASON i « Twopence per week ; annual subsc-ipuon , 10 s . ( payable iu advance ) . Ail com 1111 I'M cat ions , letters , & c ., to be addressed to the EDITOH 2 , 3 , and t ,. Little llriuiu , K . C . The Editor wilt pay careful attention to all MSS . entrusted to him ut cannot undertake to return them unl-. ss accompanied by postage stamps .
American And British Masonry.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH MASONRY .
WE are tempted to revert to the relationship between English and American Masonry—having just perused a handsome
pamphlet containing a verbatim report of the Masonic reception extended to the Grand Master of England by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia . Anticipating the welcome so cordially
American And British Masonry.
offered by our American brethren to the representatives of the English Craft , we offered some remarks to our readers in connection with the subject upon the occasion of Lord Ripon ' s departure for America ,
but we are bound to say that the completeness of the arrangements made for the reception surpassed our utmost expectations . The initiative was taken by M . W .
Bro . Charles F . Stansbury , Grand Master ofthe District of Columbia , who communicated to his Grand Lodge , at a special meeting held on the Sth of March , that the Enp-lish Grand Master had arrived in
Washington , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " Whereas the Right Honourable the Earl de Grey and Ripon , M . W . Grand Master of Masons of England , has been accredited to our Government
as the head ofthe High Commission of the British Government , to adjust the outstanding claims between Great Britain and the United States , and in the performance of that duty is now * sojourning in this city , * and
" Whereas this Grand Lodge is desirous of extending to him a cordial and fraternal Masonic welcome , as a testimony of personal respect , as well as of honour for his exalted Masonic office , and of fraternal resrard for our Masonic brethren of
England : He it , therefore , ' * Resolved , That a Committee of seven members of this Grand Lodge be appointed to take thc
necessary measures to extend to the Grand Master of Masons of England a suitable reception , at such dme and of such character as thc Committee shall determine . "
Invitations were then sent to Earl de Grey and Ripon , Lord Tenterden , Sir John A Macdonald , and other British and Canadian Masons attached to the High Commission as well as to thc Grand Masters of all tlie
States of the Union , to be present at a Masonic reception and banquet on thc 10 th March . As wc gave at the time an abridged report of the proceedings , it is unnecessary to repeat it now : but the
impression conveyed by a perusal of the full details is one of unqualified admiration for the manner in which the American brethren perform their duties as Masons . They seem to possess a peculiar gift of
organization which enables them to impart great solemnity and effect to the ceremonials ofthe Order , and their oratory also
is frequently of a very superior character . Take , for instance , the following extract from Grand Master Stansbury ' s speech when he proposed Lord Ripon ' s health : —
"The trowel , u * . - ' rcthren , is t ' ie principal working tool of a M . ijur . Mason , and no true Masler Mason can ever forget the moral lesson it is intended to teach . As Free and Accepted Masons , we are taught to make use of it for the noble and
glorious ptirposcof spreading the cement of brotherl y love and affection ; that cement which binds us together in one common brotherhood , among whom no contention should ever arise , except that noble contention , who shall best work and who best
agree . No doubt our honoured guest is a workman who knows how to use the 1 rowel , and whose labours with it will serve to unite two great nations in bonds of reciprocal and enduring respect ancl affection . "
Again , hear Grand Master Latrobe , of Maryland : — " While progress in all all else is the characteristic of our day and generation , it lias always been the boast of Masonry , that what it is now , so was it
in the beginning . The political theories on which most governments rest are as changeful as the sands that the wnves j fashion at their will ; but Faith Hope , and Charity , whureon Masonry is founded , are as immutable as the rocks that the billows beat upon in vain . " Or the soul-stirring utterances of the far-
American And British Masonry.
