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niedal there would be no pretension , no failure of design ( such as we have too often to lament in Masonic decorations ) and yet it would be an ornament which any Al-json could display with p leasure and pride . It need not be la rfer than between the size of a shilling and florin , nor thicker than a sovereign , so there would be no difficulty in supplying a thorougly well struck medal , in good quality
o-old , at the proposed price . Another point I would notice ° s to the Craft blue collar , required to be worn in Grand Lodge . In the case of Prov . Grand Officers who attend Grand Lodge , this collar is usually worn over the purple collar , with the provincial purple and gold apron , the effect
of which is too well known to need remark . It is to be hoped upon this occasion this requirement will not be insisted on , and so the effect for large numbers of brethren in purple and goltl will not be marred . I am , sir , yours fraternally , As * OLD P . AI . AND A Pitov . G . OFFICER .
To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I hope the suggestion of your correspondent of last week will be carried out , viz . * . that an Albert Edward Commemoration Jewel" will be struck , and which said jewel may be permitted to be worn by the whole Craft who are " Master Masons " on the date of the installation of
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , this being an event which will only happen once in a lifetime , and all know the universal satisfaction that was felt throughout the Craft when it was announced that the heir to the throne of England would accept thc Grand Mastership of the Masonic Order . I would suggest that the jewel , of whatever device it may be , should embrace the " Prince of Wales' Feathers , " in honour of His Royal Highness . That it should be made
of " gold , " and also in " silver gilt , " so as to come within the means of all , and to be applied for by the brethren through the Masters of their own lodges . Hundreds of Masons would apply for this jewel , and a moiety of thc price of each one sold could be set aside and applied to a fund to be equall y divided between thc three charities after they were all disposed of . Yours fraternally , D . IL A .
THE APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — My attention has been called to a letter of "An Old P . M . " in your edition of March the 6 th . I think it would have'been better , in the first place , if "An Old l ' . M " . " had written to the W . M . or Secretary of the Apollo
Lodge , to know if thc report was correct . The report was not sent up by thc W . M . or any person authorised by the lodge to send it , and though in the main correct , it was a very short report , and in the particular noticed by your correspondent was not accurate -, a dispensation to initiate more than five candidates at one time was and is always
obtained anil read , and the lodge was closed in the usual way , viz ., " in due form and ortler with solemn prayer and adjourned . " The statement that it was closed in " ample form , " was probably made for brevity ' s sake , but it is inapplicable and inaccurate . I am sir , yours fraternally , FRED . MOUREI . L , I . V . M . 337 , P . S . G . W . Oxon . Black Hall , Oxford , March 17 th , 1875 .
THE ENSUING ELECTIONS OF THE BOYS * AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I have just received the voting papers anil description of thc candidates for the Royal Alasonic Institutions for Girls and Boys , London , and have made the following scrutiny
of their contents . For the girls there are 31 candidates for 13 vacancies , one of whom had applied twice before , and five once , thc remaining 18 being their first application ; 26 of the candidates are fatherless , two , the parents are both dead , one is motherless , and the parents of two are both living . Thc fathers of the candidates have on an average
subscribed to the Grantl Lodge ( or their lotlge ) for nine years , but one had only been a member for one year , another not three years , and 17 for less than the average of nine years . The subscriptions , then , of thc average nine years ' members , with their initiation fees would cover the cost of the maintainence of thc candidates if all were elected for about six months I
Of the 31 brethren whose daughters are now candidates for the R . M . I , for Girls only two were s ubscribcrs to thc Masonic charities , Bro . Richard Phillips being a Life Governor of the Girls' School , and thc lamented Bro . Jesse F . Owens having served six stewardships and contributed to each . Four are said to have subscribed through their toil ges , whatever that may mean , but except such an equivocal form of contribution 29 of the brethren out of
, 3 J have never subscribed to either of the institutions , and « ie majority appear to have been of little use to the fraternity else . For the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys there are 48 candidates for eight vacancies , 20 applying for the first 'me , 11 once before , 10 twice before , two the third time , wo for the fourth time , two for the sixth time , and one ¦ or the seventh time .
