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Masonic Sermon.
the English people to settle its final details , whether it shall tell of heedlessness and heartlessness on the part of that great Christian nation which has conquered India , or whether , as I believe it will be , it shall form one of the most glorious pages in the long and eventful history of this ancient monarchy . At any rate , we know how the case stands and the nature of the call made upon us . If we
are to meet it as we ought , and not leave a good work half done , then the tide of charity must flow on some time longer . Would you know something of what is actually taking place ? Come with me then to one of the many relief camps , say the one at Bellary . It contains 3 600 stricken wretches , all either
suffering from ailments brought on by hunger or too weak to labour . The camp is divided into two parts—in one are the hospitals , in the other are large compartments in which the people are classified . If we enter the first compartment we shall find 600 orphan boys , in another hundreds of orphan girls , in a third coolies , in a fourth women and children . In that shed over there are the
worst starvation cases , many men , more children , some few sitting , most lying prostrate on the earth , the only sign of life a slow gasping for breath , mere skeletons covered v , ith wrinkled discoloured skin . Let us watch the distribution of relief . In front of us are two Englishmen giving out the doles of food or money to a crowd of famishing natives ; to our right are two strong coolies
carrying off a sort of square box suspended from a pole on their shoulders . In this box lie a heap of bones ; but look a little closer , and you will perceive that what seemed a heap of bones will resolve itself into the living skeleton of a child sitting upright in the cold embrace of its dead mother . A little beyond is the emaciated form of a young woman leaning against the wheel nf a wagon ,
evidently in the last stage of exhaustion . At the back of the crowd is a woman holding aloft , in outstretched arms , her starving infant as she pleads for food . Here again is a woman with dishevelled hair , clasping to her bosom a wee little child that is crying bitterly for food . In the background we can see coolies dragging carts to the camp laden with miserable wretches , who have probably
been found on the roael-side , worn out in trying to reach the relief camp . Everywhere are men , old and young , bearing stolidly and patientl y the fire that is consuming their vitals , till their turn comes to be fed , or to die . Come out of this camp to that tree over yonder ; at some time it has been struck with lightning , which has left a great rift in its massive trunk . What , think you , mean those
carrion crows waiting there so ominousl y ? In the rift of the trunk is an object sitting upright , staring with vacant glassy eyes , its lips swollen and parched , its body a mass of staring bones , a low hollow moan in place of a voice . Close by this living skeleton is the little babe , once so merry and so bright , the joy of that poor mother ' s heart , now lying stark anel deael , with its little hands and
arms bent convulsivel y back . We understand now why the carrion birds are waiting . This is not a solitary case , it is only a type of thousands . Up to July it is calculated that three-quarters of a million of people had been done to death in the Maefras Ficsieiency alone . What will be the terrible death roll b y December 31 st ? What would have been the fate of these miserable
people if there had been no British government to hel p them God atone knows . But Christian England has had compassion on the multitueles . The example of that Divine and Beneficent Being , who came to seek and save that which was lost , as we see Him , moved with compassion for the mulitudes in Galilee , who were as sheep with , out a shepherd , feeding the hungry , healing the sick , bind
ing up the broken-hearted—that example has been working with its gracious power on the hearts of the English people , whose great pity has been moved to its depths by the sight of that patient , gentle people perishing for want , and perishing without a murmur . As Freemasons we have no need to hide our heads for shame in this matter—we have not been backward in this noble cause—we have not
asked that the money subscribed by the Grand Lodge of Knglanel , the Provincial Grand Lodges , or by local lodges should be given only to Freemasons—for we have many brethren in that distant land—we have only asked that the money wc give shoulel be dispersed with an ungrudg . ing hand , and that the password to the reception of our charity shoulel be the proved nectl of the suppliant . Give to-day
with a bountiful and ungrudging spirit : as God gives , who makes His sun to shine upon the evil and the good . Give as Christ gave to the fainting multitude on the shore of the Sea of Galilee ; not asking if they be Jew or Gentile , bond or free . And , as the mighty Mississippi rolls its
majestic waters into the bosom of the thirsty ocean , asking nothing in return , but with its undiminished store ever replenished by the rains of heaven , so give to-day , ex . peeling nothing in return , and God will shower down upon you the richest blessings of His heavenly store now and for ever ,
Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , containing the Chevrges , Regulations , E . A . Song , & c . A copy should be , n the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 S . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent post free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London . —ADVT . ¦ * . ¦
HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —It is admitted by every one who has personally tried tlie-se noble remedies for any eruptions , sores , ulcers , bad legs , & e \ , or who have witnessed their purif ) big and healing effects on others sufferinj ; from such maladies , that nothing more can he desired than these medicaments possess . The Ointment relaxes the swollen muscles , diminishes inflammation , assuages pain , and even alleviates dangerous maladies which may have lasted for months , or even years . Holloway's excellent preparations are effective singly , resistless in combination , and have been recommended by grateful patients to be sought as the alternatives when all other means of regaining health have failed , heir action is temperate , not violent , or reducing . —ADVT .
