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VICTORIA —MOTHER OF MASONS , " By Bro . J HORNSEY CASSON , P . P . G . O . Derbyshire . GEORGE KENNING . 16 and 16 a , Great Queen Street ( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) , W . C
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NOTICE . In view of the Christmas Holidays cominencing on Saturday next , we purposo publishing the Freemason on Thursday , the 23 rd inst ., instead of on Friday , the 24 th inst .
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f^eeSiaso^ flDasonfc fRotes .
Saturday, December 18, 1897.
SATURDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1897 .
Very general regret will be felt at the announcement that , owing to failing health , Bro . the Duke of St . AJbanshas resigned his office of Prov . G . M . of Nottinghamshire . His grace was appointed in succession to the late Duke of Newcastle in 1877 , having for the preceding 15 years served as Prov . G . Master of
Lincolnshire . Thus , there are but three brethren who have held the rank oC Prov . G . Master ( or a longer term of years , namely , Bro . Lord Leigh , who has been Prov . G . Master of Warwickshire since 1852 ; Bro . his Grace the Duke of Devonshire , who was appointed to office in 1 S 5 S ; and Bro . Earl Amherst , who has been Prov . G . Master of Kent since 18 S 0 . His Grace
was a founder and first W . M . of the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , Cambiidge , which was consecrated in 1 S 61 , and it is recorded in the columns of the Freemasons' Magaaine and Mirror for that year , that a short time previous to the consecration—the Duke personally showed H . R . H . the Prince of Wales —then pursuing his studies at Trinity College—over the hall in which the lodge was to meet .
Saturday, December 18, 1897.
We regret to find that very little further progress has been made during the current month in strengthening the Board of Stewards for the Festival which will be held in February , 18 9 8 , in Behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , only nine names having been placed on the list since the 30 th ult . We
keep on referring to the paucity of Stewards for this particular Festival , because , while we are prepared fo r great things in connection with the Boys' School Centenary , we are desirous that the Returns for the Old People should approich as nearly as possible to the sum actually required to make good the ordinary annual deficit . If that much is raised there will be no
reason to complain ; but present appeirances do not justify the hope that the Institution will be fortunate enough to obtain such an amount , or even two-thirds of it . We , therefore , urge upon lodges and brethren not to forget the Annuitants , and the large sum they require to maintain them in a state of efficiency .
* When we wrote the article which appeared somewhile since in our columns in reference to a letter addressed by a Father Wyndham to the Tablet on the subject of the "Christless" and even " anti-Christian " character of Freemasonry , we never expscted that any
arguments we might employ would inlluence his position towards our Society . We shall , therefore , make no attempt to follow him through his second letter , which appeared in the Weekly Register on the 20 th of last month . Suffice it to say that in this second letter
he repeats the statements contained in his first , but with this important addition—that English Masonry is responsible for the violations of Masonic principle which have been sanctioned and approved by " other sections of the Craft—in France and elsewhere . "
» * » It is perfectly true , as Father Wyndham says , that " English Masonry is the parent stock whence all other Masonry has been derived . Wherever Masonry was established abroad , it was effected by a transplantation from England . " This is quite true ; but while wc English
Masons justly claim for ourselves that we have steidfastly maintained the principles , the fundamental principles , of Freemasonry , there are sections of the Craft in other countries , and particularly in France , which have deliberately ignored and set at defiance those principles , and from these we have , by the act of our Grand Lodge , solemnly disassociated ourselves . In
doing this , we naturally tell them that we do not recognise them , do not accept them as Masons . It is not we , but themselves , who have deliberately placed them in direct antagonism to the principles of Masonry , and it strikes us as being the very height of absurdity to hold us responsible for acts which it was never in our power to prevent , and which we have most solemnly condemned .
* » * But , says Father Wyndham , the English lodges have representatives accredited to the foreign lodges and the latter return us the compliment by accrediting representatives to our lodges , and though there may be some few cases in which there is no such exchange
of accredited representatives , " the ancient and accepted Scottish rite supplies the connecting link . " But the " ancient and accepted Scottish rite " is itself outside the pale of recognition by our Grand Lodge as constituting any part of " pure antient Masonry , " which by the Articles of Union of 1813 consists of " three
degrees and no more , " and those degrees , as explained in Article 1 , Book of Constitutions , are the U . A . P ., F . C ., and M . M ., "including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch . " But even were it otherwise , as none but . Master Masons can become members of the A . and A . Rite , it follows that the ( undamenUl principles of both bodies must be the same .
