Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

TAOE . THE LESSONS or PROSPERITY ... 1 REVIEWS 1 MASONIC PREFERMENTS .:-. 1

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS : THE CBAFTMetropolitan ... ... ... 2 Provincial 2 THE ROYAL Alien — Metropolitan 3

Provincial ... ... ... ... ... 3 ORDERS OH- CHIVALRYKnights Templar , Provincial 3 Knights of Malta , Metropolitan ... 3

OPENING OP TUE "GILBERT GBEENALL" LODGE ... 3 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 4 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 4 THE ZEIXAND MEMORIAL FUND ... 4 MULTUM IN PAIIVO i NOTES- BY A

NOVICEGuardian Angels 4 DUBLIN MASONIO FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL ... 5 to 7 THE BRETT TESTIMONIAL FUND 8 DRUMBO Cnuncn ERECTION FUND 8 ORIGINAL

CORRESPONDENCEChair Degree , Operative Lodges , & c . ... 9 Past Masters us Preceptors 9 Chair Degree 9 Information desired by a Country Brother ... 9 PAPERS ON

MASONRYNo . V . —Masonry and Woman ... 10 CELESTIAL MYSTERIES 10 RosicuoctAN SOCIETY OF ENGLAND 11 MASONIO MEETINGS ron NEXT WEEK 11 MASONIO BALL 11 LIST OF AGENTS U ADVEUTISKMENTS ... 11 & 12

The Lessons Of Prosperity.

THE LESSONS OF PROSPERITY .

A Famous general of old having been con-¦ * *• gratulated upon the splendid appearance of his troops at a review , as they marched past with drums beating and colours fl ying , cooll y rejoined , " Yes , they look well ; but I havo seen

them look better at the mouth of a breach , when their only music was the whiz of cannon-balls . " In other words , the warrior chief looked beyond tho more martial display , and thought more of tho results to bo achieved by tho disci plinb aud valour of his soldiers .

The great army of Freemasonry is just now marching through tho habitable g lobe , amid the pamns of applauding multitudes , which drown the feeble voices of its foes . Men from all -rides

are hastening to join its glorious array , and to enrol themselves under its banners of Freedom and Progress . Nobles and kings , judges and statesmen , merchants and citizens , alike press forward in the race , and , one after another , take

The Lessons Of Prosperity.

their places in the phalanx of good men and true . The officers look on with complacencyelated by such unmistakable signs of prosperityand all who offer their services are welcomed . But the sagacious leader who has tested the

worth of his men b y actual deeds , aud who desires to maintain the prestige of his army , views with dismay the rapid accession to his ranks of recruits unfitted b y previous habits or by physical imperfections for the rough duties and

toils of a campaign . He appreciates more the men who have accomplished their tasks amidst difficulties and dangers , than those who uplift the flag and draw the sword when earth and heaven rejoice in the sunshine of peace . In like

manner we contemplate with distrust and alarm the indiscriminate maimer in which thousands have lately been added to tho members of the Craft , without that due examination into their moral characters which is as essentially requisite

to a hig h-toned organization as the most ri g id scrutiny into physical fitness can possibly be to a corps of picked soldiers . The badge of a Freemason is not to be li ghtl y conferred upon all who seek it—the work is not to be entrusted to

unworth y hands . It is not b y numbers that we shall augment , or even preserve , the influence which justly attaches to pure motives and noble aims ; it is not beneath the smile of prosperity , nor the thunder of men ' s applause , that wo shall

best achieve the object ! of tho Fraternity . Let us remember that the Craft should be composed of a select and disci plined body of far-seeing men , upright in their conduct and patterns of morality to their day and generation .

The Order alread y links tho world in a golden chain of union—its mysteries aro celebrated in every land its children meet on every shore . What we now require most of all , is , to concentrate our strength , and to accomplish the lofty

mission of our brotherhood . The day may como when tho prosperous rays which now gild tho pomp and pageantry of Freemasonry shall be forgotten in the threatening clouds of adversity ; the day may como when the vain and fickle multitude

will judge us b y our professor !* , and not by our principles . Let us , therefore , be wise in timelet us look beyond tho immediate jubilation of success , and choose only those as our brethren

and companions upon whose integrity and steadiness wo can rely for support , and who will neither join the camp of the enemy nor shrink from their colours in the day of battle .

Sustained b y the allcgianoo of true men , symbolised b y deeds of benevolence and affection , and robed in the imperishable vestments of truth , Freemasonry shall thus acquire greater

renown , and wider empire over the hearts of menstandinc forth , to all ages as a teacher of faith in tho great Architect of tho Universe , of hopo in immortal salvation , and of charity towards all mankind .

Reviews.

Reviews .

?——"The Voice of Masonry ; " Chicago , Illinois . We are favoured by our friend and brother , W . J . Hughan , who is the corresponding editor for England , with a copy of the above admirably-conducted monthly magazine , but as we have arranged to be

supplied with copies of every Masonic journal or periodical published throughout the globe , we will defer presenting our readers with suitable extracts from " The Voice of Masonry " until they can form part of our contemplated series of reports of Masonic doings in " every country and every clime . "

"Freemason ' s Calendar for the Province of Durham , 1669 . " Published by Bro . R . Cooke , 8 , Silverstreet , Durham ; and by Bro . G . Kenning , 3 and 4 , Little Britain , London , E . C . This neat little work is edited by our esteemed brother , W . Brignall , jun ., 3 t ) ° , whose zealous labors

iu the cause of Freemasonry are well known ; and we gladly greet him now as a fellow-worker in tho fields of literature . Every information respecting the meetings of lodges , chapters and encampments in the province will be found in this Calendar , which is evidently most carefully compiled ; and lists of the officers of the Grand Lodgo and Grand Chapter

of England , with the dates of their meetings for the year are also furnished . To brethren travelling northwards this Calendar will prove a most useful and inteivsting companion , and among the members of the Craft in the province of Durham it will doubtless take rank as a safe and inexpensive Masonic guide .

Masonic Preferments.

MASONIC PREFERMENTS .

Her Majesty has been p leased to confer the honour of knighthood on Bro . Michael Costa , 33 * , Past Grand Organist of the Grand Lodge of England , who is deservedly esticmed and respected in the musical world .

Bro . Capt . Frederick W . Woodall , of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality , No . 187 , Bristol , and a member of the Coucord Red Cross Conclave , No . 8 , Jersey , has been promoted to a majority in the Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Militia .

THE RED CROSS OV ROMK AND CONSTANTINE . The Right Hon . the Lord Kenlis , G . Sovereign , has appointed the Illust . Bro . Colonel W . J . B . McLeod Moore , 33 ' ( Grand Prior K . T . ) , as Chief Inspector General for the Dominion of Canada , with

authority to appoint Inspectors General of Division throughout the Dominion . The Illust . Bro . Robert Marshall , 32 ° ( G . Supt . of E . A . Masons ) , has also beeu appointed Inspector General for New Brunswick ; and the Illust . Bro . Captain J . J . Lundy , 32 ° , Inspector General for Midlothian , Scotland .

Tho " Freemason ' s Calendar " for the province of Durham for 18 C 0 , edited by W . Brignall , jun ., can now be had of the following agents : — London Br . G . Kenning , Little Britain . Nowcastle-on-Tyno „ AV . E . Franklin . West Hartlepool ... „ Hudson . South Shields ... ,, II . Ilewison .

Sunderland ... „ W . II . Hall . Hartlepool ... „ T . Procter . Durham „ R . Cooke . Darlington ... „ W . II . Brownless . Chester le-Strcet ... „ J . Burniss . Bishop Auckland . ,, W . J . Cumuiiiigs .