Grand Orient Of France.
GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE .
We have been favoured with a copy of a letter addressed by the Supreme Council 33 ° for England , Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , to the Grand Orient of France , and of a resolution by the said Supreme Council , forbidding Masonic communication between members of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , under their allegiance , and
those under obedience of the Grand Orient , in consequence of the latler body having ruled it to be unnecessary to require of candidates for admission into Freemasonry a declaration of their belief in the existence of a Supreme Being . It should be understood that all French Freemasons do not come under this ban ; the Masonic Craft in France is
governed , not as in England by one Grand Lodge , but by two separate bodies , each one havin g under its obedience lodges of the blue , or symbolic degrees . One of these bodies is the " Grand Orient , " which by its late unhappy decree has violated all Masonic law and tradition , by " tolerating an Atheistic princi ple ; " the other is a " Supreme Council , " which demands of its members a
ileclaration of their belief in God , as is required in our own lodges , and further insists that every summons and official document emanating fcom its lodges shall be superscribed with the holy name which every tiue Freemason is taught to reverence . The Supreme Council of France is a member of the confederation which held its congress at Lausanne in 1875 ,
and in friendly relations with the Supreme Council of England , as well as with all other legitim-ite Supreme Councils . The letter and resolution under notice are as follows : — To Illustrious Brother Thevenor , Grand Secretary General of the Grand Orient of France . Dear Sir and Illustrious Brother ,
On the 17 U 1 October last , under the instructions of the Supreme Council 33 for England , Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , I had the honour to address you on the subject of a rumour which hael reached the Supreme Council , that the Grand Orient of France no longer required from candidates for admission into the Masonic Oreler a declaration of their belief in the existence
of a Supreme Being , known 111 Masonic language as " The Great Architect of the Universe . " I have not been favoured with a reply to that letter , but this Supreme Council have , * since it was written , read the report of the General Assembly of the Grand Orient of France held on the 13 th September last , confirming the rumour which they had heard with so much regret .
You are aware , that in this country a belief in the existence of God is reg . irdcel to be absolutely essential as a qualification for admission into Freemasonry , and consequently that no one can be recognised as a Freemason unless he holels that belief . The Supieme Council trusts that it may not be too late for the Grand Orient of France to re-consider its decision
and to revoke what must inevitably lead to its rejection by all true Masonic bodies . Feeling however that they cannot conscientiously regard as Freemasons any persons uneler the obedience of a boely which tolerates an Atheistic princi ple , this Supreme Council have eleemeel it necessary to instmct their Secretary General to warn by circular-letter the several chapters
under their control that no Masonic communion be permitted with any persons under the allegiance of the Grand Orient of France unless the objectionable decree be annulled . 1 am to add that it is with the feelings of the very deepest regret that the Supreme Council have felt it incumbent upon them to take this extreme step in vindication of
what they consider to bethe highest interests of Freema ' sonry . I am , dear Sir and 111 . Brother , yours fraternally , ( Signed ) HUGH D . SANDEMAN , 33 , Grand Secretary for Foreign Correspondence 33 , Golden-square , London , W ., 7 th November , 18 77 .