* * In favourable contrast with the condemnation of Freemasonry by Father Wyndham is the praise bestowed upon our Order in the Gentlewoman of last week . " We women , " writes our contemporary , " might have smiled at the purple and gold of the Masonic
clothing worn by the great officers of the Craft , " at the service in St . Paul ' s Cathedral on the 2 nd instant , " and imagined the quaint ritual of lodge , : ind in our ignorance have called it stupid mummery ; but did we realise that that solemn service , offered in thankfulness to the Almighty , was the basis of Masonic life and principles , and that no community of men in
the world gave so largely—some / "Co . ooo a year—to the maintenance of their own Cha'itics V " This is certainly a kindlier , more charitable , and , therefore , more Christian view of Freemasonry than will be found in—to apply his own expression—the " Christless , •(•/ Christian , and finally , «••// -Christian , " diatribes of Father Wyndham .
Saturday, December 18, 1897.
Wc have received copy of a communication which Bro . Howard H . Room , P . G . Std . Br . England , Prov . Grand Secretary Middlesex , has addressed to the Sectaries of the lodges in that Province , in which he announces that , owing to increased pressure of his official duties and the unsatisfactory state of his
health , he has found it necessary to resign his post of Prov . Grand Secretary , and that the R . VV . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., has been pleased to appoint Bio . James M . Small , P . M ., Treasurer Carnarvon Lodge , No . 70 S , as his successor . We feel sure the news will be received with sincere
regret throughout the Province of Middlesex , and , indeed , throughout the Craft generally . Bro . Room has laboured faithtully , and we feel we are justified in adding , most successfully , during the nine years he has served as Prov . Grand Secretary to maintain and strengthen the interests of Masonry in the
Province of Middlesex . In him there is no doubt that the Prov . Grand Master and the lodges under his rule have lost a most painstaking executive officer , and we must hope that his health will be benefited by his resignation of an office , the duties and responsibilities
of which are by no means easily fulfilled . We must hope , too , that his successor , Bro . ] . M . Small , when he has had time to settle down to his work , will prove himself a not unworthy successor of Bro . Room . * # *
We learn from one of our esteemed American exchanges that the plans for the new Masonic Hall at Washington are rapidly taking shape , and the enterprise seems now an assured success . There were nearly 300 enthusiastic brethren present at a meeting of the general committee , and 44 out of the 49 lodges
and chapters in the Washington jurisdiction were represented . Although the capital of the Association is placed at 100 , 000 dollars , it is proposed to spend at least live times lhat amount on the building , which will be national in its character . It is in
contemplation to hold a fair that shall eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted in the District of Columbia , the receipts to be applied to the new building . The new structure , which will be located in the business portion of the city , will cover an area of 15 , 000 si-uare feet .
* » * We have much pleasure in announcing that it is in contemplation to organise a party of brethren , with their friends ( including ladies ) , with a view to visit Egypt and the Holy Land , more especially the Temple and Solomon ' s Quarries at Jerusalem . Bro . the V ' en
Archdeacon Stevens , Past Grand Chaplain , has been invited to accompany the party in the capacity of Chaplain , and , in the event of a sufficient number of brethren arranging to take part in the excursion , it is proposed to make application in the proper quarter for permission to hold a lodge in Solomon ' s Quarries .
Such a meeting was held many yeais ago by a body ot brethren who made the tour of the Holy Land . It is proposed that the party shall leave London the 21 st January , 1 S 0 . 8 , and return by the 17 th February , the earlier , and , on returning , the latter , part of the j ourney
being accomplished over land . The scheme is well worthy of support , and we trust that a sufficient number of Masons will be found to take part in it , or , rather , to make it possible for the promoters to carry it out .
