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Another Masonic Hall In New Zealand.
Worship ful Master of the Greymouth Lodge addressed the District Grand Master , and formally placed him in control of the building for the purposes of the dedication . The District Grand Master accepted the trust , and made the following invocation : —
" Great Architect of the Universe , Maker and Ruler of All Worlds , deign from Thy Celestial Temple , and from realms of light and glory , to bless us in all the purposes of our present undertaking . We humbly invoke Thee to give us , at this and at all times , wisdom in all our doings ,
strength of mind in all our difficulties , and the beauty of harmony in all our communications . Permit us , O Thou Author of Light and Life , Great Source of Love and Happiness , solemnly to dedicate this Hall to the honour and glory ol Thy Most Holy Name . "
The hist part of the ceremony of the consecration being concluded , the Architect of the building offered his implements to the District Grand Master , and resigned his trust . The District Grand Master received the emblems , and addressed Bro Eissenhardt as follows : —
" Brother Architect .---The skill and fidelity displayed in the execution of the trust reposed in you at the commencement of this undertaking have secured the entire approbation of the District Grand Lodge , and they sincerely pray that this edifice may continue a lasting monument of
the taste , spirit , and liberality of its founders . " The District Grand Master then handed the implements of the architect to Bro Frew , the District Grand Director of Works , with an appropriate charge . The District Grand Wardens then in turn presented the corn and wine to the
District Grand Master , who used them at the proper time and in the prescribed manner . The District Grand Master then presented the oil to his Deputy , who disposed of it according to ancient usage , and with a most impressive and
eloquent chaige from the Grand Master to the brethren , the ceremony of consecration was concluded . At different parts of the ceremonies the choir sung appropriate hymns , accompanied on the organ by Bro . Wylde , who very ably performed the duty undertaken by him . As the District Grand Master delivered his
final charge he was surrounded by present and Past Masters , among whom on the dais were Bros . Kerr , W . M . of the Greymouth Lodge ; Kent , the R . W . M . of the Grey River St . Andrew Lodge ; Past Masters , Ancher , Moss , Cooper , Black-more , Wylde , and Reid . When the District
Grand ^ Master , with his officers , had taken their departure , the lodge was closed in the form observed by both constitutions , and the brethren were dismissed . This concluded the proceedings in connection
with a ceremon ) which , for grand and impressive solemnity , and at the same time perfection in minute detail and arrangement , many of those who had the privilege of being present can scarcely ever hope to witness again .
The brethren afterwards met in the banqueting room , and partook of a cold collation , prepared by Bro . [ as . Johnston , in his usual first-class style , and at aboul ei ght o ' clock in the evening , the brethren finally separated .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
An important addition is being made to the above schools , consisting ol' dormitories , bathrooms , lavatories , and a new block of w . c . ' s , & c , to meet the increased requirements of this excellent institution .
i he work , which since its commencement has proceeded very rapidly , has been carried on under 'I'e immediate superintendence of the architect , 'ho . J . W . Dennisoii , Esq ., of King-street , Cheap-Milc , by Mr . Thomas Boyce , Builder , Hackney , ; "nl is now fast approaching completion .
I ,.. , " - ' .- ? " - . ' ' - — ''"lie only i ; uaianlced cure lor Toothache . — 1 his exrvii i "' "! - ''t'l'licalion , marvellous iu its euccts , itives immediate j 'el , Willi , mi innnini ; the looth , and forma a tcnipoiarc stopping ; , iiii ' r i - ' '"'' llcl - ' ' " ¦ ¦ ' ''¦ "" - '' OH . . MI-. 'loom l ' . i .-o , ' i ' ., r clean ' s--niY •" l""Mli . ; lhe lectli , imparts n natural redoes lo Hie ( ruins , „ ' ! Sires lirillianey lo the enamel , l ' lii .- is . lid . ill ,: Ko ,. u . 1 | - " v | IM l i | cii , prepared lrcin a recipe a » a : ol liv her , Majc ., n , uiica lo a , . ''' I'caii-iil . e whiteness , aud imu . uls ii delicious liaci ' ai : cc . i"c oieath . l- . , iLL . ,, . od . .-old he all ci . ellii-ts and pclliimcrs , beur ; l"' ° l'r'clor .-, . MK-SKS . CWIHIM ., the ol-l-estahlished Uii , | , „ ' ' ' ' - " JH- 'lc-iiiil , and 511 , I larlei -streel , l . ' al-eudish-s . | uaie .
Masonic Biography.
MASONIC BIOGRAPHY .
