Bro. Rob Morris's Reminiscences Of Smyrna.

BRO . ROB MORRIS'S REMINISCENCES OF SMYRNA .

When I was in Smyrna , Asia Minor , in iSGS , I had upon my mind , among other things , to inquire concerning a lodge established there . I had seen in an extract from the " Travels of Alexander Drummond , British Consul at Aleppo , in Asia , " this quotation . Writing from Smyrna ,

in 1745 , he says : "As I have mentioned the lodge of Freemasons , I cannot help congratulating myself upon the opportunity I had of making —( initiating ?)—so many worthy brethren in this place , and of forming the only lodge that is in the Levant . " Will your well-posted correspondents tell us the history of Mr . Drummond as a Masonic deputy ? What was his

authority ? Of which of the Grand Lodges in England was he the representative ? I could not learn anything of the matter in Smyrna . Connected with the quotation above , I find the following lines , which , in a very poor style of poetry , imply the large spread and influence of the lodge at Smyrna . I need not explain that the Meles is a river in those parts : For ages past , a savage race

O erspread these Asian plains ; All nature wore a gloomy face , And pensive moved the swains . But now Britannia ' s generous sons A glorious Lodge have raised Near the famed banks where Meles runs , And Homer's cattle grazed .

The briery wilds to groves are changed , With orange trees around , And fragrant lemons , fairly ' ranged , O'ershade the blissful ground . Approving Phosbus shines more bright , The flowers appear more gay ; New objects rise to cheer the sight With each revolving day .

While safe within the sacred walls , Where heavenly friendship reigns , The friendly Masons hear the calls Of all the needy swains . Their generous aid , with cheerful soul , They grant to those who sue ; And while the wholesome precepts roll , Their smiling joys renew .

I trust the kind-hearted Editor will not charge me with passing this off for poetry . It sounds to my ears like shaking broken glass in a tin cup ; but , for all that , there is a moral , viz ., that the introduction of Freemasonry among the Asiatics had resulted in much good . This I can readily believe after witnessing the effects of the lodge Charities in and about Smyrna . There is no people who appreciate

the workings of Masonry more highly than the Turks , and if ever the political excitement which threatens to break their empire into pieces shall subside , it will be the grandest field for Masonry now unoccupied . There is another poem , but I cannot refer to its source , which belongs in this connection . It is entitled "The Lonely Grave , " and refers to a tombstone at Bagdad ,

Persia , marked with Masonic symbols , but containing no epitaph . It is worth reading .-Tread softly here , —or pause to breathe A prayer o'er him who sleeps beneath , Though savage hands in silence spread The warmless sands that hide the dead ;

Yet here , as wandering Arabs tell , A guardian spirit loves to dwell . 'Tis said , such gentle spirits seek The tears on widowed beauty ' s cheek , And bring those precious drops to lave The sainted Pilgrim's secret grave .

Tread softly , —though the tempest blows Unheeded o ' er his deep repose , — Though now the sun's relentless ray Has parched to dust this holy clay , — The spirit in this clay enshrined Once mounted swifter than the wind , — Once looked , O Sun I beyond thy sphere ,

Then dared to measure thy career , And rose above this earth as far As comets pass the meanest star . Tread softly , —midst this barren sand Lie relics of a bounteous hand ; That hand , if living , would have pressed

The wandering stranger to his breast ; And filled the cup of gladness here , Thy dark and dreary path to cheer : O spare this dust ! it once was part Of an all-kind , all-bounteous heart , If yet with vital warmth it glowed On thee its bounty would have flowed .

Tread softly , —on this hallowed mound The " Body of Brotherhood " is found ! Revere the signet in his breast , — In holiest virtue 'twas confessed : He only lived on earth to prove

The fullness of a Brother s love ; If in thy bosom dwells the . sign Of charity and love divine Give to this grave the duteous tear , A Friend , a Brother , slumbers here .