40 of the candidates are fatherless , 6 have lost both of '" eir parents , and two have their parents still alive . The fathers of 45 of the candidates have contributed to heir lod ges on an average for 8 | years , but only six out , 'he 48 have subscribed to cither of the Masonic raanties .
Hie average contributions antl initiation fees of the relhren whose sons are cantlidates for thc Royal Alasonic 'islitution for Boys woultl be sufficient to maintain the 48 mdidatcs for about four months , or in other words each
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brother in question during his life-time—excepting the few who subscribed to thc Masonic charities—contributed sufficient to his lotlge . to support his son in the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys—for education , clothing , etc ., for about four months , and in all probability not a hundredth part even of his subscription reached thc institution in question .
Of course it should be remembered that several . of the brethren contributed to their lodges until their decease , but the facts remain unaltered that out of 79 candidates for 21 vacancies in the Royal Masonic Institutions for Girls and Boys the fathers of only eight of the children subscribed to
cither of the Alasonic charities during their lifetime , or presumed prosperity , and their average subscriptions and fees together contributed to their lodges for all purposes would scarcely pay for the maintenance of one of each of their children at either of the institutions for six months . W . J AMES HUGHAN .
THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor if the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you allow me a few words on this vexations question ? I write , with all due respect to older and wiser Alasons , and with no wish to reopen the subject if now at rest .
Let us take it as follows , A . B . and C . pass the chair of K . S . respectively , A . and C . in , say the year 1850 , B . in 1852 . A . and B . belong to one lodge , say No . 1 , C . to another , say No . 1000 . These several brethren having passed the chair and received the benefits thereof , are for life Past Masters or Installed Masters ( quocumque nomine vocantur ) .
A ., from private or unforseen causes , ceases to be a subscriber to his lodge , therefore losing right of speaking and voting ( membership ) in Grand . Lodge ( vide constitutions ) and his own lodge . B ., his successor as senior Past Alaster in his own lodge , still subscribes . Likewise , C , his own equal in standing in the other lodge , to said other lodge . What is A . ' s position ?
A ., having taken the rank of Past Master , and received the benefits thereof , is a Past Alaster for life , only by the Constitutionsjie is unable to speak or vote in Grand Lodge until he has again passed thc chair of K . S : or in his own lodge till he has re-joined . In Grand Lodge , the governing body of the Craft , A ., having now again qualified by passing thc chair , takes his seat again ; from which date
therefore does his rank count ? Be it remembered he has not taken the degree again , hut simply passed the chair a second time to qualify for membership . But now , in his position in his own lodge , A ., in re-joining , re-acquires the power to vote and speak * , he is no longer senior Past Master of said lodge , B . occupying that position as successor to A ., but in the Craft at large , A .
ranks as the senior , equal in fact to C , if he be visiting said lodge No . 1 A . becomes in fact in Lodge No 1 , a co-equal Past Master , as to status with C , as a visiting brother , and has by courtesy , precedence , according to standing in the Craft , but as to visiting power or personal status in the lodge B ., his successor , still remains senior Past Alaster .
A . is a Past Master ( according to date of receiving the degree ) for ever , but on taking thc chair ( a second time after default ) in his own lodge , he ranks in that lodge ( qua that lodge ) only in the same position as if he had just received the degree . Courtesy precedence only can
be given him , as if he was a senior Past Alaster of another lotlge , visiting I Having given my ideas without wishing to raise a controversy , I leave the matter in the hands of wiser and clearer heads than my own . I am , sir antl brother , yours fraternally , A P . M .