GKORGE WASHINGTON . The name of Washington stands first on the roll of our country ' s history , for " first in war , and the first in peace , he was first in the hearts of his countrymen . " Heaven endowed him with the wisdom of the ages , and the virtues of his
life were only equalled by the success of his patriotism . Without the Vestige of any inordinate ambition , he became the leader of the peoplethe hero of liberty . Through the blood of revolution he ascended to an empire of fame and power , which has given him a name that ages
cannot dim , or even time itself destroy . He was honoured while living with the hig hest confidence of his fellow men , and , even now , when he has been dead for nearly threefourths of a century , the state of his Masonic glory still shines with a lustre which the world
cannot equal . Many have wondered that among so many great and distinguished men who were his contemporaries , that he should be acknowledge so universally and pre-eminently the greater . Patrick Henry was more eloquent—John Adams was a better sclnlar , and Benjamin Franklin had
more varied knowledge , and yet Washington was greater than them all . It was not the heraldry of chivalry while he was Commander-in-Chief of our continental armies which had endowed him with such distinguished virtues , for as was well-known , bis personal greatness had been already confessed , and it was this that had called him to the office .
When not yet quite 21 years of age Washington had been made a Mason , the law of admission at that time reading a little different from what it does now . It then required the applicant to be of " mature and discreet age . " This ancient requisition was a good one , and marked the . measure of character far better than
the mere years of majority . At nineteen Washington had received the commission of major in the army of the Colony of Virginia , and before he was made a Mason he had been appointed one of the executors of the estate of his brother Lawrence—with whom he had visited the West Indies , the onl y time in his life he was ever off the continent .
That Masonic knowledge had something to do with Washington ' s subsequent distinguished history and character , no one acquainted with the teachings of the Craft will for a moment doubt , for being honest and conscientious , and already
of high character withal , he evidently gave heed to its numerous lessons of prudence and wisdom and made them the measure of his moral actions , as well as of his personal maimers and spirit , through all his life-long responsibilities .
His initiation stands recognised on the books of the old Fredericksburgh Lodge , No . 4 , at l'Vedericksburgh , Virginia , as follows .- — " November 4 , 57 . 52 . —Received of Bro . George Washington , lor his entrance ^' 2 . os . jd . " March . ; , 575 * . —George Washington passed Fellow Craft . "
" August 4 , 575 . 3 . —George Washington raised Master Mason . ' The officers of the lodge serving at that time were R . W . Daniel Campbell , Master ; John Neilson , Senior Warden , aud Dr . Robert Halkerson , Junior Warden . I'he Holy Bible used on
on the occasion , it is said , is yet preserved . It is a small quarto bearing the imprint of John Field , printer to the Cambridge University , 1688 . On the list of the membership of this old continental lodge are found the names of BrigaJiers Hugh Mercer , ( who fell at Princetown ) George
Weeden and William Woodford ; of Col . John Jaringnan and Major Gustavus Brown Wallace , who were all officers of the revolutionary army . There also are the names of Gen . Edward Stevens , Governor Sholtswood , Col . Me Williams , and Chief Justice John Marshall .
To be a Free aud Accepted Mason iu those early days of distinguished American history , required something inure than the mere forms of initiation . The purer principles --the enobliug virtues—the sound philosophy and the high personal resolves—were ail liieie to move the man —to give the development and to vindicate
Masonic Biography.
the sublime and ancient practice of the Order . It is a little strange that the biographers of Washington have almost wholly ignored the fact that he was a Freemason . It may be that they did not think it necessary among the other multitudinous evidences of his goodness and
greatness . But in taking such a course we think they were wrong , because Masonry doubtless had much to do with the purity and integrity , as well as with the general moral grandeur of his life ' s great success . As is well known among American historians ,
the Masonic brotherhood had a lodge organized in the revolutionary army , which was called the " American Union Lodge , " and which was attached to the " Connecticut Lines" during most of the years of the war . With this lodge Washington met more than once . He assisted
them in the celebration of St . John ' s Day , June 34 th , 1778 , and again on St . John the Evangelist ' s Day , December 27 th of the same year . The English soldiers , it seems , had also organized an army lodge , fcr on one occasion the American armv captured a party of British
soldiers , aud in their possession was found the chest containing the jewels and furniture of a lodge of Freemasons , but as soon as this was made known to the Commander-in-Chief , he ordered them to be returned , with a note stating they were not legitimate trophies of war .
After the war was over , Washington was one of the Charter members to establish Alexandria Lodge , No . 22 . His name headed the list . Governor Edmund Randolph , of Virginia , was then the Grand Master , and the warrant
mentions the name of Washington as " our illustrious and well-beloved brother , George Washington , late General and Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the United States , " and bears date April 28 th , 1788 .