K 11 SOLUTION- . Passed by the Supreme Council 33 ° for England , Wales and the Dependencies of the British Crown , on Wednesday , the 7 th November , 18 77 : — Whereas the Granel Orient of France confers Masonic Degrees from the Fourth to the Eighteenth Degree and upwards ;
Anel whereas at their meeting held on the 13 th day of September , 1877 , they have declared it to be unnecessary to require of candidates for admission into Freemasonry a declaration or their belief in the existence of God , the Great Architect of the Universe ; And whereas this Supreme Council holds such a declaration to be a necessary condition of admission into
Freemasonry ; and further that no person can be legitimately regarded as a Freemason unless he doth declare his belief in Almighty God . It is resolved that this Supreme Council 33 ° does from henceforth cease to hold any alliance or Masonic intercourse with the Grand Orient of France , and eloes hereby instruct and direct its subordinate bo .. its to hold no
communion in the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , from the 4 to the 3-5 ° inclusive , with the members of the various bodies established by , or owing allegiance to , the said Grand Orient . And it is ordered that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Grand Orient of France , as also to all Supreme Councils 33 with which this Supreme Council is in fraternal alliance , for their general information ; and
further , that notification of the same be forthwith transmitted to all the subordinate bodies holding under , and beating allegiance to , this Supreme Council 33 ° , in order that the decision herein recorded may come into full force and execution without delay . Certified to be a true copy . SUADWELL H . CLEIIKE , 33 ° , Gd . Secretary-General , Supreme Council of England , Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown .
Metropolitan Masonic Meeting
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETING
For the Week ending Friday , November 30 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chap , •cers , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves & c , of any change in place or day of meeting .
SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 24 . Lodge 1563 , City of Westminster , Regent M . H . ., 1686 , Paxton , Crystal Palace . „ 1706 , Orpheus , Dick's Coffee Ho ., Flcet-st .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-roael , N .
MONDAY , NOVEMBER 26 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset Ho . and Inverness , F . M . H . ,, 26 , Castle of Harmony , Willis ' s R ., St . James ' s . „ 2 S , Old King ' s Arms , F . M . H . 11 7 ' ) i Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . „ 18 *; , Unity , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .
„ 905 , De Grey and Ripon , b . M . H . „ 1608 , Kilburn , Queen ' s Arms Hot ., Kilburn Gate . ,, 1615 , Bayard , 33 , Golden-sq ., W . „ 1632 , Stuart , S . M . H . Chap . 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . Mark Lodge 5 , Mallet and Chisel , Bridge House Hot .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camelen , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camelen Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford .
Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithficld , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . ¦ Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . EX ., 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at C o'clock .
TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 27 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . ,, 92 , Moira , the Criterion , Piccadilly . „ 141 , Faith , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-it . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , F . M . H . „ 186 , Industry , Westminster Chmbrs ., Vic .-st . S . W . „ 20 5 , Israel , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 259 , Prince of Wales ' s , Willis's Rms ., St . James's .
„ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpeher Tav ., Walworth . „ 1196 , Urban , Old Jerusalem Tav ., St . Johns's Gate . ,, 13-18 , Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . „ 1441 , Ivy , Surrey M . H . Chap . 21 , Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 180 , St . James ' s Union , F . M . H . ,, 890 , Hornsey , Anderton ' s Hot ., Kleet-st . Rose Croix Chap . Palestine , - ( - ( , Goleien-sq .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 26 9 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell'New-rc & d . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victori * fcst . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord's Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney .
Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea .
Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior . Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ,, Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's .
WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 28 . General Com . Grand Lodge . Lodge 2 , Antiquity , F . M . H . ,, 212 , Euphrates , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H . „ 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters' Tav ., Tottenham . , 1 778 , Batdof Avon , Greyhound Hot ., Hampton Ct .
„ 8 q 8 , Temperance in the East , 6 , Newby-place , E . „ 1017 , Montefiore , Regent M . H . ,, 1056 , Victoria , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tav ., Railway-place , Fcnchurch-st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley .
Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .
THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 29 . Gen . Com . Girls' School . Muggeridge Testimonial Com ., M . R . 175 , Aldersgc .-st . Lodge 22 , Neptune , Guildhall Ta ? ., Gresham-st . „ 1524 , Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav .
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Masonic Sermon.
the English people to settle its final details , whether it shall tell of heedlessness and heartlessness on the part of that great Christian nation which has conquered India , or whether , as I believe it will be , it shall form one of the most glorious pages in the long and eventful history of this ancient monarchy . At any rate , we know how the case stands and the nature of the call made upon us . If we
are to meet it as we ought , and not leave a good work half done , then the tide of charity must flow on some time longer . Would you know something of what is actually taking place ? Come with me then to one of the many relief camps , say the one at Bellary . It contains 3 600 stricken wretches , all either
suffering from ailments brought on by hunger or too weak to labour . The camp is divided into two parts—in one are the hospitals , in the other are large compartments in which the people are classified . If we enter the first compartment we shall find 600 orphan boys , in another hundreds of orphan girls , in a third coolies , in a fourth women and children . In that shed over there are the
worst starvation cases , many men , more children , some few sitting , most lying prostrate on the earth , the only sign of life a slow gasping for breath , mere skeletons covered v , ith wrinkled discoloured skin . Let us watch the distribution of relief . In front of us are two Englishmen giving out the doles of food or money to a crowd of famishing natives ; to our right are two strong coolies
carrying off a sort of square box suspended from a pole on their shoulders . In this box lie a heap of bones ; but look a little closer , and you will perceive that what seemed a heap of bones will resolve itself into the living skeleton of a child sitting upright in the cold embrace of its dead mother . A little beyond is the emaciated form of a young woman leaning against the wheel nf a wagon ,
evidently in the last stage of exhaustion . At the back of the crowd is a woman holding aloft , in outstretched arms , her starving infant as she pleads for food . Here again is a woman with dishevelled hair , clasping to her bosom a wee little child that is crying bitterly for food . In the background we can see coolies dragging carts to the camp laden with miserable wretches , who have probably
been found on the roael-side , worn out in trying to reach the relief camp . Everywhere are men , old and young , bearing stolidly and patientl y the fire that is consuming their vitals , till their turn comes to be fed , or to die . Come out of this camp to that tree over yonder ; at some time it has been struck with lightning , which has left a great rift in its massive trunk . What , think you , mean those
carrion crows waiting there so ominousl y ? In the rift of the trunk is an object sitting upright , staring with vacant glassy eyes , its lips swollen and parched , its body a mass of staring bones , a low hollow moan in place of a voice . Close by this living skeleton is the little babe , once so merry and so bright , the joy of that poor mother ' s heart , now lying stark anel deael , with its little hands and
arms bent convulsivel y back . We understand now why the carrion birds are waiting . This is not a solitary case , it is only a type of thousands . Up to July it is calculated that three-quarters of a million of people had been done to death in the Maefras Ficsieiency alone . What will be the terrible death roll b y December 31 st ? What would have been the fate of these miserable
people if there had been no British government to hel p them God atone knows . But Christian England has had compassion on the multitueles . The example of that Divine and Beneficent Being , who came to seek and save that which was lost , as we see Him , moved with compassion for the mulitudes in Galilee , who were as sheep with , out a shepherd , feeding the hungry , healing the sick , bind
ing up the broken-hearted—that example has been working with its gracious power on the hearts of the English people , whose great pity has been moved to its depths by the sight of that patient , gentle people perishing for want , and perishing without a murmur . As Freemasons we have no need to hide our heads for shame in this matter—we have not been backward in this noble cause—we have not
asked that the money subscribed by the Grand Lodge of Knglanel , the Provincial Grand Lodges , or by local lodges should be given only to Freemasons—for we have many brethren in that distant land—we have only asked that the money wc give shoulel be dispersed with an ungrudg . ing hand , and that the password to the reception of our charity shoulel be the proved nectl of the suppliant . Give to-day
with a bountiful and ungrudging spirit : as God gives , who makes His sun to shine upon the evil and the good . Give as Christ gave to the fainting multitude on the shore of the Sea of Galilee ; not asking if they be Jew or Gentile , bond or free . And , as the mighty Mississippi rolls its
majestic waters into the bosom of the thirsty ocean , asking nothing in return , but with its undiminished store ever replenished by the rains of heaven , so give to-day , ex . peeling nothing in return , and God will shower down upon you the richest blessings of His heavenly store now and for ever ,
Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , containing the Chevrges , Regulations , E . A . Song , & c . A copy should be , n the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 S . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent post free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London . —ADVT . ¦ * . ¦
HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —It is admitted by every one who has personally tried tlie-se noble remedies for any eruptions , sores , ulcers , bad legs , & e \ , or who have witnessed their purif ) big and healing effects on others sufferinj ; from such maladies , that nothing more can he desired than these medicaments possess . The Ointment relaxes the swollen muscles , diminishes inflammation , assuages pain , and even alleviates dangerous maladies which may have lasted for months , or even years . Holloway's excellent preparations are effective singly , resistless in combination , and have been recommended by grateful patients to be sought as the alternatives when all other means of regaining health have failed , heir action is temperate , not violent , or reducing . —ADVT .