BRO . AND THE HON . MRS . ROCIIFOHT MAGUIUE have left town to spend a few weeks at the Cap Martin Hotel , South of France . MK , BAJU . IE , M . P ., and the Hon . Mrs . Baillie have arrived in town from Dochfour , and will leave next week for Rangemore to spend the Christinas llulidays with Bro . Lord and Lady Burton .
TUB DUKE AND DUCHESS OF > OKK left Windsor Castle on Wednesday morning upon the conclusion ol their visit to the Queen , and returned to York House , St . James ' s , where they will remain for a few days before proceeding to Sandringham .
THE 15 SECTIONS will be worked at the Red Lion Hotel , Leytonstone , E ., in connection with the Clarence and Avondale Lodge of Instruction , No . 2411 , on Tuesday evening , the 21 st instant , at seven o'clock sharp , on which occas on Bro . J . Pringle , P . M ., Preceptor of the Merchant Navy Lodge oi Instruction , No . 7 S 1 , will preside .
THE QUEEN * , accompanied by Piincess Henry of Battenberg , drove shortly after noon on Wednesday , from the Victoria Tower , Windsor Castle , to the Lower Ward , and visited the Albert Chapel , the burial-place of the late Duke of Albany and Duke of Clarence and Avondale . Wreaths of white and yellow immortelles were placed during their stay near the tombs of the deceased Princes .
ADMIRAL THE HON . SIR E . R . FKEMANI I . E , 111 presenting the prizes to the naval students on her Majesty ' s ship Britannia , at Dartmouth , on Wednesday , announced that the Queen would each year give a gold medal to the cadet who was most distinguished for gentlemanlike bearing and good inlluenceamong his mates , and the recipient is to have the fact noted in the Navy List during his future career . Cadet J . Wilfred Scott , of the Astixa , is the first to receive the reward .
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Ad00903
VICTORIA —MOTHER OF MASONS , " By Bro . J HORNSEY CASSON , P . P . G . O . Derbyshire . GEORGE KENNING . 16 and 16 a , Great Queen Street ( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) , W . C
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A Feature of the Metropolis . SPIF . RS \ PONDS pRITERION RESTAURANT , PICCADILLY CIRCUS , LONDON , W . EAST ROOM . Finest Cuisine , unsurpassed by the most renowned Parisian Restaurants , Luncheons , Dinners and Suppers a la carte and prix fixe . Viennese Band . GRAND HALL . Musical Dinner 3 s . Gd . per head . Accompanied by the Imperial Austrian Band . WEST ROOM . Academy Luncheon 2 s . 6 J ., Diner Parisien 5 s ., during both of which the renowned Mandolin Quartette performs . BUFKET & GRILL ROOM . Quick service a la carte and moderate prices . Joints in each room fresh from the Spit every half-hour . AMERICAN BAR . Service of special American Dishes , Grills , & c . Splendid Suites of Rooms for Military and otlicr Dinners .
Ar00905
NOTICE . In view of the Christmas Holidays cominencing on Saturday next , we purposo publishing the Freemason on Thursday , the 23 rd inst ., instead of on Friday , the 24 th inst .
Ar00906
f^eeSiaso^ flDasonfc fRotes .
Saturday, December 18, 1897.
SATURDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1897 .
Very general regret will be felt at the announcement that , owing to failing health , Bro . the Duke of St . AJbanshas resigned his office of Prov . G . M . of Nottinghamshire . His grace was appointed in succession to the late Duke of Newcastle in 1877 , having for the preceding 15 years served as Prov . G . Master of
Lincolnshire . Thus , there are but three brethren who have held the rank oC Prov . G . Master ( or a longer term of years , namely , Bro . Lord Leigh , who has been Prov . G . Master of Warwickshire since 1852 ; Bro . his Grace the Duke of Devonshire , who was appointed to office in 1 S 5 S ; and Bro . Earl Amherst , who has been Prov . G . Master of Kent since 18 S 0 . His Grace
was a founder and first W . M . of the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , Cambiidge , which was consecrated in 1 S 61 , and it is recorded in the columns of the Freemasons' Magaaine and Mirror for that year , that a short time previous to the consecration—the Duke personally showed H . R . H . the Prince of Wales —then pursuing his studies at Trinity College—over the hall in which the lodge was to meet .
Saturday, December 18, 1897.