Washington s Masonic correspondence runs down to 1701 , within one year of his death , showing that he never lost his first love , but that up to his last hours he never ceased his devotion to the ancient and honourable fraternity , to which he had given his name in his early young
manhood , and to which he , no doubt , felt that he owed much of his physical and moral perfection during all his after years . The bri ght example of such a distinguished member of the body should surely serve as a beacon light to all others through all coming years .
On many of the charts of our lodges he stands before us erect and properly clothed , as one who has properly exemplified the dignity of the fraternity , and " given to the world evidence , which should be satisfactory , that the institution is worthy of the confidence and respect of all honourable minds . If it had not been so , George
Washington would never have given it his lifelong devotion . The favourable affirmation of one such witness who has testified from the inner walls of the Temple , is worth infinitely more than the intolerant accusations of ten thousand outside croakers , who never knew even the alphabet of the Masonic philosophy .
The index linger of Masonic integrity need but be pointed to Washington as one of its ardent and distinguished representatives to silence the guns of any intelligent opposition to Masonry the world may ever manifest , for his fame was no party myth , as his pre-eminent character was the product of the soundest principles as well as
of the purest anil wisest actions . What he was as a man , a patriot , aud sage , belongs to Masonry , in part at least , and therefore the Craft may rightfully present him to the eye of the present and coming ages as one whose distinguished memory is a portion of their inheritance . —Masonic Aduncate .
Til ii CONSUMPTION or COAL IN LONDON . — The accounts kept for the collection of the coaltax show that the quantity of coal retained for consumption iu the metropolitan district , with a population now of above Coin' millions , was
, ' I : . ' 3 . ; I '" ' - 7 lullb nl the year iS'io , averaging 1 ton 7 cwl . 1 iji \ and 7 lb . . . per head ; iu i . 'i ; o it was 50 / 0 , 071 tons , or 1 ton and 9 cvvt . | . _ r head ; in 1871 it was 5 , 810 , 789 tons , or 1 ton 9 cvvt ., ; qrs . per head ; and in 1872 it was ¦ 5 , 900 , 690 tons , or 1 ton 9 cwl . 2 qrs . per head .
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Another Masonic Hall In New Zealand.
Worship ful Master of the Greymouth Lodge addressed the District Grand Master , and formally placed him in control of the building for the purposes of the dedication . The District Grand Master accepted the trust , and made the following invocation : —
" Great Architect of the Universe , Maker and Ruler of All Worlds , deign from Thy Celestial Temple , and from realms of light and glory , to bless us in all the purposes of our present undertaking . We humbly invoke Thee to give us , at this and at all times , wisdom in all our doings ,
strength of mind in all our difficulties , and the beauty of harmony in all our communications . Permit us , O Thou Author of Light and Life , Great Source of Love and Happiness , solemnly to dedicate this Hall to the honour and glory ol Thy Most Holy Name . "
The hist part of the ceremony of the consecration being concluded , the Architect of the building offered his implements to the District Grand Master , and resigned his trust . The District Grand Master received the emblems , and addressed Bro Eissenhardt as follows : —
" Brother Architect .---The skill and fidelity displayed in the execution of the trust reposed in you at the commencement of this undertaking have secured the entire approbation of the District Grand Lodge , and they sincerely pray that this edifice may continue a lasting monument of
the taste , spirit , and liberality of its founders . " The District Grand Master then handed the implements of the architect to Bro Frew , the District Grand Director of Works , with an appropriate charge . The District Grand Wardens then in turn presented the corn and wine to the
District Grand Master , who used them at the proper time and in the prescribed manner . The District Grand Master then presented the oil to his Deputy , who disposed of it according to ancient usage , and with a most impressive and
eloquent chaige from the Grand Master to the brethren , the ceremony of consecration was concluded . At different parts of the ceremonies the choir sung appropriate hymns , accompanied on the organ by Bro . Wylde , who very ably performed the duty undertaken by him . As the District Grand Master delivered his
final charge he was surrounded by present and Past Masters , among whom on the dais were Bros . Kerr , W . M . of the Greymouth Lodge ; Kent , the R . W . M . of the Grey River St . Andrew Lodge ; Past Masters , Ancher , Moss , Cooper , Black-more , Wylde , and Reid . When the District
Grand ^ Master , with his officers , had taken their departure , the lodge was closed in the form observed by both constitutions , and the brethren were dismissed . This concluded the proceedings in connection
with a ceremon ) which , for grand and impressive solemnity , and at the same time perfection in minute detail and arrangement , many of those who had the privilege of being present can scarcely ever hope to witness again .
