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the Lectures being rendered by the respective Principals most perfectly . Expressions of the deepest sympathy were passed in the chapter for Comp . Wm . Wills , P . Z ., who was lying dangerously ill , and it was resolved that Comp . Chas . H . Stone . P . Z ., S . E ., write to that effect with the earnest desire of the companions that the Almighty would speedily restore him to health . A proposition was handed in for exaltation in February next . A letter of apology was read from Comp . C . H . Marrison , P . S ., for inability to attend through pressure of business .

The business of the chapter ended , it was closed . The companions adjourned to an excellent supper supplied by Comp . F . E . Pow , the worthy proprietor , in his usual capable and pleasing style . On the removal of the cloth , the M . E . Z . gave the customary loyal and R . A . toasts in terms which were also most cordially received . In giving the toast of "The Pro G . Z ., G . H ; , and the rest of the Grand Officers , " the M . E . Z . remarked that they were most able and efficient officers and ever ready to do their utmost for the companions .

Comp . H . C . Turner , I . P . Z ., in very cordial terms , proposed the toast of " The M . E . Z ., Comp . H . Cornford , " who was a most capable companion both in the R . A . and other Degrees . He had shown his abilities that evening in the exaltation ceremony , which he rendered faultlessly ; and the I . P . Z . was confident that the affairs of the chapter would be carried out in the same excellent manner during the coming year . He asked the companions to drink the toast in bumpers . In rising to respond , Comp . H . Cornford , M . E . Z ., had a splendid reception , and said he most cordially thanked the I . P . Z . for his very kind remarks towards him . It

gave him very great pleasure to preside over so excellent a chapter , and he shou Id endeavour to perform the ceremonies in the best possible manner . It was pleas ' ng to note the steady progress of the chapter , and he hoped it would continue to maintain its prestige in South London . He heartily thanked them . The M . E . Z . next proposed the toast of " The Exaltee , Comp . F . G . Messent , " who was a very dear friend and brother of many years' standing in the' Earl of Lathom Lodge , and it gave the companions very great pleasure to receive so worthy a brother in the Selwyn Chapter . The M . E . Z . was confident he would prove himself an excellent

companion , and worthy of their choice . In reply , Comp . Messent thanked the companions for so heartily receiving him , and assured them that he had been much struck with the beautiful ceremony . He wis , he discovered , among many friends and brethren , whom he had known for years , and he hoped to prove to them that their confidence would not be misplaced . The toast ot "The Co-Principals , H . and J ., " was given by the M . E . Z . ia eloquent and eulogistic terms , and most ably responded to by Comps . ] . Pointon , H ., and E . J . S . Ware , J .

Also that of "The Visitors " received at the hands of the M . E . Z . that cordial greeting ever extended by the companions of the Selwyn Chapter . The toast was very heartily responded to by Comps . Tuck , Taylor , Faull , Beecroft , and Shipton , the last remarking that it gave him intense pleasure to attend and see one of his boys in the Ear ! of Lathom Lodge now the M . E . Z ., whose working was excellent . Also Comps . Ware , J ., and Messent , of the same lodge , who were most worthy brethren .

¦ The M . E . Z . next presented the toast of " The Past Principals , Treasurer , and S . E ., " and remarked upon the splendid service they were ever ready to give to the chapter . Comps . Gauntlett , P . Z . ; Lightfoot , P . Z . ; Pow , P . Z . ; and Stone , P . Z ., very suitably replied . The toast of" The Officers " was given by the M . E . Z . in appreciative terms , and duly responded to by Comps . Wimble , S . N ., and Wiberg , Stwd . The Janitor ' s toast closed a very happy convocation .

u Some excellent harmony was rendered by Miss Rosa Lester , who was highly appreciated , Comp . Tuck , clarionet ; Comp . Taylor , vocalist ; Bro . Tredray , 1901 , vocalist , and Comp . W . H , Hook , P . Z . Comp . Blewett Faull ably presided at the piano .

Instruction.

Instruction .