MR . BRADLAUGH AND FREEAIASONRY . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I can say a word or two in regard to this question , and I express the hope that our brethren will in prudence do no more than set our brethren in different parts of the world on their guard against this cowan
and intruder , for your space and our time arc too valuable to be wasted over " Iconoclast . " A few years ago my professional duties threw me into thc company of a Frenchman who wore a Alasonic jewel . I tested him in every possible way , but he knew none of our signs at all , so I challenged him with making a show of being that which he was not . He declared that he was
a Alason , and I asked him of what lodge . I lis answer was the name of one—which I forget—held at thc Eclectic Institute , a democratic meeting-house used by Irish and foreigners cf the agitating classes , and he gave the name of Bradlaugh as the " Venerable . " I had the pocket-book with me and searched for the name in vain among the list of lodges '—else I might have been temporarily
deceived . I told him then that there was no such lodge , and that , moreover , Bradlaugh could not be a Alason , for it was well known that Masons were obligated in some form or the other , taking pledges of faith , and how , I asked him , could an atheist be bound in faith to his fellows ? The answer shows the idolatry of these impious men .
It was that the brethren were " obligated " to thc " Goddess of Reason " The men who deny God bind themselves to an unknown " Goddess 1 " He declared too , and our Grand Lodge ought to inquire how far it is true , that this precious assemblage of idolatrous atheists is recognised by the Grand Orient of France . I tlo not believe it . I know
from my experience abroad , that foreign Masons are very chary of letting even proved Masons see their " working " of the ceremonies , and I expect that all Bradlaugh has been admitted to in America has been to a gathering like his own—children of the " Goddess of Reason . " Yours faithfully and fraternally , DEUX ETOILES .
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THE GLASGOW ST . AIUNGO LODGE , NO . 27 , AND
ITS PARENT LODGE . To the Editor if the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — In your elaborate and well-arranged reports of thc Scottish lodges , I see an account of the 46 th anniversary of the Lotlge St . Alungo , No . 27 . In that account I observe the R . W . M . stating that— "'The history of their lotl
parent ge was very ancient , dating as far back distinctl y as the days of Michael Canmorc , A . » . yoGS , more than 800 years ago . " Now I have for some years back taken an interest in the rise of Freemasonry in Glasgow , and I confess that if Bro . Butler can really " distinctly" prove his assertion , he will haveadtled something to out trnwlttK of the history of Freemasonry in Glasgow . Four years ago I was authorised by the St . Alungo Lodge to examine
its old minute books , which I did , but I know of nothing in them to support Bro . Butler ' s statement , hut the very opposite . I would therefore request him either to back up his statement by informing us upon what foundation he makes it , or , if he cannot do that , let him apologise for making it , and never make it again . I consider he has simply been misled in the matter .
I am , yours fraternally , W . P . BUCHAN
AN IMPOSTOR . To the Editor if the Freemason . Dear Sir anil Brother , — Will you lend the brethren of St . Peter's Lodge , No . 442 , your assistance in putting the members of the Craft generally on their guard against relieving a man who is travelling through the country asking almshe
, gives his name " F . G . Risse , " antl represents himself as being a member of this lodge . He is not , and never was , on thc roll of St . Peter ' s , but letters of enquiry are constantly reaching us from all parts of England , antl , unfortunately , in many cases , assistance has been rendered him before the truth of his story has been ascertained .
The man is nothing more or less than an impostor , and it is expressly the wish of the brethren of this lodge , that after this caution , members of the Craft will not assist him in what is really a system of " obtaining money under false pretences . " The man is about 60 years of age , height about 3 feet
10 inches , hair grey , has a slight limp in his walk , and speaks with a foreign accent . Brethren in distress ought never to be relieved unless their certificate is produced . I am , dear sir , very fraternally yours , W . DIXEY , Secretary .
Poetry.
Poetry .
20 TM APRIL , 1875 . All hail to England ' s hope—heir to the British Crown , The Free-Masonic Chief , who dared Rome ' s deadly frown ; Who , spite of Peter ' s curse—regardless of the
fray—Accepted our defence , our Battle fi ghts to-day I The insult " Pio mad " with bitter hatred hurl'd , ( As though his " single will" were Master to the World ) , Gallant Albert Edward , like our good king of old , Resents with scorn and swears—like him , good , true , and
bold , — That no Italian priest , in self-made thunders clad , On England ' s soil shall rule ! It must be very sad , ( Oh , pardon , Pope , the rub ) , for imbeciles to see , How Albert Edward treats , —Infallibility !
