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to the few Masons then in Burghersdorp . It has been the strongest desire of their heart to have a building of their own , and one suited in some respect for the sacred work of Masonry . The earnestness artel zeal which they displayed in founding this lodge , proved that they had courage enough even to go further , but their numbers did not warrant this . Lately , however , we have gained so

much in numerical strength , that we feel it a duty which we can no longer postpone , to erect a building for the purpose of advancing the work which our predecessors so creditably anel faithfully began . I need hardly mention to you what a source of pleasure and satisfaction it must be to those early founders of this lodge to find that their work is to be perpetuated in this substantial form , and to

find that so many have enlisted under the banner which they were the first to unfurl . Even the Deputy Grand Master National , in a communication which we had the honour to receive from him lately , could not refrain from saying that it afforded him very great satisfaction to learn that we were prospering so favourably as to be able to undertake this work . But , brethren , more

than upon the mere fact of the building itself , have I to congratulate you upon that indisputable manifestation of true Masonic enthusiasm and unity which your determination to build this Temple evinces . More numerous than we were , we are yet but a small body , and nothing but the unity of purpose and the harmony which characterise our lodge and its working could have brought about this

underaking . The vitality of your institution also , as well as your active belief in and sympathy with your creed , are indeed abundantly proved in the work you have this day inaugurated . As but a very small portion of our Masonic labours ever come to the surface of everyday life , the non-Mason is apt to believe that Masonry has at the best but a passive existence—that it is a thing

which we put off and on as we do our aprons , or as the fancy takes us—and that Masonic movements are made in very eccentric orbits . But should some visible proof be wanted of the groundlessness of this opinion , we shall soon , I trust , be able , like our brethren in every town throughout the civilised world , quietly to point to one of the handsomest buildings in the place as a never ceasing

witness to the inherent strength and vigour 01 the Masonic Order . It appears to me that this is a proper occasion to say a few words in reply to questions which those who are not of us often put to us . It is asked of us almost every day : What is this Freemasonry which exercises such an influence over so many men , which draws them together so firmly that the very word itself has

become a household one , anel which leads them to make great sacrifices as well as lo exercise much self-denial ? Why must they have buildings of their own , and why are they not contented with the churches and halls , the theatres and colleges ot other and larger communities ? If Masonry only exists to promote brotherly love , or to dispense a little charity to the poor and needy , surely we need

no prophet from Heaven in the shape of Masonry to preach a few platitudes on such matters , and any good which Freemasonry can accomplish , can surely be done by machinery less mysterious than it employs ? If Masonry exists for the worship of the Deity , what is so peculiar in its system that it demands for the performance of its rites a Temple so guarded and exclusive ? Does not

your Masonry rather tend to subvert all religion , or , at all events , favour religious indifference , and has not the highest authority of the largest portion of the Christian world denounced Freemasonry as a fiend from hell rather than blessed it as an angel from heaven . These questions have been put , and I dare say they will continue to be put ; for the Mason is reluctant to discuss his creed with any

one , and this reluctance is sometimes construed into inability . This much , however , we can say ( without overstepping the landmarks of our Order ) , that the mere fact of these questions having been put is no proof that they cannot be answered , any more than it is a proof that there is any mischievous or evil tendency in the institution itseli . On the contrary , when ever the work of Masonry has

been assailed , as has been said by a well-known brother , it has been the result of groundless suspicion , misrepresentation , antl jealousy , antl , above all , of ignorance of its real nature and method of working . Freemasonry is no ipse dixit of ambitious man , or body of men , more desirous for self or corporate glorification than for the real happiness anil advancement of the race . Freemasonry is

no dogma , winch we can teach in a few words , or which we wish to force upon all comers . It is an art like music or painting , indeed it has often been called the royal art , antl it works upon antl derives its vital elements and force from the head , the heart , and the soul , from the intellectual antl moral powers of man . And they who would seek to know what this art is , antl what it leaches , must

study it by an active participation in the work which it enjoins , and by much intercourse with those who regulate their lives by its teachings . It is an art founded on the purest principles of piety and virtue . Those who practise it are an association of men striving after everything that is fair , ami gootl antl true ; and its members are brethren united by this tie alone , untrammeled by the

dragging chains of superstition , unmindful of ihe prejudices of caste or nationality . The bond of union is an intellectual one , linked with the immutable and eternal princi ples of truth , honour , and virtue ; a union which in fact invests every species of obligation our common humanity is under with a more sacred character . And the glory which she seeks is Ihe glory of virtue also , anil "i what better language can I give it than in the words of the poet :

dory of warrior , glory of orator , glory of song , Paid with a voice Hying by to be lost on an endless sea ; Glory of Virtue to fight , to struggle , to right the wrong-Nay , but she aimed not at glory , no lover of glory she , Give her the glory of going on and still to be ! i he work of Freemasonry is thus quiet and unassuming , but it is fitted alike for the palace or the hovel ; and , indeed , in every age kings , philosophers , and statesmen

