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Speech Of Bro. J. C. Parkinson, D.P.G.M., Middlesex, On His Installation As W.M. Of St. David's Lodge, No. 679, Aberdare.
over ) , the Duke of St . Albans ( Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire ) , the Duke of Marlborough , the Duke of Manchester ( Provincial Grand Master of Northampton and Huntingdon ) , the Duke of Newcastle ( Provincial Grand Master of Nottinghamshire ) , the Duke of
Abercorn , the Duke of Leinster ( Grand Master of Ireland ) , the Marquis of Ripon ( Grand Master of England ) , the Marquis of Townsend , the Marquis of Downshire , the Marquis of Headfort , the Marquis of Donegal ( Provincial Grand Master of Antrim ) , the Marquis of Waterford ,
the Marquis of Kildare , the Marquis of Londonderry ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Earl of Carnarvon ( Deputy Grand Master of England ) , Earl of Zetland , Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot ( Provincial Grand Master of Staffordshire ) : Earl of Sandwich ( a Past Master ) , Earl of
Shaftesbury , Earl of Jersey ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Earl Ferrers ( Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Leicestershire and Rutland ) , Earl Cowper , Earl Mount-Edgcumbe ( a Past Master ) , Earl of Rosslyn ( Grand Master of Scotland ) , Earl of Durham ( Past Grand Warden of
England ) , Earl of Yarborough , Earl of Donoughmore , Earl of Limerick ( Provincial Grand Master of Bristol ; , Earl of Dalhousie ( Past Deputy Grand Master of England ) , Earl of Fife , Viscount Combermere ( Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire ) , Viscount Hardinge ,
Viscount Gough , Lord Eliot ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Lord Sherborne ( Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire ) , Lord Northwick , Lord Lilford , Lord Erskine ( Past Grand Deacon of Scotland ) , Lord de Tabley ( Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire ) , Lord Wharncliffe , Lord
Tenterden ( Senior Grand Warden of England ) , the Very P .. ev . Dean Lord Plunkett ( Past Grand Chaplain ) , Lord Skelmersdale ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Lord Abinger , Lord Leigh ( Provincial Grand Master of Warwickshire ) , Lord Londesborough , Lord Annaly ( Past Grand
Warden of Ireland ) , Lord Henniker ( a Worshipful Master ) , Lord Lytton , Lord Methuen ( Provincial Grand Master of Wiltshire ) , the Right Rev . the Bishop of Peterborough , Viscount Powerscourt , Viscount Dunboyne ( Provincial Grand Master of Limerick ) , Viscount Blayney ,
Lord Colville . The following sons of peers are Freemasons : —The Marquis of Hartington ( Provincial Grand Master of Derbyshire ) , Lord Maldon . Lord Koyston ( Provincial Grand Master of Cambridge ) , Lord lVlham ( Provincial Grand Master of Sussex ) , Lord Holmesdale ( Provincial
Grand Master of Kent ) , Lord Amberk-y , Lord Lindsay ( Provincial Grand Master of Aberdeenshire , and Past Grand Warden of England ) , the Earl of Bective ( Provincial Grand Master , Cumberland and Westmoreland ) , Lord Kilworth , Lord Bernard ( a Past Master ) , Earl Percy (
Provincial Grand Master , Northumberland ) . This is a remarkable roll of names , and not the less so that it will take Freemasons generally by surprise . The prudent reserve of the Masonic body is so great that no list of our members has ever been printed ; and while it is certain that the
nobles I have quoted are Masons , it is equally certain that there are many more members of the Upper House , who belong to us than I am able to name . Will anyone pretend that a Society numbering in its ranks more peers than there were in all England when the peerage was most
powerful—more than wrung Magna Charta from John—more than swayed the destinies of the country , and overshadowed the throne itself during the Wars of the Roses—more than secured to us Protestant succession and the Declaration of Ri ghts—that such a Society is
dangerous to the Commonwealth , or that the importance claimed for it is factitious ? And if , as was wisely written long ago , " the dignity of commandment is according to the dignity of the commanded ; to have commandment over beasts , as herdsmen have , is a thing contemptible ; to
have commandment over children as schoolmasters have is a thing of small honour ; to have commandment over galley-slaves is a disparagement rather than an honour . " If this be true , as it undoubtedly is , then , by a parity of reasoning
the dignity and rank of those submitting to the commandment and obligations of Freemasonry must be taken into account when estimating its authority and weight in this country . It is even more interesting to turn to the new House of
Speech Of Bro. J. C. Parkinson, D.P.G.M., Middlesex, On His Installation As W.M. Of St. David's Lodge, No. 679, Aberdare.