KIRBY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 263 . This exceedingly flourishing institution , whose annual festival we recently commented upen , held its annual business meeting at the Midland Grand Hotel , St , Pancras , on Tuesday , ( he 4 th inst ., to receive the Secretary's statement of accounts to date , and to elect the managing committee for the ensuing yeir . The lodge , which was founded in 18 S 9 , now numbers 1000 members , and 100 new recruits are added to its roll every year . This enc rmous growth is , undoubtedly , due to the fact that the lodge is the recognised training ground for workers in the Emulation

Lodge of Improvement ; and it may safely be said that the Kirby Lodge of Instruction is responsible for a very great deal of the enthusiasm for work as well as for the accuracy shown by the present gene ation of Emulation workers . Indeed , the most striking characteristic of the members of the Kirby is the infectious enthusiasm and admiration they display for their lodge of instruction and all connected with it . The Committee's report showed that a special feature is made of the lecture work at all the meetings , each lecture having been worked through four times in the

course of the 52 meetings held this year . The installation ceremony has bten worked eight times , and each of the other three ceremonies 16 times during the 12 months just ended , making altogether a very comprehensive year ' s work . The lodge , ever since its foundation , has contributed from its funds to the Charities , but about two years ago a Charities' Association wes started amongst the members , which has already , in that short time , contributed 325 guineas to _ the Masonic Institutions , the lodge fundi contributing an additional 25 guineas during the same period . The statement of accounts presented by the Secretaries auditedfound correctand ordered to be entered the minutes the

was , , on . In election which followed , Bio . George Rankin was re-elected Precept jr ; Bro . Wellcome , Inasurer ; Bios . Frank Ward and W . H . Oldiam , Secretaries ; and Bros . D . D . West , W . R . Bennett , A . M . Barnard and J . H . ( enks to serve on Committee . Bro . V . Codina Langlin was elected curator of the lodge furnituiv . The programme of work for 1502 is now in print , and will be found to be as full and comprehensive as that of the year just closed . Any brother who desires a copy should send a post card to either of the Secretaries at the Midland Grand Hotel , St . Pancras , where the lodge meets every Tu : sday evening throughout the year at 7 . 30 .

PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM LODGE , No . 753-A very large gathering of the biethren of the above lodge took place on Tuesday , the 10 th ns ' . ant , at the Crown Hotel , Aberdeen-pbce , Miida Vale , Bro . Crocker's , when the members of the St . John's Lodge ot Instruction paid their retuin visit , w ich proved a record meeting , as rarely has there been seen so crowded an attendance which the attractive programme supplied by the visiting brethren of heirinf tie rehearsal of the ceremony of consecation , followed by the instillation , aff > rded . Njr were they

disappointed , as every one had a Misoiic treat , the ceremony of consecration being rendered in an almost faultless manner , the excellent work of the Chaplain adding reverence to the whol , his o ation on the natureand principles of the Institutions being of a very high order , worthy of a regular consecration , for which he wis highly commended by Bro . J . J . Thomas , P . G . Std . Br ., the musical portion being well rendered by an able quartette . Tie ponly appearance cf Bro . F . S . Priest , in his Provinciil Grand clothing , added dignity to the proceedings . The consecrating vessels were kindly

lent by George Kenning and Son . The consecration ceremony was reheaised by Bro . F . S . Priest , P . M . 1 G 37 and 23 iG , M . E . Z 2202 , P . G . Std . Br . Bucks ., and Secretary of-St . John ' s Lodge of Inst-uction . No . 167 ; asslttd by the following brethren , all members of St . John ' s Lodge of Instruction , and only Ma ter Masons , viz .: Bros . F . Cave , 176 7 , and J . D . 2 S 1 G , as S . W . ; F . Lewis , 2816 , as J . W . ; Rev . I . J . Greenwood , Treas . 2593 , Chap . 16 37 , and P . G . Chap . Middx ., as Chap . ; A . E . Rasey , 209 S , as I . G . ; and H . de Lima Woods , J . D . 1637 , and Sec . 2 S 1 G , as D . of C The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . J . F . Shotton , 2535 , assisted by Bros . J . Birt ' ett , Stwd . 1 G 37 ; T . J . Huntington , Org . 1637 ; T . Golby , Dep . D . of C . 1637 , and S , D . 2816 ; and Cep , F , Woods , 2 S 16 .

Instruction.