"Ye Rahere Almoners , " founded by Bro . Jas . Stevens , P . M ., and Mr . Thomas Sangster , C . C , held the first of the season ' s series of Smoking Concerts at the Champion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , E . C ., on Monday last , when Bro . W . Secton and several other brethren , members of the Victoria Glee Club , gave an admirable entertainment on behalf of the funds of this deserving charitable

institution . Bros . A . C Morton , C . C . ; Joseph Young , A . E . Emdin , and other brethren who are members of the Grand Council were present , as were also Bro . Stevens and Mr . Sangster in their respective capacities of Councillor and Recorder . A most agreeable evening was enjoyed by all present , and hearty thanks were accorded to the Victoria Glee Club for the musical treat they had afforded , and the assistance thereby rendered to the funds of the Almonry .

Ar02001

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 'SLIST . THE MARQUIS OF LORNE'S NEW BOOK . One ofthe Cheapest Gift Books of the Season . Imperial Svo , Ss ., handsome cloth . or 25 s . in morocco , elegant . CANADIAN PICTURES , DRAWN WITH PEN AND PENCIL . With numerous Fine Engravings by E . WHYMPER , from Sketches by the MARQUIS OF LORNE , SYDNEY HALL , and others .

" Most interesting—an extremely pleasant book . Thc illustrations by Mr . Sydney Hall and Lord Lome largely contribute to thc attractiveness of tliis very attractive % -olnme . " —Saturday Review . " It shows on every page the writer ' s fitness for the task of producing a lively , kindly , and clear account of the Dominion . The woodcuts which illustrate the volume are bright and neatly engraved . Mr . I ' .. Whymper ' s cutting of them could not be better . —The yllhenalim .

THE WYCL 1 FFE QUINCENTENARY . NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION . JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS ENGLISH PRECURSORS : By Professor LECHLER , D . D ., of the University of Leipsic . Translated from the German by PETER LORIMER , D . D . New Edition , very carefully Revised . With a Supplemental Chapter on the Successors of Wycliffe by S . G . GREEN , D . D . Svo , Ss ., cloth boards . Portrait and Illustrations .

This book is re-issued in connection with thc Five Hundredth Anniversary of WycliiTe ' s Death , December 31 st , 1384 . Dr . Lorimer ' s ' translation has been compared throughout with Lechler's original work . A copious Index has been added , and the volume now forms the Standard Work on thc Life and Times of the Great Reformer . WYCLIFFE ANECDOTES . Compiled b y the Rev . S . G . GREEN , D . D . Uniform with the "Luther Anecdotes . " With Illustrations . i 6 mo , is . 6 d ., cloth boards . " A clear and concise account of the great Reformer's career . ' —Manchester Examiner . " Contains in compendious form most of the notable facts about VVyclifle . " —Pall Mall Gametic .

HANDSOME ANNUAL VOLUMES . THE ANNUAL VOLUME OF THE LEISURE HOUR : the Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation . Contains 7 6 S pages of interesting reading , with a coloured Frontispiece and numerous Illustrations . It forms a handsome Illustrated Book for a Christmas or New Year ' s Present , and a most appropriate and instructive volume for a School , 1-amily , Institution , Ship , or Parish Library . Price - / s ., cloth ; 8 s . od . gilt edges ; ios . 6 d ., half-calf .

THE ANNUAL VOLUME OF THE SUNDAY AT HOME : the Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading . Contains 82 S pages , with Illustrations in Colours , and numerous superior Wood Engravings . A very suitable Uook for I *' resentation . It contains a great variety of Interesting and Instructive Sabbath . Reading for every Memlier of the Family , and is profusely Illustrated . Price ys . * , cloth ; Ss . Od ., extra g ' ilt edges ; ios . 6 d ., half-calf .

NEW STORY BOOKS . Five Shillings Each . LENORE ANNANDALE'S STORY . By Miss E . EVERETT GREEN . With Illustrations . Crown Svo , 5 s ., cloth . The third volume of the "Sunflowers"Series . A very wellwritten story , containing several good character studies . The plot of the tale is well sustained , and the interest kept up well throughout .