famed Bro . Dr , Albert G . Mackey , whose speech is a sermon of the purest Masonic type , and deserves to be enshrined in the heart of every Mason . Let our readers
judge for themselves . The sentiment to which the eloquent doctor responded being — " Freemasonry ! It has a language that men of all nations can speak , and an altar at which men of all creeds can kneel : "
"The universality and the tolerance of Freemasonry are indeed the two brightest features of our noble and venerated institution . They are those on which the Mason can most proudly dwell , and which he can most triumphantly present as the evidence of the utility of our society as a human
association , and of the sublimity and purity of its principles . I wish that time were afforded ' me to dilate on these interesting themes ; but the present occasion will permit only a casual reference to that which migh have afforded subject-matter for an elaborate discourse . The universality of
Masonry commends itself to our regard , both for the advantages which it secures to its disciples and for the honour which it reflects on the Order . It was the boast of the Emperor Charles V ., that the sun never set upon his vast dominions , and it has been said of that great nation , which is this evening
represented by our illustrious guest , that the rollof its drum never ceases to be heard in every quarter of the globe . So may we say oi Masonry , that the orb of day finds , at each hour of his course , some hallowed spot , the home of a Mason or domicile of lodge , on which to dispense his light and heat . As
he leaves the ancient shores of Asia , and with them the lodges of India , of Persia , and of Turkey , he beholds other congregations of the brethren among the populous cities of Europe and on the coasts of Africa , and as he continues his career , he is welcomed by the Sons of Light who aje meeting in
the young and vigorous Republics of America . In every land the Mason may find a home , and in every clime a brother . In a well-known portion of our ritual , it is said that a lodge extends , in length , from east to west ; in breadth , " from north to south ; in height , from the earth to the highest heavens
and in depth , from the surface to the centre . This is no unmeaning phrase , but a beautiful symbolism , intended to teach us that the whole world constitutes one common Masonic lodge , and that we Masons , however dispersed and separated by distance—whatever countries wc may inhabit , whether
in the sultry tropics or the arctic regions , by " * the side of the rocky mountains , or on the plains of Asia- constitute but one great family , ruled by the same laws and usages , working for thc same great purposes , an : l encompassed b y one encircling cord of brotherly love . Go where he may , the Mason
can ever find a Mason ' s greeting—a warm welcome and a close grip- which converts thc land of the stranger into a home and thc stranger into a friend . Masonry is no obscure fountain , near some humble hamlet , meant to give refreshment onl y to those who dwell upon its banks ; but a mighty river , traversing field and
every valley of the earth , and bearin- * - upon its beneficent bosom the perennial waters of love and charity and kindness . Well , indeed has a venerated brother exclaimed , " What an angel of mercy is found in the universality of our institution ! " '' A language , " says your sentiment , " that of all nations
men can speak . " Yes , because it is not that utterance ofthe tongue , which a wily politician onccsaid was intended only to conceal ourthou <> -hts but thc sympathetic throb of the heart , thc warm pressure of the hand , the kindly glance of the eve which constitute thc dialect of love and friendship '
Here ' s my heart and here ' s my hand ; " this is the cosmopolitan tongue which every "Mason speaks and every Mason can understand . The sentiment to which I am so inadequatel y responding , asserts also that this wide-spread institution has an altar around which men of every religion can kneel This isindeed
, , the brightest jewel in thc diadem of its worth . We do not claim that Masonry is religion , in that peculiar sense of thc word , which denotes a particular form of worshi p , or thc adoration of a special system of theology . We have no creed , save a simple one of theism . No designated formula bwhich alone
y man is directed to approach his Creator ; no articles for subscription ; no ordinances deemed necessary to salvation . Hut , I ' estin" * on the broad belief in the one Grand Architect of the Universe , the source of light , wc invite men of every religious faith to unite with us around our sacred altar , in the cultivation of that eternal and
immutable religion which ( Iod has implanted in tlu universal heart of humanity . I thank God , from my inmost heart , that there is such a coinmon al ar , where Christian , Turk , and Jew may kneel in adoration to a common Father , and that there is at least one spot in the world where the bitterness of polemics has no voice , where religious truth is taught without religious persecution , where
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To A DVERTISERS . THE Circulation of THE F REEMASON being now at the rate of nearly Ilalf-a-million per annum , t offers peculiar facilities to all who advertise . It is well known that the Fraternity of Freemasons is a large and constantly increasing botly , mainly composed of the influential and educated classes of society ; and as The Freemason is now the accepted organ ofthe Brotherhood in the United Kingdom , and also enjoys an extensive sale in the colonies and foreign parts , its advantages as an advertising medium can scarcely be overrated . For terms apply to GEORGE KENNING , I , 3 , & 4 , LITTLE BRITAIN , LONDON , E . C .
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M OT I CE . 0 Tlie Subscription to THE FREEMASON is now ios . per annum , post-free , payable in advance . Vol . I ., bound in cloth 4 s . 6 , 1 . Vol . II ., ditto 7 s- <> d . Vol . III ., ditto 15 s . od . Reading Cases to hold 52 numbers ... 2 s . 6 d . United States of America . TUB FREEMASON is delivered free in any part of the United States for 12 s . per annum , payable in advance .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
MARRIAGE . C OOKE—STKPIIENS . —( in the 1 st instant , at the parish church . Wil . es . ' icn , by the Kev . J . C . Wharton , M . A ., vicar , George Edwin , second son of Lieut .-Colonel Thomas Cooke , late of the Bengal Army , to Charlotte Augusta , eldest daughter of Bro . Richard Stephens , formerly of Chester .