1 is done I Our Mason's chief , is this day crown ' il with love . With truth his brow is deck'd , —the truth of Him above ! This truth , —Alasonic Truth , —poor Pio never knew , He ne ' er had this , and that is why he hates the " Blue . "
We've had for ages past , to bear with much from him , Who now proclaims aloud , that Alasonry is sin ! Yet , true and faithful to Masonic rules and laws , Wc have but pitied those who ' ve tried to crush our cause .
May Pius get some sense , and judge of what wc learn By our own acts , and see if he can find the germ Of aught that ' s had in those . We're taught , on broadest grounds , To love our neighbour with the love that knows no bounds .
E'en then for him , we let no curse rise aloft , But e ' en for him , we wish but blessings sweet antl soft ; Yet heed he must that voice now ringing through the land , " God bless our noble Prince , chief of our Holy Band !" WM . WIGGINTON , W . M . 1303 ; P . M . 902 and 1298 ; P . Prov . G . D . C . Worcestershire .
INSTRUCTION . —The ceremonies of Consecration and Installation will be worked b y Bro . James Terry , P . Prov . G . D . C . Herts , Secretary of the Royal Alasonic Benevolent Institution , in thc Southwark Lodge of Instruction , held at thc Southwark Park Tavern , on Wednesday , Alarch 31 st .
"Tin SURVIVAL OK THE FITTEST . " —If this doctrine he true , it is inoperative for us to keep onr bodily health at tlie highest possible standard , so as to render ourselves eflicient for tlie performance of the arduous duties which arc the lot of most of us , otherwise we fall back in the struggle and perhaps succumb to some trilling disease . The purifying and strengtheningpropertics of Holloway ' s remedies are undoubted and no onc ^ shoultl he without them ; they cleanse the blood from impurities , invigorate the nervous svstem , and impart tonicity to the unstrung film :. By their judicious use mental depression is replaced hy a genial ( low of spirits antUthc whole system invigorated . Mankind has reason to he thankful ' Cor their invention . — ADVT .
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niedal there would be no pretension , no failure of design ( such as we have too often to lament in Masonic decorations ) and yet it would be an ornament which any Al-json could display with p leasure and pride . It need not be la rfer than between the size of a shilling and florin , nor thicker than a sovereign , so there would be no difficulty in supplying a thorougly well struck medal , in good quality
o-old , at the proposed price . Another point I would notice ° s to the Craft blue collar , required to be worn in Grand Lodge . In the case of Prov . Grand Officers who attend Grand Lodge , this collar is usually worn over the purple collar , with the provincial purple and gold apron , the effect
of which is too well known to need remark . It is to be hoped upon this occasion this requirement will not be insisted on , and so the effect for large numbers of brethren in purple and goltl will not be marred . I am , sir , yours fraternally , As * OLD P . AI . AND A Pitov . G . OFFICER .
To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I hope the suggestion of your correspondent of last week will be carried out , viz . * . that an Albert Edward Commemoration Jewel" will be struck , and which said jewel may be permitted to be worn by the whole Craft who are " Master Masons " on the date of the installation of
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , this being an event which will only happen once in a lifetime , and all know the universal satisfaction that was felt throughout the Craft when it was announced that the heir to the throne of England would accept thc Grand Mastership of the Masonic Order . I would suggest that the jewel , of whatever device it may be , should embrace the " Prince of Wales' Feathers , " in honour of His Royal Highness . That it should be made
of " gold , " and also in " silver gilt , " so as to come within the means of all , and to be applied for by the brethren through the Masters of their own lodges . Hundreds of Masons would apply for this jewel , and a moiety of thc price of each one sold could be set aside and applied to a fund to be equall y divided between thc three charities after they were all disposed of . Yours fraternally , D . IL A .