During the ceremony , Bro . the Rev . F . J . Greenwood , Prov . G . Chap . Middx ., gave the following oration : Brethren , such is the nature of our Constitution that some of necessity must rule and teach ; others , of course , must learn to submit and obey ; humility in each being an essential qualification . Humility in each—humility in the W . M . as much as in the young initiate—this is , I fear , a matter which is often overlooked . There are some brethren who , when they attain to high office in their lodge , adopt an overbearing , domineering tone to those in a lower office ; filled with the exuberance of their own importance , they forget the quililicitions of humility which is

so essential . Every brother should be ready to take any office assigned to him and should seek to qualify himself for that office , he should have a laudable ambition to do well and fill his post with a proper dignity of demeanour , and I am certain that humility will enable him to do so better than anything else . There should be no unseemly struggles for honour , no pushing , or elbowing a brother on one side . ' There should be no envy . Envy distorts and deforms the very soul . Love as brethren , be pitiful , be courteous . Love as brethren , because we are partakers of the same niture , an I

sharers in the same hope . Be pitiful , not dragging the faults and failings of a brother out into the light , but seeking to cover those faults with the veil of Charity . Be courteous , both to superiors and to inferiors in office . Render to all their due whatever their station or position . Honour all men . Love the Brotherhood . Fear God . Honour the King . We are further reminded "That although distinctions amongst men are highly necessary in order to preserve due subordination , and to reward merit and ability , yet ought no eminence of station cause us to forget

" that we are all brethren , " and that he who is placed on the lowest spoke of fortune ' s wheel is entitled to our regard , for the time will come , and the best and wisest of us know not how soon , when all divisions save those of goodness and vir . ue , shall ( ease , and death , the great leveller of all human greatness , will reduce us to the sirae state . There is to be a " natural equality and mutual independence . " As in Solomon ' s Temple , " each part fitted with that exact nicety , that it appeared more like the work of the Great Architect of the Universe than that of human hands ; " so every brother

should seek to fit his position with exact nicety ; no rough edges ; no friction ; no ruflling of the tempers of others . As each stone in that building bore its burden and supported other parts , the stone at the bottom of a column and the keystone of the arch , each doing its work , and helping other stones to do theirs ( not a single stone superfluous ) , so every Mason should be a strength and help to others—mutual support ; mutual dependence . " Brotherly love , relief , and truth are the three great principles on which the Order is founded . " We are to build on these foundations a well-ordered and

useful life to God's glory and the welfare of our fellow creatures a perfect monument of wisdom , strength , and beauty . Wisdom to contrive , strength to support , beauty to adorn . With wisdom build for strength , to strength add beauty , make strength beautiful . When , brethren , we offer our prayers to the Greit Architect of the Universe , we should remember that we ourselves are part of that universe . As the sun , the moon , and the stars are in their appointed places , and do their appointed works ; so we have our share in the

workplace of that universe , humble though it be . The Great Architect expects our part to be performed , and to Him we must give an account of all our action ; . As in the universe , so it is in the Ciaft . There is a part for every one . Let me use a simple illustration . During harvest time a whole family were engaged in gleaning in the harvest field—father , mother , and grown-up children . The baby , a mite of two years old , was placeJ under the hedge , and told to be good and watch the others . Presently the little one came toddling forwurd , and dropping the ears of wheat into her mother ' s

lap , said "baby helped . " In the Craft there is a work for all , from the Most Worshipful Grand Master to the youngest member of a lodge—all can say , "I helped . " Brethren , our ritual teaches us " that we come hereto rule and subdue our passions , and make a further advancement in Masonic knowledge . " To steer the bark of this life over the rough seas of passion without quitting the helm of rectitude is the highest degree of perfection that human nature is capable of attaining . May that be the aim

of every Mason , so as to render himself acceptable to that Divine Being from who n all goodness emanates Finally , my brethren , may Freemasonry flourish through all generations ; may we , as Masons , strive to do our duty towards the Great Architect of the Universe and to our fellow men , so that we , frail creatures as we are , may by His Grace at last be admitted to the Grand Lodge above , where the world ' s Greit Architect - lives and reigns for ever . So mote it be !

The installation ceremony was rehearsed , when Bro . Thomas Golby ( candidate ) was installed as VV . M ., who then invested his officers as follows : Bros . W . G . Cave , 1767 , as S . W . ; W . A . Holdup , 2309 , as J . W . ; Stratton , P . M . 753 , as Treas . ; Harry J . Thomas , P . M . 753 , as Sec ; T . W . Reeve-Knapp , S . W . 2 S 1 G , as S . D . ; E . H . Clayton , 552 , as J . D . ; Whiteway , J . W . 1637 , as I . G . j Max Lichtenberg , 1 G 37 , as Tyler j H . A . Greene , 1637 j and C W . Dunford , 170 G , as Stwds . The three addresses were ably and eloquently rendered by Bro . the installing Mister and Consecrating O . fi . 'c .