DEATHS . El . EY—On the 71 I 1 inst ., at 36 , Guil-lford-road , S . W ., Elizabeth Jane , wife of Charles Eicy , Esq ., and eldest daughter of liro . Demy Browse , P . G . L , of Upper
Tooling , in her 43 rd year . HAMII . 'I"N . —On t e 71 I 1 instant at No . r , Ilawick-] lace , Victoria-street , S . W ., Eleanor Ann , the wife of Jt . W . liro . Robert llamillon , M . D ., District Grand " Master for Jamaiia .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
o ~ All communic . 'ituins for THK KHFK . MASON should bc u-rittcn legihl ) cm one side ol the puper only , ; : nd , if intended tor inserti * . m iii the c irrent uunibev , must bc received not later than io o ' clock a . m . on Tmus-Aays , \ mlc < s in very special enst *;* -, The name and address of every writer must bc se . n to us in conlidence .
IJRO . Wt . A . I . OKWKXSTAKK . —Wc must decline inserting your letter respecting the Ark MurineiV decree . AN UNTOKTUNATK MASON .- If you liavc subscribed to your loti j ^ e , ns doublless you bave , for two years , you are eligible to npply to ilu Ludjje of Benevolence for assistance , which is never withhel . l from any deserving ca > c .
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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , J 15 , 1 S 71 .
Ar00603
THB FKKKM ASON is published ou Saturday Monnn ^ K time for thc early trains . The price of Tint FKKKMASON i « Twopence per week ; annual subsc-ipuon , 10 s . ( payable iu advance ) . Ail com 1111 I'M cat ions , letters , & c ., to be addressed to the EDITOH 2 , 3 , and t ,. Little llriuiu , K . C . The Editor wilt pay careful attention to all MSS . entrusted to him ut cannot undertake to return them unl-. ss accompanied by postage stamps .
American And British Masonry.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH MASONRY .
WE are tempted to revert to the relationship between English and American Masonry—having just perused a handsome
pamphlet containing a verbatim report of the Masonic reception extended to the Grand Master of England by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia . Anticipating the welcome so cordially
American And British Masonry.
offered by our American brethren to the representatives of the English Craft , we offered some remarks to our readers in connection with the subject upon the occasion of Lord Ripon ' s departure for America ,
but we are bound to say that the completeness of the arrangements made for the reception surpassed our utmost expectations . The initiative was taken by M . W .
Bro . Charles F . Stansbury , Grand Master ofthe District of Columbia , who communicated to his Grand Lodge , at a special meeting held on the Sth of March , that the Enp-lish Grand Master had arrived in
Washington , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " Whereas the Right Honourable the Earl de Grey and Ripon , M . W . Grand Master of Masons of England , has been accredited to our Government
as the head ofthe High Commission of the British Government , to adjust the outstanding claims between Great Britain and the United States , and in the performance of that duty is now * sojourning in this city , * and
" Whereas this Grand Lodge is desirous of extending to him a cordial and fraternal Masonic welcome , as a testimony of personal respect , as well as of honour for his exalted Masonic office , and of fraternal resrard for our Masonic brethren of
England : He it , therefore , ' * Resolved , That a Committee of seven members of this Grand Lodge be appointed to take thc
necessary measures to extend to the Grand Master of Masons of England a suitable reception , at such dme and of such character as thc Committee shall determine . "
Invitations were then sent to Earl de Grey and Ripon , Lord Tenterden , Sir John A Macdonald , and other British and Canadian Masons attached to the High Commission as well as to thc Grand Masters of all tlie
States of the Union , to be present at a Masonic reception and banquet on thc 10 th March . As wc gave at the time an abridged report of the proceedings , it is unnecessary to repeat it now : but the
impression conveyed by a perusal of the full details is one of unqualified admiration for the manner in which the American brethren perform their duties as Masons . They seem to possess a peculiar gift of
organization which enables them to impart great solemnity and effect to the ceremonials ofthe Order , and their oratory also
is frequently of a very superior character . Take , for instance , the following extract from Grand Master Stansbury ' s speech when he proposed Lord Ripon ' s health : —
"The trowel , u * . - ' rcthren , is t ' ie principal working tool of a M . ijur . Mason , and no true Masler Mason can ever forget the moral lesson it is intended to teach . As Free and Accepted Masons , we are taught to make use of it for the noble and
glorious ptirposcof spreading the cement of brotherl y love and affection ; that cement which binds us together in one common brotherhood , among whom no contention should ever arise , except that noble contention , who shall best work and who best
agree . No doubt our honoured guest is a workman who knows how to use the 1 rowel , and whose labours with it will serve to unite two great nations in bonds of reciprocal and enduring respect ancl affection . "
Again , hear Grand Master Latrobe , of Maryland : — " While progress in all all else is the characteristic of our day and generation , it lias always been the boast of Masonry , that what it is now , so was it
in the beginning . The political theories on which most governments rest are as changeful as the sands that the wnves j fashion at their will ; but Faith Hope , and Charity , whureon Masonry is founded , are as immutable as the rocks that the billows beat upon in vain . " Or the soul-stirring utterances of the far-
American And British Masonry.