We regret to find that very little further progress has been made during the current month in strengthening the Board of Stewards for the Festival which will be held in February , 18 9 8 , in Behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , only nine names having been placed on the list since the 30 th ult . We
keep on referring to the paucity of Stewards for this particular Festival , because , while we are prepared fo r great things in connection with the Boys' School Centenary , we are desirous that the Returns for the Old People should approich as nearly as possible to the sum actually required to make good the ordinary annual deficit . If that much is raised there will be no
reason to complain ; but present appeirances do not justify the hope that the Institution will be fortunate enough to obtain such an amount , or even two-thirds of it . We , therefore , urge upon lodges and brethren not to forget the Annuitants , and the large sum they require to maintain them in a state of efficiency .
* When we wrote the article which appeared somewhile since in our columns in reference to a letter addressed by a Father Wyndham to the Tablet on the subject of the "Christless" and even " anti-Christian " character of Freemasonry , we never expscted that any
arguments we might employ would inlluence his position towards our Society . We shall , therefore , make no attempt to follow him through his second letter , which appeared in the Weekly Register on the 20 th of last month . Suffice it to say that in this second letter
he repeats the statements contained in his first , but with this important addition—that English Masonry is responsible for the violations of Masonic principle which have been sanctioned and approved by " other sections of the Craft—in France and elsewhere . "
» * » It is perfectly true , as Father Wyndham says , that " English Masonry is the parent stock whence all other Masonry has been derived . Wherever Masonry was established abroad , it was effected by a transplantation from England . " This is quite true ; but while wc English
Masons justly claim for ourselves that we have steidfastly maintained the principles , the fundamental principles , of Freemasonry , there are sections of the Craft in other countries , and particularly in France , which have deliberately ignored and set at defiance those principles , and from these we have , by the act of our Grand Lodge , solemnly disassociated ourselves . In
doing this , we naturally tell them that we do not recognise them , do not accept them as Masons . It is not we , but themselves , who have deliberately placed them in direct antagonism to the principles of Masonry , and it strikes us as being the very height of absurdity to hold us responsible for acts which it was never in our power to prevent , and which we have most solemnly condemned .
* » * But , says Father Wyndham , the English lodges have representatives accredited to the foreign lodges and the latter return us the compliment by accrediting representatives to our lodges , and though there may be some few cases in which there is no such exchange
of accredited representatives , " the ancient and accepted Scottish rite supplies the connecting link . " But the " ancient and accepted Scottish rite " is itself outside the pale of recognition by our Grand Lodge as constituting any part of " pure antient Masonry , " which by the Articles of Union of 1813 consists of " three
degrees and no more , " and those degrees , as explained in Article 1 , Book of Constitutions , are the U . A . P ., F . C ., and M . M ., "including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch . " But even were it otherwise , as none but . Master Masons can become members of the A . and A . Rite , it follows that the ( undamenUl principles of both bodies must be the same .
* * In favourable contrast with the condemnation of Freemasonry by Father Wyndham is the praise bestowed upon our Order in the Gentlewoman of last week . " We women , " writes our contemporary , " might have smiled at the purple and gold of the Masonic
clothing worn by the great officers of the Craft , " at the service in St . Paul ' s Cathedral on the 2 nd instant , " and imagined the quaint ritual of lodge , : ind in our ignorance have called it stupid mummery ; but did we realise that that solemn service , offered in thankfulness to the Almighty , was the basis of Masonic life and principles , and that no community of men in
the world gave so largely—some / "Co . ooo a year—to the maintenance of their own Cha'itics V " This is certainly a kindlier , more charitable , and , therefore , more Christian view of Freemasonry than will be found in—to apply his own expression—the " Christless , •(•/ Christian , and finally , «••// -Christian , " diatribes of Father Wyndham .
Saturday, December 18, 1897.