The brethren afterwards met in the banqueting room , and partook of a cold collation , prepared by Bro . [ as . Johnston , in his usual first-class style , and at aboul ei ght o ' clock in the evening , the brethren finally separated .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
An important addition is being made to the above schools , consisting ol' dormitories , bathrooms , lavatories , and a new block of w . c . ' s , & c , to meet the increased requirements of this excellent institution .
i he work , which since its commencement has proceeded very rapidly , has been carried on under 'I'e immediate superintendence of the architect , 'ho . J . W . Dennisoii , Esq ., of King-street , Cheap-Milc , by Mr . Thomas Boyce , Builder , Hackney , ; "nl is now fast approaching completion .
I ,.. , " - ' .- ? " - . ' ' - — ''"lie only i ; uaianlced cure lor Toothache . — 1 his exrvii i "' "! - ''t'l'licalion , marvellous iu its euccts , itives immediate j 'el , Willi , mi innnini ; the looth , and forma a tcnipoiarc stopping ; , iiii ' r i - ' '"'' llcl - ' ' " ¦ ¦ ' ''¦ "" - '' OH . . MI-. 'loom l ' . i .-o , ' i ' ., r clean ' s--niY •" l""Mli . ; lhe lectli , imparts n natural redoes lo Hie ( ruins , „ ' ! Sires lirillianey lo the enamel , l ' lii .- is . lid . ill ,: Ko ,. u . 1 | - " v | IM l i | cii , prepared lrcin a recipe a » a : ol liv her , Majc ., n , uiica lo a , . ''' I'caii-iil . e whiteness , aud imu . uls ii delicious liaci ' ai : cc . i"c oieath . l- . , iLL . ,, . od . .-old he all ci . ellii-ts and pclliimcrs , beur ; l"' ° l'r'clor .-, . MK-SKS . CWIHIM ., the ol-l-estahlished Uii , | , „ ' ' ' ' - " JH- 'lc-iiiil , and 511 , I larlei -streel , l . ' al-eudish-s . | uaie .
Masonic Biography.
MASONIC BIOGRAPHY .
GKORGE WASHINGTON . The name of Washington stands first on the roll of our country ' s history , for " first in war , and the first in peace , he was first in the hearts of his countrymen . " Heaven endowed him with the wisdom of the ages , and the virtues of his
life were only equalled by the success of his patriotism . Without the Vestige of any inordinate ambition , he became the leader of the peoplethe hero of liberty . Through the blood of revolution he ascended to an empire of fame and power , which has given him a name that ages
cannot dim , or even time itself destroy . He was honoured while living with the hig hest confidence of his fellow men , and , even now , when he has been dead for nearly threefourths of a century , the state of his Masonic glory still shines with a lustre which the world
cannot equal . Many have wondered that among so many great and distinguished men who were his contemporaries , that he should be acknowledge so universally and pre-eminently the greater . Patrick Henry was more eloquent—John Adams was a better sclnlar , and Benjamin Franklin had
more varied knowledge , and yet Washington was greater than them all . It was not the heraldry of chivalry while he was Commander-in-Chief of our continental armies which had endowed him with such distinguished virtues , for as was well-known , bis personal greatness had been already confessed , and it was this that had called him to the office .
When not yet quite 21 years of age Washington had been made a Mason , the law of admission at that time reading a little different from what it does now . It then required the applicant to be of " mature and discreet age . " This ancient requisition was a good one , and marked the . measure of character far better than
the mere years of majority . At nineteen Washington had received the commission of major in the army of the Colony of Virginia , and before he was made a Mason he had been appointed one of the executors of the estate of his brother Lawrence—with whom he had visited the West Indies , the onl y time in his life he was ever off the continent .
That Masonic knowledge had something to do with Washington ' s subsequent distinguished history and character , no one acquainted with the teachings of the Craft will for a moment doubt , for being honest and conscientious , and already
of high character withal , he evidently gave heed to its numerous lessons of prudence and wisdom and made them the measure of his moral actions , as well as of his personal maimers and spirit , through all his life-long responsibilities .
