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Now ready , with Index and Preface , in Twelve Imperial Volio 1 ' aits , 5 s . each , or bound in one handsome . -olume , £ 3 . THK FREEMASONS' LIBER MUSICUS , Dedicated by express permission to II . R . II . THE PRINCE OF WALKS , Past Giand Waster of England and Wales . Edited hy Dn . WIIIIAM SPARK , P . P . G . O ., W . Y . —298 . This Work contains 215 pp . and 118 Musical Compositions suitable for all tlie Ceremonies of the Masonic Order j First , Second , and Third Degrees ; Consecration and Dedication of 1 lalls and Lodges ; Programmes , Toasts , Songs , Trios , Choruses , & c , for Banquets and other Festive Gatherings ; Laying Foundation or Corner Stones ; Installation ; Mark Masonry ; Royal Arch ; Masonic Funerals ; Voluntaries ; Marches , S-c , & c . Notice from the Evening Mail . " Our Masonic readers arc no strangers to the name of I 3 ro . William Spark , the talented musician ami Organist of the Town Hall , Leeds . In this really great work , now- completed , Dr . Spark , has shown his great tact and ' iiilirmciV hy completing and compiling for the Masonic brethren a complete library of musical , compositions of the choicesr l- ' nglish and foreign works , ancient , traditional , modern , vocal , and instrumental , by Ihe best composers . It comprises Masouic anthems , installation odes , dedication music , responses , opening , closing , and intermediate music for all degrees , Thanksgivings , funeral odes , marches , songs , duets , banquet music , programmes , voluntaries , and general musical directions , arranged for voices and organ , pianoforte , or harmonium . "The Freemasons' Liber Musicus " is issued with the concurrence of many inlluential Masonic Lodges , anti under the distinguished patronage and support of IbeMost Worshipful tbe Grand Masters of Kngland , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . It forms a complete library of tbe choicest and rarest Masonic music , in aword . it is indispensable to all Masonic lodges . Thc worthy brother editor , moreover , has had the valuable co-operation anil assistance of the most distinguished and experienced composers and organists , members of the Craft . It is brought out in the highest style of art , is printed from large engraved music plates , and forms a very handsome folio volume of" nearly two hundred and twenty pages ! " lt deserves tbe patronage of every Masonic Lodge , both at home and abroad , and for its meiits alone it ought to be zealously prized by every brother . As a present to a lodge , nothing could be more useful , valuable , and appropriate . HANDSOME CLOTH COVERS , with gilt lines , and lettered , for Binding ( similar to those used for the Graphic and Illustrated News ) , price 5 s . each . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING . irj 8 , Fleet-street .

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Second Edition , Now Ready , j / 6 . A MASONIC MUSICAL SERVICE . In the key of C . for A ., 'I ., T ., B . Opening and Closing Odes . Craft Ceremonies . Royal Arch Ceremony . Consecration Ceremony . Grace before and after Meat . COMPOSED BV DR . J . C . BAKER , NO . 241 . LONDON . —Geo . Kenning , 198 , Fleet-street ; and 1 , 2 , and 3 , Little Britain . „ R . Spencer , 26 , Great Queen-street . LIVERPOOL . —Geo . Kenning , 2 , Monument-place . MANCHESTEII . —E . Henry & Co ., 59 , Deansgatc . 'JUDLIN . —C . Llcdgelong , lb , Grafton-strect GLASGOW . —Geo . Kenning , 145 , Argyle-street .

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THE MARK MASONS' SONG . ' - COME , BRETHREN , OF THE MYSTIC TIE . " Dedicated by permission to the Right Hon . the Earl Percy , M . P ., 30 ° , Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons for Northumberland . Most Worshipful Grand Mark Master Mason of England . Words b y Bro . T . Burdett Yeoman , Original Mark Lodge No . 1 ., composed by Bro . Henry Parker , Original Mark Lodge , No . 1 . Office , 198 , Fleet-street .

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THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY , FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT DAY . Drawn from the best sources and thc most recent investigations . BY J . G . FINDEL , Second Edition , Revised , and Preface written by Bro . D . MURRAY LYON . One vol ., Soo pages Svo ., with an Index . Cloth gilt . Price , 1 os . Gd . " This book is a strictly historical one , from which all is excluded that is not based upon ascertained or probable fact . "—fl «*/ c '<) -. "Of its value to Ficcmasons , as a detailed history of their Brotherhood , it is not possible to speak too hig hly . "Pul-lic Opinion . " Thc author seems to have fairly exhausted thc sublet . "—The Athenaeum . "The edition we are now considering is a second English edition , which had thc great advantage of Bro . D . M . Lyon ' s able superintendence and editorshi p in its English dress . There can be no doubt but , that so far , Bro . Findel ' s work is tlie most complete work on Freemasonry which has yet appeared , and that he deserves the greatest credit for his caieful and accurate treatment of all evidence on thc subject , and for his honest desire after truth . Bro . Findel gives up in the view he has so clearly and consistently put forth our early Masonic history , the older theory t-f thc Roman Colleges , etc ., and limits the ori gin of Freemasonry to about the twelfth century , and as then arising from the operative Masons , and specially the " Stcinmcitzcn" and " Bauhutten" of Germany . Bro . Findel gives us a good deal of evidence on this head , and one thing is clear from his work , that the German Freemasons were , at a very early period , organized into lodges with a Master over them , and with outward regulations and inner ceiemonics peculiar to tlie Craft . Bro . Findel rejects all thc views which have been from time to time put forward of a Templar or a Rosicrucian origin . Whether or no Bro , Findel's theory of the date of the rise of Freemasonry be correct , matters very little : we do not oui selves profess to accept it ; but this wc can fairly say of Bro Findel ' s work , it is marked from first to last hy the most remarkable token of industry , ability , and care , of patient research , and of skilful criticism . We know of no work which so clearly sets before us our amount of knowledge up to the present time on thc great question of Masonic Archaeology , and there can be little doubt that what Preston's woik is to English Ficemasonry , Findel's work is to cosmopolitan Fieemasonry . Indeed no student in Masonry can now dispense with it , and it is a perfect storehouse both of Masonic evidence and Masonic illustrations . Wc earnestly recommend all the lodges in this country to obtain a copy for thc lodge library before the work is bought up for America j and we believe that no Mason will rise from the perusal of its pages without a higher idea both of thc historical truth and intrinsic value of Freemasonry , and of fraternal regard and recognition to the latest and not the least well-informed or effective of our Masonic historians . The present century has produced no such equal , in authority and usefulness , to the great work of our Bro . Findel , and we wish him and it , in allot fraternal sympathy and kindly intent , many earnest readers , and more grateful students . "—The Masonic Magazine . "This volume is thc histoiy of Masonry pur excellence Every interested person may regard it , therefoie , as the present text-book on the subject . "—Manchester Guardian London : GEORGE KENNING , IQS , Fleet Street .

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THE LIFE OF CONSTANTINE . Written in Greek , by EUSEBIUS PAMPILUS , ( Bishop of Caesarca in Palestine ) . Done into English from that edition , set forth b y VAI . ESIUS , and printed in Paris in the year tCcq . Pieface by Bros . R . Wentworth Little , Treas . Gen . and the Rev . A . F . A . W ' oodford , Past Grand Chaplain . With Engravings of Constantine ; the Duke of Sussex P . G . Sov . ; Lord Rancliffe , P . G . Sov . ; Earl Bective , M . P . P . G . Sov . ; Sir Frederick Martin Williams , Bart . ' M . P . M . I . G . Sov ., & c , & e . London : GEORGE KENNING , 198 , Fleel-street ,

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Now ready , 1 zmo ., 208 pages , handsomely bound in cloth , price 2 s . Cd ., post free 2 s . 8 d . THE ISRAELITES FOUND IN THE ANGLO-SAXONS . The Ten Tribes supposed to have been lott traced from the land of their captivity to their . occupation of the Isse of the Sea . With an exhibition of those traits ot character and national characteristics assigned to Israel in the Books of the I lehrew Prophets , by Bro . Wit . CAKPENTEU , Author of " Scientia Biblica , " " Scripture Natural History , " " Guide to thc Reading of the Bible , " 'Lectures on Biblical Criticism and Interpretation , " " A Popular Introduction to the Bible , " " The Biblical Companion , " " Critiea Biblica , " " Calendarium Palestine , " " An Introduction to the Reading and Study of the English Bible , and Editor of the fifth large edition of " Calmet ' s Dictionary of the Bible , " and of the abridgement of the same , etc ., etc , etc . LONDON - . GEORGE KENNING , 108 , Fleet-street , E . C .

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TheFreemason, SATURDAY ; , J ULY ISTII , 1874 .

The True Mission Of Freemasonry.

THE TRUE MISSION OF FREEMASONRY .

Though we had purposely limited , somewhat , that expansive range of vision and of theory which has marked for some time some of the continental writers on Fteemasonry , in our last

article , we by no means intend , nor do we profess to take at all a narrow view of the true mission of Freemasonry . We hold most strongly and tenaciously , that Freemasonry has a

mission , and a very good one in the world , and among our fellow men , but we honestly confess we cannot and do not accept what without offence we may term , the rhapsodical view of

Freemasonry . In the first place Freemasonry affords us a happy meeting-ground amid the warfare of the world and the divisions of thought and belief , where we can all come , to

lay aside the conventional " Shibboleths" of earnest but antagonistic denominations , where the war cries of party are stilled for the time , and where the petty animosities and

quarrels of social life do not intrude . Freemasonry has , no doubt , in its very position , and in its very profession , something which runs counter to every zealous

denominational ist . Some persons do not profess to understand , and instantly condemn our assertion that while we are an eclectic society , we are also a handmaid to teligion . Unless the

principles and teaching of the body to which they belong are accepted , though the days of interdict and excommunication , " major " or " minor , " let us fervently hope , are for ever

over , they are very much inclined to question the propriety and benefit of any society which takes no heed of them . Now we have always contended , and contend still ,

that the basis of our society , being the acceptance of all who bona fide believe , in The Great Father of the Human Race , The Great Architect of the World , The Great Creator

of Man . Whether our position be sound or unsound , whether our views be acceptable or unacceptable , such they are , and we need never be ashamed to avow them . For if some think

our views are too expansive , if others think they are still not expansive euough , we prefer in this as in other matters Masonic , " stare

super vias antiquas . '' We are friendly to all religious bodies , we are hostile to none ; we are most willing to associate with them , and help them in all works which tend to the en-