Grand Orient Of France.
GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE .
We have been favoured with a copy of a letter addressed by the Supreme Council 33 ° for England , Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , to the Grand Orient of France , and of a resolution by the said Supreme Council , forbidding Masonic communication between members of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , under their allegiance , and
those under obedience of the Grand Orient , in consequence of the latler body having ruled it to be unnecessary to require of candidates for admission into Freemasonry a declaration of their belief in the existence of a Supreme Being . It should be understood that all French Freemasons do not come under this ban ; the Masonic Craft in France is
governed , not as in England by one Grand Lodge , but by two separate bodies , each one havin g under its obedience lodges of the blue , or symbolic degrees . One of these bodies is the " Grand Orient , " which by its late unhappy decree has violated all Masonic law and tradition , by " tolerating an Atheistic princi ple ; " the other is a " Supreme Council , " which demands of its members a
ileclaration of their belief in God , as is required in our own lodges , and further insists that every summons and official document emanating fcom its lodges shall be superscribed with the holy name which every tiue Freemason is taught to reverence . The Supreme Council of France is a member of the confederation which held its congress at Lausanne in 1875 ,
and in friendly relations with the Supreme Council of England , as well as with all other legitim-ite Supreme Councils . The letter and resolution under notice are as follows : — To Illustrious Brother Thevenor , Grand Secretary General of the Grand Orient of France . Dear Sir and Illustrious Brother ,
On the 17 U 1 October last , under the instructions of the Supreme Council 33 for England , Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , I had the honour to address you on the subject of a rumour which hael reached the Supreme Council , that the Grand Orient of France no longer required from candidates for admission into the Masonic Oreler a declaration of their belief in the existence
of a Supreme Being , known 111 Masonic language as " The Great Architect of the Universe . " I have not been favoured with a reply to that letter , but this Supreme Council have , * since it was written , read the report of the General Assembly of the Grand Orient of France held on the 13 th September last , confirming the rumour which they had heard with so much regret .
You are aware , that in this country a belief in the existence of God is reg . irdcel to be absolutely essential as a qualification for admission into Freemasonry , and consequently that no one can be recognised as a Freemason unless he holels that belief . The Supieme Council trusts that it may not be too late for the Grand Orient of France to re-consider its decision
and to revoke what must inevitably lead to its rejection by all true Masonic bodies . Feeling however that they cannot conscientiously regard as Freemasons any persons uneler the obedience of a boely which tolerates an Atheistic princi ple , this Supreme Council have eleemeel it necessary to instmct their Secretary General to warn by circular-letter the several chapters
under their control that no Masonic communion be permitted with any persons under the allegiance of the Grand Orient of France unless the objectionable decree be annulled . 1 am to add that it is with the feelings of the very deepest regret that the Supreme Council have felt it incumbent upon them to take this extreme step in vindication of
what they consider to bethe highest interests of Freema ' sonry . I am , dear Sir and 111 . Brother , yours fraternally , ( Signed ) HUGH D . SANDEMAN , 33 , Grand Secretary for Foreign Correspondence 33 , Golden-square , London , W ., 7 th November , 18 77 .