famed Bro . Dr , Albert G . Mackey , whose speech is a sermon of the purest Masonic type , and deserves to be enshrined in the heart of every Mason . Let our readers
judge for themselves . The sentiment to which the eloquent doctor responded being — " Freemasonry ! It has a language that men of all nations can speak , and an altar at which men of all creeds can kneel : "
"The universality and the tolerance of Freemasonry are indeed the two brightest features of our noble and venerated institution . They are those on which the Mason can most proudly dwell , and which he can most triumphantly present as the evidence of the utility of our society as a human
association , and of the sublimity and purity of its principles . I wish that time were afforded ' me to dilate on these interesting themes ; but the present occasion will permit only a casual reference to that which migh have afforded subject-matter for an elaborate discourse . The universality of
Masonry commends itself to our regard , both for the advantages which it secures to its disciples and for the honour which it reflects on the Order . It was the boast of the Emperor Charles V ., that the sun never set upon his vast dominions , and it has been said of that great nation , which is this evening
represented by our illustrious guest , that the rollof its drum never ceases to be heard in every quarter of the globe . So may we say oi Masonry , that the orb of day finds , at each hour of his course , some hallowed spot , the home of a Mason or domicile of lodge , on which to dispense his light and heat . As
he leaves the ancient shores of Asia , and with them the lodges of India , of Persia , and of Turkey , he beholds other congregations of the brethren among the populous cities of Europe and on the coasts of Africa , and as he continues his career , he is welcomed by the Sons of Light who aje meeting in
the young and vigorous Republics of America . In every land the Mason may find a home , and in every clime a brother . In a well-known portion of our ritual , it is said that a lodge extends , in length , from east to west ; in breadth , " from north to south ; in height , from the earth to the highest heavens
and in depth , from the surface to the centre . This is no unmeaning phrase , but a beautiful symbolism , intended to teach us that the whole world constitutes one common Masonic lodge , and that we Masons , however dispersed and separated by distance—whatever countries wc may inhabit , whether
in the sultry tropics or the arctic regions , by " * the side of the rocky mountains , or on the plains of Asia- constitute but one great family , ruled by the same laws and usages , working for thc same great purposes , an : l encompassed b y one encircling cord of brotherly love . Go where he may , the Mason
can ever find a Mason ' s greeting—a warm welcome and a close grip- which converts thc land of the stranger into a home and thc stranger into a friend . Masonry is no obscure fountain , near some humble hamlet , meant to give refreshment onl y to those who dwell upon its banks ; but a mighty river , traversing field and
every valley of the earth , and bearin- * - upon its beneficent bosom the perennial waters of love and charity and kindness . Well , indeed has a venerated brother exclaimed , " What an angel of mercy is found in the universality of our institution ! " '' A language , " says your sentiment , " that of all nations
men can speak . " Yes , because it is not that utterance ofthe tongue , which a wily politician onccsaid was intended only to conceal ourthou <> -hts but thc sympathetic throb of the heart , thc warm pressure of the hand , the kindly glance of the eve which constitute thc dialect of love and friendship '
Here ' s my heart and here ' s my hand ; " this is the cosmopolitan tongue which every "Mason speaks and every Mason can understand . The sentiment to which I am so inadequatel y responding , asserts also that this wide-spread institution has an altar around which men of every religion can kneel This isindeed
, , the brightest jewel in thc diadem of its worth . We do not claim that Masonry is religion , in that peculiar sense of thc word , which denotes a particular form of worshi p , or thc adoration of a special system of theology . We have no creed , save a simple one of theism . No designated formula bwhich alone
y man is directed to approach his Creator ; no articles for subscription ; no ordinances deemed necessary to salvation . Hut , I ' estin" * on the broad belief in the one Grand Architect of the Universe , the source of light , wc invite men of every religious faith to unite with us around our sacred altar , in the cultivation of that eternal and
immutable religion which ( Iod has implanted in tlu universal heart of humanity . I thank God , from my inmost heart , that there is such a coinmon al ar , where Christian , Turk , and Jew may kneel in adoration to a common Father , and that there is at least one spot in the world where the bitterness of polemics has no voice , where religious truth is taught without religious persecution , where