Commons and to note the number of Freemasons who have been just returned there . Again , I must ask you to remember that this is the first time it has been attempted to discover the Freemasons who are in Parliament , that the list I am about to quote is based upon personal knowledge and such partial information as could be obtained ,
and that it is necessarily incomplete . As in the case of the House of Lords , there are doubtless many members of the ne . v Parliament who are Freemasons who have not been met or recognised as such either by me or by the friends whom I have been able to consult . The only mode of determining their numbers accurately would be to stand in the House of Commons
itself on a field-night and to challenge every member there by signs—a proceeding which , even if it were practicable , might be attended with inconvenience . Taking them in alphabetical order , I submit to you the following list of members of the new Parliament who are also
members of the Craft , giving you , as the joint-stock companies say , " power to add to their number , " as your information becomes more complete : — Capt . P . Arkwright , ( Derbyshire ) , Sir E . Antrobus ( Wilton ) , Mr . James Ashbury ( Brighton ) Lord E . A . Bruce ( Marlborough ) , Sir
M . H . Beach , ( Gloucestershire ) , Mr . T . Brassey ( Hastings ) , Mr . H . A . Brassey , ( Sandwich ) , Mr . M . Bathunt , ( Cirencester ) , Hon . R . Bourke , ( King ' s Lynn ) , Mr . Bristowe ( Newark ) , Sir It . Buxton ( Norfolk , South ) , Mr . M . Bass ( Derby ) , Mr . A . Bass (
Staffordshire , East ) , Earl of Bective ( Westmoreland ) , Mr . W . T . Boord ( Greenwich ) , Romaine Callender , ( Manchester ) , Mr . J . G . Dodson ( Chester ) , Mr . W . H . Dyke ( Kent , Mid ) , Mr . J . Dodds ( Stockton ) , Hon . W . Egerton ( Mid Cheshire ) , Mr . Eaton ( Coventry ) , Mr . G . W .
Elliot ( Northallerton ) , R . Gardner ( Windsor ) , Sir Daniel Gooch ( Crickdale ) , Lord It . Grosvenor ( Flintshire ;) , Edward Green ( Wakefield ) , G . Goldne ( Chippenham ) , A . L . Goddard ( Crickdale ) . G . Greenall ( Warrington ) , Lord George Hamilton ( Middlesex ) , G . Ward Hunt
( Northamptonshire , X . ) , Marquis of Hartington ( Radnor Boroughs ) , Hon . Col . Wood ( Somersetshire , W . ) , A . S . Hill ( Staffordshire W . ) , W . B . Hughes ( Carnarvon Boroughs ) , J . Henderson ( Durham ) , Viscount Holmesdale ( Kent , Mid . ) , Marquis of Hamilton ( Donegal ) , Mr . T .