His initiation stands recognised on the books of the old Fredericksburgh Lodge , No . 4 , at l'Vedericksburgh , Virginia , as follows .- — " November 4 , 57 . 52 . —Received of Bro . George Washington , lor his entrance ^' 2 . os . jd . " March . ; , 575 * . —George Washington passed Fellow Craft . "
" August 4 , 575 . 3 . —George Washington raised Master Mason . ' The officers of the lodge serving at that time were R . W . Daniel Campbell , Master ; John Neilson , Senior Warden , aud Dr . Robert Halkerson , Junior Warden . I'he Holy Bible used on
on the occasion , it is said , is yet preserved . It is a small quarto bearing the imprint of John Field , printer to the Cambridge University , 1688 . On the list of the membership of this old continental lodge are found the names of BrigaJiers Hugh Mercer , ( who fell at Princetown ) George
Weeden and William Woodford ; of Col . John Jaringnan and Major Gustavus Brown Wallace , who were all officers of the revolutionary army . There also are the names of Gen . Edward Stevens , Governor Sholtswood , Col . Me Williams , and Chief Justice John Marshall .
To be a Free aud Accepted Mason iu those early days of distinguished American history , required something inure than the mere forms of initiation . The purer principles --the enobliug virtues—the sound philosophy and the high personal resolves—were ail liieie to move the man —to give the development and to vindicate
Masonic Biography.
the sublime and ancient practice of the Order . It is a little strange that the biographers of Washington have almost wholly ignored the fact that he was a Freemason . It may be that they did not think it necessary among the other multitudinous evidences of his goodness and
greatness . But in taking such a course we think they were wrong , because Masonry doubtless had much to do with the purity and integrity , as well as with the general moral grandeur of his life ' s great success . As is well known among American historians ,
the Masonic brotherhood had a lodge organized in the revolutionary army , which was called the " American Union Lodge , " and which was attached to the " Connecticut Lines" during most of the years of the war . With this lodge Washington met more than once . He assisted
them in the celebration of St . John ' s Day , June 34 th , 1778 , and again on St . John the Evangelist ' s Day , December 27 th of the same year . The English soldiers , it seems , had also organized an army lodge , fcr on one occasion the American armv captured a party of British
soldiers , aud in their possession was found the chest containing the jewels and furniture of a lodge of Freemasons , but as soon as this was made known to the Commander-in-Chief , he ordered them to be returned , with a note stating they were not legitimate trophies of war .
After the war was over , Washington was one of the Charter members to establish Alexandria Lodge , No . 22 . His name headed the list . Governor Edmund Randolph , of Virginia , was then the Grand Master , and the warrant
mentions the name of Washington as " our illustrious and well-beloved brother , George Washington , late General and Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the United States , " and bears date April 28 th , 1788 .
Washington s Masonic correspondence runs down to 1701 , within one year of his death , showing that he never lost his first love , but that up to his last hours he never ceased his devotion to the ancient and honourable fraternity , to which he had given his name in his early young
manhood , and to which he , no doubt , felt that he owed much of his physical and moral perfection during all his after years . The bri ght example of such a distinguished member of the body should surely serve as a beacon light to all others through all coming years .
On many of the charts of our lodges he stands before us erect and properly clothed , as one who has properly exemplified the dignity of the fraternity , and " given to the world evidence , which should be satisfactory , that the institution is worthy of the confidence and respect of all honourable minds . If it had not been so , George
Washington would never have given it his lifelong devotion . The favourable affirmation of one such witness who has testified from the inner walls of the Temple , is worth infinitely more than the intolerant accusations of ten thousand outside croakers , who never knew even the alphabet of the Masonic philosophy .
The index linger of Masonic integrity need but be pointed to Washington as one of its ardent and distinguished representatives to silence the guns of any intelligent opposition to Masonry the world may ever manifest , for his fame was no party myth , as his pre-eminent character was the product of the soundest principles as well as
of the purest anil wisest actions . What he was as a man , a patriot , aud sage , belongs to Masonry , in part at least , and therefore the Craft may rightfully present him to the eye of the present and coming ages as one whose distinguished memory is a portion of their inheritance . —Masonic Aduncate .
Til ii CONSUMPTION or COAL IN LONDON . — The accounts kept for the collection of the coaltax show that the quantity of coal retained for consumption iu the metropolitan district , with a population now of above Coin' millions , was
, ' I : . ' 3 . ; I '" ' - 7 lullb nl the year iS'io , averaging 1 ton 7 cwl . 1 iji \ and 7 lb . . . per head ; iu i . 'i ; o it was 50 / 0 , 071 tons , or 1 ton and 9 cvvt . | . _ r head ; in 1871 it was 5 , 810 , 789 tons , or 1 ton 9 cvvt ., ; qrs . per head ; and in 1872 it was ¦ 5 , 900 , 690 tons , or 1 ton 9 cwl . 2 qrs . per head .