K 11 SOLUTION- . Passed by the Supreme Council 33 ° for England , Wales and the Dependencies of the British Crown , on Wednesday , the 7 th November , 18 77 : — Whereas the Granel Orient of France confers Masonic Degrees from the Fourth to the Eighteenth Degree and upwards ;
Anel whereas at their meeting held on the 13 th day of September , 1877 , they have declared it to be unnecessary to require of candidates for admission into Freemasonry a declaration or their belief in the existence of God , the Great Architect of the Universe ; And whereas this Supreme Council holds such a declaration to be a necessary condition of admission into
Freemasonry ; and further that no person can be legitimately regarded as a Freemason unless he doth declare his belief in Almighty God . It is resolved that this Supreme Council 33 ° does from henceforth cease to hold any alliance or Masonic intercourse with the Grand Orient of France , and eloes hereby instruct and direct its subordinate bo .. its to hold no
communion in the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , from the 4 to the 3-5 ° inclusive , with the members of the various bodies established by , or owing allegiance to , the said Grand Orient . And it is ordered that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Grand Orient of France , as also to all Supreme Councils 33 with which this Supreme Council is in fraternal alliance , for their general information ; and
further , that notification of the same be forthwith transmitted to all the subordinate bodies holding under , and beating allegiance to , this Supreme Council 33 ° , in order that the decision herein recorded may come into full force and execution without delay . Certified to be a true copy . SUADWELL H . CLEIIKE , 33 ° , Gd . Secretary-General , Supreme Council of England , Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown .
Metropolitan Masonic Meeting
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETING
For the Week ending Friday , November 30 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chap , •cers , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves & c , of any change in place or day of meeting .
SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 24 . Lodge 1563 , City of Westminster , Regent M . H . ., 1686 , Paxton , Crystal Palace . „ 1706 , Orpheus , Dick's Coffee Ho ., Flcet-st .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-roael , N .
MONDAY , NOVEMBER 26 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset Ho . and Inverness , F . M . H . ,, 26 , Castle of Harmony , Willis ' s R ., St . James ' s . „ 2 S , Old King ' s Arms , F . M . H . 11 7 ' ) i Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . „ 18 *; , Unity , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .
„ 905 , De Grey and Ripon , b . M . H . „ 1608 , Kilburn , Queen ' s Arms Hot ., Kilburn Gate . ,, 1615 , Bayard , 33 , Golden-sq ., W . „ 1632 , Stuart , S . M . H . Chap . 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . Mark Lodge 5 , Mallet and Chisel , Bridge House Hot .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camelen , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camelen Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford .
Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithficld , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . ¦ Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . EX ., 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at C o'clock .
TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 27 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . ,, 92 , Moira , the Criterion , Piccadilly . „ 141 , Faith , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-it . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , F . M . H . „ 186 , Industry , Westminster Chmbrs ., Vic .-st . S . W . „ 20 5 , Israel , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 259 , Prince of Wales ' s , Willis's Rms ., St . James's .
„ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpeher Tav ., Walworth . „ 1196 , Urban , Old Jerusalem Tav ., St . Johns's Gate . ,, 13-18 , Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . „ 1441 , Ivy , Surrey M . H . Chap . 21 , Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 180 , St . James ' s Union , F . M . H . ,, 890 , Hornsey , Anderton ' s Hot ., Kleet-st . Rose Croix Chap . Palestine , - ( - ( , Goleien-sq .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 26 9 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell'New-rc & d . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victori * fcst . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord's Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney .
Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea .
Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior . Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ,, Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's .
WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 28 . General Com . Grand Lodge . Lodge 2 , Antiquity , F . M . H . ,, 212 , Euphrates , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H . „ 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters' Tav ., Tottenham . , 1 778 , Batdof Avon , Greyhound Hot ., Hampton Ct .
„ 8 q 8 , Temperance in the East , 6 , Newby-place , E . „ 1017 , Montefiore , Regent M . H . ,, 1056 , Victoria , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tav ., Railway-place , Fcnchurch-st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley .
Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .
THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 29 . Gen . Com . Girls' School . Muggeridge Testimonial Com ., M . R . 175 , Aldersgc .-st . Lodge 22 , Neptune , Guildhall Ta ? ., Gresham-st . „ 1524 , Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav .