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Ad00609
TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price /& CL It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , in eluding postage : United America , India , India , China , & c Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindtsi . Twelve Months 10 s . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable » o GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and e thtr business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be fiuaranteed . Further information will be supplied 0 " application to the Publisher , 108 , Fleet-street , London .
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TO ADVERTISERS . The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 iz o Half , „ ... ... 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter r ' itto ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2100 Half ,, 1 10 o Quarter „ ... ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch 040 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and . r ; 2 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion In current -week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on 'Wednesdays .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
ST . GILES . —Without the canscnt of the W . M . such minute wc apprehend cannot be craseel , but it could , in our opinion , he " non-confirmed , " though as a record of facts it was undoubtedly true . There are two views of non-confiimation , one of which goes as to the entry itself , the other as to correctness . In the interests of ha'mony it woulel be bitter to erase it probably .
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Dcvonport lnelependent and Plymouthand Stonihouse Gazette ; " " Cnrncr-ste nc ; " "Die New Yorker Buneles-Presse ; " " Daily Telegraph , St . > hn , N . B . ; " 'Saint John Globe ; " '' Der Triangil ; " "Mnseiic Record eif Western
India ; " " Hull Packet ; " " Broad Arrow ; " " West London Express ; " " Hornet ; " " Freemasons' Monthly ; " " Lnomis ' s Musical and Masonic Journal ; " " Liberal Freemason ;" " Civil Service He-view ; " "Der Bund ; " " Voice of Masonry ; " "I . i Vi , ¦ I liram ; " " The Modern Onler of Knights Templar , " a . e print by Col . W . J . B . Macleod Moore .
We shall be much obliged if Correspondents forwarding Newspapers will kindly mark the paragraphs to which they desire to call attention .
Births ,Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
BIRTHS . AUDERSON . —On the 22 nd inst , at St . Julian ' s-road , Streatham , the wife of E . J . Anderson , of a son . SAUNunits . — On the 21 st inst , the wife of T . J . Saunders , E ; q ., of Thaycr-strecr , Manrhe ^ tcr-square , of a son . UDAI .. —On the 18 th inst , at F . lmlty Lodge , Harborne , Birmingham , the wife of W . Uelal , jun ., of a son .
DEATHS . BlXKWirii . —On ihe 12 th ins ' ., at 225 A , New Cross-road , E . Beckwith , age 5 ( 1 . GOMI'E IITZ . —On ihe in ' . h inst , at 87 , Brompton-road , aged 63 , the wife of M . Gompertz . Oueni . —On the 19 th inM „ at 47 , Belvedircroail , Lambeth , Frances , the beloved vvi ' e of Wm . Ough , aged 64 .
Sam A . —On the 23 rd inst ., at lladtcv Loelge , I ' . ast Meilescy , Surrey , William W } kc Srriiih , in his 70 b ) ear . TOMKINS . —On the 21 st inst , ; . t Shonhain , Scienoaks , Samuel Tomkins , Esq ., late of 7 6 , Lombanl-s'rcct , aged 68 . WHITE . —On the 20 th inst , W . Foster White , Trcisurer lor 18 years of St . Baitholnnn w ' s llosji'al . Deeply regretted .
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THE FREEMASON , SATURDAY , J 27 , 1878 .
In Memoriam.
IN MEMORIAM .
Hardly a week passes over our heads but we have to deplore the loss of friends and brethren , and record that irresistible summons which Death , the stern visitor of humanity brings to us all in turn . In vain are the sig hs of friendship or the tears of grieving relatives , all have to bow
submissively to that stern behest . We deplore to-day , and our Craft will deplore , the removal from amongst us of our old and valued Grand Treasurer , Bro . Samuel Tomkins . For nearly a quarter of a century he was the active and respected Treasurer of our
Grand Lodge , and if clouds supervened and dimmed his later days , such , the often the inevitable lot of mortals , ought to be regarded by Freemasons with feelings of sympathy and commiseration . We shall all of us long remember his smiling face and his gracious presence ,
and his kindly words , and many of us in old lodge association , and the privacy of the friendly and domestic circle , will recall before us happier souvenirs of " Auld Lang Syne , " and the genial heart and unchanging pleasantness of Bro . Samuel Tomkins . It is sad to think what havoc
time is making in the serried phalanx of our ancient Masons , and it may be that in years to come , some will have cause to call to mind how much they owed to the good sense , zeal , earnestness , and hig hmindedness of that older generation to which Bro . Tomkins belonged . Peace be to him !
The Constitutionalism Of English Freemasonry.
THE CONSTITUTIONALISM OF ENGLISH FREEMASONRY .
If there is one thing to which we should all adhere , as essentially bound up with our very existence , it is what an old Grand Master of ours liked to call , the ' ' Constitutionalism of Freemasonry . " But just now we see that that great characteristic of English Freemasonry receives
often very rude shocks , owing to the idiosyncrasies of some , the perversity of others . In a very distinguished province ( which shall be namoless pro hac vice ) , a proposal was recently made , which on the face of it was clearly illegal , and ought never to have appeared on the agenda paper
at all . We have reason to believe , that the highest authorities have declared the proposal to be illegal and unconstitutional , and yet we read in the province ' s agenda paper , that a discussion which is declared to be " ipso facto " useless ,
because illegal , is to be " resumed . ' This is not Masonic Constitutionalism . Whatever our pii . vate opinion or fancies may be , we ought to give way to proper authority , and we trust that there is some mistake in the matter , and that the agenda paper is in error .
The Present Position And Future Prospects Of Our Charitable Institutions.
THE PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF OUR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS .
We take this subject in hand , which is rather a wide one , and undoubtedly a very important one , with some reluctance and not a few misgivings , especially in this very hot weather , for we can expect our readers , suffering and perspiring , to read our lucubrations , much less ,
if they hardly are able to cast their eyes upon them , to think over them . The process is alike too fatiguing and too exhausting . However , as no time is like the present time , and whether we are at 90 ° in the shade of Fahrenheit , or cool , collected , and comfortable , the Freemason must
appear hebdomadally , we shall proceed to favour our sympathetic audience with our ideas on the subject , premising that if they like them not , or disagree with them " in toto , " if they neither seem customary nor convincing , they must be
so very good in their fraternal charity as to put it all down to the' * great heat . " We are among those who , while we admit the very wonderful efforts which have been made for the Charities of late years , alike in the metropolis and the pro-
The Present Position And Future Prospects Of Our Charitable Institutions.
vinces , do not affect to regard with satisfaction their " present position , " much less their future prospects . And we will tell our readers why . The present position of the Charities is simply this . They are working the " willing horses '' too heavil y , in our opinion . Year after year , the same brethre n
generously come forward as Stewards , while the great majority of our brethren do nothing . Like a general officer who attacks a position with the same gallant men over and over again , not using his reserves , so the Secretaries of our Charities , through no fault of their own , are
making use of the same Stewards year by year . The proportion of new Stewards is not sufficient , and this fact alone suggests many serious considerations . What is the present position of our Charities ? Two-thirds of the lodges and chapters do nothing ,
and have done nothing , for the Charities ; not two-tenths of our brethren are to be found among the Life Governors or the Subscribers . As Bro . Lieut .-Col . Creaton so well said at the Boys' Festival , not much above 60 brethren and < 2 lodges and chapters are Vice-Presidents of the
Boys' School ! What then is to be done ? We would venture to impress upon our brethren that if the Charities are to be supported in the future more must be done to qualify lodges and chapters and individual Masons as Life Governors of our Charities . Our three Charities
now require an annual income of £ 30 , 000 to be kept up in a proper state of efficiency , and for this sum we shall have to rely on increased efforts on the part of brethren and lodges and chapters ! Then the best friends of the Charities need not feel anxious for the future , then the
zealous efforts of the Secretaries would be cheered , and their grave responsibilities lightened in respect of the Institutions they serve so well , and all loyal Masons would feel confident that in the future , as in the past and present , the zeal and
liberality of our brethren would be commenserate with the claims of our Charities . Then instead of retrogression we should anticipate acvance in that general support , which those great and goodly creations of true Masonic Charity have a right to expect at the hands of English Masons .
Our New Lodges.
OUR NEW LODGES .
Our new lodges are not " coming to the front " for charity as we should like to see them . From No . 1700 downwards only ten have aided the Girls ' and Boys' School this year , and we feel bound to express alike our disappointment and regrets at such a state of things . Wo fear that , in London
especially , the expenses of the social circle swallow up all the available returns , however large , and that many of the lodges arc in debt to their Treasurers . We , therefore , feel bound , in the interests of charity and of the new lodges themselves , to remind them , that stately and aesthetic consecrations are very good in their way ,
that the social gathering is by no means to be overlooked , but that as Freemasons , whether as regards the lodge or themselves as brethren , the great and blessed princi p le of Charity has a paramount claim on their sympathies and their finances . We might say much more , but wc think it well to stop here to-day .
Not Affectation.
NOT AFFECTATION .
Freemasons are accused by the Hornet of an " unworthy affectation " in these words : — " I took up a Masonic journal the other day , and was a little surprised to find , as I thought , that the Freemasons had invented a new deity , whom
they spoke of in print , and in capital letters , as the G . A . O . T . U . ' G . A . O . T . U ., ' said I to myself j ' what heathen divinity can this be ? ' A friend , however , explained to me that the mystic letters stood for Great Architect of the Universe . I am a little consoled , but I still wonder why the simple , but majestic word God , which is
good enough for the Bible , is not good enough for the Masons ; and 1 am still inclined to regard the uncouth G . A . O . T . U . as an unworthy affectation . " Why the Freemasons should be guilty of unworthy affectation , or how they are , this somewhat unreasoning scribe says nothing , except it be on his own " ipse dixit , " which , to say the truth , cannot stand for much . There is nc
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Ad00609
TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price /& CL It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , in eluding postage : United America , India , India , China , & c Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindtsi . Twelve Months 10 s . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable » o GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and e thtr business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and the return of rejected MSS . cannot be fiuaranteed . Further information will be supplied 0 " application to the Publisher , 108 , Fleet-street , London .
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TO ADVERTISERS . The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 iz o Half , „ ... ... 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter r ' itto ... ... ... ... 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2100 Half ,, 1 10 o Quarter „ ... ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch 040 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and . r ; 2 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion In current -week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on 'Wednesdays .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
ST . GILES . —Without the canscnt of the W . M . such minute wc apprehend cannot be craseel , but it could , in our opinion , he " non-confirmed , " though as a record of facts it was undoubtedly true . There are two views of non-confiimation , one of which goes as to the entry itself , the other as to correctness . In the interests of ha'mony it woulel be bitter to erase it probably .
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Dcvonport lnelependent and Plymouthand Stonihouse Gazette ; " " Cnrncr-ste nc ; " "Die New Yorker Buneles-Presse ; " " Daily Telegraph , St . > hn , N . B . ; " 'Saint John Globe ; " '' Der Triangil ; " "Mnseiic Record eif Western
India ; " " Hull Packet ; " " Broad Arrow ; " " West London Express ; " " Hornet ; " " Freemasons' Monthly ; " " Lnomis ' s Musical and Masonic Journal ; " " Liberal Freemason ;" " Civil Service He-view ; " "Der Bund ; " " Voice of Masonry ; " "I . i Vi , ¦ I liram ; " " The Modern Onler of Knights Templar , " a . e print by Col . W . J . B . Macleod Moore .
We shall be much obliged if Correspondents forwarding Newspapers will kindly mark the paragraphs to which they desire to call attention .
Births ,Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
BIRTHS . AUDERSON . —On the 22 nd inst , at St . Julian ' s-road , Streatham , the wife of E . J . Anderson , of a son . SAUNunits . — On the 21 st inst , the wife of T . J . Saunders , E ; q ., of Thaycr-strecr , Manrhe ^ tcr-square , of a son . UDAI .. —On the 18 th inst , at F . lmlty Lodge , Harborne , Birmingham , the wife of W . Uelal , jun ., of a son .
DEATHS . BlXKWirii . —On ihe 12 th ins ' ., at 225 A , New Cross-road , E . Beckwith , age 5 ( 1 . GOMI'E IITZ . —On ihe in ' . h inst , at 87 , Brompton-road , aged 63 , the wife of M . Gompertz . Oueni . —On the 19 th inM „ at 47 , Belvedircroail , Lambeth , Frances , the beloved vvi ' e of Wm . Ough , aged 64 .
Sam A . —On the 23 rd inst ., at lladtcv Loelge , I ' . ast Meilescy , Surrey , William W } kc Srriiih , in his 70 b ) ear . TOMKINS . —On the 21 st inst , ; . t Shonhain , Scienoaks , Samuel Tomkins , Esq ., late of 7 6 , Lombanl-s'rcct , aged 68 . WHITE . —On the 20 th inst , W . Foster White , Trcisurer lor 18 years of St . Baitholnnn w ' s llosji'al . Deeply regretted .
Ar00607
THE FREEMASON , SATURDAY , J 27 , 1878 .
In Memoriam.
IN MEMORIAM .
Hardly a week passes over our heads but we have to deplore the loss of friends and brethren , and record that irresistible summons which Death , the stern visitor of humanity brings to us all in turn . In vain are the sig hs of friendship or the tears of grieving relatives , all have to bow
submissively to that stern behest . We deplore to-day , and our Craft will deplore , the removal from amongst us of our old and valued Grand Treasurer , Bro . Samuel Tomkins . For nearly a quarter of a century he was the active and respected Treasurer of our
Grand Lodge , and if clouds supervened and dimmed his later days , such , the often the inevitable lot of mortals , ought to be regarded by Freemasons with feelings of sympathy and commiseration . We shall all of us long remember his smiling face and his gracious presence ,
and his kindly words , and many of us in old lodge association , and the privacy of the friendly and domestic circle , will recall before us happier souvenirs of " Auld Lang Syne , " and the genial heart and unchanging pleasantness of Bro . Samuel Tomkins . It is sad to think what havoc
time is making in the serried phalanx of our ancient Masons , and it may be that in years to come , some will have cause to call to mind how much they owed to the good sense , zeal , earnestness , and hig hmindedness of that older generation to which Bro . Tomkins belonged . Peace be to him !
The Constitutionalism Of English Freemasonry.
THE CONSTITUTIONALISM OF ENGLISH FREEMASONRY .
If there is one thing to which we should all adhere , as essentially bound up with our very existence , it is what an old Grand Master of ours liked to call , the ' ' Constitutionalism of Freemasonry . " But just now we see that that great characteristic of English Freemasonry receives
often very rude shocks , owing to the idiosyncrasies of some , the perversity of others . In a very distinguished province ( which shall be namoless pro hac vice ) , a proposal was recently made , which on the face of it was clearly illegal , and ought never to have appeared on the agenda paper
at all . We have reason to believe , that the highest authorities have declared the proposal to be illegal and unconstitutional , and yet we read in the province ' s agenda paper , that a discussion which is declared to be " ipso facto " useless ,
because illegal , is to be " resumed . ' This is not Masonic Constitutionalism . Whatever our pii . vate opinion or fancies may be , we ought to give way to proper authority , and we trust that there is some mistake in the matter , and that the agenda paper is in error .
The Present Position And Future Prospects Of Our Charitable Institutions.
THE PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF OUR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS .
We take this subject in hand , which is rather a wide one , and undoubtedly a very important one , with some reluctance and not a few misgivings , especially in this very hot weather , for we can expect our readers , suffering and perspiring , to read our lucubrations , much less ,
if they hardly are able to cast their eyes upon them , to think over them . The process is alike too fatiguing and too exhausting . However , as no time is like the present time , and whether we are at 90 ° in the shade of Fahrenheit , or cool , collected , and comfortable , the Freemason must
appear hebdomadally , we shall proceed to favour our sympathetic audience with our ideas on the subject , premising that if they like them not , or disagree with them " in toto , " if they neither seem customary nor convincing , they must be
so very good in their fraternal charity as to put it all down to the' * great heat . " We are among those who , while we admit the very wonderful efforts which have been made for the Charities of late years , alike in the metropolis and the pro-
The Present Position And Future Prospects Of Our Charitable Institutions.
vinces , do not affect to regard with satisfaction their " present position , " much less their future prospects . And we will tell our readers why . The present position of the Charities is simply this . They are working the " willing horses '' too heavil y , in our opinion . Year after year , the same brethre n
generously come forward as Stewards , while the great majority of our brethren do nothing . Like a general officer who attacks a position with the same gallant men over and over again , not using his reserves , so the Secretaries of our Charities , through no fault of their own , are
making use of the same Stewards year by year . The proportion of new Stewards is not sufficient , and this fact alone suggests many serious considerations . What is the present position of our Charities ? Two-thirds of the lodges and chapters do nothing ,
and have done nothing , for the Charities ; not two-tenths of our brethren are to be found among the Life Governors or the Subscribers . As Bro . Lieut .-Col . Creaton so well said at the Boys' Festival , not much above 60 brethren and < 2 lodges and chapters are Vice-Presidents of the
Boys' School ! What then is to be done ? We would venture to impress upon our brethren that if the Charities are to be supported in the future more must be done to qualify lodges and chapters and individual Masons as Life Governors of our Charities . Our three Charities
now require an annual income of £ 30 , 000 to be kept up in a proper state of efficiency , and for this sum we shall have to rely on increased efforts on the part of brethren and lodges and chapters ! Then the best friends of the Charities need not feel anxious for the future , then the
zealous efforts of the Secretaries would be cheered , and their grave responsibilities lightened in respect of the Institutions they serve so well , and all loyal Masons would feel confident that in the future , as in the past and present , the zeal and
liberality of our brethren would be commenserate with the claims of our Charities . Then instead of retrogression we should anticipate acvance in that general support , which those great and goodly creations of true Masonic Charity have a right to expect at the hands of English Masons .
Our New Lodges.
OUR NEW LODGES .
Our new lodges are not " coming to the front " for charity as we should like to see them . From No . 1700 downwards only ten have aided the Girls ' and Boys' School this year , and we feel bound to express alike our disappointment and regrets at such a state of things . Wo fear that , in London
especially , the expenses of the social circle swallow up all the available returns , however large , and that many of the lodges arc in debt to their Treasurers . We , therefore , feel bound , in the interests of charity and of the new lodges themselves , to remind them , that stately and aesthetic consecrations are very good in their way ,
that the social gathering is by no means to be overlooked , but that as Freemasons , whether as regards the lodge or themselves as brethren , the great and blessed princi p le of Charity has a paramount claim on their sympathies and their finances . We might say much more , but wc think it well to stop here to-day .
Not Affectation.
NOT AFFECTATION .
Freemasons are accused by the Hornet of an " unworthy affectation " in these words : — " I took up a Masonic journal the other day , and was a little surprised to find , as I thought , that the Freemasons had invented a new deity , whom
they spoke of in print , and in capital letters , as the G . A . O . T . U . ' G . A . O . T . U ., ' said I to myself j ' what heathen divinity can this be ? ' A friend , however , explained to me that the mystic letters stood for Great Architect of the Universe . I am a little consoled , but I still wonder why the simple , but majestic word God , which is
good enough for the Bible , is not good enough for the Masons ; and 1 am still inclined to regard the uncouth G . A . O . T . U . as an unworthy affectation . " Why the Freemasons should be guilty of unworthy affectation , or how they are , this somewhat unreasoning scribe says nothing , except it be on his own " ipse dixit , " which , to say the truth , cannot stand for much . There is nc