THE APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — My attention has been called to a letter of "An Old P . M . " in your edition of March the 6 th . I think it would have'been better , in the first place , if "An Old l ' . M " . " had written to the W . M . or Secretary of the Apollo
Lodge , to know if thc report was correct . The report was not sent up by thc W . M . or any person authorised by the lodge to send it , and though in the main correct , it was a very short report , and in the particular noticed by your correspondent was not accurate -, a dispensation to initiate more than five candidates at one time was and is always
obtained anil read , and the lodge was closed in the usual way , viz ., " in due form and ortler with solemn prayer and adjourned . " The statement that it was closed in " ample form , " was probably made for brevity ' s sake , but it is inapplicable and inaccurate . I am sir , yours fraternally , FRED . MOUREI . L , I . V . M . 337 , P . S . G . W . Oxon . Black Hall , Oxford , March 17 th , 1875 .
THE ENSUING ELECTIONS OF THE BOYS * AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I have just received the voting papers anil description of thc candidates for the Royal Alasonic Institutions for Girls and Boys , London , and have made the following scrutiny
of their contents . For the girls there are 31 candidates for 13 vacancies , one of whom had applied twice before , and five once , thc remaining 18 being their first application ; 26 of the candidates are fatherless , two , the parents are both dead , one is motherless , and the parents of two are both living . Thc fathers of the candidates have on an average
subscribed to the Grantl Lodge ( or their lotlge ) for nine years , but one had only been a member for one year , another not three years , and 17 for less than the average of nine years . The subscriptions , then , of thc average nine years ' members , with their initiation fees would cover the cost of the maintainence of thc candidates if all were elected for about six months I
Of the 31 brethren whose daughters are now candidates for the R . M . I , for Girls only two were s ubscribcrs to thc Masonic charities , Bro . Richard Phillips being a Life Governor of the Girls' School , and thc lamented Bro . Jesse F . Owens having served six stewardships and contributed to each . Four are said to have subscribed through their toil ges , whatever that may mean , but except such an equivocal form of contribution 29 of the brethren out of
, 3 J have never subscribed to either of the institutions , and « ie majority appear to have been of little use to the fraternity else . For the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys there are 48 candidates for eight vacancies , 20 applying for the first 'me , 11 once before , 10 twice before , two the third time , wo for the fourth time , two for the sixth time , and one ¦ or the seventh time .
40 of the candidates are fatherless , 6 have lost both of '" eir parents , and two have their parents still alive . The fathers of 45 of the candidates have contributed to heir lod ges on an average for 8 | years , but only six out , 'he 48 have subscribed to cither of the Masonic raanties .
Hie average contributions antl initiation fees of the relhren whose sons are cantlidates for thc Royal Alasonic 'islitution for Boys woultl be sufficient to maintain the 48 mdidatcs for about four months , or in other words each
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brother in question during his life-time—excepting the few who subscribed to thc Masonic charities—contributed sufficient to his lotlge . to support his son in the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys—for education , clothing , etc ., for about four months , and in all probability not a hundredth part even of his subscription reached thc institution in question .
Of course it should be remembered that several . of the brethren contributed to their lodges until their decease , but the facts remain unaltered that out of 79 candidates for 21 vacancies in the Royal Masonic Institutions for Girls and Boys the fathers of only eight of the children subscribed to
cither of the Alasonic charities during their lifetime , or presumed prosperity , and their average subscriptions and fees together contributed to their lodges for all purposes would scarcely pay for the maintenance of one of each of their children at either of the institutions for six months . W . J AMES HUGHAN .
THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor if the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you allow me a few words on this vexations question ? I write , with all due respect to older and wiser Alasons , and with no wish to reopen the subject if now at rest .
Let us take it as follows , A . B . and C . pass the chair of K . S . respectively , A . and C . in , say the year 1850 , B . in 1852 . A . and B . belong to one lodge , say No . 1 , C . to another , say No . 1000 . These several brethren having passed the chair and received the benefits thereof , are for life Past Masters or Installed Masters ( quocumque nomine vocantur ) .
A ., from private or unforseen causes , ceases to be a subscriber to his lodge , therefore losing right of speaking and voting ( membership ) in Grand . Lodge ( vide constitutions ) and his own lodge . B ., his successor as senior Past Alaster in his own lodge , still subscribes . Likewise , C , his own equal in standing in the other lodge , to said other lodge . What is A . ' s position ?