F . Halsey , ( Hertfordshire ) , Lord C . Hamilton ( King ' s Lynn ) , Lieut . Col . Hogg ( Truro ) , Mr . S . Isaac ( Nottingham ) , Mr . H . A . Johnstone ( Canterbury ) , Sir . IT . Jonstone ( Scarborough ) , Mr . Johnstone ( Belfast ) , Sir F . Johnstone ( Weymouth ) , Sir C . Knightley (
Northamptonshire , ) , Sir E . H . K . Lacon ( Norfolk North ) , Colonel Loyd Lindsay ( Berkshire ) , Colonel Egerton Legh ( Cheshire , Mid . ) , Lord Lindsay ( Wigan ) , Lord Muncaster ( Cumberland , West ) , Viscount Mahon ( East Suffolk ) , Viscount Macduff' ( Elgin and Nairn ) , Sir Lawrence
Palk ( Devonshire , East ) , A . Pell ( Leicestershire , South ) , Earl Percy ( Northumberland ) , Hon . D . Plunket ( Dublin University ) , Sir F . Perkins , Southampton ; Sir J . St . Aubyn , Cornwall ; H . B . Sheridan , Dudley ; Abel Smith , Hertfordshire ; Hon . F . A . Stanley , Lancashire
North ; Mr . J . P . Starkie , Lancashire , North-East ; Mr . C . Sykes , Yorkshire , East Riding ; Sergeant Simon , Dewsbury ; Mr . A . C . Sheriff " , Worcester ; Mr . MacCullaghTorrens , Finsbury ; Mr . Cowper Temple , Hampshire South ; Lord H . F . Thynne , Wiltshire South ; Lord A . Hill
Trevor , Down ; Sir W . Wynn , Denbigh ; Mr . J . Whitwell , Kendal ; Mr . J . Walpole , Norfolk North ; Sir F . M . Williams , Truro ; Sir H . D . Wolff ' , Christcburch ; Mr . G . H . Whalley , Peterborough . If proof were wanting that Freemasonry is not , in this country , a political
institution , it would be found in the nearly even balance of parties shown in the foregoing lists . It you analyse the names comprised in them , you will find that they include a nearly equal nnmber of Conservatives and Liberals ; and all we need care to congratulate ourselves upon as
Freemasons is the number and influence of our brethren in both Houses of Parliament . Yes ; there is one other point to rejoice over—the rarity of rejection amongst members of the Craft who have appealed to the constituencies . So far as I have been able to discover , out of the eleven or twelve hundred candidates who have
Speech Of Bro. J. C. Parkinson, D.P.G.M., Middlesex, On His Installation As W.M. Of St. David's Lodge, No. 679, Aberdare.
been before the country during the last few weeks , and who have gone to the poll , there have been only sixteen Freemasons who have been unsuccessful , from which it seems reasonable to infer that while we are strictly non-political , it is not precisely a drawback even at election time
to be one of a powerful society which binds its members together by secret and indissoluble bonds of of mutual helpfulness and goodwill . Freemasonry , whatever it may be in less favoured lands , is not political with us , because England is free . Liberty of the subject has been secured
here by many a bitter sacrifice and many a gallant struggle . But if it were possible for this nation to again undergo such throbs and throes as one of the old Puritan generals graphically described when the question in dispute was whether the king should govern as a god by his
will and the nation by force as beasts ? or whether the people should be governed by laws made by themselves , and live under a government derived from their own consent ; it is not to be doubted that the teaching and organisation of Freemasonry , with its sound doctrine of
natural equality and mutual dependence , would bear gallant and substantial fruit . It is only spiritual tyranny or civil oppression that that can have ought to fear from an Institution which is powerful in its unity , and in its skilful adaptation of varied means to given ends , but every principle
of which is based on an inherent reverence for Constitutional law on a profound respect for the rights of the ruler no less than the ruled , and on that common ground of reli gious toleration and civil liberty which makes communities happy and nations great . In conclusion , let me say
that it has seemed to me to be expedient upon an occasion of this importance to state plainly our grounds for upholding an organisation which is a power in the country for good or evil , and which may , perhaps take a deeper root in this portion of South Wales for the events of this
evening . I , then , maintain that a well-ordered Freemasons' Lodge cannot flourish in a district without presenting valuable constitutional lessons in an attractive form , nor without fostering tlut unity of feeling and that cordial attachment between men of different degree which it is
sound policy and true reli gion to encourage and support . And further , to . those whose knowledge of life has taught them that mere personal aims , when not purified b y high purpose , are of all earthly things the most unsatisfying—disappointing on attainment , " and
ignoble in pursuit ; who cherish an inner life which is as far removed from common place surroundings as the glory of the s « n is above the scenes it shines upon ; who see in mankind and their pursuits puppets moved by an unseen Hand , and passing , some slowly , some rapidly ,
all surely off" the stage to be no more seen—in a word , to the thoughtful few . Symbolism has in all ages possessed a deep attraction , when it has conserved purity of worship , lessons to humanity , fatih in the Unseen , and lofty conceptions of a life to come . Advancement in Freemasonry ,
which is a system of morality veiled in allegory and ; illustrated by symbols , undoubtedly gives dominion of many hearts , but beyond this , it preserves an ideal which is revealed in proportion as it is sought for patiently , of happiness pure and high , because rooted in and inseparable from the happiness of others .