THE DOCTOR'S EXPERIMENT . By the Author of " Under Fire , " "The Boys of Highfield , " & c . With Illustrations . Imperial i 6 mo . 5 s ., cloth boards , gilt edges . A story of schoolboy life , full of incident , containing the later history of the principal characters .

Pour Shillings Eacn . SHADOWS : Scenes in the Life of an old Armchair . By Mrs . O . F . WALTON , Author of "Christie ' s Old Organ , " & c . Illustrated . Imperial i 6 mo . 4 s ., cloth boards , gilt edges . A new story by this widely-known writer . The pathos of Ihe new story is very tender and powerful , and the incidents are worked out in a masterly way .

Ttim- MULA AT TUJL ^ SIPUK . ( jlimpses ot Missionary Life and Work in India . A Book for the Children . By the Rev . B . H . BADLEY , M . A ., for Ten Years a Missionary in North India . With many ( ine Engravings . Quarto . 4 s ., cloth , gilt . Melas are great heathen religious festivals held in many parts of India , and frequented by great multitudes .

Three Shillings and Sixpence Each . DEARER THAN LIFE . A Story of the Times of Wycliffe . By EMMA LESLIE . With Illustrations . Imperial i 6 mo . 3 s . Cd ., cloth , gilt . This tale is published in commemoration of the quincentenary of WyclilTe's death . It is by a practised writer , and gives a lively and interesting picture of England in the fourteenth century . APPLES AND ORANGES : Familiar Talks with Children on Fruits . By Mrs . DYSON . With Engravings . Crown Svo . 3 s . 6 * d ., cloth boards , gilt edges . / most nooic ior ine

I nucrcsung cnuuren . ucssons or nigiicst value are drawn from familiar objects , and taught in a way likely to prove very attractive to young readers . COLOURED GIFT BOOKS . STORY-LAND . By SYDNEY GREY . With Thirtytwo Coloured Illustrations by ROBERT BARNES . Quarto . Handsomely bound in coloured boards , 6 s . " Mr . Uarnes's illustrations deserve much praise . Thc colouring is bright and nice . Thc drawing is spirited , and the children look as if they nourished on the wholesome food of the nursery . " Ci / d * -. ' .... MA . U ' J . 11 wii lb

. . rn M v ...... . .. MY COLOURED PICTURE STORY BOOK . With Twenty-four full-coloured page Pictures and Forty Vignettes , comprising Our Pretty Village , Little Antoine , the Little Cousin from India , Blackbird ' s Nest . 4 s . in cloth , gilt edges ,

Ar02002

A AV «> Sunday Hook hy Uesba Strcllon . THE SWEET STORY OF OLD . A Sunday Book for the Little Ones . By HESDA STRETTON , Author of "Jessica's First Prayer , " & c . With Twelve Coloured Pictures by R .-VV . MADDOX . Quarto . 3 s . 6 d ., cloth boards . The story of the Life of Jesus told us so as to interest young children .

DAILY TEXTS FOR THE LITTLE ONES . Illustrations bv AGNES GARDNER KING . Printed in Colour by EDMUND EVANS . Oblong , 4 to . 2 S ., cloth boards , coloured edges . A Text for every Day of the Year , aiid a fine full-page Illus - tration for each month ! A pretty gift-book for children .

Ar02003

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY , LONDON : 56 , PATERNOSTER ROW . The Society ' s Publications for the present Book Season include Books for all Readers , adult and youthful . Coloured Picture Books for the Infants , and a host of packets of Coloured Cards , & c , & c . Please write to tlie Secretaries for Catalogues-

An Alarming Disease Afflicting A Numerous Class.

AN ALARMING DISEASE AFFLICTING A NUMEROUS CLASS .

The disease commences with a slight derangement of the stomach , but , if neglected , it in time involves the whole frame , embracing the kidneys , liver , pancreas , and , in fact , the entire glandular system , and the afflicted drags out a miserable existence until death gives relief from suffering .