The members of the Prince Frederick William Lodge of Instruction , No . 753 , present were : Bros . J . J . Thomas , P . M . 753 , P . G . Std . Br . Frank Crocker , P . M . 2743 and 1479 , P . G . S . B . Herts ; H . J . Thomas , P . M . 753 ; J . L . Goldstein , P . M . 2265 , Treas . 2743 and 2816 ; Strattoa , P . M . 753 j Geo . Woods , P . M . j I . Hinds , P . M . 18 S ; Frampton , P . M . ; W . Yeo , S . W . 753 ; D . R . Redfearn , P . M . 753 ; H . VV . Wall , 75 j ; M . E . Swan , 753 ; W . Neal , 1044 ; R . Martin , 2744 ; A . Koski , 753 j Oliver , 2743 ; B . R . Thomas , 753 j J . J . Hearn , 2743 j H . Wiilsmer ,

262 S J and many other brethren , while the brethren of the St . John ' s Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 7 , present , besides those already mentioned , were : Bros . George Chapman , P . M . 2732 and S . W . 1805 ; J . B . Thompson , P . M . 167 ; J . Bartlett , P . M . 16 37 ; VV . H . Handover , P . M . 1642 ; H . Stott , 2045 j John H . Smith , 94 s j W . H . Cave , 176 ^; Harry J . Browne , 18 97 j C . E . Batchelor , 2361 j H . A . Green , 1637 ; Leopold G . Peradon , 72 ; and several other brethren . The quartette rendered the anthems , " Behold , how good and joyful , " and " Glory

to God in the Highest , " in splendid form , while Bro . T . H . Huntington surpassed himself in " Be thou faithful unto death . " Bro . Sao : toa did yeomio service at th ; organ during the evening . Bro . H . de Lima Woods made a good D . C . Before the lodge was closed , Bro . J . J . Thomis , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br ., moved a very hearty vote of thanks to Bro . F . b . Priest , P . M ., & c , the Consecrating Officer , for the able and excellent manner he rehearsed the consecrating and installation ceremonies , and also to our Rev . Bro . the Cnaplain for his thoughtful address on the nature of the Institution , to the musical brethren , and to all who helped to provide so enjoyable

and interesting an evening . Inis , on being seconded , wis carried and suitably acknowledged . The consecrating officers and those assisting were subsequently elected Honorary Members of the Princi Frederick William Lodge of Instruction , which honour was suitably acknowledged . Bro . F . S . Priest moved , and Bro . F . Case seconded , a very heirty vote of thinks to the brethren of the P . ioce Frederick W 1 IU 1 n Lodge of Instruction for the right roya , liberal , hospitable , and brotherly wiy the visitors were entertained . I hit ueing responded to by the Secretary , one of the best of evenings was brought to a conclusion by the singing of the cloiinz hymn .

ISLINGTON LODGE , No . 1471 . The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 17 th instant , at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , N ., when there were present : Bros . R . E . Miskall , W . M . j M . Relph , is . W . j E . Richards , J . W . j W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor j A . F . Hardyment , P . M ., Prov . G . D . C . Norfolkj C M . Coxon , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Hertsj J . Duncan , P . M ., Sec . j C . Nicole , S . D . j A . Williams , J . D . j H . C . Kerly , I . G . j A . Oliver , P . M . j P . Git « s , and VV . Lee .

ihe loige was opened and the minutes read and confirmed . The ceremonies of passing and raising were rehearsed . Bro . Relph Was elected W . M . for the next meeting , which , on account of the Christmas holidays , will be held on Tuesday , the 31 s : inst . 1 he lodge was then closed .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . GUSTAV ADOLPH C / ESAR KUPFERSCHMfDT , A . G . S . G . C . In the person of our dear departed Bro . C . 'usar Kupferschmidt another good man and true Mason has been summoned from the cares and trials of earthly life to his rest in the Grand Lodge above—a rest for which he latterly craved , as a ,