Who are the blest ? They who have kept their sympathies awake , And scatter ed joy for more than custom ' s sake . Steadfast and tender in the hour of need , Gentle in thought , benevolent in deed ; Whose looks have power to make dissension
cease—Whose smiles are pleasant , and whose words are peace .
Medicinal Efficacy For Ancestral Errors. —
MEDICINAL EFFICACY FOR ANCESTRAL ERRORS . —
Daily experience confirms the testimony borne to the benefits effected by Holloway ' s remedies in all descriptions of disease , which can assail mankind either at home or abroad . In cases of glandular , or other complaints , aiising irom hereditary taints , the use of these healing and purifying remedies is always followed by the most gratif resultsThe Ointment
ying . must be well rubbed upon the skin , as near as possible to the ailing and aching part , and the Pills should be taken every night , in alternative rather than purgative doses . These excellent medicaments will then act in unison , quell the local mischief , re-establish order and purity throughout the system , and spare unmerited suffering , or untimely death .
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Speech Of Bro. J. C. Parkinson, D.P.G.M., Middlesex, On His Installation As W.M. Of St. David's Lodge, No. 679, Aberdare.
over ) , the Duke of St . Albans ( Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire ) , the Duke of Marlborough , the Duke of Manchester ( Provincial Grand Master of Northampton and Huntingdon ) , the Duke of Newcastle ( Provincial Grand Master of Nottinghamshire ) , the Duke of
Abercorn , the Duke of Leinster ( Grand Master of Ireland ) , the Marquis of Ripon ( Grand Master of England ) , the Marquis of Townsend , the Marquis of Downshire , the Marquis of Headfort , the Marquis of Donegal ( Provincial Grand Master of Antrim ) , the Marquis of Waterford ,
the Marquis of Kildare , the Marquis of Londonderry ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Earl of Carnarvon ( Deputy Grand Master of England ) , Earl of Zetland , Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot ( Provincial Grand Master of Staffordshire ) : Earl of Sandwich ( a Past Master ) , Earl of
Shaftesbury , Earl of Jersey ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Earl Ferrers ( Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Leicestershire and Rutland ) , Earl Cowper , Earl Mount-Edgcumbe ( a Past Master ) , Earl of Rosslyn ( Grand Master of Scotland ) , Earl of Durham ( Past Grand Warden of
England ) , Earl of Yarborough , Earl of Donoughmore , Earl of Limerick ( Provincial Grand Master of Bristol ; , Earl of Dalhousie ( Past Deputy Grand Master of England ) , Earl of Fife , Viscount Combermere ( Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire ) , Viscount Hardinge ,
Viscount Gough , Lord Eliot ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Lord Sherborne ( Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire ) , Lord Northwick , Lord Lilford , Lord Erskine ( Past Grand Deacon of Scotland ) , Lord de Tabley ( Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire ) , Lord Wharncliffe , Lord
Tenterden ( Senior Grand Warden of England ) , the Very P .. ev . Dean Lord Plunkett ( Past Grand Chaplain ) , Lord Skelmersdale ( Past Grand Warden of England ) , Lord Abinger , Lord Leigh ( Provincial Grand Master of Warwickshire ) , Lord Londesborough , Lord Annaly ( Past Grand
Warden of Ireland ) , Lord Henniker ( a Worshipful Master ) , Lord Lytton , Lord Methuen ( Provincial Grand Master of Wiltshire ) , the Right Rev . the Bishop of Peterborough , Viscount Powerscourt , Viscount Dunboyne ( Provincial Grand Master of Limerick ) , Viscount Blayney ,
Lord Colville . The following sons of peers are Freemasons : —The Marquis of Hartington ( Provincial Grand Master of Derbyshire ) , Lord Maldon . Lord Koyston ( Provincial Grand Master of Cambridge ) , Lord lVlham ( Provincial Grand Master of Sussex ) , Lord Holmesdale ( Provincial
Grand Master of Kent ) , Lord Amberk-y , Lord Lindsay ( Provincial Grand Master of Aberdeenshire , and Past Grand Warden of England ) , the Earl of Bective ( Provincial Grand Master , Cumberland and Westmoreland ) , Lord Kilworth , Lord Bernard ( a Past Master ) , Earl Percy (
Provincial Grand Master , Northumberland ) . This is a remarkable roll of names , and not the less so that it will take Freemasons generally by surprise . The prudent reserve of the Masonic body is so great that no list of our members has ever been printed ; and while it is certain that the
nobles I have quoted are Masons , it is equally certain that there are many more members of the Upper House , who belong to us than I am able to name . Will anyone pretend that a Society numbering in its ranks more peers than there were in all England when the peerage was most
powerful—more than wrung Magna Charta from John—more than swayed the destinies of the country , and overshadowed the throne itself during the Wars of the Roses—more than secured to us Protestant succession and the Declaration of Ri ghts—that such a Society is
dangerous to the Commonwealth , or that the importance claimed for it is factitious ? And if , as was wisely written long ago , " the dignity of commandment is according to the dignity of the commanded ; to have commandment over beasts , as herdsmen have , is a thing contemptible ; to
have commandment over children as schoolmasters have is a thing of small honour ; to have commandment over galley-slaves is a disparagement rather than an honour . " If this be true , as it undoubtedly is , then , by a parity of reasoning
the dignity and rank of those submitting to the commandment and obligations of Freemasonry must be taken into account when estimating its authority and weight in this country . It is even more interesting to turn to the new House of
Speech Of Bro. J. C. Parkinson, D.P.G.M., Middlesex, On His Installation As W.M. Of St. David's Lodge, No. 679, Aberdare.
Commons and to note the number of Freemasons who have been just returned there . Again , I must ask you to remember that this is the first time it has been attempted to discover the Freemasons who are in Parliament , that the list I am about to quote is based upon personal knowledge and such partial information as could be obtained ,
and that it is necessarily incomplete . As in the case of the House of Lords , there are doubtless many members of the ne . v Parliament who are Freemasons who have not been met or recognised as such either by me or by the friends whom I have been able to consult . The only mode of determining their numbers accurately would be to stand in the House of Commons
itself on a field-night and to challenge every member there by signs—a proceeding which , even if it were practicable , might be attended with inconvenience . Taking them in alphabetical order , I submit to you the following list of members of the new Parliament who are also
members of the Craft , giving you , as the joint-stock companies say , " power to add to their number , " as your information becomes more complete : — Capt . P . Arkwright , ( Derbyshire ) , Sir E . Antrobus ( Wilton ) , Mr . James Ashbury ( Brighton ) Lord E . A . Bruce ( Marlborough ) , Sir
M . H . Beach , ( Gloucestershire ) , Mr . T . Brassey ( Hastings ) , Mr . H . A . Brassey , ( Sandwich ) , Mr . M . Bathunt , ( Cirencester ) , Hon . R . Bourke , ( King ' s Lynn ) , Mr . Bristowe ( Newark ) , Sir It . Buxton ( Norfolk , South ) , Mr . M . Bass ( Derby ) , Mr . A . Bass (
Staffordshire , East ) , Earl of Bective ( Westmoreland ) , Mr . W . T . Boord ( Greenwich ) , Romaine Callender , ( Manchester ) , Mr . J . G . Dodson ( Chester ) , Mr . W . H . Dyke ( Kent , Mid ) , Mr . J . Dodds ( Stockton ) , Hon . W . Egerton ( Mid Cheshire ) , Mr . Eaton ( Coventry ) , Mr . G . W .
Elliot ( Northallerton ) , R . Gardner ( Windsor ) , Sir Daniel Gooch ( Crickdale ) , Lord It . Grosvenor ( Flintshire ;) , Edward Green ( Wakefield ) , G . Goldne ( Chippenham ) , A . L . Goddard ( Crickdale ) . G . Greenall ( Warrington ) , Lord George Hamilton ( Middlesex ) , G . Ward Hunt
( Northamptonshire , X . ) , Marquis of Hartington ( Radnor Boroughs ) , Hon . Col . Wood ( Somersetshire , W . ) , A . S . Hill ( Staffordshire W . ) , W . B . Hughes ( Carnarvon Boroughs ) , J . Henderson ( Durham ) , Viscount Holmesdale ( Kent , Mid . ) , Marquis of Hamilton ( Donegal ) , Mr . T .
F . Halsey , ( Hertfordshire ) , Lord C . Hamilton ( King ' s Lynn ) , Lieut . Col . Hogg ( Truro ) , Mr . S . Isaac ( Nottingham ) , Mr . H . A . Johnstone ( Canterbury ) , Sir . IT . Jonstone ( Scarborough ) , Mr . Johnstone ( Belfast ) , Sir F . Johnstone ( Weymouth ) , Sir C . Knightley (
Northamptonshire , ) , Sir E . H . K . Lacon ( Norfolk North ) , Colonel Loyd Lindsay ( Berkshire ) , Colonel Egerton Legh ( Cheshire , Mid . ) , Lord Lindsay ( Wigan ) , Lord Muncaster ( Cumberland , West ) , Viscount Mahon ( East Suffolk ) , Viscount Macduff' ( Elgin and Nairn ) , Sir Lawrence
Palk ( Devonshire , East ) , A . Pell ( Leicestershire , South ) , Earl Percy ( Northumberland ) , Hon . D . Plunket ( Dublin University ) , Sir F . Perkins , Southampton ; Sir J . St . Aubyn , Cornwall ; H . B . Sheridan , Dudley ; Abel Smith , Hertfordshire ; Hon . F . A . Stanley , Lancashire
North ; Mr . J . P . Starkie , Lancashire , North-East ; Mr . C . Sykes , Yorkshire , East Riding ; Sergeant Simon , Dewsbury ; Mr . A . C . Sheriff " , Worcester ; Mr . MacCullaghTorrens , Finsbury ; Mr . Cowper Temple , Hampshire South ; Lord H . F . Thynne , Wiltshire South ; Lord A . Hill
Trevor , Down ; Sir W . Wynn , Denbigh ; Mr . J . Whitwell , Kendal ; Mr . J . Walpole , Norfolk North ; Sir F . M . Williams , Truro ; Sir H . D . Wolff ' , Christcburch ; Mr . G . H . Whalley , Peterborough . If proof were wanting that Freemasonry is not , in this country , a political
institution , it would be found in the nearly even balance of parties shown in the foregoing lists . It you analyse the names comprised in them , you will find that they include a nearly equal nnmber of Conservatives and Liberals ; and all we need care to congratulate ourselves upon as
Freemasons is the number and influence of our brethren in both Houses of Parliament . Yes ; there is one other point to rejoice over—the rarity of rejection amongst members of the Craft who have appealed to the constituencies . So far as I have been able to discover , out of the eleven or twelve hundred candidates who have
Speech Of Bro. J. C. Parkinson, D.P.G.M., Middlesex, On His Installation As W.M. Of St. David's Lodge, No. 679, Aberdare.
been before the country during the last few weeks , and who have gone to the poll , there have been only sixteen Freemasons who have been unsuccessful , from which it seems reasonable to infer that while we are strictly non-political , it is not precisely a drawback even at election time
to be one of a powerful society which binds its members together by secret and indissoluble bonds of of mutual helpfulness and goodwill . Freemasonry , whatever it may be in less favoured lands , is not political with us , because England is free . Liberty of the subject has been secured
here by many a bitter sacrifice and many a gallant struggle . But if it were possible for this nation to again undergo such throbs and throes as one of the old Puritan generals graphically described when the question in dispute was whether the king should govern as a god by his
will and the nation by force as beasts ? or whether the people should be governed by laws made by themselves , and live under a government derived from their own consent ; it is not to be doubted that the teaching and organisation of Freemasonry , with its sound doctrine of
natural equality and mutual dependence , would bear gallant and substantial fruit . It is only spiritual tyranny or civil oppression that that can have ought to fear from an Institution which is powerful in its unity , and in its skilful adaptation of varied means to given ends , but every principle
of which is based on an inherent reverence for Constitutional law on a profound respect for the rights of the ruler no less than the ruled , and on that common ground of reli gious toleration and civil liberty which makes communities happy and nations great . In conclusion , let me say
that it has seemed to me to be expedient upon an occasion of this importance to state plainly our grounds for upholding an organisation which is a power in the country for good or evil , and which may , perhaps take a deeper root in this portion of South Wales for the events of this
evening . I , then , maintain that a well-ordered Freemasons' Lodge cannot flourish in a district without presenting valuable constitutional lessons in an attractive form , nor without fostering tlut unity of feeling and that cordial attachment between men of different degree which it is
sound policy and true reli gion to encourage and support . And further , to . those whose knowledge of life has taught them that mere personal aims , when not purified b y high purpose , are of all earthly things the most unsatisfying—disappointing on attainment , " and
ignoble in pursuit ; who cherish an inner life which is as far removed from common place surroundings as the glory of the s « n is above the scenes it shines upon ; who see in mankind and their pursuits puppets moved by an unseen Hand , and passing , some slowly , some rapidly ,
all surely off" the stage to be no more seen—in a word , to the thoughtful few . Symbolism has in all ages possessed a deep attraction , when it has conserved purity of worship , lessons to humanity , fatih in the Unseen , and lofty conceptions of a life to come . Advancement in Freemasonry ,
which is a system of morality veiled in allegory and ; illustrated by symbols , undoubtedly gives dominion of many hearts , but beyond this , it preserves an ideal which is revealed in proportion as it is sought for patiently , of happiness pure and high , because rooted in and inseparable from the happiness of others .
Who are the blest ? They who have kept their sympathies awake , And scatter ed joy for more than custom ' s sake . Steadfast and tender in the hour of need , Gentle in thought , benevolent in deed ; Whose looks have power to make dissension
cease—Whose smiles are pleasant , and whose words are peace .
Medicinal Efficacy For Ancestral Errors. —
MEDICINAL EFFICACY FOR ANCESTRAL ERRORS . —
Daily experience confirms the testimony borne to the benefits effected by Holloway ' s remedies in all descriptions of disease , which can assail mankind either at home or abroad . In cases of glandular , or other complaints , aiising irom hereditary taints , the use of these healing and purifying remedies is always followed by the most gratif resultsThe Ointment
ying . must be well rubbed upon the skin , as near as possible to the ailing and aching part , and the Pills should be taken every night , in alternative rather than purgative doses . These excellent medicaments will then act in unison , quell the local mischief , re-establish order and purity throughout the system , and spare unmerited suffering , or untimely death .