The disease is often mistaken for other complaints ; but if the reader will ask himself the following questions he will be able to determine whether he himself is one of the afllicted : —Have I distress , pain , or difficulty in breathing after eating ? Is there a dull , heavy feeling attended by drowsiness ? Have the eyes a yellow tinge ? Does a thick , sticky , mucus gather about the gums and teeth in the

mornings , accompanied by a disagreeable taste ? Is the tongue coated ? Is there pain in the sides and back ? Is there a fulness about the right side as if the liver were enlarging . ' Is there costiveness ? Is there vertigo or dizziness when rising suddenly from a horizontal position ? Are the secretions from the kidneys scanty and highly coloured , with a deposit after standing ?

Does food ferment soon after eating , accompanied by flatulence or a belching of gas from the stomach ? Is there frequent palpitation of the heart ? These various symptoms may not be present at one time , but they torment the sufferer in turn as the dreadful disease progresses . If the case be one of long standing there will be a dry , hacking cough , attended after a time by expectoration . In very

advanced stages the skin assumes a dirty brownish appearance , and the hands and feet are covered by a cold , sticky perspiration . As the liver and kidneys become more and more diseased , rheumatic pains appear , and the usual treatment proves entirely unavailing against this latter agonising disorder . The origin of this malady is indigestion or dyspepsia , and a small quantity of the

proper medicine will remove the disease if taken in its incipiency . It is most important that the disease should be promptly and properly treated in its first stages , when a little medicine will effect a cure , and even when it has obtained a strong hold the correct remed y should be persevered in until every vestige of the disease is eradicated , until the appetite has returned , and the digestive organs restored

to a healthy condition . The surest and most effectual remedy for this distressing complaint is " Seigel's Curative Syrup , " a vegetable preparation sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the world , and by the proprietors , A . J . White , Limited , 17 , Farringdon-road , London , E .. Tbis Syrup strikes at the very foundation of the disease , and drives it , root and branch , out of the system . Ask your chemist for Seigel's Curative Syrup .

Spanish Town , Jamaica , West Indies , Oct . 24 , 1882 . Dear Sir , —I write to inform you that I have derived great benefit from "Seigel ' s Syrup . " 'For some years I have suffered from liver complaint , with its many and varied concomitant evils , so that my life was a perpetual misery . Twelve months ago I was induced to try Seigel ' s

Syrup , and although rather sceptical , having tried so many reputed infallible remedies , I determined to give it at least a fair trial . In two or three days I felt considerably better , and now at the end of twelve months ( having continued taking it ) I am glad to say that I am a different being altogether . It is said of certain pens that they come as a boon and a blessing to men , " and I have no reason to doubt the truthfulness of the statement . I can

truly say , however , that Seigel s Syrup has come as a "boon and a blessing" to me . I have recommended it to several fellow-sufferers from this distressing complaint , and their testimony is quite in accordance with my own . Gratitude for the benefit I have derived from this excellent preparation prompts me to furnish you with this unsolicited testimonial . I am , dear sir , yours ever gratefully , ( Signed ) CAREY B . BERRY , Baptist Missionary .

Amongst the deserving charities of London , one of the foremost is the London Cottage Mission—a name for many a winter now , a household word throughout eastern London—which on Wednesday last again gave a weekly dinner of hot Irish stew to between seven and eight hundred of the starving children who throng every court and alley throughout Limehouse , Stepney , and all their surroundings . It is sad to add that these dinners must cease with this week if funds to keep them going are

not at once forthcoming , forthe fund ^ of the Mission are utterly <¦"¦ xhausted ; and we heartily joinin the appeal now made for assistance to keep this good and deserving charity in a position to meet the many and urge nt demands constantly made on resources now at so low an ebb . All subscriptions or donations can be sent to the managing director , Mr . Walter Austin , 44 , Finsbury-pavement , London , E . C ., or to the Bankers , the London and South Weslern Bank , 7 , Fenchurch-street , London , E . G ., who will most thankfully receive and acknowledge them .