A ., having taken the rank of Past Master , and received the benefits thereof , is a Past Alaster for life , only by the Constitutionsjie is unable to speak or vote in Grand Lodge until he has again passed thc chair of K . S : or in his own lodge till he has re-joined . In Grand Lodge , the governing body of the Craft , A ., having now again qualified by passing thc chair , takes his seat again ; from which date
therefore does his rank count ? Be it remembered he has not taken the degree again , hut simply passed the chair a second time to qualify for membership . But now , in his position in his own lodge , A ., in re-joining , re-acquires the power to vote and speak * , he is no longer senior Past Master of said lodge , B . occupying that position as successor to A ., but in the Craft at large , A .
ranks as the senior , equal in fact to C , if he be visiting said lodge No . 1 A . becomes in fact in Lodge No 1 , a co-equal Past Master , as to status with C , as a visiting brother , and has by courtesy , precedence , according to standing in the Craft , but as to visiting power or personal status in the lodge B ., his successor , still remains senior Past Alaster .
A . is a Past Master ( according to date of receiving the degree ) for ever , but on taking thc chair ( a second time after default ) in his own lodge , he ranks in that lodge ( qua that lodge ) only in the same position as if he had just received the degree . Courtesy precedence only can
be given him , as if he was a senior Past Alaster of another lotlge , visiting I Having given my ideas without wishing to raise a controversy , I leave the matter in the hands of wiser and clearer heads than my own . I am , sir antl brother , yours fraternally , A P . M .
MR . BRADLAUGH AND FREEAIASONRY . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I can say a word or two in regard to this question , and I express the hope that our brethren will in prudence do no more than set our brethren in different parts of the world on their guard against this cowan
and intruder , for your space and our time arc too valuable to be wasted over " Iconoclast . " A few years ago my professional duties threw me into thc company of a Frenchman who wore a Alasonic jewel . I tested him in every possible way , but he knew none of our signs at all , so I challenged him with making a show of being that which he was not . He declared that he was
a Alason , and I asked him of what lodge . I lis answer was the name of one—which I forget—held at thc Eclectic Institute , a democratic meeting-house used by Irish and foreigners cf the agitating classes , and he gave the name of Bradlaugh as the " Venerable . " I had the pocket-book with me and searched for the name in vain among the list of lodges '—else I might have been temporarily
deceived . I told him then that there was no such lodge , and that , moreover , Bradlaugh could not be a Alason , for it was well known that Masons were obligated in some form or the other , taking pledges of faith , and how , I asked him , could an atheist be bound in faith to his fellows ? The answer shows the idolatry of these impious men .
It was that the brethren were " obligated " to thc " Goddess of Reason " The men who deny God bind themselves to an unknown " Goddess 1 " He declared too , and our Grand Lodge ought to inquire how far it is true , that this precious assemblage of idolatrous atheists is recognised by the Grand Orient of France . I tlo not believe it . I know
from my experience abroad , that foreign Masons are very chary of letting even proved Masons see their " working " of the ceremonies , and I expect that all Bradlaugh has been admitted to in America has been to a gathering like his own—children of the " Goddess of Reason . " Yours faithfully and fraternally , DEUX ETOILES .
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THE GLASGOW ST . AIUNGO LODGE , NO . 27 , AND
ITS PARENT LODGE . To the Editor if the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — In your elaborate and well-arranged reports of thc Scottish lodges , I see an account of the 46 th anniversary of the Lotlge St . Alungo , No . 27 . In that account I observe the R . W . M . stating that— "'The history of their lotl
parent ge was very ancient , dating as far back distinctl y as the days of Michael Canmorc , A . » . yoGS , more than 800 years ago . " Now I have for some years back taken an interest in the rise of Freemasonry in Glasgow , and I confess that if Bro . Butler can really " distinctly" prove his assertion , he will haveadtled something to out trnwlttK of the history of Freemasonry in Glasgow . Four years ago I was authorised by the St . Alungo Lodge to examine
its old minute books , which I did , but I know of nothing in them to support Bro . Butler ' s statement , hut the very opposite . I would therefore request him either to back up his statement by informing us upon what foundation he makes it , or , if he cannot do that , let him apologise for making it , and never make it again . I consider he has simply been misled in the matter .
I am , yours fraternally , W . P . BUCHAN
AN IMPOSTOR . To the Editor if the Freemason . Dear Sir anil Brother , — Will you lend the brethren of St . Peter's Lodge , No . 442 , your assistance in putting the members of the Craft generally on their guard against relieving a man who is travelling through the country asking almshe
, gives his name " F . G . Risse , " antl represents himself as being a member of this lodge . He is not , and never was , on thc roll of St . Peter ' s , but letters of enquiry are constantly reaching us from all parts of England , antl , unfortunately , in many cases , assistance has been rendered him before the truth of his story has been ascertained .
The man is nothing more or less than an impostor , and it is expressly the wish of the brethren of this lodge , that after this caution , members of the Craft will not assist him in what is really a system of " obtaining money under false pretences . " The man is about 60 years of age , height about 3 feet
10 inches , hair grey , has a slight limp in his walk , and speaks with a foreign accent . Brethren in distress ought never to be relieved unless their certificate is produced . I am , dear sir , very fraternally yours , W . DIXEY , Secretary .
Poetry.
Poetry .
20 TM APRIL , 1875 . All hail to England ' s hope—heir to the British Crown , The Free-Masonic Chief , who dared Rome ' s deadly frown ; Who , spite of Peter ' s curse—regardless of the
fray—Accepted our defence , our Battle fi ghts to-day I The insult " Pio mad " with bitter hatred hurl'd , ( As though his " single will" were Master to the World ) , Gallant Albert Edward , like our good king of old , Resents with scorn and swears—like him , good , true , and
bold , — That no Italian priest , in self-made thunders clad , On England ' s soil shall rule ! It must be very sad , ( Oh , pardon , Pope , the rub ) , for imbeciles to see , How Albert Edward treats , —Infallibility !
1 is done I Our Mason's chief , is this day crown ' il with love . With truth his brow is deck'd , —the truth of Him above ! This truth , —Alasonic Truth , —poor Pio never knew , He ne ' er had this , and that is why he hates the " Blue . "
We've had for ages past , to bear with much from him , Who now proclaims aloud , that Alasonry is sin ! Yet , true and faithful to Masonic rules and laws , Wc have but pitied those who ' ve tried to crush our cause .
May Pius get some sense , and judge of what wc learn By our own acts , and see if he can find the germ Of aught that ' s had in those . We're taught , on broadest grounds , To love our neighbour with the love that knows no bounds .
E'en then for him , we let no curse rise aloft , But e ' en for him , we wish but blessings sweet antl soft ; Yet heed he must that voice now ringing through the land , " God bless our noble Prince , chief of our Holy Band !" WM . WIGGINTON , W . M . 1303 ; P . M . 902 and 1298 ; P . Prov . G . D . C . Worcestershire .
INSTRUCTION . —The ceremonies of Consecration and Installation will be worked b y Bro . James Terry , P . Prov . G . D . C . Herts , Secretary of the Royal Alasonic Benevolent Institution , in thc Southwark Lodge of Instruction , held at thc Southwark Park Tavern , on Wednesday , Alarch 31 st .
"Tin SURVIVAL OK THE FITTEST . " —If this doctrine he true , it is inoperative for us to keep onr bodily health at tlie highest possible standard , so as to render ourselves eflicient for tlie performance of the arduous duties which arc the lot of most of us , otherwise we fall back in the struggle and perhaps succumb to some trilling disease . The purifying and strengtheningpropertics of Holloway ' s remedies are undoubted and no onc ^ shoultl he without them ; they cleanse the blood from impurities , invigorate the nervous svstem , and impart tonicity to the unstrung film :. By their judicious use mental depression is replaced hy a genial ( low of spirits antUthc whole system invigorated . Mankind has reason to he thankful ' Cor their invention . — ADVT .