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have blended with the peasant and the operative in promoting the art and practising its rites . Not that Freemasonry arrogates to herself everything that is great and gooel and honourable . The gates of knowledge , the paths of heavenly science , and the ways of truth and beauty are open to all who choose to walk therein ; and every man who worketh righteousness , who showeth

mercy , and who walketh humbly before his God , is prepared in his heart to be made a Mason , and to join in the work which it is the mission of Masonry to accomplish . Not that Masonry has been more fortunate than any other institution in escaping the pointed finger of scorn , when men have gainedadmission within her sacred precincts , who have been unworthy of her , or have thereafter shown

themselves to be uninfluenced by the vows they have taken . Such things must happen in this imperfect present , and can only be guarded against in the perfect , and more than perfect , future . But none save the initiated can know those ties , obligations , and peculiar privileges by which we are distinguished , and which afforel us the fullest opportunity of accomplishing our present honour

and happiness m this world and our eternal happiness m the next . And the Temple is the place which the Mason loves , because it is there that brother meets brother , to perform the work that has been given them to do , to make from the rough stone of the natural man a temple fit for the Lord ; because it is there that tha Mason hears the principles of his Order expounded—principles which

are to regulate his own life , and which he is to help his brother to carry out in his life . This is a noble work indeed , and it may be that there are few who succeed in it , but there can be nothing lost in having a high aim ; for he who shoots at the sun will carry higher than he who

shoots at a tree . * That we may all have assistance from the Great Architect in this our labour , and be led to the accomplishing of good work with a humble faith , and thereafter find our place in the Grand Lodge above , where he liveth and reigneth for evermore , is my devout and humble prayer . So mote it be .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending December 3 , 1870 . MONDAY , NOV . 2 S . Lodge 4 , Royal Ssmerset House and Inverness , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 26 , Castle of Harmony , Willis ' s , St . James's . ,, 28 , Old King ' s Arms , Freemasons' Hall .

11 79 > Pythagorean , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . ,, 181 , Universal , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 18 3 , Unity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . ,, 831 , British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile-end-roatl . ,, 902 , Buvgoyvie , Anelevtovi ' s Hotel , Fleet-street .

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at 8 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern-Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mile ,

end-road , at 7 . 30 , Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End , at 7 for S . St . James' Union Lodge of Instruction ( 1 S 0 ) , Swan Tavern , Mount-street , Grosvenor-square , at S .

TUESDAY , NOV . 29 . Lodge 141 , Faith , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . DomaticLodgeof Instruction , PaImerstonTav .,

Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lotlge of Instruction ( 3 S 2 ) , Hotel de Cologne , 60 and 61 , Hay market , at 8 ; Bro . T . AAdams , Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria

Station , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Varborottgh Lodgeof Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at S ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knights of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Sydney Lodge of Instruction ( 829 ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 .

WEDNESDAY , NOV . 30 . Lodge S 98 , Temperance in the East , 6 , Ncwby-place , Poplar . K . T . Encampment , Faith & Fidelity , Freemasons' Tav . Pythagorean Lotlge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 22 S ) , Bull & Gate ,

Kentish Town-road , at S ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globeroad , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Strong Man Lotlge of Instruction , The Grapes Tavern , Dukc-strcet , Manchester-square , at 8 ; Bro . 1 ' . A . Adams , P . G . P ., Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch

Tavern , lloxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , Railway Tav ., Londonstreet , City , at 7 . Pcckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Parkroad , Pccldiam ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the

Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Ancrley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . II . W . Luidits , Preceptor . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse antl Groom Tavern , Winsley-slrcet , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

THURSDAY , DEC I . Lodge 10 , Westminster & Keystone , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 27 , Egyptian , Antlerton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 45 , Strong Man , Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell .

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Lodge 192 , Lion and Lamb , Terminus Hotel , Canno n-st . ,, 227 , Ionic , Ship & Turtle Tav ., Leadenhall-st . ,, 231 , St . Andrew ' s , Freemasons' Hall . >> 554 . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . ,, 822 , Victoria Rifles , Freemasons' Hall .

„ 1155 , Excelsior , Sydney Arms , Lewisham-road . ,, 1178 , Perfect Ashlar , Gregorian Arms , Bermondsey . Chap . 2 , St . James ' s , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 9 , Moriah , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . ,, 174 , Sincerity , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars . ,, 7 Si , Westbourne , New Inn , Eclgware-road .

„ 742 , Crystal Palace , Crystal Palace , Sydenham . The R . A . Chapter of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Goat and Compasses , . Euston-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern ,

Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 8 . Burelelt Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 127 S ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 7 . 30 ; Bro .

John Saunders , Preceptor . FRIDAY , DEC . 2 . Lodge 706 , Florence Nightingale , Masonic Hall , Woolwich . ,, S 90 , Hornsey , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 1275 , Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road . Chap . . S , British , Freemasons' Hall .

it 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James s . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , Regent-street , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . W . Watson , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Tavern , 33 , Gresham-st ., at 6 ; Bro . Henry Muggeridge , Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , PierHtl ., Chelsea

Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , at . 7 . Domatic Chapter of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria Station , at S ; Comp . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at S ; Comp . W . West Smith , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Htl ., Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor . United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Edinburgh , Shepherd ' s-lane , Brixton . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Htl ., Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Br . Pulsford , Preceptor

Done Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile end-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 .

SATURDAY , DEC . 3 . General Committee Boys' School , Freemasons' Hall , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas ' s , Radley ' s Hotel , Blackfriars . Chap . 975 , Rose of Denmark , Star antl Garter , Kew . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-roatl , at 7 . Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , at S ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor .

REPORT of Dr . Arthur Hill Hassall , Analyst of the " Lancet" Sanitary Commission , Author of " Food and its Adulterations , " & c , & c ., on Mayar ' s Semolina : " I have carefully tested , chemically and microscopically , the samples of Semolina sent by Messrs . L . Mayar & Co ., 36 , Mark Lane , London , E . C . I find them to be perfectly genuine , of excellent quality , and eminently nutritious . They contain a very large percentage of

nitrogenous matter , chielly gluten , and are far more nutritious than any other food , such as Arrowroot , Tapioca , Sago , Corn Flour , Farinaceous Food , ordinary Wheat Flour , or any of the Cereals in use as footl in this country . — ( Signed ) ARTHUR IIII . I . HASSALL , M . D ., London . " --Highly recommended by the Faculty for Infants , Invalids , & . c . Makes delicious Pudding , Custards , Blanc Mange , cic . After a trial no family will be without Mayar ' s Semolina .

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, Colds , _ and all Pulmonary diseases . ^ Instead of such fallacious rente-dies , which yield momentary relief at the expense of enfeebling the digestive organs and thus increasing that debility which lies at the root of the malady , modern science points to Crosby ' s Balsamic Cou ^ U t ' . lixcT . as vhelrue remedy . —St'hrt Tfstimiwi . it . Dr . Kooke , . Scarborough , author of the "Anti-Lancet , " says : "I have repeatedly observed how very rapidly and invariahfy it subdued cough , Pam , and irritation of the chest in cases of pulmonary consumption .

and I can , with the greatest confidence , recommend it as a most valuable adjunct lo an otherwise strengthening treatment for this disease . " —This medicine , which is free from opium aud squills , not only allays the local irritation , hut improves eilgestiou aud strengthens the constitution llciicc it is used with the most signal success in Asthma-, Bronchitis , Consumption , Coughs , Intlucn / a , Night Sweats

of Consumption , Quinsy , and all auoctions L >( the throad and chest . Sold by ail respectable Chemists aud Patent Medicine Dealers , in bottles tit is . od ., 4 s . 6 d . and us each , and wholesale b y J . M . CKOSUV , Chemist , Scarborough . * \* Invalids should read Crosby ' s Prize Treatise on " Diseases of the Luu ^ s and Air-Vessels , " a copy of which Oil be gbuiuetl gratis of any respectable Chemist . —[ Advt . ]