Wc have received copy of a communication which Bro . Howard H . Room , P . G . Std . Br . England , Prov . Grand Secretary Middlesex , has addressed to the Sectaries of the lodges in that Province , in which he announces that , owing to increased pressure of his official duties and the unsatisfactory state of his
health , he has found it necessary to resign his post of Prov . Grand Secretary , and that the R . VV . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., has been pleased to appoint Bio . James M . Small , P . M ., Treasurer Carnarvon Lodge , No . 70 S , as his successor . We feel sure the news will be received with sincere
regret throughout the Province of Middlesex , and , indeed , throughout the Craft generally . Bro . Room has laboured faithtully , and we feel we are justified in adding , most successfully , during the nine years he has served as Prov . Grand Secretary to maintain and strengthen the interests of Masonry in the
Province of Middlesex . In him there is no doubt that the Prov . Grand Master and the lodges under his rule have lost a most painstaking executive officer , and we must hope that his health will be benefited by his resignation of an office , the duties and responsibilities
of which are by no means easily fulfilled . We must hope , too , that his successor , Bro . ] . M . Small , when he has had time to settle down to his work , will prove himself a not unworthy successor of Bro . Room . * # *
We learn from one of our esteemed American exchanges that the plans for the new Masonic Hall at Washington are rapidly taking shape , and the enterprise seems now an assured success . There were nearly 300 enthusiastic brethren present at a meeting of the general committee , and 44 out of the 49 lodges
and chapters in the Washington jurisdiction were represented . Although the capital of the Association is placed at 100 , 000 dollars , it is proposed to spend at least live times lhat amount on the building , which will be national in its character . It is in
contemplation to hold a fair that shall eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted in the District of Columbia , the receipts to be applied to the new building . The new structure , which will be located in the business portion of the city , will cover an area of 15 , 000 si-uare feet .
* » * We have much pleasure in announcing that it is in contemplation to organise a party of brethren , with their friends ( including ladies ) , with a view to visit Egypt and the Holy Land , more especially the Temple and Solomon ' s Quarries at Jerusalem . Bro . the V ' en
Archdeacon Stevens , Past Grand Chaplain , has been invited to accompany the party in the capacity of Chaplain , and , in the event of a sufficient number of brethren arranging to take part in the excursion , it is proposed to make application in the proper quarter for permission to hold a lodge in Solomon ' s Quarries .
Such a meeting was held many yeais ago by a body ot brethren who made the tour of the Holy Land . It is proposed that the party shall leave London the 21 st January , 1 S 0 . 8 , and return by the 17 th February , the earlier , and , on returning , the latter , part of the j ourney
being accomplished over land . The scheme is well worthy of support , and we trust that a sufficient number of Masons will be found to take part in it , or , rather , to make it possible for the promoters to carry it out .
BRO . AND THE HON . MRS . ROCIIFOHT MAGUIUE have left town to spend a few weeks at the Cap Martin Hotel , South of France . MK , BAJU . IE , M . P ., and the Hon . Mrs . Baillie have arrived in town from Dochfour , and will leave next week for Rangemore to spend the Christinas llulidays with Bro . Lord and Lady Burton .
TUB DUKE AND DUCHESS OF > OKK left Windsor Castle on Wednesday morning upon the conclusion ol their visit to the Queen , and returned to York House , St . James ' s , where they will remain for a few days before proceeding to Sandringham .
THE 15 SECTIONS will be worked at the Red Lion Hotel , Leytonstone , E ., in connection with the Clarence and Avondale Lodge of Instruction , No . 2411 , on Tuesday evening , the 21 st instant , at seven o'clock sharp , on which occas on Bro . J . Pringle , P . M ., Preceptor of the Merchant Navy Lodge oi Instruction , No . 7 S 1 , will preside .
THE QUEEN * , accompanied by Piincess Henry of Battenberg , drove shortly after noon on Wednesday , from the Victoria Tower , Windsor Castle , to the Lower Ward , and visited the Albert Chapel , the burial-place of the late Duke of Albany and Duke of Clarence and Avondale . Wreaths of white and yellow immortelles were placed during their stay near the tombs of the deceased Princes .
ADMIRAL THE HON . SIR E . R . FKEMANI I . E , 111 presenting the prizes to the naval students on her Majesty ' s ship Britannia , at Dartmouth , on Wednesday , announced that the Queen would each year give a gold medal to the cadet who was most distinguished for gentlemanlike bearing and good inlluenceamong his mates , and the recipient is to have the fact noted in the Navy List during his future career . Cadet J . Wilfred Scott , of the Astixa , is the first to receive the reward .